Fluke Episode 5: The Switch Up

Gathered around the round table, the three guardians lazily sat and conversed on irrelevant matters. Halley had the the ship on auto which allow her to join them in her ghost form. The conversation grew quiet once the final word was spoken and the group relaxed in their chairs. Their destination was on Earth but the time was taking much longer than Alton anticipated, even with the newly installed thrusters. His mind painted a beautiful picture of Dreamland and a certain someone, but Hal's frantic motions focused his thoughts. "We got an emergency Alton!" she shouted. Alton sat up in his seat, as did his friends who were done cautiously eyeing each other's new armor. "What's wrong, are we under attack?" "No, there seems to be an incoming signal from the objective. It's an S.O.S signal, from a local fireteam!" "Darn, those guardians beat us to the fun." Darian sounded a little glum. "Looks like it's a rescue operation now. How much longer till we reach the Fallen camp?" Melody asked. Hal fell silent as she began calculating an answer. "About twenty miles due west. I suggest you gear up, the place looks to be on heavy lockdown from here." "Roger. Let's move everybody, we got guardians that need saving." Alton bolted out of his seat and went straight for the armory, his hands grabbed the first two weapons he could get his hands on. A submachine gun and a simple hand cannon were strapped on as he reached the hatch at the back of the ship. His friends joined him with weapons of their own and with synced precession, the three jumped out of the hovering ship and landed directly inside the main yard of the Fallen base. The four armed creatures were stunned as the dust settled, revealing three energized guardians who were inching for a fight. The group quickly spread apart in different directions as the Fallen began to mobilize. Taking cover behind a transportation ship, Alton steadied his breathing and took aim at a couple unsupecting Dregs. They were dispatched in a matter of half a mag from the small machine gun. He took aim again at three others whose attention was focused on something behind a pair of crates. He started to pulled the trigger, but a cloak figure did the work for him. He wielded the clunky sniper rifle, expect he was using it more as a scooped shotgun than a high powered rifle. He blew through his ammo and had to find cover, his attack had failed to kill any of the enemies. Alton know who it was and shook his head seeing as his friend was hanging on to his own ways. With his attention on the klutzy Hunter, he didn't notice the Fallen hierarchy behind him. "Alton, look out!" he heard Melody's voice as she rammed into the creature with the force of her armor and the butt of her machine gun. Landing on top of the beast, she fired her own fiery and killed it in seconds. The gun kept spaying as the tigger happy Titan tried to control it's recoil. Alton threw his hands over his head and ducked down further into the ground. She finally silenced the machine gun and got to her feet. Rushing back out into the fray, she mauled down a cluster of Fallen soldiers and appropriately pulled back once her weapon clicked empty. "That's how you do it, Darian." "Says you." Dariam shouted back. She tipped the scales by her display of brutish strength but Darian was not about to loose their bet. He knocked heads with the scared Fallen whose shots missed their mark. He reached higher ground and leveled his rifle on the edge of a railing. The trigger was pulled several times in an effort to save a dazed Alton from assaulting Dregs. They fell down cold right as other cannon folders attempted to strike him on his ground. A slim combat knife flipped in the air and Darian grabbed it, first blood came with a stabbed the in chest of the first foot soldier. Kicking it's body into the incoming soldiers, Darian slipped through and guilefully stabbed the remaining ones. "How's that?" Both Alton and Melody were snickering once the stealthy marauder dropped down to their location. The Fallen within the area were no more, most had been slaughtered by their carefree enemies. The lucky few who escaped hid inside a sealed complex protected by a large door. It was Melody's turn once again, she stepped forward and pulled the large contraption off her back. She went down on one knee and aimed the device, it began to charge up with a frightening buzzing noise. The men stood back as the weapon fired, it projected a glowing bolt of energy. The speeding stream of charged voltage collided with the door and ate away at the weak metal on contact while streaks of light flickered the yard. The smoke cleared and the metallic door sported a new rugged hole. Melody stood up and tossed the machine off of her back while the men stood in