Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 160 – Farm.
Pepper's POV.
I just kept moving at this point. My chest felt like it got slammed by a boulder and I still had no idea who shot me or where they were at this moment. Plan was to keep running downhill and towards the nearest piece of cover I could find. With the sniper not taking another shot as I neared the edge of the hill, I widened my eyes as I saw a small farmhouse maybe a half mile down it's slope. As I stood there I widened my eyes when suddenly two trucks could be seen coming from behind. Stopping at my truck near the edge of the road, I watched as at least eight men got out to start entering the grass. Each of them was watching the other as I knew I had to move otherwise risk being gunned down in this field. Taking leap of faith, I began to run my way down as fast as I could. I knew I had some time to gain ground. Those men weren't moving fast for fear I was in the grass so I had at least a minute or two before they reached the edge where I was previously.
I counted my steps as I ran for the farmhouse with all I had. I won't lie I used a crap ton of energy on that bullet I took. If I didn't get out of here in reasonable time I knew I would be in trouble. As I ran I looked back once in a while. Something was off. That cliff had the perfect view on me. I knew the men would see me and I didn't care about that. But the sniper had to see me. Why wasn't he taking a shot? I wondered as I used all the power in my legs to jump a small white fence lining the borders to this property. With the house within meters, I reached for my AK and went immediately for the back of the house. Even if the sniper was waiting for something I wanted to at least be out of his range.
Once around the side of the building I came to a back door. Looking in through a glass pane, I saw two small kids. Both these little brown wolves. They couldn't be older then six or seven. With them was an elderly man. He too a brown wolf. But he had some black spots near his face I could make out. Had to be a grandparent. I thought to myself as I gently reached for the doorknob. Carefully turning it, I widened my eyes when it was actually open. It was at that moment I sent myself into the room to be spotted near immediately by the older gentlemen. Keeping my gun down as I approached the small group, I urged with a whisper tone.
"Get down. I'm not going to hurt you." By this point both the kids turned to widen their eyes at me. Both completely silent as the man asked while reaching for the kids.
"Who are you? Why are you in my house?"
Keeping cool I replied while pointing outside.
"An unwelcome guest clearly. But do me a favor gramps; get those kids somewhere safe."
"What's going on?" He asked as the kids remained quiet.
Heading for the front door, I looked out the window to see those men all coming downhill. Looking back to see the wolf ushering the kids to a door near the kitchen I replied.
"I was on my way to Jordan not far from here when I got ambushed."
"Ambushed? Who are you?" He asked again as he opened the door to shout to the boys.
"Get down and keep quiet! I'll be right there! Everything will be okay!
The kids weren't arguing. With them running down what seemed like a set of stairs; I looked back outside to state to the old man who approached my side to see for himself just what was going on.
"Let's just say I'm not the most popular person and these guys are just really big fans."
"Their not military." The wolf stated back as I calmly reached down to check my AK. With his eyes following down with my hands, he watched on as I stated.
"Good eyes. That's cause their not. Like I said. Big fans. The ones I prefer to avoid."
Looking back outside, he then replied with a tone that was all the sudden strange to me.
"Guess that means we gotta do what's necessary huh?"
Looking over to the old guy I watched as he turned to open a small closest that was just next to the main door. Widening my eyes, I watched as he reached in to pull back out a hunting rifle. The scope on that thing was insane as I questioned.
"What are you doing? Get to those kids. I can handle this. I don't want you dying."
"You came into my house girl and did the polite thing by not shooting me first. So do me a favor and relax when I say I'll be fine." Sensing I was lost he stated.
"This is my land and we're in the one place in the world where that means something. You said it yourself and you look like the believable type. Those men coming onto my property are not military. Which means their trespassing."
I got a smile on my face as I knew what he was trying to say. Giving me one back I stated.
"You got some balls on you. Hope you know how to handle that thing old man."
"Worry about yourself. There is only ten of them out there from what I counted and that's not a whole lot when you look at that field their in. Right now I promised those boys everything would be fine. You bet your ass I'm going to keep that to them. And unlike most people I'm not scared of a fight. Even if you're the one bringing it."
With the rifle in his arms and a box of rounds in his hand. I watched as he made his way next to me to hit out the window to his front door. Setting up his rifle he urged.
"I'd recommend making some room."
I wasn't about to turn down a helping hand right now and this guy had me curious. I wanted to know if he had moves or if he was just trying to be a noted grandparent right now to those boys. Ether way I nodded and made my way to the living room. Seeing a small window looking out in the direction I came I set up my AK and took aim. Before I could even line up the first guy I heard from my right.
"BANG!"
With my eyes in scope I watched as one of the soldiers dropped off his feet and into the tall grass. Assuming it was a hit I aimed for the next who was going full sprint in the opposite direction.
