- Well, unless the Macduff can see flag signals, we ain't calling anyone. Communication is dead, someone cut the power to the short range relay we set up.
Reks tried to figure a way out to take care of everything with a signle blow, while not killing everyone on board. A tough thing to figure out for someone who has an instinct to destroy.
- Right, Miss Saguma, take Charlie squad and secure the civilians, prepare to evacuate with the Foothold. If it comes down to that, we'll turn this junkyard to a pretty firework. I'll take Alpha and Bravo and find the other two and Delta. I have a bad feeling about the whole thing, especially cause delta was carrying a few stacks of explosives.
Reks brought the Shetlands map up on his data pad and started planning.
~ Victor, you and the rest of Charlie take Director Saguma to sector 4 and prepare the civilians to evacuate. Anyone who is not me can be shot on sight. ~ Roger that, we'll be there in a minute. ~ Alpha, Bravo, I'll meet you at corridor C-2, east ending. We'll do this the old fashion way, room by room, we seal the doors behind us. Sooner or later they'll run out of room to hide. ETA 2 minutes. ~ Yes Sir! Moving out.
After looking through the map once more, making sure he didn't miss any important things, he turned to Director Saguma.
- So, this is the plan Miss, Charlie squad will help you out with whatever you need. If anything happens, call me, otherwise, we'll have radio silence. If they got any of the radios from Delta, I don't want them to figure out how they can spy on us. Oh, and get someone to fix the communication, if you may.
Leader of Charlie squad, Viktor Tomlins stepped into the room.
Reks and 20 men went off to sweep the Shetland for the missing Delta squad and the two lunatics on lose. They checked each sector room by room, corridor by corridor and locked everything down which they flagged clear. After finishing in 2 sectors, there was only sector 3 and the maintenance deck remaining. Even though the obvious solution would have been to stay together for a greater firepower, Reks decided to split his men, Bravo went to sector 3, while he and Alpha moved down to the maintenance deck, wwhich led to the reactor compartment. This is the most vulnerable part of the ship and also is the place from where someone could do the most damage. All they need is some explosives, which the missing Delta squad had.
-Sir, we're coming up on the left reactor room. It's just around the corner. -Right, stay focused men, we don't want the whole place to blow up to bits. At least not when we are on it.
Suddenly the radio started flickering, then sounds of gunfire and screaming.
~ Bravo, come in! What the hell is happening there? ~ Sir, this is Jameson, we ran into 7 men from Delta, they are firing at us and are not responding. Requestiing orders! ~ Don't be an idiot Jameson, if they shoot at you, shoot back damn it. Weapons free, get rid of them. Hold on till we can get there! ~ Yes Sir!
Reks put his sidearms away and grabbed behind his back. That's where his personalized, custom made quad-barrell handcannon was resting. After pushing a few buttons, a fainth humming came from where its reactor is suppose to be.
-Alright men, double time, clear this place!
Everyone rushed past the corner, towards the reactor room door. However, what they saw was not something they would have expected. the remaining three men from Delta and the two missing hostiles were planting explosives on different parts of the reactor. It was clear they want to blow the whole ship up, sacreficing themselves in the process. Two of the five immidiately noticed the arriving commados and ducked to cover, while giving them a welcome gift in a form of gunfire. Before they shot back, Tyler wanted to try the easy way of dealing with them.
-Okay you lunatic idiots. If you put your weapons down and surrender now, you'll make it out alive. Or most of you. - *strange humming* -I don't know what you are up to but be sure we won't let you blow the ground from underneath us. - You ... no match ... we ... clensing ... burn ... reborn... - Okay, So I guess you guys want to do this the hard way.
Reks and his men took covers and returned fire with much precision. Two of the five went down pretty fast, while 3 of Bravo also got hit and had to hide into full cover. Suddenly the one still planting explosives started to make a run for it. Reks jumped up and began to shoot restlessly on anything that moved ... untill they stopped moving. In the process, he also shot a few wires and panels, which turned the alarms on.
