:: Checkpoint Bravo | Shotaka ::
Luckily for Kyan, Cho, and Dunn; Walker had been quick about getting them resupplied. A little more dramatic than he'd have liked, what with 1% remaining on his phaser rifle when the tow headed crewman came running back to their position, but nonetheless he had returned. And they were now beating back the melted half mechanical hordes with relative ease.
Of course nothing could ever be easy right? Then the gods and their silly sense of humor took over. A Maltov cocktail exploded close to Walker, catching the crewman's uniform ablaze and peppering him with glass shrapnel. The young crewman released his weapon and immediately fell to the pavement, screaming obscenities.
"Arhhhh sh*t!" he yelled, beating his pants leg to put the fire out. Unfortunately, the concoction that the Shotakans were using was something akin to napalm so Walker was simply fanning the flame.
"Use yer aid kit!" Kyan shouted. "There be a foire suppressor in there." He wanted to help, but moving off his position would mean the groups entire right side would be out of action, giving the Shotakans room to break through.
Walker was at least composed enough to follow his orders, but the damage was done. His mask was inoperable too, the visor having been shattered. "I can't see!" He called back. "My mask is broken!"
"Punch yer ticket then. Get back." Kyan called over, dropping a Shotakan in Walker's field of fire.
Walker replied quickly, panic etched into his voice. "I don't have it. I used to for resupply. What do I do?"
They'd only brought four of them, one for each of the security officers. "Oi'm comin tae ye. Sit toight." Kyan shouted back. Then..."Cho, increase yer field o foire. Dunn... shift tae yer roight!"
Two "aye sir's" later, Kyan saw Dunn drop into his new position closer to him, which was his cue to go. He picked up his blade off the pavement in front of him and made his way over to Walker, who was now struggling to take in breath.
"So...rry" he panted.
Kyan gave him a hard pat on the back. "Dinnae worry yerself." he replied jovially. "Ye did good out here so ye did. Cannae all of us stay fer th' whole of the party, the sadness of it." He took his own transponder off his sleeve and slapped it onto Walker's. "After ye've been looked to, be sure tae tell the grups in charge that we're still out here the now, dinnae let'em forget."
"K...." Walker mumbled as he nodded.
"Roight then.. off ye go." Kyan slapped the transponder, which then lit up and a few seconds, Walker was gone. Kyan took his place and set up his own rifle on the wall. The Shotakans were getting closer. The closest of them were now getting within a few meters of the wall before being dropped. He saw one laid out less than a meter away from Dunn's spot. It was simple math now, and eventually they would overtake the wall.
[Shotaka Surface]
Slowly beginning to think all was lost until she heard the unmistakable sound of phaser fire and without a word pulled Rixxy towards the sound knowing it had to be some of the Security team. Praying that they would see the both of them and not mistake them for someone else, making a waving gesture to get their attention until everything got to much with her existing injury and the others she sustained and collapsed into the welcoming darkness once more.
"Lieutenant!" Cho called out. "I think we have some of our people coming up behind the Shotakans. Can you see?"
Kyan squinted to see through the fogged up mask to where Cho was pointing. Sure enough, there was a humanoid woman out there waving, with what looked like two other people. They wouldn't last long out there if the Shotakans turned their attention to them, riled up like they were. Just as he was considering that issue however, another one came up. His com badge... near useless now having been exposed to the rain made a sickly chirping sound before their Medical Officer's voice came through.
=/\=Mac....zie, thi.......ack, we've sta... the evacu...n..... take about fifteen min... .
"Oh Morrigu ye scandalous ole bitch ye!" the little Only muttered before tapping the badge angrily.
Black, Mackenzie. Get the lead outta yer arse and hurry! You dinnae have fifteen minutes. You've maybe ten!
Of course even ten was generous. But just as he was about to curse another of his gods, an idea struck him. A quick look around was all it took to conclude that the idea was sound. Besides, they all had transponders anyway, so blowing up the entrance to the hospital complex wouldn't effect his getting back to the ship. Kyan grinned beneath his mask as he congratulated himself on a good plan.
