Disclaimer: See chapter one
Chap. 10
The gates doors slowly opened and the white AC Glaive stalked in, searching for the gate lock mechanism. So far, no serious threats opposed him, but the day was still young. Glaive found himself in a wide open room. Various generators hummed around him, beating power into the facility.
'This is too easy.'
The second the gate behind him closed, hinges opened up from the ceiling and energy cannons opened fire.
'Figures.'
Glaive dashed off to the side, firing a grenade blast during his escape and destroying one of the cannons. But there were more to deal with and they all rotated around to continue firing. Glaive fired another blast and again, one of the cannons exploded. Glaive then slid behind one of the generators in order to regain his bearings. But from behind the generator, another couple of cannons opened up and locked onto him.
'Here we go.'
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A narrow chamber full of guard MTs sat still in wait for whatever target come through those gates. Their sensors picked up motion on the other side and the computer-controlled machines moved into position. The gates slowly opened and a stream of fire emerged. Two of the MTs were shredded by the machine fire and promptly exploded. A dark machine swooped in and blazed through them with machine guns.
"Hey guys. Now serving bullet supreme special!"
The bullets flew throughout the corridor, each one hitting a target or two. Havoc waved his arms side to side, dishing out further damage to the seriously outgunned MTs. In a matter of moments, the MTs were all cinders.
"Now where..."
But when Havoc reached the center of the corridor, smaller gates opened on the sides and more MTs emerged, more heavily armored than the first. Havoc was now surrounded.
"Aw sh..."
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The four Ravens outside were in trouble. The linear cannons were now on-line and firing at them with repeated tremendous force. It was as though the Ravens were being attacked by a thunderstorm. The four were forced to scatter over the battlefield, but they didn't leave.
"Anyone got any bright ideas?" Baron called from White Wolf.
"We have to take out those cannons." Koemai shouted after avoiding a blast of energy.
"How?" Ellie questioned from Phantom. "We can't even get close."
"We need a diversion."
Yeah, sure." Diana grumbled after destroying an MT that got too close and dodging an energy wave at the same time. "Any volunteers?"
The four managed to swoop around and meet together behind a rocky mound.
"I'll do it." Phantom proclaimed.
Koemai disagreed, "No. You're needed to take out the cannons. With your stealth, you should have far less problems reaching them." Turning to Cloak, "Diana, you better go too. You got the fastest AC out of all of us."
"So in other words, ladies first."
The mound suddenly exploded and the four were forced to scatter again.
"I'm listening if you have any better ideas!" Koemai yelled.
Diana sulked to herself and then moved Cloak alongside Phantom, "Let's get going."
The two Raven split off to the side while White Wolf and Bloodhand remained together.
"Alright, so how shall we do this?"
Koemai grinned, "The same way we do everything." Bloodhand cocked his gun.
"Brutally!!!"
The two ACs shot forward in attack...
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Havoc continued on through the next gate, with a smoking pile of debris behind him from the fight with the MTs. Though they were far weaker than him, the numbers made up for a grueling fight. It took his some time to destroy them all while reserving most of his ammo. He had to mostly stick with using his EOs, but even so, he occasionally fought with his two machine guns. He was glad to keep most of his ammo in tact, especially considering the odds. Anyway, he entered into the chamber and found the key lock he had been searching for. He interlocked his AC with it and began tapping a few buttons. A moment later, he received the signal that the lock was opened. His job now complete, he turned around to the gate, only to see that it closed again. I hate when these things do that. The gate opened once more, only for a shocking surprise on the other side. MTs had now flooded the corridor once again and they all circled around and targeted him.
"Damn!" he swore as he backed away behind the gate door as the MTs fired at him. Elijah frowned. There were twice as many as there were last time. And he didn't have the energy to destroy them with the EOs. Guess I'll have to do this the old fashioned way. Havoc raised his machine guns, twirled around the corner, and unloaded a full stream of bullets down the corridor, decimating his targets.
"Eat hot guchi, pal!"
