Three weeks have gone on as though Mikekolt had not been spotted by the Komodo Unit that were now posted on the Kansachesterlaji Mountains, the tuberculosis had prevailed onward; he had been living in a narrow entrance fox den that was wide inside for him to rest. Hair and beard were growing out, therefore he took to styling it while he remained in the cave and did a number of other things during the time. Becoming disillusioned with his half-brother and as such seeing that he didn't regret what he did when he met him in his dream, he couldn't ask him thanks to Savage as he was left with no other choice but to reveal that his tattoos in fact are false imprints that were laid against his skin; never wearing off until one year in as it was temporary
He's not disposing them just yet as they're kept in the dufflebag that rested on his shoulders, cuffing around his chest and stomach so that it didn't fall off in high speeds during high altitude flight. He applied some new tattoos to himself however which consisted of the following at least the first one for his beard: there were two downward split fangs sprouting out from the edges of his beard with the foremost ones being straight and the ones next to them curving towards the branch itself, just under both of the two bottom edges that slanted diagonally upward towards the lower lip tattoo. That one had five top to bottom split branch quill like fangs that were curved inwards on the sides, a little bit for the second before fully going straight near the center; a few outward barbs were added like the fluer-de-lis on his retractable knife. His throat featured a trident facing down as it's three prongs on the sides curved inward before going out to the sides, all while having a parallel line stash through as the middle prong was split in between; two upward split triangular barbed tiger stripes were found on the cheeks of his face as well
His entire shoulder had twin dragons that coiled around his entire arm with a background of spiraling and heatblurred smoke clouds that sprouted bronze lightning down to his wrist, the design is also layered with slushing, splashing and veiny liquid blood that is the darkest on the bottom as it becomes lighter the more it goes up to reach the upper pectoral muscle; appeared to be an dried blood marking like the others. Also on his right shoulder was this design that he's proud to have on himself: Anubis was on the top with a gold bangle rim necklace that had aquamarine jade stones that was a rectangular shape for each one in between the golden edged necklace, with a bicep that is a matching pair except a little more straight while the necklace curved down on the back of his neck. He had fountain blue sceleras with black pupils to make up his eyes, four gold diamond shaped pieces of metal dangled from the left to right sides on the lower necklace on the back while having a think circlet around his smooth bald head. His right ear as his left was turned back but both were perked up and slightly slanted off to the opposite directions had a single earring, three circular plates were in between the middle as the jackal headed god faced the right side half turned. Set was on the bottom with a necklace that had apent/hexagonal gemstone pattern in between the gold bangle rims as there were was an anhk on the bottom middle that hung with a oval shaped string, the pupils for his eyes were a shamrock to parakeet green. The circlet around his head had a cobra curving back and forward upwards in front of him while he had a mullet like, voluminous rose to blush red and punch to brick and fandango pink mane that were all spiking out from the sides around the typhonic beast headed god who faced the left with his left face shown
Not only his hair consisted of a long, smoothed out and choppy wave plissken mullet that has dual fringes on the sides around five to seven inches which got shorter towards the back from his head where there was a inch of length left, the back of his hair that rested on the edge of his spinal cord had smoothed out thick sharpened layers of pointed bangs; thick columns of a burnt bronze and grecian gold stripes due to being fried years ago with a bag over his head to remind him of his torture from Savage in the Titan Uprising. Dreadlock extensions happened to be on the sides which carried a heavily dark flaxen, dijon to medium blond, tuscan sun and light bumblebee to pineapple gold colored tone; his highlights consisted of tribal spirals and swirls that were heavily barbed like quills intersecting with one another, branching down as they're imprinted on the upper and lower layers of his hair that jut down forward while the lower half went a little more down before going outwards on the sides. On the fringes right behind the dreadlocks that stood out more were long crooked lightning bolt shaped locks of which came in a pair on both sides, curving inward to the neck as it went down to the lower bottom edge but everything else remained the same as the bangs were longer on the front and sides of the face to head; curving downward before hooking upward slightly and as for the upper half of his frontal side it was swept back into a tri-line of long backward quills on the top and bottom of his hair, even on the side as well for that matter too
