Cyber Wars Ch. 13: "Fallen Knights"

[Wolf99x]

OOC: Creating random characters is fun! It adds more humanity to the RP. Oh, and welcome back for the weekend, Batgirl.

BIC: The sounds of gunfire gradually died down as the remaining MM troopers were either killed or routed. The various unit commanders reported an all clear across all floors. Lt. Brando had lost half of his original team, the 5 soldiers with him was all that he had left. Still, nobody from Miller's team or Wolf's team had been wounded or killed, so the impromptu rescue mission was a success.

"So, where do we go from here?" Wolf asked Miller once all the allied troops wer down on the first level.

"We go out door 1C on floor 1 and head through the hallway ahead. From there, it's a realtively straight line to the bridge."

"Got it." Wolf said as he led the way to the door in question and opened it. As he started walking through, his PDAP beeped.

"This doesn't look good..." Beowulf said.

"What?" Wolf asked.

"Beyond that door at the end of the hallway I'm reading encryption on locks no lower than Security Level 14. We can't get through...and I have been unable to hack the locks."

"What's the level on the bridge doors?" Wolf asked.

"Unknown, but at best I'd say it's at least level 20 security."

Wolf was about to ask for an alternative route when 10 Death Squad troopers suddenly rappelled down from floor 3 to attack the small army Wolf had amassed.

"Everyone into the hall!" Wolf shouted as he tossed a frag grenade into at the Death Squad, critically injuring at least one.

When everyone was in, the door slammed shut and Beowulf locked it.

"Well...we're really screwed now." Miller said.

"Not necessarily," Wolf grinned as he activated his PDAP. "I'm about to call what I hope is my hidden ace in the hole."

Dialing a number that would eventually send his message to Coyote, he hit send and started talking.

"Coyote, I hope this isn't a bad time to ask for some help...but we've got a problem. I'm currently pinned between a series of level 14+ security doors and a team of Death Squad troopers. I'm sending you a map of my current location. I need you to unlock all the doors leading to the Skybase's bridge...except for the bridge itself."

Miller shouted out "They're trying to take down the door!"

Wolf turned back to his call. "Please hurry. If Mastermind succeeds here...then both worlds will be in jeopardy."

OOC: Finally, I found something for Coyote to do.

[MC43]

OOC: No no, the last time random characters were made, I was shot at... Almost slapped... I don't want that for any of you...

Almost instantly, the cold hit him like a ton of bricks. He hugged in whatever heat he could, almost in fear in what he had done, just not regret. If anything, this was how he wanted to go. He entered the world in a cold and dark place, and if was to get his wish, he would end it in the same way. He kept walking foward, not knowing which way was north, but knowing full well it was away from any populous cities. It would be safer for him and everyone else, no one believed him when he said it, but it was a fact that he believed.

His feet were actually pretty warm considering the state he was in. With each foot print he caused, the snow wrapped around his foot, and created a sort of boot to warm his foot. That was another thing he was happy to have, feelings under his feet. Even under all that snow, he could feel the cold hard earth, dirt and rocks under his feet. He took in a breath of the cold air as it started to ice up his lungs, but soon they took over, and melted the ice away, he could feel his body start to adjust to the temperature change. He would feel cold for serveral more minutes, but then it would pass into a sense of numbness, both from the elements, and the real world, but before it did, he felt a stone push up on his foot. He didn't know why because there was several others that had done the same thing the entire trip here, but the stone in question had a sense of warmness to it. If anything, it felt like it was going to burn his foot. He didn't know if it was just a hot rock, or if his nerves were finally surrendering to the harsh climates, but he decided to investigate. Bending down into the snow and pushing it aside, he discovered something green. It had a luster shine to it, must have been cleaned several times because of the snow. Picking it up and brushing the remaining snow off, he knew right away what the stone was called. He didn't know it's background, how it got there, or how it survived the cold. Perhaps it had made a home in the snow, just as he was to do a few minutes from now. Standing up, clentching the stone in his fist he nodded and agreed with himself that this was to be home from now on. This spot was to have a new signifigance to him. This place was now very important to him. It was as if the stone was planted there to tell him to stop there.

He took one more look at the stone. "Jade..."

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Level 14, Your shitting me right? My kids coulld crack that in ten seconds, you call me with something so trifling, i'm almost insulted."

Coyote conected to the system and then bitch slapped the system. The system didn't respond as he planeed so he started smacking it again and again. Finally he got access and started unlocking the doors.

[Wolf99x]

The doors unlocked. "Thanks...although that took you 11 seconds...getting slow with age are we? Or is the fate of the world not good enough to warrant speed anymore?" Wolf half-joked before disconnecting. Tit-for-tat, wise-ass.

"He really should be more greatful that you're actually giving him stuff to do." Beowulf said.

"I know...asinine isn't it?" Wolf replied. "In any event, let's get going before..."

<CRASH>. A Death Squad trooper kicked down the door leading to the mall...and got 45 KPB bullets to the face from Miller.

