Chapter 30: Execution Pt II

The alarm rang not long after as I frantically dropped my air rifle, trading it for the more lethal assault rifle Jade then radioed in “What happened to no errors Benton?” I then responded, “You’re not compromised yet, only I am, continue the mission, this whole place needs to blow!” Jade reassured me she would be able to do it. I then muttered under my breathe “Right! Let’s fuck this bumhole!” I checked my weapons and ammo and to my dismay I counted 29 rounds in the assault rifle “Of course I have to count!” I muttered my handgun was also dry as that last magazine was a tad light, I had to stay focused, any missed shots would mean more chance of me getting caught with no ammo, that is if I couldn’t find a new weapon off of anyone else, I made my way into the belly of the building, navigating hallways and so on. Whilst I was finding my way around I radioed into the leader of the gunner crew “Have you spotted anyone slipping out of the base? Please respond!” I waited for a moment for a response, I then heard the radio crackle in violently “Struggling to read you in the weather, but we haven’t spotted any soldiers entering the base. Have you been compromised?” I swiftly responded “Yes, pop the spotting flares to make sure none are slipping away in the dark!” the response I got reassured me “Roger that, good luck Benton!” my next stop was to check on Jade. “Jade! Have you placed your charge yet?” during my wait for a response 2 soldiers rounded a corner I was about to, I coat hangered one of them with my off hand and shot the other in the chest with my firing hand, I then went back to two hands and shot the first guy. “It’s done, slipping out now, want me to circle back to you?” I responded with haste “No, get out while you can, inform the gunner teams that you will be slipping out, if you can’t get through pop your friendly purple flare that will let them know it’s you.” I heard Jade’s radio crackle in, but I had no response “Jade?” he then finally responded “I think I’ve been spotted, I’m pinned in a vent trying to hide but I think they know there’s two of us.” As I went to respond I heard footsteps appearing from the next hallway, I ducked into a nearby room in the hallway I stood in and of course with my luck the room had soldiers searching it, I tossed a smoke grenade before they could react to me and turned on the thermal on my helmet in order to track their movements in the room. I executed the first one with my knife, piercing the gap in their body armour on their neck taking him down with ease, it then drew his side arm and shot the two other guards who were reacting to the debacle going on next them. The only problem with that it caused the guards who I was trying to avoid to enter the room, but thankfully it was still clustered with smoke giving me the advantage. I decided to hit the deck and remain hidden for a moment before slicing one soldiers leg and rolling over to fire the sidearm I took earlier through the other guard in the room, the guards leg I slashed was well on the ground in pain at this point, I then turned my barrel to him and fired a bullet straight through his helmet. I got back onto the radio “Jade, sitrep?” Jade thankfully responded immediately “Managed to get out, currently headed towards the exit, how are you travelling?” the response I went with sounded unsure and worried “I’m trying to get to the location of the final explosive, but with all the resistance I’m finding it quite difficult to make it there.” Jade sounded worried “Will you be able to do it?” I sighed before responding “I should do, I’m nearly there, after that I will join you on the outside.” The last message I heard from Jade was an enlightening one “Stay safe Benton, don’t die.” I then pocketed my radio and continued towards the centre of the building before getting a message over the loudspeaker that wasn’t the alarm, the voice was one that was too familiar, it was the commander, and his message was clear. “Benton, I know you’re the one in here killing my men, but I’m here to try and be transparent, I will give you the frequency of my radio and I will tell my men to stand down and we can have a chat.” He then read the channel he was on, I switched my radio to it and stated, “There is nothing you can say that will stop this from happening commander.” I then gave it a moment before getting a response “Stop what Benton?” I responded swiftly “You will not stop me from killing you, I’m coming for you and I won’t stop until your dead!” I then heard a sigh from the commander’s radio “I never wanted any of this, the pain, the hurt, none of you deserved what happened. But none of it would have happened had you kept out of my business, you and John pushed me into that corner.” A rage began to overwhelm me “Don’t say his fucking name cunt! You were being a fucking villain well before we busted you, organising the attack on the battle school, executing Emily was the breaking point, you did everyone dirty before that, don’t try and play that card!” the commander took a moment to respond “I’m not proud of what ha-“ I then interjected “No more talk, you’re a dead cunt, enjoy your last breaths fuckhead!” I then switched frequencies back to mine and Jades “Jade, have you made it out?” during Jade’s response I heard gunfire “No, I’m pinned down!” I was trying to map out an exit strategy whilst planting the last charge “Jade this may sound insane, but during our entry I noted blind spots in the compound where it wouldn’t hurt you If you hid in them, try and make your way to one of them and tell me when your in there.” Jade agreed to the plan “Where will you go?” I took a moment to think “I’ll join you soon, there’s one thing I’ve got to do, ill see you soon, take care, don’t die.” I then gathered my thoughts and constructed a plan, I was going to take out the commander before blowing this place to bits, I had to be sure he was dead. by my guess he would be in the centre room on the top floor with all the security, he would know I was coming, if anyone went to make a dash I would blow this whole place to fucking pieces. I worked my way through taking out soldier after soldier in my pursuit upstairs, nothing could stop me, even though I was alone I had the upper hand, taking out one target was always hard, as I could act independent of them and be faster with my planning, they also underestimated me being alone. I made it to the top floor and was immediately met with the largest resistance of the whole compound, on entry there were automated turrets and guards firing upon me, I ducked behind cover and managed to keep out of the way of the hailstorm of gunfire. I ran ideas through my head at a rapid pace in order to see if I could get out of this without being riddled to death, I filed through my left over equipment and found one more smoke grenade and an EMP “Eh, fuck it.” I threw both grenades in the radius of the floor, the EMP took out the entire floors electronics, that included my suit, I hit the ground with the excessive weight of the suit, during everyone’s freak out however I was able to slip it off and still take advantage of the situation. I gathered what I needed to as without the aid of my suit I couldn’t carry all of the larger equipment, I slipped out of cover under the shade of the smoke, my plan wasn’t to kill everyone in here, all I had to do was make it to the commanders room, but of course the soldiers forced my hand, as I heard gunfire whizzing past where I was hidden behind just a few moments ago, I felt my way through the blinding smoke, spotting enemies who were currently panicked by the uncertainty of the situation and taking them out with ease. By the time I was done the smoke had cleared and all that was left was me and certain fate…

