Chapter 2: The Story Continues
John woke up with a start. He got up and decided to dress and wash. Then he got out for breakfast in the Global Cortex Burger King. He saw Leviathan and Aragon there and John greeted them. "So what's up?" asked John as he sat down with them, "Any new missions up?"
"Yeah," replied Leviathan "In about 4 hours we're going to raid a KISARAGI factory"
"What's the pay?" asked Aragon. Leviathan passed them both a slip of paper both read 15,000 credits each. "Oh, I guess it's not bad. Did they confirm the amount of enemies?"
"Yeah," replied Leviathan "There's about 18 MT's, and uh I think KISARAGI hired an E-class AC."
(Four hours later)
"OK we're ready to drop," announced the transport pilot. "Three, two, one, zero, drop off confirmed"
As the 3 AC's dropped from the sky a message camp up on John's screen.
Area- sector 513 KISARAGI factory Client- CREST Enemies- 18 MT's, 1 E-class AC Time- 16:00 Objective- Destroy as much equipment and supplies within 5:00 minutes
Then John landed. His computer said in a feminine voice "Combat mode initiated". Leviathan, Aragon, and John walked up to a big black blast door.
"I'll take care of it," said Aragon. He fired his howitzer and the door came down in 1 hit. The ENTIRE defense force was waiting for them there. A stream of gunfire and missiles came rushing out of the broken door way. Even with their superior weaponry and armor, the renamed Goliath Squad, was being overrun. Most of the enemy fire seemed to hit Aragon and he lost 1 leg and arm. A carefully aimed stream of fire from Leviathan's machine gun knocked off the enemy AC's head. Then he lost his right arm. John's laser rifle took out several MT's but not really enough to stem the tide of bullets. Then a large canister comes out from behind Leviathan and blew up all the MT's. Aragon said "Ha! My launcher still works!"
After the mission all 3 of them had to use up their entire pay and more for repairs and ammunition. "God damn it!" cried John "I'm sure that was a trap."
"Who cares," said Leviathan, "Not like we can do anything about it." He was still grieving that he lost his one-of-a-kind extension part; it was an MMI- MI/120 extension part, one of the best. After a moment of silence Aragon walked away to order some food for them, they hadn't eaten since breakfast and it was near 8:00pm. After they ate Leviathan said he was going for a walk. He left in silence. For about another hour Aragon and John argued about the effiencancy of plasma pistols made by CREST and MIRAGE. Aragon then said he was sleepy so both of them went to bed. When John woke up he saw that his apartment was a mess. After he cleaned up his room he left for the Global Cortex. On the way there he saw Leviathan at the shooting range. "So he bought a new gun," thought John.
"Hey John," said Leviathan when he saw him walk over. BANG. "Perfect headshot, like my new gun?" After he shot it several times he reloaded, bought ammo, and walked to the Global Cortex with John. "So."
John knew he was trying to start a conversation. He was about to help when an explosion went off and a large skyscraper came tumbling down. "Oh crap!" screamed John as he saw bodies falling. Both Leviathan and John ran towards Global to see if they can help out. As John sat down in his cockpit the screen came to life. "Computer, what's going on?" asked John.
The female computerized voice replied, "KISIRAGI is trying to flush out several refugee's and spy's, apparently the capture of these people seems more important than the lives of civilians."
"Damn!" cried out John, "That is really screwed up." He flipped several switches and initiated combat mode. "Hey Leviathan?" asked John, "I'm going to help out by keeping the KISIRAGI forces off bay as the civilians run. No seven people are worth thousands of civilian lives."
"OK, I guess I'll help out too" replied Leviathan.
Both AC's walked out of the super-reinforced structure at the same time and started firing at the MT's, disabling them. "Let's split up" said Leviathan "I'll take the left." As the 2 AC's split up at an intersection MT's were walking around armless and sparking. John was careful not to step on civilians as he met up with tanks. He had no choice but to destroy them completely.
"Hey John?" asked Leviathan, "I need some help here-" It ended in static.
"Lev? Lev? Are you there Lev?" cried John. "Ah shit." He Over Boosted into the air and saw a big bonfire. He saw the smoldering remains of Leviathan's AC and Leviathan himself having a shoot out with the giant MT's, strangely his little pistol seemed to be having an effect on the giant MECH's. Then a salvo that was unmistakably made up of Aragon's signature combo spray flew by destroying the last of the MT's. Then IT came. A giant army flew over the horizon. "What's that?" asked Aragon.
"The Controller's army is here!" screamed a helicopter as it flew by. The moment seemed hopeless.
