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Bojack727
The Wolf Soldier
Phase 2: The Betrayal
Chapter 22
.o.o.o.
Abel and the Unit Leader watched the mobile display unit.
"I split the forces up into teams and have them running sweeps of the area." The Unit Leader explained. "Hopefully, we'll find something before too long."
"Yes, we can't afford to delay for much longer." Abel replied. "But that data is invaluable, the company must have it!"
.o.o.o.
Artorus turned to the others. "We have to two objectives now, the recovery of the data disk and the destruction of this place." He then turned to Jackson. "Do you know of a way to blow this place?"
"We'll have to access the reactor directly, but if I can hack into its control system, I can set it to deactivate the cooling system and cause it to overheat." Jackson replied.
"Good, the rest of you go take care of that, while I go get the disk." He told them.
"Are you crazy?" Einrich exclaimed.
"Listen, I am the must indestructible person here, I have the best chance of making it to their base of operations, and I have a feeling that Mr. Abel's problems are about to multiply." He explained to the others. "Now go!" He exclaimed.
.o.o.o.
The Trooper made his way down the dark hall, leading his team behind him. "This is Red Team, we're moving the sweep to the next wing, do you read me, command?" He asked.
"Yes, this is Squadron Leader Lieutenant Hathaway, the area you are coming upon is the former embryonic cultivation rooms, there should be nothing in there, so the sweep should progress smoothly."
"Roger, Nyder out." The Trooper replied.
.o.o.o.
Hathaway watched the display screen as the various patrols moved throughout the complex.
Abel was, meanwhile, fretting about over the missing data.
"They should be giving off signals; I don't understand why they're not showing up on the monitor." Hathaway remarked. "They must have disabled their life-monitors!" He exclaimed. He then stood up and turned to another Trooper.
"Collins?"
"Sir?"
"These marines are beginning to worry me, they're proving too adaptive for what their training should allow."
"I'm afraid I don't understand, sir."
Hathaway lowered his voice and leaned in to speak to him quietly. "This whole operation is steadily growing worse, if things don't improve soon, we'll have to supersede that man's control."
"Mutiny, sir?" Collins asked quietly.
"Not exactly, this entire incident is off the records, so anything that happens won't be recorded." He explained. "I will not allow any unnecessary bloodshed."
"Yes, sir, right then."
.o.o.o.
Nyder entered the dark room, and his team shined their lights into it.
"Nothing here!" He announce. But then a clinking sound was heard.
Nyder held up his hand and motioned for two of the men to check it out. He then instructed the others to guard the exit.
"Commander?"
.o.o.o.
"Yes Nyder?" Hathaway replied.
"We've heard something. I sent some men to check it out, they should be back any moment."
"Good."
"No- wait, there's something else in here, something in these tube things, something alive!"
Hathaway leaned forward as he spoke into the com-link. "What did you just say, I repeat, what did you—"
"Shit! Something's coming out of them- breaking loose, the two men I sent, I think they're dead!"
"Recall the men, withdraw!" Hathaway exclaimed.
"Something's blocking the exit, we can't—"
Hathaway stood up. "The link just went dead!" He remarked. "Blue Team, Red Team has been ambushed, go and see what happened- but execute extreme caution!"
.o.o.o.
Artorus made his way through the dark hallways, pressed up against the smooth wall as he moved along.
"Halt!"
He turned around and saw a team of troopers appear. They began firing on him. He slipped into a partial opened door and closed it behind him.
The troopers stopped at the door. "Get this thing open, we can't let him escape!"
.o.o.o.
The Hybrid marine looked around him and spotted a cluster of canisters and equipment, he then looked at the door. "They'll get in soon." He thought. He ran over to the large canister and twisted a nozzle that caused it to emit a hissing sound. He then slipped off and climbed into metal cabinet. The task proved difficult from his large stature, but her managed to get in all the way and close the hatch
The troopers pried the door open and entered the room.
One of them switched on his flashlight- and the room was engulfed in a blazing inferno of fire!
When the smoke finally cleared, Artorus crawled out of the cabinet. "Gas." He remarked.
.o.o.o.
Hathaway watched in horror as Gray Team vanished. "Two units lost in a matter of minutes!"
Abel watched from a distance and picked up a com-link. "Fox, these men are proving useless, I want you to go out and take you own measures against the insurgents, I'll deal with the other loose ends."
He then reached down and picked up a pulse rifle and deactivated the safety. He approached Hathaway and Collins from behind and opened fire.
He threw aside the weapon and turned to a group of men- his personal guard. "You are to take a defensive position here while I go out and investigate the problems in the complex." He then picked his pulse rifle back up and left the area.
.o.o.o.
Artorus entered into a small room that was marked with a sign that read "surveillance". He opened the door and activated the monitors in the small chamber. He began toggling through the various security cameras.
"Here it is. . ." He remarked as he came across the camera in the warehouse office. "Where is Abel?" He remarked out loud.
He stood up and turned away. "He'd never leave that spot if he had the drive on him." He reasoned. "Something must have happened to it!" He exclaimed. "That lunatic is on the move, I've got to get back to the others!"
He left the room and made his way down a different corridor, but stopped when he came across a group of fallen troopers. "What happened to these guys?" He silently wondered. He then looked up and noticed damage in the paneling on the walls, the circuits were exposes and sparking and a cable was touching the floor. He then noticed that the sparks were dangerously close to a air conditioning unit.
Artorus snapped to attention when he heard a hissing sound behind him. He turned around and came face to face with a towing silver creature with an eyeless face and an elongated head. It hissed menacingly at him as it loomed over him.
He took a step back and looked up at it. "Well, aren't you a big boy."
End of Chapter 22-
.o.o.o.
Not much to say, I've gone back and fixed the pacing a bit to make this chapter flow better. See you guys later.
Bojack727