The bullet riddled through all the MTs, shredding some and bashing down others. The MTs fired back, but Havoc evaded most of their fire and continued the assault. Elijah kept a watch on his ammo reserves, hoping that he could get rid of them before he ran too low. To help out, Elijah activated his EOs once they reach max ammo and let them clean up the rest. Now the corridor was full of more burnt debris and shattered machinery. Havoc moved through to the other end, but as the exit gate opened, more sounds clicked behind him and Havoc turned to see more MTs emerging from the side.
"No way!"
Havoc soared through the now opened gate as the MTs fired at him from behind. Luckily, they didn't follow and the gate doors had closed behind him. But his AP was now on 3197. Not too low, but he'd have to be careful now. Havoc continued to fly through until he reached the rendezvous point where Glaive and Professional awaited him.
"Don't even think about asking." Elijah growled.
"We weren't." Charles commented from Professional. "This place is a lot of trouble."
Glaive didn't respond and Elijah saw that the white machine had a good deal of damage.
"What happened...?"
"I didn't ask you, so don't ask me." Cain grumbled lowly, cutting him off.
Elijah nodded and then, "Well what are we waiting for?"
Charles nodded, "Right. We have a mission to complete."
The three ACs turned to the main corridor and soared through to the massive gate. It opened and revealed a massive chamber which stretched high over their head and was incredibly wide as well. However, there seemed to be no sort of defenses there. Not even a cannon turret.
"I don't like this." Cain said. "This is too easy."
Professional turned to him, "Perhaps the defense here was diverted to the others outside." But even as he said that, he didn't agree. Nevertheless, "We better just consider ourselves lucky."
The three continued on and entered the gate at the far end. The doors opened slowly to reveal a computer terminal on the other end. Professional walked up to it and interlocked with the terminal, accessing for the specific data. Finally...
"Got it."
"Mission complete." Elijah said. "Now let's get the hell out of here."
The three ACs moved in unison and soared down the chamber in order to reach the exit they had come from. But upon reaching the gate ahead, it automatically opened to reveal another AC. A black AC.
"Another Raven!"
Havoc began to raise his gun, but was stopped by Glaive.
"Don't."
Havoc and Professional both turned to him. "What are you doing?"
Glaive continued to stare at the dark AC, who hadn't moved from the doorway. "He won't attack you as long as you don't attack him. Both of you better take the other exit now."
Professional looked at the dark Raven and then back, "What about you?"
"Leave me." He quickly added. "No arguments. Just go. Hurry before he changes his mind."
Elijah yelled from his machine, "I'm not going to leave you here alone. I'll help you fight..."
Shhrrraannnggggggg!!!!!!!!
Havoc soon found himself facing the white-blue energy of the Moonlight blade.
"Go!"
Elijah hesitated, but that when Professional moved up in front of his screen. "Let's go. He's making sure we escape. Come on."
Professional zoomed away toward the exit, slowly followed by Havoc. With them gone, Glaive was left alone with the black AC, who stalked into the room. The dark machine arched its arms slightly and a pair of violet energy blades emerged, each one curved like a deadly scythe. Glaive positioned his own blade forward.
"Reaper..."
"Glaive..."
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Outside, White Wolf and Bloodhand were still diverting the majority of the attacks to themselves while Cloak and Phantom closed in silently. The two Ravens were dishing out pretty good damage to the compound, but the linear cannons posed a continual threat as the white beams of energy literally laid waste to the landscape in order to destroy them.
"This is ridiculous!" Baron yelled from White Wolf. His machine narrowly escaped one of the blasts, but his right arm bazooka was totally destroyed.
"How long is it going to take those two?"
Right on cue, one of the cannons exploded. Both ACs looked as Phantom flew away from the exploding cannon. A minute later, a second cannon exploded, with Cloak moving away from it as well. Just then, a beep came in over their consoles, signaling the exit of the others.
"Alright guys." Koemai called. "Mission complete. Let's get out of here."
The four Ravens retreated back and flew away, unaware that one of their clan was still inside...alone.