CHAPTER 17: Knock Out
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The troops gathered on the Italy Square, the vehicles took positions around the street.
"What's the situation, Lieutenant?" Asked the Major
He responded "It seems that the Santa Fe AV is also blocked, look, it's impossible to continue, also the Montgomery St and the Taylor St. are blocked, and the only alternative is to continue by the Ellis St to the downtown"
"All right Lieutenant prepares your men we are going to take the Ellis St" Ordered the Major. And with that the Lieutenant Lewis gathered his troops, who along with an Abrahams tanks, two supplies trucks and the Hummve of the major began to travel by the Ellis St. While the rest of the forces stayed on the Italy Square
When they where one block away form the square, they heard the sound of a battle. In fact bugs came from all directions, surrounding the forces in the square that frightened some of the troops who tried to run away
"Clear the street"
"This is a mouse trap" Some of the soldiers said
In the escape attempt one truck rammed a Hummve, but with al the streets blocked, except the Ellis St, but there a funnel was created by some of the vehicles.
The group of who was still fighting on the square didn't have time to realize, that form some spaces among the rubble several ray-guns appeared, and before they had time to realize what was happening, the guns open fire. The square light up, it was a macabre show that witnessed the group of the Lieutenant Lewis and the Major, who only managed to say "Stay here o you will be killed too"
They managed to walk a bit more, in a state of shock for what they had seen there, they ray-guns keep fire until some of the fuel tanks of the trucks exploded and also the ammo that they carried. The major spoke
"Evidently They set up this trap, They wanted to us to came by the Ellis St so they can give us decisive strike, and practically succeeded with that, of all the army, only about thirty people survived. Gentlemen" he continued "I think that this is the end, the only order now is "every man for himself". "From now on, I m not the leader anymore" he concluded
Yes BThey/B where victorious, the plan could not be more simple and satanic, the group was being taken by the hand to the trap, like idiots
"This is the end" commented Stan
"Yes, this is the Knock Out hit" added Tony
"It curious" noticed Jinx "Almost all of the survivors are the conscripts"
"Well" Stan explained "That is because we always where the ones in the front line, I guess this time it benefited us"
"Attention, bugs over there" Alerted one of the soldiers
"It seems they come to finish the job" Raven said to Beast Boy
"Keep clam, don't fire at the same time", But the warning of the Major was not necessary, they had enough experience to deal with the bugs
"Heh, we are kicking their asses, soon will be none around he-" but the soldier never managed to finish the sentence, it was killed by a bot from the other end of the street
"Bots!" Screamed Beast Boy
"They are trying to flank us" noticed Jinx
And the reaction was instantaneous, since it was a small group they where killed fast
"We have killed them all, and the bugs?" asked Stan
"The Major and the rest of the soldiers took care of then, it seem that we win here" responded Beast Boy
The relief was Momentary, a block away in direction of the Downtown they saw a incredible amount of bugs and a ray-gun, shortly after a group of Bots appeared, it looked like a parade
"They are too many of them, better is we search for cover" said the Corporal
It didn't take too much time to fine one; nearby it was a subway station, and the group entered without trouble at the beginning. But when they arrived t the platform, they found some bugs and also bots, this where taken by surprise and they where killed easily
"The tunnel is our only chance" say the Major
They made a few meters, until they found a train crash
"It's impossible to continue" said Stan
"Hey wait, I can pas between the space of the train and the wall and find a open window to crawl in the train, so I can open the doors with the emergency system" Jinx said and walked to the train, moments before they heard the sound of the doors of the train opening
"Let's go" ordered Stan
"Told you guys" Jinx said form inside the train
They climbed up to the train, without been affected by the fact that this train was turned in to a big coffin, they had witnessed too much death during those days
"The next station is Canning, I hope that we are not waited there" the Major said
They didn't make it so far. The tunnel was collapsed ahead
"Now we are trapped" Beast Boy said
And then, they heard the, now familiar, sound of the bugs
"Here they come! Quick kill them before they are too many" ordered Stan
With the train crash acting like a trench it was easy to kill the bugs. But then another threat appeared
"Look over there bots" Jinx said as she pointed to a group of bots, who, this time where not caring guns, but some kind of glass panel. They just watch as the bots joined the glass panels to crate some kind of shield
"And what the hell is that?" asked the major
"That" responded Raven as the bots carried a control panel "is what the invaders use to control the bugs and the bots"
"The "Guznal" that we found near the stadium used a similar device" added Beast Boy
" I understand, the "Guznal" who is attacking us, translates his command post to where the battle is located, he wants to se personally the clearing of the tunnel"
"And our deaths" Added Jinx
The Guznal looked similar to the one that Beast Boy and Raven had previously found
In desperate act, Stan fire against the shield
"No the bullets, can't damage this protective shield" said the Guznal as he smiled
"you are almost under my power, the collapse of the tunnel blockades your exit, in a few moments I will give order to the bots to pass over the train to get you.
