Chapter 9
Fire awakes
The Ravens flew over the large amounts of rubble and destruction all around the ground. The Gear units called off the search for this Onyx Guard. They continued to try to take back Halvo Bay the wounded Gear looked at the bottom of the Raven's floor board as it flew through the night back to command. His fellow Gears looked tired as they tried to stay calm before him. His mind clouded his judgment as he thought (was it my fault?)
"Really? Phil?! An Onyx Guard alive?!"said a Gear
"No way Phil, they all died at the hands of the Locust" said another Gear sitting next to Phil
"Well too bad we could've used they're help, I mean what's left then if they couldn't do it" said another Gear
The Raven flew over the wrecked center of Halvo Bay while searching for the Onyx Guard that saved the wounded gear didn't say a word he gripped his gloves in anger of why he couldn't do anything right?
The rubble moved from the blast of the erupting explosion as Fade stood back up his Onyx armor was scraped, chipped and partially damaged. His white lights lit again he looked around taking in the damage of the sight. Noticing an open path towards the Onyx Capital he dusted off his armor and looked around for his Crimson Omen Lancer. Fires had spread across the ground he slowly approached his Lancer after noticing bodies of Gears and another fallen Onyx. Taking their tags he walked calmly towards his lancer. Moving on, looking at the blackened skies he saw no Ravens fly by his helmet was damaged yet functional.
Fade rushed down towards the end of the street and continued as he noticed the main building he was meant to reach. He stared at the wrecked yet burned stairs of the Onyx up the stairs he noticed the burning flags of COGS and piles of bodies burning along with everything else. Fade moved on as he held his lancer tightly pointing directly ahead of him he walked into the ripped open doors checking his corners he saw large amounts of burning books the ceiling was burning as spits of flames dropped. He noticed both types of bodies lying everywhere Gears and Locust as if they fought each other till the death. Lowering his Lancer he heard braking and splitting sounds from a distance. Looking front and back he heard a yell and nothing the book room was empty of enemies. Fade backed up against a shelf as books fell onto the ground then it happened.
A massive steel hand broke through the concrete wall and through the bookshelves, grabbing ahold of Fade's left shoulder. Fade was pulled through the entire wall and was pulled into the enemy directly, he faced the enemy gripping tightly around his left shoulder he grunted loudly even more as he saw her. A massive steel bodied "Berserker" that's what she was known to the C.O.G. a beast of fury. She yelled so loudly in front of the face of Fade he tried to move and kick until she threw him behind her into a pit of burning flames. Rolling back up to his feet he pointed his Lancer forward seeing her screaming wildly. He saw the flames burning her steel armored skin as her muscles shifted back to meat and muscle.
Fade fired his Lancer as fires burned widely around him. The Berserker both in combat surrounded in a sealed room of fire that had all the furniture of a meeting room burning. The bullets punctured through her muscles causing this blind fury to rage even more she charged towards him. He jumped to his left, she ran into a burning wall as he turned around and continued his gun fire. She stomps wildly turning around kicked and screaming she throws a burning table at him. He throws a grenade towards her, she accidentally slap's it in midair causing the grenade to blow up her muscular left hand. Dashing forward Fade switches his Lancer to his COG pistol and rapidly fires at her delicate unprotected skull. The bullets hit her skull clean as she stopped running and dropped into the concrete wall shattering an opening for Fade to leave the burning flames.
Fade ran out of the room and rolled onto the ripped apart hallway as the shine of the night sky glowed through the open hallway. Fade stood up from landing on one knee and looked forward at the destruction form that one Berserker. The walls, Gears, doors, windows, a part of the hallway ceiling all done by her hands. Fade reloaded his Lancer rushing his movements he saw the burning landing pad far down behind the Onyx Capital.