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Obsidian13- Sorry I didn't ask if I could use Hunter for a cameo but it seemed like a decent idea. Thanks for the great review!
Tugging at the assault rifle on his back, Justin surveyed the new mine they were stationed at. 'This sucks.' He thought to himself. It was a boring job 90% of the time, when all the miners were acting the way they were supposed to. He secretly prayed that there wouldn't be an out burst in his sector because he questioned his own leadership abilities. 'If only I had a pack of cards…'
"Yo Sarge! What's up with the strap, it bothering you?" Jamer shouted up to him from his route along the ground. Justin looked down off the guard tower and realized what he was doing. He had played with the strap so much he was violently tugging it downwards, and also bringing the upper half of his body to unrelenting jolts. Justin snapped back to reality and stopped, readjusted the strap and readjusted it a third time. Stud, Connely and Swanson all laughed and started their rounds again, taking the time to hassle the tired miners.
"Hey Jamer, c'mere." Justin shouted after him. Jamer sighed heavily and started his trek back to the tower. He stopped at the bottom and stood at attention, waiting to be lectured on how he shouldn't mock his CO. "Instead, Justin called him up the tower and started to make friendly conversation with him. "Ya know Jamer, we've known each other a while, haven't we?" Justin started.
"Yeah, we have" Jamer answered.
"Hey remember that time in boot when we froze that shaving cream and put it in Mashortly's locker?" Justin said, remembering all times.
"Haha, oh yeah! Everything was covered."
"Yeah…yeah...I just wanted you to know, Jamer, I need you to back me up out there. I saw that poster again promoting the Red Faction. I'm not sure I can handle these guys by myself, so I'm putting you second-in-command. You're the only one in this squad I trust with a gun." Justin said with heart. Jamer knew he meant every word of it.
"Don't worry Sir, when the time comes you're gonna do just fine. The men look up to you, not me. Sure, I'm always cracking jokes and stuff, but I'm too scared to even put my finger near the trigger of this here shotgun." Jamer said. After a moment of silence he continues again. "The men and I are counting on you to return us to our homes, so don't let us down, okay?"
"You got it." Justin said with a smile. "So what do you have waiting for you back home, Jamer, that your so eager to get there. What do you have left here? Thirteen days is it?"
"Sure is, Sir. I got two girls back home, sweetest little things, be heart broken if I died. Little Jamie asked me personally that I wouldn't accidentally turn off God mode and get my head blown off. Haha" Jamer said with humor. Justin listened intently. "God, I miss them."
Not a moment after Jamer finished his sentence did a voice come over the comm. channel. It stated, "This is Eos, leader of the Red Faction. Miners, our time has come!" Justin's heart raced as he listened. He looked beside him to Jamer until the transmission was cut off. 'Oh shit' Justin thought 'No, not now, anytime but now.' His squad stopped moving and looked at him on the tower.
"Don't just stand there, get in position! We're gonna have a hairy time!" Justin snapped. The squad burst into action as they ran and around the defensive towers, all eyes on the 15 foot high steel door. The cavern was quiet. The miners hadn't made it to them yet but they will eventually. They outnumbered the guards almost three to one. After two entire minutes of silence, Justin had to take some action.
"Squad, listen up! The guards below us are probably going to need some help, we should go back them up. Pile out and shoot anything wearing red!" Justin barked towards his squad. They quickly complied and followed him down the cavern. They moved swiftly until they heard gunfire. From the loud blasts it sounded like a shotgun. "Squad, move up! They're close!" Justin put the assault rifle to his hip and ran around a bend where he saw absolute carnage. The guards were lined up, facing the wall, being held at gunpoint at the hands of four miners. The miners had taken them prisoner! Justin signaled the squad to stop and he scurried back around the corner. Carefully peaking his head out he listened to the miners talk.
"What should we do with these blue bastards?" one miner said.
"I say we shoot them and move on." Said another miner.
"Screw that idea!" said the third. "I wouldn't even waste ammo on these bastards!" the miner pistol-whipped the back of a guard's head, caving it. The limp corpse sprawled onto the ground pooling blood in the already red soil.
"Hold it! Maybe Eos wants prisoners." Said the fourth. Justin made up his mind. He wasn't going to let an inferior human treat his brethren like this. He signaled his squad to ambush and stepped out from around the corner. Taking careful aim, he fired a three round burst into the murdering miner.
"Ugh!" the miner grunted as the bullets slammed through the back of his chest. The squad jumped out and open fired. Connely put two shells into a miner, tearing off both his arms. The miner fell to the ground screaming. He was still screaming when another dead miner fell onto of him, rupturing his faceplate and sucking out all the oxygen. Stud's submachine gun sputtered as it spat at rounds in a wide burst, hitting the last remaining miner in his arms, legs, chest, and finally right between his eyes.