"Toof! Toof!"
I could see my rounds hit the grass next to him and I watched on as he leaped into another patch.
"Shit." I mumbled as I refocused and tried to find another target. Seeing a guy leaned over the fence I took a nice clean shot.
"Toof!"
I felt a shiver go down my back when I saw my round slam him in the side of the skull. Falling over I went for just about anyone I could see who wasn't hiding. Which was another soldier running who managed to get over the fence. Taking cover behind a bail of hay I waited as he peeked to see try and figure out where we were exactly.
"Toof!"
His whole head bent to the side as I nailed him right in the left eye.
"BANG!"
Looking back over to my side I saw the wolf still going at it. Dropping another soldier as he did. Knelling down from the window to take a second to check my motion sensor. I flicked the small screen on my left wrist and waited as it booted up. After a second or two it came up and I widened my eyes at someone coming behind the house. Dropping my wrist I aimed up to catch a man entering through the back door. He aimed at the old guy who had no idea as I opened up.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
My rounds caused the wolf to turn around as I sent the merc out the back door with more then a few rounds in his chest. Looking back at the guy I ordered.
"I got this! You just keep an eye on the front!"
Nodding his head as he went back to manning the main door. I got off the window and ran for the back. Stepping over the body I took aim as I turned head first into a shield. I didn't even have time to react. All I felt was a heavy hit to my chest and head. But I managed to stay on my feet as the man behind the body shield tried hit me again. This time I stepped back and came flying in with a butt of my rifle to the direct center of the shield. Sending him back a step now, I widened my eyes when I saw he had his right foot exposed. Aiming down as he stumbled I fired off one round into his boot. Blood squirted right back up as he fell to a knee. Using all I had I hit him in the side of the temple with my rifle. As he hit dirt with the shield to his side I aimed at his head as I could hear my motion tracker pinging off.
"Toof!"
With his body jolting from the sudden bullet to his brain. I quickly got down and picked up the body shield. With my AK bouncing off my front legs, I reached for my crossguard and aimed in the direction my tracker pointed on my wrist which I had displayed cause of my left arm being the one to hold the shield. As the beeping went off in my right ear I opened fire the second a large blue echidna rounded the corner at full speed.
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Taking him down I pushed the corner and ducked as I had another merc already aimed in from watching his buddy die just seconds ago. He opened fire with all he had but the shield held as he ran dry in the clip. Going for his sidearm as he saw me pull mine up, I thankfully was already pulling the trigger.
"BANG! BANG!"
Keeping my body stable as I looked back to my wrist, I could see one other soldier getting close to house. Taking a few steps out from cover I used what was left in my clip to drop him before he could get any further.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! Click!"
With his body coming down, I snapped my wrist and unloaded the clip. As I went to reach down for another I widened my eyes when I felt something coming. Turning my head around I panicked when I laid my eyes on an armored pickup truck driving through one of the fields to the west of my position. Full speed and with men in the back. Picking up the shield and turning around to finish loading my handgun. I began to run when it became clear the men in the back had something scary. All I could do was watch as a rifle grenade got sent into the grass behind where I was standing. In full speed, I ran around to the back of the house again. With the truck getting closer I got inside to order the old man who was now lost as to what that was.
"Get down! Their going to...!?"
All my hearing got blown out the second the wall to my side got hit. I fell right to my ass and into the kitchen as the truck did a one eighty stop up on the now open section of the house. As I crawled out of sight I widened my eyes when I saw that old guy get smoked. All the men in that truck opened fire the second he went to aim. With nothing but blood splashing the furniture behind where he was standing, I continued to crawl before I heard from one of the men.
"Fan out and find her! She's here somewhere!"
Then I heard the movement of rubble and I then looked to my wrist to count the sensor pings. Somehow there were a lot of them. We counted ten coming down the hill and I know we killed off at least five. But somehow and at some point more guys got here. Maybe they're were multiple teams driving around but I counted at least fifteen all in and around the house. Trying my best to keep quiet as I crawled. I widened my eyes when I saw the door where the kids were a crack open. One of the boys was there and he had two green eyes just looking at me as I questioned what the hell he was even doing here. But regardless the answer he whispered only feet away.
"In here."
Going right in I urged the kid as I took control of the door.
"Go back down. Now."
As I shut the door quietly he asked.
"What happened to grandpa?"
I had no idea what to say to that. Nor did I have the time. So all I could really do was ignore his question and reply while checking my wrist.
"Hide somewhere."
"Where?" The one asked as I saw a washing machine behind them.
"Behind that. Both of you. Now."
