| From: | Wells <ltwiss@********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Camp 2 : Scorpius / Stonewall |
| Date: | Sat, 11 Jan 1997 18:56:52 -0800 |
>>>>>[Brother, I've been exhausting myself worrying about you. You were
under for so long, I feel as though The Bond has been broken. I fear
what is happening, and I didn't want to leave you behind, but I had
too. I've let the anger build in me for a month or so now and I needed
a vent. I've taken this as a release. April insisted that we follow DA
and team up with Stripling. She seemed quite persistant. Fury is
tagging you. I'm sure you knew this already, but maybe the drugs dulled
you a little.
Have you heard from father?
I've included a file that has been spliced, I'm sure you need something
to watch as you recoup.
Enjoy.
+++++ ARCHIVE ACCESS 9-1CN-8G
+++++ File : scrmg.{1.2} enclosed
One last thing. I've uncovered something about our sisters motivations
down here, I need you to look into a runner who goes by the name of
Starlite. Apparently she ran with Shado some time ago. Also check to
see if The Guild has a mark out on this individual. I think father
might have something to do with all this. What ever you find out,
don't include DA in the header, he'd flat out kill Loch with hardly
an explanation. You know how he is about Shado.
Loch mentioned the name in a post to Fury the other night. When
she found that I was over hearing her, she snapped on me a little.
I'd heard the name before but a long time ago and I just put it
together. We might strike gold here and learn a little about Loch's
time away from the family. See what you can find.
My heart felt hopes and soul]<<<<<
-- Wells < 11:50:25 / 01-11-58 >
*****PRIVATE: Stonewall
>>>>>[
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+++++ BEGIN UPLOAD: RS3/2A7-F.ctx
+++++ LLE Engaged
<grey, white static fills image>
male: <whispered but worried> "I don't know what the problem is."
female: "hold still, let me...." <a loud smack fills the speakers>
<image unfolds>
A lithe oriental female, covered in black face paint smiles into the
camera, thick foliage behind her.
"Wells, close the indicator door, don't want you giving away our
position with that green 'recording' light." the female whispers to
him, pointing just left of the view.
Wells, simply grunts to his sister as a small snap is heard as the door
shuts closed. He looks back to her and states "Don't ever abuse my gear
by hitting it with your rifle butt again. Better yet, don't touch my
gear."
She smiles and feigns fear by shaking her head and shoulders in a
'chilly' manner. "Whoooo, sorry." She moves towards a large bundle of
brush, that as it is approached on, clears to be a group of human
figures dressed in camouflage. Weapons and equipment strapped to webbing
belts and armoured vests. They are gathered in a loose group, checking
weapons, DA is speaking, Stephanie and Pharaoh sitting close by,
discussing something.
DA: "..... Edge, you're suggestion with the elementals is good, use
those to wreck the walls and destroy the towers, try and get the stuff
to fall out away from the camp, if the camp awakens before we are ready
to strike, Dewy and I have a little event planned that should put the
fear of God into anyone who objects to our presence. If everything goes
according to plan, we shouldn't need to use it.
Shado, Nemesis pick off the guards in the towers, about 1 minute before
I go in. Dewy, Edge, I leave you to deal with the towers, or anyone
left alive in them, how you take them down is immaterial, but they must
go, If anyone is left alive in one of those this operation is over.
Wells, Loch, you're with me, but hang back, until the fireworks start,
then let loose with everything you've got, concentrate on anything that
comes out of the dorms, they're going to be the biggest threat."
The camera moves up in down in a nodding approval.
DA: "Tank,those drones of yours will be dammed useful, you know what to
do with those, just make sure they're pointing the right direction."
Tank looks up from where he's been loading ammunition into a battered
matte black drone, sneers and returns to his work, mouth moving,
obviously muttering something.
When I give the word, Pharoah will detonate the explosives. Stephanie,
you get to show me some of your skills, the three guards in the office,
If you can get in, get the prisoners free, they're archaeologists, and
may be useful to us, kill the guards as quietly as you can. Let me know
when you've got in and keep me informed. Once you've got the hostages,
the rest of us will attack. You have free judgement to do whatever you
think necessary.
Any questions?"
The camera stays stationary. Nobody answers
"OK, move out. Dewy, let's get the damn spell done." Stephanie and
Pharoah vanish into the thick growth around the ridge. Nemesis and
Shado, pick up heavy looking sniper rifles, large night scopes mounted
on the top rail mounts, and lay down on the edge of the ridge.
Dewdrop starts weaving his hands in front of DA, as Edge crouches near
Nemesis and starts speaking quietly to him.
