Chapter 20: In Harm’s Way
We arrived back at the underground airfield without any hitches. Our group had grown from the a weary six survivors to twelve capable resistant fighters. By now you are already know six of us, but we now had six new and determined people to help us fight the Invid.
The first was Diego, the CDFC who lead the Maquis in Monaco. Kai was a survivor through and through. He had survived flying helicopters during the War against the Masters. He survived the initial onslaught of the Invid Invasion, and although he did initially worked with the Invid, Diego used his knowledge to aid us in our failed assault on the Militia base. We had thought he had died when our TC Battloid exploded in the Militia castle, but he proved to have as many lives as a cat. He would definitely be able to aid the Doctor and the Comrade on any planning we needed to do.
The second was Kai, a Tactical Corp soldier who was an expert in demolitions. He had also worked with us during the assault on the Militia castle. We had gone our separate ways after the failed assault, but now once again our group found itself working with him again. His knowledge of how to use the explosives were going to key to our plans in Paris.
The third was my own brother Robert. Like most of family, he wanted to live up to the reputation laid down by my father. He had joined the Merchant Marines to help out in the war against the Masters. You see not everyone can be a figher pilot or a tank crewman, it was his duty to ensure that supplies make it to the troops on the ground and to rescue downed pilots or crewmen from wrecked ships. He was very good at his job and felt it was his duty to assist the Southern Cross soldiers in their attempt to resist the Invid.
The remaining three were, Francis, Marc, and Pierre. Prior to the Invid Invasion, they were all civilians. Each had decided to take up arms against the Invid when they realized that there was no else left to stand up against them. What the lack in skill and training they made up for in heart and bravery.
So the twelve of us began finalizing our plan for Paris, the first part was how to get there. The Comrade and the Doctor weren’t too keen on us bringing the Cyclones as their protoculture engines would attract the Invid like how you say “ants to a picnic.” However, we didn’t to be far from the Cyclones, just in case we needed them.
The plan the Comrade, the Doctor, and Diego came up with was to travel by Hummer to Paris. We would take both Hummers with the Cyclones stored on board. Each Hummer would travel to one of three rally points outside Paris. Each team would then travel on foot to Paris. The smaller teams would be less suspicious and would be able to continue on if the other team was stopped or had to abort.
We organized the two teams. One team would have Jimmy, the Doctor, and Kai, and Jelovich. The other team would consist of the Comrade, Diego, Annika, and Francis. The remaining four of us still needed to be assigned to team and I didn’t make it easy for us.
Robert and I was supposed to be assigned to the Comrade’s team, the firepower I bring to the team would be more valuable to the Comrade’s team than it would be to Jimmy’s team. However it was going to be a week to Paris, and I couldn’t be guaranteed that I would see Jimmy again until we got back from the mission. And that was if everything went well! After going back and force for a few minutes before finally going with Jimmy’s team. Marc and Pierre went with the Comrade’s team.
The Doctor noticed that I had trouble going back and forth between which team I was going with. She harassed most of the trip about whether I loved Jimmy or not. I managed to change the subject most of the trip. After my recent issues with Dion, I really didn’t want to admit to myself, much less the Doctor, I was truly and honestly in love again.
After a week’s travel, we finally arrived as our rally point. It was the abandoned town of Bondoulfe. Like many of the towns near Paris, it was no longer sustainable when the Masters invaded. It was the perfect place for us to stash our Hummer until we headed back. Sergeant Jelovich stayed behind to keep an eye on the Hummer and to make sure it was the ready to go in case we had to leave in the hurry.
Finally, we headed into the on foot. We managed to go a pretty close without being scene. Unfortunately we got to the point that I liked the least, we were going to have to go back into the sewers again to get under the Eifel Tower. As we entered, we thought we saw someone observing us go in. But they disappeared before we entered the abyss…
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