siege

The carrier flies over the tree tops. In the distance two bases can be seen: the Volsta firebase and the Gorth camp. The Gorthian camp is protected by a multi layered overshield. The overshield is under constant bombardment, one layer breaks and it begins to recharge. As soon as the second layer is about to break the first layer is recharged and can take over while the second layer recharges, not to mention the third layer is untouched. The carrier barrels through the air trying to go as fast as possible into the safety of the overshield. The ship is hit multiple times, but the Blaird ship shows its engineering prowess and manages to land with minor damage. Once they land they exit the ship.

Gil in a commanding tone of voice gets his squad’s attention. “Everyone at attention!” The squad gets into a line and listens to what Gil has to say. “Good, I have to talk with the captain in private. Tuta fix the ship, we have a commissioner here that can get you what you need. The rest of you get some R and R, but be ready to go at any time.” Gil dismisses the squad and Gil heads to a tent flanked by Gorthian Knights. As he gets close a knight in luminous armor comes out of the tent with a pen insignia on his right shoulder. He speaks to Gil with a bow. “ahhh master Taruk. Please head inside.” Gil and Clause head into the tent and have a private conversation. Sarko heads into a maintenance tent. As he heads in a steward comes up to offer his services, but Sarko refuses. The steward bows and stands close to the entrance. Sarko sits on a bench and takes out his Panther to clean and maintain his gun. Noko disappears. Vhilem and Triton sit on a bench and Vhilem takes a deep breath, trying to clear his mind.

Aphra comes up behind the two and asks if she can sit next to them, Vhilem nods. Aphra sits next to Vhilem and asks. “What happened out there? You nearly got yourself killed.” Vhilem’s eyes look at her, his eyes look sunken and tired. “…I couldn’t do it. I thought killing someone would be easy, but I couldn’t do it.” Aphra nods and holds Vhilem by the shoulder. “Get over it.” Aphra says bluntly. “You're gonna get yourself killed if you don’t fight.” Vhilem looks at her and talks slowly. “Yeah…yeah I know.” Aphra puts both her arms behind her head and asks. “So what’s the problem?” Uncharacteristically Triton speaks up. “Its Maria.” Both Aphra and Vhilem look at Triton, Vhilem is especially shocked. “I…Yeah….yeah It's Maria how’d you know.” Triton shrugs. “Either way. Me on Triton grew up at an orphanage on Granth. Maria was another kid at the orphanage. She was alright. Nothing wrong with her and she was fun to play with.” Vhilem puts his hand over his forehead and looks down. “Then one day she disappeared, which was strange for her since she stayed at the orphanage 24/7. I was worried and me and Triton went out to look for her. We knew every nook and cranny of that place and it didn’t take long to find her, dead or at least we thought she was.” Vhilem eyes stare into nothing. “I remember every detail of her body. Naked, jaw gone, eyes gone, legs and arms bent backwards, bruised everywhere, and she was gurgling. Granth didn't have good hospitals, so she died soon after.”

Aphra speaks up. “Fuck man. I heard some shit, and that defiantly goes up there.” Vhilem nods but isn’t paying attention to Aphra. “And then we find the guy who did it. I tried to kill him, but I was just a kid and got my ass beat and nearly died. If it wasn’t for Triton running up to him with his pickaxe I probably would have died.” Vhilem looks at Aphra. “I need to get over it.” Aphra pats Vhilem on the back. “That’s the spirit. So who was it, did you catch their name?” Vhilem shakes his head. “Nah. Triton hit him, but it didn’t kill him. He ran away.” Aphra clicks her tongue, “Damn. Well, who ever that fucko is I hope you get them.” “Thanks.” Aphra gets closer to Vhilem. “So why did you get into this kind of work anyway? No offense, but you ain’t cut out for this, like at all.” Vhilem sighs. “I need cash to uh…make an empire.” Aphra nods slowly. “mmhmmm, very big plans.” Vhilem scratches the back of his head. “Yeah…I think I should aim for something else.” Aphra chuckles. “No no keep going for it I'm sure you can rule an empire in no time. But really what do you need the money for.” Vhilem looks at Aphra and she takes a deep breath. “oh…your serious. You know, I like a man with BIG aspirations.” She gets closer and is now rubbing up against him.

