Now that I'm a uni student, it will be hard to keep updating things, but ill still try as much as possible. Its also getting harder to come up with new and inventive action scenes, but I will try as hard as possible.
Chapter 7-Battlefield New York
The mob watched as a large convoy of Military vehicles passed by and turned down a side street.
"Screw the military" Gus yelled, "They will destroy everything"
"They will destroy you if you don't turn and leave this very instant" The police officer replied."
Gus didn't bother answering. He just stood there staring as the convoy passed by. Soon enough the vehicles stopped coming and disappeared into the fiery blackness of New York.
The police officer began explaining "The military come in from all directions\, surrounding the island. They have been ordered tol do what it takes to get the orb destroyed."
This caught David and Tracey's attention. "You can't destroy the orb, that will kill all good creatures as well" David began yelling
"Sir as far as it is possible to see, there are no good creatures, and will not be until the orb is destroyed."
The sound of gunfire started up in the distance and explosions became more common.
"What about My son?" Continued Dave
"Well if your son is one of those creatures, then id hate to meet your wife" The officer replied chuckling to himself. "What do you do, keep them in a cage and feed them scraps?"
"You sir on the very edge of going on my not nice list."
"Oh no I'm so scared"
An explosion was heard nearby. Which made everyone stop and stare in silence in the direction of the explosion. There was dead silence for a few seconds, then out of the smoke, a chopper, engulfed in flames came falling, heading straight for the police barricade. This was followed by another burning chopper.
"Take cover" Yelled the lead officer. Then all the officers scattered. The vigilante did as well. The first chopper crashed right into one of the patrol cars in the blockade. Then slid to a halt. The second one hit the patrol car next to it.
As quick as a flash, Gus yelled "Quick the blockade is broken, onwards into the city."
Then the mob ran out of their respective hiding spots, through the gap in the and through the gap in the blockade.
"Halt!" yelled the police leader, but there was no stoping the large group of vigilantes.
"Stuff that, I'm leaving" he yelled "They can go get themselves killed. Once past the blockade, they seemed to pass a large number of burning vehicles. The military had come in too quickly and confidently and were obviously ambushed but the sound of gunfire up ahead meant that there was still a fierce battle going on. Gus did not want to make the same mistake.
"Ok" He ordered. "We will split into a group of 2, One group make your way over to around central park, while we shall go to Harlem. Go through building by building, keep covered and try to avoid large open spaces. We all want to meet up again."
They formed 2 groups. Much to the distraught of David and Tracey, they were split up. Tracey went into a group with a guy named Fergus as the appointed leader, whereas Dave remained with Gus.
"Alright guys lets head for that building there, make sure our path is clear and move forward, we do not want to get caught up in the army's battle, but we also do not want to be overwhelmed by these creatures."
Gus group all ran in an orderly fashion towards the building. They stopped just outside. One of the guys kicked open the door, and peered inside to make sure it was clear. They then entered the building, checking carefully around every corner carefully before moving in. This way, they managed to move through building after building with little difficulty. What little resistance was offered by stray creatures was dealt with easily. Dave noticed that Gus lead his troops with uttermost care and made sure everything was alright before they would proceed with their plans.
Gus's Group finally reached a mall in Harlem, which he considered was a good defense point. Unfortunately there was a problem. There were several evil creatures inside.
Gus sent in 2 scouts in order to survey the area. They came back out 10 minutes later with the following findings:
"Sir, there are 5 Major hallways on all 3 levels which leads to a large square opening in the middle. This square opening is on the ground floor only, but it goes to the top of the mall, so there are plenty of Balconies on the second and third floor that we can get a shot down from. Most of the creatures have assembled in the centre. There are a few guards in each hallway, Id say abut 2 on each, on each floor. It appears that they are having some sort of evil meeting."
"Well Im gonna have to interrupt this meeting of theirs aren't I?" Gus responded. "What are we up against?"
"A great mix of creatures. No Dragons, thank god. All in all shouldn't be too difficult for a takedown."
