Loss -
Chapter 5: Tucker
It covered the whole battlefield with it's smell. He had been in close quaters with the these creatures before. The smell of the creatures hung over them all...like death.
Tucker sighed. He couldn't help to activate his sword every few minutes, which drew angry grunts from Church and Tex. Caboose just watched, the blade lighting up his helmet visor.
"Tucker?" Tucker looked up at Church's voice. Church wasn't looking at him, but was speaking to him. "Yeah?" Tucker replied normally.
"Uh...nothing." He rubbed the neck of his helmet. Tucker grinned inside his helmet. "You do care about us." He snicked a little bit.
"Shut up." Church said in his normal agitated voice.
And soon, too soon, it was time. The battle was about to begin. All he had was his energy sword on his hip. and an assault rifle on his back.
"None of you bastards better die, or I'll kill you when I see you next!" Church groaned when he saw the Alien army.
"Church, I swear your pep talks are getting more positive."
Caboose ran off to Sheila. Church and Tex ran and fired at the enemy army. Tucker stood still for a moment. An image of Junior was pasted in his mind.
"For...Junior." He murmured to himself.
And then Tucker fought. He fought like he'd never fought before. It was because, this time he was fighitng for someone he cared about. He swung his gun around, fired into the face of an Alien, then swung his energy sword, slicing the beast. He leaped to the side as Donut from Red team came zooming past on the Motorcycle, running down a group of Aliens. He turned around quickly, and diced up an Alien making a sneak attack on Church.
He saw an explosion in the distance, and realised Sheila had exploded. "Damm it...Caboose." He muttered. With a rush of strange relief, he saw Caboose had escaped death from the explosion. He had no more time to watch Caboose, as the Aliens were redoubling their attack. There were more of them, and they were more heavily armed. They had strange green cannons that were causing powerful explosions. He saw an Alien's Motorcycle flying towards him. Tucker jumped forwards, did a flip in the air, and sliced it in half effortlessly.
With horror he looked on as Grif sacrificed himself to save Simmons. Yells could be heard every now and then, and Tucker realised that that all the team members were being defeated. Looking up, he watched as Cabbose, driving an Alien aircraft, ram one of the giant four-legged tanks, causing it to explode. Tucker knew he he had to take down the other one. Donut was driving past on the Motorcycle, so Tucker leaped unto the front as is passed.
"Donut! Drive full speed towards that tank!" He pointed to the other Scarab. Donut gave a quick nod, and sped towards it. Faster and faster they moved, and then Tucker screamed at the top of his lungs above the screeching wind.
"STOP!" Donut instantly stopped the Motorcycle, and Tucker flew upwards from the recoil, and managed the clamber aboard the Scrab Tank. Aliens jumped forward to stop him, but he effortlessly cut them all down. Then he found it.
The energy core of the Scarab was glowing in front of him. Without thinking, he lanced foward, cutting it apart. Lights flashed red around him as the Scarb went into meltdown. Tucker had no plan; how the hell was he supposed to get off the damm thing! He ran to the top of the Scrab, and an explosion was lit below him. At the exact same moment, he lept forwards, jumping for the cliff at the side of the canyon. He was going to make it..he was going to make it...
Pain exploded through his body as a blast from a Wraith tank clipped his arm. He rolled unto the cliff's floor. And lay there, as blood poured from his injured side.
"D-Damm..s-so close. Almost got out of here...didn't I. Aw crap..."
Alien's were surrounding him. He grinned through his broken helmet at them.
"See ya later...you prawns..." He activated what was in his hands. Two Plasma Grenades. With nothing but sheer will, he stood up, laughing at the terrified faces of the Aliens.
"You really think I'll die from the likes of you!" The plasma grenades exploded, killing Tucker instantly, but he was laughing in the end.
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