Church's Crusade #8: The Titan's Fall
He
ran through the smoke and dust, climbing over piles of rubble and
sprinting across ruined streets, until at last he found somewhere to
hide. It would not be safe for long, but it would be long
enough.
Church laid out what was left of his tools and set to work
on repairing his arm. It would not be a perfect job, but it would
serve till he got back to base. An hour, later with a mostly
functional arm reattached, Church left the building and continued
towards home.
Back at base Anna and the rest of the squad were
in an argument with Commander Rieke.
"You can't just pull
out!' said Anna desperately, "Church is still out
there."
"Yea,' said Paul, 'He risked his life to give us
a chance and you just want to leave him here?"
"ENOUGH!'
yelled Rieke, 'I know you think he may still be alive, but the fact
of the matter is no one could survive an attack from such a force. We
do not have enough forces to hold this position any longer and that
is the end of the matter. The drop ships are being loaded as we speak
so I suggest you return to your quarters and prepare for
departure."
Anna bit her lip, wondering whether she should
mention the truth about Church to the commander. At last she made a
decision.
"Sir." she said stiffly, then turned on her
heel and marched out of the commander's tent, the others trailing
behind.
Church slipped up behind the soldier as quietly as possible. As he moved the rubble underneath him shifted slightly, dislodging a stone which rolled down the pile he was on. The soldier heard and turned to find Church's fist driving into his gut. Church then reached up, and placing his hands on the man's head, snapped his neck. He then carefully laid the soldier down and picked up his weapon and moved of towards the base.
As he approached the site he saw the drop ships beginning to ascend and began to run. He saw other figures running and realised that the enemy was taking this last opportunity to deal some damage to their enemy. He sighed, then took his rifle and began to fire.
Anna was sitting in the back
of the last drop ship when she heard the gun shots. She looked out at
the approaching forces as the drop ship began to takeoff. One of them
was firing on his comrades? That couldn't be right. She looked out
the back of the ship and saw. . . Church! She got up and called back,
"Rourke, Stevens. Get up here. It's the sergeant."
The
rest of the squad hurried up…
Church dodged through the troops, avoiding obstacles as he sprinted to the last drop ship. He ran, jumped . . . and caught the bottom of the drop ship ramp. Suddenly hands were pulling him up into the craft. He stood and started to thank them when he heard a loud report and felt a bullet penetrate the back of his helmet. As the power flowed from his limbs he found himself thinking, "Maybe it won't be so bad . . ."
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