You have humans, an only hope, you can come out of behind the train and surrender, I make of you new bots, you can choose" and the Guznal smiled again
"You can kill us if you want, but we will never be bots under your command" The Major said
"As you wish" responded the Guznal "You had make your choose" And when his fingers where about to press some keys on the control panel, Raven spoke
"Wait a minute"
"Why, not, you have change your mind, humans" he asked "Don't want to die, do you prefer to be converted into bots"
"Be careful with what you say" warned the Major to Raven "I will shoot you in the back if you betray us"
"Don't worry Major" She responded a bit angry "I had already known what is to be betrayed"
"So, had you made you decision, humans" asked the Guznal
"Heard me "Guznal" Raven spoke "Do you know what happened to your partner, the "Guznal" who commanded the attack to the stadium"
"Yes, human" he responded "finished his mission he was relocated to other position, why do you ask?"
"Because you had been tricked"
In that moment Beast Boy realized what Raven was planning, he remembered, like her, that the Guznal had the terror gland that kill them, if they had fear, she was trying to activate that gland
"What do you mean with I had been tricked human"
"Your partner was not relocated, it was killed Guznal"
"You lie, human, how might I believe that creatures so primitives like you can kill one of us"
"You might believe it or not Guznal, but I killed your partner, and I give you a prove of that, so you know I'm saying the truth your partner die singing"
"Die singing you say?"
"Yes, and it sounded something like this mimnio…athesa…eioioio…mimnio" Raven sang
"Is that possible, NO, this human is tricking me. No, no it's impossible. Somehow this humans managed to know how the "Guznal" departure from this living world
Its Impossible that , BThey/B tricked me, the "Guznal" who commanded the attack to the stadium, must be alive. I understand, you want to make time, they are clever, but they are under my control. Listen Up! Humans, this trick has not worked, and I m running out of patience, so now a squad of bots will come here to kill all of you" And in that instant his fingers where about to press some keys, but this time Beast Boy spoke
"Don't try to fool yourself we know your secret "Guznal"
"What secret human" he asked
"The secret of your weakness, the secret that we can use to kill you without a single shoot… the secret of the terror gland"
"No!" The Guznal screamed
"Yes, Guznal we know that in your body is inserted by, They an artificial gland, that when you are afraid segregated a poison that kills you in minutes, and we also know that with that gland They control the Guznal"
"Enough" the screamed whit fear
"Let me finish, your partner realized that the gland was killing him, that it was no salvation for him and that took all fear form him and died placidly talking about the beautiful thing of the earth and of his home planet"
"Enough human, you have achieved you objective, the terror gland is acting and delivering poison in my blood" the Guznal said and fell on the floor
In that moment Raven managed to control herself from hugging Beast Boy, he manger to turn the situation from a defeat into a chance to escape
Stan managed to speak "Its time to get out of here" and they stared to come out from behind the train, as the passed by the control panel the Guznal speak
"The Guznal are the worst class of slaves, we are slaves of the terror, our only relief is when we know when we are dying is to disobey the orders of They so we can die free. Don't stay here waiting for my death you are in danger to encounter with the Guznal who is going to replace me when he receives the signal of my death, go, I'm sorry for the attack on the square, I'm sorry for killing your friends, but what else I can do, disobey an order it was the being to have fear, fear form a repression from They. Go nor the bugs or the bots will attack you, until someone else touches the keyboard, none of them will move"
"He is right, we have to go before is too late" said Raven
"The only thing I regret is dying in this cave, die without seeing the stars…"
In that moment the Major approached to the Guznal
"What are you going to do?" asked Stan
"I'm going to carry outside" he responded
"Leave me human, don't waste time, soon another Guznal will be here"
"You will die as you like, facing the sky, you are not the enemy They are"
The group was shocked by the reaction of the Major as he carried the Guznal to the street, out of the subway station
"There" the Major said as he putted the Guznal against a car
"Thanks human, what a wonderful planet must be this before the arrival of They" and then he begun to sing "Mimino…Athesa..Eioioio…Mimnio"
But his singing was silenced by the loud sound of airplane engines headed to the nearby Downtown, the group of survivors looked up to the sky to see where the airplanes headed and tried to follow them