The Battle For Cyclops: A Xander Cain Novel by P.W Hillard

Author:P.W Hillard [Hillard, P.W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

A clang rang out as a round hit the black paint of an advancing mechsuit. The shot bounced off, crashing into the ice nearby and sending white shards into the air. The gleam of metal was visible on the mech where the shell had skipped off its sloped plates, scratching away the black. It returned fire, launching a burst towards its opponent. The machine was still trying to find its footing after the impact and the shots went wide, thudding into the nearby glacier. Smoke and fire swirled around it, the burning fuel from the crashed dropships fighting valiantly against the cold.

“They’re getting better!” Alexi said, ducking behind the wall, his armour scraping against the concrete in a shower of sparks. “These ones might actually hit us.”

“Are they getting better or are you just getting worse?” Anya was firing over the wall with her shoulder-mounted cannon, making the most of her new weapon. It had already claimed one of the Black Rose mechs as they raced across the ice, evening the numbers on both sides.

“Maybe both?” The magazine dropped from Alexi’s weapon and he slapped another into the now empty slot.

“You take the left, I take the right?” Anya said, shots still spitting out of her cannon.

“Our right or their right?”

“Ours? Why would it be theirs?”

Alexi tucked his weapon to his shoulder, readying himself to fight. “Just checking.” He opened a panel on his leg revealing the magazines contained inside. Nestled next to them were brick shaped objects. Alexi pulled one free and pushed it against the wall, the brick flattening like clay as it stuck. He placed on another, before backing away from the wall. Anya followed him, taking a few steps back. “Ready?” Alexi said.

“Always.” The head unit of Anya’s mech nodded as it translated her instinctive impulse.

Alexi sent the radio command to the bricks, the plastic explosive blasting outwards and shattering the concrete forming a new breach. Dust and stone filled the air, the already damaged wall fragmenting instantly.

The two mercenaries stormed through, Anya taking the lead in her heavier suit. She stepped to the left as she passed through, snapping off shots with her shoulder cannon. The dust from the explosion covered her camera, obscuring her view, but Anya fired anyway. She knew the enemy would be on the back foot, the inexperienced riders not expecting the two mercs to blow a hole in the wall defending them. Anya unleashed a burst at a shadow moving in the dust and heard the satisfying noise of rounds connecting with armour, followed by the flash of a secondary explosion.

“How’s it going on your side, Alexi?”

“It’s…going.” There was the clang of metal hitting metal as Alexi swung his arm, batting away the QT’s weapon, a shot thudding into the ground. There had been a few missed shots in the dust as the mercenary and terrorist had moved towards each other. Now they were face to face, each wrestling to get an angle on each other.

Alexi felt his opponent place their hand on his weapon, mirroring his tactics.

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