9 Corporation Dilemma 4

Not that bright when it comes to a dangerous situation. Aliens that looked like spiders shot us with web bullets that were strong enough to put a hole in our body. Power armor meters were off the charts and the number of bullets that I was firing surprised me. My light machine gun roared wildly as we run through the halls. Enemies on the left flank kept on appearing while making spider-like noises. Blood from the aliens was being filtered by the mask that was on my face.

Captain shot at the enemy with surgical precision. Katia and Olga worked timely and were able to hold the enemies along with the support of Henry Jims. We're still on the beginning but the resistance we were meeting was too intense already. My light machine gun roared as the brass bullets eject from the chambers.

"Attack and Fire!" shouted Henry Jims. Copied that and followed Henry Jims through the right flank of the area. Katia and Olga supported each other's back and spun as they fire with accuracy. The captain led me to the entrance as I then poured the led on the aliens.

"Cover us Nix!" patted the twins. Couldn't feel them because of the power armor, they issued a war cry as they try to move from cover to cover. Poured lead on the enemy until they were filled with bloody holes. Quite the messy sight to see how the bullet bleeds them to death, the laser rifles usually blasts a hole through the flesh while at the same time the flesh gets cauterized.

The twins managed to get into position. They gave me to cover as I hurry towards their position. Captain sidled towards me and cooled her laser rifle. Henry Jims opened fire at the enemies above that were wall-crawling. An alien blasted the ground near Henry Jims. He got pummeled into a wall. Katia and Olga were pinned down. Captain tried to help but the enemy rushed at us.

Saving Henry Jims wasn't really necessary. I could leave him alone but the Captain gawked at me. Didn't have a choice so I sprinted towards Henry Jims and pulled him away before the spiders could tear him apart into tiny pieces, he looked thankful at least.

"Thanks," said Henry Jims

Didn't bother to reply to Henry Jims, I just crouch and fired at the enemy. Took down four spiders and put bullet holes on the freak that was crawling above the ceiling. The monster made a splat sound as it fell down on the metal floor, spreading some blood.

Captain patted my shoulder as she leads us into a passageway. Henry Jims covered us, Katia and Olga retreated and in turn covered Henry Jims. I went to the control panel, there were three buttons, I pushed the red one and flicked the switch to off.

The door sounded out. An alarm was triggered as the lights went red while making noise. The noise attracted a lot of attention and I had to keep the spiders away while emptying my light machine gun. I didn't have any more ammo for it after constant use so I threw it on one of the spiders and shot another with my laser rifle. The door clangs loudly as it closed.

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Henry Jims fell down with a thud. I took out a medical kit and stab him with a nanomachines injection. The rejuvenator can regenerate him enough to function. It would have been better to leave him alone but seeing the horde made me think otherwise. There were way too many enemies.

It would be too much if we lose Henry Jims. Keeping him alive for an extra two pairs of hands was necessary. He looked glad and it was better to make friends than enemies. Not to mention the price of a gunship and interceptor is rather hefty. Getting an extra and selling it off for huge profits would do us good.

"Thanks," he said with a pained expression.

"What's the plan?"

"Run and Gun," Captain readily said. She cocked her laser rifle and started towards the control panel.

Katia and Olga nodded their heads and joined the Captain. I looked at Henry Jims. He had a queer expression as he looked at the girls who were ready to go to battle again. The steel door that separates us from the other aliens weren't tough enough to endure the assault of a hundred alien freaks ramming it.

"The girls of these days are really driven."

"Blame the nanomachines and enchantments of the human genome, mate."

I pulled the lever of my laser rifle. It issued smoke and the cooling system made a huffing sound. I offered my left hand to Henry Jims. Henry Jims accepted my hand and he reloaded his anti-material rifles with explosive rounds. Usually handling an anti-material rifle would shatter arms. But Henry Jims has grafted metal on his arms. They are called shock dampeners and that allows him to withstand the recoil of the anti-material rifle.

Laser rifles have little to none recoil because there's no explosive force that propels the laser. Most men rely on the laser rifles since they can travel fast and kill as fast. Most of the laser rifles haven't been updated ever since their first production. There are various mod and patterns out there that make them different. I have the regular type-1 soldier pattern which is good enough to take down the aliens that are awaiting us in the next room.

We stacked up on the door. Captain controlled the control panel and manipulated it. The door started to ring loudly. The door released smoke and the slowly opening door made us stiff and ready. It was slow and when it cleared I saw hundreds of aliens partaking in human flesh. Each and every single one of the freaks was consuming humans that were piled up like dog food. Colonizers and spacers and even small kids that are barely five were getting torn apart as they scream. All I could remember after seeing such scene was cold tranquil fury.