Keeping in line with his taste for the conflicting fields of war and bloodscathing combat that he's fighting with the Komodo Unit that was more of a sport he cannot lose, there are thicker countless spikes all lined up to the rear diagonally backwards on the back of the scalp; where it slanted off diagonally to the sides on either left to right edges, having a razor pen to draw a nine-tailed fox that formed a sun with wavy to straight rays that altered with nine nine thick wavy rays and the rest coming in the form of three straight rays. To represent the dark side of the beast within there were tribal swirls to spirals branching and barbing with long quills that made up such a beautiful creature, on the sides of the head were a horizontal middle split in between Sigma (Σ) shaped letter underneath the hair so it can line up against the side of the skull. Finally this hairstyle could be described best as a feral, untamed and unbroken spirit of a deadly fortune that awaited the men and women of conflicting warfare that called for his hand. It's slicked back strands of hair all of which crossed each other in a wavy curl fashion but still remained smooth as if it's always drenched in the rain with a gel substance being used had a medium up and inward curved stand facing the front of his forehead on the left while a smaller one's just on the right across; the texture on the back and sides of his hair's a bit curly all in it's own and as such reflective for that matter
Upon washing ashore he spared no expense in heading up along the trail of the mountain and it took him the time to climb up a reasonable height from the ground where he can see a kind of expansive jungle from below him. Under the three weeks he spent here in the mountains he's made a number of upgrades while accompanied by the foxes that were like a family to him since he didn't talk to either of them or Axethor following the death of his half-brother Breyerkolt, he was shutting them out of his life; relying only on his Dragons that he felt comfortable with more than the Vikings back home. This being that he took the dual Five-SeveNs to combine them into one thick pistol like weapon, having the brick shaped aiming laser on the front which kept the barrel extension on the front attached through being screwed on using a knob; what's new was the cylindrical shotgun like pump action vertically ribbed underbarrel which rather than carrying the originally planned microfilament and Komodo Unit restraining cable with three-way chains, it was now consisting of 720-Pounds instead of 360-Pounds for maximum strength. The handle folded horizontally before sliding into the back of the newly constructed version of his belt, as not only is this rocking two thick parallel beltstraps on the top to bottom but the razor blades are slanted a little more forward facing as they all dig into the environment to stop him from sliding on his sides; and the outward pyramid spikes were divided into four that looked like it screwed inward into the enemies that got too close, in the middle of the horizontal medium sized and topview trapezoids where razor blades were on both the top to bottom sides of the shapes. In addition the pouches also had slots for the razor blades so that they can pass through easily, so that it can't destroy the contents inside
Looking out he saw the sun in the sky above him coming down which turned that blue sky into a faint greenish color like how the skin of his evil shadow turned, letting himself feel the breeze of the wind course through him; he felt like he was ready to return back to the main mission that was at hand. It's his turn to rescue Hervatlock as he hasn't been heard since he lost contact with his friend, there was a few things to be done beforehand which was to get the second half of the cure from Queen; take a ride to where he was imprisoned and reach the substation. Grashunov loved to have him tackle on a preset list of objectives to get a job done, that of course was clear to him. His belt's pouches took on a number of varied designs as well rather than all of them as they're still on the bottom of the belt looking the same, these included but are not limited to: a thick horizontal pouch that flips overhead to open that has a rectangular outlined ID Biker Vest motorcycle embroidered patch sporting the eurostile extended bold for the main logo and the homoarakhn for the subtitle fonts which read "Hacksmith Corporation" with an anvil that have the features of a swiss army knife; three beltstraps were found on the front overhead as well
Wide vertical and rectangular shaped pouches that opened overhead with a clip laid over it so this can't be opened too easily, having at least two beltstraps overhead on the front of the black leather overlay cap which was quite long. Large pouch that resembled his dufflebag in the shape of a thick stout half rectangular square that had a overhead flap belted down three times, which sported a green cross on the main front containing all that is needed for medical purposes; also having his Deathgripper Venom syringes inside which are in the process of being reformed into dart shaped bullets as of now for assassinations. Bottom pouches being large and thick diagonal edged downward pointed wankel shield shaped pouches, with three hooks on the upper edge of the back from the left to center and right sides; overhead flaps and two downward rectangular beltstraps that were laid against the surface as they all dangle on the bottom. There were also a number of dual stacked stick bombs in the middle as the top of which had three thick horizontal grooves on the top, a medium smooth rim in between with half square-half rectangular shaped windows on the bottom; three leather like ribbed grips on top of the five leather like grips and are made to resemble long cylindrical and thinned out Zippleback Grenades, the safety trigger slanted downward on top before going fully downwards and curved upward a bit like a tail to form a J-shape on the back as at last it clipped on and unclipped off easily
