"Let's Rock!!!" Bones yelled and fired his gauss rifle into the zerg as
they leapt over the rubble. The rest of the Mud Dogs bellowed their
agreement and raised their own guns turning the chatter of one gauss rifle
into that of many. The zerglings exploded as they charged the tight-knit
unit of marines.
"Seven thirty, watch dat spacing!!" Knuckles yelled at several of the marines who held the other side of the plaza. Fungus heard his second yell other orders as the marines slowly formed a tighter and tighter circle.
"Evac in thirty secs boys stay frosty!" A low grumble rumbled through the ruined buildings as the drop ship held position over them. Small coils of rope snaked down among the marines each with a small triangular lock at the bottom. Fungus gave the order for an aerial recovery and the marines griped the handles and twisted their hands clockwise to activate the locking mechanism. Seeing them all ready he radioed the pilot up and they began the ascent slowly upwards firing down at the zerg as they were drawn up into the ship. Slowly they secured themselves in the hold as the pilot dodged and weaved through the ground fire. As the ship jinked left and right Fungus radioed the Cardinal Boras
"This is the 38th , request permission to dock". He only heard static in reply "dammit!" he spat into the comm unit.
"What?" Spikes asked quickly with a sense of something foreboding.
"Cardinal Boras has skipped system" Fungus growled angrily "we need something to get out of system before these zerg decide to follow us.
"Meat, Mumbles we need a way out of here and fast what's the situation" Fungus told the pilots over the comm.
"The Cardinal Boras has left system, the Thunder Hawk has been destroyed and the Black Paladin is a hulk" Mumbles replied quickly as the 'Vanessa' sped into space. "Situation on the Black Paladin?" Fungus asked thinking quickly.
"Black Paladin is at Zero air pressure, for some reason the doors didn't seal when the ship lost containment but should be operational" Mumbles replied hastily.
"Are there life signs on board?" Fungus asked the first beginnings of a plan settling in his head.
"Affirmative" came the reply as minor debris bounced off the hull with a scraping sound.
"Hostiles" Fungus asked.
"Unknown" Mumbles replied with a military competence, Fungus scowled at the wall 'unknown' was code for pretty much anything between somebody's breakfast and don't go there. He sighed, it meant they would probably meet either some hopelessly stupid scientists or evil flesh-eating aliens. He didn't know which he disliked the idea of the most but they had no choice. "Dock with the Black Paladin"
"Seven thirty, watch dat spacing!!" Knuckles yelled at several of the marines who held the other side of the plaza. Fungus heard his second yell other orders as the marines slowly formed a tighter and tighter circle.
"Evac in thirty secs boys stay frosty!" A low grumble rumbled through the ruined buildings as the drop ship held position over them. Small coils of rope snaked down among the marines each with a small triangular lock at the bottom. Fungus gave the order for an aerial recovery and the marines griped the handles and twisted their hands clockwise to activate the locking mechanism. Seeing them all ready he radioed the pilot up and they began the ascent slowly upwards firing down at the zerg as they were drawn up into the ship. Slowly they secured themselves in the hold as the pilot dodged and weaved through the ground fire. As the ship jinked left and right Fungus radioed the Cardinal Boras
"This is the 38th , request permission to dock". He only heard static in reply "dammit!" he spat into the comm unit.
"What?" Spikes asked quickly with a sense of something foreboding.
"Cardinal Boras has skipped system" Fungus growled angrily "we need something to get out of system before these zerg decide to follow us.
"Meat, Mumbles we need a way out of here and fast what's the situation" Fungus told the pilots over the comm.
"The Cardinal Boras has left system, the Thunder Hawk has been destroyed and the Black Paladin is a hulk" Mumbles replied quickly as the 'Vanessa' sped into space. "Situation on the Black Paladin?" Fungus asked thinking quickly.
"Black Paladin is at Zero air pressure, for some reason the doors didn't seal when the ship lost containment but should be operational" Mumbles replied hastily.
"Are there life signs on board?" Fungus asked the first beginnings of a plan settling in his head.
"Affirmative" came the reply as minor debris bounced off the hull with a scraping sound.
"Hostiles" Fungus asked.
"Unknown" Mumbles replied with a military competence, Fungus scowled at the wall 'unknown' was code for pretty much anything between somebody's breakfast and don't go there. He sighed, it meant they would probably meet either some hopelessly stupid scientists or evil flesh-eating aliens. He didn't know which he disliked the idea of the most but they had no choice. "Dock with the Black Paladin"