One Memorable Journey Pg.5
#5 of One Memorable Journey
Just after the cheetah asked nobody had time to answer as something started pinging everyone's personal radars. "Hostile coming in fast!" Patrick called out as he turned to face the incoming threat before getting immediately thrown meters back, a hulking suit of mechanical armor having come sprinting up and essentially slapping him away with a swinging arm to the otter's chest.
"Open fire!" Alex yelled out as all the members of both squads started shooting the armored figure, Julie being the only one not to do so as she went over to Patrick to do her job as a medic. Robert and the lion went with the scientists to get them to the ship. All the bullets were doing barely anything to the suit of armor but they didn't expect it to do anything, Nolan splitting off as the rest of them kept the armored figure's focus on them. Nolan went around to the side and signaled the others, everyone ceasing fire and scattering as the pilot in the suit started forward again. Nolan came up behind and jumped on the back of the armor suit, being fast on finding a weak spot and using his knife to get in. He stabbed in and made an opening which he used to stab the pilot in the back, the pilot bringing an armored arm back and grabbing him before throwing him off. He rolled on landing to avoid getting hurt and got to his feet, the damage being done now as the pilot and their armor stumbled a bit. Jackie got behind the pilot and made a well placed three round burst with his rifle, the hulking suit of armor dropping to its knees and then falling flat as the pilot inside finally died.
"Let's get going, now! before any more show up!" Alex called out and started moving back to the shuttle.
"Hold it and help me haul this thing over! Command will wanna see it!" Jackie stated as his squad got to helping him.
"Fucking hell." Alex turned around and went over. "Julie. just make sure Patrick is okay. Robert, stay with her. Nolan, come and help." Working together they all got the armor suit and the dead pilot onto the shuttle, strapping everything down as the shuttle was already getting ready to lift off.
"Hold on tight for a rough lift off. Ground hostiles are coming in hot." The pilot said as the shuttle took off the bay door locked closed, shaking as multiple large projectiles started hitting the energy shield. Everyone got strapped in late but were seated before the ship started exiting the atmosphere.
The fight was over insanely fast but it was no less intense and adrenaline pumping than any other. They all got a good look at the armor now that it was laying still on the floor of the ship's bay area, the scientist's equipment having been tightly packed to make room. "Does this armor seriously have no guns on it?" Robert Asked as he was staring at the armor, blood leaking out the back of it from the dead pilot inside.
"Guess not. We'd probably be all dead right now if it did." Alex said as she looked over to Julie and Patrick. "How's he doing Julie?"
"No fully broken bones or internal bleeding thankfully but he does have a few cracks in his ribs and a good deal of blunt force trauma to the flesh. He'll be fine once we get him to the infirmary back at base."
"That's a relief..." Alex let out a sigh and sat back. "Well... We may have failed the other objectives mostly but at least we have clear confirmation of hostile troops on the planet."