Verse 6: Escape Pt 2: In the Lion's Den
The trio is nearby Whisper Wood to pay the toll inside to head for Anton's hideout. "Watch it, girls, it's a little messy inside," Anton said to unlock the door to see the small house's interior is quite messy.
"Looks like a pig moved here," Natalia said.
"This place is pretty rundown but it serves my purpose," Anton said to sit on his couch with the girls sitting on chairs nearby.
"We will need extra help getting Artyom out of that Nazi's hands but we need to know the location of where they are holding him," Natalia said.
"I picked up on the radio about some old hotel, it could be where Artyom is being held," Alisa said.
"Okay Miss Busty, if you need my help. You need more Marks," he said as Natalia gives the drifter a mean look.
"Hey, I paid you already," Natalia said.
"Oh no, you paid for me to bust out both Miss Busty and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend wasn't there and he was moved to the old hotel which means I need more fees due to these changes," he said as Natalia fumed at this.
"Oh, you pirate," Natalia said.
"Calm down little sis, we will pay your fee. I just want him safe," Alisa said as Anton looks at her deep blue eyes to see the longing in them.
"You got it bad for this guy huh?" he asked as she nods her head with her long blond hair bouncing with it.
"Yes, I am in love with him and I will not stop until he is safe in my arms," she said feeling her heart about to burst out of her chest to admit how deeply she feels about him.
"Damn, Artyom is quite lucky to have a woman like you to go this far for him. I am pretty jealous," Anton said sounding pretty honest. "Well I will give you a discount for my services," Anton said.
"Oh, you are so gracious," Natalia said sounding dry.
"Thank you for your help, we need all the aid we can get," Alisa said.
"Whatever, I need to gather some info as well as scout the area, so we will hit the Stormguard base to rescue your boyfriend in the morning when the heat dies down. You two can stay for the night," Anton said.
"Thanks," Alisa said as the two sisters go into the main living room to relax on the beat-up couch.
Natalia looks at her big sister's face to see worry within her eyes. She places a comforting hand onto her skinny shoulder. "You do love him?" she asked.
"Artyom is a nice sweet man with good morals, it's very hard to find in a land of killers and rapists," Alisa said remembering those men trying to take her precious virginity from her which she saved for crush.
"Indeed, he did spare the Dark Ones. He is a good guy to the core," Natalia said as she feels comfortable around him and sees him like her older brother.
"Yeah, I don't want that bitch to poison his soul. Men like Artyom can help rebuild Russia and bring it back from the brink,, that is why I picked him to go with us in the first place," Alissa said.
"Yes, I see that. Your love for him is a nice bonus," Natalia said in a cheeky tone to make her big sis crack a smile.
"Yes, we need the shut-eye before we save him," Alisa said as they go to the guest rooms to settle in. "Artyom, I will be there soon. Just hold on tight," she thought.
Within the big compound by a river for its guarded by elite Stormguards protecting their leader Helin Vankin for Artyom is within his room to be helpless. "Sweetie, our meal is almost ready," Helin said as she pops into the room to be within a white dress with a big smile on her face.
"Hey," Artyom said in a flat tone.
"Oh, don't be so gloomy. We are husband and wife now like it should be," she said with a slight edge in her tone.
"Okay," Artyom said being afraid as Helin's face went back to being very sweet.
"Come on, let's go in the kitchen," Helin said as Artyom gets out of his bed to go into the hallways to see a lot of Stormguard soldiers holding some heavy hardware as well as heavy-armed vehicles outside.
"There is no way I can fight through this without becoming bloody swiss cheese," he said for a grunt pats him on the back.
"You score pretty lucky with Helin, she is a real cutie," a guy said.
"Yeah, acutely insane," Artyom thought for he sees Helin cooking on the stove to soon finish making breakfast. Helin places some baked potatoes on the table along with some fresh tea to pull a seat to offer him.
Helin pours tea into her cup and blows on it to finally sip it. "So delightful," she thought as she sits beside her husband for them to begin eating the food.
"Those potatoes were fresh from the markets; these lands out here are quite good for farming. Lucky for people, some manage to protect seeds like tomatoes, potatoes, and wheat in the like to give people a more diverse diet unlike in the Metro," Helin said bitterly.
Artyom is digging in as he is very hungry with Helin laughing at this. "Quite the appetite huh?" Helin asked sounding amused.
"Well I haven't eaten since getting here," Artyom said as he is enjoying the cooking. "I forgot how good your cooking is Helin," Artyom said feeling a hollow joy of the better days of their friendship. Those days were long gone, and Artyom must play along so he would survive in the lion's den.
