Siege of Terra (The Mavrik Woods Series, Book 1) by Robin MacMillan Read Free Book Online Page A

wide blackout, in order to do that we have to completely get rid of the power generatorss.”
    “So you are trying to hack into the system mainframe and shut off all the generators?” I was surprised at the one hostage that was talking.
    “Not exactly, I mentioned before we plan on getting rid of them completely.”
    “You’re planning on blowing it up?” Another civilian says, completely horrified.
    “Correct. In fact, we have already put a plan in place that will make thiss building blow up, and it sshould be going off anytime now.
    I feel a tap on my shoulder plates, snapping my attention from the aliens to the Sargent.
    “Colonel I can’t shut down the power; they have managed to hack into the power main frame. They said that they were going to blow up the building; well they didn’t bring any explosives. The building is the bomb. The Generators are planned to go off within the next ten minutes. We need to get out of here now!”
    “No, we can’t leave them behind.”
    “But Sir, we have orders to return with that Intel.”
    “And we will return with that Intel, along with all those civilians.”
    “Captain, pick your targets, make sure we leave one only wounded, I have a couple questions for him.”
    “Got it, the four left ones are mine.”
    “Sargent, do the same.”
    “Ok, well the four right ones are mine.”
    “Ok, the rest are mine. Fire when I fire boys.”
    I line up the sights of my gun to the first targets shoulder. Only wanting to wound him. I squeeze the trigger. Before I even watch the first target go down I’m already on my second, this time aiming for the head. One shot one kill, I move to the third target, which it’s scrambling around, trying to find the whereabouts of the mysterious shooters. I fire another shot, taking it in the leg. It dropped to the ground, howling in pain, only to be silenced a second later with a shot to the head.
    I hear a scream go through the intercom, I search through my HUD for the biometric scanning’s of my squad mates.
    Major Lorid’s icon is red with a ‘terminated’ sign directly under it. T-Raves readings show that his heart rate is irregular, but that was probably only the adrenaline rush you get into the heat of battle. However Sargent Tereins readings showed that he is bleeding out.
    I spin around to see an alien crouching over the Sargent, staring into the black eyes of the helmet.
    “Tell me human, how many of you are there?” It says.
    “That doesn’t matter anymore,” I say, projecting my voice to the outside world, pulling the trigger and firing off multiple shots, ripping right through the neck of the alien.
    “Man down! Sargent, can you hear me?” I say, running over to the motionless body.
    The Sargent is slumped up against a wall in a fast growing pool of blood. His own and the aliens mixing together to form an irregular hue.
    I unseal his helmet, only to reveal eyes staring past me, unfocused and unwavering, staring into nothing.
    “Is he gone?” T-Rave asks, now unoccupied seeing as he finished his four targets only seconds after my own.
    I check once more at the biometrics in my helmet, pulling up the statistics for the Sargent. I read through them quickly, there was no hope for the Sargent. Even if we do manage to get him the actual medical assistance he would still be lost.
    “Yeah, he’s gone,” I say, reaching my hand to his neck to retrieve the dog tags, “good-bye Sargent,” I bow my head in respect.
    The civilians had done the smart thing at the start of the battle; they had just stopped and dropped to the ground, making them less likely a target for stray rifle fire.
    “You ssee? You are not invincible human, your kind thinkss you are, but you fail to realize that all living thingss die.” The wounded alien gurgles out. I had completely forgotten about it.
    “You aren’t either,” I say to it from across the room, pointing at its stomach wound, “and when have we ever said that?” I ask