(eng) Nick S. Thomas - Battle Beyond Earth 04 by Invasion

(eng) Nick S. Thomas - Battle Beyond Earth 04 by Invasion

Author:Invasion [Invasion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter 8

Taylor coughed and spluttered as he tried to clear his lungs. He hadn't even had time to activate the mask on his helmet. He pushed down and forced himself onto his knees.

"Hey!"

He looked up to see this time it was Alita offering to help him up. He smiled, took hold of her arm, and she hauled him to his feet.

"I'm making a habit of this," he said.

"What? Getting saved by a lady or suicidal acts?"

He laughed, but he looked around to see the tip of the Morohtan tower just a few metres from where they stood. There was almost complete silence as everyone watched the debris settle and wait for the inevitable approach from the skies. A minute had passed with just a few shots being fired when they spotted the first wing of Alliance aircraft. Missiles launched from them in a furious salvo, and as the explosions erupted across the colony, cheers rang out from the two platoons.

"We did it," said Alita, but as he turned to face her, a bullet clipped her neck, and she dropped down to the ground. He rushed to her side. Blood was dripping down her neck.

"I'm hit," she whispered.

"Medic!" he boomed, "I need a medic, now!"

He looked closely at the wound. It had taken a chunk out of her neck but seemed to have missed her windpipe. He couldn't believe how lucky they had been. A few millimetres further over and she'd have been killed outright. The medic, Lorenzo scrambled to their side.

"Give me some room."

Alita tried to hold on to Taylor, but he had to let her go. He stood up, watching over her as the medic got to work. She was still reaching out for his hand, but he had to stay back. Taylor was shaking.

"You're gonna be just fine," said Lorenzo.

Taylor knew the medic would always say that to keep his patients calm, but in this case he believed him, but that didn't take the shock away. He had come so close to losing her.

"Colonel, we’ve got trouble!"

He could hear the sound of the alert and troops amassing on the main road in the direction they had come from.

"They know we're here, and they're coming for us," said Wallis.

"Jones, come in. This is Taylor."

"I’m kinda busy here," the response came. Gunfire was raging in the background.

Thank God, we have comms back, thought Taylor.

"Mission successful, but we have incoming enemy forces in significant strength."

"We have plenty of trouble of our own."

"Captain, I've got just two platoons here and a world of trouble coming our way."

"Two platoons?"

"That's all that got through."

"All right, head our way. We'll get to you. Jones out."

Taylor nodded in appreciation.

You never know. We may make it out yet.

"Right then, we have done what we needed to do here. Withdraw back to Jones' position."

He reached down, picked up Alita's rifle from the ground, and went back to her to gather her ammo. She looked relaxed and calm. The medic had sedated her somehow.

"We're moving out," he said, "Can she walk?"

"Damn right, I can," she replied as the Medic helped her to her feet.



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