John woke up with a start. He got up and decided to dress and wash. Then he got out for breakfast in the Global Cortex Burger King. He saw Leviathan and Aragon there and John greeted them. "So what's up?" asked John as he sat down with them, "Any new missions up?"
"Yeah," replied Leviathan "In about 4 hours we're going to raid a KISARAGI factory"
"What's the pay?" asked Aragon. Leviathan passed them both a slip of paper both read 15,000 credits each. "Oh, I guess it's not bad. Did they confirm the amount of enemies?"
"Yeah," replied Leviathan "There's about 18 MT's, and uh I think KISARAGI hired an E-class AC."
(Four hours later)
"OK we're ready to drop," announced the transport pilot. "Three, two, one, zero, drop off confirmed"
As the 3 AC's dropped from the sky a message camp up on John's screen.
Area- sector 513 KISARAGI factory Client- CREST Enemies- 18 MT's, 1 E-class AC Time- 16:00 Objective- Destroy as much equipment and supplies within 5:00 minutes
Then John landed. His computer said in a feminine voice "Combat mode initiated". Leviathan, Aragon, and John walked up to a big black blast door.
"I'll take care of it," said Aragon. He fired his howitzer and the door came down in 1 hit. The ENTIRE defense force was waiting for them there. A stream of gunfire and missiles came rushing out of the broken door way. Even with their superior weaponry and armor, the renamed Goliath Squad, was being overrun. Most of the enemy fire seemed to hit Aragon and he lost 1 leg and arm. A carefully aimed stream of fire from Leviathan's machine gun knocked off the enemy AC's head. Then he lost his right arm. John's laser rifle took out several MT's but not really enough to stem the tide of bullets. Then a large canister comes out from behind Leviathan and blew up all the MT's. Aragon said "Ha! My launcher still works!"
After the mission all 3 of them had to use up their entire pay and more for repairs and ammunition. "God damn it!" cried John "I'm sure that was a trap."
"Who cares," said Leviathan, "Not like we can do anything about it." He was still grieving that he lost his one-of-a-kind extension part; it was an MMI- MI/120 extension part, one of the best. After a moment of silence Aragon walked away to order some food for them, they hadn't eaten since breakfast and it was near 8:00pm. After they ate Leviathan said he was going for a walk. He left in silence. For about another hour Aragon and John argued about the effiencancy of plasma pistols made by CREST and MIRAGE. Aragon then said he was sleepy so both of them went to bed. When John woke up he saw that his apartment was a mess. After he cleaned up his room he left for the Global Cortex. On the way there he saw Leviathan at the shooting range. "So he bought a new gun," thought John.
"Hey John," said Leviathan when he saw him walk over. BANG. "Perfect headshot, like my new gun?" After he shot it several times he reloaded, bought ammo, and walked to the Global Cortex with John. "So."
John knew he was trying to start a conversation. He was about to help when an explosion went off and a large skyscraper came tumbling down. "Oh crap!" screamed John as he saw bodies falling. Both Leviathan and John ran towards Global to see if they can help out. As John sat down in his cockpit the screen came to life. "Computer, what's going on?" asked John.
The female computerized voice replied, "KISIRAGI is trying to flush out several refugee's and spy's, apparently the capture of these people seems more important than the lives of civilians."
"Damn!" cried out John, "That is really screwed up." He flipped several switches and initiated combat mode. "Hey Leviathan?" asked John, "I'm going to help out by keeping the KISIRAGI forces off bay as the civilians run. No seven people are worth thousands of civilian lives."
"OK, I guess I'll help out too" replied Leviathan.
Both AC's walked out of the super-reinforced structure at the same time and started firing at the MT's, disabling them. "Let's split up" said Leviathan "I'll take the left." As the 2 AC's split up at an intersection MT's were walking around armless and sparking. John was careful not to step on civilians as he met up with tanks. He had no choice but to destroy them completely.
"Hey John?" asked Leviathan, "I need some help here-" It ended in static.
"Lev? Lev? Are you there Lev?" cried John. "Ah shit." He Over Boosted into the air and saw a big bonfire. He saw the smoldering remains of Leviathan's AC and Leviathan himself having a shoot out with the giant MT's, strangely his little pistol seemed to be having an effect on the giant MECH's. Then a salvo that was unmistakably made up of Aragon's signature combo spray flew by destroying the last of the MT's. Then IT came. A giant army flew over the horizon. "What's that?" asked Aragon.
"The Controller's army is here!" screamed a helicopter as it flew by. The moment seemed hopeless.