Chapter Nine

Falcon touched ground on the Irish Air Force base. Crimson was rushed to the base hospital. Marcelo sat outside of the hospital tent. Mandy walked up to him. "Marcelo, is Crimson your friend?" she asked. He nodded. "Yeah not only that but he's my comrade. We look after each other in the Air Force." She smiled. "What happened to the rest of your group?" He looked down. "They're dead. I watched them all die." he whispered. "That's what happens when you are in the military. You leave with a promise to keep your squad alive only to have them die." She put a hand on his shoulder. "C'mon it's not your fault. My mom saved you. She says there's a reason why you survived." He hugged her. "Thanks Mandy." he got up. "I've got to report my Chief Master Sergeant. He needs to know that the Ero can be stopped by regular military weapons. Looks like they're immune to the radiation." He patted her shoulder. "You should get back to your parents." he murmured. "No I want to come with you. This Chief guy seems interesting." he chuckled. "Alright." He squatted down so she could climb onto his back. She held onto his neck. Marcelo went over to another tent where a comms link was available. He sat in front of a computer. The screen flickered to a white haired male with silver eyes. "Glad to see your alive Rookie. How's Crimson?" Marcelo kept his composure. "He's holding sir. He was severely wounded from the helicopter crash." The Master Chief nodded. "What information have you brought for me?" Mandy poked her head out a tad. " the Ero can be stopped by normal Militia means like guns, knives, missiles. They're resistant against the nuclear radiation." The Chief leaned back in the chair. "That's good. I heard the fire brigade found a girl. Tell me about this girl." Marcelo sighed. "I can't really give away any information on her sir. I haven't been in the refugee camp long enough to gather any intel." The Chief let out a low sigh. "Well as soon as you can take a squad with you. She's in danger. The nuke that hit the city was not an accident from a nearby testing facility." this made Marcelo's blood run cold. "You saying someone was behind the explosion?" he nodded. "I'll get right on it. I'll leave with a squad to go and check around the city. We'll thin out any of the Ero that may still be there as well."

Marcelo wrapped up the call. He walked out the tent with Mandy on his back. A soldier came running up to him. "Sir we've reached a distress call from the refugee camp in Dublin. They've been attacked sir." Mandy whined thinking of her friends. "Get a team together. Make sure they're armed." he put Mandy down on her feet. "Stay here. Don't leave this base." he ordered. He followed the soldier out to the landing stripe. He climbed aboard a helicopter with him. The helicopter pulled away from the base. Black smoke rose from the Dublin refugee camp. Marcelo frowned. He lowered his visor. The heartbeat sensor on it came back as quiet. After about a few minutes, heat signatures came up surrounding the camp. "Hostiles at six, twelve, and nine squadron. Stay frosty." he murmured. He aimed the barrel of the turret at a group of enemies. He began spraying bullets killing a few of them. They began returning fire. He pulled a grenade off of his belt chucking it out of the helicopter. The grenade landed and exploded stirring up a little bit of dust. He opened fired again killing off more of the enemies. "Bring the helicopter close to the ground Falcon. I'll be able to take out more that way." Falcon began his descend. Marcelo fired up the turret again. A Ero pulled out a rocket launcher. "4 o'clock Falcon dodge!" yelled Marcelo. Falcon moved to the left. The rocket missed. The Ero began loading up the rocket launcher again. Marcelo shot him down before he could. Marcelo then jumped down from the helicopter. "Falcon keep providing us with air support while we look around the camp for survivors." He kept his gun close as his squad fell in behind him. "Toggle your heartbeat sensors guys. We'll need heat vision in order to see through this smoke."

They entered the house quietly. Marcelo checked his corners. "Area clear let's keep moving." The sensors were rather quiet. He turned around to face his squad. "I need some of you guys to go upstairs and check up there, I need others to check the basement, and the rest of you guys wait here with me. Keep your radios on and let me know if you spot anything." Some of the squad members when downstairs. They heard movement just at the bottom of the stairs. The squad leader motioned for them to stop moving. He shined his flashlight on a shape moving towards them. "Help me." he rasped. The squad leader knelt down next to him. He helped him to his feet. He got on the radio letting Marcelo know that he had found someone. Marcelo handed the survivor his canteen. "What happened?" asked Marcelo. "Those Ero bastards. They attacked us out of nowhere. They took hostages even that little girl." he coughed. Marcelo nodded. "Hold tight we're going to get you help." he pulled out his radio. "Rookie to Falcon. Requesting extraction marking with blue smoke." The radio crackled. "Rodger that Rookie." Marcelo helped the man outside. He tossed a blue flare down. Falcon moved close to them. He picked them up.

Sam woke up slowly. He felt weight on his arms and ankles. He coughed as he sat up. His vision slowly came into focus. He was locked in a cell bounded to the middle of the floor like a dog. "Penny? Elvis?" he looked around him. "Annu?" he questioned. He was greeted by the faint hum of machinery. "Where am I?" he wondered.

To be continued….

Ah god damn it another cliffhanger huh? Well it looks like you'll have to find out what happens next time. What? Don't look at me like that XD. I've got things to do sights to see and I really don't have time to update as often as I should.

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