Starzone: Liberation 2

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Whipping her head around, Regul said aloud in a quiet tone, "KRYSTAL!!!  SHUT IT!!!"  She then looked back towards the sky, eyes wandering back and forth, "You hear that...?"

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Now, the large sihlouettes slowly disappeared amid the hills and low thuds were heard annonymously throughout the mountains in which the Vektrans were located.  The ground would oftenly shook, causing most of the Vektran soldiers to aim their rifles around and go into panic mode as they tried to figure out the source of the rumbling.

Marcus, looking over his shoulder to Lupe, Krystal's Warthog, and to his men, he aimed his rifle around and began to walk through the platoon back in the direction of the Warthog.  "....  Somethings up....  I got the feeling that this is--"

Before he could finish, the snow and ground to the left and right of the platoon erupted skywards as though something had collided with the ground around the soldiers.  As the soldiers adjusted their sights on what had hit the ground beside them, an extremely low growl emerged from both clouds of snow and dirt as four large gatling guns peered out through the clouds -- two in each one.  They soon began to whirl round and round, as the Vektran soldiers yelled to one another and began to scatter about.

[Kursed]

"GET DOWN!" KRystal shouted over the Comm. as she jumped down into a prone position

Lupe fell to her stomach looking up.

[Scott7]

"You gotta be kidding me..."  Scott moaned as they started rotating...

"GET DOWN!" KRystal shouted over the Comm. as she jumped down into a prone position

Lupe fell to her stomach looking up.

"SH!T!!!" He cryed just before diving under the Hog itself

[Guest Para Astaroth]

As the clouds cleared, two large mechs -- no mechanical arms -- rose up and the hull of bot of them rotated side to side at the soldiers running about.  Taking a few steps forward and their heads looking in separate directions, their mounted gatling guns soon were ringing out so many rounds at one time that the shockwaves from the gatling guns themselves could be felt throughout one's own body.

Regul, aiming her machine pistol, looked back to Krystal briefly, "IS THAT TURRET FUNCTIONAL STILL????!"

Marcus dove out of the way as one of the mech continuously fired it's gatling guns towards him, but narrowly missing him.  The soldiers themselves were being torn apart by the shear force and power of the gatling gun rounds.

(Here is a picture of the mechs.  Sorry, they are ripped from Mechassault 2:  Lone Wolf  http://media.teamxbox.com/dailyposts/mechassault/Mech_Stiletto.jpg)

[Kursed]

LUpe tried her best to get close to one of the mechs

"Yeah should be!" Krystal replied growling at herself that she didn't pack the mechs. (Check that picture Para wrong  image)

[Scott7]

(God those thing's are a pain in L4D2)

While Under the Hog, Scott tried to fire a few blind shot's at the Mech's. A few did hit, But the armor of those things were a little to thick for small bolts of Super-heated plasma to do much good...

[Guest Para Astaroth]

(EDIT:  Fixed.  Thanks for the reminder, Kursed)

Quickly putting her machine pistol away and sprinting around the back of the Warthog, "GREAT!  JUST TRY TO MANUVER AROUND IT WHILE I TRY TO TAKE OUT IT'S TURRETS!!!"  Regul hopped back onto the back of the Warthog, strapping herself back in and tightening the straps so that she didn't move hardly at all while the Warthog did tight turns.  She whirled the turret around towards the mechs, barrels of the turret whirling round and round, and the gun itself heating up.

The mechs soon were kicking soldiers into the air and stomping on a few that got too close to them.  Soon, one of the mechs noticed the Warthog and turned it's attention to it -- it's gatling gun barrels whirling round and round.

[Kursed]

Krystal jumped into trh driver seat managing to get it out of the  fire from the light mech "Dang Light mechs!" Krystal grumbled as she drove away.

Hanging shakly onto one of the mechs Legs Lupe tried to think of the best way to disable it  almost loosing her grib as the leg hit the ground.

[Scott7]

The Hog suddenly started moving away... Leaving Scott in an exetremely vulnerable position as he was still lying down on the Snow....

"HEY!!!" He Yelled as he got up... But it was a little to late...