"Damage report!" Justin yelled to his squad. No one was hurt; the miners hadn't even returned fire. "Squad keep moving!" Justin went to the guards and made sure they were okay. One had been shot but he'd live. "You guys want to come with us? I hear a rumor about strength in numbers or something." Jamer chuckled out.
"No we can't. We have orders to meet to escort a battle tank to the surface to keep the miners from getting out of the complex. I hear there is a bigger problem in Mine M-4 and in Mine E-14, they probably need you over there so go check it out." The leader of the squad informed them.
"Roger that. Thanks for the tip." Justin thanked him. He turned to look at the directional signs. The closest mine to them was Mine E-14. "Well looks like we're hoofin it. Fall in squad. On the double!" Justin told his squad. They came down the slope and around the blood splattered corners until reaching a security checkpoint at the mouth of Mine E-14. After a quick look around the interior, Swanson, the marksman of the group found a sniper rifle. Swanson took it and posted himself on a guard tower with a ramp up to it. Justin exited the guard station and met up with another squad. They had been assigned to cover that exit and had already seen some pretty heavy fighting.
Justin fanned out his across the area. Jamer climbed a guard tower also and sat waiting with his sidearm out. The shotgun would be useless in a big cavern like this one. Justin took part with Stud behind a broken down Driller. There was a tunnel behind it that was hidden from view so they could get away if need be. Just then a voice crackled over the intercom.
"Hey Sarge, guess what!" Swanson chimed in excitedly. "This thing can read name plates! I can see come miners coming up the tavern walls before they get to us! Want me to tell you the names of the guys that are coming?" Swanson said, acting like his child self.
"Sure Swanson." Justin answered lazily. Just then miners busted through the side entrance door. "Contact!" Justin yelled over the intercom. Justin turned his sights so a straggling miner in the back armed only with a baton. A quick three round burst in the leg stopped him in his tracks. The miner let out a scream that echoed through the cavern even after he was blown in half by a shotgun. Swanson refrained from firing, still watching the main cavern entrance.
Jamer, still perched on to of the tower fired his pistol wildly into the crowd of congregating miners at his feet. They returned fire, causing him to duck.
"Covering fire!" Jamer yelled. Justin saw a miner run up to a guard who was cumbersomely reloading his shotgun and pistol-whipped him in the chest. The rookie guard grunted but stayed on his feet. The miner fired the pistol into his stomach and then brought his knee to his face, shattering the faceplate, sending glass into the guard's eyes and face. The miner did not shoot the guard as to let him suffer, rolling around on the ground. Justin ran behind the miner and struck him in the spine with the butt of his weapon. There was a bone shattering sound and the miner hit the ground, dead. Justin turned around and confronted another miner with a baton. The miner swung and knocked the rifle out of his hands. Reacting out of purest instincts, Justin dodged and kneed the miner in the stomach. Pulling the pistol out of his holster, he grasped the bent down miner around the neck and pulled him close to his own chest. Placing the pistol against the miner's head caused the miner to scream in fright. The miner tugged at Justin's arm that was around his neck. Justin pulled the gun back and shot the miner in both shoulders. Justin took his human shield and turned to the rest of the miners. He unloaded his clip and put the last bullet through his shield's skull, splattering his own suit with blood. Sliding empty pistol back in the holster, he pick up the rifle. Justin clicked the trigger, but nothing happened. He was out of ammo. Before he could issue the retreat command Swanson chimed in again.
"Sir! We have a ragtag coming our way with a man by the name of Jones, Hunter leading them."
"My squad fall back!" Justin yelled as the main door opened. He turned to see Jamer, under fire and out numbered, trying to run out of the tower.
"I don't deserve to die!" he yelled as he was shot multiple times. Jamer staggered under the hits and fell off the tower, head first. Justin turned his head but he could head the crunch sound and knew he didn't want to look. Justin and Connely ran out behind the Driller, but Swanson stayed behind.
Swanson watched as the guards ran past him. "Where ya going coward?" his officer yelled. Swanson watched as the guard mowed down his own man. The officer turned his head back to the oncoming miners. He didn't have time to re-level his weapon before a bullet broke through his faceplate. Swanson knew it was over. He dropped his gun and raised his hands.
"I surrender!" he shouted. The lead miner shook his head and leveled his pistol towards Swanson's head. As the miner shook his head, Swanson's life flashed before his eyes. His boyhood, his parents, his girlfriend all turned to red in an instant.
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Read Red Faction: Hunter's War too by Obsidian13 for a better insight on him.
