Pretzel, Redwolf, Blackbear, Hooch and John all got in the elevator, decending down into the lower levels of the vault. The clinking of firebombs as Hooch shifted his footing, while John double checked the makeshift flamer.
"Let's hope the captian is still alright." Redwolf said.
"I just hope this isn't a body snatcher situation." Blackbear said.
"Whach ya mean by that?" Hooch asked.
"It means he's hoping there won't be plant pod clone of the captain who will try and infect us as well." Redwolf explained the reference.
"If I see big ass pods, I'm burning them." John announced.
Red wolf shakes his head "not until were sure that the captain is secured and safe. THEN you can burn this fucker to the ground for all I care."
As the door opened, they small team prepared to fight their way through the area. Finding it was clear, they slowly advanced, watching the motion tracker and corners. Slowly, as they got deeper into the lowest level of the vault, they picked up movement. Everyone picked a near by set of vents to aim at, as Hooch ignited the first of the firebombs that he waited to throw.
Each second ticked by, a heavy feeling hung on the air as the combined unit of the NCR and US military heard the movement of something crawling into the vents which now two sets of belt fed machineguns followed the sound. "I'm cool, I am cool, I am cool as fucking ice." Mumbled Blackbear as his knuckles turned white from how tight he held his M249.
Growls came from a vent near John. Aiming the makeshift flamethrower, the flames shot out and into the vent, turning the growl into a scream, before a roar of fire came through the vents, as if-"GAS! GAS! GAS!" Pretzel shouted as he pushed Red wolf away from a near vent as fire shot out from the vent, nearly burning the soldier's face off.
Red wolf cursed as he landed on his back and waited for the jet of fire to calm down before he asks, well more like demanded "what the hell was that!? First fucking plant monsters that take people and now a fire ball up my ass!?"
"The Ventilation system must be pulling the fumes from the upper levels and pulling it down here. They must be highly flammable. So, just...don't aim it into the vents with that flame thrower." Pretzel guessed.
Hooch looked around, before he heard a noise, before he took aim with his service rifle. Slowly stepping forward, he peaked around the corner, he spotted a giant mantis, and was able to shoot it, having it explode basically.
Red wolf just nods "good to know. Now let's get moving." Looking over to John he asks "where is the cap?"
John looked down at the motion tracker which was tracking their captured comrades IFF signals "ahead couple of meters. Coming from a room up ahead."
As they moved, carefully watching as they came to an intersection, and the door was opened, to reveal the Scarlet, injured, covered in scratch and bites, with an arm twisted and definitely disjoined, on the ground.
"Shit! Cap!" Exclaimed redwood as he rushes over to the downed form of their captain "her suits comprised and she's bleeding bad, we gotta get her back top side!"
John was already on the radio reporting the one of two missing team members, yet that still left one more unaccounted for.
"What about Four Eyes?" Pretzel asked, as he heard a growling coming down the halls.
Blackbear already had scarlet over his shoulders as he says towards their group "I'll back track the cap topside while you guys go find our other man and the doc."
