City Of Vale, A Few Weeks Later
Six was walking through Vale in his riot gear, Alice said he would put people on edge wearing full body armor but he didn't care. He'd rather not get killed.
He needed some ammo, and Alice wanted him to get some groceries too.
He ran out of regular ammo a few years ago and had to switch to Dust rounds. He was still working on making energy cells though.
His train of thought was interrupted when he saw a bunch of cop cars speed by with their sirens on.
"None of my business." Six said to himself. "Which is exactly why I'm going to go check it out." He said as he ran after the cop cars.
He arrived at a police barricade outside a large warehouse by the docks. There were also armored SWAT trucks there.
"Stay back sir!" A officer yelled at him.
"Relax I'm a huntsman, what's going on?" Six asked the cop.
"Oh, sorry sir." The man apologized. "It's the Dust Devils, they've barricaded themselves inside the warehouse, they have hostages, we think they have a bomb." The officer explained. "They refuse to negotiate with us sir, we don't know what to do." The cop said worriedly.
The Dust Devils, Six recognized the name, a dangerous terrorist group mainly made up of rogue Hunters and former Atlas soldiers.
They were well armed, highly trained, and extremely devoted to their cause.
Their cause being the total annihilation of all four kingdoms, as well as said kingdom's Hunters, militaries and law enforcement. They wanted to burn all laws and borders then sculpt a new kingdom from the ashes. They were pure anarchists, and it made Six's blood boil.
He didn't mind some chaos but he drew the line somewhere. This was a clean world with abundant resources and these idiots wanted to ruin it for everyone else. They wanted a wasteland, they didn't know what they were asking for. He'd show them first-hand what a wasteland does to a person, and what someone from the Wastleland can do to another person.
But they had hostages, and a bomb. He couldn't just barge in there.
He looked down and saw a manhole cover. "Hey does the sewer system run under the warehouse?" He asked the cop.
"Yeah, why?" The cop asked.
"Oh, no reason." Six said as he removed the cover.
"What're you going to do?" The cop asked.
"I'm going to go in there all stealthy, save those hostages, disarm the bomb, and beat the s*it out of those terrorists.
"That's a bad idea." A cop said.
"Sure is, but you got a better one?"
"Not really no."
"Didn't think so." Six said. "By the way, you don't need them alive right?"
"Well they're terrorists and people are in danger so I say who cares about those scumbags." The cop said.
"My thoughts exactly." Six said as he dropped into the sewer.
Six switched into his Stealth Suit.
"Hello, it sure has been a while." The suit said, making Six jump.
"Son of a b*tch, I forgot you talked." Six said in a hushed yet angry tone. "Hi." He said to the suit. "Now please be quiet."
"Ok." She? It? said.
After the little scare Six started to traverse the sewer system. Thanks to his cybernetic eye implants he could see perfectly in the dark.
He made it under the warehouse, the pipes let him know he was under a bathroom.
There was a drainage grate on the bathroom floor, it was bolted to the floor but it was rusted. With his strength it didn't take much effort to break it loose.
He slid it out of the way then climbed up into the bathroom then carefully placed it back over the hole.
Suddenly Six felt like he was back in the Wasteland, well a bathroom in the Wasteland.
There was mold on the walls, dust, (The dirt kind) and cobwebs everywhere. The building was abandoned so the power and water were probably shut off.
Six went over to the door and slowly and carefully cracked it open.
The first thing he noticed was the large amount of well armed less than reputable individuals, in Layman's terms, a bunch of douchebags with guns.
They were all wearing matching uniforms, black combat pants with knee pads, a black long-sleeved shirt, black combat boots, black gloves, black bulletproof vests and black ballistic face masks.
They were mainly armed with assault rifles, some had smg's and shotguns, likely stolen Atlas weapons.They also had flashlights to help them see in the dimly lit warehouse, the only other light being the sun shining through the windows.
He couldn't see the hostages anywhere though, there were old shipping containers everywhere blocking his view, they'd make good cover though.
Six put on a Stealth Boy, switched it on and slipped out of the bathroom.
Although he was cloaked he still stuck to the shadows and avoided the guards.
Six needed to stay hidden, the Stealth Suit wouldn't stop a bullet, plus they might kill the hostages.
Six found the hostages at the center of the warehouse, they were tied up.
