Okay, I sped up things a bit, to get to the main part. . I may add more later.Sorry, I also wanted to add a part about the other troopers, but I don't have any ideas at the moment. I may add it later also.
My Lonely Road Ch.2: Ing confrontation
Until they appeared...
"Goddammit, can't they hurry it up?" Exeter he murmured thought. His platoon had been stuck on this godforsaken planet called"Aether" for seven days now since they followed the crippled Space Pirate Frigate that had crashed here. They had heard nor seen asingle piece of wreckage or any signs of Space pirates for that matter. The only thing they had encountered were the deadly insect like"SPLINTERS" and wildlife. They had just returned from destroying another Splinter hive, which for a strange reason kept attacking the base. The ship was still under repair since the storm blasted a gap in the Tyr. The amount of time to fix the damn thing was intolerable.The mechanics were chattering too much.
"Sheesh, shut up will ya. Man, you are such a kiss-ass I swear."answered Willis . The other named Grippes replied, "At least I'm not a good for nothing. With you here, I doubt this ship will ever be fixed."
"If you guys stopped opening your trap so much, maybe we can get off this planet!" he growled angrily. At the sound of his voice, they stiffened and hoarsely replied, "Yes, sir!" and instantly returned their attention toward the ship, only to continue whispering silently behind the captains back. Exeter then went to check on the containers status. As he was halfway finished, the data computer began beeping. It flashed from deep gray to a deep red, asignal of emergency. Something is wrong, Exeter thought as he raced to the data core. #&4(&$# Trooper PFC S. Milligan: Critical condition. Armor plating breached, punctured in several areas. Heart unstable. Distress beacon activated. Medical assistance required. Gate Breach in sector 4. Breach in sector 9. Requesting assistance it spat out over and over again. Just then, there was an explosion, followed by the sound of the thundering of thousands and the ear splitting shrieks of splinters.
"SPLINTERS!" hollered Willis,"there coming in fast! I need back up! I need back up!"
The troopers sprinted to the situation and began to fire on the insectoids, which were raining down on them. However, these ones looked different. Regular splinters were grayish, and appeared in small groups many a time. These ones were crimson purple, with the weirdest set of glowing eyes. They were bigger, faster, stronger, and more durable as the troopers soon found out. Exeter and his men fought valiantly, taking out many of these creatures. But they were woefully outnumbered by these violent creatures. One by one, the soldiers fell, each in excruciating pain, until only a few were left.
"We need more men! Grippe! Go report to base! Brode, beef up the defenses!".Griff roared. As Exeter blasted another group of splinters, he watched as one latched onto Haley.
"AAAHHH! Get it off, get it—aaauughhhh!" Haley screamed at the top of his lungs, and was attacked by another one.
"Haley down, Haley----Aaaarrgghhh!"Exter hollered as a splinter jumped on him. He wrestled furiously against it, but it refused to budge an inch. He said through gritted teeth, "Get…..Off… ME!"With stupendous force, Exeter attempted to push the thing off, only to have it stick its deadly crimson purple claw into his chest. Exeters strength fading quickly, he fell tothe ground. He felt like needles pierced his whole body.Exeter glanced to his left, just in time to see Brode be smothered by at least a dozen splinters and watch Haleys lifeless body be ravaged. The pain was almost unbearable; he felt his senses fading, his vision blurring, the pain dissipating, and slowly falling into darkness.