Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 119 – War isn't one sided or fair.
Zeta's POV. A few hours later.
Raze was sometimes more trouble then she was worth. She wouldn't leave Tusk's side. Even Gord was in bed. Tusk was stable. He was going to live but he wasn't go to leave that bed for a while. Raze wanted to make sure he was okay. Not because she cared. Because Raptor ordered her too. Knowing how much she loves Raptor just makes me believe she won't leave this room till he tells her to.
I kept myself seated in a chair alongside the bed, as Raze worked on cleaning some more of the wounds Tusk had under his fur. She was really going at it. I was honestly impressed he hasn't woken up. But then again nether has Blitz, who I heard Raze had placed in lock down with Gorgon.
Letting out a yawn, I widened my eyes as the power went out all the sudden. In confusion Raze asked.
"What was that?"
Slowly sitting up, I replied.
"Don't know." Standing up, I walked to the door to open it and look out into the hallway. Everyone was gone and the whole place seemed dark. Looking back to Raze I said.
"The whole building is out. Maybe a stray round hit a power box somewhere. There is still a war going on." I stated as Raze looked back to Tusk.
Letting out a sigh, I looked back into the hall. My eyes soon saw someone coming from the main terminal. I couldn't make out who it was, but I knew something was up when all the sudden five more men came out from behind him. They were each carrying something. From what I could see it had to be rifles.
"What the fuck?" I whispered as Raze looked back at me to say.
"Zeta?"
These men were still far enough away for me to at least watch. As I did I saw them split up. Three to each side of the hall. They lined up on each of the doors. Feeling my heart speed up, I watched as they slowly entered the rooms. Then without no more then a soft echo, I heard what sounded like gunshots. Suppressed gunshots. After a few seconds they came back into the hall to head for the next set of doors. It was at that moment I knew these men weren't rebellion, and backing up into the room, I shut and locked our door to look back at Raze and order.
"Get under the bed Raze."
"What's going on?" She asked as I reached behind my back to grab onto my M9.
"Someone is in the hall. They're clearing the rooms."
Raze started to shake as I came over to her to urge.
"Go under the bed. Now Raze."
Obeying me Raze went right under. Looking around I saw a small bathroom to my left. Quickly I went in to see there was enough room for me to hide in the corner. Keeping my gun close, I now waited. Whoever this is was killing everyone and we were coming up fast. Now all my thoughts raced about the others. Pierce and his men, Mason, and Raptor. What was happening? I asked myself as I heard them firing off more rounds.
Raptor's POV.
Molly was curled right under my stomach as I tried to stay asleep. I was so calm right now. I almost couldn't move I felt that good.
"Toof!"
Opening my eyes to the sound, I grew confused as I swear I heard something coming from the room over. Or maybe further down the hall. Molly remained asleep as I just did my best to forget it and lay back down.
Flipping over away from the door, I shut my eyes and just relaxed. With time slowly passing, I soon began to blank out to the silence. It felt so good a minute managed to pass by without me knowing. I just zoned out. But as I did I instantly felt my heart rise as all the sudden I felt something cold pressed along the back of my head. It took no more then a second for me to know what that was and as fast as I could I rolled over to send my arms into a man with a gun. It all happened so fast. The gun dropped and Molly woke up to the sight of a G.U.N soldier dressed in black standing there in confusion as to how I managed to react that fast.
"Braf!" She said as I sent my body into the soldier tackling him down onto the ground.
The covers to the bed came with us. Even the pillows as I soon battled for control.
"Ughhh!" The man grunted as I sent my fist down hitting him square in the cheek.
Quickly sending one back at me, I ate the hit and did my best to send another down at him. As soon as I connected, the man rolled me over and sent another hook down at me. Staggered from the force, I soon widened my eyes as he jumped for his gun that was laying no more then a few feet next to us. Picking it up, he aimed right back at me, but using all my speed I tackled him back onto the floor.
With the gun still in his hands, I wrapped my hands around his wrist and the barrel as he forced it to point at me.
"Toof!"