"Well then, lets surround them and pound them" Wilhelm replied
He ordered the group to split up into 4 sections, one for each side of the building. He ordered everyone for a takedown in exactly 5 minutes, which wiuld give the troop on all four sides time to get to their positions and prepare. They knew that they would have to work fast, get the element of surprise or else the could lose many more then they had hoped. Luckily they were well equipped. The planned take down procedure was to use flash bangs and smoke grenades in the hallways before moving in. They didn't have much time, so what would happen when they moved into the centre, was left a bit up to chance, but there should not have been a huge problem just so long as the scouting was accurate. After the groups split up and left for their entry points, all that was left to do was wait and prepare.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the city, The dark Dragon was approached by two of his most trusted apprentices.
"How goes everything on your front?" The Dark dragon deeply asked one of them
"Fine My Lord"
"How about your Front?" He asked the other one
"No hiccups here everything going to plan"
"Good, then what news do you bring me?"
"It appears that we have another problem on our hands" one of his apprentices replied
"How big a problem?"
"Well it appears a group of humans have been attacking your minions in New York. It appears that they have been quite effective in their attacks. I feel something should be done about this, before the problem escalates."
"Humans are easy to deal with, The only thing bigger then their weakness is their ego. Where are these humans now?"
"It appears that they have split and formed two groups, in different parts of Manhattan, one was seen heading for central park, the other group was seen heading for Harlem."
"Good, good this will be very easy." He chuckled. "This time of great peril I hope will exhaust their morale. Then they can be ripe for the plucking. You see, why fight them, when you can let them fight amongst themselves?" The Dark dragon asked slyly.
"What?" They both replied in unison.
"Heres what your going to do. You are going to revert to your human forms, then you" He pointed to one of them) go to the group in Harlem and cry mutinty. Claim that your from the other group and escaped, because they were planning a large mutiny and you did not want to be a part of it. Claim that they were after the orb themselves. Then you." He pointed at the other minion "Do the same, but with the other group." He then chuckled. "You see? The essence here is corruption. Present something as powerful as the orb, and humanity is willing to suddenly lose all its values and beliefs in an instant. That will be their downfall."
David got a little time to think about his wife. He hoped she was alright. But he couldn't be sure. There was no way to contact, so he had to bottle all the horrible thoughts and surpress them.
"GO!" Yelled Gus Who then kicked the door in with an almighty boot. With that his side men threw in the flash bangs, to stun the opponents in the hallway. Then they filed in, rainbow six style, and cleared the hallway. "MOVE IN", they all filed in. In the background they could hear the other groups initialising their takedowns. With great haste Dave did not get much chance for action. That was mostly left up to the 'Pros' Though Dave didn't mind much, just so long as he survived this ordeal, he was happy.
Then, they moved into the centre square. They moved in too fast and were the first group there. This meant two things, 1. they had lost their element of surprise and 2. They were severely under prepared to take on the creatures congregated at the centre.
"Crap, where is everyone?" Gus yelled
But he was cut off by a loud explosion which ripped through the other side of the building. He then heard the sound of several military choppers, then more explosions rocked the buildings.
"Ahh Heck" Gus yelled. "Their gonna blow the building, PULL OUT!",
The group turned back through the hallway and ran.
'I hope the other guys have enough sense to get out of there.' He thought to himself. They ran out into the fiery light of the outside. They were unable to see the choppers cause of the thick smoke, but they knew they were there, and the choppers knew there were things inside due to their heat vision. They were doing their work, demolishing the building cause it was a hideout for the creatures, but they almost killed them as well. They probably didn't care either Gus figured and decided it would be best to go around to see if anybody else was able to make it out.
Suddenly a man emerged from the smoke, behind them, his clothes were torn and he was breathing heavily, he seemed very puffed out and scared.
"Ah.. puff thank god puff I found you, where is our uh.. lead guy…"
"Uh you mean Gus?" Someone responded
"Uh… yeah, Gus, that's the guy"
"Someone call for me?"
Gus walked up to the guy.
"Thank God man, you will never believe what has happened. They are all crazy, theve gone crazy man absolutely crazy" He then broke down.
"Hey.. Just.. Just calm down. What has happened?" Gus replied Calmly.