His tuberculosis didn't relent in attacking his lungs whenever it took the chance, and he's been restraining himself from coughing severely; blood still came out of his throat but he didn't cough none much. It's been hard him in this time that he's spent here in order to let himself not fall asleep too quickly due to the amount of stamina that he was burning more quickly in the limited atmosphere in the mountains. During this time he thought long and of such hard about this choice before deciding that he should go through it, he dismantled the Remenant's Talon III to make the dual crossbows their own projectiles; using the holsters as they were taken from the Komodo Commander to ensure that they're locked in place so they cannot be removed in order to avoid them being used against him, he decided to have them both be positioned on the back thigh's sides while leaving the rest of the Revenant's Talon III the same. Though he did have plans to shape the missile launcher to be into more of box like shape, allowing him to add on the multi-barrels on the front so he can send a number of four homing missiles towards that Attack Chopper or that Attack/Defensive Bomber Jet
Mikekolt breathed out a cloud of cold vapor through his sealed lips before returning to where the family of foxes were inside the den, he happened to follow up on adding in that upgrade for behind his wrists; and that was the revolver ring of missiles that spin around as housed in each inverted trapezoid shaped box launcher inside that was apart of the gloves, were quite a cluster of missiles that filled them all up to each corner as the small missiles can be fired to an enemy as they embed and detonate on the surface. He still had a lot of work to do such as his armored and muscled undersuit along with his harness to slip over it, he needs to add in these features once he gets to Queen's office which is far from his location in the mountains. Putting on his War Armor with missile launcher boxes on his shoulders, miniguns that stood on his collarbones and submachine barrels on the roof of his hands; he was ready to bring the war to them as they were readied in their position to attack. Without a word to spare he was off, thanking the family of foxes for keeping him alive all this time before exiting their den as he took the path before him. From there he contacted Lucitreuz and came to warn him beforehand about what was going to happen if he got spotted:
"Castle, you've seen the Komodo Pyrostokers yes? Those flarethrowers use the same kind of destructive mixture you're using in a more fiery extent of their hand, should there be an area requiring the need of torching like bunkers; trenches, pillbox and closet enclosures; this will be the firepower they need. But if you get engulfed and trapped within a trench or a hallway, it's barbeque time. These Pyrostokers are carrying a suicide variant that self-destructs if their tanks are shot, if they were using regular ones in combat against someone like you; then they have it in for you there" Lucitreuz asked before crossing his arms at the thought of them using regular flarethrowers against him
"So these ones were modified then, tell me the disadvantages of the regular ones then" Mikekolt may've known about the flarethrowers but he didn't know that there are non-Komodo Unit issued variations as well
"Flarethrowers are heavy, short ranged and could only be used for a limited time; think of the tank as one that uses bullets as it chews through them faster than you can say fuck as soon as it runs out. To make it even more of a suicide run if the flame trooper, as we Komodo Unit soldiers refuse to use that term to avoid infringement lawsuits, was captured; they're rarely spared mercy as a prisoner and their fates are sealed to be executed. Our flarethrowers have been built to be lighter, long ranged and use the cutting power of the Archimedes screw tech so that the fires can be prolonged enough to engulf all who stand in our way. Nevertheless, they're ready to put their lives on the line and begin suicide runs just for you. Feeling special? Then you may have an idea on why they're sent out here in the mountains" Lucitreuz smugly asked
"Grashunov wants revenge" Mikekolt speculated
"Well you've already killed three fifths of Grashunov's forces so there's no wonder as to why he's deploying them on the field, still that doesn't mean they don't use them in combat since we gain the upperhand when mowing down the platoons sent against us" Lucitreuz finished and confirmed as him wanting revenge for killing three fifths of his forces was enough to sic the flarethrowers on him
"Well thanks for warning me about the Komodo Pyrostokers at least, how long is Queen's office from here?" Mikekolt asked him
"The summit is only a few miles off, when you reach the anti-aircraft turret platforms you will know that you're close to your destination. Beware of the chief-in-command from the tanker, he too is out for revenge from what happened several months ago since that time; take him out before you enter her office and be sure to get that cure as soon as possible. We'll be in contact when we find the location of Hervatlock, by then the cluster missiles being loaded into the ICBPSM has been completed; or so it seems knowing that they couldn't have been waiting for us to catch up to them. They're setting up a trap alright, Jackalope is telling the truth and I know you long enough to believe him"
"Thanks Lucitreuz, we'll meet again when we have his location confirmed. Arsenal-Fox out" Ending the call right there, Mikekolt continued on with his trek to Queen as he kept his warning about the flarethrowers in mind
Getting close to the wall he peaked behind to find a sniper using his binoculars that're around his head thanks to the headstrap added, wanting to take him out first before moving out as it couldn't be this easy. Kneeling down he aimed his Revenant's Talon III over to the sniper who was equipped with the new overhead goggles for targeting, firing the bullet arrow which had killed and did the job but that couldn't have been this easy. It was like they've set up a trap in wait for his arrival, well looks like he sprung it because at the sound of a gunshot from far off; the Komodo Unit's strike force in the mountains were taking positions. Without a commander to distract him he went by his own volition, therefore he stepped out to take them head on; a running start with his minigun formation as he held the trigger to gun them all down