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I couldn't care less about adults dying. Never have a problem seeing men and women die. But like the hypocrite that I am, I couldn't stand the deaths of the little kids. So I acted like a reckless fool and open fired on the alien freaks like a madman.

I had many grenades so I used them. Captain and the others were covering me as I did. We already engaged the enemy so there was no need to pretend that they won't be killing us. The alien horde covered my eyes. If it weren't for our laser rifles and the anti-material rifle with explosives rounds, we would have died faster.

Saving the kids was a pipe dream. They were surrounded and charging towards them would mean suicide. I felt like I was given a choice between committing suicide or just kill the kids. I choose the former and I threw a grenade right under the alien freaks and lobbed another one for the kids.

I could hear them scream as they die. Not even the anti-material rifle could muffle the sound of their anguish and despair. It was like a rain of blood and organs as they explode. The grenade took down a group of aliens but that wasn't enough. It was never enough so we could only run to the hallways and sprint to the hangars where the gunships are.

Along the way we encountered trouble. Henry Jims almost got eaten when he got pinned down. Katia and Olga helped him out. I was thrown aside by an alien and almost got my stomach gutted if it weren't for the Captain saving my skin at the right moment. Katia and Olga almost got their upper body blown apart when an alien charged at them with the web shooters.

Finding cover was hard. Sometimes we would have to hug the wall and throw the grenades to the advancing enemies. We started to leave a trail of dead aliens. I looked back. There were corpses and blood, making a trail. I spun forward and entered the hallway leading to the hanger. Just in case I rigged the airlocks to be closed. I also rigged a tripwire that would detonate the plasma satchels to the position where the enemy would try to possibly ram.

There were still minor aliens around the hangar. There were four gunships and one interceptor ship. The other two would belong to Henry Jims and Katia and Olga. The other gunship would be taken by us along with the interceptor ship. They didn't argue with us oddly. I thought they would press us but knowing that they'd be able to split the profit for the spare gunship. They didn't think much about the problem and just started clearing the hangars for any problems. The control towers were still intact. There were spare parts around and since we are technically robbing them we took the parts and loaded them to our gunships.

The door far from us pounded. An explosion happened as we readied the ships. Captain knew how to operate the gunship so I just followed what she did and imitated her. She taught me how to operate the steering and weapon controls while she would handle the flight controls. All I had to was steer the ship while she adjusts the flight controls to make it easier for me.

The door broke. Hordes of aliens numbering hundreds or even thousands started to charge at us. There was no time to open the hangar doors so blasted them open and flew while dragging the spare gunship. Henry Jims and the Twins carried the gunship while we open fire on the aliens.

I pushed the fire buttons and gunned down the alien freaks. They were torn apart by the sheer continuous shots of the Gatling Laser. The alien freaks have the ability to breathe for quite a while outside of space but that didn't do anything other than making them an easy target for us.

I was wrapped in a tranquil fury that I maliciously fired at the corpses of the enemy. It took a pat on my shoulder to calm me down. Captain already took her helmet off and told me, "Calm down Nix."

Her voice was enough for me to take a deep breath and take control of my head. Henry Jims and Katia and Olga were already far from the range of the enemies so we also slid through space and followed them. I thought that I'd be over since we got out of the place.

But suddenly the surrounding space distorted and a Corporation fleet numbering hundreds appeared through warp travel. The capital ship Belford owned by Commander Charlotte appeared. It didn't take them long to detect the ships that we were using.

"Oh my, to think that you two still be alive?" the screen opened as the beautiful woman named Charlotte appeared before our eyes. She has ocean-blue eyes and her hair was golden and fluffy. She wore a coquettish smile as she playfully twirls her golden hair. "I expected two newcomers to die. But to think that not only you two survive the alien infestation, you also brought Henry Jims and the Twins. Hmm, I guess Captain Regina lives up to her name."

"What do you want?" said the Captain.

"Nothing much, you can take the gunships but you'll need to work for us. We can give you missions that would earn you two enough credits to maintain your ships. Not to mention that we have to open fire if you decided to refuse. Those ships belong to us and we cannot allow ourselves to lose profit. So take this as an investment. So?"

It was obvious that she wasn't taking 'no' for an answer. Captain understood that declining was a bad option so she agreed on working for them.

"Wonderful!" said Commander Charlotte. "It is the Corporation's please to work with you two. Now, shall we destroy the alien hive?"

Another image appeared on the screen. It was a cone-shaped bio-ship that attacked grafted to the stadium-size ship. There was one clear order for us. Purge.