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Promise Me Part 1

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Promise Me
Pt. 1

Shadow sat in the back of a shipping truck container, surrounded by several of his fellow agents. The truck jerked at every bump causing Shadow to bounce around in his seat. Next to him sat Skipper, her face was scrunched up in irritation and discomfort. He took her hand, his thumb stroking the top of her hand. She shot him a smile, mood lifted, paying little attention to the others around them.

The truck suddenly jerked to a stop, causing several groans. The door of the truck's container opened, shinning light over the agents. Several of them covered their eyes until their eye's adjusted.

"We're here," a gruff man spoke.

JeSter let go of Shadow's hand and stood up, "Ripley go to the Rebel's medical post and help there. Loopa you and Ray set up at the communication base. Cupcake and Blitz secure the perimeter of the city. Shadow you're with me."

"Aye, ma'am," was coursed through the group as they climbed out of the truck one-by-one.

Shadow took his old rifle off his back; he pointed it to the ground as he followed Skipper. As he followed, Shadow saw men and woman corpse lining the streets while the bloody and battered tended to their wounds. Gun-shots and shouting could be heard all around; an occasional explosion shook the ground Buildings were twisted in odd angles with burn marks. Some were reduced to rubble only frames left, holing up nothing but air.

"God," Shadow muttered. "They demolished this place."

A frown appeared on JeSter's face, "They just can't leave innocents out of their fight, can they?"

The Major grunted in agreement before they made it to a large man shouting at several people, "Pull the injured away! Hold that line! And for the love of God someone pull that boy away from the front line!"

The two SMILE agents watched as a young teen boy was dragged away kicking and screaming by two bigger men. JeSter looked at the man and shouted over the commotion, "You in charge here?"

"Aye! You must be the SMILE force that caught our distress call, mu' name is Jack!" the man shouted back.

"That we are, Jack, I'm JeSter and this is Shadow. The rest of my squad is helping around."

"That's all well and good, but I need people on the front line!"

"We're on it! Let's go Shadow."

Shadow nodded following Skipper into the fray of the battle. After a few minutes of ducking and walking they settled into a ditch that held several men and women with guns.

Skipper touched her earpiece and spoke, "Alright gang, Shadow and I are on the front line. Blitz and Cupcake when you are done take the South-East front. Loopa I want eyes and ears on MOLOCH. Ray, be on stand-by for anything that sounds fishy. Ripley, get ready for any injury that comes your way."

Each agent replied back with a "Yes, Ma'am" or a "You got it JeSter" before the line went silent again.

"Shadow, be my eyes, what do you see out there?" she turned to Shadow.
Shadow peaked over the ditch and activated his scope, "MOLOCH is dug in deep. There's a lot of heavy's and a few snipers. We got lucky, there doesn't seem to be any quick soldiers."

"Okay…pick off the snipers."

"As you command, Skipper."

*

Two day's had passed and the SMILE agents had yet to make a dent in the MOLOCH forces. Nearly all of the refugees had been evacuated on the first day, leaving only a handful to help.

Shadow and Skipper sat in their ditch eating rations when they saw the boy that was dragged away when they arrived climb up the ditch and in to the open. He shot a gun in his arms off in random directions, shouting, "Die you MOLOCH bastards!"

The agents shared a quick glance before Shadow climbed up the ditch after the boy. Shadow yanked the gun out of the boy's hand and shouted, "Idiot, your going to get yourself killed!"

"Give that back; my father gave it to me!"

A "whirring" sound caught Shadow's ears before he pushed the boy into the ditch next to JeSter. A machine gun went off; Skipper watched as Shadow jerked three times violently before he fell back into the ditch. Blood stained his armor and face; he gasped for breath.

"Shadow!" Skipper shouted pushing the boy out of the way and knelt next to Shadow's fallen body.

He coughed up blood, eyes unfocused.

In a panic JeSter pressed her fingers to her earpiece shouting into it, "Shadow's down! I need immediate evac!"

"I'm on my way JeSter," Ripley's voice quickly responded.

Loopa spoke, worry evident in her voice, "SMILE is sending an airship as we speak, Ma'am."

JeSter took hold of Shadow's hand and held it until Ripley arrived. The Medic took one look at Shadow and took out a pink needle; she slammed it into his armor's chest-plate. The armor crumbled to pieces before she took out a red needle and forced it into his chest. When bleeding only slowed a fraction Ripley became worried.

She touched her earpiece and spoke quickly, "Loopa, where is that evac at?"

"ETA five minutes, Ma'am," Loopa replied.

"He might not have five minutes Loopa!"

"I-I'm sorry, I cannot do anything…"

JeSter looked at Ripley in full panic, "What do you mean he might not have five minutes, Ripley?"

"I-" the medic hesitated. "His wounds are bleeding to rapidly, Jester, the bullets may have hit an artery or major organ."

"No…NO!" JeSter's voice cracked and she took Shadow's face in her hands, "Look at me, Shadow look at me!"

It took a moment before the Major looked at her with dazed, pain filled eyes.

"Don't you dare leave me! You promised!"

The sound of engines and strong winds made Ripley look up. a large aircraft landed quickly before it's hanger opened; several armed soldiers ran out in SMILE uniforms, covering Ripley and JeSter as they picked Shadow up and over the ditch carefully. They carried him to the hanger before he was placed on a stretcher and other Medics took him deeper into the aircraft.

Ripley held JeSter back when she tried to follow, "JeSter we need to evac the others. We can't do anymore for him."

Skipper looked at the retreating Medics before nodding slightly. She walked back out of the hanger of the aircraft to help guide refugees and her squad out of the city.
Felt like writing this so....

Shadow - :iconchris-carly-lost:

Skipper - :icon001-jester-100:

Loopa - :iconmarka-of-mischief:

Cupcake - :iconomnomnomcupckake:

Ray - :iconrayzerno:

Blitz - :iconbewarenerdyninjas:

Ripley - :icondirew0lf64:
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Ahh! My feelz!!!

I can't wait for the next part~