"HQ, respond!" A Komodo Commander held the communication box in hand
"This is HQ" The communication box acknowledged
"Commander here: Enemy sighted, send in the flamethrowers on Grashunov's command!" The commander issued the order if he should be spotted on sight
"Acknowledged and Understood: Sending reinforcements to the base of the mountains, burn him to the bone; do not let him escape!" HQ complied in sending the Komodo Pyrostokers as they were called in from the mountaintop down to the base, and they were packing real heat with them in the form of flamethrowers based off their enemy's
With the sound of the Lakotanbvell A84-Choppers that remained the same as before but now with two upper sides along with the front of the CH-53E Super Stallion while having the back landing hatch of the MH-47G Chinhook for the interior of transporting soldiers coming in from above, the soldiers silenced their gunfire towards the suicidal mercenary that was rushing to them as the Komodo Pyrostokers jumped down from out of the sliding doors on the sides. An line of them spread out to the sides before they set up their formation, ordered to engulf the enemy in a wall of fire; they were more than too happy to follow without question. There are reasons for the differences between the two choppers, one was meant for combat while the other is for transporting the infantry since there's more space on board; that's not to say that they don't have gunships because god dammit they do alright and that's on it's way here. The flamethrowers had a short three second delay where it gave off an bellowing shriek, blowing out a mass of flames combined by three others that were all pressed at the same time; came in hotter than the sun towards Mikekolt who boosted out of the way to avoid the mass of fire coming to torch his ass ablaze. With his shoulder mounted missile boxes he fired at them, in short blasting them backwards and throwing a bomb to take them out with their fuel tanks; a blast that consumed a few of the men alive while he ran on through
Snipers arrived on the higher ledges to fire on sight at him to either kill their target first or let the mines do it for them, that's right he's running on a minefield as evidenced by detonations of the mines that were placed beforehand prior to his arrival; having taken positions close to nowhere near their vicinity to avoid putting extra weight on the lever that when stomped on, would set off a explosion that took the lives of some Paradise Lost Army soldiers. Yeah there was some of them that lived after the massacre at the town outside the bank, so even though there are survivors and rushed to the rescue of Hervatlock; they were killed off out of the war pretty quickly as he hasn't encountered them since stopping Grashunov from taking the funds which seems like he forgotten all about the second half of the Bludvist's Legacy, he's entirely focused on dealing with him. Guess it doesn't matter either way as the ICBPSM is supposed to be used as a threat in order to have the Northern Markets controlled he believes is controlled under the Warlords give him the funds to create the second half the legacy. A Komodo Sniper shot one of the concealed mines behind Mikekolt which launched him upwards and smacked him against the rocks, breaking his nose in a painful position
Getting back up and crunching it back into it's normal place he brought out his dual crossbows from behind to fire at the snipers when he hid up against a rock at the edge where a long fall awaited. Switching to his missile launcher he fired out a number of clusters along with both of his shoulder mounted boxes that blasted the rest of them into the burning fire that killed his opponents that were slowing him down. He moved on ahead taking caution of whatever more landmines were placed around the vicinity, heading under the arch where he was met with a right turn that led him into a surrounding plateau that was based on Pajarito from the New Mexico region in the western territories albeit more raised while at the same time being flattened with little to very few cracks in the environment
Running up to the edge where he stopped for the time being, needing to breathe due to the tuberculosis making it worse for him as he's burning more stamina than needed; but he'll make it, he'll reach Queen's office since these mountains serve as the defense for the desert and mesa fortress far away from here. Looking up he saw one of the Komodo Unit's newest tanks deployed against him and none of them were sparing mercy to the infected man whose condition would kill someone, he needed an medic right now and looks like one from the Komodo Unit answered his call as he was shot from behind with an syringe that heavily pressed against the disease long for the mercenary to regain his strength; reaching Queen's office at the summit. The Komodo Medic disappeared when Mikekolt turned back to face the intruder but found no one, returning his focus on the incoming tank
It's diagonal slanted wheels on the side increased the off-road speed and fired it's tri-cannon barrels on the front aimed right at him, forcing him to run off to the side toward the right side wheel when it's missiles were launched to tail from behind; jumping with a boost thanks to a number of vents at the soles he caught onto the frame thankfully to swing and throw a bomb to the missile box which blew it up. However one of the Komodo Gunners using the anti-tank rifle for when their enemies get too close for the cannons blasted him away with a barrage of bullets, bleeding when he pressed his hand against his gut that gave him a dark red imprint of his hand; nevertheless when the tank turned shifted it's cannons around along with it's other missile boxes Mikekolt began his run to throw a bomb into the pilot's hatch, using his missile launcher and his war armor to start firing a barrage of bullets towards this vehicular beast of a weapon. His collarbone miniguns took out the missiles that homed in on him while his own shoulder mounted boxes fired at the anti-tank rifles and his dual submachine vambraces took on taking out the tracks of the tank. Flanking at the left side he jumped and landed where the tri-barrel cannons were near
