Chapter 7
I am aware of this chapter being short. I am sorry, but with this heat, my brain doesn't function too well. The begining of this summer was very mild and then suddenly it's like BAM! Now I feel extreamly tired and sluggish and yeah now my brain doesn't work too good when it's hot. That's why earlier in the summer I was just shooting out chapters...not so much now...
SORRY
Chapter 7
Another day of training came, and he was nervous. He stood with Maria and Rob while they waited for Bernie. They passed dried fruit back and forth to each other.
"Nervous?" Rob asked.
He didn't have to ask, he could see it in Baird's face.
"A little, I guess. I know I have used guns before but..."
The sounds of boots crunching the dirt cought their attention and they all turned to see Bernie walking toward them with a lagre brown leather back. It was bulky and looked like it had been over stuffed and streached out.
"Alright." Bernie said. "Let's get started."
She noticed that Maria was looking a little nervous. Giving her a gentle smile, she noticed then that the young woman begain to calm down a little. Maria knew that Barid was in good hands.
Bernie dropped the bag and it hit the ground with a large bang. When she unzipped it, Baird saw that the bag had been over stuffed with weapons of all shapes and sizes.
"Well, I guess we will start with our basic weapon. The Lancer."
Bernie picked up what looked like a normal looking gun, the only thing differnt was the chainsaw bayonet attached to the lower front of it. The cahinsaw was covered in Locust blood and bits. The weapon needed to be cleaned.
"Today, this is the standard starting weapon for a Gear. The lancer is pretty much useful in most situations. At a distance, the Lancers solid rate of fire makes it effective for suppressing an area or quickly dowing a target outof over. Up close you an blind fire effectivly around cover. At extreme close range, the brutal chainsaw can be used to a leathal attack."
Baird looked almost overwhelmed, but the lancer felt oddly familure He could feel the memories wanting to surface.
"Close range: Blindfire is solid though it pales in comparison to real close-range weaponry. Justbe aware of what your enemies are using. A longshot is good, but a shotgun is very bad. At an exreme close range, by using the chainsaw you are saving ammo. Medium Range : the lancer excells at medium range wehere its' soldi accuracy and good rate of fire makes it great damage. Against targets moving in the open the lancer can down them very quickly. If you track them while they are expposed. Blindfire is mediocre at best. Long range: The lancer is mediocre at great distances. it is better to use a long distance weapon and save the lancer's ammo And the lancer is alrgiht against enemies in cover. Over all, it is a pretty good weapon."
Baird had no idea how he would remember allt his, yet a part of his brain seemed to already remember.
They covered from close range weapons such as the shotgun to long range weapons such as the longshot, gernades adn even the locusts weapons. Bernie didn't have every enemy weapon, but she explained what they looked like and their damage they can cause at short range, medium range and long range.
Over the course of a few days that this training took, Baird felt as if he had become the next weapon expert.
"Question."
Bernie almost hoped for a sarcastic question the old Baird would always ask.
"Yes?"
"How do you know so much about the Locusts and their weapons?"
Bernie almost laughed at the thought. "You can say that we have a Locust expert that majors in Locustology."
Bernie knew the comment would probably inflate the old Baird's ego even more.
Baird raised an eyebrow which caused Bernie to laugh. She hadn't truly laughed in a very long time.
"Don't worry. We will end the training here and begin again early tomorrow."
"Alright thank you Bernie."
"Rest well."
It was strange to hear Baird being so polite. He was never polite in all the years she had known him.
Bernie walked through the living area toawrd CIC. She needed to check in with Hoffman and leth im know how Barid was doing.
She prayed Baird would hurry and get his memory back already. She really missed the old Baird more and more.
Everybody did...
TBC...
OK FYI most of the information I got about the Lancer is from the Gears of War walk though. I didn't come up with most of it on my own. My original plan was to go through and describe EVERY weapon, but that was gonna 1 take too long and 2 probably be very borring. So I just opted for this. Sorry if it seemd to be a rushed ending, but I was just getting sick of being stuck on this c hapter. My brain really didn't want to work today
SORRY