Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 47 – A Place We Can All Be Free At Last.
Black's POV, Main Road, Pakistan.
With my right arm useless, I looked behind as we sped down the road to see our former comrades giving chase after us.
"Get us out of here Gabe!" I ordered as he quickly asked in concern.
"Where!? How!? They own this whole country! The border is not our way out of here Cap!"
Looking to Vector who stared at my arm, I replied.
"We're not leaving this place in this Humvee! We need air transport!"
Everyone knew what I was suggesting.
Nodding Gabe replied.
"Sure! Why the hell not!?"
"That place will be defended Captain!" Stated Vector as I nodded.
"So we fight through! I know you can fly Vector!"
Grabbing his M4A1 Vector replied.
"Still, I never flew in combat!"
"I have faith!" I replied as Tap looked back to shout.
"Get down!"
Looking back for myself, I saw the lead Humvee on our tail lining up for a gunner. With a soldier leaning out the window, he took aim for our rear view glass.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Ducking as the rounds hit the shield, I ordered Gabe.
"Get us off this road!"
"Hold on!" He urged as spun the wheel to the left.
Holding onto my seat, I got back up to see the Humvees still keeping pace.
"Take those fuckers out!" I ordered as Vector and Tap got up to retaliate.
With my arm unable to move, I watched as Vector unloaded a clip of his M4A1 into the windshield of the lead Humvee on our ass. As it shattered; Tap fired off a round of his AWM sniper rifle to watch as the round hit the passenger.
In a panic, the Humvee behind us spun into a fry and decided to fall back behind it's more resistant backup.
"Make a left!" I ordered Gabe as I went for my belt with my one good left arm to grab onto a grenade.
Turning as hard as he could, Gabe made the turn giving me time to cook the frag and send it out the window behind us.
Following it as it rolled, I widened my eyes as it went off under one of the Humvees; sending it on it's side and over a nearby curb.
"Good shit Cap!" Shouted Tap as I nodded and looked back to Gabe to order.
"Hit it now Gabe while their weak! Get us out of here!"
"Roger that Cap!" He shouted in response as he stepped on the gas to start gaining us some distance.
Looking to my arm as it bled out, I looked to Vector to state.
"I think I'm gonna need a shot if this keeps up."
Everyone looked to me in concern as I glared down at the silver case on my belt.
"Can you move it?" Wondered Vector as I shook my head.
"Not at all. I think the round is lodged in the joint. I can feel it in there. Fucking Linnen!"
Shutting my eyes as we soon seemed to have pulled away from our comrades, I heard from Vector.
"Hold off on that shit Cap. Don't do it if you don't need too."
Nodding I replied.
"Okay. But we need to get airborne first."
"Then what?" Wondered Tap as I looked to him to reply in uncertainty.
"We go back to Iraq. And find Voltz. It's all I can think off now."
Vector nodded as Gabe asked.
"Are you sure we can trust the rebellion?"
Looking out the window as we neared the airfield I replied.
"I don't know."
"Let's worry about that later guys. We're almost there. Cap just stay behind us."
Nodding I got out one of my P226 handguns and readied it for a fight if need be.
"Here we go!" Shouted Gabe as we all looked ahead to see the gate to the airfield. It was guarded of course and it didn't take long for bullets to come our way. With all of us ducking in our seats, we held tight as you could feel the weight of this Humvee slam through the main gate.
"Fuck!" Shouted Tap as he almost slammed into me.
Pushing him to his side, Gabe shouted while controlling the truck.
"Get ready! I'm gonna get us as close as possible to a chopper!"
"Hurry!" I urged as I looked back to see the convey making it's way in behind us.
With the alarm now raised, I began to notice a lock-down commencing. It wouldn't be long till air support reached us. We needed to be out of here before then. With a chopper in our sights, we lost focus of what was around out and as we were about a hundred meters out from the air-pad we all heard a tense whistle coming from our right. Immediately turning we got eyes on an attack helicopter moving in fast.
"That was fast!" Stated Tap in confusion as I shouted back.
"Linnen must have ordered it in early! Gabe get us to that bird now!"
"I'm trying but...!"
In a mix of panic, an incoming round from the chopper's main gun hit our Humvee in the side.
Everything went black as we flipped.
Vector's POV.
Blood rolled over my right eye as I awoken to see I was upside down.
"Ughh...you guys good?" I asked as I looked to Gabe who was bleeding just as bad as me.
"I'm okay Vector." He stated as I tried to look in the back seat.
"Tap? Captain?"
I began to panic as they were silent.
"Fuck. Hold on guys." I urged as I grabbed my knife to cut through my seat belt.
"Bash!"
