Cleopatra 2525: The Truth About Mysteries

Ch. 7: The Surface

By: NelleFang-Slayer

I don't anything except my characters and the past I made up for them. Please R&R.

Hel was the first on the surface. Cleo followed then Harley and Sarge bringing up the rear. Then was a slight breeze in the air with not a cloud in the sky. Harley closed her eyes, took a deep breath and smiled. Both Hel and Sarge were scanning the area for Baileys and Betrayers then noticed Cleo looking at Harley. Harley took another deep breath then opened her eyes. "In five hundred years it still looks sooo beautiful." Harley said.

Sarge grabbed Harley by the wrist and lead her into the trees. Hel and Cleo followed. "What are you doing?" Sarge asked.

"Appreciating nature." Harley replied. "I could never stay cooped up for a long time. I need my freedom from closed up spaces."

"So you went to the surface often? Even during the beginning of the war?" Hel asked.

"Every chance I got. Baileys or no, nothing could keep me from seeing the sky." Harley answered.

"You're strange." Sarge said.

"Sarge I grew up on the surface so did Cleo. We miss it. Now you're right, I was careless just to get a few moments in real daylight and real air; sometimes a good rain or snow, but it was always worth it. Every time." Harley responded.

"I understand the feeling, Harley." Cleo said. "But I have gotten used to not coming outside all of the time."

"If you two are done with enjoying your time out here. We have a mission to do." Sarge stated.

Cleo and Harley both saluted, "Yes Ma'am." then smiled at each other for doing the same thing. Hel laughed while Sarge took the lead and headed out, the others copied her.

"And here I thought you two bonded." Hel said to Sarge. Sarge just gave her a glare.

It didn't take too long to get to a chard looking bunker. Hel looked at her gauntlet. "This seems to be the place."

"Hel, you and the others need to be careful. I'm picking up Baileys five miles south from your position." Voice said.

"We will." Harley replied. "So am I aloud to go first?" she looked to Sarge for an answer.

"No." she responded.

"Then lead the way." Harley said letting Sarge entered the bunker.

As Sarge entered Cleo walked next to Harley. "Something on your mind Cleo?" Harley asked.

"Yeah. You said you helped build the shaft guns right?"

"Kind of yeah. Why?"

"Well we had a huge battle a few weeks back and used them on the surface against the Baileys."

"They were all destroyed, weren't they?" Harley asked.

"Yeah. But we took out many Baileys as possible." Cleo answered.

"And lost a lot of good soldiers for the cause." Sarge said still leading the way.

"Like Quil and Tori." Hel added.

"I'm sorry about your friends."

"Why are you bringing this up Cleo?" Hel asked.

"She wants to know if I can help you build more." Harley said.

"Well? Can you?" Cleo asked.

"I might, but I only developed the idea and where they should be located. I'm sure it was years maybe even decades before the builders actually got them working. Remember, my time we still had to use bullets. We didn't have your cool, high tech, laser weapons."

Sarge stopped and turned to face Harley. "What are bullets?"

Harley smiled, "The metal rounds Marcus carries around." Cleo said.

"Oh." Sarge replied.

"Wait you know someone else who came from our time?" Harley questioned.

"Yep. Marcus. He carries a gun from our time. I think it's because it reminds him of where he's from." Cleo responded.

"Wow, I wonder if I could meet him sometime." Harley said quietly.

"You say something?" Hel asked.

"Nope. So are we there yet?" she replied.

"I think so." Sarge said. "Through this door here." She pointed to the right wall.

"Sarge, arm your weapons." Hel said and both women activated their gauntlets.

Sarge opened the door and Hel went through first. "Anything?" Sarge asked.

"Voice are you getting any readings?"

"No Hel, I think you're safe for now."

"Let's get the intel and get out. I don't want to hang around to see if anything lives here." Hel said.

Cleo and Harley followed Sarge inside and Harley walked away from the team. "Harley where are you going?" Cleo asked and Hel and Sarge was just in time to see Harley leave their sights.

"Harley?" Sarge called out, gauntlets raised ready for her to come out as a betrayer and ambush her and her friends.

The voice team followed where Harley had disappeared to and found her kneeling next to a box. "Harley, you okay?" Hel asked.

"I found it. The intel, the history, and…" Harley paused.

"And what?" Cleo asked.

My memory box."

"What's a memory box?" Sarge asked.

"A box full of my past. Pictures, video, old toys, cloths. Wow it even still has the same smell." She said as she raised a blanket to her nose. "My mom had made this for me, before I was born. She made one for Mouse too but she never got the chance to give it to her."

"Why? What happened?" Sarge asked.

