I fly in closer and ask over my speakers "Mason, how do we stop the ritual?"
He responds after thinking a moment "At this point, taking down whoever is leading it should do it."
I silently swear to myself.
He responds after thinking a moment "At this point, taking down whoever is leading it should do it."
I silently swear to myself.
My blood is singing. I finally get to go into battle! No more target practice. No more pretend fighting with my little bro.
Real. Combat.
I go over the battle plan in my head for the fifth time so I don't fuck up. I gotta show these guys that I'm just as good as my dad. Gotta make sure I don't stain the Elric name with failure. Gotta make sure I can bring home the bacon, whatever that means...
Real. Combat.
I go over the battle plan in my head for the fifth time so I don't fuck up. I gotta show these guys that I'm just as good as my dad. Gotta make sure I don't stain the Elric name with failure. Gotta make sure I can bring home the bacon, whatever that means...
I radio back to the team "I'm gonna go ahead and try to see what I can do to buy us some time."
There are a few responses but my mind is in another place right now. I gotta make sure I'm there first. Gotta make sure that I'm the one to take him out. Gotta make sure that my little bro doesn't turn into me, a heartless ender of lives...
There are a few responses but my mind is in another place right now. I gotta make sure I'm there first. Gotta make sure that I'm the one to take him out. Gotta make sure that my little bro doesn't turn into me, a heartless ender of lives...
My HUD keeps spazing out at random intervals. I knew I should have did a little more work on the helmet. Luckily this rail gun isn't hardwired so I don't have to worry too much about it. We head over the ridge and open fire on the bandits. We get a few good hits in before they scatter for cover into the ravine. The captain gives us the order to give chase.
I zoom in with my HUD. 3 targets, the Devil-man, the kid, and some kind of monster. I lock on with both missiles and open up on the demon tainted brat. They both detonate prematurely as they hit some kind of magic barrier. The boy got hit with some shrapnel, but is no worse for ware. I continue to close the distance.
I'm following close on the heels of this one guy, but he keeps on just moving out of sight. He runs into a cave and I enter as well. I turn a corner and he tries to catch me off guard by attacking first. His vibroblade narrowly misses me as a take a quick hop back and unload on him.
I lock on to him again and loose another volley. Solid hits this time. The kid goes down and the D-Bee is hit. The monster charges off and engages my bro who makes quick work of it. He gets to keep living his fairy tale, which is exactly why I'm here. More of those freaks rush out from hiding and I make sure Al doesn't get overwhelmed while I graze the caster with a laser. We should probably take him alive so the town can deal with him as they see fit... Should probably make sure the boy is dead too...
He falls back onto the cave wall and slides down it. Blood is trickling out of his mouth. I finally snap into focus and see what my quarry was...
A human boy, probably not too much older than me. He reaches out weakly at me before he breathes out his last breath and slumps down, his eyes stuck in a look of fear.
And I feel nothing. No sorrow, no sickness in my stomach, no guilt... And that scares the hell out of me...
A human boy, probably not too much older than me. He reaches out weakly at me before he breathes out his last breath and slumps down, his eyes stuck in a look of fear.
And I feel nothing. No sorrow, no sickness in my stomach, no guilt... And that scares the hell out of me...