"Ok, Dunn. Collapse the entrance way tae the hospital. That'll give the doctor types some more toime. After that, form up on me. We're gonna make a hole for whoever is back there behind the Shotakans!"
Dunn turned immediately, ratcheting up his rifle settings and beginning his work on the stone arch behind them. Cho maintained his fire as he inched closer to his friend's position.
Of course his communicator still had a bit of life left, and chirped again. This message was no better than the last.
"Commander Tritter to all crew, back to the Gibson immediately"
He angrily shot a few more Shotakans before tapping his badge to reply. Of course the rifle was on stun, but it was cathartic all the same.... sort of.
This be Mackenzie.
Negative. We're still keepin the natives away from the hospital. Starfleet people trapped behind Shotakan mob. We're gonna go get 'em. Will return after.
With that he hopped over the wall and started making a hole in the mob between himself and the people behind it. Cho took up position beside him on the left. Shortly thereafter the high pitched whine of Dunn's compression rifle stopped and the big archway behind them crumbled effectively cutting them off the the hospital, but also cutting the Shotakans off. They'd have to go around it now, which would take several minutes.
"Ahroit Boyos..." Kyan began as Dunn took position on his right. "Let's be about it. Stay toight. Oi'll 'ave em from ten tae two, Cho, six tae ten, an Dunn, you got two tae six. Saavy?"
"Yup."
"Aye."
"Move!" Kyan replied simply, stepping off. Cho stayed on his left about two steps behind, and Walker did likewise on his right. The Shotakans were still coming, and approaching though they were water and the Security team a sinking ship, to be swallowed. This tactic, if it was successful, would allow them to leave a path back to their position behind the wall if Dunn and Cho could keep it open.
Kyan stayed focussed on the mass of bodies in front of him, shooting the closet one each time. He heard a flash bang and the unmistakable hiss of a smoke canister on either side of him as his comrades worked to keep a distance between them and the angry mob. It took nearly a minute, but eventually the sea of screaming protesters parted enough for Kyan to make out the Starfleet crew. There were two female grups, and one was on the ground. She looked to be the worse for wear.
"Please help her!" Rixxy shouted to him, nearing hysteria.
"Aye that's why we're here the now lass, just hold it together for a wee second!" Kyan replied happily. People liked for their rescuers to be happy, so the grups at Starfleet Academy thought. "Ok... here's the plan. We're all gonna..." he began, realizing that he himself had no transponder. "Oh well gods dammit!" he yelled up to the gods. "Yer games be gettin old so they do!" he added, coming to a decision. "Ahroit. You who's still upright, Cho, and Dunn. Yer gonna hit yer transponders the now an go back tae the ship with this one who's laying here with 'er bits an pieces showin. And Oi, who gave up my own ticket to Walker will lure this lot away on foot."
"Sir you can't stay here by yourself!" Cho spoke up.
"An we cannae be wading through this mob carryin 'er now can we? It's up a river of stink on a small boat we are boyos and no mistake." Kyan replied. "An that was an order so it was, the which you
will follow."
"Sir Cho's right." Dunn began before beign cut off.
"Do loik i told ya!" Kyan piped up, peering up at his team. "I'm gonna lead them off tae give the doctor types some toime ye see? You will tell the Gibson that Oi'm out 'ere. They will transport me back. Make sure it 'appens, or Oi'll haunt yer wee grup arse an you'll never dip yer twig in another lady again without I'm there screwin it up for ye. Now GO!"
The two nodded, hitting their transponders. Rixxy did likewise, and Kyan reached down and hit Leana's, sending her back to the Gibson. Then he rose, facing the seething mass of Shotakans, who had paused briefly at the sight of the blue beams taking the others away.
"Ok you lot. Let's have a game of tag now eh?" he laughed. "And.... you're it!" he offered, shooting the nearest Shotakan with his hand phaser. He then turned and took off as fast as he could run away from the hospital.
And now he found himself in a familiar setting. Alone on a ruined planet, running from the very same pissed off grups that ruined it.
Feels loik Oi'm home again! he thought as he ran.