The engines roared, the tapping of heavy boots on steel floors, a voice and the noise of tapping on glass. "Come on Major McCaw, let's go.", then the cackling of the radio."
A very stern but static voice came through. "We ne-eed EVAC, Gen-era-l Chez is dead I re-peat General Chez is de-ad, we need EVAC ASAP!" and the radio fizzled out.
McCaw woke from his slumber, straightened out his hornet's seat and heaved his brown and green armored body to the controls. He spoke through his Mark VI helmet. "I copy sendin' the hornets right away."
He then started up his hornet and was followed by two more; they left the hanger and proceeded on their rescue.
"WOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEE! This is fun!" Din screamed.
"Even in the heat of a battle, you make me smile, Din" Lime said cheerfully.
"I gotta shoot both of you on the spot." said Lay, shaking his head.
"Eh, leave one for me." Watt piped in.
Ruse looked at all of them, a very stern, soulless look. "Guys, quit the socializing and shoot the zombies, Chez is dead, this ain't time for chitchat."
All at once, they popped up and shot, basting away about five zombies. Rodrigez's bullets went everywhere doing little damage, while Ironwedge took two out with one burst from his battle rifle. Ironwedge had the best shot, and they all knew it.
A rocket flew over their heads.
"We've got launchers!" screamed Ironwedge, as another rocket flew over their heads.
Watt sighed "Ah, great first a scoper, then launchers, all we need now is a..."
"Waker!" Lay finished Watt's sentence with a scream. Sure enough there was a waker. A purple-blue lighting shield engulfed its body. Grasping its gravity hammer it walked towards the barricade. Luckily it moved slow, really slow. So they still had time to fight, but when he reached the barricade they were doomed.
Ruse's mind was pacing, he looked around franticly, he wasn't scared but he feared for his squad. Another rocket hit the back wall. Ruse's ears rang, he looked around quickly and everything was blurred. Then the idea stuck him. "Watt!" he ordered "Move back, and snipe out those launchers." It was a risky move because he was more vulnerable back there but it was their only chance.
Watt did what he was told.
"Dindin" Ruse ordered "Get the biggest explosive device you have and concentrate on that waker!"
"Lime, Lay, Iron, and Rodrigez clear out some of the swarm!"
"On it!" announced Ironwedge while lighting up a plasma grenade.
Now the battle was hellfire. They were all taking out certain parts of the infected army, but they kept coming and that waker wasn't even flinching.
There was a hovering noise like when an air conditioner turns on. All of a sudden a hornet flew up to the side of the long over hanging bridge.
That was a relief. But there was only one hornet, they needed at least three.
The pilot opened his cockpit's window and yelled "C'mon, we ran into trouble on the way here, and lost a hornet"
Ruse signaled an elite and two spartans to the hornet. "Where's McCaw?" questioned Ruse.
The pilot replied, "Like I said we ran into trouble, the zombies got hold of some banshees, McCaw was fighting them off when he told me to go on without him. He should be coming along soon."
"Fine." sighed Ruse "Rodrigez, you're next, hop aboard that hornet, Lime, you keep lookout at the end of the bridge."
"Aye-Aye!" said Lime. He followed Rodrigez out on to the bridge.
"Crap! We got more launchers!" Din screamed
A launcher fired a rocket which went over the barricade and exploded on the bridge, right at Lime's and Rodrigez's feet.
The two limp bodies went flying over the edge, twirling, twirling, twirling, gone.
Lay ran to the edge of the bridge. "Lime! Lime! Lime!" He hit the side of the bridge "Damn it Lime! Damn it!"
Ruse ran up to Lay, grabbed him by the back of the neck, and through him towards the hornet. "Get on the hornet!"
"No!" Lay cried, "I'm fighting!"
Ruse pushed him back to the hornet, "We don't need more deaths." He said this almost in a whisper. He then turned quickly and went back to the barricade.
The hornet took off and Lay went with it.
When Ruse returned to the barricade Dindin was worried, "There's too many of them." he said with no joy in his voice.
Ruse looked at the three soldiers left. They were all tired and awe struck.
Ruse nodded, "Your right Din, we just ne to wait for Mc..."
A loud screeching noise was heard and a hornet (one propeller in flames) slid across the bridge.
McCaw opened his cockpit, "Did someone call for a hornet?"
Ruse turned to Dindin and Ironwedge and jerked his head towards the hornet.
They got the signal and ran for the hornet, Ruse followed and pushed Watt towards the hornet with such force, he dropped his sniper. Ruse picked it up.
"Go now!" ordered Ruse
"But how are you gonna get outta here!?" asked McCaw
"Just go!"
"But..."
"Now!"
The propellers began to spin and the hornet started to hover.
Ruse zoomed in with the sniper, "This is for Chez." he murmured.
He pulled the trigger and the scoper fell with a thud.
McCaw's hornet was off the bridge, it was beginning to accelerate. Ruse ran, to the side of the bridge and jumped off. The elite hauled himself up from the hanging position he was in. "What a jump." Watt said, shaking his head in an impressed motion.
Even as the hornet flew away from the facility, you could hear the screams of zombies and the gravity hammer hitting the ground from the enraged waker.
A foot was rested on top of Chez's corpse. "So we finally meet, General." said a low, gruesome voice which was followed by evil laughing.
Ruse's Com. crackled inside his helmet and Lay's voice rang in. "So what do we do now, general?"