Chapter 6: Fight to Survive
The Forest Near Crystal Lake
As soon as the vans were parked, everyone got ready to set up base. They set up a small private communications radio and put on ear mics to make sure everyone would remain in contact with each other, as well as got the flamethrower ready. Agent Bile strapped into the flamethrower and shot out a two second burst. "It's ready," he said. Everyone checked their weapons one more time before dividing into Alpha and Beta Teams. "Alright," Agent Louis said, addressing Alpha Team, "Our goal is to act as bait. No heroics, we're only going to lure Jason Voorhees to Victoria, then we regroup and aid her as needed. No last stands, no 'go on without me', none of that bullshit. That said, if you have to, don't be afraid to open fire if you must, I'm sure that freak can take all we got and more. Understood?" "Yes sir!" Agents Li, Gould, and Fowler all yelled, and together the four of them lined up and slowly made their way into the woods. Tommy watched them leave and checked his grenades again, he was allowed to use his own shotgun, and his hatchet was at his belt. He knew it probably wouldn't be as effective against Jason as the special tungsten alloy axes Gould and Bile were given.
Agent Ayala looked around and spotted a tree and started climbing until she reached the height she wanted and took out her sniper rifle. "This is Ayala, I'm in position. I don't see any sign of the Target yet. However, I can spot the Fowler kid's trail, and the campsite. There's a lot of blood, but no body. The Target must have taken it. Over," she said. "Understood Ayala," Agent Louis said, "What about those marker's the boy mentioned?" "I think I see one about ten meters ahead, at two o'clock," Ayala reported, "Can't see anymore, the trees are blocking the rest of my sight. You're on your own from here, over." "Thanks Ayala, we see it. Over and out," Louis said as he spotted one of the markers Joey made. "We'll keep going, until the trees thin out, then I'll take a sniping position. When we see the cabin, Li and Fowler will go in, while Gould stays on the lookout," Agent Louis said as they made their way through the woods, carefully following the stone markers Joey Fowler had left.
After another thirty minutes of carefully making their way through the woods, the trees started to thin out and the sun had set when Agent Louis looked up, picking what looked like the tallest tree, and started climbing while Gould, Li, and Fowler continued on their way. Louis got into position and scouted the area. "I see the Nest, twenty meters at eleven o'clock. No sign of the Target yet, over," he reported, and the rest of Alpha Team followed his instructions. The three agents on the ground made their way to the ramshackle cabin, they couldn't smell any rot coming from it. Li and Fowler got closer as Gould covered them. Still no sign of the Target. Li and Fowler went in, and saw a necklace just as Joey Fowler described, and then the smell hit them, ten dead and rotting bodies. "Found the Treasure," Li said as she picked up the necklace, still no sign of the Target, over." She grabbed the necklace and put it inside a vest pocket, it seemed warm, like it had been held close by someone not too long ago.
Then, all of a sudden, they heard Louis scream and the sound of a tree falling. Li and Fowler raced out as Gould looked back. "Louis! What happened!?" Fowler yelled. "Targ-" there was a wet sound then from Louis's mic. Gould looked up and yelled, "Watch out!" Fowler didn't know what happened as Jason Voorhees jumped from the roof right on top of her, his entire bulk squashing her. "Son of a bitch can teleport!" Gould yelled as he and Li opened fire with their Piecemakers, knocking Jason back. Li ran over beside Gould and the two of them retreated, Gould providing cover fire. Gould ran out of ammo in his magazine and Li aimed at where Jason was, but he was gone. "The Target can teleport! Everyone stay on your toes! Over!" Gould yelled as he reloaded. Just then Jason appeared beside him, swinging his machete down. Gould barely blocked the strike with his shotgun and deflected it before kicking Jason back.
"Like fucking concrete!" he said as he drew his Smith & Wesson while Li shot Jason again with her Piecemaker. "Come on!" she yelled as they both quickly retreated, following Joey Fowler's markers. "This is Li! Fowler and Louis are down! Bringing Target to Base! Get ready!" Li yelled as they ran. She barely saw Jason in time to stop as he swung his machete at her, she could feel the air displacement on her face as the blade came within a quarter an inch from slicing her head in half. Gould unloaded into Jason's head, putting extra holes in his hockey mask and making the undead murderer stumble back, but not fall. Gould started to reload as Li marched forward, shooting Jason with her Piecemaker until she ran out of shells. Jason swung his machete at her, but with the experience of years of combat the small agent avoided it, caught his arm, and threw him over her shoulder into the ground, in time for Gould to finish reloading and put more bullets in Jason's chest as he made his way to her. They kept their eyes on Jason the whole time as he laid there and they retreated, until he was out of sight.
They turned around and started going again, after five minutes something came flying through the air, slamming right into Gould's head. Li saw it was Louis's severed head, and Gould was knocked right out. Li saw Jason throw his machete at her and ducked just fast enough to avoid getting decapitated. Li reloaded her Piecemaker as the behemoth stomped towards her and brought it up just as he reached out to her, shooting him point blank in his stomach, knocking him back two steps. "GOULD! WAKE UP!" Li yelled as she shot Jason three more times to get some distance between them, then went down and slapped Gould's face. "Wha!?" he disoriented agent said as Li turned around in time to shoot Jason back again. "Grenade!" she yelled as Gould got up and tossed a grenade towards Jason as the two agents ran for their lives. The grenade exploded behind them and they kept on running. "Damn it! I dropped my gun!" Gould realized as he stopped to draw his axe.
