261 Unit Zero Two (1/2)
The enraged snake seemed immune to the machine gun hammering away at its body. Drake stopped to catch his breath while he swung his own weapon up and to add his firepower into the mix. He noticed that the rounds that impacted the body of the snake seemed to spew out smoke instead of blood.
Could it be a creature made out of some arcane shit? Thought Drake. ”I will fucking pay you back your damn gift!”
Now it was Slow's turned to be chased as he had attracted the aggro of the snake. He dodged between the rows of tents as the snake chased after him causing the snake to get entangled with some of the tents.
As he was about to reach the cover of the trees, the tree trunk sized tail of the snake suddenly whipped out and caught Slow across his hip and side, tossing him across the open area and rolling on the ground for several meters before coming to a stop.
”SLOW!” Drake yelled out and he emptied his weapon useless against the summoned snake which ignored him as it slithered over to the drowned body of Slow. ”FUCK! ZERO TWO WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!”
The massive crab spider like shape of the MAW suddenly broke out from the edge of the clearing. Leaves and tree branches drifted down from its hulking hull and the stub nose barrel of 3” 23 gun turret burst out in flames and smoke.
The HE shell fired at point blank range took less than a split second to travel into the mid back section of the surprised snake. The shell missed despite the range as the snake unnaturally wiggled out of the way of the passing shell which blew the tree in its path into shreds.
”ALL GUNNERS FIRE!” Sath roared out inside the commander's compartment as he cursed when he saw the opening salvo of the 3” gun missing. ”Shoot that bitch up!”
All four .50 caliber machine guns onboard the MAW Unit 02 opened up almost instantly and the heavy caliber rounds shredded everything around the panicking snake.
Drake took the opportunity that Zero Two was providing for him, ran towards Slow's body on the side. He grasped the back of Slow's harness and dragged Slow who weighted nearly twice his own body weight. ”AHHHHH...”
Suddenly, he felt the weight lifting and he saw Slow's faithful ASAG lending a hand. Together with Asagi's help, they managed to drag Slow into the cover of the trees where Drake quickly ripped out his medical satchel.
Slow gasped weakly as blood flowed out from his nose and mouth. He couldn't understand what was happening only that he was running when suddenly he felt a sharp pain and the world seemed to turn upside down.
”Relax!” Drake pushed Slow's questing hands away. ”You got hammered pretty bad, but you're an Orc, so this isn't some big deal!”
He tore open a tranq shot syringe and jabbed it into the meaty portion of Slow's inner tight. ”This will help you take the pain off for a while!”
”Fuck!” Drake cursed as he watched Slow's eyes rolling back before closing as the meds kicked in. He probably has broken bones and internal injuries from that tail whip of the snake, thought Drake.
”Asagi! Come here!” He called out to the ASAG who was hovering anxiously over its sleeping companion.
The Robo golem obediently trotted over and Drake dug into its cargo that it was carry and pulled out an RPG - 1 rocket launcher and canvas bag with three pockets that held three rocket reloads for the RPG.
”Look after him!” Drake ordered the ASAG while he slung the rocket bag and RPG over his shoulders. The ASAG rocked on the stop, mimicking a nodding gesture before it scurried over to stand watch protectively over Slow.
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”Arghh!” Sath cursed as the whole MAW shook wildly from the body slam of the snake against the hull of their unit. ”Dodge that shit! We can't take any more damage!”
Already several warning dials were beeping angrily in red on his console as they wrestled with the enraged snake. ”I'm trying Sarge! This thing isn't actually very fast!”
”Do your best!” He yelled as he hunched over his gunsights and squeezed the trigger of the .50 caliber, sending bolts of red yellow darts at the fucking fast moving snake and two thirds of the shots missing.
”Stay still!” His gunners cursed as they tried to track the snake from their turrets but failing. Another loud clank and the whole MAW shook again and red alarms blared again.
”NO!” Clove the pilot yelled out in panic as his controls suddenly locked up. ”We lost Number Two leg!”
”Shit!” Sath quickly gave an order. ”Pull back, get us as much distance as possible against that damn thing!”
”I try!” Clove yelled back as he wrestled against his controls. ”Our speed is down by 20%!”
The damaged leg of the MAW dragged against the churned up earth as the MAW tried to retreat backward from the giant snake that was a lot longer than the mech. ”Come on baby! You can do this!” Clove whispered under his breath as he eased the throttle before pushing it up to full reverse.
The Snake hissed as it dodged another HE shell spewed out from the monster. It narrowed its golden eyes in anger as it noticed the monster seemed to be trying to run away. Never!
It hissed in triumphant as it knew that the monster it was fighting is weakening as it no longer moved as fast and agilely. But it still remained wary of its magic attacks. That strange mouth of it can spew deadly spells that could blow up a huge area. It must be careful not to get caught by that spell as the spells would be able to damage its shadow body in this realm.