'*sigh* So much for watching my back...'

[Guest Para Astaroth]

The mech on the left whirled it's large, mechanical head back and forth slowly as it continuously blazed soldiers down with it's two massive gatling guns.

The mech to the right locked it's sights on the now moving Hog and it's mounted gatling guns blazed out continuous rounds that were zinging in front and bouncing off of the hog's shielding.  Soon, the shield on the hog was depleting more quicker and Regul was only holding her fingers on the trigger letting the rounds in the turret fly out of the barrels and bouncing off the mech; no weakspot in sight as she moved the turret's fire around the mech.

"God DAMMIT!!!  WHERE IS IT'S F***ING WEAKPOINT??!!!  EVERYTHING HAS ONE!!!"

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Marcus, seeing Scott on the ground, jumped to his feet -- rifle held behind his back with his left arm -- and sprinted over in his direction.  50 caliber rounds were thumping in the snow around him as he soon was upon Scott's position, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him to his feet.  "ARE YOU ALRIGHT???!!!!"  He yelled to Scott over the loud gatling gun and rifle fire that was ensuing before them.

[Scott7]

"I'll Live..." he replied, and picked up his Gun from the Snow... "But Right now we have get the F*** away from this place!! Unless you Have Some Idea how to take out these walking peices of Scrap, We're Risking our Selves out Here!!"

[Kursed]

"TRY THE LEG JOINTS!" KRystal  shouted to Regul whachting the Sheild meter drop rapidly.

Lupe finnaly found a charge on her belt  and attached it to the knee joint of the mech she had been 'riding' before dropping to the snow hoping the charge would disable the mech when it blew in about 10 seconds from being attached.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

After Lupe placed the charge onto the mech's leg and leapt off, it soon exploded, causing the mech's joints in the leg to disable and go limp.  Now, the mech let out a loud groan, rotating it's massive head down to it's leg and back up to Lupe -- it's gatling gun barrels whirling to life.

Marcus looked to Scott, "There's your answer."  He then looked back in the direction of the platoon, bringing up his arm communicator, "ALL UNITS!!!  FOCUS YOUR FIRE ON THOSE F***ING THINGS' LEGS!!!"

After the order was initiated, gunfire soon erupted around the mechs' legs and Regul aimed her turret at the Mech's joints, trying to blow one of the joints off.  Suddenly, the shielding on the hog depleted and several rounds zipped passed Regul, and a few cutting her suit and skin.  She grunted a little bit as one cut across her cheek and she shielded herself behind the turret as much as she could.

[Scott7]

"Damn...." He muttured under his breath, finding the Action Lupe had made pretty impressive...

He then looked down to his Sword, Fidning it really the only thing he could at that point. He Gripped both of his hands over the on the hilt of the blade and brought it close to his forhead...

It was alot weaker then usual, But the blade started to emit a bit of Infernal energy and after a while it ignited. But Quickly went out with the Heavy winds around him...

[Kursed]

Lupe tried to Roll under the mech that was aiming at her hoping it wouldn't be able to shoot at her.

Krystal sawthe hogs sheilds fall they where unable to  recharge due tothe constant Fire "Regul Time to Activate Personal shields!"'let's hope they work.'

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Regul clicked a button on her belt and her shielding flew over her body like a sihlouette.  Soon, the rounds from the mech were landing while a few were ricochetting off.  "KRYSTAL,"  she yelled to her, "I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY HIND IS GOING TO TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS!!!"

The mech standing over Lupe soon unleashed a volly of gatling gun rounds -- sound low and snow thumping in loud thuds in the snow -- and a line of rounds went around her.  Soon, it hopped slowly in her direction, roared low, and a hatch on each side of the cockpit slid open.  Suddenly, mounted rockets came up from the hatch and locked in place around the cockpit --  lasers sights zipping from side-to-side until coming down onto Lupe's body.

The mech that was shooting at the warthog soon stopped firing and rotated it's head towards the hills.  It turned and began to walk off towards it and it's large rocket pads on it's back sent a large continuous flame down at the snow, then lifted off the ground up onto the hill; it instantly transforming into a sihlouette and disappearing in the hills, leaving it's friendly mech to survive on it's own.

