Chapter 5
Beginning of the end
Buildings slowly creaked as they began to lose their own support to hold themselves up. Inside the ripped open building Fade stared noticing the height of the building. The wooden stair case was fine even though it had looked like it had taken a beating. Fade looked around seeing in case of any incoming Locust he would have to fight. His suit's armor lights glowed white in the burning darkness, looking out the shattered window that was carved with claw marks. He noticed bodies of people teared in half in the street, and the bodies of small animal dog looking things. The animal dog things were known as "Wretches" small infantry of the Locust Horde even still as ugly as the rest.
Looking around sounds of scratching echoed through the late night as footsteps quickly approached the night. Fade took cover behind the fallen table that was steardy enough to hide behind. Locust known as "Grenadiers "were the kind of Locust that knew how and had longer times in close combat. Making these a bit harder to kill since they're bred into combat since standard weapons of choice are Gnasher shotguns and grenades, specifically for the Gears to fall to. Fade looked over his left shoulder noticing 3 moving ahead towards the teared bodies that lied on the dirt ground. The 3rd Grenadier stood looking around then looked up into the sky sniffing the silent flamed air for fresh human scent.
Fade quickly jumped over the table dashing towards the Grenadier and took him as a human shield. Fade pointed his pistol towards the other 2, as they roared in anger towards him. Rapidly firing his COG pistol they returned fire hitting their leader's chest. Shooting their Lancer's towards Fade's shield, the skin and meat were instantly torn apart as its limbs fell. Fade pressed on moving closer, one Locust Grenadier fell back dead on the ground. Fade threw the limbless Grenadier attached with a frag grenade into the third Locust Grenadier as it roared and exploded them both into chunks of pieces. Fade stood reloading his pistol, slowly walking back into the building. Heading up the creaking stairs he continued heading 3 floors up. Noticing the condition of the building he noticed so many open wholes inside and out on each floor. The damage was incredible, all in one day he could tell that this was getting worse.
Fade reached the top of the building only to see a sight just waiting to be seen, the fiery light of a burning city. The night sky was clouded by only smoke of blackness the stars were gone. The buildings ahead of it were torn apart, and wrecked into rubble, cars were smashed. No sight of people except the distant small glowing lights of small firefights in between the other Gears. Fade raised his hand to contact anyone on his frequency only to receive static interference again. Looking passed the wrecked community he could see the Onyx Academy burning, looking downward he thought of what happened. His thoughts began to rise in his mind of "what could I have done", he looked again to see the Onyx Capital where Chairman Prescott held his decisions, and meetings. Raven helicopters flew around the Capital. Fade switched to his Lancer gripping it tightly thinking to himself "that's where I'm going".