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enemy took the opportunity to attack her with a lunging stab, trying to pin her through the chest with both hands on the blade. Selene kicked out desperately and caught her in the thigh, hitting with enough force to send her sprawling backward. It bought her just enough time to roll over and grasp another weapon.
It was her gun.
Selene swung the carbine around, cocked the underslung shotgun and pulled the trigger. The sheer force of the blast smashed her foe into the wall like a limp piece of meat.
But then another Ragnarok trooper appeared in the doorway, gun trained at her. Selene desperately tried to get her weapon around, but she knew she wouldn’t make it in time.
It had been a good run, at least.
But then a burst of gunfire rang out, and her enemy fell dead.
“Anyone alive in there?” Danny’s voice called out.
“Yeah,” Selene replied as she got back to her feet.
A moment later he appeared around the corner, followed by a few more members of his platoon.
“Well, aren’t you a mess,” he commented, his trademark grin covering his face.
“When did you get here?” Selene asked incredulously.
“Zach’s team came down our stairwell first, so our end of the building is clear. We’re sweeping the rest.”
Selene nodded. “I’ll get my guys to help, but I’m not sure how many of them are actually left.”
Danny nodded. “Yeah, my platoon took a beating too. I think Zach might have the biggest squad right now, actually.”
Selene sighed. “So many casualties. I hope this is worth it.”
----
“ W ell , we have about twenty five troops left if you count Miko’s sniper squad,” Nora reported.
Zach leaned up against a wall and let out an exhausted breath. After clearing the building they had started counting bodies, and at last report they had found about thirty of the enemy. Less than half of Black Wolf’s number had managed to kill almost two thirds of the company.
This place was a fortress.
“Well, at least they’ll be the ones having to force us out next time,” he commented.
“I think we need to prepare a little more,” Nora replied. “The defenders lost this time, right.”
“Eh, I’ll see what I can scrounge up. Besides, I think command will want to invest a lot to keep this place. And-”
Zach stopped speaking as his wrist alert went off. He opened up his menu and scrolled to the new message.
He didn’t recognize the name of the sender, but he certainly recognized the symbol next to it: Ragnarok.
“What?” Nora asked.
“Looks like we’ve made quite the impression,” Zach said. “Enough for them to talk to us directly.”
“Why, what does it say?”
Zach looked over the message again.
“Good fight. We’ll be back for more.”
6
Bastion
“ N ice place you have here ,” Paige commented as they walked through one of the floors of the now cleared tower.
“Yeah, it wasn’t too nice trying to get our hands on it,” Nora said. “Thanks for coming all the way up here, by the way. I imagine you have a lot to do in Central City.”
“There’s always stuff to do,” Paige shrugged. “Sometimes it’s good to do something a little different, and this gave me the perfect excuse.”
“Glad I could be of service.”
“So, you said something in your message about fortifying this place even more?”
Nora nodded. “Yes. I have a feeling that it’s going to be very important to us as we try to take the rest of the district, and Ragnarok knows it as well. They’ll try to take it back, and I want to be ready for them.”
“If your entire company is guarding the area, won’t that make it really hard for them to recapture the tower?” Paige asked. “You said that you had a hard enough time getting it cleared with a platoon guarding it. How much worse is it going to be with a company?”
Nora stopped and looked out one of the windows at the streets below.
“I really don’t know,” she admitted. “But I don’t want to take any chances. Once we were
It was her gun.
Selene swung the carbine around, cocked the underslung shotgun and pulled the trigger. The sheer force of the blast smashed her foe into the wall like a limp piece of meat.
But then another Ragnarok trooper appeared in the doorway, gun trained at her. Selene desperately tried to get her weapon around, but she knew she wouldn’t make it in time.
It had been a good run, at least.
But then a burst of gunfire rang out, and her enemy fell dead.
“Anyone alive in there?” Danny’s voice called out.
“Yeah,” Selene replied as she got back to her feet.
A moment later he appeared around the corner, followed by a few more members of his platoon.
“Well, aren’t you a mess,” he commented, his trademark grin covering his face.
“When did you get here?” Selene asked incredulously.
“Zach’s team came down our stairwell first, so our end of the building is clear. We’re sweeping the rest.”
Selene nodded. “I’ll get my guys to help, but I’m not sure how many of them are actually left.”
Danny nodded. “Yeah, my platoon took a beating too. I think Zach might have the biggest squad right now, actually.”
Selene sighed. “So many casualties. I hope this is worth it.”
----
“ W ell , we have about twenty five troops left if you count Miko’s sniper squad,” Nora reported.
Zach leaned up against a wall and let out an exhausted breath. After clearing the building they had started counting bodies, and at last report they had found about thirty of the enemy. Less than half of Black Wolf’s number had managed to kill almost two thirds of the company.
This place was a fortress.
“Well, at least they’ll be the ones having to force us out next time,” he commented.
“I think we need to prepare a little more,” Nora replied. “The defenders lost this time, right.”
“Eh, I’ll see what I can scrounge up. Besides, I think command will want to invest a lot to keep this place. And-”
Zach stopped speaking as his wrist alert went off. He opened up his menu and scrolled to the new message.
He didn’t recognize the name of the sender, but he certainly recognized the symbol next to it: Ragnarok.
“What?” Nora asked.
“Looks like we’ve made quite the impression,” Zach said. “Enough for them to talk to us directly.”
“Why, what does it say?”
Zach looked over the message again.
“Good fight. We’ll be back for more.”
6
Bastion
“ N ice place you have here ,” Paige commented as they walked through one of the floors of the now cleared tower.
“Yeah, it wasn’t too nice trying to get our hands on it,” Nora said. “Thanks for coming all the way up here, by the way. I imagine you have a lot to do in Central City.”
“There’s always stuff to do,” Paige shrugged. “Sometimes it’s good to do something a little different, and this gave me the perfect excuse.”
“Glad I could be of service.”
“So, you said something in your message about fortifying this place even more?”
Nora nodded. “Yes. I have a feeling that it’s going to be very important to us as we try to take the rest of the district, and Ragnarok knows it as well. They’ll try to take it back, and I want to be ready for them.”
“If your entire company is guarding the area, won’t that make it really hard for them to recapture the tower?” Paige asked. “You said that you had a hard enough time getting it cleared with a platoon guarding it. How much worse is it going to be with a company?”
Nora stopped and looked out one of the windows at the streets below.
“I really don’t know,” she admitted. “But I don’t want to take any chances. Once we were
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