After seeing Antony drifting off into space everyone scrambled to get to the end of the hallway before it closed.
Gadri slide underneath the door and held it up as it slowly pressed him into the ground.
"Hurry guys, I don't think I can hold this for long" He exclaimed and we hightailed it toward the exit.
Nima and I slide toward the door. Universe barely made it before Gadri closed the door.
"Fuckin Damn, one pair down and not even 10 minutes into the mission" Nima cursed, gasping for breath.
"Only shows that they are serious about this" Universe said simply
"So Fucking Calm over there are you now, ARE YOU" Nima growled and lunged at Universe but Gadri bashed her with his weapon.
"Calm down guys, stop fighting" Gadri whined.
"If everyone has calmed down, the mission is still on-going" I said and Nima decided to compose herself after giving Universe a glare. "It just says defend the station, so that means find enemies and blow them up, simple right"
"I believe so, let us just get to a defense turret and blast the Balvians out of the sky" Gadri smiled.
"Technically we are in space, there is no sky around here" Universe retorted.
We advanced forward in a square formation, Gadri and Nima in front and Universe and I in the back. The sound of combat was growing nearer and nearer with each step we took and the more hostiles that we fought as we made our way through the station.
"Squad V-3 reporting from defense deck, multiple turrets have been blasted apart and hostiles are infiltrating." a report came from our intercoms.
"Squad E-1 is currently hunkered down at the defense deck behind the remains of turret E103 we got some casualties, requesting assistance" another voice spoke, and more and more requests were being made.
"To the reactor core of the station" Universe exclaimed and everyone looked at her.
"Why, the rest of the squads and enemies are at the defense layer, why would we need to go to the reactor core" Nima growled
"Balvian forces are masters of deception, they mainly use the stratedgy of focusing the enemy toward them, then send a few to wreck havoc from the back" Universe explained.
"Brilliant idea Uni, lets go, Nima you okay with this?" I said. "Fine do what you want, I don't want to wait around for people who are never going to come. " Nima scoffed at us and ran toward the defense layer.
"IF it makes you feel better, i will come with you guys" Gadri pipped up.
"Let us go then, the more the better" Universe said and we dashed toward the reactor core.
As we got there we saw a Balvian pod insert itself and troops started to jump out.
"Turns out your knowledge is spot on" I complimented Universe.
"Guys I got Ciara she is out cold, some Balvians are attacking the core, where are you now" Antony spoke through the com link.
"We are at the core right now, where are you" I asked quietly.
"I had my drone hijack the ship and let us on, they didn't even see us" Antony laughed, and that was when a blaster was heard and his com-link went silent.
"Antony you there?, come in Antony" I whispered... Silence.... "Kantdomey you there, please respond if you can hear me" I asked again this time there was noise,
Balvian voices and then a blaster fire.
The Balvian at the core stood at high alert, it was because the Balvians had dragged two bodies outside the ship. "Damn they got them, Universe, send out a call for help. Gadri can I count on you to make some noise?" I asked.
"IF you want noise, then does this work?" He fired his railgun aimlessly, piercing quite a few of the Balvians.
"That works, now charge" I screamed and we both gave a war cry and charged forward.
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To say the least, 2 against 20 didn't end well.
One moment I blasted two Balvians before an onslaught of energy bullets tore my skin apart, I fell to the ground, my eyes hazy and then I blacked out.
Status Report
Mission: Protect Santo Paulo Station
Enemies Slain: 11
Status: Failed/Died by Balvian blasters
Points gained: 110
Survival rank: 578/624
Time surived: 1:16:34 (Hours:Minutes:Seconds)
I signed as I looked over my record.
I exited the pod at the same time as Gadri and met with Antony and Ciara. "Ah you guys too?" Anthony laughed and then put is arms around both of us. "Let us go to the lounge and watch Nima and Universe" Anthony suggested and he practically dragged us there, Ciara slightly helping as she giggled.
Upon arriving, we sat at two terminals and proceeded to select the participant we wanted to spectate.
Nima was currently hunkered down with several squads at the defense deck, but they were fighting a losing battle. I even see a few unlucky soldiers blasted out into space as they took a wrong step.
Universe on the other hand, was carefully examining a syringe, and the sound of boots coming closer as a squad or two came running. "My squad got wiped, Becareful about 14 Balvians are around the corner, planting explosives, one misfire and this entire place goes Boom" Universe explained.
"We shouldn't have charged, sorry Gadri we might have ranked higher if we didn't follow my plan" I apologized to Gadri.
"IT was fun while it lasted" Gadri gave a laugh and we continued to observe the screen.
Time elapsed and many squads fell, Bits and pieces of the station began to break away, blasting many into space. a battle at the core raged on as squad vs Balvian fought one another and the defense layer of the station were pushed back, sometimes even ambushed from behind.
Nima got wasted when she drew blanks from her gun and pulled a combat knife out. She charged to go hand to hand with the hostile forces only to be gunned down.
Universe on the other hand maintained a formation with a few squads as they pushed toward the core.
"That little know-it-all is still alive, hah, bet she will die soon" Nima sneered as she came to sit with us.
"You did well yourself, sorry that you drew blanks" Gadri exclaimed and Nima gave him a good punch.
"Universe told me you guys got wasted by recklessly charging ha, wish I could have seen it" Nima said and she plopped down on the sofa and carefully watched the screen.
As we past the five hour mark, the simulation finally ended, Universe was one of the 100 who past the first simulation, though she was almost killed when it happened.
"Congrats Universe, how many points did you get for that" I said when she walked over to us,
"I got 1000, base survival with 200 for the 20 I killed" Universe answered in her monotone voice.
"1000!!!, I only got 50 total, and thats because I hacked a ship" Antony exclaimed.
"Wow so many points, I didn't even get a single one" Ciara said embarrased by her performance.
"You can do better, your reaction speed just isn't on par with us though" Antony tried to comfort Ciara.
"Since the simulation ended, let us go get some brunch, and then maybe we can have a set" Nima suggested and we all stared at her.
"What are you looking at me for, its just some food and fun" Nima growled.
"It's just that you want to interact with us?" Antony grinned
"Fine, lets not have brunch and a set, geeze, fuck off" Nima bellowed and stormed off.
Wow she took it harshly, but the guys are laughing now.
"Anyway, Nima was right, let us go get some food in our bellies" Ciara said and we all exited the lounge.