-Damn it, not this again. Alpha, stay here and get rid of those bombs before they can set them up. Attend to the wounded and call a repair crew from the cleared sectors here to fix this freaking thing. I'll go check on Bravo and catch this idiot. - Yes Sir, good luck. - Luck is for the ones who have small weapons.
Bravo squad a level higher also gained the upper hand on the renegade Delta members, however three of them managed to run off. Once they regrouped and collected the fallen from both sides, they were waiting for the calavary to arrive.
~ Sir, this is Jameson, we got 4 of them, 3 ran off towards the airlocks. We also lost 3 men, 2 injured. ~ Got it, medical teams are on their way, you and everyone who can run, go after the runaways, I'm pursuing one that way too. Carefull, they've planted explosives on one of the reactors and we didn't find the remote yet. We are the only ones here now, so shoot anything that's not me! ~ Understood, moving out. meet you at the airlocks.
Reks ran into Bravo in the middle of the corridor leading to the airlocks where the OSC|Foothold was docked. After weapons check, they set an ambush up for their targets, who have yet to arrive. While waiting, Tyler took a look behind them and saw Director Saguma standing at the ramp of his ship.
-Oh for crying out loud woman, why don't you paint a kill me sign on your forehead ? And even the damn radio is busted.
The moment Reks finished shrugging, three men turned from around the corner. After a second, they noticed they are walking into a trap and started firing on the ambushing commandos. Naturally, they didn't just sit and watch, causeing another firefight.
- Jameson, take two men and flank them from the left. Go around to the stairs to sector 4 and bash through the door. - Got it sir, Anders , with me.
However the moment they stood to move, Anders got hit in the back, falling on the floor. While Jameson tried to pull his man to cover, enemies kelt firing on them. Reks, unleashing his weapon of mass destruction, managed to kill one, but their goal of getting through didn't seem to fade. Suddenly, the forth hostile, holding the remote control to the bombs ran through a door behind his cover-firing friends. Reks tried to follow him but got pinned. As he tried to peek out of cover, a laser flew right above his head, heading directly towards the airlock.
At the moment of impact, Tyler could hear an explosion coming from where his boss stood a minute ago.
- Well, there goes my paycheck. And my insurance.
While still being pinned down, Reks tried to see what damage was done to the airlocks and if anyone was there.
-Jameson, hold this door, blow them up with a grenade if you have to , but don't let anyone past. I'll check what happened over there. -Got it, but hurry up, these idiots don't really seem willing to give up.
As she peeks over her cover she see's the firefight erupting with Reks and his team with one of the hostiles running for the door heading to a different sector with a glowing red light.
Reks yells to her.
Reks: He has the trigger!
Trigger she thinks and instant comes to the conclusion of a bomb.
Kiko: Go get after him ill support your team here just go!
She runs forward to the next cover to support Reks team as Reks moves to the door we provide cover fire.
Kiko looks back at the Foothold full of holes due to the shields not being active. She thinks to herself well that may not fly as a laser flys past.
She shakes it off and begins opening fire.
Reks took a peek at his datapad and found a way to get ahead of the runaway trigger carrier. Then took a last look at his men and Saguma desperately trying to get towards them, then powered is cannon and ran through a door. While rushing through the rooms, he kept humming their numbers to remember when he needs to turn.
- 421 ... 422...423 .. right, here's the left turn, then two more and I should run straight ...
His thoughts stopped there, as he suddenly ran into the escaping foe, knocking both of them to the ground. A half minute passed untill Reks actually figured out what happened. By then, his opponent was already rushing towards him with a combat knife. Relying on pure instincts, Tyler rolled aside planting the attacker into the wall behind him. However, like nothing actually happened, he turned around and made a move once again. Reks immidiately followed him but he seemed to be way faster than an ordinary human. As they got to a long corridor, Reks realized he can't catch him, so it was time for plan B. He grabbed one of his sidearms and aimed at the haand of the runner holding the remote. Which for strange reasons, he still didn't detonate.
-Almost... almost ... oh stop running damn you!
