Shadow of the Red Flag: Part 1

by dcfefs

The year was 2277, 200 years after the Great War. the world was locked within a dark and quiet void. The US government was broken, unable to continue with the war with its enemies, nor could the enemies. China, with its government remained intact, sent out her most deadly force towards the capital wasteland... to execute protocol 614, a plan to end the war once and for all.

13. Chapter 13

Part 13:

"What is going on here?" a mercenary asked as he moved in closer and closer to investigate the rubbles. Then it was responded by a loud explosion, followed by rubbles crumpling to the side of the building. "Take care lads! The building is falling apart!" yelled a middle aged mercenary with red hair. A moment later, an air piercing roar echoed through the entire out post. The group of armed men backed off and fear was written across on all of their faces. Then, noises of rapid footsteps can be heard from the within the cloud of dusts, and a huge giant figure appeared within the dusts and smokes. "Fire! Men! Fire!"shouted the mercenary, then with the noise of assault rifles, combat shotguns, miniguns and pistols, all of the mercenaries fired in every direction.

But it was already too late; the deathclaw busted out of the cloud of dust and began to attack the mercenaries. traumatized by confusion and fear of the monstrous beast, lines and formations were broken and mercenaries were slashed apart by the claws of the monster. The sound of screams, roars and gun fires can be heard as the cloud of dust turned red with blood. Soon after, the mercenaries began to flee into different directions, screaming with terror.

And in the medical camp nearby, Chen was injecting stimpacks into his torso, and he was pleased with the result of his scheme.

*4 minutes earlier*

The mercenaries were closing in, Chen grabbed the grenade he took earlier from the armory and climbed down the rubble and place the grenade tightly in between the water pipe and the rubble. Chen flipped the switch and took cover behind the rubbles. With the help of the explosion, the water pipe which supported the rubbles collapased and the beast was freed. The deathclaw roared as it stood up from the rubbles, it stretched it claws and was ready to take its rampage upon anyone and everyone it sees. Chen stayed hidden behind the rubble until the deathclaw ran to attack the mercenaries. Chen then took this opportunity to sneak inside one the medical camps and found one armed guard with a sledge hammer in there.

Normally it would have been easy for Chen to take the guard with ease; however Chen was in no condition to fight, he knew he had to take down the target with precision and speed. Chen picked up a rock from the ground and threw it at the bed inside the tent, and made a metallic cling noise. Just as the guard was distracted by the noise, he rushed into the tent, aimed and stroke a kick behind the mercenary's knee, and as he fell, Chen wrapped his right arm on the mercenary's neck and twist his body around, putting the mercenary in a choke hold, the mercenary died without making a noise.

Chen found 6 stimpacks in the medical kit on the table. After injecting 3 stimpacks to the torso and one to the arm, Chen was ready to move. But with the headgear buried deep inside the rubbles, it was impossible for him to recover it, even if he could, it would have been crushed by the weight of 3 floors of concrete. Chen walked away from the outpost with the screams and sounds of roars echoed behind him.