Sector 1400
Planet 1411
January 22, 2052
Charlie readied his
weapon as he came across a service corridor marked “Engineering”
while his team watched his back. Alarms in the facility had already
sounded indicating an intrusion alert with kill on site orders.
“Sir, where to?” the
Sergeant in charge of the team asked Charlie as he volunteered to
take point.
“Wherever this leads.”
Charlie pointed at the sign above him with his gun.
The team slowly
proceeded to walk forward when suddenly two guards jumped out in
front of them and sprayed their weapons in an attempt to hit
something.
“Man down!” the
Sergeant shouted as one of his men got shot in the neck.
“Get yourself some
cover!” Charlie pushed a soldier beside him to the ground as a sea
of lasers flew towards them.
One round hit Charlie
square in the chest and another other grazed the visor.
“Sir!” the Sergeant
yelled as Charlie dizzily collapsed to the ground.
The Sergeant looked at
his remaining two men pinned down by the fire and then looked at his
commanding officer. He needed to take charge or else the mission
would be over.
“Fall back! Cover me!”
the Sergeant commanded as he slung the unconscious Charlie over his
back.
“Got it Sarge!” a
soldier got out of his firing position and laid down a heavy
suppressive fire as the team retreated into an open laboratory.
“Seal the doors!”
the Sergeant ordered as he cleared a table of test tubes and burners
with his gun.
The two remaining
soldiers rapidly closed the doors and shot out the access panel while
the Sergeant laid Charlie on the laboratory table.
“Charlie, can you hear
me?” the Sergeant removed the scorched helmet and tossed it to the
ground as he began his medical assessment.
“Sir, they are cutting
through.” a soldier interrupted as sparks ignited from the seams of
the doors.
“Goddamn it!” the
Sergeant slammed his fist on the table.
“Sergeant?” Charlie
opened his eyes weakly and groaned as he felt his chest burn.
“Sir, your armour took
some of the damage. We got to get going now.” the Sergeant pointed
at the deformed chest plate.
In an instant, the
sealed doors blew open sending shrapnel everywhere instantly killing
one soldier and wounding the other. Two VEGA soldiers rushed and
quickly disposed of the wounded soldier caught in shock.
“Bastards!” the
Sergeant fired his gun and managed to take down one soldier before
two more VEGA soldiers entered the room and peppered him with rays.
All Charlie heard was
muffled voices and distorted gunfire and he laid on the table
semi-conscious. He was very weak and was not able to pull out his
sidearm which was strapped to his thigh. He knew that he was a goner
when a feminine figure walked towards him blocking the lights on the
ceiling. It was a middle-aged blonde of good complexion in a combat
suit indicating some sort of officer in the VEGA corporation. As her
face got closer to inspect Charlie, Charlie remembered a face that he
had not seen for a really long time.
“It couldn't be...”
Charlie mumbled as his breathing shallowed from the amount of blood
he had lost.
“I want him alive.”
the female officer pointed.
“Sarah? Sarah Parks?
Am I imagining things?” Charlie felt this eyelids close and as he
slowly faded into darkness.
