Chapter 40
A small van moved through the streets of Metropolis, it pulled into a destroyed bus depot and 2 men climbed out, the driver was a large man named Ben, he began setting up a small camera on a tripod, the other was Jett, He carried a large Sleek white rifle strapped around his shoulder, there was a large tube running the length of it, and liquid sloshed around inside as he struggled with it,
"This'll be perfect, nobody'll even be able to tell the difference between the shit we do and the rest of this hellhole" Jett announced with a smirk,
"I'm still not sure about this, what if it blows up in our faces?" Ben said,
"Why do you think they're paying so much for a test?" Jett laughed as he brought the sight to his eye aiming for a nearby bus.
Carla Perez had drifted into unconsciousness but was roused by the sounds of boots crunching on displaced gravel and debris,
"Hello," She called through the dust-filled air her voice raspy,
"Over here" A man shouted, a second later 4 men emerged from the dust clouds wearing combat gear, they walked cautiously into the collapsed pavilion,
"Are you ok?" 1 of them asked moving to her side,
"I'll be fine, get this off me?" She said pushing against the metal beam laid across her stomach,
"Don't worry we're working on it" Another said pulling something that looked like a car jack off his back, he slid it under it, he began pumping a lever on the device up and down it expanded as he did so, it reached the beam pushed it up, the weight lifted off of Carla, 2 of the soldiers dragged her clear,
"Let's get you patched up" 1 said while they laid her down, as he got his medical pack out the loud sound of screeching metal drew their attention, they all looked up to see a large sheet of painted roofing hurdling right toward them.
Robin and Jinx saw the airship explode flames bursting out a hole in the side, she glanced toward him,
"Your team?" She asked,
"Not unless they picked up some heavy-duty shit in the last couple of hours," He said shaking his head,
"Nice shot" Barton's voice came over Jinx radio, she depressed the button,
"Not us sir, and it's a no-go on the Titans too, maybe another squad" She suggested, there was a minute before his voice returned,
"Not them, I'll advise there's an unknown at play, you guys focus on getting that stinger off the ground" He ordered,
"On it, sir" Jinx pulled the surface to air missile launcher off her back and got on 1 knee to brace herself.
There was a loud crack below them,
"You 2 need to get down from there, looks like the whole buildings coming down" Balasong called over the radio, the roof tilted as the building crumbled beneath it, Robin grabbed Jinx and pulled her to her feet, she gripped the launcher tightly as they ran toward the edge of the roof, Robin pulled his grappling gun free and fired it to a fire escaped on a building across, he snapped a cord to his belt and then looped the other end to her belt, he grabbed her combat vest and jumped off the crumbling roof, they swung and slammed against the brick side of the building.
Robin hung from the line for a minute dazed, once he had reoriented he switched the grapple gun on, and it whirred to life meeting a little resistance before slowly pulling them up, when they reached the fire escape Robin pulled Jinx over the rail and slid over after her, she dropped the launcher with a metal thud,
"Robin" She gasped "We gotta fire it" Robin glanced to the missile launcher,
"I'm on it" He muttered forcing himself to his feet, he reached for it.