There were 12 hostages, they had what looked like bomb vests on. They were in a circle around a larger bomb.
There was a man walking in a circle around them, he was wearing the same uniform as the others, minus the mask and vest. He had short black hair with some kind of dog ears protruding from his head and dark blue eyes.
'Must be the guy in charge.'
The man had a large sword on his back, it reminded Six of Lanius' sword. He also had a large handgun in his left hand, it looked like a Desert Eagle.
He was talking on his Scroll, Six was able to make out what the man was saying.
"Yes sir, the hostages are secure."
"Half the police force is sitting outside."
"They're none the wiser sir.".
"Understood sir." The man hung up the phone.
'Half the police force? None the wiser?' Six thought.
'What is this? A trap? A diversion? I better find out.'
Six was cut short by a familiar noise. His Scroll was ringing, he forgot to silence it.
"Ah crap." Six said.
Six quickly turned it off but it was too late. He could practically hear the whole warehouse turning towards him.
"Huh. Sounds like we have a stray lamb in the wolf's den." The leader said in an intimidating voice. "Well little lamb, come out now before things get messy." He pointed his gun in Six's direction.
'Damn, this is bad. If I just walk out they'll shoot me for sure. Guess I'm going loud.'
Six rounded the corner and rushed the Faunas man. He activated his Turbo implant and everything slowed down. He barely dodged the bullet that came at him.
Six tossed a flash grenade at the man. It detonated and the man dropped to the ground. Faunas had better hearing and eyesight then humans, so a flashbang was even more effective against them.
Six kicked the man in the face, knocking him to the ground. He grabbed the man's pistol and aimed it at his face.
The other Devils had just realised what happened as they aimed their guns at him.
"Don't even try it! Not unless you want your boss to take a bullet to the face!" He yelled at them, trying to sound as intimidating as possible.
"You think my Aura can't stop that?" The man asked calmly.
"You think it can stop the bombs I planted around the warehouse?!" Six bluffed as he pulled out a detonator in his other hand and waved it around.
"You're bluffing! You won't kill the hostages!"
"Won't I? What's a few lives lost compared to killing all you scumbags!?" Six shouted.
"You won't live to see that victory!" The man countered.
"I've survived far worse than this, believe me!"
Six noticed some of the Devils moving closer. "Hey! Back the hell off!" Six fired a shot into the air.
"You heard the lamb. Give him some space." The leader said.
"If I'm the lamb you're the serpent pal! So shut your damn mouth before I make you eat dust!" Six threatened.
"Now we're gonna play a little game. I ask a question you give an answer. You give an answer I don't like we have a problem, and if we have a problem I have a problem and if I have a problem you have a problem, specifically a 12 millimeter problem right between your eyes!" Six threatened.
The guy went on about Aura but Six had never fought an Aura user that could take a 50. to the head, if there was one it wasn't this guy.
"You understand?!" Six asked the man.
"Yes." He replied.
"Good. First question, what's your plan?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I know you aren't just going to sit in this warehouse all day. You're a distraction aren't you?" Six asked.
"Huh, clever. You're right, but unfortunately you're too late." The man said.
Before Six could question the man he heard a loud noise, an explosion, a big one.
"What the f*ck did you do?!" Six yelled angrily at the man.
"Culled the herd." The man replied sadistically.
Suddenly there was an explosion over their heads. The roof collapsed, rappel ropes dropped from a Bullhead above.
It distracted Six enough for the leader to pull his legs out from underneath him.
The man picked his gun back up. Six tried to get back up but the man put his foot on his chest.
"Oh how the tables have turned. Well we don't need these hostages anymore, fellas'." The wolf signalled to his men who in return opened fire on the hostages, killing them.
"The bombs were fake by the way, why waste good explosives on a mere distraction when you can use them on City Hall instead." The faunas said.
"You bastard! You'll pay for that!" Six yelled, letting his anger take over.
"Maybe some day. Not today though." The boss said. "You on the other hand, you still have to pay for your little intrusion. My leader will want to meet you."
Before Six could say anything he was knocked out by a boot to the face.
Well I'm back for now. My update schedule will still be kinda here and there though. Anyways, we have a new enemy, The Dust Devils. Another thing, I may have made a typo in an earlier chapter so I'm going to clear it up, Ruby is currently 7 years old in this story. Well that's all. Peace.