The kids obeyed and carefully got behind it. Knowing I was trapped I dropped the clip I had in my AK and reached under my duster to grab a fresh one. Loading it in I aimed and went silent as I heard a lot of feet upstairs. Looking to my wrist I saw a handful of dots gathering up on the door. Slowly it opened and I stared at it watching as the door fully opened I widened my eyes as they tossed a smoke down the stairs. No movement came as the grenade went off and began to fill the basement I was in. Using my wrist to cover my mouth as it soon reached me, I pulled the trigger as I guy tried to run right down at me.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
"Aghhh!" Rolling down the stairs I was soon showered with return fire. But thankfully all I had to do was slip away a few feet to dodge the rounds. Knowing the options I grabbed onto a grenade of my own and pulled the pin. With the return fire soon stopping I ran back into view of the stairs and tossed my grenade back up. I heard it hit floor and covered my face as it went off. I could faintly hear some screams as soon another soldier tried to peak.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
Sending him back into the main room I widened my eyes and lowered my gun as a handful of frags came flying in. One landed right on my right foot as I felt my heart stop. Using all my speed I tried to jump left and under the stairs. But I wasn't fast enough to get free. The grenades went off at the same time and I panicked as my left leg got dumped on with shrapnel. You couldn't hear my screams as it happened. But once it was over and I had myself under the stairs, I looked down to see my leg was fucked up. I couldn't move it. It had that much metal in it from the blast. I'm shocked I didn't lose it just then. It took all my power to not scream further as I heard footsteps on the top of the stairs coming down. Aiming up I emptied my clip through the bottom of the stairs. I heard my rounds hit more then one guy as return fire started to come through. Unable to move my leg I rolled back out into the open with my crossguard coming up to aim at another two guys who were caught trying to react to my sudden movement.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click!"
Hitting each of them in chest as my mag ran dry, I tried to quickly crawl out to safety. My wrist was still going off and when I went to reload my pistol I watched as a flashbang came down at me next. All I could do was try to look away. But out loud as my mind registered it being a flash I mumbled to myself.
"Son of a bitch!"
"BANG!"
The room went off with light and with my ears going deaf I tried to finish reloading my crossguard. Even with my eyes closed it was so bright that I couldn't fully see yet. Just feeling my way forward as I got the clip in, I aimed up as I saw someone charging down the stairs. I couldn't see what he was carrying as I tried to aim at him.
"BANG!"
Panicked as a round went right by my head, I gave up trying to hit the guy at the bottom of the stairs and aimed back up the top to see a black fox aiming at me.
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Hitting him in the head with my third round, I went to aim back at the guy who was clearly the last threat in the room. But as my arm came around I saw he had a shotgun in his arms. With it aimed at my chest as I went to sit up, all I felt was body snap back as he connect a slug into it. All the air was knocked out of me as I managed to squeeze off a round.
"BANG!"
Hitting him in the right arm as I finished snapping back to the ground. I just used my instinct to keep firing. My aim was gone however with no breath in my lungs at the time, but it didn't matter seeing he was this close. Sending him backwards with my last few bullets in his stomach and chest, I gagged and looked to my wrist seeing no one else standing. Dropping my gun to my side, I coughed up some blood while groaning.
"Ohhhhh fuck me!"
Reaching for my chest I wasn't surprised when I felt a hole going right through my kevlar. But I was surprised cause the plate was snapped in half from the slug. With blood on my hands I rolled over and took out the broken plate. Tossing it aside I crawled to where the kids were to whisper.
"It's safe now guys. You can come out. I...?" Everything in my body went still as I saw both the kids were behind the washer. Both torn to nothing but meat. I couldn't even see their faces. A grenade must have...?
Looking to the floor under me, I contemplated what just happened. I got everyone killed and this time I didn't mean or want to. I just wanted to...god damn it why does shit like this happen.
Looking back to my wrist I saw there still wasn't anyone left. Focusing on my venom I felt my chest get warm. Once sealed I looked to my leg which was leaving a slick trail of blood behind as I moved it very slowly across the floor. I had to grit my teeth with all the power I had to use to try and seal it. I nearly passed out from it. After it was all said and done I reached for my injector. Giving myself the shot I gave it a minute and tried to stand back up. My leg felt like jelly and I had to drag it for the first few steps but when it came back to me I went right for the stairs. Reloading my AK and crossguard I did my best to carefully get to the top. Nearing the last step I reached down and pulled out the plate the fox I killed was wearing and placed it into my own. Bodies where everywhere at this point and as I started to adjust the plate I had placed in my vest, I got to the top floor and widened my eyes when I heard a shuffle to my right hand side. Looking right I widened my eyes when a huge hook almost sent my head off my shoulders. Thankfully I ducked and came back with a hook of my own. Clocking this dude in the side of the face, I widened my eyes when he somehow managed to send his other hand directly into my right thigh as he got hit. With the force I hit him with sending him back a few feet. It gave me time to see a small boot knife lodged in my right leg. Looking back up I charged forward when I saw the guy going for his sidearm. Connecting square into his chest. I tossed him up and over my shoulders. Bringing him down with a solid body slam to the ground. As his gun slipped through his hands, I reached for my dagger and sent it right down into the side of his throat. Using all I had I pushed and snapped his neck right there and then. Letting out another groan as I looked back to my leg, I refocused and looked back at my now dead attacker.
