1645 hrs Day Two Killrock Part 1.1

1645 hrs Day Two Killrock

1. The Tunnel

The advanced Scouts used the Toads to clear the passage followed by force. There were no bobby traps on the tunnels which helped them to made the needed advance. There was hardly any resistance and no explosives trap until they reached the chamber.

"Leader, we have rigged explosives here." Pete held back the squad when his unique inbuilt sensors picked up the traps. Pete Mundsen was not ordinary human; his mother was a Visian, an unique breed with the unique telepathy to picked up see some unusual views like the Helm visor can see thermal or infrared. Visian can see electromagnetic signals, and Draconian traps emits those signals.

"They have rigged the doorways." Pete took out the equipment from his back pack. Its a box to disrupt the signals. He calibrated and then re-routed the signals. The box buzzed off in a loud noise while Pete worked on the signals.

"They have double wired the damn thing. I need to work fast." Pete was working on the signals when Mira and Marc rushed out. They had on their PH450 and took aimed at the explosives switches. The succession of shots took out the controller on the boxes. It was a split second action but they got only two tunnel gateways while three others exploded. The last one did not blow up as scheduled.

Mira and Marc were blown back by the explosion but they would survived. The squads moved in and without hesitation select the tunnels at random before rushing in. They are on their own from now. Basilus checked on his sniper and noted that they are okay. He handed them their rifles and proceeded to join the General who was onto the Tunnel which leads to the Khun-Ta Dome.

 

2. Squad Ten

Leader Kino led his Squad of fifteen Rangers into the area where the briefing had said were the five Vampires. He was amazed at the numbers lined up there and prayed hard that no one would activate it. He told his squad to placed the explosives they had on them while the other squads went on their destinations.

"Leader, we ain't got enough explosives to cover all the Vampires." Squad Ranger Pierre; a tall man with a knack for fine wine. "We can rigged it up to bring the roof down. I think it may work."

Leader Kino approved the plan and they went to the end of the chamber. The Rangers checked the walls and looked for weak areas to lay the explosives. That was when they saw the hidden doorway. The Rangers try to force it open but it held on shut until Pierre placed a small explosive on it. That blew the door switch off, and the door was easier to open. When they opened the doorway, they were greeted by shots fired from a rotary guns. Four Rangers went down from the first volley.

"Damned!" Kino shouted out and grabbed two flash grenades to tossed it in. Other Rangers threw in fragment grenades as follow up. The second rounds of grenades quiet things down, and the Rangers rushed in. It was another chamber but there were the five dead Draconian that had manned the gun. There was a staircase behind the gunner, and it had collapsed when the grenades exploded. The hole in the ceiling opened to the setting sunlight. Kino was not taking chances of going up there.

"Pierre, let Command now of this. Then move back to the original chamber and plant those explosives." Kino looked at the collapsed staircase. He walked towards it. It could had been collapsed before this but that was one way to get out of this place. He can hear the guns and explosions; that means the battle had already began on the surface. Just as he heard the battle, a Draconian rappeled down while firing the rifle.

"Get back!" Kino shouted but he was caught in the fire by the Draconian. The Squad had retreated to the earlier chamber and slammed back the door.

"Move those crates here. We would block the doorway." Terry, was one of the Scouts who took over the command and directed his mates to sealed the doorway. He then looked at the Vampire Tank. He knew enough how to move the tank, so he climbed into the driver seat. He drove the front of the tank into the wall after moving the gun to the side. That sealed the doorway for now.

"We got to report back." Kino called on his comms. One of his Rangers came to him, and told him there was another tunnel. It was hidden by the crates.

"Get in there. We need to know more about this tunnel." Terry ordered the Squad. They forgot to plant those explosives.

 

3. Back to the Ruins.

Basilus went along the tunnel to come out at the Dome chamber and looked up at the surface hole. There was a few firefight but little resistance. There are five squads there now, but they are wary to go up. They can hear the fighting above at the lines, but here they are not sure of what awaits up there. Basilus motioned to Pete to throw the Toads over the hole and then the Rangers would climbed up. Pete threw the Toads with his enhanced strength and some of the Rangers threw up the hooks attached to the rope. They began to climb up while snipers took position to watch the edge.

Mira was the first to climbed up and immediately moved to the left side of the dome. Other Rangers followed suit and there was no Draconian there. They seem to concentrated on the front line. Two full squad were up there before General Manning climbed up.

"Set up the Eagles on the walls." General Manning gave out his orders as the Rangers moved out with their weapons. He took the comms that came for him. He turned to look at Basilus.

"Take your Squad and find me the Command Center. I would need their coordinates...." The General dropped down and gave out the warning to his troops. "Draconian on the walls!"

The Draconian troops started shooting at the Rangers. Four Rangers were hit by the Draconian before the others ran off the platform and seek their cover on the open ground. One Ranger had his Thor launcher out and fired it at the west wall. The missile crumbled the section of the wall while the others added in the firepower.

Mira took down one Draconian who had popped out the head too far out. Another Ranger had setup the Eagle and fired it point blank at the southern western wall. The missile crumble the whole wall, and the Draconian was pulling out. By then twelve Rangers were dead but they have a firebase now.

"Move the Eagles there." General Manning called on the Rangers manning the two Eagles to the open platform. "Move the Thor up there. I want them to frag the Draconian."