THE WOLF SOLDIER
Phase 2: "The Betrayal"
Chapter 26
Sorry about the delay on this one. I've been a little busy, so the updates might be a little sparse for a while.
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"And now, to finish of the rest of you." Abel announced coldly as he advanced towards the core. But he noticed something, the other marine- the one called "Jackson"- was gone.
"Still have bit of fight left in you, I see?" He remarked with a laugh.
"Fuck you!" Rita yelled.
Bang- Bang- Bang-!
The other man turned around in time to be shot several time in the torso by the enraged female marine. "Just die!" She yelled as she unloaded the clip into him.
Abel was laid out across the floor and not moving, he appeared to have died in a steadily growing pool of his own blood.
Rita threw the gun away and rushed over to the edge of the railing and looked down. "ARTORUS!" She screamed. No answer came as she looked into the darkness of the chasm below.
She couldn't help, she began sob uncontrollably, but someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned her around to see who it was.
"Rita, get away from him!" Jackson called out.
Rita gasped in horror as Abel looked at her venomously. "You know, that rather hurt." He remarked.
Jackson rushed up. "Hit the deck!" He yelled
Rita dropped to the floor as Jackson unleashed a stream of fire onto Abel, setting him ablaze and causing his mad form to thrash around.
Rita stood up and Jackson ran over so that the two them advanced on the flaming attacker and shoved him over the edge of the railing. Abel screamed insanely as he vanished into darkness.
"What the fuck was that?" Jackson exclaimed as he looked down into the darkness with the woman.
"At least he's dead." Rita replied weakly.
The two of them then heard a clinking sound and turned to see Artorus standing there, holding the final valve in his hand. He dropped it and smiled at them.
Rita ran up to him and embraced him. Jackson walked up to the two of them and smiled. "I don't understand, how'd you survive the fall?"
Artorus smiled while holding Rita against him. "I didn't fall far; there was another gangway below this one, which came from a maintenance shaft in the infrastructure. I caught onto it at the last second and pulled myself back up."
The three of them looked over at the core. "It's done." Artorus remarked. He then stopped and turned to face Jackson. "Thanks for looking out for her."
The black marine shook his head. "No man, its nothing special, I was just looking after my teammate."
Artorus smiled. "Still, it means a lot to me."
"Yeah, this place is fucked, that core is going to liquefy and eat through the outer casing and blow this place sky high." Jackson spoke.
"Then we'd better get out of here." Artorus remarked.
The three of them left the chamber and met up with the others.
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Artorus kneeled down and looked at Dr. Clement's body. "Such a pointless waist of life." He remarked.
Artorus stood up and looked at the others. "I wonder how many people have died for the sake of progress, just so that some faceless company can have its weapon?" He asked to no one in particular.
Einrich shook her head. "This is what war really is- a game that is played by politicians and businessmen." She added. "And we're the pawns in this game, the expendable assets."
McKenzie stepped forward. "It's time for the pawns to start fighting back!"
Artorus reached into his rucksack and pulled out another FaMas rifle and began loading M1 grenades. "Save your bullets for the humans, they can't hurt these new silver aliens, just incendiary weapons will affect them." He explained.
He then stopped and turned to Rita and pulled her over to him and kissed her on the mouth. He pressed his lips hard against her in a hot kiss and finally pulled back after several secants and looked into her eyes. "I needed that for luck." He told the flushed female marine.
"Alright now, let's move out!" Artorus exclaimed.
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The marines quickly made their way down the many corridors towards the hanger of the facility.
Once they made it to the entrance, they came to halt what they were greeted by the deployed blast doors.
"Jackson, see if you can override the doors!" Artorus instructed the other marine.
"Right." Jackson replied and began accessing the security override panel.
The other three marines waited silently as the work moved along. But, then Einrich turned and looked away. "Something is coming."
"Is it those creatures?" McKenzie asked.
"No, listen." Einrich replied. "Can't you hear the sound of footsteps- from a group."
Artorus and Jackson stood close to the door as it suddenly began to slide open. But the two of them were forced back when someone started firing on them.
After ducking out of the way, Artorus swung out into the open and fired into the hanger and then threw a grenade into the room. "Guys, look out!" He yelled.
Einrich turned her head around and looked back at him. "They're coming from this side too. We're surrounded!"
End of Chapter 26-
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