“uh your kind close.” says Vhilem. “Uhuh. You know you're kinda good looking.” “yeah.” Aphra rubs his thigh. “You wanna fuck?” Vhilem blinks a few times. “Your very…direct.” “Yeah? I'm stressed you're stressed and as a doctor I advise you take a load off.” She says lewdly. Vhilem does wonder what she looks like under the armor. “Fuck it. Let's just make it quick.” She grabs his arm and Vhilem stands up. As he was about to go he turns around to look at Triton. “Uh Triton. Leave us alone.” Triton nods. Aphra tugs on Vhilem’s arm and he gives in. She leads him to a private tent and they quickly undress. Aphra’s armor comes off quickly and behind it is lean girl with pink hair, cybernetic red eyes, pierced nipples and lips, and a womb tattoo. “Damn…I thought you would look like a cute nerd or something.” She kisses him and chuckles. “I like DnD? Is that nerdy enough for you?” Aphra stops Vhilem from advancing and goes over to one of her packs and takes out a pill bottle. She swallows a pill and puts another in her mouth and kisses Vhilem. Vhilems eyes go wide, he gets hot, the world around him goes fast, his breath is hot and shallow and Aphra looks like a goddess. They go at it like animals.

Sweaty and breathing heavy they stop after 20 minutes of non-stop drug fueled sex. “I think…I think that’s good enough for me.” Says Aphra. “Yeah…I need to check on my brother. Thanks, I really needed this.” Before Vhilem could get up and leave Aphra hugs him and buries his head into her bussome. She rubs his hair and says. “Hey after we finish here let’s meet up. I’d like to get to know you more.” Vhilem makes a muffled sound of agreement. She lets him go and they both dress. Vhilem finishes first and leaves, Aphra finishes second and stays. She talks to herself. “There I think I gave him good enough reason to fight like hell. Boys will be boys.” She laughs to herself.

Outside the tent two more carriers arrived holding a less impressive group of mercenaries, yet far more of them. Aphra finds Vhilem sitting next to his brother and Tuta is sitting next to Triton. Tuta is playing on a console he brought with him. It’s amazing he can focus so well on his game given the unending bombardment, but she can’t judge. Aphra sits next to Vhilem. She sits so close her arm is brushing up against his. She looks at Triton and something about him puts her off. “So, is your brother autistic or something.” Vhilem shrugs. “Maybe? We’re not sure.” “You never got him checked? You could probably get a surgeon from aqua to fix him.” “Aqua?” asks Vhilem. “Main medical conglomerate from the corp league. One of the top 5 mega-corps. You really never heard of them?” Vhilem shakes his head. “Damn…that’s basic stuff.” She looks at Triton again and is surprised to see he is uninterested in the conversation. “Ok maybe not autistic, but you definitely want to see what’s up.” “he ain’t hurting anyone. I’d say leave him be, those surgeries can make the problem worse.” Everyone looks at Tuta who is still playing. “Just saying.” Tuta quiets down and focuses on his game.

They all sit around waiting, and out of boredom Vhilem asks Aphra why she became a mercenary. “Debt. Once I got of college I had the opportunity of a lifetime taken from me.” Her shoulders slump and she looks to the sky in defeat. “I was invited to work at stem tech, but as soon as I was hired and put to work. Stem tech got bought up and restructured. They fired everyone, including me and when I asked to see if they had a spot available they said yes.” In anger she hits her armored thigh. “But as soon as I arrive to the interview! They tell me the positions are full and tell me to leave! I then check to see if they are hiring and low and behold they are!” “Got you with the were hiring, but not really, ey.” Tuta says and Aphra nods angrily. “And so my debt became too high to pay off with regular work. That’s when someone came up to me with a deal. Do a job and I’ll clear your debt. I took the deal and I still work for them from time to time.” Tuta stops his game. “I’m guessing they told you to come here as well.” Asks Tuta. “Yeah, really good pay this time.” Vhilem then asks Tuta why he became a merc. “I wanna transcend! The flesh is weak and chrome calls to me!” Tuta says enthusiastically. “That’s it. You just wanna augment your body?” asks Vhilem “Fuck yeah man. I hate how I look and the cybernetics look real sexy.” Tuta lifts his hand and looks at it. “Real sexy.”

The comms light up. “Meet me at the carrier.” Gil comms everyone. “Well, I guess break time is over, damn.” Tuta remarks. Everyone quickly heads to the carrier. Gil and Sarko are already there. “One, two, three…where’s Noko?” asks Gil. Ask and devil shall arrive, Noko appears behind Triton and lines up. “huh…Alright everyone listen up. We gonna do a strike at the main Volsta base in this region. Delta will reach the base and wait near it. Once delta is near the base I give the order and soon we will have reinforcements. Alpha and charlie will back us up, Beta and echo didn’t make it so only the two squads will back us up. They get the attention and we sneak in and take out the world cracker. Questions.” No one says a word. “Alright we go immediately.” Delta heads out through the shield and into the war zone.