Obsidian13- Sorry I didn't ask if I could use Hunter for a cameo but it seemed like a decent idea. Thanks for the great review!
Tugging at the assault rifle on his back, Justin surveyed the new mine they were stationed at. 'This sucks.' He thought to himself. It was a boring job 90% of the time, when all the miners were acting the way they were supposed to. He secretly prayed that there wouldn't be an out burst in his sector because he questioned his own leadership abilities. 'If only I had a pack of cards…'
"Yo Sarge! What's up with the strap, it bothering you?" Jamer shouted up to him from his route along the ground. Justin looked down off the guard tower and realized what he was doing. He had played with the strap so much he was violently tugging it downwards, and also bringing the upper half of his body to unrelenting jolts. Justin snapped back to reality and stopped, readjusted the strap and readjusted it a third time. Stud, Connely and Swanson all laughed and started their rounds again, taking the time to hassle the tired miners.
"Hey Jamer, c'mere." Justin shouted after him. Jamer sighed heavily and started his trek back to the tower. He stopped at the bottom and stood at attention, waiting to be lectured on how he shouldn't mock his CO. "Instead, Justin called him up the tower and started to make friendly conversation with him. "Ya know Jamer, we've known each other a while, haven't we?" Justin started.
"Yeah, we have" Jamer answered.
"Hey remember that time in boot when we froze that shaving cream and put it in Mashortly's locker?" Justin said, remembering all times.
"Haha, oh yeah! Everything was covered."
"Yeah…yeah...I just wanted you to know, Jamer, I need you to back me up out there. I saw that poster again promoting the Red Faction. I'm not sure I can handle these guys by myself, so I'm putting you second-in-command. You're the only one in this squad I trust with a gun." Justin said with heart. Jamer knew he meant every word of it.
"Don't worry Sir, when the time comes you're gonna do just fine. The men look up to you, not me. Sure, I'm always cracking jokes and stuff, but I'm too scared to even put my finger near the trigger of this here shotgun." Jamer said. After a moment of silence he continues again. "The men and I are counting on you to return us to our homes, so don't let us down, okay?"
"You got it." Justin said with a smile. "So what do you have waiting for you back home, Jamer, that your so eager to get there. What do you have left here? Thirteen days is it?"
"Sure is, Sir. I got two girls back home, sweetest little things, be heart broken if I died. Little Jamie asked me personally that I wouldn't accidentally turn off God mode and get my head blown off. Haha" Jamer said with humor. Justin listened intently. "God, I miss them."
Not a moment after Jamer finished his sentence did a voice come over the comm. channel. It stated, "This is Eos, leader of the Red Faction. Miners, our time has come!" Justin's heart raced as he listened. He looked beside him to Jamer until the transmission was cut off. 'Oh shit' Justin thought 'No, not now, anytime but now.' His squad stopped moving and looked at him on the tower.
"Don't just stand there, get in position! We're gonna have a hairy time!" Justin snapped. The squad burst into action as they ran and around the defensive towers, all eyes on the 15 foot high steel door. The cavern was quiet. The miners hadn't made it to them yet but they will eventually. They outnumbered the guards almost three to one. After two entire minutes of silence, Justin had to take some action.
"Squad, listen up! The guards below us are probably going to need some help, we should go back them up. Pile out and shoot anything wearing red!" Justin barked towards his squad. They quickly complied and followed him down the cavern. They moved swiftly until they heard gunfire. From the loud blasts it sounded like a shotgun. "Squad, move up! They're close!" Justin put the assault rifle to his hip and ran around a bend where he saw absolute carnage. The guards were lined up, facing the wall, being held at gunpoint at the hands of four miners. The miners had taken them prisoner! Justin signaled the squad to stop and he scurried back around the corner. Carefully peaking his head out he listened to the miners talk.
"What should we do with these blue bastards?" one miner said.
"I say we shoot them and move on." Said another miner.
"Screw that idea!" said the third. "I wouldn't even waste ammo on these bastards!" the miner pistol-whipped the back of a guard's head, caving it. The limp corpse sprawled onto the ground pooling blood in the already red soil.
"Hold it! Maybe Eos wants prisoners." Said the fourth. Justin made up his mind. He wasn't going to let an inferior human treat his brethren like this. He signaled his squad to ambush and stepped out from around the corner. Taking careful aim, he fired a three round burst into the murdering miner.
"Ugh!" the miner grunted as the bullets slammed through the back of his chest. The squad jumped out and open fired. Connely put two shells into a miner, tearing off both his arms. The miner fell to the ground screaming. He was still screaming when another dead miner fell onto of him, rupturing his faceplate and sucking out all the oxygen. Stud's submachine gun sputtered as it spat at rounds in a wide burst, hitting the last remaining miner in his arms, legs, chest, and finally right between his eyes.