"She died during child birth. I always thought that Mouse hated the fact that I had some memories or our mother but she never did. She just wanted the chance to be held by her; just once. But she died before that happened. My dad almost didn't give her the blanket out mom made her but he changed his mind because of something I said."

"What did you say?" Hel asked.

"He told me that I said, 'mom couldn't hold Jacey and never will. That blanket is the only way she will feel like she is.' Well to some version of that. I was five after all."

"Well, we should pack this up." Harley said as she stood up. "Don't want to stick around here much longer. Baileys might come past here on patrol."

"Right." Hel responded knowing Harley didn't want to reveal more about her past and they all started packing up their bags.

It took a while to pack everything up, but once they were done they headed out.

"Hel, hold your position." Voice said.

"What is it Voice?"

" Baileys are headed your way. They will be there in a few minutes."

"We gotta get out of here." Sarge stated.

"Wait we need to have an escape plan. They will be here before we can be clear of this bunker so having an escape plan will keep us alive." Harley replied.

"What?" Hel asked.

"I have an idea." She then opened her pack and pulled 2 square objects out. "We need a way to get out of here safely."

"What are those?" Sarge asked.

"Let's just say, the Baileys will be blown away." Harley said with a smile.

Cleo laughed while Hel and Sarge were quite confused, but of course they were used to getting confused because of how Cleo talked and it seemed Harley talked very similarly.

Harley noticed their confusing, "They're bombs." She stated.

"Oh." The both said.

"Hel they are about to be on top of you." Voice said.

"We gotta go." Hel said.

"Lead the way." Harley replied placing the sack back on.

They quickly left the bunker only to be stopped by Betrayers. Hel and Sarge pushed Cleo and Harley out of the way as the firing started.

"Oh I hate it when they do that." Cleo said.

"What? Save your life?" Harley asked.

"No treating me like I need saving."

Harley smiled at her. "We all need saving, Cleo. At one point or another."

Harley pushed Cleo's head down as a blast came at their heads. "Thanks." Cleo said.

"No problem. Now I need to set up the charges."

"How are you going to do that, we're pinned down." Hel asked but still focused on the battle.

"Just give me some cover fire." Harley said.

"What? You aren't leaving this group." Sarge stated.

"I am, and you're coming with me."

"Fine, where to?"

"Hel, I want you to through this after pulling this tab," she said handing her a small, green oval device. "Throw it and duck, that's when we will move."

"Got it." Hel said taking the device.

"What is that thing?" Sarge asked.

"You'll see." Harley said moving away from Hel and Cleo. Sarge followed and occasionally shot at the Betrayers.

"The Baileys are just past those trees. They heard the fight and are coming to join the party. So we mustn't fail to show them a blast." Harley said and Sarge smiled, she was started to like Harley's plan. "Hel now!" she shouted and Hel pulled the tab and threw the device. It landed thirty feet away from the bunker. It landed right in the middle of three Betrayers but all seven looked at it.

It exploded and threw the three Betrayers it was closet to back and put the other four off balance and confused. That was when Harley and Sarge made their way behind the bunker on the other side of the fight.

"What now?" Sarge asked wondering how she was going to pull off an massive explosion as they could still hear Hel fighting off the Betrayers.

"We roll out the welcome wagon." Harley said as she tossed Sarge a black, box shaped charge, then places one on top of what looks like a tank of gasoline. "I can't believe no one has looked through this stuff in five hundred years."

"Yeah well, not everyone has the crazy thoughts of coming up here like you do." Sarge replied and placed her charge linear to Harley's charge.

"Hel we're all set back here. Sarge and I will draw their fire so you and Cleo can get to the trees." Harley said.

"Alright, we'll wait for your signal." She replied.

"Ready?" Harley asked Sarge.

"Yep."

"Okay, here goes nothing." Harley stated then led the way back to the others but headed closer to the Betrayers. Sarge opened fired on the Betrayers and Harley threw one of her grenades at the group. When it exploded two were blown back into some trees and Cleo and Hel ran the their left into the woods.

Harley was taking hits to her shield and it was slowly getting weaker. "Harley, both your shields are weakening. You and Sarge must get out of there." Voice said to Harley.

"On it. Come on Sarge, time to go." But as Sarge turned to ran, Harley saw a Bailey fire at Sarge and she pushed Sarge out of the way and was thrown back against the bunker.

Sarge got back up to see Harley lying on the ground unconscious. She shot at the Bailey then grabbed one of Harley's grenades and threw it at the Bailey. It exploded right before it reached it but it prevented it from continuing its attack. She picked up Harley and headed for the woods toward Hel and Cleo.