Hey everyone. I would like to apologize for the wait, but i'm extremely busy with baseball and my schedule isn't going to lighten up for a few months. I hope you will all hang on and still read, just understand that updates will be a week or two at a time not a few days anymore. That being said here we are!
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko, any countries, or the Boston Redsox...all are things i wish i owned...lol
The next week was filled with the every day boring routine of waiting. Yumi and the others had made the factory fairly livable and had even found some showers in the unexplored areas. Unfortunately, they still had to walk to the army post for supplies and everyone was on edge after what happened to Kasey. They decided that from then on they would all go as a group.
Kasey turned to Yumi as they walked down the path, "Do you think we will be attacked?"
Yumi frowned and scanned the area ahead of them as she had already done a dozen times. "I don't know. It looks safe, but they could be anywhere."
The two girls walked a few yards ahead of the others and Hiroki was walking behind the group, keeping an eye on Millie and Sissy. It had been agreed that if anything should happen, Hiroki would get the two girls out while Yumi and Kasey fought off the attack. The group continued walking in their cautious manner.
"Here they come Daniel." The cloaked figure said.
The man turned, "I see them. As we planned?"
"As we planned, see you later and good luck."
"You too Sarah."
The two hugged and then Daniel moved down the hill he was on, to position himself in front of the group while Sarah moved in to strike from behind.
"Damn…it is so hot today." Odd complained as the squad marched across another open field.
"Stop complaining, we had worse when we took P.E. with Jim."
"You should go to Texas sometime Odd." Chance laughed, "You'd never make it in the summers."
Ivan who was walking point held his hand up to stop.
"Over there about three hundred yards."
Everyone looked from their vantage point and saw a group of three trucks that were the same as the ones used to transport enemy weapons. A diesel truck with a back covered by canvas to hide what was being transported.
"We need to stop that convoy. If it gets to the main army they could do a lot of damage with those weapons in there." Ulrich said scanning the trucks with his binoculars.
Ivan, Odd and Ulrich slowly worked their way towards the convoy, while Jesse and Chance set up to snipe anyone who became aggressive.
The trees cast a shadow across the path and Hiroki paused as he passed into the shadow. He thought he saw movement. Hiroki dove behind a tree as he saw the gleam of a gun from the shadows.
"Everyone…!" Hiroki was cut off by the loud blasts of a rifle.
Sarah stepped out of the shadows and opened up on the group as they scattered. A bullet struck Millie in the leg and she fell to the ground.
"Oh….God…." The redhead coughed as the burning pain slowly spread through her entire leg. She tried to stand but her leg gave out and she collapsed to the ground clutching at the wound.
Yumi and Kasey made it to the trees and dove behind two for cover. When they turned around they saw Millie collapsed in the open and Sissy and Hiroki were nowhere to be seen.
"Stay here Yumi, I'm going after Millie, Cover me."
Yumi nodded and raised her rifle letting off a few rounds that caused Sarah to duck behind a boulder to the side of the path.
Kasey was almost to the wounded girl when Yumi heard a twig snap behind her.
She turned but was rewarded with a punch across the face. She fell to the ground and tried to scamper away but was kicked in the side before she could crawl.
"Stop….please stop." Yumi cried as she turned to see her attacker.
Daniel smiled down at her, "I won't stop until you are dead."
Yumi crawled backwards and ended up out on the path a ways away from Millie and Kasey.
"Sissy? Hiroki?" Yumi whimpered as Daniel pulled out his pistol and held it to Yumi's head.
"Sweet dreams bitch!" Daniel laughed as his finger slowly rested on the trigger.
"Daniel!" Sarah shrieked from down the path."
The large man pulled his finger of the trigger and looked down the path towards his sister's voice. Out of the shadows stepped Sarah with a pistol to her head. Hiroki standing on the other end of the pistol, fury and rage in his eyes.
"Drop the gun or your sister dies kid." Daniel yelled, but his voice started to quiver.
"Your friend is dead if you so much as lay another hand on my sister, let her go!"
Daniel forced Yumi to walk towards Hiroki and Sarah was soon forced to walk by the angry Japanese teen behind her.
"Last chance kid." Daniel yelled as the two groups walked within a few yards of each other.
