As I said in the last part, there will be a while before the next part, as I am going on a trip, so the next part will not be up until, next Monday (18th July) at the earliest. Afterwards I'll actually be playing the levels before I write it up, so I can make notes about it. The description of the battles will get a lot more accurate, and probably more descriptive. I'll probably have the chapters longer as well, since I'll have more time to work on them as well, since the summer holidays are about to start. There will also be no more guarantees of life for the soldiers. So people may start dying, but let's hope nobody we like dies off too early, especially Maxim. If he dies, like I said earlier, I'll probably go for a 1st person scene of him dying, then either carry it on from Karl's perspective, since they're the most alike, or end it. I'm also hoping to get XCOM 2 soon as well, when I do, I'll probably do another of these from one of their perspectives. But, enough about the future, right now, we got some aliens to kill, and bombs to defuse.
"Vampire, get yourself in position" William said as they exited the skyranger onto a bridge. There were cars and trucks scattered around seemingly at random, probably a result of people legging it away when the aliens appeared. "Spray, we're taking the right. Psycho, Scotch, take the left. Xeno, you take the middle, help out whoever makes contact"
They all broke away from the ship, running to their position. Maxim took position behind an alien device, the Alien Boxes as Maxim called them. A truck blocked his sight of the right side, but there were no better positions nearby. "I'm in position, but the truck is blocking my sight to the right. Nothing in sight though"
"All right. Xeno, you stick to the right for now then" William replied. Xeno nodded, and vaulted the concrete blocks separating the lanes, taking position beside another car, not that he was actually there of course. Who was this Xeno William was talking to?
"Contact, Thin Men" William called, followed by a loud whirr as he fired at it, Maxim couldn't see the result because of the truck. Karl then also popped up from behind the car, and fired a few rounds, Maxim could see a greenish cloud spill from around the truck, so guessed he'd killed it. Ryo whipped up a pistol and fired, again, Maxim had no idea if he'd killed it, but, going by the lack of return fire, assumed he'd killed it. Maxim shook his head and looked away from the right onto his side, just in time to see a group of thin men run out from behind a car "Contact left" Maxim called as he took a shot, the laser beam shot out, and the thin man dropped, the gas cloud covering the other 2, they didn't seem affected by it, that's annoying. Keith leaned around the truck, and pumped a laser at one of them, just as it got into cover, the alien just managed to duck under the car before he fired. Aya was suddenly right next to it, he had no idea how she did that, but she seemed to be able to move incredibly fast sometimes, standing just a few feet away from it, in cover behind another car right next to it, and pumping a laser shotgun into it's surprised face, which then disappeared in a flash of light, the gas still spewed out of it, Maxim didn't know where the gas came out of, he had some ideas, but wasn't sure he wanted to know for sure, he liked his imaginary version of where it came from, and didn't want Vahlen ruining it with 'facts'.
Maxim heard coughing, and glanced to the right side, William and Karl were running out of a greenish gas cloud. Apparently the Thin Man he'd lost sight of had done some gassing, the Thin Men were easily the grossest aliens they'd met, he really hoped they didn't meet anything grosser. There was the regular buzzing sound of a laser weapon as Xeno finished off the alien. "The bombs about to go off" Dr. Shen said over the com.
"Get to the nodes, quick" William shouted, as he changed direction, and ran to one of the nodes, crouching down, he looked at it, then, just punched it. Maxim saw the light die down. "You've saved yourself some time, but you might want to get a move on" Dr. Shen said
"Are you two alright?" Keith asked as he too got to a node and disabled it with a kick
"We're fine, the suits are cancelling it out" Karl replied, moving up behind a car, keeping Xeno and William cover as they deactivated another node
"I'm moving up" Maxim said, running over to the truck, he looked around, and saw a ladder on the side. Seriously? Why is there a-. No, not this time, ignore the ladder. It's Japan, maybe they have ladders on their trucks here, he leaned around the side. Karl ran up to a car, and Maxim saw an alien pop it's head up from a concrete divider up ahead, he took aim, but the angle wasn't right, and the alien ducked back down "Aya, aliens on your side"
"Got it" Aya called. He saw a flash of red, and the alien came flying over the barrier.
"I think I can make out the bomb up ahead guys" Maxim said as he looked through his scope, he could make out a strange column-like shape up ahead, which Shen had said the bomb would probably look like. "I'm moving up" and he jumped the barrier, and went over to the ladder, that is defiantly supposed to be there in this country, climbed up, and positioned himself behind the overhang of the drivers compartment, using it as cover, and resting the rifle on it.
