Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 236 - A knock from god.
Cody's POV. Thirty minutes later.
Ying was a man of raw anger ever since he left the capital. Whatever was said between him and Raptor left him with this presence even I felt and I wasn't one of his mercs. Peek even worried something bad was going to come from it later, but thankfully for now we were getting ready to see him off. He had a plane waiting for him and we had just pulled out onto the runway with our small convoy to see it coming in from the skys. Peek and I knew this was the end of our contract and before we came to a stop Ying had just gotten off the phone with our boss. Coming to a stop, he looked back at us before his men got out to tell us.
"Your money has been transferred to Jessup. You should have access to it in a matter of hours. Thank you again."
"No problem." Peek replied as I got our door open to step out.
With Ying exiting just after us, I turned to look at the plane. It was nothing more than a cargo plane and with his men crossing the runway to get to it; Peek and I remained by the trucks to watch. Ying was probably halfway there when I turned to my friend to ask.
"You think he'll be back?"
Peek took a moment to answer. His head went from the right side of the airfield to the left; and as it went left, I saw his eyes take a double look at something. It changed his whole stance and it was enough to get me to look that way just in time to hear what sounded like a crack of thunder go off in the distance. As soon as you heard the noise Peek and I widened our eyes as you could physically see a large caliber round cutting through the air, leaving a small smoke trail in its wake as in a matter of a second it went right through Ying and out the other side of his back.
The man himself got lifted off the ground by the force and I felt my heart skip a beat as he was sent three feet back onto the ground. His men all panicked and began to look around, but in the time it took Peek and I to react; another round came in to drop another body. This one closer to our truck.
"Get down!" Someone yelled as Peek and I began to scope in for the shooter. With my head looking for them, I began to worry when all the sudden another round came in to kill yet another one of Ying's men. Even though I could see the trail being left, the round itself was coming in from more than a good mile out. I couldn't see anything that far away. All that was there was desert and the border walls. The shooter had to be out there somewhere, but there wasn't even a glare that I could see coming from a scope. With Peek right behind me, I asked.
"Can you see him?!"
Peek shook his head as we heard from the runway.
"Open fire! Get him out of the open! Suppress!"
My eyes looked back to where Ying was laying; and with one of his men running for him, I widened my eyes when another round blew half his head off just before reaching the spot where his boss was bleeding out.
"Shit!" Peek shouted as we saw that happen.
Unable to see the shooter, Peek ordered me as it was clear Ying was going to die at this rate.
"Use the M203! Smoke him out and put the other round on the truck! I'll move in and get him out of the open!"
Loading a round as another one of Ying's boys got dropped, I fired the smoke right onto where Ying was and Peek took his chance and ran out to get him. I threw some rounds in the direction I thought the shooter was firing from; and looked from side to side as Peek entered the smoke. I heard some grunting and in a matter of seconds he came running back out with Ying hanging from his side just barely able to move his own legs. I got my second smoke round loaded and just as I finished; another round could be heard echoing off in the distance. My eyes widened as it came in to hit the bird right in the side of his ribs.
"Aghhh!" Peek let out this scream that made me go still as the round went cleanly through him and through Ying once again. They fell right over onto one another and from what I could see Ying wasn't moving anymore. Peek had his right hand on the side the bullet entered from and blood started to leave his mouth as I fired off the second round.
The second the smoke went off, I put my gun over my back and ran out of cover to get in the way. I found the bird starting to crawl away and using all I had, I came down to beg.
"Give me your arm!"
Peek had his one hand holding the wound and gave me his other as I looked to the side to see Ying was long dead now. All I cared about now was getting Peek out of here. Pulling him up onto his feet, I began to move us back to the truck. However the second we left the smoke another round came in just as fast as the first one did. This time however it hit me right in the side of my chest. Peek widened his eyes as it nearly sent us over again.
