Day 1: 1300 Hours
"GET THOSE S.A.M.'S UP AND RUNNING NOW," Winston barked.
"S.A.M.'s are a no go sir, guidance systems are being scrambled," Hutch replied slamming on the monitor of his computer.
"Damnit, First Sergeant, get out there and use whatever launchers you can find to take out those Hind's," Winston ordered. Hutch stood and nodded but as he headed for the door the entire coumpound shook and a loud blast rang their ears. The ground shook under them causing Hutch to stumble and fall to the ground.
"What the HELL was that," Hutch asked as the bulding continued to shake. Winston growled and ran over to help Hutch up.
"Bastards are using Artillery on us," Winston walked over and grabbed the microphone that was linked to the speakers set up around the camp.
"Everyone get outside of the compund, and into the forrest, grab what supplies you can and go. Save what vehicles you can. just get out of here before you get blown to bits," Winston shouted over the mic.
"Sir what's going on," Kate asked as she rushed into the room. Winston looked at his daughter and for once, looked somewhat worried.
"Russians launched a surprise attack, we've got Hind's and artillery hitting us hard. Hutch, make sure Kate is safe," Winston ordered.
"Dad no what about you," Kate asked worriedly.
"I've got to make sure everyone gets out, now go, that's an order," Winston said half-heartedly. Kate rushed over and wrapped her arms around Winston.
"Be safe dad," she whispered to him. He returned her hug and then looked her in the eyes.
"Go, I'll be right behind you," Winston said reassuringly. And for once, he actually smiled.
*Meanwhile*
"Come on into the woods GO," Candu screamed as he pushed everyone to the cover of the trees. Humphrey and his squad, along with the company of Garth, managed to push their way into the forrest. They ducked down behind several fallen Redwoods and listened to the exploding artillery and chaingun fire from the Hinds.
"What the hell man, just what the hell," Saltey said shaking his head, his voice trembling heavily.
"Man this is some major bullshit," Garth sighed.
"There's got to be something we can do to help out," Mooch said trying to hatch up a plan. Just like that a light bulb went off over Humphreys head.
"Garth, did you grab any ammo for your MacMaillan before you met up with us," Humphrey asked hurriedly. Garth reached into his ruck-sack and pulled out four, five round magazines for his rifle. Garth caught wind of Humphreys plan and smiled.
"I get ya, Raufoss rounds gonig hot," he said putting a magazine into his rifle. He loaded a round into the chamber and rested the weapon onto one of the fallen trees. "Alright you little communist pieces of shit, get ready for a BIG MAC ATTACK,"
Garth laughed hysterically but the others just shook their heads in disgust. Not even a second later, he pulled the trigger, sending a deafening blast through the woods and also, a deadly bullet down range. The large piece of lead spun towards the closest Hind, hardly even being affected by the leaves and twigs. The round impacted under the rotors, right where the engine was. It exploded, melting through the metal armor of the helicopter, then sending a tungsten carbide penetrator, straight through to the engine.
By the time Garth had ejected the spent cartridge and loaded a new one the Hind erupted into a ball of fire. The fuel inside, ignited by the sparks, and the engine filled with shrapnell, it had nowhere to go but down. They heard cheers ring all around them as it crashed to the ground and burned.
"HELL YEAH," Garth shouted enthusiastically as he aimed down another helicopter and sent it to the ground just as easily. Over the sounds of the chaos Humphrey could hear the bushes rustle, and the approach of someone.
"Hold your fire friendlies comming in," he ordered. Garth, half-way through reloading another round, left the bolt of his rifle open to prevent a misfire and pulled it from his shoulder to show he wasn't going to shoot. There was more rustling, before Kate and Hutch finally came crashing through the bushes. They were panting heavily, but seemed alright.
"Nice job taking out that chopper," Hutch complimented as he tried to catch his breath. Garth, being the ego-maniac that he was, took the compliment straight to his head and let out a proud smile.
"All in a days work," he said with moxy. He handed Kate his canteen which she gladly accepted taking a quick drink and offering it to Hutch who shook his head and grabbed his own. after taking a few minutes to catch their breath they started to look over what had just happened.
"Bastards hit us with artillery, that means they've got batteries set up somwhere. They've invaded so quickly command hasn't been able to send out the distress signal," Kate said rubbing the sweat from her forehead.
"I'll bet that was just the tip of the iceberg, ground units are likely to move in any second," Hutch added.
"Then we should try and link up with the other survivors, we'd have a better chance of counter-attacking," Humphrey suggested.