"See anything?" William asked
"No aliens, but the bomb looks ready to blow, and there's another truck that's blocking my view on the left" William answered
"Keep getting those nodes" William said, Maxim couldn't see what they were doing, he was too busy scanning the area ahead in case an alien popped it's head out.
"Contacts" Ryo called as he spotted a group behind a truck, firing a pistol into them, one fell, the gas escaping and clouding Maxim's view for a second, but another one ran out from it, and Maxim took a shot, drilling it through the head, making the gas cloud even bigger, the gas was about 2 inches from going up Ryo's nose. He heard other shots, but couldn't see them, the alien had ran out of his sight, there was nowhere else the aliens could hide up ahead, but they had dropped down from nowhere before, so he kept an eye on the cabling of the bridge up above. He heard a shout of pain, please be Ryo, please be Ryo. Followed by the sound of a laser weapon firing, and the screech of an alien getting dead.
"All contacts down, get to that bomb" Central called over the coms.
"Who's hit?" Keith called.
"Me" William called "It's just a flesh wound though, the armour stopped most of it"
"I've got you" Keith said
"Xeno, get to the bomb" William said "Everyone else, get into position, they're likely to send re-enforcements"
Maxim say Ryo run over to the bomb, and begin fiddling with it. He saw a couple of the others come into view around Ryo, providing guard.
"Eyes up folks, re-enforcements incoming" Central called
"Maxim heard a thump, and looked to his right, a Thin Man had dropped down on the ground nearby, he quickly swivelled around, and pumped a laser into it. It connected with the alien, and it dropped. He heard a few others firing and several screeches, the others were doing well too.
"Bomb defused" Ryo said as he stood up.
"We should begin moving back" William called "Keep your eyes open. Vampire, stay up there, if an alien goes for the bomb, kill it"
"Gotcha" Maxim said, keeping his eyes forwards as the others began jogging back to the skyranger.
He heard a slight noise, and, without thinking, he looked up, swinging the gun with him, he glanced a figure on the cables, and fired, a gas cloud appeared, and the figure dropped landing on the ground with a heavy thump, "Woah" Karl shouted "That was close. Nice shot Ma- Vamp"
"Sorry" Maxim called
"That's fine man, that was an awesome shot, and these guys don't weigh- Shit!" Karl interrupted himself with a laser shot, as another alien dropped from the cables a few feet in front of him, the shot killed it, but Karl was engulfed in the smoke "Fucking smoke", he jumped back out of it "I hate that shit"
"All hostiles down, nice job" Central called
The voice of the Commander came over the coms "The bomb's too heavy and big for the skyranger, we've dispatched another team to collect it, you won't need body collection today, just stay there until they arrive"
"Affirmative Commander" Ryo said
"Everyone, get yourself a good position. If more aliens arrive we'll have to deal with them" William called
"They rarely send more re-enforcements after a few minutes" Keith said "But it is better to be safe"
"Uh, doc, could I have a little help, I just got a lungful of that aliens gas shit"
"Oh yes" Keith jogged over and injected him with one of his thing-a-ma-bobs "This will neutralise it. But it will still have caused damage, and it may take a few days to heal fully"
"Standard stuff then?" Karl asked
"Of course" Keith said
"This bomb is impressive" William said, Maxim could see him standing next to the bomb, examining it.
"What's so great about it?" Maxim asked
"Well, it's powered by plasma, the same stuff they use in their guns. At a quick examination, it looks like this bomb could collapse this entire bridge if it went off"
"Dude" Karl said "That's a bomb"
"Good thing it did not go off then" Aya said, looking at it, leaning against a car.
"Wait a second, I forgot to tell you guys something" The Commander said over the coms
"What is it?" William asked
"We have found a location of the alien base, and are working on a key to get us into it. Once you get back, and heal up from any injuries, we'll be raiding it"
"Raiding an alien base?" Karl said "Sounds awesome"
"Just wanted to give you guys a heads up, since you have time to kill" The Commander said "I'll give you a proper briefing before the mission, but theres likely to be heavy resistance in there. Oh, and Maxim"
"Yes Commander?"
"Dr. Shen wants to speak to you"
"What about?"
"It's a surprise"
Crap, shit, motherfucking, donkey balls... Dozens of curses went through Maxim's head, as he imagined all the things Shen was going to do to him... Then he imagined what would happen if he'd told Vahlen, and nearly passed out.
The next part will include a bit of free time, and the alien base assault, and maybe a bit afterwards. It will probably be considerably longer than the others parts, they're usually around 2,000, next part will probably be something around 5,000+, and a lot more descriptive of what's happening. If Maxim ever get's mind controlled I'll have to figure out how I want that to work. Anyway, thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy what's coming next.