They treck through the forest. Noko scouts ahead while Gil takes the front and Sarko takes the vanguard. Aphra, Tuta, Vhilem and Triton are sandwiched in between. “Report. Landmines up ahead. You sure we need to head in this direction?” Noko Asks. “affirmative. They don’t suspect us coming this way.” “Understood.” Gil can see the upcoming mines with his visor. “Tuta you got anything to set these off?” Tuta nods. He throws a ball. Once it stops it grows legs and walks ahead. It sets off a mine and is hurled away only for it to ball up and land with no damage. It does this again, and again making a path for delta. “Spotted a swarm of spotters coming our way. Tuta get your shit ready.” Noko warns the rest of delta. Tuta kneels and types into a swarm barrier. The swarm barrier lights up and not a moment too soon, as the spotter swarm is over delta. The swarm flies away seeing delta as a part of the Volsta military. Tuta packs up and Delta keeps heading forward.

“got a small squad here. Took out one that was alone but the rest are on patrol. They're coming your way.” “copy. How many.” “5, tier 5. They don’t know where here yet. I’ll update you on their position in real time.” “copy.” Gil cuts the comm. Gil then gets a link from Noko and through his visor he can see the enemy troop slowly walking to their position. They walk with their guns drawn down not expecting anyone. Gil quietly commands everyone. “everyone except Aphra. spread out and pick a target.” Delta fans out and hides behind the trees. They all give conformation on who they are targeting, Vhilem being the last to pick a target. Aphra groups up with Vhilem to make sure he can go through with it. Gil gives the signal, 5 shots, 4 bodies, someone missed. As soon as the lone soldier sees his comrades die he runs away only to run into something and fall down. As the soldier tries to get up his head rolls off his shoulder and the rest of the body collapses forward. In a whisper Aphra talks to Vhilem. “Good job! You got your first kill.” Vhilem is shaken, but with adrenaline coursing through his vein he quickly calms down. “lets keep going.” Aphra nods at Vhilem.

As the two run towards the main group, Vhilem looks at the guy that he shot. A young boy no older than 20. His blood is all over him from head to toe. He hit center mass making a massive hole in the man killing him instantly. His cold dead eye stare back at Vhilem almost following him. Vhilem shakes his head and tries to move on from this. They catch up with the main group and delta is made whole. From the distance they can see a massive wall made of sogrock. The greyish sogrock looks like molten slimy concrete. inside the sogrock are machines to perpetually move it around to keep it from solidifying. Behind the sogrock is regular a concrete wall for the heavies to walk on top of and patrol. “Where here. Noko you sneak in and get a layout of the base. Everyone else we wait here.” Gil plops down his over shield. It makes a light refraction barrier that hides everyone, but can’t hide from other sensors. Vhilem walks up to Gil and asks. “Sir, if Noko can just slip in. wouldn’t it be better to just have him get in and set the bomb?” Gil looks at Vhilem and shakes his head. “Good thinking, but no. That bomb is protected by a floating sensitive alarm box. ANY deviations and the alarm goes off. Air will set it off, vibrations set it off, too much light sets it off, etc. That box is also made of netherglass, I’m guessing you don’t know what that is.” Vhilem shakes his head. “It’s the only thing known to man to handle plasma heat other than whatever the Gorthians have. We have to blow it up twice and by the time we get the second bomb up and running we are gonna be surrounded.” “But they have better fire power. How are we gonna survive?” “Where gonna have to trust Sarko. he gets their attention, and we set up the bomb and get out.” Noko sends a file to Gil and he opens it to see the layout of the base and how many Volsta heavy troopers there are. The base has many decoy buildings to hide the main bomb, but Noko has already spotted the building holding the bomb. “Good work. Come back and we begin the operation.” It doesn’t take long for Noko to reappear.