I let go the second he managed to get off a round into my right shoulder. Sending his boot into my chest, I fell back and rolled onto the bed where Molly was no longer at.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
With the bullets hitting the mattress, I fell over to the other side to grab onto my glock that was resting on my nightstand. Taking it into my right hand, I popped back up to open fire.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
Hitting the man three times in his chest, I watched as he immediately fell onto his back. Letting out a deep breath, I panicked as two more men came running in with silenced pistols.
"There he is!" One stated as his friend aimed at me.
"Toof! Toof!"
Ducking the rounds by hiding on the other side of the bed, I quickly heard them coming forward. Using all I had, I tossed the bed up and onto them. One of the soldiers tumbled with it as the other looked to see me now running at him.
"Toof!"
Taking another round to the same arm as I ran into him, I slammed him back into the wall and smacked the hand that held his gun. As it hit the floor his friend managed to get up from under the bed to aim at my back.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
My whole body went numb as he shot me three times in the back. In an instant the man I tackled pushed me down and began to breath heavily. Feeling blood on the floor under me, I was soon greeted by him aiming back and saying.
"Nice try asshole."
Shutting my eyes as he squeezed the trigger, I soon heard from the right.
"Braf!"
It all happened in an instant. Molly came running and using all she had she jumped and bit down on the man's arm.
"Aghh!" He shouted as I looked back to see his friend now looking at him in utter confusion. Taking the chance she gave me, I jumped for my gun that was a foot next to me and aimed at him.
"Toof! Toof!"
Dropping him with two well placed bullets to his neck, I soon heard.
"Get off! BASH! Raghh!"
Looking back the man hit Molly right in the face with a fist. Like a small brick she hit the ground and he looked back to me. Now filled with anger he aimed right back at me to pull the trigger.
"Toof! Toof!"
The bullets landed right in my chest and in an almost near second; I fell fully back and went still. My gun managed to leave my hand and land next to Molly who was clearly struggling to recover from getting punched in the muzzle.
"Fuck!" He shouted as I opened my eyes to see Molly getting up on her legs.
With the soldier looking to his dead friends, I soon widened my eyes as Molly bit down on the barrel to my glock. Using all she had she ran it over to my right hand. Taking it from her mouth I sat slightly up to point it back at him. His eyes widened in utter confusion as I pulled the trigger.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
Three rounds counted to his chest as he stumbled back into the wall.
"Toof! Toof!"
With another hitting his neck and head, I watched from my hopeless position as he fell backwards onto his ass. My receiver shot back at me as I fired off my last round.
Seeing that he was now clearly dead, I refocused to see Molly curled up next to me.
"Thank you." I whispered as she was clearly hurt.
With blood leaving my body in droves, I used all I had to focus up. I couldn't even left my arm, but in seconds I felt the wounds closing. But my head was going dark. Opening my eyes I reached for my chest to feel the holes still there. Small drops of blood came out from each. I didn't have the power to heal all this damage. I just didn't. But it was enough to try and get moving again.
Rolling onto my front side, I crawled over to the man behind me and reached into his vest to grab onto a pistol magazine. Unloading my glock and putting in the fresh clip, I then stumbled back onto my feet to go for my armor which was now all on the ground. Slapping on the vest and the vest only, I walked to the door to look out into the hall. My left was clear but three more men stood outside Mason's door. Raising my glock I fired. My body had to hang onto the door as I did.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
The three men had no idea what happened as I managed to gun them down before they could enter. Letting out a grunt of pain, I looked back to my left to see another man rounding the corner.
"Toof! Toof!"
Connecting to his head and chest, I watched as he fell onto his back and rolled back down the main stairs.
Looking back into my room, I sped up to reach Molly and order.
"Hide under here till I get back. Okay?"
She barely could bark as I tucked her away under the covers that were on the ground. Once she was good to go, I ran back into the hall to go check Mason's door. Stepping over the bodies, I opened the door to see him hiding behind his bed with a gun pointed right at me.
"Raptor!?" He questioned as I nodded and replied.
"We got a problem."
