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.

26. Chapter 26

Part 26:

Upon the man's command, Chen jumped sideways and hid behind a wall. He heard sounds of bullets being shot at the wall. Once the firing stopped, he shouted "I will NOT fight my comrades!" and there was a pause, a grenade was rolled into the room he was hiding in. Chen rolled out of the room, and that's what they were waiting for, the men fired their assault rifles at Chen. Chen activated his SFS and disappeared into the smoke of the grenade explosion. "lock all exits, we cannot let him blow away our location." Chen heard the deformed man spoke to his subordinates. Chen knew that these men will not give up until he was dead and could not be reasoned with. Chen could not bear to kill the men who dedicate so much of their life towards his own nation, Chen decided to leave this place. He got back to where he entered, except the door was gone and replaced by a thick metal gate. "you can't escape, you traitor! And we will find you and take back what rightfully belong to us."

And soon, a Chinese remnant appeared at the corridor, Chen took out his pistol and shot at his knee from a distance. The remnant collapsed on the floor and covered his wound, screaming in pain. Chen ran across the hallway and took cover, before more remnants show up. "you cannot hide from us!" one of the remnants shouted. Chen was trapped inside the lobby of the factory, footsteps can be hard from both the front and the back door. The SFS was not fully recharged and had depleted from being onboard the vertibird from earlier. Suddenly, a remnant came behind Chan, with a Chinese broadsword held up high. Chen moved backwards and avoided the strike, then he caught the remnant's arm, and pull it down as he stood up, dislocating the remnant's shoulder. The remnant screamed in pain and then he was knocked unconscious with a powerful kick to the stomach. More and more remnants appeared in the lobby, surrounding Chen, their guns aimed at Chen. "Drop to your knee and give up your weapons and all your equipment, they belong to the true Chinese people and the republic." One of the remnant commanded Chen.

Chen paused, then kneeled down slowly and put his hands behind his back. "You! Get his weapons!" the captain commanded one of his subordinate. A remnant walked slowly towards Chen, with his gun aimed at Chen's head at all times, he stopped in front of Chen. Yet, Chen had not move an inch or even looked at the remnant. The remnant reached down and grabbed his sniper rifle, and pulled it off him. Then he slowly reached down to the gun porch for the pistol, then suddenly, Chen jumped and hit away the remnant's arm whjich was holding the chinese assault rifle theng rabbed hold of the remnant's gun and then he was back to back with the chinese remnant. Before the remnants could react, Chen fired the rifle towards the crowd in front of him. All of the foes laied on the floor, with their knees and legs shot through. The remnants behind Chen could not shoot him, as he was back to back against one of their own. Then Chen kicked the remnant towards the crowd at the back and shot at their feet. And all of them fell on the floor and could not retaliate.

Chen walked towards the entrance of the factory, and said to the moaning, wounded remnants "you are all heroes. And heroes deserve to live, no matter what." Then he took out his blade and split the metal gate in half, and the light of the dawn shined upon him as he walked out of the factory.