The assault seemed to be subsiding and the infected were falling back. Jacob sat up against a part of the broken wall and breathed heavily. Most of the other soldiers were doing the same, but some were not letting their guard down for a second. Smoke rose from all directions, and Jacob tilted his head back and laughed. Removing his helmet, he sat his weapon down and looked over the rest of the team. "We made it.. for now. Shannon, it's ok to come out now."
((His new model armor looks like the G.O.W. Cog armor btw))
Kat frowned and took a weary step away from him. "Well hun hat to break it to you but thats part of the job... You have three choices. 1. Stay here and sleep, 2. Go with us, or 3. I carry your sorry ass to where ever Shannon and Jacob are." She smiled faintly.
Shannon smiled and took the chance to take a quick drink. "Nah I'm good here. I can see all of you from this spot. Everything is fine for now, I'll tell you when I see something."
-INTRODUCING WRAITH-
"That's a good idea Shannon. Smart like your mom." Jacob quickly gave Nikholai the pat down and searched for blood or wounds. A hooded flying ceature came into view a long distance away but was not close enough to actually make out. Nikholai had come into the base, and the main gate had been sealed. Two infected came out of the alley to the east and opened fire with pistols. In the confusion, all the soldiers fired on the east. Before anyone could realize what was happening, some thirty infected attack from the west and a much larger force, probably in the hundreds, attack from the south. Jacob tried to order the soldiers into as tactical a position as he could. "Rek, Kat, Carlos! I need you all to find a sewer entrance, either you will walk until you find the base's basement or we will retreat to that position."
carlos got up, grumbling. "my squad is staying put. i could care less about where you go but my squad needs rest. we arent machines, though i'm betting that sci-labs is working on that now." he smirked, "just know that if you go out there alone, or even with rek, you wont have much cover." he turned back and sat against the wall, dozing off almost immediately.
(( oh sorry, was late.)) carlos jumped as the comm blared to life. instantly his training came back online. "kat move." he grabbed the weapons crate. his squad mate pulled up the mounted machine gun and the third guy got into position. they all burst out of the door towards a sewer hatch just on the street. carlos spotted the flying creature in the distance. they opened the hatch and dropped in the supplies just as some leapers armed with pistol jumped over the roof top. "kat, we need cover here!"
The Wraith was instanly on Jacob and Nikholai's position. They both opened fire but the creature was unaffected. A soldier from the base came up from behind the creature and slammed the butt of his gun into the skull of the Wraith, but it just turned and gripped him by the neck. "Fall back! You can't kill a wraith! Get in a building! He can't sustaina physical form out of the sun light!" The soldier in it's hand went lifeless and just hung there. Jacob opened fire while heading for the main base door.
Nikholai ran towards Jacob as fast as he could, but as three shots wrang out. Blood started to come from Nikholai's mouth as he stumbled forward. As he attempted to upright himself, he was hit twice again. This time he dropped to his knees. Removing his sidearm, he turned to face the Wraith and pulled the trigger. The wraith just moved ever forward. "Nik!" Jacob tried to reach him but a volley of gunfire stopped his movement. "No!" As the door closed in front of him, the sound of a pin being removed from a grenade could be heard. Then a few seconds of silence before an explosion.
Jacob beat against the door at the same time as the other infected. Screaming came from the wraith as it grew ever powerful. With a deep, angered breath, he stood and made his way to the basement, to find the main door. As he entered the darkened room, he fumbled around for a switch, but found the door first. Opening the door let a small amount of light into the room, but it was enough to see a figure. "Been a while. You've done surprisingly good tracking me down. Too good." Jacob turned around. "Why did you start this?" The figure steeped a little closer. "You think that wraith is mine? That thing killed my Wraith and most of my Seraphim.." The figure moved into the light and showed his identity to be Ben, wearing the same armor that Jacob was.
Kat nodded and stayed in the back, keeping an eye on the shadows behind them for any infected. "Be carefull guys."
Shannon frowned and watched the scene below before realising that no one had seen jacob since he made it back inside. She tapped her com as she grabbed another drink. "Hey Jacob are you ok down there?"