Standing up he asked.
"What the hell is going on?!"
"G.U.N if I had to guess. Ughkkk!" I replied with a cough as blood came up from my mouth.
"But how!?" He questioned as I quickly replied.
"I don't know, but there is bound to be more."
"The power went down! It had to be them!" He stated as he looked at the bodies next to me.
"Stay here. I'm going to go sweep the other sections. You lock the door and keep that gun trained in on it. You understand me Mason?" I asked as he nodded and replied.
"Your hurt." He stated as I looked down at my right arm to reply.
"Yeah I know. I'll live. Just keep your ass down. They are here for you."
Mason nodded and then urged.
"Just be careful Raptor. Your just as important."
"I hear ya." I said in pain as I turned to head back down the hallway.
As I passed my room, I looked into Zeta's to see she wasn't there. She must be with Raze still in medical. I need to get there first. I'm sure Pierce and his men can handle themselves without me.
Heading for the stairs, I ran my way down as fast as I could. As I reached the bottom I widened my eyes to see more then a few dead guards. Maybe six or seven bodies around the front doors. All shot in the back. This was an attack from inside the capital. Somehow these men got in. Looking right towards the medical bay, I saw nothing but darkness. Taking a step forward, I panicked when all the sudden I was tackled from behind.
"Where you going!?" Asked my attacker as I hit the floor. With my gun tossed a few feet down the hallway, I turned with a full swing to be grabbed by the arm by this G.U.N soldier who was nearly twice my size.
"Ahhhh!" I groaned as he held my arm in place with a smile to ask.
"Can't have you making noise now. Can we?"
Sending what power I had in my right arm at him, I managed to hit him right in the side of the cheek forcing him to the side. Quickly pulling up my legs, I pushed up on his chest to send him rolling back a few feet. In almost an instant he got back up to pull out a knife from his vest.
"Come here!" He ordered as I jumped around for my glock.
Grabbing it with my left hand, I widened my eyes as he grabbed me by the feet. In a second I was pulled back into his grasp.
"Aghhhh!" He screamed as he sent the knife down at my head.
Using both my hands to grab onto his, I soon knew I was outmatched. I didn't have the strength with my arm shot. With the tip within inches from my face, I was forced to let go. But with everything I had left I tried to turn my head away from being the target. All I could do was scream as the edge of the blade caught my left eye with a vicious slash.
"Aghhhhhhh!"
Sending my elbow up as fast as I could, I hit the man in the jaw. But without warning he loosened up on the blade and quickly snatching it; I sent it into the side of his neck.
"Ughhh!"
Blood came up from his mouth almost instantaneously as I pushed his body over to my right side. I let go of the knife as it was clear this was over.
"Ahhhhh! Ahhhh! Ughh fuck me!" I mumbled as I used my hand to reach for my left eye.
From what I could tell the knife missed my eye, but it cut clean through the skin above and below the eyelids. It was gushing blood as I looked up to grab back onto my gun. Aiming it back at the soldier I pulled the trigger to be safe he was dead.
"Toof!"
Blood splashed the floor as I did it. But even as I did all I could feel was the pain coming from the gash. It was like someone burned half my face off. The air was just making it worse.
"BANG! BANG!"
Looking back at the medical bay, I felt my heart race as I heard gunshots. That had to be her. Now on a mission I ran.
Zeta's POV.
Everything went silent as the men outside reached our door. Looking out at it, I gripped my gun as the lock was now moving. They were picking it. They knew someone was here. Spinning back into the small corner I was in, I readied myself. This wasn't how I planned on going out and god damn it if this was how it ended for me.
As I questioned my end, I felt my heart sink as the door opened. Then footsteps could be heard. Using the mirror I had next to me, I saw Tusk in his bed. In a matter of seconds one of the men came to his side. I had to do this now. It was my best chance to get the jump on them. Just as I went to move, a second guy came walking into the bathroom. His gun was pointed forward and without looking left he walked right by me. I didn't even breathe, I just acted.
Raising my M9 I fired into the back if his head.