"Ugh!" Hitting back first on the top of the truck, I slowly turned to widen my eyes.
Tap appeared to be laying on top of Leo who he seemed to be trying to protect. But the crash knocked him out. His head was bleeding worse then mine and his right arm looked broken no doubt.
"Cap?" I said as I saw him leaning against the door in pain.
"Ughhhhh! Fuck!" He shouted as he held his side.
Cutting Gabe's seat belt, I made my way back there to ask.
"You good?"
Shaking his head he replied.
"No! My side!" His teeth were covered in blood as he began to growl in pain.
Looking to his hands, I saw a thick piece of metal in his side. Had to be from the blast.
"Shit...alright we're going to get that out. You ready?" I asked as he nodded and grabbed onto his P226 to place it's grip into his mouth to bite down.
"Do it!" He ordered through his agony as I took hold of the shard.
"On three. One! Two! Three!"
Pulling with all my strength the metal slowly came through his quills, and in severe pain Black's eyes lit up the second it came out.
Dropping the gun onto his lap, he grunted.
"Get Leo and Tap out of this thing. We need to move now."
"Boss your bleeding." Stated Gabe as I nodded and looked to him in confusion.
"Let me bandage that up first. You'll pass out otherwise Cap."
Shaking his head Black replied.
"No! Get out of this Humvee now! That's a fucking order!"
Gabe and I stared at him in concern as he mumbled in anger.
"Please."
Captain Adam Leffer's POV.
Our air support worked. Captain Rose and his team were ours now. I told the other teams to stay back and let me and my men handle this. If men from our division were going to die it would be only by others in that same division. I wanted to be the one to kill Rose. It's about time I got this chance.
Pulling up to the overturned Humvee, I said to my men.
"Their hurt men. Bleeding and in pain. Let's put them down now. Take whoever you want. But leave Rose to me, understood?"
Nodding, my four other comrades replied.
"Yes sir."
Opening up the Humvee, we all slowly got out to see Gabe dragging Leo and Tap out by their arms. Those two looked to be in critical condition as it was. Vector was soon next to be seen with Black under his arm. He seems to be the one in the best condition. As for Rose...he was easy pickings.
"Black!" I shouted as they all stopped to look at us.
Black's eyes stared at me as I smiled and asked.
"What were you thinking? Killing Commander Linnen!? You got to be fucking kidding me!"
Standing with Vector's help, Black replied.
"He's not who he appears to be Adam! He said my sister was dead!"
"Fuck your sister Rose! She died when she joined the Rebellion all those years ago!"
With his eyes widened, he questioned.
"You knew!? This whole time!?"
Seeing the rage on his face I replied.
"Everyone knew! Everyone but you and you're men! Linnen wanted it that way! You were better with a purpose for fighting!"
Closing the distance between us to a good fifteen feet, Black replied in a cocky tone.
"Why don't you say that to my face Adam? I'll show you what I can do now that I have a reason to kill you and all of G.U.N!"
Making me and my men laugh, I replied.
"Oh trust me, I wana see. I wana see that last bit of hope leave your eyes as I kill you. I'll make sure as I bring your body back to Linnen he knows you died in vein."
Pushing off Vector, he ordered.
"Get to the chopper."
In confusion Vector replied.
"No! Stop! All of you right now! We're on the same team. We trained and been through hell together until today. Adam please! Don't do this. Let us go. For old time sakes. Please."
Shaking my head slowly, I replied.
"Can't do that Vector sorry."
"Why not?" Wondered Black as he stared at me.
"You've always been the golden boy Black. Linnen's favorite. Killing you here will give me more then a promotion. I'll be the head of this unit. Not you."
"You self concerned asshole!" Shouted Vector as I looked to my men to order calmly.
"Stop them from reaching the chopper. Leave these two to me."
Gabe widened his eyes as my four men now focused on him, Vector, and his injured comrades.
"Leave my men out of this Adam!" Ordered Black as I put my rifle down to my side.
"I will once their dead. Same as you Rose. Now how about we make this fair?" I asked as he watched me disarm myself by undoing my belt and placing my gear on the ground next to my feet.
Vector looked to Black in confusion as he asked calmly in pain.
"Fair? You know nothing about what's around you Adam."
"Then show me Black." I ordered as he went for his belt to wonder.
"Why not just shoot us? You clearly have the advantage."
As his gear hit the ground, I replied.
"Like I already said Black. I wana cherish this."
"You sick bastard." Mumbled Vector as Black looked to him to order.
"Stay with Gabe and the others. You do what you must to protect them. Leave Adam to me. He's mine."
Vector nodded to his commander, and with one last action of brotherhood he offered him his hand.
