Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Look there. Tommy pointed at the edge of the hole with the muzzle of his gun. If it is hit by the plasma energy beam, the metal will be melted. He analyzed, If it is hit, the edge will be melted. Fell sideways and crowded together. The hole was made intentionally.

Good eyesight. John said, It seems we are not alone. I guess they are elite warriors wearing stealth suits. In order to stop us, they must have sent their most elite warriors. He opened another communication channel and said: Did you hear that? Captain Noble, how is the situation over there?

After a burst of static noise, Carter's voice came from the channel, with gunfire mixed in the background. Copy that, Master Chief, firefight underway. Repairs are going well.

The Master Chief explained some details to him and then opened another channel. Sergeant Johnson, report on the situation inside the flagship.

Avery's rough voice sounded on the channel. There are corpses everywhere here, Master Chief. My men and I are ready at the target location. The Covenant bastards can send their horses over here and we'll treat them to a turkey dinner!

Okay, Sergeant, be sure to hold the key points. The Master Chief immediately ordered the Blue Team: Get ready to fight, Blue Three, Blue Four, Blue Five - come out.

Understood, Will replied.

Anton came out of the troop carrier holding an arc welder, while Will and Lee carried several 3×3-meter shipboards. These things were like children's toys in their hands.

Fred and Will, you are responsible for the welding. John ordered. Anton, go to the top of the troop ship and watch the sentry. Lee, you stand at three o'clock, Tommy at nine o'clock. I am at six o'clock.

The blue confirmation light came on.

John helped Fred and Will put the ship's tiles into place. Will and Fred turned on the arc welder, and tiny metal shavings liquefied under the nozzle. Sparks danced around them like a swarm of fireflies flying across this desolate land.

We're in position, General, John reported. Estimated repair time is two minutes.

Understood, Chief, General Whitcomb replied. Ionization filled the channel with static. Say when you're done and tether yourself—we'll speed up in a second.

As you command, sir.

So far so good, just need to wait another minute or two. As Tommy thought this, a string of plasma beams with a radius of about five meters appeared out of nowhere, flew from the port side to the starboard side - and then disappeared again, leaving only a trembling space.

The communication channels were filled with white noise and the motion detectors were blurry. Six elite warriors with stealth suits were slowly - and a moment ago, unsuspectingly - crawling towards their position.

Enemy signal! John shouted.

They quickly dispersed, and Tommy crouched behind a raised titanium alloy deck and pulled the trigger. A burst of bullets hit the center of the chest of the nearest Elite warrior. Fire broke through its shields and tore through its armor, and it stumbled backward, rolling off the hull and into the bottomless void of fault space.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tommy saw the silent spray of sparks from the nozzle behind him.

The Master Chief glanced back: Fred and Will were still where they were, staring at the small beads formed by the melted alloy under the nozzle of the arc welder.

Fred seemed to read his mind and said, I need another twenty seconds, Master Chief.

The needle bullets fired by an elite soldier rained down on the bunker. Tommy immediately fired back, but the elite soldier turned on his stealth suit and then disappeared from sight.

Another plasma energy beam hissed close to the ship, thirty meters away from the port side. It was like a river of fire, like more than a dozen suns illuminating the surface of the Justice.

A piercing alarm sounded inside the helmet, and Tommy suddenly found that his energy shield had been baked down to only a quarter of its energy.

Tommy tried to focus on his eyes, but the unhealed wounds on his body began to disturb his nerves again.

Time passes minute by minute.

Okay, Chief, Fred called to him, I—

Come in! Polaski suddenly exclaimed on the communication channel.

Tommy looked towards the direction of the troop transport, and a third plasma beam suddenly emerged from the folds of the jump fault space. It flew past, only three meters away from the ship - its target was pointed directly at them.

His heart beat a few beats faster, and his scalp felt numb.

Blue Four, Blue Five, Blue Six, retreat! the Master Chief shouted in the channel.

Tommy dove toward the intersection of the troopship and the hull. Fred and Will were leaning on the deck. The Chief crouched down and jumped into the safe area below the troop carrier.

One second. Two seconds before Li and Anton entered the bottom of the troop transport ship.

Tommy looked up and saw Lee standing there firing back at the Elites, his helmet panel reflecting the muzzle flash. On the top of the troop transport, Anton stood up from behind the small shelter, and instinctively ducked down again, because at this time an elite soldier aimed at him and fired a series of plasma beams.

Suppressive fire! the Master Chief shouted, getting up and shooting at the looming elite soldiers.

Tommy cursed under his breath and pulled the trigger.

Bullets rained down on the elite warriors, and two aliens fell on the spot. Anton and Li flashed out from the protruding titanium alloy plate and rushed toward them one after another.

A blue light suddenly lit up from the breach in the ship's hull in the distance, followed by a deafening explosion.

what is that?

At this time, Anton had already rushed into the bottom of the troop transport, and Polaski was also late, her brows covered with beads of sweat.

Plasma explosives, Tommy frowned. The main pipeline cannot withstand a second explosion.

In order to prevent the explosives from exploding, they prepared to get up. Tommy's mind went blank, and there was only that blue light in his eyes.

Li was still some distance away from the bottom of the troop ship, and his footsteps suddenly stopped. Don't move, I'll go. As he said that, he started to turn around and ran towards the battlefield without any hesitation.

Lee! shouted the Master Chief.

Li's back coincided with that of an elite soldier. When the blue light was extinguished, the plasma beam also passed above the troop carrier, and the high temperature rushed down like a tide.

Blue-white light filled Tommy's vision, and he seemed to hear Polaski's scream, but he had no time to care. The released electric current is injected into the body and passes through the muscles and ligaments with a sizzling sound. Temperature sirens chirped and boiling shock-absorbing gel began to drain from the Mjolnir armor's emergency ducts.

Through his hazy eyes, Tommy saw several elite warriors turn into steam in a flash. Under the troop transport ship, the temperature of the Wushang Justice's hull increased sharply, glowing yellow, and slowly softened.

Then, the light and heat disappeared, and the fire dragged a comet-like tail towards the stern of the ship.

Tommy raised his neck, every muscle in his body screaming in agony. Li was nowhere to be seen. The troopship's hull was melted and twisted like a candle baked by a blowtorch.

His physiological monitoring alarms blared. Polaski was beyond recognition, the surface of her body was charred and black, and she was lifeless. Will, John, Anton and Fred lay beside him - dead or unconscious, he didn't know.

Feeling as if a thousand steel needles were piercing his body, he struggled to his feet and quickly connected their chains to the deck, then tied his own.

Tommy opened the comm channel. General, the pipe crack has been sealed!

Hang on, kid, General Whitcomb replied, This may be a rough road.

He coughed and felt a burst of air from his chest, and then fell to the deck, his vision falling into boundless darkness.