"BANG! BANG!"
The echo was so loud from this corner, but I had no way of battling that. With his body falling into the bathtub, I spun out to aim at the man by the bed. By now he was fully turned around just looking at me. His gun began to lift, but I had him beat.
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Hitting him right in the chest the man slipped and fell down. His rifle hit the ground right next to him as I looked right to see the third already aiming.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
His rifle rounds came out so fast, but in a panic he wasn't accurate. I had enough time to return to the corner. The rounds hit the wall next to me as I knew I was trapped. I would get gunned down if I tried to repeek.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
My ears went up as I soon heard another rifle going off near me. Looking out into the room slightly, I widened my eyes to see Raze peeking out from under the bed with the rifle that fell down next to her from the man I killed.
Sending the soldier into the wall with well placed rounds in his chest, I turned back out to aim at the door. The other three men who must have been just a room away were already making their way into the room. They saw Raze first and taking that as my chance I fired off another three rounds. Hitting the guy in front directly in the head with one. I panicked as the other two just emptied their mags at us. Raze rolled back under the bed using the body as cover as I fired off two more rounds at the closest target. My rounds hit one of the men in the firing arm, and without warning the rest of his bullets got sent across the room. Taking a deep breath as I tried to turn back into the bathroom, I soon felt only shock as one of the rounds caught me right in the neck. Blood splashed the wall behind me as I heard from Raze.
"Zeta!" Her screams were barley anything to me as I knew what had just happened. Stumbling back into the sink, I quickly fell over as blood gushed out from my hands which I used to try and seal the wound. My gun I let go as I soon heard someone fire off two more rounds.
"Toof! Toof!"
Raptor's POV.
Coming in from behind, I fired into the backs of the last two guys I saw. Both dropped onto the ground below me as I fired off two more rounds into their backs.
Letting out a deep breath I shouted.
"Raze! Zeta! You okay!?"
Aiming at the bed, I widened my eyes as Raze came crawling out in a panic. Running for the bathroom, I knew something had happened.
"Zeta!" She screamed as I followed to see the wolf laying down under the sink. Her hands held her neck as me and Raze saw nothing but blood going down her chest.
"Let me see!" She ordered as she had to grab Zeta's hands to get a look.
Zeta was limp from blood loss and without much effort she let go to expose what had happened.
The right side of her neck was opened up by a bullet. With Raze looking on in disbelief, I placed my glock down on the ground as I got down next to them. With tears coming up from Raze she looked to me to cry.
"Raptor! I...I...I don't know what to do!"
Nodding my head I replied with a direct order.
"Move."
In confusion Raze looked at me. With no time to spare, I pushed her aside to get right next to Zeta who was struggling to keep her eyes open.
"Breathe Zeta." I ordered her calmly as she was clearly unable to do much else.
Placing my hands on her neck, I shut my eyes. Raze was completely silent as I knew this was the one time this had to work. Even if I didn't have the power, I still needed it to work. I just had too.
My hands soon became warm as I was actually seeing the wound in my mind like Marcus told me. But the problem soon became my own physical being. My heart was slowing down to a dangerous level as I forced my limits. Zeta's eyes now looked at me as I was beginning to lose balance. This wasn't nearly as easy as I was hoping it would be. But I had no other options. This was it.
Using every last bit of power I had. Using everything I could both mentally and physically. I soon felt the wound sealing from under my hands. I couldn't describe the feeling I was facing. It was like I wanted to pass out and if for even a second I let up I would do just that. But pushing my limits to the breaking point, I soon felt the wound seal. It was instant. All the power I had left my body. It was like a truck hit me as I fell into Zeta's face. Our foreheads were connected, as Raze was at a complete and utter loss for what just happened. Gently I removed my blood covered hands from her neck.
"Ahhhh...ahhhhhh...ahhhhh." My body slowly came around as I pushed myself back up to look at her neck. With nothing really left in the tank, I smiled as I actually did it. The wound was completely gone. Raze with wide eyes was stunned as I looked right into Zeta's eyes to ask.
"You good?"