Once Noko reappears Gil comms the captain and soon after the two Blaird kangaroo carrier ships land on the farthest side from the bomb. The mercenary troops run out and successfully get the attention of the Volsta heavies. The ships leave and one is turned into molten hot slag by the Volsta heavies. The other gains a massive hole in the hull but escapes. The mercenaries take a defensive position. They fire and run while others dig trenches. The Volsta heavies fire at them with their side weapon a VS-G M3. It is a semi-automatic pistol with little power, but fires shredding shells and the high spread of the shells make it a decent gun for taking out many low armored targets in a single volley. It was made to save the heavies from using their plasma guns on cheap trash, since plasma guns destroy themselves with every use.

With most of the heavies preoccupied and only a few keeping watch Gil decides now is the time to strike. Delta moves out and heads to the sogrock wall. As they get close Gil spots a heavy patrolling the wall on his section. Noko speaks through comms, “Leave him to me.” “Understood. take him out.” Replies Gil. Noko cloaks and swiftly enters the firebase. He gets behind the patrolling heavy and with his augmented body he pushes the heavy down the concrete wall and behind the sogrock. He takes out his hidden plasma dagger, Noko keeps a few aces up his sleeve that he reveals to no one. He turns it on an only has 5 seconds before the plasma dagger needs to unload the plasma. It goes through the heavies armor like wet paper and he unloads the plasma into the heavy. The heavy dies instantly, and the plasma is unloaded through the front and into back, making sure no one could see that plasma was used to kill this heavy. “Done.” “Good work. Stay hidden and monitor the other heavies.” “roger.” Gil ends the call, and he calls his trusty crate. “breach charge.” The crate cycles through its inventory and finds what Gil is looking for. Gil grabs the charge and throws it onto the sogrock. The charge goes into the wall and he blows it up. The sogrock muffles the explosion making it near silent. With a hole in both the sogrock and concrete delta enters the firebase.

They waste no time to get to the building that holds the bomb. “Noko, tell us from which direction Volsta heavies are coming from when the bomb goes off.” “roger.” Gil places the bomb on the wall and as soon as he does the alarm goes off. The Volsta heavies run towards the main base most of them being from the north side of the base. Gil sets off the first charge and opens the building. Plasma turrets unfold and fire at the hole. Gil quickly rolls out of the way and comms Tuta. “TUTA TURN OFF THOSE TURRETS!” “On it.” Tuta kneels and uses his swarm barrier to hack into the turrets. “Volsta heavies coming from the northern side. A few are coming from the south and one from the east.” “Understood. Sarko go north, Aphra and Noko go south. Triton and Vhilem go handle the one on the east side.” Everyone nods and they head to their side.

Sarko with inhuman speed reaches the heavies. He spots 5 with their plasma guns ready. As they see each other one heavy yells. “FIRE AND KEEP GOING, DON’T STOP CHARGING!” They fire a volley at Sarko, a line of white hot plasmatic death comes for Sarko, but Sarko is in his element. He slides under the plasma, the residual heat of the plasma still hurts, but it’s better than death. From his legs tiny yet powerful thrusters come out and his speed is doubled. He jumps to one of the fake buildings and roof hops his way to the heavies. They try to fire at him, but cannot hit him. Once he is on top of them he jumps behind the troop and rams into a heavy. He breaks his arm and Sarko pushes the injured heavy into another heavy. Off balance the heavy cannot aim at Sarko. Sarko then jams the barrel of his panther into the head of the heavy. He fires and the helmet crumples and blood spurts out like a hose. The three other heavies change course and stop to fight Sarko. All three fire at him and Sarko barely has time to dodge. He runs behind a building. He looks behind him to see the three are chasing and Sarko bobs and weaves to dodge incoming plasma fire. With their attention on him he runs away. He fires at them keep their attention.

Aphra makes her way to the two heavies. With Noko giving a live feed on their movement she can ambush them. She waits until they are ahead of her. She then fires from behind them and unloads on one of the heavies. Her needles stay on the shield making an ear screeching whine so horrible she lowers the volume of her helmet. The heavy looks down in pain and tries to cover his ear. Without looking he fires in the general direction that Aphra fired. Aphra quickly makes her escape and moves to a different location. The needles onslaught finally break the shield around the heavy. A few second later his head is gone. From afar Noko kept his gauss rifle ready to fire the moment the shield goes away. Alone the last heavy moves behind buildings trying to avoid the possible location of the sniper, but Noko can keep him in his sights while moving around. Aphra finds herself in front of the heavy, but away from sight. She comms Noko, “Get his attention for me.” “Roger.” Noko aims and fires hitting the shield and making the heavy stagger and look back. Aphra then comes out and fires on him, But the heavy quickly turns around. He is hit with a few needles and makes a shot at Aphra. The ball of plasma comes at her and she jumps out the way, but the heavy takes one more shot through the walls. The white hot plasma sears through the walls and hits her arm, melting it off. She falls on the ground and holds on to her stump. “FUCK IM HIT. FUCKING ARMS GONE NNGHH.” She yells into the comm and everyone hears. The heavy runs up to the corner she is hiding in and they both look at each other.