Thankfully the armor did it's job. The round came in to make direct contact with the shields. I actually saw the bullet itself shatter when it hit, but my body felt like it got jolted by lightning and we could hear what sounded like a cracking pop of the same electricity. The round itself broke the shields but it also bought me just enough time to get Peek behind the truck where we couldn't get shot.
I coughed up on some blood as Peek asked in concern for me above himself.
"Are you okay!?"
He was bleeding out so I replied while checking his side.
"I'm fine! You're fucked up!"
Pushing me aside with his arm, Peek replied while turning on his venom.
"I'll live! Is Ying dead?!"
With the smoke clearing I replied.
"Yeah he's fucking dead! We need to get the hell out of the open!"
Peek was closing his wounds but the round itself went all the way through his side. He wasn't going to be able to move on his own in a matter of seconds. Not even minutes judging by the damage I was seeing. Looking me right in the eyes he ordered me.
"We need to make a window! Use that weapon of yours to take out the truck in front of ours! The smoke it leaves off should be enough for us to get in the car and leave!"
I got to work loading one of the frag rounds and during that time the rest of Ying's men were being killed off one by one. By the time I got the round loaded the pilot to the plane got shot right through the glass of the cockpit. Then you heard another one hit the turbines. From that moment on the plane went up in smoke. Everyone around it got blown to bits.
"Come on Cody!" Peek urged me as I fired the round into the lead truck creating the smoke cloud we needed. The second it went off Peek reached up and I grabbed him from up off the ground. Thankfully the doors were open and I was able to get him in before worrying about myself.
"Drive!" Peek ordered me as I got in to take the wheel.
The second my foot hit the gas, I widened my eyes when through the smoke I saw a scope glint. Ducking about as fast as I could, another round came right through the windshield. Peek screamed as it went right through the top of my seat and out the complete ass end of the truck like butter. Hitting the gas but keeping my head down, I got us moving. In seconds another bullet got sent into our back tire which immediately popped off the rim. I nearly lost control of the truck before getting us off the runway. At which point I stopped the car with the airport itself as cover now between us and the shooter. Peek was bleeding out in the back still as he asked me.
"Why did we stop!?"
Jumping in the back, I got a good look at my friend. His wounds were not going to seal themselves. Even with the training he has. The round that hit him was the size of a baseball. It went right through his ribs and out his other side. I knew he was going to die if I didn't do something. Getting the door open once again, I replied while helping him up.
"We need to get you to the capital! You aren't going to make it man!"
"Fuck! Just get driving Cody! I can…..mmmmmmmmhnmmm…..I can hold on!"
"Just take these!" I urged him as I went into one of my leg pouches to hand him over my venom shots.
Peek took one immediately as I got back in to drive. It was a good twenty minutes to the capital at best and right now I was driving on three tires. The sounds of gunfire stopped and once back on the main roads did I beg the bird in the back choking on his own blood.
"Just hang on! I'm going to save you!"
"Ohhh fuck me! What kind of rounds were they!?"
With a hole the same size as the one in him I replied.
"I have no fucking idea, but they went right through the armor plating!"
"At least you have the mark seven!" Peek grunted as a joke of sorts as I chuckled and ordered him back.
"Shut your mouth and focus on staying alive! Save the jokes for later once you're not dying!"
"I'm not going to die!" Peek replied as I got out my phone. Dialing Raptor's number, I spit up some blood of my own and prayed to god he would answer. I wasn't sure if I could get Peek to the capital in time before he bled out.
"Hey Cody!?" Peek's voice was starting to trail off already as I looked back to reply.
"Yeah?!"
His eyes looked to the hand that held the wound and with a little bit of drowsiness he told me.
"I can put my hand in my chest man! Ohhhhh Jesus! I do have a heart in here!"
"Shut the fuck up! Don't think about that shit man! Just focus on your venom and keep those wounds at bay! I'm making a call!"