"Shut up," Hutch ordered suddenly. His head shot left and they all fell silent. Bushes started rustling, and voices started to become audible.
"Shit, they're moving in," Kate growled. Hutch instantly grabbed for his personal weapon. A custom designed Colt M1911 with an extended magazine that he had built himself.
"No one make a sound," he barked. He loaded a round into the chamber and screwed on a suppresor. The rustling started to grow closer to them, and the voices got louder. Hutch peered around a tree to a small running trail to see a small platoon of troops closing in on them. Hutch scanned them carefully, taking in every piece of equpiment they carried.
'AK-47's, grenades, RPG's, mortar rounds, pistols, mines,' he told himself. They grew closer, watching around for any survivors. Hutch gripped his pistol tightly in his hands and flipped off the safety.
"Someone get my back," he whispered. Garth started to get up but Devin stopped him. Devin reached into his pack and pulled out his own weapon. The Kriss Vector, also with an extended magazine, but also with a red dot sight, flashlight, itegral suppresor, and extra magazines in the stock.
"Gotcha," he replied quietly jumping behind Hutch. The two prepared for the brawl, but before they even had a chance to raise their weapons, the unexpected happened. A hail-storm of bullets flew in from behid them, mowing the enemy troops down to size. Before they could even get turned around Winston popped a new magazine into his AR-15 and finished them off.
"Colonel," Hutch said in shock as Winston walked over to them.
"Dad," Kate cried happily as she rushed to him and hugged him. He hugged her back and looked to the others.
"Get back to the armory and grab what ammo you can now, Delta company has them suppressed for now, GO," he ordered. They did as they were told and rushed to get to the armory. At the edge of the base they could hear machine guns firing, grenades exploding, and screams of pain. They ignored it all to grab what they needed. Humphrey tosses Shakey and Saltey a pair of AR-15's before grabbing one for himself. Mooch grabbed the last M249 and what magazines he could find for it.
Garth dug through the cases of ammunition for some more .50 caliber shells, finding only a handful left. He cursed and grabbed a pistol, which he hated using. As they dug they heard Hinds fly by and do strafe runs on their units. One rocket thuded right beside the building causing it to shake violently. That was their signal to get out.
The machine gun fire stopped the second they walked out, and they all started for the forrest, except for Winston. Kate noticed her father's absence and turned to him, wide-eyed.
"Dad come on," she begged. Winston shook his head and turned away from her.
"I have to stay here Kate, they need me on the front lines," tears filled her eyes and she wrapped her arms around him. Winston sighed and returned her hug. He looked up, trying to keep his tears from bing noticed and saw something that he reacted to almost instimctively. He picked Kate up and spun them around, much to her surprise, but his pained grunt took the surprise away.
"DAD," she screamed. Devin noticed the same flash, and reacted quickly, drawing his Vector into his shoulder and shooting at the glint until his weapon clicked empty. Kate pulled away from her hug and looked at Winston, who had blood pouring from his muzzle. She layed him on the ground gently and tore off his kevlar vest.
"Oh no," she saighed choking back the urge to cry even harder. His chest was covered in blood, and there was an open hole leading right past his heart. Winston grunted and cringed in pain as blood poured from his wound.
"Kate," he whispered softly.
"I'm here daddy," she cried leaning in close so he didn't have to strain to talk.
"Tell, Lilly, and your mother, that... I, l-love, the-," his eyes closed slowly, and he breathed one last time, but it wasn't enough to keep his heart going. It shut down, and he died with Kate huntching over him crying her eyes out. The other were in complete disbelief. The colonel had just gave his life to save his daughter. Hutch was the first to be able to react. He rushed over and had to pry Kate from Winston's body.
They had no other choice but to leave his body. As much as Kate protested they were foreced to do it. It would take too long, and they were practically out of time. As they retreated back to the woods, Humphrey hatched one of the stupidest, yet boldest things he had ever thought of. Risking life and limb he ran back to Winston and grabbed his Smith and Wesson .44 magnum for Kate.
As he grabbed the pistol a bullet bounced off of the ground only inches from him and he turned tail and darted back to the safety of the trees. As he grew closer to the trail they had used earlier, he noticed Garth had propped up his rifle again and began providing cover for him. He was almost in the protection of the woods, when he felt a sharp stinging in his right leg. He fell in pain, and just knew it was all over for him
** Authors Note- Sorry the update took so long I've had a really bad case of writers block**
