Old Guard

The Great E̶v̶a̶c̶u̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ Sacrifice

"Hurry! Before another waves of those damn things come in!" A Construct shouted as another Construct carrying a severely wounded Construct nearly fell but was caught "Easy there soldier" A man wearing a poncho  lifted him up despite the difficulty given that he was human 

"Thanks commandant" The Construct said limping with another around his arm "Thank me when we get to extraction" The man said as the wounded supported the severely wounded the best they could "We've got contact!" A construct shouted alerting the others as they began without hesitating fire their rifles at what used to be other constructs or other machinery infected by the virus "Hurry! We don't have enough ammunition to hold off this wave!" A Construct shouted in desperation as they slowly backed peddled maintaining a perimeter around the severely wounded

"We've passed checkpoint 1..." The commandant said fatigued "This is Commandant Outis I'm currently retreating with the remaining Guard 404 platoon we need Evac!" Outis shouted through the communicator but was only met with a buzzing "We're not getting through. Fall back! Fall back! Grab any remaining ammo quickl I need someone to seal the entrance gate Asap it should buy us some time!" the Commandant shouted with desperation as the wounded constructs ransacked what they could 

"Commandant we have incoming from behind us within an estimated 15 minutes and less than 5 hours to reach the appointed evac zone and with the wounded we're bringing with us it will take much longer to reach the appointed evac zone within the allotted time" The Construct informed "How much time would we have left to get our guys on board by the time we arrive with the wounded" The commandant asked as the construct responded hesitantly "5 hours or less" The construct answered as he began to think quickly "Can we still radio Babylonia?" he  asked "Not with this interference" The construct answered 

"Sir... are you positive we can all make it?" The construct asked as everyone around him can be considered brothers and sisters at this point with the amount of hell they've all been through causing him to clutch the rosary on his neck "We will I promise... No it's a promise made by those who stayed behind for the rest of us" The Commandant said giving the construct his answer "Prepare to move out!" The commandant shouted as those who were still standing grabbed whatever remaining weapons they had and exited the outpost with haste

 "Blow it!" The construct shouted pressing down on the detonator blowing up a faulty building blocking off the street to cover there retreat as they cut through an alley to save some time as the sound of screeching didn't sound so far off "Shit they're catching up" A severely injured construct said "Save your breath mate we've got the commandant here still and he's got a solid plan" said the construct carrying her "I wish my legs weren't so jank." The female construct said "It's not your fault. You did your best to fight and that's all that matters" The supporting construct said 

"The commandant looks exhausted" A construct on the stretcher said "Well would you want to give him your spot on the stretcher?" A sarcastic construct asked "I would but if I didn't have a badly damaged torso then yeah" She answered seriously "I was being sarcastic" The construct said 

"We've reached the second outpost" The constructs rushed in and sealed the gate before looking for supplies as the Commandant attempted to connect to Babylonia "This is the Commandant of Guard platoon 404, we're in need of immediate evac..." The commandant hoped for a response but received none "Schnider, what's our current status?" The commandant called out to a construct handing his portion of ammunition over before approaching the Commandant "Not in a good spot we're low on ammunition and manpower but all of us are with you till the very end sir" Schnider said "And what of your unit Schnider?" Outis asked the construct "...They stayed behind with the other half. Sir." Schnider answered "I see... get cooper to try and connect to Babylonia while we continue moving to the final outpost" The commandant said as Schnider lifted his broken arm to salute and relay orders