"To who!? Your fucking mother!?" He asked me with a sudden shout of anger as Raptor answered to wonder.
"What's up?"
Looking back as Peek laid back down I replied.
"I'm in trouble! I need your help ASAP please!"
Raptor's tone changed as he heard mine and questioned in utter confusion for what was going on.
"What's wrong?"
"We just got done at the airport! Someone was waiting for us and they ambushed the extraction! Ying is dead and so are his men! I got shot and Peek is on the verge of bleeding out!"
"I'm not bleeding out! I'm just leaking Cody! Relax!"
With his blood leaking off the seat as he adjusted to the bumps in the road we were hitting, he changed his mind by restating.
"Okay maybe I'm bleeding out little!"
Raptor by this point was clearly aware of the issue and with that in mind I told him.
"We're not going to make it to the capital in time! Can you meet us halfway!?"
"I'm already moving Cody. Just take the main road and stop just before you reach fifth avenue. I'll meet you there."
"Thank you!" I replied as I hung up to now focus on my driving. Peek however was trying not to think about dying. I watched using the mirror as he took one of my shots in his hands. With his body shaking I told him.
"Raptor is going to meet us up ahead! You just need to hang on till we can reach him!"
"What the fuck does that matter Cody!? I got a fucking hole going through me the size of your fist!"
"Trust me! You're going to be fine! Just breathe!"
"What do you think I'm doing!?" He asked me as I was shaking from the pressure.
I did exactly as Raptor wanted and reached fifth avenue in a matter of minutes. Stopping the truck, I got out to see instantly we were the center of attention. It's not like Afghanistan, there were people outside and they were all stopping to stare at us as I got Peek's door open to jump back in and look at his condition. The bird was really good at remaining calm, but right now he was being pushed to his limit. Using what I had, I held down the other side where the round exited and urged him.
"Raptor will be here soon!"
"Oh yeah? Is he a fucking doctor too? Because you're killin me right now Cody."
"Trust me man! You're going to be okay!"
"You could put your arm right through me bud. I doubt I'll be okay in the next few minutes."
"Just take another shot man!" I urged him as I was starting to feel some of his blood begin to push through the edges of my fingers.
"Hey Cody?" Looking back to my best friend's eyes I listened to him as he said with a small smile coming to his lips.
"I told you I would open up one day." I couldn't help but push down on him just a little harder; as his last sentence to me was meant to be a joke. I couldn't believe this guy. I knew he was going to forget to take the second dose, so I quickly picked it up off his chest to just stare into his eyes as he slowly rememebered what he should be doing to buy himself the time we needed to keep him living. Reaching up Peek groaned.
"Oh shit, yeah that's right. Fuck me."
Peek grabbed onto a second syringe and at first he questioned doing that. We both knew two shots were dangerous to any user, but he was running out of energy and Raptor wasn't here yet. Holding his wound, I watched as he nodded and took the next hit like a champ. However you saw his eyes change. His whole body went soft and I swear to god he almost passed out from the surge of it all. His breathing had slowed to the point I thought he was dying. Then I heard a truck pull up. Looking up and back outside the car, I widened my eyes when Raptor could be seen marching his way over to our truck. I got inside and around Peek's head as he reached me to ask seeing all the blood.
"What happened again?"
Peek was in no condition to respond after taking the second shot of venom. Holding his side shut, I replied to the hedgehog as he climbed into the truck with people beginning to crowd outside.
"I don't know. A shooter took down Ying and we tried to save him. Peek went out to get him and got shot on the way back. Ying died on the second one Raptor. The round went right through both of them." Raptor saw the hole going through the seats; and letting out a sigh, he got nearly on top of my friend to urge him.
"Let go. I need to feel the wound."
Peek wasn't able to fight back. His hand fell off the hole and from there I watched as Raptor took over to do his thing. Halfway through Peek nearly passed out and I looked up to Raptor to whisper.
"Thank you."