The camera spins back to Loch,, she crouches to the ground, pulling off
her backpack of gear and begins checking it.
"Speaking of not touching my gear, give me The Blade. I...." The camera
quakes as Wells doubles over.
"Brother, what is wrong?" She moves to him and holds him as shakes
tremor through his body. "Chan? My god what is wrong?"
"Unnnnngggg, what is wroong with ..... uggnnn ..... Nhan? What's
happening?" Slowly his body stops shaking. He looks back to his sister.
"It's ending."
"What is ending, Chan? I don't understand."
"You can't possibly understand. You left us. youleftus."
"I left who? I don',,,,,"
He strikes out, pushing her away,"Give me The Blade, NOW."
Loch moves to her bag, bewilderment fills her eyes as she pulls forth a
cloth wrapped cylinder.
Wells gently takes the wrap from her and moves away, unwrapping the
tube, slowly. Soon a silvery katana is unveiled. Wells grips the blade
in his right hand, slicing the sharp edge across his left hand. Deep red
blood spills fro the wound onto the layered blade. He smears the blood
up and down the shaft, whispering. "My blood to their blood. Trinity
brings eternal holocaust."
A hoarse whisper cuts across the ridge, rumbling undertones that silence
the creatures in the near area. "Have you all quite finished with your
mother's meeting? Let's move it out people. Shado point, Loch, Wells,
Gates, behind me. Let's do it."
"Chan," DA motions to Wells and Loch, checking their gear, making sure
nothing is loose that could cause noise. "Keep that pig sticker away
from your equipment, it is best not to make any noise. OK."
"Gee, thanks dad."
The Avenger grins evily, and growls, the sound is not pleasant.
A quick arm movement from DA and Shado disappears into the brush,
barely disturbing the leaves. "Move out."
The undergrowth of the jungle swallows the small group.
-----
Pharaoh: "Red Shift. Omega is go."
Two faint shapes are momentarily glimpsed, scuttling across the camp to
the sides of a building. DA motions to Shado and Gates, sending them to
the main gates, a short while later a signal comes from the bunker,
Gates calling all clear. Three faint cracks are heard, followed by a
dull thump as high velocity rounds impact on the tower guards. Waving
forward, DA, Wells and Loch run in a crouch to the bunker, meeting Shado
and Gates. A flurry of hand signals between DA and the others. He turns
to Wells. "I'm going through, into the centre of the camp, near the fuel
dump there," pointing. "You see the latrines? There's some sort of
workshop over there, and a concentration of people. Take them out."
His hoarse whisper sounds deafening in the small area of the bunker.
Shado and Gates take positions either side of the entrance, as DA
scuttles forward to the centre of the camp.
Wells and Loch scamper off in low bent over positions, in the direction
of the latrines, Wells holds his katana in one hand and balances
himself with the other. Loch sets the pace with an Alpha tucked in
close to her chest
.
DA: "Red Shift. Go..."
A shout sounds from the far side of the camp, followed by the cracks of
grenades. Automatic weapons fire, and the camp lights up, explosives
detonating around the camp incendiaries setting light to the jungle and
camp walls, the hard bang-smack of claymores exploding inside the camp.
"I gave the golden bough at the river." Wells murmmers
The frags ignite and the barrier between them and the stores disapears
in a blast of debris.
Wells dashes into the fog, A chunk of debris jars the camera as it
glances of the helmet. Wells screams as a bewildered and confused
soldier comes into view.
Wells, brings his arms up to strike down the man's body. The clavical
splits and his body hinges apart, blood spraying as his lungs, now
exposed to the cold night air, bellow steam.
Leaping forward he stands before two men coming from a small box like
building. They open fire with the AK's in their sweating hands. Wells
weaves left and right, leaping into the air, catching his instep on a
bewildered native. With the katana he sweeps it across the other
man's arms, the rifle falls to the ground as the man screams in agony
and terror
Landing to the side of the soldier, Wells takes a pose. The armless
soldier turns to face the black clothed warrior.
"I'm sorry," Wells mutters as he charges forward, slicing free the man's
soul. The bodies litter the ground outside the doorway to the barracks.
A massive fireball detonates in the sky, as a horrendous voice screams
into the night, calling for the souls of the damned. Weapons fire and
explosions come from all directions now. An earth shattering detonation
shudders the ground, as the centre of the camp erupts in flame.
Bursts of gunfire blast out of the doorway and Wells, sidesteps to a
mound of dirt. He takes two breaths, sheaths his katana, grabs his full-
auto pistols and is back up. Four men have staggered out of the
building, blasting in the direction of a huge demon as it spins, raking
the camp with flames, the sharp rapid cracks of an AK echoing from the
vision.