He tore his sword across the roof of the tank until the pilot came out, kicking him off but not before he threw one of his rope axes that split into three and stabbed him; allowing him to yank him off as he fell flatly on the ground avoiding being ran over when he dodged out of the way, slicing one of the wheels with his sword and igniting his Phoenixripper when the cannons turned to fire at him. Running before skating on the ground thanks to the vents of his boots, he sliced the pilot in half and went for the remaining gunners until he got shot by the three barreled cannons; being sent flying backwards against a rock that had him fall over or at least gave him that feeling as a loud thick branch snapping sound was heard, gaining an painful yelp
Collapsing onto the ground as he crawled behind with the tank closing in, with a plan in mind he chose for himself that a suicide run will have to do to destroy this foe. The tank lowered it's cannons and missile boxes toward the rock he was hiding behind and in that moment he came out of hiding with his launcher at the ready, not hesitating in throwing a bomb into the middle that exploded from within resulting in smoke; not done there he got back on and threw a belt of explosives inside before running far away. Fully destroying the new Komodo Tank whose chassis can be used for a bulldozer and jungle cutter, though that was not the last he'll see of it. A few Komodo Frontliners flew down to stop him but were stunned when he threw his shield towards them, ricocheting and bouncing off their heads before he slashed a few of them; cutting them down where he finished them off with his own flamethrower like earlier when he had to put up with them
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The first one boosted downwards to stomp against his gut which threw and pinned him onto the ground, screaming as it pressed hard on his intestines before took it's leg; attempting to twist the soldier off when it aimed it's flamethrower at him. He instead kicked him from the back with his boot and threw him off to the side, sweeping him from the legs and using both of his swords to stab him. Just then a Komodo Eviscerator leapt onto his back, wrapping both of his arms around his neck to hold him when he slammed his back against the wall; allowing the second Frontliner to land a few blows to his face, under his stomach and across his cheek. Ending it all with a hard skull bracing punch to the face that caused some rocks to crack into an fissure, pieces falling onto his head as he was taken back up with one arm strangling him; and taken to his back where he was smashed on the back of his collarbone before being thrown aside like a broken toy
Tumbling and flailing without really doing so across the earth until he smacked right into the face of the wall, he dodged out of the way from the Komodo Eviscerator's downward slashes with it's lockable arm blades; getting back up only for that same eviscerator to spin in front of him to land two slashes across his chest from the left with the right arm and to the right with the left arm, getting carpletunneled until it finished off with a simutaneous third slash of it's two blades that although managed to get a good amount of blood from him were ultimately blocked with his two swords
Prying them away from him at bay, he took his weakest arm out and stabbed him in the chest with his fiery sword; kicking them backwards as he sent this foe flying toward the edge. Throwing a bomb to finish the job which was blocked by the second Frontliner's raised bracer, saving the eviscerator from being killed; though it was not enough for him to save himself from being shot with a missile launcher on his shoulder, blasted into pieces as he ran to kick the eviscerator off the edge. Falling into the forest down below, or so it was thought to be when it came back up on a squad of flying platforms that caught him right there and then; to think he was the king of asspulls, the Komodo Unit are chock full of these motherfuckers who wouldn't let their own men die
Because the pilot had to use his free hand for his weapon which was the submachine rifle, he strafed around the edge to fire upwards towards his body to distract their nemesis; allowing the eviscerator from before to leap directly at Mikekolt who brought out his shield and at the exact same time he came lunging in with his blades ready to cut through, he bashed him right in the jaw upwards. Landing a swinging kick across his right cheekbone he brought out one of his dual crossbows and fired at his skull to kill him, switching to his shotgun formation to take care of the flying platforms by shooting at the engines underneath
The gunfire from the pilot that manned these scouting transports however forced him to take cover from behind a rock, and once he was in range he shot the pilot which splattered it's brains and caused it's vehicle to crash. Taking out an makeshift box shaped attachment with four homing missiles placed in the chamber and adding it onto his missile launcher, he came out and fired all four of them to the other flying platforms to take them out; this attachment was not very durable as he could only use it for three times. He's got two more left before he has to dispose of it like garbage, for now he had it hoisted on his back while he got out of the plateau at last
Oh shit that's right the Komodo Unit anticipated this and sent out two more tanks to test just how deadly they were, and they were right about how much better they were in terms of an mobile and loaded tank; it was just they one they needed. The two tanks veered off from the sides in order to take him on separately with one firing it's missiles as the other aimed three of it's cannons to fire at Mikekolt, throwing a bomb to destroy the projectiles he jumped out of the way and landed safely; or did he because all three cannons fired at once blasting their nemesis away towards the entrance of the plataeu
