"Chapter 5- In the interests of the Revolution"
A thunder of pinging sounds fired off and the soldier fell to the floor. Comrade Rusacov came running over to Dmitry.
"Still alive I see!" He said and picked up Dmitry.
Another barrage of bullets rained at Dmitry and his Comrade.
"Take this and get to cover." Comrade Rusacov yelled and handed Dmitry a Kalashnikov.
They ran into cover behind the pillars holding up the station.
"We lost Comrade Fyodor. Comrade Bonsai is pinned down on the other side of us. Where are Vera and Comrade Maxim?"
"I saw them last by the crates before the explosion!" Dmitry yelled over the gunfire.
Comrade Rusacov looked around them. He saw the mutilated body of his Comrade. He then saw Vera. She was alive! She looked like she was squirming for the last bit of cover the crate provided.
"Dmitry I see Vera! She is alive! I will try to get her!" He yelled.
Before Dmitry could say anything his brave Comrade rushed to her at super human speeds. Dmitry did what he was told and fired at the Solders at the other side of the station. Within the moment Comrade Rusacov was back. He put Vera down next to Dmitry. She was alive.
"You did it!" Dmitry cried and turned to look at Comrade Rusaka who dropped to the ground.
Tinny circles dripped blood from the back of his trench coat. He was dead.
"Bastards!" Dmitry yelled and fired his Klash killing a Red. He unloaded at the Red barricade, missing every shot but sure keeping them suppressed. When his Klash ran out of ammo he quickly went behind cover again because the Red soldiers all targeted him. He felt hard thumps on his shoulder. When he inspected dents on his shoulder from bullets ricocheting off of his trench coat.
He had been hit, but the coat protected him. He felt a little ashamed that his comrade's armor failed to save himself but happy he was still alive for the moment.
"Dmitry! It's me Comrade Bonsai!" He yelled.
"Comrade Bonsai I can hear you!" Dmitry yelled back.
He looked past the destroyed railcar to see his Comrade.
"I will lay down suppressing fire then you…" He stopped.
With his hand he made a circle motion. Dmitry knew what he meant. He would lay down suppressing fire to distract them then Dmitry would circle around from the rail line.
Comrade Bonsai started to take the agro as Dmitry pulled out his Bastard submachine gun and jumped off the stations platform and crept along the rail line. He kept his head down all the way though it and before he knew it, he was looking at about six Reds in a neat suppressive row and that were unaware of his position. Without thinking he raised his gun and fired. To his surprise the damn gun rocketed up very fast. The first two dropped. He steadied it and fired again killing another one. They caught on and one fired at him but missed as Dmitry fired a burst at him. He dropped insanely as three holes of blood ran down his face. Still concentrating of his Comrade the other two were easy targets. As the first one fell, Dmitry got one bullet in the leg of the last Red.
Click!
"Oh God!" Dmitry yelled.
He was out of ammo as the last Red pulled a gun at Dmitry.
He thought he was dead until the Red solider' head flinched and blood fell from both sides of his head.
Dmitry climbed up on the platform as he saw Comrade Bonsai running up to him.
"Damn good work Dmitry!" Comrade Bonsai yelled in joy. "Damn good work."
"Freeze!" a dark voice yelled.
They turned to so who said it. It was the guard at the entrance. He was holding a Klash right at the two.
"I am going to kill you two. You killed my brothers!" He yelled.
"Put it down." Vera came from behind him with her revolver.
He chuckled a little unaware of her gun.
"Why don't you make me?" He said jokingly and quickly turned around to see the barrel flash.
He fell to the ground. Vera seemed to shake a little but then returned to her calm self.
"Thanks." Dmitry said.
She didn't reply.
"We can mourn latter." Comrade Bonsai said.
The three were rummaging through the supplies. More ammo and more guns was the best thing right now. Dmitry was now well stocked with Kalashnikov ammo and even found more clips for his Bastard.
"All in due time." Dmitry whispered to himself.
"Guys." Vera yelled out. "I found the exit to the surface. You sure you still want to do this with half the man power?"
"We have to." Dmitry said. "For my people and my Comrades sacrifice."
"Ok then Comrade, take this. It's a PPM-88 Gasmask. Very common in the Metro but it gets the job done." Comrade Bonsai said and gave it to him and then Vera.
It was a full view gasmask with the filter in front.
"The charcoal filters are not the best filters so we have about thirty minutes before we need to replace them. Luckily we have plenty of them." Comrade Bonsai joked.
"Let's head out then." Dmitry said.
The gate to the surface was barricaded off by some heavy boxes but they easily removed them. As Comrade Bonsai opened the gate the three stepped out onto the cold dark surface of the world.
They were all in awe. The barely visible land, burned out trees and destroyed buildings and the scent of death. There was a faded sign that read Sparrow Hills. Dmitry checked his watch which now had a crack on it. It was 11:20 PM. He then looked at Comrade Bonsai who was carefully surveying the area. Then at Vera. She was looking up at the dark sky unbelieving that there were no sealing above ceiling above her. She was griping her salvaged Kalashnikov tightly. A gust of cold wind must have pierced though her Jacket. The wind was loud and frightening as it was the first time Dmitry ever heard it.
"Comrade Rusacov told me a story once." Comrade Bonsai said with a muffled voice. "When the world ended and in the final days he was stationed at an old military base before he came to Moscow in a tank with others. He said that a machine in space was still operational and that a part of the earth was missing a large chuck of itself, leaveing a giant crater."
No one said a thing.
"Ok let's move the university isn't that far of a walk from here. We need to cross a bridge over some water then find a way inside." He said and the group started to move out.