Chapter 7
Fakes
"I call dibs on this one" said Jackal angrily as he jerked the gun slightly above the sights. And then he fired. The bullet worked well, it smashed through the aliens head ending purple blood spraying against the wall behind it.
The jackal slumped to the ground. But from behind the wall two more Jackals came to investigate.
They looked at their dead comrade and at the window from where he was hit. And put two and two together.
"That's
right bitches," said Jackal as he re-loaded his gun. He had taken
the last two out and was getting ready for the next when Ziizika
grabbed his shoulder.
"C'mon Jackal, we Got to go. If they
know where we are we might have a full-scale war zone inside of an
hour." She said, but Jackal batted her away.
"You go. I have unfinished business with these guys." He said as he turned back to the window taking three of the Un-Goy out with two shots, by a through and through, and one of the Elites with the other two. Silence smashed against the other window to break it and joined in. taking out some more jackals and an elite as well.
"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!" screamed Ziizika as she helped Roger up to the doorway. Boo-Boo following.
"Leave them be. They know what their doing Ziizika, they need this." Roger said as he got out of Ziizika's Grip and staggered over to the couch, taking out his own NAAV and attaching it to his M4A1 Carbine, then Grabbing his already scoped T.A.T.R-14 and spraying the ground in front of the small army of covenant, making a black line and then ejecting the Battery from the side, and replacing it with a fresh one, he then switched to his M4A1 and shot out a Power line pole which landed on top o a set of the Un-Goy.
"Jesus Christ, fine. Die here. I'm leaving though." She said as she moved through the door. But just as she made it through she was blocked by three heavily armed humans.
"Wha-" said Ziizika as she noticed Alexia, who was wearing a black balaclava over her head, grabbed her arm and threw her onto her back, while ripping her arm right behind her in a spectacular display of H.U.N.T.E.R Martial art training, and then handcuffed and muffled her. The Covenant army Disappeared in a blue haze
The door Smashed open. Roger turned away from the window and took three large steps towards the table, and in half a second had assessed the situation. He shot the First, who was male, dead centre through the chest with his T.A.T.R-14, and Jackal spun to take the female.
But in a display of un-natural speed, the woman jumped, used what was left of the swinging roof light as a kind of swing and slammed both feet into Roger's supposedly unprotected chest, sending him sliding across the cement of the floor back against the window. Silence had sent three more shots towards the psycho woman who had just disabled Roger, but all had missed. And then he noticed that another guy, with a robotic blue eye was to his left. But it was too late. The man, Roman, kicked him in the head. Knocking him out and for the second time today, everything went black.
But with Jackal, It went red, and all of his training went out of the window. He grabbed Roman, and threw him out the door, sending him crashing into the people standing around the doorway, and then spear tackled Alexia.
Alexia pulled out her knife, a Bowie, from her bootstrap, and Jackal did the same.
Roman came jumping to his feet, but was held off by a wave of Alexia's free hand.
Jackals Training returned for a second, through his red haze, and he rolled across the ground to present His Ka-bar in a large upward Arc, which was countered by Alexia's Bowie, as she turned behind the now standing Jackal and kicked him in his side.
Jackal fell to the ground, and slashed upwards again, this time tearing through the Khaki vest like butter, and drawing blood from Alexia's shoulder.
She tore off the remains of the Vest, underneath was a black Tank Top with the H.U.N.T.E.R logo on it, which was a grey snake swallowing Earth with H.U.N.T.E.R written in the foreground.
Alexia's fist came crashing into Jackals head, sending him sprawling to the ground.
His memories flashed before him. And he remembered when they first abandoned the army… back when there was a whole unit of Grey Fox.
Dog fell silently, blood pouring from a wound in her chest as the energy sword was ripped from the hand of the Sang-Heli by Drac who died second, as he jumped over the Semi-melted sandbags which had been protecting him, running towards Dogs fleeing Murderer. He was felled by a single shot through the torso.
Jackal watched as almost the whole unit was obliterated by three silver Elites a couple of hunters, and a Wraith
Then he noticed Silence who, as always, was stealthily making his way to the head of the snow capped hill.
Spartan Alexia 131, who had joined their squad for this mission only, called for a charge against their outnumbered foes. But was the only one to do so. She ran out into the fray, letting the blue plasma fizz against her Mark III MJOLNIR armour, dodging some then spun as she pulled the triggers of her duel SMG's to no avail. They were both empty.
So she threw the first, while still running, at the Elite in front of her, then the second she used as a club, sweeping it at the legs, and back against the head. The two Hunters started to charge their guns when Silence joined in, sending one crashing into the snow headfirst.
Aussie rammed his plasma-cutter into the neck brace of the giant lumbering beast, sending it crashing onto him. Jackal ran from his place behind the sandbags, and took five metres in two leaps.
Then the wraith appeared. Ramming one of the other M.E.R.C's away with ease, Bird was her name, and the last thing she did was fly.
Roman, the new recruit, the greenhorn, came rushing up, holding his Sniper in his hands. He ran up behind the Wraith and jumped on its back. But Alexia had already sent herself smashing in the front half where the alien driver sat.
Roger noticed both of these, and ran to the back of the giant alien Tank, tackling Roman from the back half, and sending him sprawling to the half-glassed ground.
The wraith exploded, and Searing hot plasma came rushing out in a spherical shape from the now ruined Wraith turning the ground underneath into glass. Roman was only scolded on one side of his face, but screamed in pain as his face began to melt.
"CORPSMAN" Roger yelled, knowing of the closeness of Romans damage and the possibility o Plasma-poisoning, or even worse Boren's syndrome…
Roger woke up. He was chained to a streetlight; he shook his head to relieve himself of tiredness, and looked around him.
Several feet away from him was Jackal, then Ziizika, Boo-Boo, and Silence, each was attached to a streetlight.
"How are we going to get ourselves out of this one?" He asked to no one in particular.
A Un-Goy started to crawl up to them. Each slide brining it closer to the trapped M.E.R.C's.
Then it fizzed into a blue haze and disappeared, and from behind some rubble came the man with the blue robotic eye.
He was laughing.
"Technology these day's. You never know if what you see is real or fake…" Roman said, walking towards them, and dropping a small plasma grenade shaped device.
"Holograms" Roger said, reaching for the device with his un-clamped foot.
"How many of those you got?"
Roman looked at him with an evil grin,
"I took the last set. There are seven left now left now, just used the eighth on the Un-Goy there, one for each of us, one spare." Roman stated, patting a small leather pack.
"We can't take you with us. I would but we can't be sure it's not a trap, you know this right?" Roger replied in a serious tone.
"You saved my life once Roger." Roman said, pointing to his Robotic eye.
"Now I'm going to repay the debt." He brought out a Plasma-cutter, and twirled it in his hand, then set to work.
"You'll get in deep shit for this," Roger said, nodding his thanks
"Who are you, your mother or mine?" the reply came from Roman.
"There" He stated as the cutter got through.
"I'm sorry Ro, I really am" Roger said as he stood up, shaking Romans hand.
"What are you apologising for?" Roman asked. He turned to look behind him at the rubble where he had been hidden.
Roger whacked him over the head, sending him sprawled to the ground, unconscious.
"That" Roger replied, taking the cutter and the devices, and then setting to work on his team.