Black's POV.
Taking Vector by the hand, I felt something inch between my fingers.
"Five minutes. Be there." Whispered Vector as I nodded and let him go to look back at Adam who prepared himself.
As Vector refocused on Gabe and the others, I looked to my hand to see a small syringe. I knew what this was.
Quickly hiding it under my sleeve, I looked back to Adam to shout.
"Run!"
With my order ringing the airfield, Adam widened his eyes as I charged him head on.
Vector's POV.
With the Captain running for Adam, I looked to Gabe to order.
"Get them to the chopper! I'll handle these guys!"
Nodding Gabe didn't waste any time to get moving, leaving me with the four other armed men who aimed at me.
"Fight me you fucks!" I ordered as they held off on pulling the trigger.
With the middle one looking to his friends, they all nodded and dropped their weapons to run at me one at a time.
Quickly ducking under the first hook sent my way, I took my chance and sent a few quick jabs into his gut to then end with a strong right hook. The soldier immediately moved aside as the next one came in to swing.
Blocking his arm with my right hand, I kicked him heavily in the right leg to force him to fall to one knee. As he did, I wrapped his arm around to send him back over me and onto the ground a few feet away.
With the next two coming in together, I got in between them to send my elbow back and my right foot forward. With the man I kicked stumbling back, I took my care to go after the one I gutted to take a hold of his neck. With one swift pull, I flipped him over my shoulder to take a strong grip on his skull.
"Help!" He ordered as I spun it to the left to hear a thick snap of his spine.
With the three soldiers who were left in shock, I took my chance to go for my knife that was tucked in my vest. Running head first into the man in front of me, I slashed at his chest to miss.
"You motherfucker!" He shouted as he took my arm to send an elbow into my jaw.
"Bash!"
Dropping the blade, I soon felt the other two take a hold over my back arms.
"Hold him still!" Ordered the man who hit me, who now went for my blade.
Watching as he turned back my way, I quickly kicked up to hit his wrist. The blade went sailing as I quickly sent my other leg into his head.
"Bash!"
Blood splattered out of his mouth as he was sent down, and in an instant I felt one of the men who held me take action.
Hitting me in the back of the head, I fell forward to feel a kick on my spine.
Turning my head back to see what was happening, I widened my eyes to see he had his sidearm out. Pointing it to my head, I began to try and break free.
"Vector!"
Hearing the heavy stomps, everyone looked left to see Gabe running right for the man on top of me.
"Oh fuc...! BASH!"
With a heavy shoulder tackle, the man went flying back a good twenty feet on his ass leaving us with the last one who was completely confused on what to do.
"Grab him!" I ordered Gabe as I went for the gun.
Taking him by the arms, Gabe held him straight as I got up to aim the gun at his head.
"Wait! Hold on! I...BANG!"
With blood splashing out the back of his skull, Gabe tossed him aside to ask.
"You okay Vector?"
Nodding with the gun at my hip, I replied.
"Yeah. Thanks man."
"Anytime." Replied Gabe with a smile as we heard from our left.
"You fuckers."
Turning our attention away from the dead, we stared at the last soldier who Gabe had sent a good distance away with that shoulder tackle.
"You think G.U.N will just let you get away with this? You fucked up! You'll never be allowed back home!" He stated as I replied.
"Fuck you! You better run now or we'll end you like your friends!"
Giving me a smile, the soldier stood up straight to open his hand. Gabe and I widened our eyes as he had an empty syringe.
"I'm not going anywhere till your both dead! Hahahahaha!"
"Oh shit." I mumbled as Gabe pushed me behind him knowing what was to come.
Looking past my large comrade, I stared directly at the soldiers blue eyes as they slowly turned red.
Black's POV.
"Bash! Ughhh!"
Landing on my back, I coughed up blood on my face.
"Pathetic. If this is what Linnen sees as a golden soldier, then he has a whole new outlook coming after I take command of this division."
Walking over to my side, I stared directly into his green human eyes. They stared at me as if I was already dead.
"You're not going to live to see that happen." I stated as I felt my side oozing out more blood from my previous wounds.
"Look at yourself. You can't even move Black. Just give up and let me end this now."
"Fuck you." I replied as I rolled over to my front to cough up more blood. Adam smiled as I slowly raised my right hand up to my chest.
With his laughter now filling the air, I widened my eyes as I felt my body go numb from within. Everything was changing. From my useless right arm; to my injured side. It felt so good.
"Ughhh!" Coughing up the last bit of blood, I turned to look at Adam as he continued to laugh. But as I my eyes met his, he went silent.
Captain Adam Leffer's POV.
