Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of the Freelancers. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RvB, Rooster Teeth does.
(Insurrection Building, The Sarcophagus.)
Will had a perfect shot at the Pelicans, but besides the fact that a shot from his rifle wouldn't even dent the armor? He stayed his hand.
It wasn't till he noticed the Tan soldier that he aimed his sniper, locking the 14.5 by 114mm armor piercing bullet into the chamber.
"You know that your weapon is aimed at his center of mass and not his head, right?" Xi put in as Will fired, the bullet grazed the soldier and forced him to the side.
"I'm not trying to kill, Charon wants them alive like they want Space Pirates alive… damn it, I didn't incapacitate him!" Will hissed before locking the next bullet into place.
It was then he noticed a familiar sight, a glint of black in his scope.
"Hey, it's the black armored chick!" Will hummed and leaned on the rifle before deciding to not use the 3 bullets he had left… that? and because he had a good idea that he couldn't just snipe the woman like he wanted.
He also just really wanted a good fight. He drew his grappling hook leaping off the building he was on.
(With Tex)
Tex heard the sniper, but it took a minute for her to hear the sound of boots on metal.
"Behind you, woman." Omega hissed as Tex rolled out of the way of a diving punch before turning to see the Space Pirate from before.
"Well, that's the black armored lady all right… try not to get your ass kicked this time." Tex saw an AI fragment hover next to the soldier as Will straightened up.
"Hi, remember me?" Tex heard before swinging a punch at Tex, it was blocked as Tex deployed an elbow block for a haymaker Will threw at her ribs.
Hers punch to his chest caused him to take a step back as he batted aside one of her punches and elbowed her in the face.
"Charon must really have something worth triple if their deploying the best Freelancers…" Will blocked an axe kick and pivoted to knee Tex backwards before launching into an uppercut.
Tex slid back as she cracked her knuckles, Will swept his leg back as the two circled each other. Will went to make a right punch only to grab his magnum with his other hand and fire at Tex's head.
She backflipped into a crouch and activated her camo as Will rolled his eyes and holstered his weapon.
"You know, I heard two voices just now… you wouldn't happen to have an AI fragment, would you?" Will questioned before a punch knocked him down.
Tex struck again, crane kicking him and then roundhouse kicking the Space Pirate back. Will was glad his armor wasn't dented or such.
"Ow." Will cracked his neck and was pushed back by another uppercut which drove him to his knees.
Tex went to punch him again only for him to wrap his hand around her fist while his vision mod activated.
"Hi there." Will slowly raised himself to his feet before turning and launching into a back kick which knocked Tex to the ground.
"Your real damn good… only reason I joined this gig was to keep fighting and because of the money… I'm still not doing the murder missions the old man wants. I'm a soldier, not a monster." Will cracked his neck while he hummed.
"What mission?" Tex questioned, Will was about to answer when the device behind her beeped.
Tex went to look at the transmitter only for Will to slug her to the ground.
"I kind of expected more from the Marines considering I used to be one before going pro." Will drew his shotgun and cocked it before pointing it at the soldier.
Will was interrupted by the doors being opened and a trio of Freelancers walking out.
Will cursed and threw himself off the building with annoyance, he was winning the battle, even if it was slightly and it was ruined by reinforcements arriving.
Will deployed his grappling hook which landed him on a lower building before he put the device on his hip.
"You should know the convoy got attacked as well… Charon is getting kicked around left and right out here." Will heard from XI as he realized the code had been told to him.
That meant they wanted the 'asset', Rhee Sebiel, had the code for the asset.
"Can you hack me a motorcycle? I think I know what they're going after then…" Sam fired the last 3 bullets up and tossed his sniper to the side, he sighed sighed before he watched the building move.
The building… MOVED, with a massive crack from the sky that made it sound like a ginormous bolt of lightning came from the clouds.
"Well, either Zeus just punched the building or they have orbital support… ****." Will stepped off the building to go and see if he could find a single mongoose that would work.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out Will is going to join Project Freelancer after next chapter. I do want to point out Will is equal with Tex in hand to hand… not superior. Next chapter will show the events of Spiral and the third fight Will and Tex have as enemies. Until next Sunday or so. Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Things will show down after Spiral. I'm sorry for rushing them currently.