Space Odyssey: Spectre -
Chapter 192 192: Damaged Tower
Jace stepped back just in time as large chunks of the roof fell apart. He then stopped and caught himself as he almost fell through a broken part of the roof that he had landed on. He was on the edge of the broken area that he had seen earlier when they were flying up in the transport.
Now that he had found himself a stable spot to land he turned his attention back to the railgun. It was no longer a deep red shade and had instead cooled off significantly. But he could still see a slight orange glow in some of the thinner metal parts of the railgun.
"We still have another missile following us!" The pilot yelled through the communication channel but it was choppy as he spoke. Jace looked up to see the transport was rocketing toward the sky on a direct course for the Venture which was visible. The missile was trailing a line of red that was slowly transitioning into a blue color. It was a minute and a half away from impact from his estimate.
"The railgun still needs a moment to-" Jace grunted as he felt something impact his back. He turned around to see a bunch of Accer dressed in armor similar to the ones he saw earlier. They were the enemies in this battle.
He grabbed the plasma bolt gun off his back, aimed and fired. They took cover as the bolts smacked into the floor and wall. Jace clicked his tongue as he completely missed the enemies. The bolt gun had no kick at all, which he was not used to.
He adjusted his grip and fired another volley. But this time after only a few shots the bolt gun shot and a cylinder popped out of the side of the gun, it was glowing a deep shade of red and had smoked coming off of it.
He threw the weapon down at the enemy and then turned his attention back to the railgun. The railgun had cooled down, the magnetic barrel and firing chamber were no longer glowing or giving off heat.
He pulled another bullet from the holders on the side of the railgun. He put the bullet in the firing chamber and then began powering it up. He channeled electricity from his body and into the railgun.
The chamber and magnetic barrel began lighting up again. He aimed after only a moment. He lined up his shot and this time the railgun barely had a kick as it fired compared to when he fired it before.
VROM!
The blue trail the bullet left was only there for a moment before it slammed into the missile that was following the transport. The missile exploded in an explosion of blue. "You are clear!" Jace told them as he turned back to the soldiers that were shooting at his back again. But this time they were not getting through his shield which was glowing a yellow hexagonal pattern each time a bolt or laser landed.
"Thanks Spectre!" The human pilot thanked him just in time as a moment later his HUD showed them that they were out of communication range.
"Cerberus Squad, what are our casualties?" Jace asked as he waited for the railgun to cool down before he stored it on his back again.
"We had to rush to move the injured so a few of them are a bit worse for wear. The uninjured members of our squad are fine. But the power to the building is out. I assume that was what you were doing?" Vana asked.
Jace thought for a moment before nodding to himself. "Yes I guess it was. Will you need any help in getting to the roof?" He asked as he looked out over the city.
"Negative. We will get them to the roof. Good luck with your new objective." Ulin told him.
Then as Jace turned to the people shooting at him he felt the floor give out underneath him. He fell and landed on the sixth level. But before he could stand and shoot back he and the enemy soldiers could all hear loud cracking. Then a moment later they could see it as cracks began spreading throughout the wall and floor.
Jace then felt something give out and the ground beneath him began moving. Jace moved the railgun to his back as he went into a freefall. Before he fell completely he turned and stood on the wall which had become the floor as an entire section of the tower began falling. It was the large chunk of the tower that he was inside of. Seems the destruction had damaged whatever was keeping it attached to the main tower.
As it fell he dashed at one of the enemies who were flailing in the air. He grabbed the enemy by the chest plate and threw him out of the hole in the falling tower section. He could hear the creature screaming.
Jace turned his attention to the other five enemies that were in this section that had fallen. But he was suddenly jostled backwards and lost his balance as the section of the tower hit something.
They had landed on the large open roof of the fifth floor. It had the added effect of giving the other enemies a chance to get up. They saw Jace and aimed their weapons. But before they could fire they could feel something else give out.
Then the section slanted as it started sliding and falling again. But this time the enemies were expecting it as they grabbed hold of something to steady themselves.
Jace instead of steadying himself ran toward the nearest enemy. A Mar'talic with a laser rifle. He hit the laser rifle out of the Mar'talic's hand and then grabbed the alien by the arm ready to throw him.
But the Mar'talic, who had probably seen what he did earlier, grabbed Jace's armor. Holding on so he would not get thrown out of the falling or sliding section. He could not see from the outside but he could see that they were sliding into something, probably the fifth floor.
Jace spun his body around and slammed the Mar'talic into the wall or the floor since everything was on its side. The Mar'talic went limp from the impact. Jace then moved to the side dodging as several bolts and lasers moved past him. He pulled his Pyre and fired a shot.
It bounced off the side of an Accer's helmet. He then aimed at another creature that was purple and smooth faced. It was another Victorium creature he had not seen before. It was skinny so it moved to the side like it was saying as he fired at it.
His gun then clicked, an indicator of an empty magazine. He pulled out the magazine and replaced it with a full one. As he did so, another of the enemies, an Ola, ran forward with a bundle of what Jace figured were grenades.
Jace stepped forward and kicked the Ola before it got too close. It went flying, went straight out of the section and into the building where the section of the building they were sliding in was moving through. They could hear an explosion accompanied by a scream a moment later.
The Mar'talic he put in the wall in this situation had pulled himself out and pulled out a knife. Dashing toward Jace trying to stab him in the side.
Jace grabbed the wrist of the knife hand with his open hand and spun around the Mar'talic. The Mar'talic's body was soon acting as a shield against the others barrage of shots. But Jace ignored them and pointed the gun on a weak spot of their armor just beneath the shield.
He fired two shots. The first one went through the weakness in the armor and killed the Mar'talic. The second shot went further and put a hole through the top of the helmet and released a fountain of Mar'talic blood into the air.
Jace grabbed the Mar'talic's knife out of the corpse's hand and dashed toward the Accer. The Accer tossed aside its gun and pulled out a pair of knifes. Dashing toward Jace as well. But Jace made a small jump and kicked the Accer in the head.
The Accer flew through the air and out of the sliding section. Then he threw the Mar'talic knife at the other Ola. It screeched in surprise for only a moment before the knife sunk into its eye, killing it.
Jace then turned his attention to the purple skinned alien. Its fist glowed slightly as Jace ran toward it. It tossed aside its own weapon and went to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Jumping toward him.
But instead of taking the attack, Jace slid across the floor of the sliding section. He slid right under the creature. He then stopped himself and turned around firing two shots from his Pyre as the creature's back was turned.
The first bullet triggered the shield. By the second bullet the shield broke and the bullet went through its back. It was not dead but the fight was all but over at this point.
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