He nodded with his eyes on my friend as I took notice of the attention we were now getting. Raptor sensed it too and ordered me as he focused on saving my best friend.
"Tell them not to worry. Everything is under control."
I nodded as fast as I could and got out of the truck leaving Peek to Raptor. With my hands covered in blood, I told the people watching.
"Everything is fine everyone! Go back to your business!" People got moving as the words left my mouth. Raptor however was still working on Peek by then and I turned back around just in time to hear from him.
"Fucking everytime I think I'm gonna get a little break from all this, I get proved wrong and more shit happens. Is Ying really dead?"
I nodded which got him to sigh in anger.
"Did you see the shooter?"
"Not a fucking thing. I saw a glare coming from the desert but that was it. Whoever it was dropped everyone. They even shot me."
"And you don't have a hole in you the size of this?" Raptor questioned as I shook my head to reply.
"I got lucky. I'll explain later but is he going to make it?"
Peek was barely able to open his eyes as Raptor replied.
"He'll be fine. I can't say much for the venom in him. He took two?" He then asked me as I replied.
"He's a user like me. He can handle it."
Raptor nodded and after some time the wounds were sealed. Peek however was still awake and questioned with a lack of energy behind his tone.
"Are you god?"
Raptor chuckled at the question and replied while making sure he was all patched up.
"Your god it seems. You're gonna make it. Just lay down and we'll get you back to the capital and in a bed in a matter of minutes. Cody? Get back in the driver's seat and follow me back. Are you hurt?" He asked as he saw the blood coating my lips.
I nodded and replied.
"Internally but I'll be fine."
"Okay. Get this truck moving."
"Thank you again!" I shouted at him as he backed out of the truck and to his own. Raptor soon was back to driving and with Peek breathing calmly in the backseat, I told him with a smile.
"I told you. You're okay."
"I'm not about to question you but don't pretend like I'm not curious or grateful. What is he?"
With my focus on following Raptor back I asked him.
"Would you believe me if I told you he really was a god?"
Peek looked right over to me to reply.
"It was my assumption to begin with, so yeah I'll believe you. Ohhhh fuck."
"You good?" I asked him as he nodded and urged me.
"I just need to close my eyes for a few minutes. Wake me up when we get there."
I chuckled as Peek went to rest. My heart was calming down as we neared the capital. The second we pulled in we were greeted by a few of the soldiers who got to work on helping Peek up and out of the truck.
"You hurt?" One of the medics asked me as I shook my head and replied while making my way to Peek's side.
"I'm okay. The truck is toast."
With Raptor coming over, he ordered some of the men who were busy looking over the damage.
"Get the truck refitted and clear the area out. Let me handle these two."
Peek was safely handed over to me and by then he was able to walk on his own. Raptor looked him over carefully as it was clear Peek was just as tough as Pepper; if not more with his ability to power through anything. I held him up for what it was worth and with Raptor looking over the rest of his body he soon urged us.
"Come inside. We can have a bed open for you. You need to rest off that venom."
Peek was looking over Raptor now. This was the first time he was really able to get a good look. After we started to move did he ask.
"Are you really a god?"
Some of the men around us heard the question and that got Raptor to kick his shit into gear. Our pace picked up as I whispered to Peek's ear.
"Don't ask that. It's need to know only."
"Ahhh fuck. Sorry." Peek replied as I sensed Raptor was uncomfortable with the whole situation.
Once inside the capital he urged us.
"Go get checked out. Once you're done, come to my office Cody. I need to talk with you."
"Yes sir." I replied as he left our side to head for the stairs.
Peek looked at him for a moment and once I got us turning for medical; did he whisper to me as a joke.
"I see why you're so grateful to have him. You suck him off yet?"
Slamming my elbow into his stomach, I bit my lip and enjoyed the pain Peek was in as he groaned.
"Ohhhhhhhh okay! I deserve that!"
mT Shadow.