by Doc 42 » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:10 pm
The double doors of the control room suddenly burst open, a throng of fireballs zipping through into the squad beyond. The injured men dived for cover, firing blindly towards the door. They had fortified the room as their last line of defence, now it had been breeched. 4 Goblin Dragons were taking cover by the entrance, flinging firey orbs in. Bullets hammering into the walls and around them. It was chaos. Papers and sparks flew everywhere, the glass window smashed, a fierce wind whipping up and adding to the confusion.
2 of the slender blue dragons seemed to flow around the door, lowering onto all fours. A line of bullets struck into ones chest, its momentum sending it toppleing onto the ground, dead. The other leapt forward right at Corperal Nevens. He threw his arm to block its jaws, its sharp teeth stabbing into his muscle like daggers. He screamed and fell backwards, the Goblin dragon pinning him and attempting to twist his arm off. With his free hand, he managed to grab his knife and pull it up to bear, striking it into the Goblin Dragons head. It sunk in with a sickening squelch and the creature let go immeidiately, retreating back and shrieking with pain. It stumbled back for a moment and then walked right into what remained of the main window, the shattered glass giving away against its weight, the dragon toppleing over and plumiting down to the ground below, cracking sickeningly off the main entrance and denting the roof.
Juliane flinched at the sudden noise, raising her weapon immeidiately. Andrew didnt blink, walking on calmly, holding up his rifle and firing a single shot into the mangled dragon as it slid off the roof. He looked up, seeing flashes and hearing the dull rattle of gunfire from the control tower above them.
There was an apc near the main door, the rear entrance opening and a nervous looking soldier jumping out. He stammered "O'Mahony! Sir! You're alive! Thank god we tho-" Andrew cut him off "I don't give a crap. Tell me what the hell is going on in there?"
The soldier quickly appologised but seeing the look in Andrew's eyes, hastily continued "Two teams, one in the lower levels one in the control tower. Both ambushed by small dragons. Beta is holding out well but Alpha is taking heavy casualties."
He nodded and ordered "Throw me a radio, mine's fu**ed"
The soldier nodded quickly and dissappeared into the APC, coming out with a walkie talkie and throwing it to Andrew.
The vetern hunter quickly brought it up to his ear and said "Davis, whats your status?"
A voice crackled through the speaker, backed by gunfire and angered shouts "This is Corperal Nevens! Davis is dead! We are pinned down in the control tower. 4 of us left including the techie."
Nevens, continued shouting out details into his headset, rolling over onto his back and spraying bullets from his Enfield towards the door, downing a Goblin dragon which had tried to charge them. A fireball whizzed through the smoke covered doorway and thudded into a soldier on the far side of the room, exploding and blowing him back. Nevens didnt bother checking to see if he survived, instead consintrateing on putting as many rounds into what ever threw it.
Andrew thought quickly, then looked over at the soldier from the APC. He grunted "You got ammo for the Shrike?" He nodded but before he could add anything on Andrew ordered "Then man it or tell somone else to man it, aim for the windows." He brought up the radio and said "Copy that, get your guys towards the walls and lure the ******** in, Keep away from the window"
Nevens shouted back "Roger that!" He looked over towards the other men and gave them a few hand signals, gestureing towards the far wall. He got up into a crouch, a fireball whizzing just past his head. He fired a few rounds towards where it came from and then sped back towards an over turned desk where one of his injured was taking cover. He slid in behind it, resting the barrel of the gun on top of the desk and firing blindly out towards the door. The 2 other soldiers still on their feet ran in to join them, one of them taking a fireblast into the thigh just as he dived for cover, landing onto the ground with a shout of pain.
With the lapse in return fire that followed, the Goblin dragons made their move, charging into the room. Suddenly the ground seemed to explode, tracers blasting through the floor randomly all over the room. Within seconds the space between the men's table and the door had become a hailstorm of bullets, blood and shrapnel flying in all directions.
Down below, the Shrike auto cannon on top of the APC was rattleing literally hundreads of rounds a second into the building, the shots aimed in the general direction of the window, but each shot was large enough to burrow through the wall and through the floor if needed. Shell casings rained down around the APC. Andrew tentively listening to his radio.
Nevens glanced over the top of the table, seeing the room plastered with blood, but no more dragons, only bullets. He shouted "Ya' got em! They're dead!"
Andrew smirked and held up his hand, the shrike's barrel spinning to a halt, smoke rising up out of it....
A strange message then called out on the open channel "DDASF forward advanced party requesting American air support at this location, over." After that, the co-ordinates of the base were stated, yet with an odd slur to the voice. The message continued to repeat over and over again....

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**** off TT"-Doc 42
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