The Komodo Gunners started firing near him closing the distance when he used the vents of his boots to blast out of the way, utilizing his war armor he started to fire the missiles at the gunners that were taken out but not either of the wheels; bringing down his sword on the connecting parts of the diagonal wheels, that attempt was foiled when the tank moved out of the way disposing landmines that detected that he was near. Exploding in a fiery detonation as it bought time to allow the Pyrostokers for support, dropping out of the infantry carrying variation of the Attack Chopper as there are at least seven of them; and a shadow of their enemy formed as he walked out of the fires of the wreckage, scorched but not removing his signature armor he allowed the flames to die and be cooled afterwards
The Pyrostokers wasted no precious time in firing up their flarethrowers all together into an bigger blasting cloud of infernos coming this way, Mikekolt scattered a number of bombs on floor having them roll towards his enemies while he got out of the way; as the bomb is just about to explode one of the gunners dived into it as it took his live but saved the others. An act that he can't ignore from them as he uses that sacrifice as a diversion, throwing a number of bombs into the first tank that blew up and took the lives of those saved by the gunner; the next one rammed him up against the wall and blasted him deeper
Coming out was a Komodo Brute who charged it's seismic gauntlets to preform the killing blow, had it not been for him firing another four missiles with two killing the brute as he got out and the other two aiming for the pilot's seat that blasted the roof open. Taking out his blade he started to run towards the wheels, switching to his dual crossbows to take out the projectiles launched at him and leapt into the air in order to cut both of the wheels connecting at the sides; destroying the tank completely using a cluster of bombs that were thrown into the hatch, now he can start running again and he could only think about what's next for him
Along the way he shifted his crossbow into a sniper rifle to take out a Komodo Gunner who'd finished putting the final touches on the turret platforms, diving down and zooming in to his target he shot the bullet arrow which struck his head; collapsing to the ground when the next following burst of wind blew through his hair. This is the mountains after all so there isn't an reason to measure time by the bursts of wind that's blowing through like a breeze up here. A few seconds passed before he got back up and shifted his crossbow into a missile launcher in case there would be an Komodo Attack Team that was called in for reinforcements, he hated dealing with them with their shields and their spreadfire projectiles; even worse was all their grenade launchers and missile launchers that at this point is gonna be modeled after his now. Does he have a tracking device implanted in his skin that he doesn't know about? He needs to remove that right now
Running along the side of the mountain which was wide enough to be a rectangular rock that jutted out from the side to have a thin gap on the left, he heard the sound of propellers as it's main source rose from above the forest below the mountains; a fearsome shape emerged in the form of the Attack Chopper as it stopped at his side with the cockpit revealing the pilot as none other than the chief-in-command from the tanker from several months ago. It looks like he came back to settle the score with him after months within weeks of planning, he'd been waiting for this and he could tell it by the look on his face. "So it looks like we've found the rat in the walls that we've been searching for since the escape from the guest house, come for our medical chief's tuberculosis treatments? Then allow me to throw you in the shitter instead!"
Firing a missile towards Mikekolt who dodged from the side and saving his makeshift quad-slot attachment for the final blow he was forced on the run for the elevated cliffside, as the attack chopper started firing at his heels from behind. Heading for the first hole while a few missiles were shot, exploding just near his sides with the fires trying to reach him; diving to the human sized hole for cover when the homing missiles this time being fired as the fires as well as the smoke blew up. It didn't kill him but it sure did do him a coughing fit as if his lungs could take anymore from his tuberculosis, blowing out a few droplets of blood and mucus; an moment of him catching his breath gave the chief-in-command a better position to strike him from inside the hole. Coming out he began running up the elevated slope that slowed him as he was going up the mountain rather than down
More missiles were coming hot on his tail fast but he got out of the way when he slid himself into a lower hole for crouching to escape the explosions, leading him up another slope which brought him to the horizontal path and the anti-aircraft platform before him; taking out both of his dual crossbows which he was beginning to show signs of tediousness for having to do it everytime at the benefit of convience, he took a breath of warm air in his black lungs by firing at the attack chopper that was onto him. Shooting the front hull that was taking abuse like an man while he was getting his ass kicked like a diseased man, knowing how unfair this was for the Komodo Unit to do so like this; that tactic served to keep him busy until he got right in the cockpit and it did manage to cause it to stagger a bit whenever he got hit by the bullets
