The Barracks Under Fire
by EagleRock
Chapter 13 - A Leap of Faith
MetalDart crashed through the grate and landed onto the concrete floor about 10 feet below the air duct. As he touched down, he landed very hard on his legs. They buckled on him and he fell to the ground, dropping his Desert Eagle and his Scout. He didn't feel pain, but he knew that his body took a severe beating and he was reaching death.
Below him, DarkSoldier was still running into the warehouse, spraying his Para left and right. He kept running towards the back where he last saw Ramagi, hoping to find her behind the crates. As he crossed the length of the warehouse, he managed to not get hit and to reach the crates. As he released the trigger and ducked behind the crate, no one was there.
DaRk also started running in, trying to cover DarkSoldier's sacrificial run. As he ran in, Colt M4A1 in hand, he saw Dobio up on the ledge with a Scout aimed at DarkSoldier. DaRk shot at him with his Colt, and managed to draw attention away temporarily. He also drew the attention of Canas, who was crouched behind him in the shadows, behind a crate. One blast from his pump shotgun did DaRk in.
DarkSoldier knew that his distraction was gone and that Dobio would be aiming for him again. Before he could do so, he had trained his Para on Dobio's head. He was lucky that the Para, when shot in short bursts, was very accurate. As Dobio started to sight-up Dark, he pulled the Para's trigger.
It was empty.
MetalDart stirred after his fall and heard the quiet shot of the Steyr Scout crack through bone and skull. He knew that a soldier was down. He was dazed, so he didn't know how many soldiers he had left with him. He saw his Desert Eagle on the ground in front of him, and managed to grab it before Dobio turned his sniper rifle in his direction. Canas was also shooting at him from afar, using his dual Beretta Elites.
MetalDart, with all the energy he had, stumbled up from the ground and lunged towards the doors of the hostage room. He grabbed the handle, which made the door give in. He quickly scrambled into the room, spun around, and then slammed the door behind him.
He gave a temporary sigh of relief as he turned around to look at the hostages.
That gave him the split second he needed to see down the barrel of Ramagi's Desert Eagle as she shot him in the head.
As his body fell to the ground, Wade called the match. "The Counter-Terrorists have been defeated. Terrorists Win!"
The rest of the Barracks, in the computer room, were silent. EagleRock stood up, as if he was going to talk, but sat down again speechless.
"I don't believe how bad that went," said Slash. "I thought we'd have it that time."
"The plan was excellent," said Phantom. "I know that we had the environment against us, but I didn't expect us to get plastered that much."
"Excellent? It got all of them killed!" shouted Sentio.
"Yes, it was," replied Phantom, with a bit of anger in his tone. "Look, don't go blaming EagleRock about this one. I know it was the best chance we had at basically a suicide mission."
"Thank you," said EagleRock. "At least we took out 5 of the fuckers with us." Everyone kinda stood there, thinking about what he said. "Now look people, be pissed at me if you want. Just take out that anger on the battlefield. Please."
"I'm not gonna play around with motivational words," said Phantom, "but we need to take it to them. We have no way of getting out of this except for maybe getting at that door in dust. The only way we'll get them in the meantime is through their own game. So I don't care what you all think...I'm getting those assholes, whether I die or not."
"I'm going to lie down," said Slash. "If we have to take it to them, we need our rest."
"You could go jerk off in a sink for all I care," said Phantom. "Just realize that if we're gonna have any fucking chance, it has to be together."
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Phantom was a great leader in the Elite Guard. However, his form of leadership was very different. He didn't lead via charisma, like EagleRock or Sentio, but rather through his skills. Coming from mafia roots, his old skills of coercion, intimidation, and inducing submission in others were prevalent in his leadership tactics. That didn't chance his motives, however, as he was devoted to protecting the Portal and doing good. Barracks soldiers respected him because he was one of the best and definitely one of the most experienced, but were subject to his sarcastic style and anger-prone actions.
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Many rested that day, as they knew they'd need strength. By now, half of those held hostage in the quarantine were dead, leaving them with thirteen to fight. It was unknown how many moderators they would have to fight. However, it seemed as if it was a fight to the death, with death being the only way out.
As they congregated that evening, EagleRock did a bit to raise people's spirits.
