Solar Warden

The drill Part 96

Knight targeted with the microwave rifle the Gray. The prisoners were already out of sight.

"Hold position!" Knight ordered and fired. Nothing happened. Knight set the microwave rifle to maximum.

"Well, then the other way," said the Gray, turned and walked away into the darkness.

Knight fired again. Still nothing. He activated the IR sight support. The Gray was too soon out of sight for him to switch weapons.

"Fire at the Gray no matter what," Knight said and also radioed registering now the connection lost icon on his display. The others who could hear it fired. Then the Gray was out of sight. A strange metallic noise like steps were to hear.

"Check the lift and prepare to fire," Knight ordered. "Energy weapons too maximum!"

"Riley check the lift," Pearce ordered.

Knight also went back to cover. A huge mechanic machine appeared. It had a height close to four meter. With legs and arms it looked like a huge robot. It was probably made with this titan alloy and seemed massive against the armor suit they had encountered. On the right arm there was something starting to spin. It looked like a Gatling gun around the metallic arm. In the middle of it there was a simpler hand like mechanism which was also on the other side. It had three finger like grabs. The robot, or was there someone in the middle part, stopped.

The main structure had enough space to house a Gray. Maybe even one of the reptilian. But that was more unlikely. Exactly Knight could not determine it. He targeted at the middle to probably hit the one inside or at least the electronics.

"Prepare to fire!" Knight shouted.

The right arm of the machine was rising.

"Fire!" Knight pulled the trigger and shot at it.

Other shots followed. The plasma of the alien rifles spread out before the machine and vanished slowly with some fluctuations. It looked like there was a shield. Bullets bounced off the metal and some sparkles were to see. The Barretts shot with also no effect as well as a grenade.

Now the arm was pointing in Knight's direction.

"Cover!" Knight shouted and dropped his gun jumping to the side.

A lot of plasma bolts headed into his direction and then to the position of the others. Everyone were in cover now. The other side was still firing without seemingly damaging it.

"Anderson shoot at the top. We need a holes to get rocks down!" Pearce ordered him.

Riley was coming back with no success. "The lift does not respond."

"Ok. See were Anderson is shooting. So when the battle armor is coming closer, I want you to shot at the holes with the grenade launcher when I order you," Pearce informed him.

The machine was now firing some shots to the other side then it walked forward near Knight's position.

"Prepare to fall back if possible," Knight shouted which had now his HK ready.

Anderson was finished with the shooting at the top.

"Blair, grenade to the top when I order it," Pearce shouted to him.

Then they fired at the machine while it came closer. As it went closer to the holes Anderson shot, both with the grenade launcher were looking to Pearce now.

"Now!" he shouted and pointed up while still the others fired with all they had at the thing.

The pointing Blair could notice and joined Riley shooting up.