VC Chapter 21-Ship Stealing

Sector 1400

Planet 1411

January 22, 2052

“Jaimes, I don't want to complain, but things are not looking good.” Chase dashed down a hall with lasers shooting behind him.

“Stay focused.” Jaimes ignored Chase's complaint.

“Has it not occurred to you that this mission is not going as planned?” Chase stopped to take a breather.

“Nothing ever is. Now get moving.” Jaimes waved at an open door.

“Chase! Badyr's injured.” Matthew assisted his injured comrade by helping him walk.

“How is he?” Chase look concerned as Badyr's face exhibited massive amounts of pain on his right leg.

“A round pierced his right thigh. No major arteries hit.” Matthew crouched down to look at Badyr's leg.

“We have to go now.” Jaimes peeked out the door to see a squad of soldiers rushing towards them.

“Chase, leave me.” Badyr sat on a chair as he bit his lip in excruciating pain.

“I'm not leaving you.” Chase slung his weapon over his back and lifted Badyr to his feet.

“Grenade!” a pirate watched as a fragmentation grenade rolled into the room.

The pirate watched as Chase was unaware of the incoming danger and quickly jumped on top of it. A small muffled boom was heard and the heroic pirate was dead.

“Davis!” Chase cried in sadness.

“Go go go!” Jaimes waved at the back door.

A dozen Vega soldiers rushed in and sent waves of laser rounds into the room. Another pirate was caught in the process of escaping while Jaimes managed to run away with a nick to his shoulder.

“Matt! Watch out.” Chase watched as one round struck Matthew in the back.

“Gahh!” Matthew shouted as his body armour absorbed the shock.

“Hangar bay. Let's go.” Chase pointed at a sign.

“Charlie, do you read. We are getting hammered and need to extract.” Jaimes spoke to into his communications unit as he ran to take point.

The radio buzzed static and gave no response leaving Jaimes with the worst-case scenario which was that Charlie's team had been wiped out.

“An apocrypha!” Chase hollered as he saw the magnificent ship docked in its bay.

“Guards.” Matthew pointed as he saw a small group of guards escorting a man with a suitcase.

“I think that guy has the blueprints.” Jaimes inferred.

“Then let's take the guards out, get the briefcase and steal that ship.” Chase dashed out into the open guns blazing.

Chase took out the front of guards while Jaimes took out the remaining defenders leaving the business-like man alive.

“Don't shoot!” the man begged.

“Why not?” Chase pointed his gun at the man's head.

“Because I work for OmniPotent corporation and can give you a deal on ships.” the man pointed on the logo on his suitcase.

 “Move it then.” Chase grabbed the man by his collar and walked towards the Apocrypha.