𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙻𝙳 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙳

An Intense Escape

The team sprinted their way through the town as they made their escape from the shipping docks. Snow had begun to heavily fall once more as the team made their way through alleyways and dark streets of the town, avoiding armored patrols of the militia as the raid on the shipping docks seemed to have put After Common Era on high alert and on the search for the perpetrators. Victor wipes his goggles as he ran, following behind his team. Reaching the end of an alleyway, Zeus throws up his fist as the team followed behind, standing at the corner of a building, and peeking around and checking if the coast was clear. After a few moments, he points his index and middle finger in front of him, sprinting across the street, the team following behind him.

"Damn. How much further till the hospital?" Dan asked as he ran behind Zeus and Volkov, adjusting the pack on his back.

"We still have a bit of ways, stay focused." Zeus answered as he runs onto the other side of the street and down the road, keeping an eye out for another alleyway to escape through. Before long, Zeus reaches an intersection of the streets and spots an alleyway on the other side. He spots it and guides the team across the intersection and towards the alley. As Victor followed behind, he notices beams of light reflecting off the snow in front of him. He quickly adverted his gaze, seeing headlights from way down the street. Wide eyed, he breaks into a sprint and enters the alleyway up catch up with his team.

The team makes it about halfway through the alley before the sight of an After Common Era truck stops before the other side of the alley. Zeus stops in his tracks.

"Shit. They might have pinpointed us." Zeus says.

"What are we going to do, captain?" Aiyanna asks.

"The only thing we can. Just wait for them to pass." Zeus answers. They stood in their place as the pitch blackness of the alleyway concealed their presence. Suddenly, a light on the front of the truck clicks on and slowly turns its beams to the alleyway.

"Fuck, get down!" Zeus says, making a break for an entryway of one of the buildings as Volkov and Daniel do the same. Victor and Aiyanna once again hide behind a dumpster as the beam falls down the alleyway. As moments continued to pass, the lights illuminated the alleyway. Aiyanna's ear flicks as she hears the sound of a magazine being loaded into a rifle.

"I think they know we are here..." She whispers to Victor, looking to him.

"What do we do?" Victor whispers.

Then, the sound of snow crunching underneath boots could be heard from down the alley. Victor removes his carbine strap from around his shoulder, letting out a slow sigh. The sound of boots continues to draw near. Then, on the opposite side of the alley, another After Common Era armored truck stops.

Zeus looked to the vehicle and throws up his eyebrows. "Fuck...they got us boxed in." Zeus whispers, leaning in to Volkov as he stood next to him in the entryway of the building.

"Sounds like we fight... what is the plan?" Volkov whispers.

Zeus ponders to himself for a moment. "Take this guy out. If a firefight breaks out, hold them off and we leapfrog back through the alley. We nab that truck behind us and use that light in front of us to our advantage." Zeus answers quietly. Volkov nods to him.

Although the anthros of the team could hear Zeus due to their enhanced hearing, Victor couldn't. Assuming this, Aiyanna leaned into Victor's ear. "We fight our way back through the alley and grab that vehicle."

Victor nods, reaching around to a side pocket of his pack and takes out a magazine for his carbine.

The sound of boots continued to approach the team, reaching closer and closer. Eventually, a militia man begins to pass by the team, holding an M16 in his hands.