The wolf was barely there. But with what she had left she replied with only my name and blood still in her mouth.
"Raptor?"
I kept my smile as she shut her eyes and passed out. Looking to Raze I said while standing back up.
"Keep her safe. You understand?"
Raze looked at me in complete confusion as I stumbled into the wall. I lived but my whole body was numb. It was impossible to keep balance and in seconds I fell forward into the main room.
"Raptor!" She shouted as she stood up to grab me from behind.
"I'm okay." I replied as she tried to get me up.
Crawling to the bed Tusk was laying on, I forced myself back onto my legs. With Raze still holding me from behind I ordered.
"Protect her Raze. I need to go."
"Raptor please!" She begged as I heard someone running our way from outside the door.
Pulling out my glock, I aimed at the door to see Pierce rushing in with a rifle to shout.
"Commander!"
I lowered my gun as we locked eyes.
"Thank god you're okay." I stated as his men soon came up from behind him.
"Your wounded!" He stated in seriousness as I nodded.
"I'm fine. Are you all okay?"
Pierce came closer, and as he did he replied.
"We're all okay. We knew something was wrong when the power went out. We were soon attacked by G.U.N. Six guys at least. Thankfully we had guns."
"Good." I said as I put my glock back under my vest.
"What the hell is going on?" Asked Juper as I quickly replied.
"They must have found a way to get inside. They were clearing the building. Room by room. I barely managed to react when it all happened. Mason is safe as well. He's locked up in his room on the second floor Pierce. I need you and your men to secure him and find out how they got inside and seal it. You hear me?" I asked him as he questioned.
"Your in serious condition Raptor. We need to treat your wounds now."
Shaking my head I replied.
"I'll live. Do what I'm asking. Please."
Pierce looked to his men to reply.
"You four go find the breach. Juper and I will secure Mason. You two stay here and cover them. Make sure they stay safe."
"Yes sir." Replied Juper as I pushed away from Raze to head between them. Everyone watched me struggle as I barely got to the door. Seeing my condition Pierce said again.
"Raptor you are in no shape to move! Stop!"
Looking back at him in anger I replied with a louder tone.
"I said I'll live!"
Pierce went silent as I said again.
"I need this building under control captain. We lost too many men already. I need someone reliable here now. Do what I asked and defend this country!"
Pierce slowly nodded and replied.
"Understood. You heard the man. Move out!"
Everyone knew their jobs as I followed them back to the main hallway. From there we fanned out. I kept with Pierce and Juper as we got to the officer's barracks. Both of them watched me carefully as I walked into Zeta's room to grab her M4 that was resting alongside the bed and her bags. After which I grabbed what ammo she packed and went back out into the hall to enter my room. I had to step over the bodies, but in time I grabbed what was left of my armor and my knife. Getting it all on, I soon looked back to the covers to see Molly still there curled up. Getting down I said softly.
"I'll be back. Just stay here. Okay?"
Her ears flicked to the question. I knew she was in no shape to bark. So taking that as my answer, I got back up and into the hall again. By then Pierce had Mason in custody. Running to me he said in fear.
"Oh my god Raptor! Your eye!"
"I'll be okay. Everyone stop trying to tell me otherwise."
Mason nodded as I then said.
"From what we know Mason everyone is dead. Pierce and Juper here are going to guard you till I get back. The others from his team are searching for the breach."
"Where are you going?" Questioned Mason as I lowered the M4 to my side, holding it by the barrel.
"Hannon was behind all this. Chances are he's sending everything he has left to the border for one last push. I'm going after him. Ending this tonight."
Everyone widened their eyes as I then said.
"I'm not sitting anymore for this. I'm going. You all know what to do."
Quickly turning to head back to the stairs, I was soon yelled at by Mason.
"That's suicide Raptor!"
Ticked off now I replied in anger.
"This is my war! I will not stand by as more people die! I'm going out there and fighting! You do your fucking job and protect this building!"
Mason went absolutely silent as I soon reached the front door. Stepping over the bodies of more fallen friends.
mT Shadow.