His eyes were red. Pure red as he smiled at me with blood dripping through his teeth.
"You scared?" He asked with a giggle as I backed up to watch his quills begin to shake slightly from under his new found power.
"How?" I asked as he released a syringe from his right hand to state.
"I don't die on my back. I won't die. Not here. Not by you!"
As I stepped back in fear, I watched as a large bullet pushed out from under his right arm's skin. It was all true. He was a born user of the venom.
It was all so sudden. Black flashed into my stomach and with all his speed and power he slammed me back first into my own humvee that was a few feet away.
With the sheer force of us hitting it, the armor plating dented inward. My back snapped as he sent a strong right into my mouth.
"BASH!"
Blood shot out of my mouth as he took his time to hit me again and again. After the sixth hit; he picked me up by the upper body to send me a good ten feet away next to my belt I had dropped before our current fight.
Grabbing onto my silver case as he wiped off his mouth of my blood, I quickly opened it up to grab a hold of a syringe within.
"I'm not going to lose to you Rose!" I shouted as he watched me inject the venom in my neck.
Black's POV.
Adam began to shake, his skin began to turn a dark gray, and his eyes went red as his muscles also began to pulse. I knew this better then all who have tasted the venom's touch. He was now going to be a problem for me. I had to play this right.
Taking a slanted stand as I still felt the slight pain in my side, I watched as he stood back to his feet to face me.
"You may be the only soldier in the division that can withstand the side effects, but I'm not going to fall pray to you're games. You're time has come and gone Black. Now I'll be the one to take the lead in this future. But only after I bury your body in the sand."
"Just you try it." I urged him as I prepared for his move.
With our eyes locked, I tensed up as his legs made a move for me.
With Adam approaching my front in speed, I shouted.
"Come on!"
Vector's POV.
Charging fist first into Gabe's chest, I widened my eyes as he forced him off his feet with the power behind his punch alone. I forgot how bad the venom was. It's been so long since I touched it.
With Gabe falling down, I quickly ran up to the soldier to throw a hook which was quickly blocked and countered with such a powerful jab to my gut that I swear I felt my intestines break in half.
Gagging up a splash of blood, I looked back up to see a knee coming for my head.
Rasing my hand, I managed to block some of it. But with the venom on his side; I was still sent down on my ass.
"You're gonna pay for killing my friends you traitor!"
Opening my eyes through the pain, I watched as Gabe quickly took him from behind to shout.
"Get him Vector!"
Looking to my vest for my blade, I pulled it out to plunge it forward. In such speed though I panicked as he copied me from before to kick it out of my hand.
As I was caught off guard, he immediately went for Gabe who still held him tight.
Sending his head back into his skull, Gabe let him go to stagger back a few feet, leaving me to defend against a heavy hook that was sent so fast my way.
Ducking under the toss, I swung up hitting the kid in the jaw with all I had.
Stumbling a little, I took my chance and went for his legs to pull them out from under. In reaction to the sudden change of position, I got on top of him to place my hands around his throat.
Gagging through my remaining strength, the kid said in rage.
"You're not...gonna...killl...meeeeee!"
It didn't take anymore then a few seconds after that for me to feel his hand wrap under my neck to begin squeezing.
"Ughh...ahhhhh...fuck! Let...me...go!" I ordered as I pushed back.
The venom clearly was stronger, and beyond my training the kid soon overpowered me and I panicked as he pushed me off him and on my back.
"I got you now!" He stated as I had now taken my hands off him to try and protect myself.
Unable to move his hands off my throat, I began to gag as I felt him breaking through my neck. My spine was not going to survive this if he got through.
"Dieeeeeee!" He ordered as I began to shut my eyes.
Seeing almost nothing but black, I panicked as I heard from my side.
"Not today. BANG!"
Blood splashed my face as I looked to my right to see Gabe with a rifle in his hands.
Feeling the power instantly fall astray from my enemy, I let out heavy gasps as his corpse landed directly on me.
"Ahhhhh! Ahhhh! Ahh!"
"Vector!" Shouted Gabe as he pushed the kid off me to ask.
"You good?"
Nodding I replied.
"I'm alive thanks to you man. Fuck...?"
"Don't mention it. Guy had us outnumbered with the venom. Come on. Get up."
Offering me his hand, I got back on my feet to ask.
"Where's Tap and Leo?"
Giving me a concerned look he replied.
"In the chopper. Their fine. Let's go help the Captain."
Shaking my head I replied.
"You go watch over Leo and Tap. I'll get Black."
"You sure?" He wondered as I nodded.
"We'll be there as soon as Adam is dealt with. Just go protect them Gabe."