awe of her awesome power. "A Railgun?" Darian asked. "Mini Particle Accelerator, I got it from a special someone." Melody passionately replied with her index finger pointed high and mighty. "No fair! What's the score now judge?" "Seems tied to me, though I'm leaning towards Mel." Alton received a shoulder punch from Darian as they rushed into the facility. The space was much smaller than the three originally thought, but it was still a big room. Dim lights barely lit up the place, in their hollowed light were shadows of a small ship and box filled with scrap metal. All the remaining Fallen were nowhere to be found in what Alton identified as a ship hanger. The group walked around until they found an open door, they could hear the patter of footsteps further down the hall. They sped after the sounds with both Melody and Darian racing for the lead, their syncorization was spot on as they rushed to keep up with their enemies. At the end of the hall stood another open door which made Darian smirk at the though that the Fallen must have hated closed doors. They found themselves in a room lite by the surge of crackling lights. A continuous thumping noise came from three large pillars that acted as power generators. But the biggest prize was at the base of the structure. Three small figures were tied up to the thing while a mass of Dregs armed a device on the generators. Darian took the first shot this time around, missing all of the enemies but striking the ties that bounded the figures. They got to their feet and began causing a commotion while Alton's group supported from the door. The Fallen were murdered in great numbers, their only exit was blocked by precise machine gun fire. Within mere minutes, all was quiet as the two groups met up at the device. Foreign symbols changed by second and the two groups were stumped on what to do about it. One of the cloaked men went to the device and began inspecting, but shook his head once he heard the distinct ticking. "It's a bomb, their going to blow up their own facility!" he shouted while getting up and facing everyone else, "I can try to disarm it, but my arm is injured. It may take some time." "Don't try Matthews, let's just leav-" The Exo Hunter stopped once a slick blade pierced his abdomen. From out the shadows emerged Fallen Captains who seemed pretty pissed off by the impending destruction of their base. More began to swing their electric blades, but the other guardians barely dodged them. Alton pulled out his hand cannon but it was whipped out of his hands by Captian, three more blades suddenly came crashing down. A sharp fizzle glided past the beast, barely even skinning it's armor. Two more shots, two more misses. Alton looked back and saw his friend trying his best to properly shoot his sniper rifle, but he throw it down to the ground. "Forget this!" Darian yelled as he struck the Captain in the jaw with a angry fist. The creature barreled into the others and the guardians began their timely escape, the timer on the bomb was nearing it's final seconds. The other guardians were injured and thus, had a harder time keeping up with Alton's group. A hand forcefully grabbed onto Matthews' lower leg, he fell to the ground and began trying to pick himself up. Alton tried to reach out to the fallen guardian but something was pulling him against his will. "Come on Alton!" Alton heard the voice as it pulled him away. Matthews disappeared into the darkness of the generator room, a menacing scream was the last thing the guardian manage to say. They escaped the base with little time, Hal had landed [i]Celeritaren[/i] in the courtyard and everyone piled in. The ship took off instantly as an explosion of intense light engulfed the base, the place was leveled to a nothing but a smoldering crater. The blue sky helped to relax the tense feelings with the ship, but the events continuously harassed the crew. The other two members of the surviving fireteam rested in the infirmary while Alton's group quietly grieved over the loss of a guardian. Bittersweet the bet was, Alton felt a little sick to his stomach at their actions. Darian rested his feet on the table and relaxed, Melody on the other hand sat still with her arms crossed. Hal eventually joined them, even she could not offer up any friendly comments. "Poor Titan. At least he had a true hero's death." Darian said. The others nodded in agreement. "I could have saved him if I picked up that sniper rifle." Melody commented, she seemed to take the death the hardest at the three of them and now the others knew why. "Don't get too hard on yourself. We did destroy the base and saved those two other guardians. I guess ...it was fun while it lasted." Alton shrugged his shoulders, which caught the attention of his friends. [b]Little tiny bit left[/b]