I made sure all of my weapons were loaded and I had enough ammo, I wanted to leave nothing to chance. I went to open the door to obviously find it locked “No matter.” I muttered to myself picking up a shotgun from one of the dead soldiers and blowing the latches of the door, giving me easy access. The first thing I was met with was gunfire, I had no equipment left in order to get inside the easy way, I was going to have to do this the hard way. Once I heard him stop shooting whilst I was in cover I popped my shoulder out, he fired at it missing as it was such a small target, if I was correct he was using a handgun which held 18 rounds in its magazine so far he had fired about 12 of them, now would be my time to strike, I lunged into the room and used a table towards the front of it for cover, during my entry he fired another 5 rounds at me, all of them missing my narrowly. I then showed my gun in the air firing it in his direction, scaring him into firing his final bullet. After that I popped out drawing my handgun on him, “Nowhere to go now cunt!” the commander sighed and stood waiting for his fate. “Are you going to kill me?” I grinned “Your fucking damn right I am! Now kneel!” the commander looked confused “What?” I then gripped my gun harder and threatened him more “You heard what I said, kneel!” the commander resisted for a moment. “Don’t make me ask again!” the commander finally kneeled “Now, do you have any final words?” the commander thought for a moment “These will not be my last!” he then lurched forward and grabbed the detonator on my belt, I went to fire on him before he exclaimed “Don’t even think about it, I will detonate!” I had to play tactically here as Jade could still be in the death areas, I reached for my radio “Jade are you in the blind spot yet?” the commander stared at me “No, too much resistance, I can barely move!” once the commander heard that I saw a face I saw only once, it was the same face he made before executing Emily. I tried to cut him off “Don’t you fucking dare!” the commander grinned “Walk away and I won’t press this button.” I thought hard for a moment “I can’t let you do that, and if you seriously think taking an innocent life before nodding off is a good idea, because we will die in here, we are not in a blind spot, we are right in the thick of it.” The commander waited a moment for thought. “So be it!” he then hit the detonator switch “NO!” I then felt the whole place rumble and a huge bang engulf my ears, the whole building began to collapse within seconds, making both me and the commander fall along with it hitting the ground with significant force.

I laid on ground in throbbing pain, I then rolled over remembering that I had a royal piece of shit to finish off, I got to my feet and limped my way over to the commander who was still on the ground recovering from the fall, I then saw a lead pipe laying on the floor, I picked it up and made my way back to him as I saw him begin to get to his feet, I wacked him with the pipe right in the centre of his back sending him right back down to his knees, I then smacked his knees out forcing him to be laying down, I then rolled him over. “Goodnight you piece of fucking shit!” I then smashed his head in with the pipe over and over again until his head was just a pile of mush. “That’s what you get for killing my fucking friends, I hope there is somewhere more painful for you to go than here!” I then threw the pipe to the ground and limped my way out of the compound with my sidearm just in case any of the guards happened to be in a blind spot during the detonation. But it was a peaceful exit as I saw what was the organised structure of the compound reduced to little more than rubble, I popped my flare so that the gunners knew it was me exiting and after making it back to the head vehicle to go home the head gunner asked “Wasn’t their two of you?” I then for what I promised myself to be the last time of my life cried “There was, the bastard killed her.” The gunner said nothing as I got into the vehicle ready to put this life’s events behind me…