Chapter 10: Mercs at night
Spy was in position at the entrance, the cover of night and the brush with him. A guard was walking back and forth in front of a gate, keeping watch for any intruders or dangerous animals that could approach. Spy noticed a nearby rock, picking up and throwing it across the path, attracting the attention of the guard as it hit the bushes. When the guard walked over to investigate, Spy slowly walked over to him. Pulling out his Big Earner knife, he slashed it into the guard's back, covering his mouth to muffle the scream.
Spy: Surprise!
The guard fell to the ground, dead. Spy, then, pulled out his disguise kit. Luckily for him, Spytech disguise kits came with a built-in scanner to disguise as anyone. Scanning the dead guard, Spy disguised as him and entered the camp, leaving the gate open for his team.
Medic, Soldier, Heavy, Scout, and Strategist had snuck through the gate Spy left open and were currently in the back of the camp, in the shadows of the tents. As it looked, none of the soldiers saw them enter.
Strategist: Alright blokes, let's find that generator.
Scout: No worries, I'll find it in no time. I'll run ahead and "scout" it out.
Scout quietly ran ahead, much to his teammate's disagreement. He ran for a few minutes, then went out of sight. He ran back to them some time later, motioning them to follow. The others ran over to see Scout point out a big generator… in the middle of the camp…. in full view of the soldiers.
Medic: Good, dummkopf. How are ve going to turn it off now!?
Heavy: Heavy says wait for other teammates and diversion.
Strategist: Good idea, big guy. Let's just not make any sounds to attract attention.
The four cringe at the sound of a loud crack. They turn to see Scout in the middle of opening a can of Bonk! Atomic Punch. He's looking at the others confused.
Scout: What?
Luckily, none of the soldiers heard them over the other sounds of the jungle and camp. They sat down and waited for Engi's team and the diversion.
Engineer, Demo, Scientist, Decoy, and Pyro and snuck up to a chain metal fence on the south side of camp. They couldn't climb it, due to the barbed wire on top, so they were stumped on what to do.
Scientist:Hmmm… Oh, Don't worry guys, I have a bomb to work this out.
Scientist proceeded to pull out a grenade-like bomb out of his coat, with a brown liquid inside the glass panels. He pulled the pin out of the grenade and tossed it towards the fence. A brown gas escaped from the grenade, rising towards the fence. After a small while, the gas dissipated, leaving a good sized hole was left in the fence.
Pyro: Hmmph.
Engineer: Yeah, wow. What kind of invention was that?
Scientist: I call them Rust Grenades. They cause metal to wear away with the time of years of rust. Useful for breaking and entering and to temporarily slow and stop guns and weapons.
Decoy: Nice job, doctor.
Scientist: Thanks, but we need to keep moving.
The group hurried through the hole and to the opposite side of Strategist's team.
Engineer: K, guys, let's wait for the signal.
Sniper was up at the cliff the mercs were previously, sitting on a stool, aiming his Hitman's Heatmaker around the camp below. As he was aiming, he heard rustling in the bushes. He pulled out some Jarate to make sure what ever it was could meet an end with his Bushwacka. The rustling passed behind him, but voices were still heard.
Voice 1: I hate guard duty! In this jungle no less!
Voice 2: You've been complaining for over an hour. Shut up.
Voice 3: Both of you quiet. We're just checking the perimeter. We'll be done soon.
The voices were heading off towards the mercs' camp, but Sniper just chuckles to himself, knowing what will happen when they find it. A few moments later, a series of screams and fast revving are heard by Sniper. Luckily, the sounds of the jungle covered it from entering the canyon.
Sniper: Bloody mongrels found camp...and the sentry.
Sniper turned his attention towards the sniper towers in his view. When he was ready, One by one, he lets loose a shot to three of the four snipers, killing them with headshots. The fourth one, he shots in the leg, to make him fall off his tower. When he fell, lots of soldiers came to see what was wrong with their comrade.
When most of the soldiers ran to the other side of camp, Medic, Soldier, Heavy, Scout, and Strategist ran towards the generator, ready to turn it off. The others, excluding Spy and Sniper, ran up to them out of their area.
Engineer: Ready?
The others nod, ready to start the ambush. Strategist turned off the generator, that proceeded to turn off the lights. The soldiers confusingly look around, unable to see in the night darkness. Engineer had set up a dispenser with his Jag, while everyone got in a circle around the dispenser and generator. The soldiers milled around the camp, unable to see and searching for the generator, when Strategist turned it on again. The lights turn on, revealing the mercs in their circle, weapons at the ready. The soldiers saw them and proceed to charge at them, guns raised and firing. The mercs are now firing at the soldiers, the latter dropping from the fire, bullets, explosives, grenades and other weapons that the mercs were unleashing on them.
In the chaos, Spy disguised as a soldier had located the mapping room. When he entered, he proceeded to examine the various maps of the jungle, seeing that the army was on the right way to the city, some how. Spy erased the lines that lead to the city, redrawing them to one of the mountains nearby, far from the city. As he was leaving, a middle aged man in a white suit and hat walked , Spy had cloaked by the time he got in.
Man: I'm so close. Where could it be? I've got some idiots killing my men out there and I'm in here looking at stupid maps.
The man took off his hat, revealing a stubble face, grey hair, and a scar over his right eye with the pupil whitened. He looked at the maps, then saw the map Spy marked. He looked at this map for a while, before a grenade rolled near the tent and exploded. The explosion caused most of the maps to disintegrate except for a few. The man was flown back, dazed by the explosion. Spy uncloaked and ran out of the tent. As he ran, he saw a sentry gun, not as advanced as Engi's though. He smiled and pulled out his sapper, placing it on the gun. It shorts and buzzes, exploding a second later. Spy walked off to look for more potential threats to dispose of.
The mercs finished off the last of the soldiers, with some escaping through the gate and into the jungles. The mercs cheered at their victory, slowing or even stopping this Mr. Ashack will help them get to the city quickly.
Strategist: Alright everyone, let's get some sleep. I doubt these wankers will catch us at night.
Engineer: Just to be sure, I'll set up some sentries.
The eleven went back up to their camp to cook up some dinner and get some shuteye. They'll need to get up pretty early to get to the city on time.