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chaos wars: Chapter two: Walk in the park.
Posted By: Axim<wolf_mischa@yahoo.com>
Date: 8 September 2007, 9:32 pm
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"John for Axim, hows the rest of the teams doing?" Axim asked over intercom, waiting behind a wracked old bus for a marine scout to report back about the field up ahead, it was a really open space, it use to be a park so there are no buildings and vehicles, only one old critically damaged tank near the middle of the field. The ground was a mix of dirt and grass, the hole city was slowly being taken back by nature, its just that war is keeping it from taking it whole.
"Axim, some teams where more lucky than others and even two didn't make it to their drop-zones, the scorpions you are to meet are under attack right now, they said they would handle it, just try and hurry it up a bit." John replied.
"Got any info on the Kalverhagen park? We are stuck behind a bus until our scout returns, that could take a little while." Axim asked, looking trough the empty window spaces of the bus to try and see what the scout was doing.
"Negative, you will have to find out for yourself, Axim, don't die out there." John replied, sounding serious.
"John, dude its me, I'll be fine, so will Kazama, anyway, Axim out, i think our scout is returning." Axim said, seeing the scout running back to the bus in a haste. As John's reply fell to the background of attention Axim walked up to Kazama who way laying on the ground next to the bus, aiming the missile pod at the buildings on the other side of the waste land.
"Think we can go around it?" Axim asked as he got onto his belly.
"There is always another ambush, might as well take the short one." Kazama replied calm, looking at the scout now nearly back at the bus. Axim grabbed his sniper rifle and scoped in on the buildings, they all seemed deserted and to unstable to put a ambush in., with the covenant you just can't be sure. The scout got back, he seemed unharmed but eager to get a bunch of words out of his system.
"Tell me, why the rush?" Kazama asked the marine, his voice as calm as always.
"The buildings are as empty from here as from where i went, i could not see a thing in them so i doubt they have enemies in them, perhaps units ready to come out of hiding on command, but thats just it, the field itself, at first sight and from a distance it seemed empty, but at one point i was walking and i looked at the ground and i saw the arm of one of those scumbag jackals, the body berried, i could swear i saw a finger more out of itself, i think they have a ambush in the field itself, they think i didn't see it and they are counting on us to walk into the ambush, thats the only reason they let me return, they already know we are behind this bus, I'm sure of it." The marine said, trying to sound as confident as possible about the finger as the ambush theory, immediately Axim looked at Kazama who was ready to say it.
"Always follow your guts" Kazama said as expected, than he continued; "I say we walk into it, i want to try out my new toy."
"Kazama, its a ambush, you don't walk into it if you know its there." Axim said, looking over the field with his sniper, looking for anything glowing to aim on.
"John for Axim, come in." Axim said.
"Go ahead." John replied.
"What does one have to do to get a bombardment of the Kalverhagen park?" Axim asked.
"One would have to get a space ship in orbit above your location, or one would have to get artillery in range, neither of those are options." John replied. It seemed the group would have to go around or trough the ambush. Kazama got up and put his missile pod on his back and grabbed the plasma rifle, he looked at it and you just knew that he had a smile inside that helmed of his. Axim also got up and put his sniper rifle away and got out his assault rifle, the newest version of it, though it seemed totally the same.
"You guys coming or wat?" Kazama asked as he turned his head back to his front.
"Are we really going trough that field?" A marine asked, not sure about his future and clearly showing it with a slightly shivering voice, it was clear that this marine spoke for all of the group and even Axim had his doubts about what enemies would await them, or better said how many, because he did not fear any of them, he just feared a inferno of plasma coming his way with nowhere to dodge to or take cover, yet Axim could not seem like he followed the marines on this hunch.
"Marines, stop the shaking, our enemy can hear your yaws from miles away, lets move it." Axim said, sounding sure of his words and the actions that would follow. The marines got from behind cover and followed Axim and Kazama up the field. Axim slowed down a bit until he was walking next to the scout.