"They are crazy man, They want the orb"
"What? Who"
"The other party, Moral completely destroyed over there, they are arranging a mutiny, they will kill you all."
"Is this about the orb?"
"Yes for Christ sakes, Humanity is falling apart. I managed to escape, but they will come for us. The guy you chose to be their leader has stabbed you in the back, turned them against you. He spread Lies, that you wanted the orb. He wants it man"
"Well, if what you say is true, then I think, we have a mutiny to crush. Stay here while I go get the others. I think we should pay them a little visit. I will not tolerate mutiny."
The group had dug themselves in well at central park and were ready to take on any challenge… or so they thought. Nothing could prepare them for the horror that was about to be unleashed upon them, when man shows his true nature and is willing to fight over such petty things, in extreme circumstances. They got their guns ready to fire, when they saw a figure emerge from the darkness. Dirty, shaking, streaked in blood, they realised it was just a mere man. Fergus ran out to meet him.
"Hey, are you alright?" he asked.
"Do I look alright? Do I" The man yelled.
"Sorry, no" he replied.
"He has lost it man, he has lost it"
"Who?"
"The other guy." He wants us all dead.
"Who?"
"Um.. The other leader of the organisation"
"Uh.. you mean Guy?"
"Yes, that's exactly who I mean. Id recognise the filthy name anywhere"
"Uh sorry, I meant Gus, not guy"
"Uh Yeah sorry that's him Gus. He has gone mad"
"Whats happening?"
"He wants the orb!"
"The orb?"
"Yes, he wants to claim it for himself. He is going to kill us all. I just managed to escape his treachery. He will Kill us all."
"You sure about this?"
"YES God Damn it."
"Damn. I knew it had the corrupting ability. I just never thought it would take Gus. Ah crap."
He looked at the ground for a moment.
"Alright guys, get your guns, I believe we have a small meeting to attend." Fergus ordered. With that they picked up their weapons, and began moving off.
It was a seemingly quiet street. Everyone noticed it. It almost looked as if the war hadn't touched there. Everyone seemed to notice this as they walked through. There was no smoke, the loud bangs, seemed far away. Dave walked quietly alongside Gus. No expression. The place just seemed so serene. That was until Gus noticed movement on the other side of the street. Fergus's group!
"DUCK FOR COVER!" He yelled and the group split. Finding cover where they could. Fergus's group seemed to do exactly the same.
"Whats with this Mutiny?" Gus called out from behind his concealment.
"All you want is that Goddamn orb, and your going to try to kill us for it"
"You know that's a goddamn lie. You Just want that orb for yourself"
"Heh, I should have known. He was correct. You are mad"
"Ill show you what a madman can do!"
"Not If I do it first" Henry called out. "Marksmen Fire."
2 snipers who had managed to get round had got an adequate view of Gus's group. It started with 2 shots. One hitting Gus in the shoulder, and one hitting Dave in the shoulder. David was knocked over backwards. He clutched his shoulder in pain.
"Damnit.!" He yelled
That started a barrage of fire from Gus's side and before you knew it, the 2 sides were engaged in full scale battle. Gus seemed to act mostly unaffected by it, but David long lay there dazed. He thought about his son, and wished he would fly in to rescue him and Tracey and take them away from this awful place. After a while David regained a little bit of his composure. He sat up. He spotted an opposing soldier in the bushes a few feet away from him, but couldn't get a good glance at them. He picked up his gun.
'Can I do it?' He asked himself, can I shoot another man?
He pointed the gun in the direction. His shoulder hurt like crazy. He sighed and lowered the gun for a second. He suddenly had to duck for cover when a few bullets went wizzing past.
He sighed again, 'Its either them or me.' He looked up again at the figure behind the bushes. They still hadn't seen him. He pointed his rifle, closed his eyes, held his breath and fired.
At that moment, Gus began advancing. He used this opportunity to crawl forward from behind his concealment. Slowly and painfully he crawled towards the bushes. He didn't know how he could live with himself knowing that he had killed another man. Fergus's group began retreating, Gus's group charging forward. Dave reached the bushes and decided to see the soldier he had shot. He parted the bushes and looked down, right into the eyes of his wife.