Chapter 10
Depths Caverns
Sarah and Bronx moved through the caverns with ease running into small packs of Locust. Bronx looked forward seeing temple like homes. Sarah looked at her tablet seeing the locations known to the C.O.G. about these caverns. Both moved through sharp rocks and down a cleared walking path into the locust temples. Jack and Joey ran into more Locust drones that quickly took care of other returned fire while Jack blind fired from cover trying to help any way he could. Other prod pods fell in opposite directions within the Locust Hollows.
Fade walked out of his drop pod and noticed the glowing plants of blue light surrounded around him. Fade walked the small path to the edge of a cliff noticing the massive plant life. Across the cavern in front of him with a glowing blue river flowing 20 feet down the cliff. Fade held his lancer in his left hand and used his right hand to make a transmission.
"See—ssss-ssssss-s"
"S-s-seeders down, seeders down," said a gear's voice over the radio
"Locust's near the southern tunnels!"yelled a gear
"Echo squad where are you? Report?" asked Fade
"Echo 2 and Echo 3 here" said Sarah as gun fire sounded off
"Echoes 4 and 5 what's your location?!"asked Fade looking at the bridge like structure with a locust symbol on its side.
"We-AHHH, help!? Anyone?! Bronx, Sarah?!"yelled Jack
"Jack hold on were coming" said Sarah
"Alpha squad is down, control" said a gear
"Bravo squad taking damage!"said another
Fade rushed running into the bridge holding his lancer in both hands he ran forward jumping over small barricade made by the locust. Fade continued running. Fade noticed his lancer a small light blinked showing where to go to find the rest of echo squad. Sarah grabbed ahold of a drone locust and used him as a meat shield while rapidly firing her cog pistol. Bronx jumped forward firing his Gnasher into the skull of a dying locust Theron guard. Locust ran down they're lit hallway and jumped forward avoiding the gansher's bullets. Bronx elbowed a wretch's face and kicked a ticker into the air. The temples had Locust rushing out, Gears dropped onto smaller locust from their pods around the temples.
Sarah snapped a Locusts head, leaving him limbless Gears ran from behind her and into combat. Some chainsawed their enemies others used them as human shields. Sarah and Bronx ran up the stone stair case that lead towards a catacomb tunnel connecting to more, a short cut to Jack and behind them ran the opposite way in packs of 5, heading to the first first checkpoint was to create a large barricade and eliminate Locust with a head on assault on their own turf. Yet even as a simple plan it wouldn't be easy. Gears ran down a hallway getting into more, close quarters combat with grenadiers and wretches.
Radio voices continued…
"We have the barricades built! "yelled a gear
"Locust?! There's too many were falling back "yelled another
"Mortars!"yelled gears over the radio
Fade chainsawed through a wretch as he stood looking back seeing the dead bodies he had left scattered and torn by his lancer. Locust blood was spilled across the path, he continued going heading straight into a Locust ambush that had a Kantus screaming wildly at him. Fade took cover behind a stone support beam that held the top roof of the temple like structure. Wretches ran towards him, blind firing his lancer rapidly killing 3 in a row. The Kantus tossed an ink grenade towards him, he jumped out of its range heading towards Kantus he revved up his lancer and sawed through the locust Kantus.
Gears took cover as they ran out of the small tunnels, taking cover behind small stone locust walls. Others ran into gun fire of a Grinder firing its massive Mulcher weapon. Boomers slapped Gears into the ground and walked over them. Loud screams and gunfire could be heard over the radio in each Gear's helmet. Pods fell onto running locust as they headed straight for Gears leaving their pods. Locust tossed ink grenades and explosive grenades killing many Gears.
Sarah fired her lancer into the chest of a boomer as it fell onto the ground. It's blood spilled all onto her armor as she yelled in anger. Bronx hid behind a fallen Mauler's shield and closed in to a pack of tickers and Boomers.