Swiveling to face the attack chopper he started shooting with the dual anti-tank rifles built on the front, full-auto to the maximum just as the armor of the chopper was beginning to puff an few clouds and moved out of the line of fire trying to dodge the number of bullets being shot at his vehicle. A few pieces were blown off along with some of the tail rotor which is starting to become exposed, he even took out the extra missile boxes that this attack chopper came loaded with and destroyed the wing; but as soon as he saw the chief-in-command aiming his next loadout towards the turret he was using, Mikekolt got out of the cockpit once he took a bite out of the mid-section's rooftop body. Still continuing to shoot at it when he was on the run again, from what he could see there was a few pillboxes of provisions that they needed along with medical items;as such the guards spotted their nemesis and called in the Attack Team as the request from their headquarters replied and sent them in when they got into a defensive formation in front of the entrance to the narrow crack
Running up the slope one of the missiles that was shot blasted him off the edge of the side as the impact exploded from behind him, sending him falling towards the forest but with a side-arm he converted into a grappling gun he shot out his claw that latched onto the palm tree as it brought him back up; swinging in a wide outward arc on the left side he launched himself back up and forward towards the next narrow exit. Suddenly, the Komodo Attack Team squad with their Heavy Gunners utilizing their spreadfire crossbows to grenade launchers and anti-tank rifles and missile launchers all armored with a vest above in time of need for situations like these all opened fire on him without mercy. All of them shot near him as the bullets and explosions grazed his skin when dodging their gunfire, actually cutting his lower bruised gut thanks to the Komodo Eviscerators that came from nowhere when he tried to hide; though he blasted their guts wide open with his shotgun formation just so he wouldn't have to deal with them
Not only that but he was actually bleeding on a few parts of his body and even his legs when he could feel the blood streaming down his knees and on the baggy shins from behind, there was no reasoning with these forces to spare him if he was insane in the membrane; there's a kind of soldier from the Lost Paradise Army that tried to submit a truce to them, the Komodo Artist sent him back to their headquarters with a broken thumb. Speaking of the devil he had decided that enough was enough and chose to confront the Attack Team himself, running out into their line of fire when two of the Komodo Artists ambushed him from nowhere just like the enviscerators did previously; except this time carrying electrical ended staffs that aimed for his head, frying his brain with both ends facing the top of his crainal cap until they pulled back when he tried to take them. Disposing them afterwards to deal with him themselves as they backed up a bit and rushed forward, jumping into the air and springing their legs out to kick him right in the sides of his neck
He fell backwards onto the ground just as their kicks met and deflected away from each other as he got back up to fight them, the first one leapt to scissors grapple him in the neck but had taken his retractable knife to stab him in the eye lenses to blind him; cutting the artist across his chest and back a couple of times before throwing him off the edge to his death. The other one tried slamming his forehead against his head but leaned backward to dodge in time, with Mikekolt throwing a few punches across before landing a beating to the lower gut and from a lowered stance he jumped high to uppercut the artist; taking him down with his legs while he then spun around a few times and threw him off the cliff to his death, joining his partner and shifting his crossbow into it's minigun formation. His suicide run to Queen's office is and will not end with his death, he must take down that chopper that's been acting like support to his enemies. Without a second to stop and think he ran at full speed, holding the trigger in front of the Komodo Attack Team which were all gunned down; but not without him being blasted with the spreadfire projectiles and smacked with the anti-tank rifles themselves
Getting blasted from behind with another missile strike he coughed up blood from his mouth that trickled down his lips into multiple branching streams and onto his neck, he continued to lure the chopper into the final area where he can bring him down at last. Turning around and firing his minigun at the attack chopper to anger the chief-in-command so that he'll fire those missiles again, he planned to strike when he did so. What he did not count on however was a squad of Komodo Pyrostokers that were springing their ambush as they all jumped near him, in the trench that he was running in as that was one of the worst places he could be right now but the exit was where the end was and this is the only way he can reach it; specially since he was in a hurry because of his tuberculosis. Damn that infected soldier for coughing down his throat! He could feel a storm coming in his lungs and he chose to run for it instead, he cannot fight in this state
Sharply turning in the trench the Komodo Pyrostokers' flarethrowers started off with it's low to high bellowing shriek before spewing a pyrolastic cloud of fire in his direction, filling in a number of unoccupied spaces in this trench; looking back he sprinted harder and harder until at the last second he got behind a wall to avoid the burst of flames that shot at the dead end. He was greasing in sweat and when he heard the Pyrostokers nearing his position, he let out a yell and gunned them down with his lightweight machine gun crossbow formation; setting off their explosive suicide variant fuel tanks that engulfed them in their own fires, burning a considerate number of them alive until they collapsed onto the ground. At last the chopper who has been chasing him to the dead end continued shooting at the ground, forcing him to run towards the exit as he was nearly there