"...They break through..." Wolf finished. "Everybody move!"

Bullets whined off the walls as the soldiers scrambled through the door, which closed behind them. Wolf placed a C4 charge on the door and attached a proximity sensor.

"If they open the door...blam!" Wolf said with a grin. But then Beowulf delivered news that made that grin disappear.

"A fairly large group of Death Squad troopers are amassing outside the door the the bridge, and they're trying to break it down."

"Shit...well...let's go!"

Wolf followed the map and led the team towards the bridge, stopping only to fight the random group of Mastermind stragglers.

[Zephie]

"Looks like the party just got started!" Wraith yells while gunning down a stray troop.

A thousand scenarios run through his mind in one quick flash, and none of them look pretty. Somebody's nose is getting bloodied in a few minutes... he just hopes it isn't theirs.

[batgirl]

The days seemed to drag on endlessly. Jade was getting more worn down as they wore on. As she was being pushed towards her cell, the guards shoved her in a different direction. She was placed in a small room with a bright light shining down on her. "Time for your reformation..." The bodiless voice spoke as Jade stood up in shock. She had already been to her torturous reformation for the day. A burly guard with greying hair stepped into view. "You seem to be resisting more than the others, so we've decided to up your...treatment." He smiled, revealing rotting teeth. He began pacing as he spoke. "Name!" "J...Jade." "Rank!" "Colonel." "Why are you here!" "I..." "WHY ARE YOU HERE!" "...I was forced here." A strong boot hit her in her midsection. She winced, but was otherwise unharmed. "Wrong answer! You were put here because you are useless! You commited a crime and you are being punished!" "No. I was only trying to help..." A fist connected with her face. A trickle of blood appeared out of the corner of her mouth. Her horrible fate dawned on her: Jade's nanos could not be sustained anymore and she was at this guard's mercy. "Help? You see where your help got you. Now, tell me that you are guilty." "But I'm not..." "We'll see how you feel about that in a few minutes."

Fifteen minutes later, a battered and bloody Jade clutching her side was thrown into her cell. She didn't even get onto her cot, she just lost consciousness on the hard stone floor.

[Darth SS]

Angel had run out of ammo. While this didn't seem surprising to many, it was a very big shock to those that knew him. Abscently, he pulled a colt and shot someone. Actually, he made sure his colts were still going. And they hadn't stopped in the mall long enough for him to grab a shirt.

"It's really chilly!"

Some idiot stepped out and levelled his gun right at Angel. Angel kicked it away, spun, and smashed the butt of his colt across the attacker's face. When the man tried to rise, Angel grabbed the man's jaw bone and snapped his neck, ripping skin and pulling bone while at it.

Another attacker stepped out. Angel spun kicked him, with his opposing hand producing a knife, and severing the man's jugular in a grotesque spray as he rotated. A third, and hopefully final opponent came out. Continuing his last motion, Angel slammed his fist into the man's face.

When the man teetered, Angel had finished his turn and slammed his knife into the man's throat, and pulled roughly away, resulting in a crimson shower.

"It's really chilly!"

[Wolf99x]

Wolf dismissed Angel's complaints as just him getting edgy and looking for more to kill.

Besides, the discomfort will only make him more violent he thought.

Wolf stopped at a corner and peeked around. He could see the door to the bridge, unfortunately 30 Death Squad troopers stood in front of it, all of them trying to knock it down.

He called everyone together queitly.

"Okay...30 of Mastermind's deadliest shock troops are standing between us and the objective. That door is triple reinforced Tetranium-Carbide, so they shouldn't be able to break through it..."

A loud thud and clang echoed through the hall. Followed by "That's using your head, Steve!" there were muted chuckles from the Death Squad

Wolf got back to explaining. "However they do seem very determined to knock the door down. I'm just glad that they don't have explosives or welding torches. Anyway, we have to take those shitheads down hard and fast...or we're all dead. So here's the plan. Anyone with a frag grenade, me included, is going to throw them into that mass of death. Right as the grenades go off, anyone with a KBP-360 is to start shooting at the Death Squad. Use whatever cover you can, but empty those clips FAST. Everyone else provide backup fire as the KPBs run empty. From there on in, get in close and finish them off."

Grabbing his last frag grenade he said. "Everyone ready?" He saw that they were. "Good." he primed the grenade and let it fly down the hall.

"I got a present for ya!" he said just before it exlpoded.

[Zephie]

Wraith tosses his share in... an odd combination of a frag grenade and two stun/flashbang grenades, then ducks back behind cover and waits for the first wave of gunfire to die down.

[Toshiro]

(OOC:Greetings, sorry for disappearing, I got busy with work... and other stuff... Also, it's not easy coming up with posts for this ;; )

Leon sat on his cot, staring at a spot on the wall. There was no escapre, not without help, Jade could help, but only if she stayed strong.

But he would need more prisoners working together, he began focusing his mind on that, and drifted off into his own world.