The two agents ran as fast as they could, Gould leading while Li tried to cover them. "Incoming!" Gould screamed as Beta Team came into sight. They ran over and everyone looked everywhere. "Where is he!?" Jarvis yelled, "COME ON JASON! I KILLED YOU BEFORE! I CAN DO IT AGAIN!" "What are you doing Jarvis!?" Bile yelled. "COME ON YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Jarvis yelled again. Something small and round flew through the air. "GRENADE!" Seras screamed as she grabbed Tommy and Tina and ran, while Gould and Li ducked. Bile tried to run, but the flamethrower on his back slowed him down. "GORDON!" Ayala screamed from her sniper post, just as the grenade exploded, burning shrapnel tearing into the flamethrower, and the flamethrower exploded as Bile screamed, his body sent flying into the woods. Everyone looked everywhere, looking for Jason.
"Remember, he can teleport!" Li yelled, just as Jason emerged from the shadows behind her. Li lifted her shotgun and blocked Jason's machete with it then spun around and jumped back, drawing her Smith & Wesson and shot him in a three-round burst. That was when Seras saw her chance and jumped over Li, blasting away at Jason as fast as her shotgun allowed. Jason was knocked back by it and Seras drew the Casull, unloading every bullet into Jason's head. The undead behemoth fell onto his back and Seras reloaded the Casull. "Jarvis! Do you have the petrol!?" Seras asked. "Got it!" Jarvis yelled as he tossed his gasoline to Seras. "SHIT! He's gone!" Ayala yelled, and Seras saw that Jason was indeed gone again. "Damn it! He's stronger than before!" Tina yelled. "Maybe it's the necklace! He wants it back!" Gould said. "Or it wants him," Seras said, "Gould! DUCK!"
Gould did as said, narrowly saving his head. Gould rolled forward and blocked Jason's next machete slash with his axe's head before slamming the butt of the axe handle into Jason's solar plexus, knocking him back a step. Gould grabbed his axe with both hands and swung as hard as he could for Jason's neck, only for Jason to block the axe with his right arm. Jason grabbed the axe and kicked Gould back, sending him flying ten feet. Seras fired away with the Casull as did Li with her Smith & Wesson, Tommy with his twelve-gauge, and Ayala with her sniper rifle. Jason stood there, his body jerking around as flesh was torn from his body with bullets and shot. When their ammo was used up again, Jason was still standing, now holding his machete and Gould's axe. Tina stepped forward and stared at Jason, then jerked her head back.
The axe and machete were torn out of Jason's hands, floating in the air before Tina used her power to embed them both in Jason's shoulders. "GO SERAS!" Tina yelled, and the vampire shot forward, unloading more of the Casull into Jason as she ran at him before slamming her right fist into his head, her arm was shattered, as was his neck, his head snapping back at an absurd angle as he fell again. Seras quickly turned to ram her shadow arm through his head, only to punch solid ground instead. "Son of a bitch!" Ayala yelled. "Are we even putting a dent in him!?" Gould gasped as Tina helped him up. "He's learning! He never used a grenade before, but he knew to use it! And teleporting, shit, no wonder we had a hard time tracking him," Jarvis said. "What about the lake!? Can we send him in again!?" Seras asked. "I don't know, maybe!? But that'll only stop him for so long!" Jarvis said.
"Seras, can you drag him in?" Tina asked. "I can, but natural bodies of water are bad for vampires. If I go in, I can't get out, not by myself," Seras answered, "Same with rivers and the ocean, I go in then I can't get out. Something about water being holy and vampires being undead I think." "Well, we'll knock him in then!" Tina said as she looked around, and lifted up Li's destroyed Piecemaker with her mind. "Ayala, do you see any sign of him?" Li asked. "I don't see a th-" then she stopped, and everyone watched as her body fell from the tree she chose, Gould's axe embedded in her chest. "Look out!" Tina said, only for Jason's machete to fly right through Seras's chest. Seras stepped back and coughed up blood, but remained standing as she pulled it out of her chest. She coughed up blood again, but then closed her eyes. "DUCK!" Seras yelled at Tina and tossed the machete her way, nailing Jason right in his chest before he could grab her. "Everyone fall back!" Seras said as she blasted away with the Casull, "Leave him to me!" Everyone headed back to the vans, except for Tommy. "Tommy! Get out of here!" Seras yelled as Jason disappeared again.
"NO! He's haunted me for too long! The only way I'm leaving is if one of us is dead permanently!" Tommy yelled as he looked around. Jason's machete sailed through the air and Seras pulled Tommy down in time to avoid it, and Tommy shot in the direction it came from. "Tommy! Don't shoot!" Tina yelled as she came over with her own Piecemaker ready, and the necklace on her neck. "What are you doing!?" Seras asked as she heard one of the vans start. "Jason's after this necklace, right? That means the focus is on me, I told Li and Gould to fall back and give me the necklace. His focus is all on us now," Tina said as they got ready to fight for their lives.
Author's Note: Sorry it took longer to put up than before, I've had trouble sleeping. Well, that's the end of Round One, on to Round Two!