Ma2teiJoin Date: 2012-03-17
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PART 2
....so we do not lose each other in the fog. We started advancing with the semi-automatic rifles in front of our left eyes, aiming for any potential enemy. We kept advancing, and we advanced for quite some time, until we started feeling sand bellow our feet. That meant we were on the beach.
I sighed in fear as I advanced. Since we were quite spread out (still tied by each other with the ropes), we had to scream to each other, but screaming would have meant the enemies would have heard us, so we were communication through a machinery.
"Are you alright, guys?" "Yes, we are." "Make sure to shake the rope if you encounter anything suspicious." "Understood, Vaktus". As we were advancing, I randomly thought: "Heh, what a weird code-name they gave to me...Vaktus..." As I was thinking of my code-name, I stopped walking, but I realized I am in the mission, so I quickly started moving again.
After a time, we saw a black shade passing by us in the fog. Perhaps, he was a Helghast soldier and either detected us and was going to turn the alarm on or he did not see us and was just in a hurry. Either way, we could have not risked being detected so I shaked the rope. One of the troops on the far right (I was on the left side of the beach) saw him and shaked the rope. This way, all the troops on the right side were aware of the shadow. They quickly ran towards the shadow, and 20 tense men meant the shadow got quickly catched.
They catched him. As I was curious to see what the shadow was, I told the troops on the left side to stay in place and I went to the right side of the beach. It turned out I was right: The troop was a Helghast one and he was going to turn the alarm on. I sighed of relief as I laid on the cold ground, exhausted from the sweating and stress. But, we still had a lot to do.
After quite being interrogated (and caused pain if necessary), the Helghast soldier confessed to us in a broken English accent that the Helghast army was still stationed on the beach and was setting a outpost. I asked him what was the goal they attacked for, but he did not want to answer anymore, so I just killed him. I realized this was worse than I expected.
If they were building an outpost, there could have been three possibilities the outpost could have been built for: Scouting, for diplomatic purposes, or.....war. I nodded my head left and right in disagreement as I that thought came in my head. We kept advancing, until we saw what seemed to be the outpost. Even if he described it as "small", the half-finished terminal was huge, even if not even finished. I wondered in terror what the finished outpost would have looked like....
I stopped that thought and we started climbing the tall unfinished walls. Due to many bricks being misplaced, we easily climbed the walls because we were using the bricks as a support. Luckily, no Helghast guardian was on the wall. Perhaps, they did not expect to encounter any enemies in this environment, at least for a bit. We kept making our way through the outpost, mostly sneaking through the fog but taking out a Helghast soldier every now and then. Each time one was down, one of us was taking his uniform and putting it on him. This way, by the way we reached the gate of the outpost we were all disguised in Helghast soldiers. We took our ropes off, sighed, and entered.
We entered in and saw a massive hall with a door covering a part of the wall every few feet. At the far end of the hall, a throne was stationed but nobody was sitting on it. Even though nobody was sitting on it, the hall was guarded by Helghast soldiers that seemed to be statues judging but how they were staying. Near the throne, a massive stairway was leading towards the upper floor.
Even if initially in fear due to the massive number of soldiers, I started advancing. After me, each teammate of mine started advancing one by one, like they were being in a weird trance. We advanced quickly through the hall. After we arrived near the thrones, we started whispering to each other.
"Ok, so we are 40 men. We will spread in squads of 5, each squad going on a door. We have to find out what's going on in here, understood?" "Yes, Vaktus!" said my teammates. They spread in squads of 5 throughout the building. I took 5 of the strongest troops with me. We climbed the stairway.
The upper floor was also a massive hall that had a ton of doors. But, this time, in the end of the hall, there was a huge door, not a deserted throne. We advanced and opened the doors. The doors opened, while making a weird metallic noise that was giving you the feeling your brain is being pierced.
In the massive room, around 100 computers were spread on the walls and Helghast soldiers were watching the computers. On each computer, a section of the outpost could be seen. In the end of the room, there was a throne just like the one we saw earlier. This time, a soldier that had a cape was sitting on it. The cape suggested that he could have been a High Rank.
"Welcome, Vaktus", he said with a grim voice. "Now, I want you to watch your teammates die one by one", he said with a clear satisfaction showing in his deep voice that was giving you the impression he is evil. I saw each teammate of mine get shot in the head one by one by guardians who were hiding.
So, he knew all this time, but he acted like he did not. "NO!", I said. But, it was too late....
PART THREE COMING SOON
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