"I love cooking for you sweetie ever since we were teens," Helin said.
"Helin, what happened to you. Why are you like this?" Artyom asked for this is quite unbelievable
"Oh, my dear. My parents were quite bad to me, you didn't know but I was suffering within my home. My stepfather was a deviant who likes me too much as a kid and my mother was so distant with me as if she never existed to her. You were the only one who gave me any kindness," Helin said as Artyom feels curious about this.
"So is this Nazi thing a way for you to fill the void that your parents didn't?" Artyom asked.
"Yes, my uncle took me in after my parents passed away due to an accident. He was a supporter of the Fourth Reich and take me down that path as well. Those ideals came me a sense of purpose and self-worth. I am a Nazi and I am proud of it," she said as she can sense his anger coming from his eyes. "You hate that, do you?" she asked to brush her hand on his cheek but he winces from her touch.
"You disgust me," he said without hesitance.
"Well, you will get used to it. That whore with the blue eyes and platinum blond hair. Despite she has these things, she is just a Gook with a blond wig. A real freak that needs to be destroyed," she said with venomous within her sweet voice as this chilled Artyom to the bone.
"The friend I knew is long dead and now I see a monster replacing her," Artyom thought.
"You are here with the Stormguard; your life now has a purpose and with me by your side. Your life is complete," Helin said to rest her head onto his shoulder with Artyom feeling unnerved by the woman for her gentle appearance is not what it seems.
"Alisa, hurry," Artyom said to still be under her thumb.
Within the next morning, Alisa is in her guest room within Anton's home for she spreads out her legs and arms to let out a big yawn.
Her long blond hair is covering her face for she gets out of bed to only wearing her underwear. She looks at the mirror to fix up her hair with her brush. "It's such a blessing to have nice lovely hair," she said fixing it up and putting it into a ponytail.
She gets into her outfit to go into the main room to see Natalia and Anton are checking their gear. "Morning guys," Alisa said.
"Hey there, Miss Busty, take this," Anton said to toss her a seasoned baked potato.
"Oh; smells tasty. So, what's the plan?" Alisa asked as they sit around a table with a pitcher of fresh juice along with other baked potatoes.
Anton has a map of the chosen location to see the compound marked by an X. "I scouted it last night and it's covered head to toe with guards, machine gun nests, and armored vehicles. We will assault the building while your little sister will give us covering fire with a sniper rifle," Anton said.
"Okay, let's rock," Natalia said as they go into Anton's weapon stash for her eyes to light up. "It's like a toy store for adults," Natalia said.
"We have that already, it's a gun store," Anton said as he grabs a PKP LMG with a grip and PK-AS Holo Sight.
Alisa takes ammo for her tactical AK-74M rifle she got from the old fort while Natalia goes for the Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle modified with a PKS-07 Sniper Sight, Suppressor and Bipod.
"Alright, it's time to get Artyom from that Nazi bitch and be safe in my arms," Alisa said feeling determination rising within her heart. The three get out of the house and get into Anton's truck to drive off towards the old hotel to save Artyom.
Alisa is checking her rifle to see the fields of grass that stretch in the distance. "You ready for this big sis?" Natalia asked.
"Yep, I am too psyche to kick that bitch to the curve," Alisa said as they go down the road to pull back the charging handle preparing for battle. They see a sign showing the hotel is nearby for they are going through the roads for they are ready for their fight.
They arrived at the site to see they are within a swamp to see the large building within the vast amounts of trees. They parked the truck in a safe place for they get on top of a small hill to overlook the area to see it covered with enemies.
"Time to get Artyom back," Natalia said as the three get on top of the hill with Natalia setting up her bipod on the ground to have the buttstock against her shoulder getting ready to give fire support. "Okay, I am in position," Natalia said on the radio as she is lying on her stomach putting her eye on the scope to see the two moving into a different spot.
Alisa and Anton are behind cover with Alisa bringing out her rifle to lob grenades from the makeshift under-mounted grenade launcher as the explosives take out a grouping of trucks turning them into flaming scrap heaps.
"What the fuck?" the Stormguard grunt questioned as Alisa puts a round into his head with blood painting the ground. The two are seeing multiple fighters getting put down with machine-gun nests going on full blaze. Anton lobs a grenade to destroy a nest with him pouring a hail of bullets from his machine gun to tear through enemies seeing them drop dead.
Within the compound, Artyom can hear explosions and gunfire outside with Helin kissing him on the lips. "You stay put, I will be right back," she said as she pulls out an APS machine pistol to go along with her troops.
"Madam, we got three people who are assaulting our compound," a trooper said.
"Who is out there?" Helin asked.
"A man and two young women," a trooper said.