"Brother? Why?" Sarah whimpered.
"We agreed to avenge father. You said we might die, now face your fate knowing we screwed up, but dad will be avenged."
"I don't want to die." Sarah said dropping to her knees tears streaming from her eyes.
Yumi was watching this unfold in shock as she too was on her knees. 'They are siblings, and we killed their father?' Yumi asked herself. She looked across and caught Hiroki's eyes.
'Oh God.' Yumi thought as she saw his hand twitch.
Daniel's eyes caught the movement of Hiroki's hand as the young man raised his gun to shoot.
Yumi dove to the side and Sarah mirrored her action on the other side.
Time seemed to stand still as the two sisters hit the ground and turned to see their brothers.
A whispered 'no' escaped both girls' mouths as both brothers raised their guns at each other.
Hiroki pulled the trigger and the bullet leapt out of his gun smashing into Daniel's chest. The larger man stumbled back and fell to the ground bleeding profusely.
Hiroki smiled and then collapsed. He looked in shock at his stomach. There was a large gaping hole that was pouring blood, the smoke of the bullet still lingering around the opening.
"Y….Yumi?" Hiroki gasped as his big sister ran to his side.
"Hiroki no….Stay with me you can't die brother you can't die."
"I…I..I love you sis." Hiroki coughed as his eyes glazed over and all life fled the boy.
"Hiroki?….Hiroki no!" Yumi screamed slapping his cheek in desperation.
"Yumi? What's going on?" Kasey yelled as she came running down the path followed by Sissy who was helping Millie on her bandaged leg.
Yumi didn't answer and she pulled out her pistol and looked over at Sarah crying over her fallen brother.
"No Yumi don't!" Kasey screamed as Yumi limped over to the girl and placed the gun to her head.
Sarah gasped as the cold steel barrel touched her head.
"You….you got my brother killed you bitch."
Sarah turned and looked Yumi in the eyes. "Please, just finish me so I can be with my family."
Yumi stared in shock at the girl who was begging for death.
"I….I…what do you mean family?" Yumi stuttered.
Kasey caught up to Yumi and snatched the gun out of her hands.
Sarah looked was full of despair, "You killed my father and now my brother is dead too."
"Who was your father?" Kasey demanded.
"He lead AMEA, he was Hades." Sarah muttered and passed out.
The four girls tied up Sarah and carried her back to the factory.
Kasey called the commander of the encampment and told him of the deaths and a jeep was sent to pick up the bodies.
Kasey didn't mention Sarah. When Yumi questioned her she just said, "it's a personal matter for us to deal with, the army wouldn't handle it right."
Yumi mourned her brother and Hiroki was buried the next day next to where they had buried Xana's body. A headstone was put in the ground.
"A brother to us all
guardian, protector, friend.
Rest in Peace."
The girls headed back inside the factory to find Sarah whimpering in the corner. Yumi felt both rage and compassion for the girl. 'She understood the feeling of loss, but she was the enemy, wasn't she?' Yumi wiped the thoughts out of her mind and went to a secluded place to rest.
Ulrich was within ten yards of the trucks when he saw movement inside. Odd crept up beside Ulrich and Ivan was a few seconds behind him.
"Storm the first truck and I'll take the second, Odd you take the third."
The three crept towards their respective trucks and counted to ten.
"GO!" Ulrich yelled and the three jumped into the covered back of each truck.
"What the hell?" Ulrich muttered as he found the truck empty.
Odd found an empty truck too, but Ivan found the source of the movement.
"Guys look at this!"
The two ran over to Ivan and found a dummy inside swaying back and forth.
"Oh God!" Ulrich gasped.
Outside the truck shots rang out and Jesse and Chance started shooting as fast as they could.
To their dismay twenty or thirty soldiers appeared from the hill opposite the snipers and unleashed a barrage of bullets on the three soldiers.
"It's a fucking ambush." Odd screamed as bullets whizzed around them.
The three dove under the trucks and found little cover.
"What do we do?" Odd screamed at Ulrich.
"I don't know?" was the scared reply.
Well i hope you liked it. Please review and let me know what you think. I look forward to your reviews and thanks again for reading.