Fireteam 404th, Sunday 16th June (Lucanto Time)(Chapter eight)
#8 of Fireteam 404
I opened my eyes, looking up at a strange room. Luke was getting dressed and saw me. "Morning sleepy pup." I sat up drowsy. "Where are we?" "Barracks and I had to carry you up to flights of stairs." He put on his trousers and tightened the belt. "Anyway you may want to get dressed for breakfast." He went to walk out the door. "Don't you need a shirt?" I called after him. "It's Lucanto I can go out stark if I wanted to but that would be highly impractical." "Oh yeah I remember, I wouldn't mind you going out stark though." He smiled at me and walked out.
I pulled myself out of bed and showered. It felt good to have a bit of comfort. I stepped out and looked at myself in the mirror. "Hello Jake." I spun around reaching for the dagger strapped to my tail, it wasn't there. "Looking for this." A female Fenrrir was standing in the corner holding my dagger. "Jake Leion, born and raised on Talon, home planet of Fenrrir, served with the 806th infantry devision during the last inter galactic war. Your brother was killed during a raid on an oil refinery captured by royalist troops. You were then moved into the 404th fire team when there was another threat of war." "who the cuss are you and how do you know me?" "I'm Etruscan and I read through your record. Huh stand up." I bowed to her as soon as she said her name. "I don't like being bowed to there is no point. Anyway you swore your soul that you would bring the person responsible for putting your mate in hospital to justice. That person has passed through my realm however the person that employed him is still alive." "Why are you here?" " I will forget the vow on one condition. Now listen closely."
After meeting Etruscan I was slightly shocked but I regained my composer and got dressed for breakfast. "Here he is now, nice of you to finally show up sleepy pup." "hi everyone, sorry I'm a bit late." "Not at all the summit starts at three so there is nothing to worry about." Annabelle, who was also not wearing a shirt, reassured me. "as I was saying all we need to do is stand around outside and look important. Maps will be on your H.U.D. so you don't get lost." She joked. A squirrel was approaching the table and as soon as he saw Annabelle a smile spread across his face. He went behind her and grabbed her shoulders, she flipped him off onto the floor and... kissed him. "You stupid little squirrel I could have hurt you." "No you couldn't because I know you wouldn't. Good to see you again Annabelle." "good to see you too Nathan." "uh ma'am who is that?" Luke asked. She helped the squirrel to his feet. "Team this is my mate, Nathan."
The rest of breakfast she spent talking to him and she also spent the rest of the day with him. In fact we saw nothing off her till we were about to leave. We were driven to the congress centre where the summit was to take place. Me and Luke were assigned to the back entrance and we stood the, doing nothing. It was part of our job to do this but it was boring at the same time.
"So Luke, any ideas on how to make this interesting?" "nope." I started shuffling my feet. We were stood there for an hour, I know because I had a clock on my H.U.D., before I got a message. "Nita finally opened that file." I said to luke. "you know how much of an anti-climax it will be if its his shopping list or something." He joked. "well it's a shopping list for a W.M.D. and..." it felt like my heart stopped. "Attention all units, attention all units, suspected W.M.D. in congress, I repeat W.M.D. in congress." I went through the back door into the building. The coms were clogged with orders being given and being put into effect. The buildings fire alarm started ringing and people started running out past me. "Jake what the cuss was that call for." Annabelle radioed me. "The file it has plans to let off an W.M.D. in the peace summit." "what, do you know how much cuss you'll be in if your wrong." "but what if I'm right. What if I don't call it and people die." She was silent for a moment. "ok get that W.M.D. and stop it being set off."
I followed the map that was in the plans and burst into the room. "Marines hand's in the air!" there he was the one that had put Luke in hospital. Next to him was another man with a portable W.M.D. in front of him. "don't move!" "Jake I take it, a shame I couldn't talk more but my plans are only just coming into effect." The man spoke to me. "Unfortunately you haven't accounted for the fourth person in the room." The back of my head exploded in pain and I fell forward.
My vision was blurry but I saw the two men run out the room. The one that hit me flipped me onto my back. He pulled out a knife. There was a gunshot and blood exploded out of his chest, then another and another. He fell dead. "do I always have to carry your ass out of here." He pulled me up. "Jake what the cuss is going on we're under heavy small arms fire." "The W.M.D. is on the move we are in pursuit."
We ran through the door and up the stairs keeping aware that we could be fired on. We got to the top and opened the door out onto the cat walk. A mercenary was on top shooting down. I pushed him off the edge of the cat walk and he crumpled in a heap on the ground. We continued chasing him along the cat walk and up another flight of stairs. We opened a door into a long corridor. Luke threw me away as shoots echoed around the stair case. I looked up to see him falling over the edge down the stairs. My heart split in two and I just stared at where he was a moment ago. The mercenary came through the door to confirm the kill. I drew my knife and stabbed it into his throat and threw him over the edge.
I looked down and saw Luke's body had only fallen a floor. I continued down the corridor and broke into the Senators office. Standing facing me was the man. "I'm surprised you got this far." I turned and shot the mercenary in the corner betrayed by his employers look. I rose my gun pointing it at the man. "give it up ii have you cornered." He smiled. "no I have you cornered." He reached under the desk and pulled up something, someone. Nathan. "Hostage." I called on the radio. "Jake where are you?" Annabelle asked. "Senators office." A door to the left burst open and Annabelle and Nita walked into the room weapons drawn. "we have you surrounded let the hostage go and put your hands in the air." He smiled still. "The daemons and the betrayers all together and together you die." Nathan stabbed a knife into the man. The man pushed him back and shot Nathan, the window exploded as a bullet punched through and the right side of his body ripped apart.
The man was still standing, and going for something in his pocket. I ran forward and leapt at him, we both fell through the window. four stories to the ground.
I opened my eyes seeing nothing. I struggled to breath and I knew I had broken something. I was alive though. I rolled onto my back to see the blue sky. I lay there admiring the clouds for a moment. A medic loomed above me, he spoke but I couldn't hear anything. I blacked out again.