Wells, carries out that declaration. The camera has problems tracking
the movement, a blur seems to pass, and in a simple two and a half
second lapse of time, the three men lie dead. Two bleeding from holes
created by the emptying of full clips into their bodies, the other from
a broken spine.
The demon form vanishes, revealing the crouched form of the Avenger,
he pulls something from his armour straps and hurls it towards a pile
of drums in the centre of the camp. The grenade explodes and the
earth shudders from the repeated explosions of fuel drums. Flame and
drums scream into the night sky adding their hellish glow to the
scene of chaos and destruction within the camp. DA rises and runs
crouched towards the battle with Loch and Wells.
Two drones hurtle into the camp, spraying weapons fire into buildings
and troops, as wind and earth unite to create living hell inside the
camp.
Several rolling explosions bring night to day as the exterior of the
camp detonates in fireballs, An earth shaking explosion indicates the
ammo dump is toast, and several shorter sharper explosions reveal parts
of vehicles flying up into the air, as the trucks and jeeps explode.
The tracer fire from the drones add illumination to Loch's figure as
she blasts a grenade from the Alpha into a soldier. His body explodes
as the round thumps into his chest cavity and ignites. The mark's
bones shatter adding air borne fragments that dig into nearby soldiers.
Wells drops the empty clips free of the mag cavitiys and replenishes
the pistols with new ones. As DA slides to a halt next to him,
changing the AK's clip.
DA: "How goes it?" The soulless roar almost deafening Wells.
DA grimaces and lowers his voice to a hoarse whisper, still loud over
the gunfire and explosions.
Wells: "I think I strained my lung yelling; but other than that, I
feel....better."
Glancing around, DA snaps the assault rifle up and fires a long burst
towards the latrines and base of the guard tower, Unclipping a grenade
as he runs crookedly towards a small knot of men, small arms fire and
spurts of dust and wood chippings carome off the tower base as Wells
covers DA, a sudden flash and sharp crack illuminates the men gathered
under the tower legs, a second thump crack, and two men area seperated
from life, as DA's grenade detonates inside the small group, throwing
bodies into the air.
A sudden movement from the left, snaps DA round as he brings up the AK,
to cover the threat, emptying the clip into the workshop bullets
ricocheting off the tools and equipment inside. Behind him a section of
the ground slides away and two men appear, pointing AK-97's at the
unwary Avenger.
Wells strikes out with his hands, still standing 4 yards away from
the men posing a threat to DA. One man's falls back down the hole, as
though Wells' punch had struck him in the face.
The second man's face simply grounds to beef as Loch splays it open
with some lead.
Dashing to the hole, Wells emptys two more clips and Loch drops some
frags. As they run away, the ground beneath them vibrates and a blast
of dust and debris flow of the entrance to the pit.
The guard tower erupts in a flurry of earth and wind as huge creatures
erupt out of the ground, destroying the timber supports and tearing the
structure to splinters in a cacophony of tortured wood. The Avenger
disappears into the workshop, the sounds of his assault rifle,
chattering and that terrible voice cursing as he wades through the
rebels within.
A short while later, the Dark Avenger emerges, a blood covered knife and
shattered rifle held like a club in either hand, and sees the dead
surrounding the hole in the ground. An eyebrow raises questioningly as
he looks at Loch and Wells.
The crackle of gunfire dies slowly, though the moans and screams of the
wounded and the occasional rounds still cooking off in the armoury
disturb the night. At last it's quiet enough to hear the crackling roar
of the fires burning throughout the camp. Several short bursts can be
heard out in the surrounding jungle.
Stephanie. No movement."
"Avenger. Sound off."
"Pharaoh. Clear and locked, we've got the hostages."
"Shado. None escaped."
"Gates. Done here, we got the ones that got out."
"Wells. I'm done."
"Loch. He is, but reluctantly."
"Nemesis. Nothing moving out there."
"Blaze. No problems"
"Tank. Present."
"Edge. Now that was fun, it reminds me of....."
"Dewdrop. Clear here."
DA: "Search the camp, salvage whatever's worth having. Pharaoh, check
the officers quarters grab anything that looks important. Shado, check
the area, look for anything that is suspicious or interesting, Gates, go
with her, primarily, find the entrance to the library, it should be to
the west of the camp. Dewy, Blaze, Edge, get down here. Stephanie,
Wells, Loch, with me, let's see what we can do for the two hostages.
Good work everybody."
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]<<<<<
-- Wells < 11:55:12 / 01-11-58 >
