Schism by Brian Dorsey

Author:Brian Dorsey [Dorsey, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountaineer West Productions
Published: 2017-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Stone exhaled heavily, his back pressed against the exterior wall of the Council Hall as bullets whizzed past him.

He looked at his watch. “Damn it,” he cursed as he looked up to Martin who was leaning against the opposite side of the entrance. “Get Orion.”

“Roger,” replied Martin, activating her link. “Orion, get your ass over to this side,” she ordered as bullets ricocheted off the brick wall behind her. She pivoted and fired a burst into the entrance to the Hall. “We need—” She swung her rifle toward the walkway above her and fired. “Shara, the walkway,” she ordered as an enemy soldier fell to the ground. She activated the comms link again. “We can’t make entry. We need your guns.”

‘On the way,’ came Orion’s reply.

“I’m in route too,” added Katalya. ‘”My team is in.”

Martin looked toward Stone. “We’ve got to get in there; our timeline’s already fucked.”

‘Get clear and get your head’s down,’ came Orion’s voice.

“Back over the wall!” ordered Stone, pushing himself from the exterior wall and leaping over the brick wall a few meters from the main building.

Hitting the ground with a grunt, he looked up to see Martin and Shara on his side of the wall. “We’re—”

Stone’s voice was cut short as the gatling guns from Hydra II erupted.

Stone curled his body as the heavy baritone brrrrrrt of the guns drowned out everything. He looked up to see his companions doing the same as debris landed all around them.

After a few seconds, the rumble of the guns shifted to a high whine as the rotary guns began to spin down after Orion stopped firing.

‘Door’s open,’ reported Orion. ‘Really open.’

Stone peered over the wall.

Where the entrance to the Hall had been, there was now a hole large enough to drive a main hover tank through. Bodies of Humani were strewn through the debris.

‘You’re welcome,’ said Orion.

Stone saw Katalya leap from the elevated walkway onto the ground.

“They’ll all modified. The Dog Soldiers from the Venato.”

“How many?” asked Stone, his stomach tightening.

“A lot.”

Stone exhaled heavily. “Let’s go!” ordered Stone. “We’ve got some time to make up.”

***

On the other end of the building, Thay, Magnus, and Littledove moved quickly through the passageway toward the center of the Hall. Thay shifted his rifle from left to center, then right as the group crept toward the end of the passageway. As he reached the end, he saw a stairwell. “I’ll cover up,” he said to the others. “You two move to the first floor.”

Magnus and Littledove acknowledged with a nod.

Thay stepped into the vestibule and Magnus and Littledove rushed past him to the next level. He saw a flash of movement and fired.

A soldier fell from the platform above, landing at Thay’s feet as he centered his rifle on another rushing down the stairway and fired. “Go!” he shouted to Magnus and Littledove, noticing they had paused halfway down the stairway to the first floor. “I’ll cover you!” Thay shifted his body and fired again as another soldier leaned over the ledge above and fired.

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