This chapter is here to avoid skipping several months to get to the attack on Hometree, and I'll probably skip their anyway next chapter, but I think it also helps make my whole story less boring.
A few days after I had visited the human camp, some of the vehicles I had attached trackers too began to move. The vehicles I had attached trackers to were a few of the armour suits and helicopters. The ones that began to move were the suits. Satellite feed from Hope showed they were travelling as escort for several of the large mining vehicles. The escort was land units, mainly soldiers with some suits for support. They were travelling very slowly, only going about 25 miles a day. They had to clear all of the trees and repair the vehicles almost daily. After a few days of travel, it became apparent that the destination was Hometree.
I contacted the others and had them meet at our camp.
"Satellite feed shows about a dozen large mining machines headed towards Hometree. Their escort consists of about thirty suits and at least two hundred soldiers. Our goal is to harass these troops all the way to their destination. We will attempt to destroy or render inoperable at least six of their mining machines. We will strike at random times at random locations along their perimeter. Sometimes it will be a diversion, sometimes a two or three pronged attack. Several of them will be diversions for someone to sneak in and destroy a vehicle. The main challenge here will be to not reveal our powers. The first attack will be once they have reached a position thirty minutes away from base by helicopter travel, which will be in two days. In the meantime, brush up on your archery, " I told them. They nodded and we all headed out to practice.
The two days approached quickly, and we were planning to attack at dusk. The first attack would be the easiest, since they would have no reason to suspect an attack. Because of this, we would attack on the rear of the convoy while Gabe snuck in the front and sabotaged one of the vehicles.
"Decoys are in position, infiltrator are you ready?" I asked over comms.
"Ready. I'll get in when I have an opening. " Gabe responded.
"Good. Beginning attack now. " I signaled to the others and we silently aimed and fired in unison. Our first shots we had coated with bioluminescent chemicals, which would announce our attack to the humans and draw their forces to where we were. The first volley we had decided would land just outside of their camp, where somebody would soon notice them. Once they had people looking for us with flashlights, we moved into the open.
We fired a few more shots off with our bows and then switched to knifes when they charged us. None of the suits were on, which was most likely caused by their lack of power; having trekked through the jungle all day.
"I'm in. just a few minutes and I'll have one down, " came Gabe's voice over the radio.
I didn't respond, and instead picked up a pistol from a dead human and turned it on his comrades. Once it clicked empty, I heard one of the suits turn on. It rose sluggishly, which meant it was low on power, but it could still shoot. I told the others to scatter and charged at the suit. It managed to get up on its feet and reached for its rifle on its back, but the pilot must've been new and couldn't reach it properly, ripping the ammo chain as it pulled it off. It still had about ten shots in it though, and I ducked to the left as it began to fire. I counted seven shots as I ran to the side, dodging dirt as it exploded behind me and rained down. I ducked behind a supply truck as the gun ran out of ammo. I heard him drop the gun and draw a knife. I ran out and jumped at the suit, landing on the windshield. I broke it open with my knife hilt and yanked out the controller. I hopped in the suit and took the controls.
"All done, let's get out, " Gabe said over the comms. We disappeared almost immediately, I was the last after I set the suit to self destruct in a few minutes. We rendezvoused at camp, each taking a different route to get there. We had destroyed one of the machines and a few of their suits, and scared the soldiers quite a bit. All in all, it was a success. All we had to do was do it several times more.