"Damage report!" Justin yelled to his squad. No one was hurt; the miners hadn't even returned fire. "Squad keep moving!" Justin went to the guards and made sure they were okay. One had been shot but he'd live. "You guys want to come with us? I hear a rumor about strength in numbers or something." Jamer chuckled out.
"No we can't. We have orders to meet to escort a battle tank to the surface to keep the miners from getting out of the complex. I hear there is a bigger problem in Mine M-4 and in Mine E-14, they probably need you over there so go check it out." The leader of the squad informed them.
"Roger that. Thanks for the tip." Justin thanked him. He turned to look at the directional signs. The closest mine to them was Mine E-14. "Well looks like we're hoofin it. Fall in squad. On the double!" Justin told his squad. They came down the slope and around the blood splattered corners until reaching a security checkpoint at the mouth of Mine E-14. After a quick look around the interior, Swanson, the marksman of the group found a sniper rifle. Swanson took it and posted himself on a guard tower with a ramp up to it. Justin exited the guard station and met up with another squad. They had been assigned to cover that exit and had already seen some pretty heavy fighting.
Justin fanned out his across the area. Jamer climbed a guard tower also and sat waiting with his sidearm out. The shotgun would be useless in a big cavern like this one. Justin took part with Stud behind a broken down Driller. There was a tunnel behind it that was hidden from view so they could get away if need be. Just then a voice crackled over the intercom.
"Hey Sarge, guess what!" Swanson chimed in excitedly. "This thing can read name plates! I can see come miners coming up the tavern walls before they get to us! Want me to tell you the names of the guys that are coming?" Swanson said, acting like his child self.
"Sure Swanson." Justin answered lazily. Just then miners busted through the side entrance door. "Contact!" Justin yelled over the intercom. Justin turned his sights so a straggling miner in the back armed only with a baton. A quick three round burst in the leg stopped him in his tracks. The miner let out a scream that echoed through the cavern even after he was blown in half by a shotgun. Swanson refrained from firing, still watching the main cavern entrance.
Jamer, still perched on to of the tower fired his pistol wildly into the crowd of congregating miners at his feet. They returned fire, causing him to duck.
"Covering fire!" Jamer yelled. Justin saw a miner run up to a guard who was cumbersomely reloading his shotgun and pistol-whipped him in the chest. The rookie guard grunted but stayed on his feet. The miner fired the pistol into his stomach and then brought his knee to his face, shattering the faceplate, sending glass into the guard's eyes and face. The miner did not shoot the guard as to let him suffer, rolling around on the ground. Justin ran behind the miner and struck him in the spine with the butt of his weapon. There was a bone shattering sound and the miner hit the ground, dead. Justin turned around and confronted another miner with a baton. The miner swung and knocked the rifle out of his hands. Reacting out of purest instincts, Justin dodged and kneed the miner in the stomach. Pulling the pistol out of his holster, he grasped the bent down miner around the neck and pulled him close to his own chest. Placing the pistol against the miner's head caused the miner to scream in fright. The miner tugged at Justin's arm that was around his neck. Justin pulled the gun back and shot the miner in both shoulders. Justin took his human shield and turned to the rest of the miners. He unloaded his clip and put the last bullet through his shield's skull, splattering his own suit with blood. Sliding empty pistol back in the holster, he pick up the rifle. Justin clicked the trigger, but nothing happened. He was out of ammo. Before he could issue the retreat command Swanson chimed in again.
"Sir! We have a ragtag coming our way with a man by the name of Jones, Hunter leading them."
"My squad fall back!" Justin yelled as the main door opened. He turned to see Jamer, under fire and out numbered, trying to run out of the tower.
"I don't deserve to die!" he yelled as he was shot multiple times. Jamer staggered under the hits and fell off the tower, head first. Justin turned his head but he could head the crunch sound and knew he didn't want to look. Justin and Connely ran out behind the Driller, but Swanson stayed behind.
Swanson watched as the guards ran past him. "Where ya going coward?" his officer yelled. Swanson watched as the guard mowed down his own man. The officer turned his head back to the oncoming miners. He didn't have time to re-level his weapon before a bullet broke through his faceplate. Swanson knew it was over. He dropped his gun and raised his hands.
"I surrender!" he shouted. The lead miner shook his head and leveled his pistol towards Swanson's head. As the miner shook his head, Swanson's life flashed before his eyes. His boyhood, his parents, his girlfriend all turned to red in an instant.
How was it? Tell me in a review!
Read Red Faction: Hunter's War too by Obsidian13 for a better insight on him.