Aphra fights through the pain and manages to fire a few more shots before rolling away. The heavy fires and misses and runs up to her. He jams the plasma gun into her face. As he is about to fire Noko takes a calculated shot. The round reaches the heavy at exactly the same time his shield breaks and makes his head go flying. Aphra is saved. Her life flashed before her eyes and the pain in her arm goes away, for a second. Once she calms herself the pain comes rushing back and she jabs herself with an organic stim. It regrows her arm in seconds and the pain soon goes away. “I’m fine. Had to use a stim, but I'm fine. Heading back.” Aphra takes a deep breath to collect herself and runs back to the main group with Gil and Tuta.

Noko looks over to Triton and Vhilem. Triton loads his explosive rounds and so does Vhilem. They both stay as far away as possible from the incoming heavy. Once he gets close enough Vhilem gives the order to fire and they both come out and fire at him. The heavy is unbothered by the attack. He takes out his side arm and fires in the general direction of the two. The pellets fire wide and hit both Triton and Vhilem. Triton is hit in his right arm and face leaving little holes that bleed. Vhilem is moves out of the way and is his armor is grazed. Vhilem then looks over to see if he can gleam anything, time slows down for Vhilem. He watches the shots do practically nothing. He then grabs one of his grenades and wonders if the internal destructor can do anything to him. He throws the grenade, and the heavy takes a second to look at it. The grenade goes off and the heavy is shaking. He holds himself as the waves of the internal destructor take full effect and turn his insides into jelly. Not willing to take a chance Vhilem fires at the downed heavy. He feels horrible looking at him clutching himself in intense pain, but it’s either him or Vhilem. They fire at him while he is on the ground crying. The heavy grabs his gun with one arm while the other holds his stomach, and he fires at the two without looking up. He can barely manage to fire a few shots before finally his shield breaks and a moment later his head and neck is caved into his body and he flies a few inches back.

Vhilem puts his gun down and winces at the carnage. He shakes his head and looks over to Triton who is bleeding from various points on his body. “Triton. You ok?” Triton looks at Vhilem and nods. “I feel ok. I’ll let Aphra check to see if I need anything.” Vhilem nods and looks back to the heavy. He looks at the plasma gun and thinks to himself. “I need it.” Vhilem gets up and jogs to the dead heavy and right as he is about to grab the gun Noko comms Vhilem. “Leave it. Its bio coded and will explode if you touch it.” Vhilem quickly pulls his arm away and sighs. “T-thanks Noko.” “roger. get back to the main group.” Noko turns off his comm. Vhilem kicks the floor in anger, but quickly runs back to the main group.

Vhilem and Triton reach the main group. Aphra, Gil, and Tuta are there. He looks around for Sarko and asks where he is. Noko looking through his scope can see Sarko. He has killed the other two heavies in gruesome fashion and the last one he is taking his time tormenting him. The heavies arms and legs are broken and is trying to wiggle his way away from Sarko. Sarko grabs him by the leg and with superhuman force he yanks it off and begins to hit him in the head with it. Over and over and over until the heavy is finally dead and Sarko throws the leg away. He has the most satisfied smile ever, a job well done. “This is a Sarko. Killed all 5 heavies and am returning.” “Brutal.” Noko says to himself.

With everyone but Noko back to together Gil waits patiently for Tuta to finish. He is surprisingly patient and doesn’t rush Tuta. “Carrier coming our way Gil.” Noko comms in. “Roger.” Gil comms the other mercenaries fighting the Heavies at the wall of the fire base. “Alpha, Charlie you copy.” the commanders of both squads comm in. “Copy.” “The heavy carrier is coming. You set up your AA weapons?” The alpha commander talks for both him and charlie. “Yeah, we both got it ready as soon as we dropped. Just tell us when to fire.” “Understood. Keep this comm up. I’ll give the order to fire when ready.” “Roger.” Both alpha and charlie say simultaneously. “mass driver.” Gil’s crate whirrs and out comes a massive weapon. Gil has to use both arms to hold it and aims at the sky. The mass driver fires a singular homing mass spike. The spike will then increase its mass exponentially to a set weight. With Noko’s eye to the sky they are spot the heavy carrier early. Gil fires his mass spike, and it hits through the cockpit. “FIRE NOW!” The two commands give the order to fire and they fire additional mass spikes at the carrier. Once they hit the mass spikes do their job and make the carrier fall down with extreme force over the base.

