Mission
Date: March 15, 12:07 PM
The
mission was a simple one, a little bit of infiltration to find out of the
Maverick's next moves. It was vital, but it shouldn't have presented too much
of a problem. Or at least that was the idea.
The small
group of units moved in quietly. They all knew it should be easy, after all, they
were still in training. The base was said to have minimal defense and prove to
be little problem, and it certainly looked that way. The only thing of real
importance was a computer terminal with an uplink to the Maverick's command
network. They could have used a good slicer, but there hadn't been one
available. And it should be easy to get to, anyways.
There was
no need for binoculars as they scouted out the base visually, finding no
guards. It was supposed to be a outpost, an advanced guard for attacks. Not to
really stand up to anything. They glanced between themselves, perfectly silent,
and began to slide down. They had their new cloaking fields activated, issued
especially for the mission.
Of course,
those at HQ knew that one amongst them could still prove dangerous, and giving
him a loaded gun and a cloaking field was a easy way to test him.
To anyone
watching, It was nothing more than several large rocks, tumbling down the side
of the cliff face. To anyone who saw past such tricks, they would have been
prepared. Of course, all they gave the base was some of their weaker, and less
intelligent, men, and that provided little problem. They slipped towards the
doors quietly, while one set up the explosives that would give them access to
the base.
With a
loud explosion, the door was sent flying and the 3 reploids peered into the
smoking hallway. So far, no resistance. They nodded amongst themselves, giving
the verbal go ahead.
"Let's
move." Spoke Genesis, beginning to step out into hallway. He wasn't the leader.
Just one of the ones brave enough to go first. He stepped in, carrying himself
upon quiet footsteps as he checked out the entrance.
"It's
clear." He spoke, but all too soon. Apparently, it wasn't. He was bombarded by
gun fire from a concealed panel, hopping back. He flipped the safety off of his
plasma rifle. He still hadn't quite found out about his 'dormant' powers, or at
least didn't have a way to command them- He simply didn't know how.
One of the
others smirked, unseen. "Clear, huh?"
Genesis
chuckled nervously, before simply chuckling. He unleashed a few blasts towards
where the shots had come from earlier. His shots whisked through the air with a
hum, slamming against the panel with a crackle.
"Follow my
lead!" And they did without question.
He had seen where it had come from, after all. Maybe they weren't as stupid as
he thought. But soon enough, the panel got destroyed, and he reloaded his
energy clips while the others fired their cannons. He pressed against the wall,
and swung out, readying to fire.
The
trajectory and range was clear. The time was right. The return fire was already
whizzing through the air, and he fired several times, before leaning back
against the wall. Smoke rose out of the door, as it had been during the heated
exchange. He glanced back down the hall, to find the autocannon a smoldering
heap of metal.
"Got it.
Be on the lookout, might be a bit tougher than we thought.." Gen called out to
the others, and rushed down the hall. If he was going to be caught off guard,
he'd do it quickly. He leaned against the next wall at the T intersection of
hallways just inside the base, glancing both ways through the corner of his
eye. He hadn't gone through all of those infiltration simulations for nothing.
He knew better than to show to much of your head-you might lose it.
It looked
clear, but he had learned from that mistake. He stepped into the hallway,
prepared to dash for it, but found no resistance. "It's clear. I'm sure this
time." They followed, coming up beside him. They were watching the little green
dots on their displays, making sure they didn't run each other over.
He began
to speak the plan. "Alright. You, go to the left. And you, go to the right.
I'll guard the entrance. If you need help, contact one of us-but preferably all
of us. The same thing goes for when you find that terminal. Got it?"
Alright.
So he was a little bossy sometimes. But it payed off. They marched off, heading
down the halls so silent that if he hadn't known they were there, he wouldn't have
known at all. Such was the job. Footsteps could be heard from the entrance, as
the guards finally got around to checking out the smoke and explosions.
He
smirked, readying his rifle and firing off two shots. And then the damn thing
jammed. At least he hit'em, but the gun was hardly strong enough to take down
either of them. He cussed loudly, stalking forward and slamming one in the face
with the butt of the gun. He definitely wouldn't be attacking for a little
while, noted Gen with satisfaction, as the reploid fell to the ground, nailed
by some unseen force.
The other
one had begun to shoot crazily. "Come out, you cloaked bitch!" He hissed. Gen
smirked, grabbing a piece of wire from the floor, and tapping the cloak/uncloak
button with his other hand, standing behind the last guard now. The guard
glanced down as a set of hands moved in front of his face, as if to hug him,
but when there was a strong pressure against his neck, followed by no neck at
all – well, you get the idea.
Gen raised
the com unit to his hand. "Alpha and Bravo. Report in."
The com
unit crackled with static, and then replied. "Alpha. No luck yet. How about
you, Bravo?"
Bravo
reported in shortly after. "No luck y—wait, I found something. It's the
terminal. Come to my location."
The other
two voices came out of the radio as one. "Right!"
His tapped
his cloaking unit once more, and headed toward the green dot on the map. It
took a minute or two as he walked carefully, avoiding any traps that he might
possibly encounter. He stopped beside an open door, glancing in slowly. He
might be cloaked, but that didn't mean there was no means to find him. It was
still dangerous. He found Alpha and Bravo waiting on him.
For those
of you who haven't already figured this out, Alpha and Bravo are code names.
"Omega.
Finally made it, huh? We're accessing the network now and preparing to
dowload." Spoke Bravo, typing at the computer terminal's keyboard.
"Right.
I'll keep an eye out." Genesis stood at the door, watching both ways to make
sure no one made it close enough to do any real damage. "Hurry up. I'm getting
itchy here.."
"One more
second..Alright, got it." Bravo said with a grin. Alpha and Bravo had uncloaked
for the time being, in an attempt to conserve energy should things get bad.
And they
would.
They were
all cloaked now, as they slipped out into the hallway. Quiet movements would
carry them toward the exit of the building, where they stepped out, crunching
the red dirt beneath them.
Mission
Accomplished.
The air shimmered
about them, the scenery changing into that of the holoroom. A voice spoke from a speaker system
"Congratulations. That's a high score."
They all
grinned at each other, giving the high 5's and cheers. A high score! Wow.
Gen would
head to back to his room, fairly cheerful and all that what not. His first
mission simulation had turned out incredibly well.
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Wee. A
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