This dude caught my attention instantly as his uniform was different. Still black gear but it was outlined with this very bright neon blue color. Even his weapon was tinted as I got a look at his handgun. Quickly looking back to him in due time I tried to figure out what just happened again. How did this guy get that close without my motion sensor going off? Looking to his kit I noticed something on the edges of his boots. It was a soft off white and when I went to touch it I saw it came off much like an attachment. It just snapped into his boots. In utter confusion I questioned.
"What the fuck is this?"
As I got it fully into my hands I noticed it was much like a gel. I could move it and I had the curious idea to put them on mine. Gently snapping it on I checked my wrist sensor and saw I was no longer on the tracker. Stepping up off the body I took a foot forward and watched as I didn't come up. Looking back at the body I stated to myself.
"Holy shit this is something fancy. Don't mind if I do."
Refocusing back on the body I noticed his emblem. It was Shader Industries. Should have figured these guys were fancy. But why was there only one? Looking around his gear I saw he had a rifle. But it wasn't anything special like what shot me earlier. So he couldn't be the same guy.
Looking down to my leg as things began to chill out for a second. I reached and pulled out the small blade. Tossing it to the floor I tried to use my venom again. This time however I felt my head go light. Instantly I dropped to my hands and knees and mumbled in a lost breath.
"God damn it. I'm too...ahhhh I'm spent."
I knew the power was there but I used it twice before this in two quick intervals. Three times is pushing it. I knew I couldn't force it at this point so I stopped and just went down to preform basic first aid. Ripping off part of my shirt, I wrapped and tied it around the wound the knife made. Once it was fastened I stood back up and made haste for the back. With my rifle in my left hand I checked the truck to see the keys still in it. Taking my chance to leave I got in and began to drive away towards the nearest road. I probably drove a good thirty seconds before I heard something in the distance bang off. It was at that moment a round came through the backseat of the truck. The bullet went clean through the armor and almost hit me as it struck right between the dashboard.
"Holy shit!" I shouted as I hit the gas. I counted a third shot but it missed as I managed to get on a road. Once back on track, I kept looking behind me to see if there was anyone else. I had no idea what that all was. Between the mercs I felt like I had at least two different groups try to take me just then. The mercs being Maxwell and that one dude at the end being from Shader Industries. I was startled to think maybe it was three. Cause that sniper was fucking good and whatever monster he's shooting with is capable of going through just about anything I put between us. I wanted to believe he was just another merc but I was starting to think he could be a guy from that other group. Fort Drake? I wondered as I knew I had no information on those guys right now. God knows what they might be like. If Shader has his men equipped to avoid my motion sensor. I can only imagine what tech might be left waiting for me. Between Shader and Fort Drake I was in big trouble if I didn't get out of country soon. How they knew were I was like this is beyond me.
Raptor's POV, Two hours later.
Spitting up some water into the sink I looked up in the mirror. Thankfully my breath lost the taste of Zeta's pussy and ass after two washes. With the girl herself pulling us into the local airport I made one last check to make sure I was all ready to go for this. With all my gear in a duffel Zeta had made up for me before we embarked the flight. I licked my lips still remembering the good time and gave myself a soft smile before going back into the main hub of the plane. Blitz was still asleep. Going over to his seat I tapped his shoulder and said as he opened his eyes.
"We're here. Get ready."
"Yes sir." He replied as I nodded and walked to the cockpit. The wolf was nothing but smiles as she saw me enter. Getting right behind her seat I reached over to wrap my arms around her chest. Her smile was heavy with lust still as I asked.
"You want to do this before we land?"
She knew what I was talking about and replied with a calm voice.
"Yeah. They have me in a holding pattern anyway. Just awaiting clearance."
Pulling out my phone I placed it in her hands and said as I unlocked the screen.
"Go to my texts. Look for Watts and it's the second number you'll see going up."
She nodded as she soon found the number. Getting it on screen she held her finger on the call button. Wrapping my arms around her I urged.
"It's going to work out. Just relax. I'm here."
"Can you...?" She stopped her voice as she saw me offer my hand. Giving me another warm smile I watched as she hit dial.
mT Shadow.