"What does the older woman like look?" Helin asked.
"She is a Korean woman in her late teens who has long blond hair," the grunt said.
"Shit, she comes to steal Artyom from me. I am not going to let that happen. Mortar teams turn that bitch into a million pieces," Helin ordered on the radio.
"Yes madam," the male and female grunts shouted as they are operating the mortar nests to unload raining death onto the trio.
"Oh shit," Alisa cursed as she slides down the hill for the mortar to strike the area she was in leaving a big crater behind.
"Sis, are you okay?" Natalia asked on the radio seeing the big explosion near her big sister.
"Yeah, you will take care of these mortar teams," Alisa said as she grabs her custom SVD to see the mortar teams in the distance. She begins to pick them off with precise shots from her rifle with the two get closer to the compound.
Anton pulls out his PKP LMG to pump bullets into teams of enemies clearing the way with Natalia taking out more mortar nests with single shots.
"Are you kidding me, there are only three people," Helin thought being very frustrated as Artyom has hope light up within his eyes.
"She is coming with backup," Artyom said as Helin is on top of the building wielding an AK-2012 assault rifle to put in shots at Alisa.
"Bitch, stay away from us," she screamed at the top of her lungs trying to kill Alisa with her automatic rifle with Alisa firing a shot that barely misses Helin's head. Alisa lobs a grenade to destroy the door for them to begin storming inside. "No!" Helin shouted in anger for her compound has been compromised.
The three bulldoze through the teams of Stormguard troops for Alisa has found Artyom within the room. "Artyom," Alisa said as her blue eyes lit up with delight to see her favorite guy is unharmed.
"Alisa," Artyom said as they go up and hug each other with Artyom stroking her long blond hair. "You took your sweet time," he said in a joking tone.
"Oh Artyom, I have to dodge all kinds of twisted assholes to get to you. So be grateful," she said in a lighthearted tone.
"Yeah, thanks," Artyom said as Alisa hands him his weapons like his trench knife and custom-built MP 412 revolver.
"No problem, big guy," Alisa said as she hands him a Bastard carbine fitted with a Kobra Red Dot Sight.
"Hey Artyom, you okay. That crazy bitch didn't do anything weird right?" Natalia asked wielding her machine pistol.
"No, thanks for coming for me Natalia," he said as she shows a cheeky smile.
"It's my pleasure," Natalia said as Artyom looks over her shoulder to not expect Anton there.
"Good to see, you were not mind fucked," Anton said as Artyom still looked surprised.
"You came to help me?" he asked.
"Well, I got paid good Marks to get you out of here. You are lucky to have Miss Busty spend that cash on saving you," Anton said as they out the door to see Helin appearing on the other side of the hallway aiming her pistol at the group.
"You are not stealing my husband," Helin said with her voice being quite devilish aiming at Alisa.
"He is not and I am not letting some crazy bitch forced marriage down his throat," Alisa said as Helin's face went from sweet to monstrous making Artyom cringe for he is seeing what she is coming to the surface.
"Not in a million years, thunder tits," Helin said.
"Oh, but at least I got a rack to compare to your little oranges," Alisa taunted her as this is flaring up Helin's well-hidden temper.
"I am going to enjoy slicing these tits off and shoving them down your throat," Helin said with deep anger as Natalia lobs a grenade onto the ceiling while Helin was blinded by her rage to block the pathway between them.
"Good thinking Natalia," Alisa said.
"Got tired with her talking anyway," Natalia said.
"Let's get out of here," Artyom said as they go outside to get to the truck as more Stormguard soldiers are trying to stop them.
"Stop them, they are stealing my husband," Helin said as the four are mowing through the enemies to reach the truck with Artyom shooting a nearby grunt with his Bastard dropping him into the ground. They go into the car to drive off to leave the compound behind. "No Artyom, that bitch has taken you from me," Helin said feeling enraged by this to let out a demonic scream that echo within the broken hotel.
Anton drives them to the town to drop them by their truck and caravan. "Well you were worth every Mark, you were quite good," Natalia said.
"Indeed, well it was fun shooting Nazis. Don't get into trouble," Anton said as he drives off with Alisa giving Artyom a big hug pressing her large bust into his chest.
"I am so happy, you are safe," Alisa said as she buries her face into his chest with Artyom holding her tight.
"Thanks to you and Natalia as well as Anton," Artyom said as he feels very tired. "Oh man, I need a nap. Wake me up later," he said to go into the trailer to go to sleep.
"Artyom, I love him. I need to tell him soon," Alisa said as she sees Bom rubbing her leg to stroke his ears. "Very soon," she thought as they completed their mission to gain some R&R.