One of the Komodo Artists swung from above and tried to kick him but he merely tossed the soldier aside while using him as a human shield for the gunfire, leaving through the crack he shot out a homing missile towards the tail rotor to severely damage it enough to crash. He's reached the summit from the mountaintop at last, all he had to do was reach the front doors but it seemed that none of them would even let him lay a finger on the knob because and in that moment without warning; the attack chopper fired it's second to final missiles which had finally blasted him directly in front of him, sending him flying against the locked doors. Inside Queen looked up from her office and came to witness the final confrontation of the chief-in-command from the tanker several months ago and Mikekolt, who used his left arm like a sling
The chief-in-command did not waste a second when he fired his last batch of missiles at him, but because Mikekolt would not die so easily he brought up his lightweight machine gun and opened fire on the missiles; loudly letting out a snarling growl when he took out each of the projectiles that exploded, shaking the medical office as Queen steadied herself. With the tail rotor and the front hull on fire, Mikekolt shifted his crossbow into it's four shot launcher and hoisted it onto his shoulder; blood staining his teeth and eyes lusting for blood with his pale pistachio green skin dripping in grease, his evil shadow had taken control. He would've spoke out with a see him in hell line that was what his mind was saying, but his body was telling the chief-in-command directly to his face stressed out by his tuberculosis that he screamed with his diseased black lungs as he became showered under the filthy grime of the vehicles that he destroyed: "NO... MORE!" Pulling the trigger and firing the last missile which resulted in the attachment blowing apart, switching to his regular one afterwards, the attack chopper was destroyed in a devastating explosion when the chief screamed as it fell to the forest. Blowing up in more fire that set a portion of it alight, it was over as he collapsed to the floor and fell with his face not looking at one last explosion that blew up
There was no more forces that stood in his way, he was not dead but he endured the pain and exhaustion that he took on; his black lung condition grew worse and his coughing got louder. Queen immediately headed downstairs and unlocked the doors, reaching down to take him by his shoulders she laid him down softly on the stretcher; rushing him down the empty halls like the hospital he searched for when in need of the anti-malaria drugs for Hervatlock. There was no doubt that he failed in stopping himself with his now uncoordinated legs that started to twitch upon contact with his skin underneath his armor, coughing more blood on the tiles of the floors until Queen stopped him at the chamber where her office was. Entering inside as she held a syringe that held the cure for the tuberculosis
"Don't you die on me from this, I have what you came for now just breathe slowly; and hold on for a little bit longer because you'll be safe with me" Queen injected the second half of the cure in him, ridding him of the tuberculosis that was ceasing to exist in his lungs before he was silenced his coughing; fading away as soon as the liquid inside had been emptied in the containment capsule. He looked at her when she removed his Bravo Armor and saw his wounds. "Broken ribs from the Komodo Artists, fried scorch marks from Pyrostokers; there's more to this than the black lungs you came here for me to cure here. But how could you be blamed? Grashunov ordered the flarethrowers for the deaths of his men and informed that the mountains would heighten security if you were spotted, this serum I gave you was the Project Asclepius as it was just a minor dose; it should heal your wounds in no time with the conjuction of your darkblood healing themselves. You'll be okay and once you're able to walk again, do what you need to do because I have a desk for you to work on your tools of warfare over there" She directed him as she left him to rest, being that it would take the rest of the day for his wounds to heal
"Queen... they captured Hervatlock, taking him to god fuckin' knows where... did Grashunov give you a location?" Mikekolt asked
"We'll speak about that next thing in the morning, for now you've stopped a pyrothermical fallout in the peninsula but no doubt that would be done again in a different location this time. You need your rest, the Komodo Unit is beginning to rise up in ensuring every minute of the war you waged on them in San Hjierantruvalo is devoted to sending a wave after wave of deadly forces; I understand there's been some detours but there'll be even more of them because of the colonel from the Paratheon Corporation facility in the desert will be coming this way soon. Be very careful of him as it's a long way back here to these warmer regions, the peninsula is not what you think it looks from above; you haven't begun to see how different from the Archipelago it is until you see just how much bigger it is on foot. I'll be back to check on you in the morning" Queen told him as she explained the Komodo Unit getting stronger and deadlier to defeat him no matter what it takes
"I understand... thanks... Queen, you deserve a... better life... than.. this" Mikekolt faded into sleep as the sunset from the mountains went down, and the patient was finally getting the air back in his lungs at last
Now free of the tuberculosis, the death sentence that was on the Arsenal-Fox has been lifted and the war on the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula continues with the Komodo Unit becoming stronger each day and their weapons among machines of war becoming deadlier by the hour. Stay tuned for more that's to come...