Bleed, Patch, And Keep Moving - An Apex Legends Story

Chapter 22 - A Speedy Death

Octane's Point of View

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Once the countdown clock hit zero Octane yelled, "NON TERRAE PLUS ULTRA!" He then sped off to loot anything and everything that he could. Mirage laughed, "Yeah! Whatever he said!" They both quickly looted Repulsor before they headed towards Swaps to grab some loot and hopefully meet up with Bomb Squad in the Shattered Forest. This was the fastest that Mirage had ever looted and before he knew it they we headed towards the Shattered Forest.

Both Octane and Mirage were outfitted in level one armor, a level one helmet, and a level one backpack. They both managed to find ammo, syringes, and shield cells. As far as guns went Mirage was carrying a Hemlok and an R301. Octanefound an R99 and he was instantly satisfied with his discovery. Octane told Mirage that he liked the R99 because, "She's fast, like me." So it was no surprise that when Octane found a second R99 he picked it up and he was ready to go.

"Yo, Mirage. Why do they call it the Shattered forest?" As they approached the Shattered forest Octane thought it looked more like a burnt forest. All of the trees were black and pretty much burnt to the ground; in fact some of the tree remains were still smoldering and smoking. Mirage shrugged, "Someone told me the story once but I don't remember the whole thing. It used to be called the Glass Forest though." Octane shrugged and pointed as he saw two figures running through the Shattered Forest. Mirage nodded, "Bomb Squad."

Octane threw down his jump pad as he used a stim filled syringe. He quickly ran at the jump pad and launched himself into the air at the Bomb Squad members who had stopped running once they heard the other team behind them. Octane shot Gibraltar in the head with his R99 while doing a flip in the air. When Octane's metal feet hit the dirt so did Gibraltar's knees as he was down from the gunfire. 

Bangalore launched her smoke near Gibraltar to provide some cover. She then tossed out her rolling thunder at Mirage. Bangalore double timed over to Gibraltar while dodging all of the bullets that Octane shot at her. Bangalore began to pick up Gibraltar within the cover of her smoke but she immediately stopped as her teammate tagged Mirage who was right in front of them, "Right there!" Bangalore's missiles fell from the sky and lined the ground around them.

Bangalore stood up and quickly withdrew her P2020. She fired the pistol in the direction of Mirage only for his decoy to dissipate into thin air as her bullets hit it. The missiles began to explode around the two teams but they didn't seem to hit anyone. By the time Bangalore could react to Mirage's decoy it was too late, Mirage was already behind her and had managed to get a few pulls of his Hemlok into her. He broke her armor and depleting her health. Both Bangalore and Gibraltar turned into death boxes as the smoked cleared. 

Mirage and Octane gave one another a fist bump before they looted. They quickly took what they needed and proceed to the buildings straight ahead of them known as The Farm. Their final destination would be through Cascades and then to Bunker. As they made their way to the top of the hill Mirage motioned for Octane to stop while he listened. Mirage put his index finger to his lips as he whispered, "Shhhh." He pointed to the only building with doors as he could hear movement.

He whispered into the comms device, "There are only two points of entry. I will take the door on the other side. You take the door on the left side. Shoot through the windows." Octane nodded and they both moved as quietly as they could to their locations outside of the doors. Just as Mirage said, each entry way had a window next to it. Octane readied his R99 and Mirage withdrew his R301. They both peaked through the windows. Mirage could see Bloodhound through his window and Octane could see Wraith though the other window. "Three!" Mirage whispered yelled into the comms device.

With one clip from each gun, both Wraith and Bloodhound were death boxes in no time. They both entered through each door and fist bumped once again. "Octane, grab throwables. Caustic will have the Bunker on lockdown with gas traps. We can shoot the traps at their bases to disable them but only if we actual see the base of the traps. If we can't see the traps, and go in blindly, then we will set them off." Octane nodded and picked up a few termites and a grenade, "Got it amigo!"