[Kursed]

"The hog is gone!"Krystal noted thehog barley moving  due to the damage.

"MARCUS!!!!!!!!!!!"lupe shouted  firing her battle rifle into the damaged Joint of the mech.

Krystal flew out of the driver seat of the hog activating her psionic sword as she Rushed to  the last  mech.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Hearing his name, everything slowed as he saw Lupe firing at the mech and it keeping it's sights onto her.  His vision soon switched over to Krystal running with her psionic sword towards the mech and everything soon fast forwarded to reality.  Tensing his expression, he launched from the snow into a full-out sprint towards Lupe and exchanging fire at the cockpit of the mech.  Suddenly, it's head rotated towards Marcus, gatling gun barrels whirling constantly and soon began blaring out a continuous stream of bullets at him.  As several zipped by him, cutting his skin by zipping so close to his body and ripping his suit from them passing through, he threw himself in front of Lupe, leaving a gap over his shoulder for her to fire from, as he got into a lower position in front of her as he fired unrelentingly.

Suddenly, his rifle jammed, causing him to curse to himself amidst the gunfire, and whip out his pistol.  He kept a his free hand on Lupe's hip -- which he hand behind his back -- to make sure she didn't lean or move in any direction around him as the path of the bullets were in a linear pattern around them.

[Kursed]

Lupe's gun fired two more shots before  the ammo display said it was  empty

Krystal Ran up  behind the mech slashing across it's legwith her sword as she jumped into the air  landing on her feet , crouching  down she hoped she had finsihed the  mech off

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Groaning, the mech stopped firing and collapsed sideways in the snow onto it's limp leg with in and eruption of snow that blew around and over Marcus and Lupe, plus any other platoon members close to it.

Marcus, pistol held out in front of him and letting go of Lupe's hip, placed both hands onto it as he slowly made his way around towards the cockpit of the mech -- aiming direction where the cockpit might have been at.

Detaching the straps over her body, Regul lept off the side of the hog and pulled out her machine pistol as she looked at her scrapes and cuts from the mech's rounds.  "Damn thing did a little number on me, but I'm sure I'll survive.  I've had worse."  She then looked over to the mech as she started to trudge through the snow and blend in with the platoon which had their sights trained on the mech.

[Kursed]

Krystal walked over to the remains of the mech looking over it "With the right equipment this could be salvaged and rebuilt." Krystal noted walking to the cockpit Sword still  active in case the pilot hadn't ejected or  and was still alive.

"Marcus you alright?" Lupe asked as  she put a new clip into  her gun.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

"SHH!"  he responded, raising a quick hand to Lupe as his ears perked up.  "You hear that...???"  As soon as he asked, a small red light inside the cockpit began to flash and a small light began to emit from the mech itself and a low tone began to rise in pitch as the snow around the mech began to move violently.

"....No....  SCATTER!!!"  Marcus said aloud, turning to the others and shoved Lupe over a thing of cover, and landing on top of her to shield her from the blast.

Suddenly, the mech began to moan as a bright light engulfed it.

[Scott7]

Seeing Regul and the platoon, His Visor was to catch sight of the Mech in the distance. It was blurry, but he was to make out its shape. But wasn't Equiped with the proper weapons to do any sort of damage to the Thing...

[Kursed]

"CRUD!!!!!!!!" Krystal yelled running away from the mech

Lupe followed Marcus  getting away from the self-destructing mech.

[Ris Grestar]

Meanwhile...

"Done yet?"

"Just about...It's difficult when they insist on moving...and screaming."

"Well hey," offered the blue-furred vulpine, "at least that tells us they're still alive."

"True."  After another quiet few minutes of work, the wolf got to his feet, slowly nodding.  "Alright, coordinates are down.  Now just to find a teleporting pad."

His blue eyes beginning to shine in determination, the fox nodded, gesturing for his companion to follow him as he turned around.  "I think I remember one down this way!"

'Well, that's better than what I've got...' he reasoned, briskly following after.  It was obvious that neither of them wanted to lose their pay.