"If we get in trowing range you let me knew, got it?" Axim said calmly to the marine, he needed the scout to pay full attention to the field to remember where the arm stuck out. Within a few minutes the scout gave the signal, Axim walked up to Kazama and threw a fragmentation grenade to his front. The grenade overpassed the spot because the marine signaled as they reached his throwing range, but if there was more behind the arm it did not matter if he overpassed it. Kazama already had his missile pod ready and Axim drew his assault rifle. All he marines got their smg's ready, than the fragmentation grenade exploded. A distant shout sounded from where the grenade exploded, Axim recognized it as a grunt panicking, as smoke cleared a moment later the sound was confirmed by the sight of a grunt running around with purple blood all over himself, he was leaking badly. With a bang and a whoosh Kazama launched a rocked from his missile pod and it went straight for the grunt. Now there was more movement near the grunt. The ground rose as fell of the figures that where under it. Jackals, brutes, grunts and even before Axim got a glimpse at them the drones went into the air, giving away their identity. Axim opened fire, so did the marines, the only accurate ammunition that was being wasted was that of the missile pod, three rockets at a time and they did really good damage. Axim charged the enemy while firing his assault rifle.
Brute plasma rifle ammo came in Axim's direction along with spiker bullets and allot of plasma. Axim aimed at one of the drones in the air and shot it down with a few good shots, as it fell Axims eyes followed it down, their attention was drawn by a brute with a hammer coming alarmingly close. As the brute swung its brutish brute hammer at Axim's head Axim duck and passed the brute. Looking at the brute it was clear to be a chieftain. Axim turned around swiftly and before the brute got around bullets chased the brute face down into the ground, falling over. Axim turned from the brute to the noise of plasma fire to his right, looking in the direction Axim saw a jackal shooting at his team, not paying much attention to the Spartan right next to him, a deadly mistake. Axim shot the jackal in the chest two times and one to the head, the shield coming nowhere near deflecting the bullets. As Axim turned to the group of covenant just ahead and the marines took care of the few grunts Axim passed Kazama looked at the sky upon hearing a sound he never liked but this time was eager to hear getting louder, the engines of banshees, at least more than one.
"It seems our friends called for backup, look sharp." Kazama said to the marine who where to focused on the ground forces to even notice the banshees engaging, now coming in sight from high above and behind them, they where flanked. Kazama turned to the banshees, than he saw why they could hear them so early, there where at least ten of them, this was no normal backup, they where serious about taking down two Spartans it seemed.
"This is Spartan one five six Kazama requesting air to air support, at least ten banshees are engaging us with hostile ground troops within firing range." Kazama said over distress com, clear to hear on all militia radio's in the area. A moment later Kazama was knocked of his feet by a fuel rod blast impacting about three meters away from him, draining his shield allot. Suddenly time seemed to slow down, sound was like being under water, anther green spark went straight for him. He seemed petrified, a elbow on the ground lifting his back from the ground, the opposite hand pushing him further up, but there was nowhere near enough time to get away, perhaps a jump to the side, no it was already so close. As Kazama stared death in the face he could do no more than stare back and accept it, but he was not given up so easy. As the fuel rod came closer a small ball at his feet seemed to tumble over like just being rolled there. From it a transparent field of squares forming a solid formation erupted, engulfing Kazama in an instant, but the stayed unharmed as the squares passed trough him, like they opened up to get passed him and closed behind him. Trough the transparent squares Kazama saw the fuel rod closing in, than something happened he had not the time for to realize, the fuel rod exploded like it would on impact, but it did so as it came in contact with the transparent energy. Covering his eyes Kazama thought to be a dead man, it seemed he had been spared somehow. The shield faded as Axim picked the ball up from the ground, the bubble shield. As hornets, new unsc fighting helicopter engaged a rain of bullets fell down on the covenant troops and rockets where launched toward the banshees in the air. Though it was a tough air battle Axim and Kazama where saved from the suicidal field that they had walked in. Walking out Kazama was releaved he had survived the park, now he had to survive the war, not a easy task, but as they walked along a path leading to the meeting point the worst seemed to be over.
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