“Noko see any signs of life?” Noko looks over the crashed carrier and sees white hot plasma fire come from the top of the craft. “Their making a way out. We gotta hurry.” Gil clicks his tongue hearing the news. Tuta stands up and cheers. “I’m done! Get in there and blow it up already!” Gil nods. “Rignite explosive.” The crate brings up a clay like explosive. Gil grabs it and heads into the building. He attaches the explosive and tells everyone to get away. They all run and once they are far enough away Gil pushes a button, and the rignite explodes, leaving a small crater where the building was. “Job done. Everyone retreat to home base.” Gil comms everyone.

They all run like hell back through the hole they made. Sarko being the fastest runs side by side with Gil. Aphra is second and Tuta can barely manage to keep up, but Triton and Vhilem are quickly left behind. “Wait up! Guys we can’t catch up!” Vhilem yells at the group but they ignore him. They quickly vanish into the woods and both Vhilem and Triton are left alone, but not for long. Vhilem hears heavy foot steps behind them and looks behind to see in the distance three heavies barreling through trees to get to them. “GUYS THREE HEAVIES ARE COMING OUR WAY! GUYSS! ANYONE!!” The rest of the squad turn off their comms not wanting to hear Vhilem and Triton screaming.

The heavies fire their sidearms at the two. Both Vhilem and Triton have their backs hit. Like a whip to the back it makes Vhilem lurch forward, and he hides behind a tree. He looks over to see them coming, and he throws another internal destructor grenade. These heavies have a trophy system attached to their backs that snipe the grenade from mid air. “SHIT FUCK FUCK!! WHAT DO WE FUCKING DO!!” The tree Vhilem was hiding behind cracks and he looks up to see it begin to fall. He moves out of the way and behind another tree. Time slows down and he looks at all his options. He looks at his weapon “Not good enough.” He looks at how far away they are versus how far they have to go. “To far.” He looks at his grenade belt and at all the trees. “Hope to god this one can do something then.” He grabs a delta grenade and rolls it. It then implodes and sucks in the tress and the ground to make a wall. “RUN!!” He yells out to Triton and they both run like hell. The diversion works and the heavies are slowed down.

They pass by the familiar spot, the landmines. Vhilem can see them in the distance and comes up with a plan. He looks over the delta grenade and sees a tiny pen-like device. He takes it out, and the grenade is armed. He finds a shallow hole and quickly buries it. They run behind cover and wait. The heavies are closing in and the wait is agonizing. As soon as one of the heavies is over the grenade he pushes the pen-like device and it sets off the grenade pulling in everything, including the mines. The heavy in the implosion's epicenter cannot move and is forced to kneel. Everything comes together in one enormous ball and it explodes with tremendous fury, making the heavy disappear. The explosion makes a tree that was pulled in fly towards Vhilem and into the tree he was hiding behind. It falls down and pins him to the floor. Triton unfazed by everything runs to Vhilem and the other heavy who was not in the blast, fires at Triton and shreds his legs. Triton falls, and the heavy is on top of Triton. Vhilem looks at his downed brother and only only thought goes through his mind. “TRITON THE PLASMA GUN!!!” Triton reaches for his sidearm, the plasma pistol. The heavy is spooked and flinches just enough to grant Triton the opening that he needs. He fires at him and makes a massive hole in his chest.

The heavy falls on top of Triton. and with all the strength that he can muster he pushes the heavy off of him. He limps over to Vhilem and lifts the log on top of Vhilem. Triton’s body gives out, and he sits down. Vhilem is coughing up blood. “We…have to…catch up to…Aphra.” He coughs and lends a hand to Triton. He helps him up and they both shoulder each other. Even though Tritons leg is damaged, he does most of the work. “Wasn’t there a third one?” Asks Triton. “Shit…I…I think the…explosion got him…lets hope.” They limp back to the camp.

From the shadows Noko appears, he saw everything. He looks off at the distance where he can see the heavy that he pulled away from the two and then killed with the plasma dagger. “Interesting. Very interesting.” He says to himself. He disappears again and walks back to camp.