Post by Spartan198 on Jun 29, 2008 16:12:30 GMT -5
"It's no use, boss. I'm not getting a signal." Sarkis reported after messing around with their outgoing radio. The signal appeared not to be going through. Which was strange, because everything was working fine before they'd entered the city.
"Okay, F**k it. We'll keep moving until we get one." Nova replied.
"I wouldn't be surprised if the army's got a comms blackout on this place." Natchios said.
Nova shook her head. It's not something she'd put past them.
"What's your brilliant plan now, Your Highness?" the cop, his hands secured behind his back with flexcuffs, said sarcastically.
"Plan is you shut the F**k up or I shoot you." Nova growled. In truth, she didnt exactly have one at the moment. Her training never encompassed fighting reanimated corpses, after all.
They were suddenly interupted by a loud crash at the opposite end of the hallway, where they had entered from the stairwell. A crash that sounded like a door being bashed in.
Nova and Natchios, closest to the exit, each shouldered their weapons and trained them in that direction. "You see anything?" the captain asked, squinting in the darkness to try and see through it. What a day to actually forget their night vision gear.
"I can't see S**t." Natchios replied, clicking off the safety of his pistol.
"I'll lead off, you follow. Sark, Til, stay with the packages." Nova instructed, switching her weapon light back on as she led through the doorway, with her marksman following.
"Oh, great. Now I'm a package." The cop said, rolling his eyes. He felt a sharp, sudden pain in his side as he was struck with the stock of Sarkis' SAW and collapsed.
"Oops, sorry." Sarkis said sarcastically.
Sweeping her beam across the end of the hallway, Nova caught a brief glint of light, followed by a low growl. But before she could react, something leapt at them. "Fire!" she exclaimed, discharching a three-round burst in the direction the sound had come from. An immidiate yelp and a thud among the ringing of empty cases hitting the floor signified a hit.
Natchios shined his weapon light around, finding a large dog laying on the floor some feet ahead of them. "It's a dog." he said.
Nova frowned. "I can see that, staff sergeant." she replied.
They were interupted by even more growling, this time far more menacing, coming from the darkness.
Nova nodded at her marksman. "Fall back. Defend the door." she whispered, and took a soft step forward. "And I'd use that HK if I were you." she added.
Natchios nodded, quickly but quietly moving back inside the classroom.
Nova moved forward, stepping quietly as she swept her aim from side to side. The growling seemed to be coming from all around her, but she couldn't see anything. Feeling a tap on her shoulder, she glanced back to see Natchios had crept up on her.
"Fire escape." he said, urging her back.
Nova shook her head. "Okay, move." she replied, slowly backing toward the classroom. Once inside, they all moved toward the nearby window facing out behind the campus. "Sark, the door." she said, as Tilger climbed through the window out onto the fire escape.
Her XO stowed his SAW and removed a small black box from a pocket on his vest. A mine, triggered by tripwire, which he fastened to the doorframe, then tied off to the knob. "Anything that comes through this door will get fried." he said, and quickly followed.
Once all out on the fire escape, they started down. Unexpectedly, however, there was a thunderous explosion beneath them, and the whole building shuddered, the fire escape shifting and shuddering with it. The sounds of bolts snapping and breaking, and screeching sound of bending metal followed the explosion. The fire escape easily gave way and began to collapse before anyone could react.
"Okay, F**k it. We'll keep moving until we get one." Nova replied.
"I wouldn't be surprised if the army's got a comms blackout on this place." Natchios said.
Nova shook her head. It's not something she'd put past them.
"What's your brilliant plan now, Your Highness?" the cop, his hands secured behind his back with flexcuffs, said sarcastically.
"Plan is you shut the F**k up or I shoot you." Nova growled. In truth, she didnt exactly have one at the moment. Her training never encompassed fighting reanimated corpses, after all.
They were suddenly interupted by a loud crash at the opposite end of the hallway, where they had entered from the stairwell. A crash that sounded like a door being bashed in.
Nova and Natchios, closest to the exit, each shouldered their weapons and trained them in that direction. "You see anything?" the captain asked, squinting in the darkness to try and see through it. What a day to actually forget their night vision gear.
"I can't see S**t." Natchios replied, clicking off the safety of his pistol.
"I'll lead off, you follow. Sark, Til, stay with the packages." Nova instructed, switching her weapon light back on as she led through the doorway, with her marksman following.
"Oh, great. Now I'm a package." The cop said, rolling his eyes. He felt a sharp, sudden pain in his side as he was struck with the stock of Sarkis' SAW and collapsed.
"Oops, sorry." Sarkis said sarcastically.
Sweeping her beam across the end of the hallway, Nova caught a brief glint of light, followed by a low growl. But before she could react, something leapt at them. "Fire!" she exclaimed, discharching a three-round burst in the direction the sound had come from. An immidiate yelp and a thud among the ringing of empty cases hitting the floor signified a hit.
Natchios shined his weapon light around, finding a large dog laying on the floor some feet ahead of them. "It's a dog." he said.
Nova frowned. "I can see that, staff sergeant." she replied.
They were interupted by even more growling, this time far more menacing, coming from the darkness.
Nova nodded at her marksman. "Fall back. Defend the door." she whispered, and took a soft step forward. "And I'd use that HK if I were you." she added.
Natchios nodded, quickly but quietly moving back inside the classroom.
Nova moved forward, stepping quietly as she swept her aim from side to side. The growling seemed to be coming from all around her, but she couldn't see anything. Feeling a tap on her shoulder, she glanced back to see Natchios had crept up on her.
"Fire escape." he said, urging her back.
Nova shook her head. "Okay, move." she replied, slowly backing toward the classroom. Once inside, they all moved toward the nearby window facing out behind the campus. "Sark, the door." she said, as Tilger climbed through the window out onto the fire escape.
Her XO stowed his SAW and removed a small black box from a pocket on his vest. A mine, triggered by tripwire, which he fastened to the doorframe, then tied off to the knob. "Anything that comes through this door will get fried." he said, and quickly followed.
Once all out on the fire escape, they started down. Unexpectedly, however, there was a thunderous explosion beneath them, and the whole building shuddered, the fire escape shifting and shuddering with it. The sounds of bolts snapping and breaking, and screeching sound of bending metal followed the explosion. The fire escape easily gave way and began to collapse before anyone could react.