"Roger that." He replied as I turned to run.
With the Humvees a good distance away, I made haste to my leader. Please let me get there in time.
Black's POV.
Hitting back first into the upturned Humvee, I let out a growl as Adam swung for my head with his right. Blocking it with my arm, I countered and sent a jab directly into his chest forcing him back.
"You can't live!" He stated in anger as he pulled back to stare at me.
Letting out heavy breaths I replied.
"I'm not going to die until I know the truth and Linnen is dead! You won't stop me Adam!"
Grabbing his knife from his vest, he replied with a swung for my stomach.
"You can't beat us! Your not Shadow Robotnik!"
Grabbing his hand that held his knife, I stopped it a few inches away from hitting me. But not to my surprise; his strength was going to outmatch mine. I was already beaten down badly and my energy was low. If it wasn't for the venom, I would already be dead or worse.
"Come...on!" Shouted Adam as he pushed the blade forward with all his might.
Showing my teeth as it slowly approached, I widened my eyes as it slowly reached my stomach.
Widening my eyes in disbelief, I panicked as my hand slipped.
"There!" He shouted as the knife went all the way in.
Letting my arms go limp, I leaned into his body to let out a heavy gag. Blood came to my mouth as he curled it in my gut to whisper.
"Die already."
Dropping with me as I landed next to my belt, I lowered my head to see a frag grenade resting there.
"Just let this go Rose." He urged as I put my focus on him to reply.
"Never."
"That was always your problem Black. You never know when to just give up."
Running my right hand to the back of his slightly opened vest, I asked.
"You wana know why I never give up Adam?"
With our eyes locked as the blade still pushed in me, I uttered in blood and pain.
"Cause I can never see myself disgracing her! Not for someone like you or G.U.N!"
In confusion, I pushed my hand in his vest to pull out just as fast.
Adam was confused as I brought my hand back to show a pin.
"Fuck you Adam." I whispered as he put the pieces together.
Looking back to where my hand had been; he stood up in an instant to ask.
"What did you...!?"
Sending my foot up, I kicked him back with all I had left to shout.
"Fuck you!"
Landing on his back from the force, it was almost an impact landing as the grenade went off taking out his spine and back in one sheer bit of power. Blood splashed the ground under him as I watched from the Humvee with the knife still in my stomach.
Adam's eyes opened wide as I watched him use what was left of the venom to roll on his front to stare at me.
"You...fucker!" He muttered in agony as I smiled.
"I told you I wouldn't be the one to die on my back. Not to you."
Watching as he attempted to crawl, I took notice to the big hole now in the back of his vest.
"You still...won't stop us!" He stated in fading pain as I replied.
"I won't your right. But the Rebellion will. And I'll be there when it happens."
Adam's eyes stared at me almost like a mad animal, but as he tried to move it tended to be his last action. His head lowered in the blood and his breathing ended. I knew it was over the second the venom faded away from his skin. My eyes went down to the knife in my stomach, but as I went to pull Vector came to my side to see the scene. His eyes widened as he saw me sitting there with blood rolling off my lips.
"You really did it Cap." He stated as I nodded.
"I had no choice. I would have died otherwise."
"Fuck look at you. Can you move?" He wondered as he looked to the blade.
Nodding I replied.
"A little. Help me."
"We need to get that out first. Here."
Offering me my belt, I bit down as he took hold of the butt of the blade.
"Ready?"
Nodding I shut my eyes as he tore it out.
Dropping it to the ground as I reopened. I felt his arm wrap under me as he attempted to get me up on my feet.
"We need to get out of here before they find out their dead." I stated.
"Gabe has the others in the chopper. Come on."
Trying my best to help as he dragged me away, I asked.
"Are you okay? You didn't take any did you?"
"No, only one of Adam's men did. We handled it."
"Okay...good...?"
Vector's POV.
Looking to my side, I widened my eyes as Black passed out. His quills went back to there normal shade of black and his body seemed to feel a bit more like jelly as I dragged him to the chopper where Gabe was waiting with the others. Leo was still unmoving and Tap was out of it. As I got in; Gabe took hold over the Captain to ask.
"What happened?"
"Adams' dead. He handled it. But we need to get out of here." I stated as he questioned.
"Where?"
Thinking over the options as I jumped in the pilots seat I replied.
"Iraq. We need the Rebellion right now. Otherwise we'll just die alone. Just watch over them. I'll get us there. ETA two hours."
Spinning up the bird, I got us airborne to begin flying west. God please let nothing else happen to us now.
Hope everyone had a good break and a good Christmas. Please drop a review and let me know what you think. I'll have the next chapter up soon.
mT Shadow.