With that he let a shot fly. Wasn't the best of his life, but managed to hit the arm, forcing the remote to fall on the ground. Reks immidiately charged towards it, and by the time his foe managed to turn around, he was already there. With a fast but pretty bold move, Reks simply stomped the remote, breaking it to pieces. The next moment, he realized it was a mistake and was waiting for the explosion to happen. But there was nothing. Using this momentary pause, the former remote carrier grabbed something in his pocket and threw it straight in front of Reks. It was a flashbang, which Tyler pretty much smiled into, making him totally blind and deaf. By the time he got his vision back, he was alone standing on the corridor. Without a moment to spare, he called the others to see what's going on.
~ Anyone, this is Reks. Remote is destroyed, hope you guys didn't blow up yet. Hostile escaped after feeding me a flashbang. ~ Sims here from Alpha, so that's what cause the bomb to arm itself. We can't disarm it, maintaining defensive formation around it untill further orders. ~ Damn it, I knew it was a bad idea. Bravo, what's your status over there? ~ One of them made a run for it, one is down, we have one barricaded himself on a service corridor. ~ For crying out loud, smoke him out with a grenade. Do I have to be there every time to take care of these ? ~ I don't think Director Saguma will like that. ~Right .. whatever. Director, your call, I'm on my way back.
Kiko: This is getting out of hand the ships a mess I want this done! Reks do whatever needs to be done with this bomb shoot it out the airlock for all I care just get it off my ship.
After a short time the men killed the last of the hostiles, there eyes bleeding purple. Kiko see's a amulet next to one of the bodies. Stupidly she picks it up and seems almost paralyzed.
As Reks got back to the airlocks with a sore back and the detonator in pieces, he noticed two of his men pointing their guns at director Saguma. She was facing the other way, so only the two guards noticed Tyler approaching.
- What the damn hell is going on here ? - Sir, we have a little problem here. - What do you mean a little problem ?
Suddenly, Saguma turned around so Reks could see her eyes glowing in purple, exactly how the others, who were keen on killing everyone today. While Reks was still trying to figure out what is going on, Kiko started slowly walking towards him. Without actually realizing the situation, Tyler grabbed his taser gun and shot Saguma on the upper chest. without even noticing the amount of electicity running through her body, she kept getting closer. Reks reloaded and shot again. This turned out to be enough to incapatate Saguma, falling to the ground shaking. Once she stopped wigling from getting shocked, the glow in her eyes suddenly dissaeared. She was knocked out cold.
- Damn it, what's gonna be next ? Apart from getting fired. Get a hazmat suit and lock her up in B3. I wqant two guards with tasers and heavy weapons at the door. Taser for her, heavy weapost agains everyone else. - Yes Sir!
After getting some protection, two men and Reks made his way to a holding cell carrying Saguma. While she was being put on the bench, a strange looking amulet fell out of ther pocket.
- Sir, what's that?
Reks grabbed his sidearm and pointed it at the head of the man trying to pick the amulet up.
- Don't even think about picking it up. Slowly step back. Slowly. Keep your hands where I can see them. - Uhm .. yes .. Sir ! But you can put that away now. - Right. I'm not taking any other risks. So what the damn hell is this? Looks pretty alien to me. - What should we do then? - Well, first of all, lock Saguma up already, before she wakes up and breaks your neck just for the fun of it. - Uhm .. right. - Once you are done there, get something with which you don't have to touch this thing and put it in an armored locker. There are a few small ones in the storage, 2 rooms to the left. - Yes Sir! What about you ? - Me ? I've got a bomb to get rid of.
As she awoke and got to her knees she felt as if she was hit by a space freighter. Dazed and confused with also the loss of feeling in her arms she came to her feet.
Kiko: What happened?....Why am I in a cell?
She notices the two guards standing outside of the secure door.
Kiko: You there let me out immediately!
Guard: I'm afraid I cant do that Ma'am.
Kiko: And why is that?
Guard: I'm under strict order from Commander Reks to not release you. He has seen you not fit for duty.
Kiko: Well you can tell him! Im er fine at least tell me whats happening..
Guard: Unknown as of now Reks and a few squads are planning the evac of the bomb.
Feeling light headed she sits down still confused.
