Kill Or Be Killed (H2OVANOSS)

chapter 4: your going home

"Calling for help, I see?~" Tyler flinched at the sound of the familiar voice and spun around.

"You!" he snarled in recognition at her icy blue eyes and vixen smirk. "Yes, Ty~ it's your old friend Kelly! Miss me?" Tyler's response was to pull out his gun and point it at her.

"Hey-there's no need for that~" He growled and pushed her. "What did you do with them?" Tyler demanded with a glare. She just giggled, tossing her ponytail to the side. "Oh, you know... the same thing we did to your sister~"

"Fuckin' bitch! I'm gonna shut that pretty mouth of yours once and for all!" He cocked his gun. The girl only smirked, grabbing her own. Tyler quickly dove for cover as she began firing and running simultaneously, avoiding his bullets.

"Now, Alex!" Kelly yelled. The man she'd called Alex took advantage of the chaos, bashing Marcel on the head with his gun's barrel and immediately rendering him unconscious. "Marcel!" Scotty cried. Kelly rolled her eyes at the sentiment and shot him in the foot. The now-wounded man let out a painful scream and collapsed to the ground. Tyler continued to open fire at her, but soon enough his gun started clicking.

"Of course it had to run out of ammo now!" he groaned.

A whirring sound overhead caused Tyler to glance up. He realized with widening eyes that it was a chopper hovering near the earth. "Fuck you, Kelly Rowland!" he cursed. Kelly grabbed ahold of Scotty, who was too afraid of being shot again to fight back, and threw him into the helicopter. Adam did the same to Marcel. Tyler ran, trying to stop them- but even if he did, what was he going to do? He had no ammo and had left his knife behind. So he skidded to a halt, watching with his heart in his throat as the two assailants climbed into their escape vehicle. As it began pulling up, away from the ground, Kelly leaned out and flashed Tyler a smirk.

"I'll tell the guys you said hello!" And with that, they were gone.
He couldn't save them. Tyler fell to his knees. "Fuck my life!" he screamed at the chopper's retreating silhouette, clawing at the earth stained crimson with Scotty's blood in distress.

"Tyler!" a voice cried out behind him. He turned to see Panda and the girls running towards him.

"What happened? We saw the chopper and came running! Where's Marcel and Scotty?" Christina asked, worried.

"Fucking Kelly took them!" Tyler shouted. Annie's eyes widened as she recognized the name. "The bitch that took Lui and Droidd!" Everyone fell silent. Tyler buried his head in his hands, flooded with shame.

"Don't beat yourself up over it, Ty," Anthony said, patting his distressed friend on the back sympathetically.
At that moment, a scrap of paper fluttered down from the sky and landed softly on the windblown earth.

"Ty, look," Annie murmured, handing him the paper. "A note?" Anthony wondered as they all crowded around Tyler. He opened it quickly.

It read,
"To the Freedom Fucking Fighters, or whatever you retards are called,
Black guy always dies first!
-Kelly Rowland ;)"

Tyler ground his teeth furiously, shaking and anger. With a scream of anger, he tore the paper to shreds and stomped it into the dirt. "You slut, Kelly!" he roared.

"Wildcat, report!" a voice crackled through Tyler's radio. He stared at it despairingly.

"I repeat: Wildcat! Report!" Tyler sighed and answered. There was no getting around it. "She took them, Evan, Kelly took them. Marcel and Scotty are gone."

"Hold on, hold on! What do you mean 'she took them'?" Vanoss growled. "It means she took them! Evan, she snatched them like a hawk snatches up a rabbit! They're gone!" Tyler spat. He knew he was being stupidly disrespectful, but he was too upset to care.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that. You're nothing but a soldier of the lowest rank, and I'm your superior! So learn your damn manners!" Tyler said nothing as his Lieutenant yelled at him. Vanoss's words echoed through his mind, hitting him like a slap to the face.

"You're nothing... you're nothing.... you're nothing...."

Tyler felt weak, shaky, like he was shot in the chest. "My apologies, Lieutenant... but, sir... we're in an exposed area at the moment... permission to move to a safer location?" he asked timidly. He heard Vanoss sigh and reply, "Permission granted. Make your way back to the middle group- all of you."

"Copy that, Lieutenant," Tyler said. He shoved his gun back into its holster and marched away stiffly, refusing to meet the stares of his comrades. He ignored every sound and kept his own eyes firmly planted on the road ahead of him.

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Delirious sat on the precipice of the ridge, staring absently at the orange and pink sky before him. "What a horrible and beautiful world we live in," murmured a voice behind him. He turned to see Tyler standing there.

"What're you doing here, Wildcat?"

"Oh, I saw you sitting here and wondered if you'd want to bake cookies with me," Wildcat said in an exaggeratedly sweet voice, then rolled his eyes. "What d'you think, idiot? The Commander wants to see you and Luke in his office."

Delirious closed his eyes and sighed. "What fo- actually, I'm not sure I want to know." He stood up, staring at Tyler.

"What are you looking at? They're waiting for you," Tyler snapped. The masked man just shook his head, murmuring quietly, "I'm sorry for your loss." Tyler was taken aback, but by the time he's steeled himself up to reply, it was too late. Delirious had already left.

Delirious's POV

As I walked into the Commander's office, I see the Lieutenant and Luke giving each other the death glare. "Um..." I mumbled, feeling uncomfortable as all eyes were fixed on me."Y-you called, Commander?" He smiled and nodded.

"Yes, take a seat, son," he said kindly. I did as told, staring at my lap as he continued. "I heard about the ambush. You boys all right?

"Some... some of us are, sir," I said.

"Marcel and Scotty were taken captive," Lieutenant specified. "Kelly Rowland and her team, am I correct?" the Commander asked.

"Yes, sir," agreed the Lieutenant. The Commander stood up. "Come, walk with me, all of you."

We all headed upstairs, towards his balcony. "They're executing civilians in no-man's-land," he explained.

"The recon group along with our scanners and drifters are searching for a way into the city."

"So how can we help?" Luke asked. There was no answer, and after a moment of silence, Lieutenant says uncertainly, "Dad?" My eyes widen in surprise- The commander is his father? What? The Commander sighs, looking up at us.

"Listen, boys... I've known all of you since you were younger- even you, Luke." We stand silently as he turns to look me in the eye. "You're the only ones I can trust." I feel a shiver go down my spine.

"Hey, look, whatever's going on, we're ready," the Lieutenant says. The Commander takes his eyes off of me to peer at his son. "All of you are going into the No-Man's-Land." The Lieutenant's eyes widen. "Wait, are you for real?"

"Of course I am. You won't be alone, though. You'll be with Brian and Brock." Vanoss groans and shrugs, so the Commander goes on. "We've been on the defensive for far too long. I'm sending you outside the wall." (metaphorically, not literally, people)

"Collect as much intel on the enemy as possible, and then get your asses back here."

I clear my throat. "So... where in the no-man's-land are we going?" The Commander shoots me a sympathetic glance. "Somewhere you know better than anyone else... you're going home."