Wasteland: Frozen Stuggle IC

[Drakeonis]

A cold wind blew through the frozen territory of what was once planet earth. Snow covered trees dotted the horizon, as the sound of treads crunching through snow echoed thoroughly the wasteland. A caravan consisting of two snow tired trucks, and one large armored vehicle. Surrounding the caravan was a dozen armed guards- three in the front and back, and four on each side. The guards were dressed in some strange unitorm and they studied their surroundings trying to pick out anything that might appear from the snow.

Moses smirked from underneath his face mask as he gazed at the caravan from his binoculars. The trucks were obviously supplies, but he was more interested in the armored vehicle that was obviously holding something, or someone special. He pressed the radio earpiece.

"This is Odin. Looks like the Capital's got something special for us boys and girls. I count about a dozen draugr." He slowly removed his bow as he gazes down at the unsuspecting draugr. "Me, Skadi, and Fenrir will take up front. After that i'll light the flare and that's you're signal to attack. Loki take the right and Yggdrasil take the left. I want Nidhoggr, Ragnarok, Thor and Freya to take the back."

He loaded an arrow and drew back the drawstring. He let the arrow go and watched it fly into its target's chest as he silently fell forward. The two other guards upfront noticed him stumble and attempted to see what was wrong. The one onf the right was shot through the chest and the one to the left was shot in the the eyes as he attempted to call out. Moses grinned at his handiwork and removed his flare. He lit it and tossed in the air for all of Asgards members to see. "Try not to destroy that armored vehicle, only take it out if you have to."

[Bumblebee848]

Pressing her hand to her ear, Amelia cocked her head as she listened to the orders. Without binoculars, she couldn't see much of what approached them, but the target was difficult to miss. It wasn't often that they got an armored truck sent out their way; this would be a fun test of their skills. Allowing the barest smirk to dance along her lips, she pulled down her mask in order to respond clearly.
"Roger that. Moving in." She was positioned only about 10 yards away from him, prepped for action. Tensing her muscles, she jumped up from her crouch, and began to expertly sprint across the snow. Being both light in weight and light on her feet, it was an easy task with help from her boots, built with specialized soles that were designed to decrease resistance and spread her weight out evenly. Her feet would still sink into the snow, but not nearly as far. She was dropping to her knee beside Moses within a minute. Clearly, he had already set to work and taken down Draugr in the same amount of time.
"As always, you waste no time. Would you like to lead the way, or shall I?" Her words were hushed, despite the distance, and regardless of the fact that he had already lit the flare. It didn't feel right to speak loudly. Fingering the hilt of the knife in her boot impatiently, she drew one of her pistols from its holster. Sliding the clip out, she made sure it was sufficiently loaded for the third time, then cocked it and held it in both hands, aiming it towards the ground between her knees. Now, she was only waiting for her leader's signal, every other part of her mind and body ready for action.

[Viktor Denisov]

Jack ran up onto a snow bank a bit of a distance away. His Medium machine gun had better range than most of the others. He grins in his mask "Aye All-Father" He felt a bit strange saying that to someone 15 years younger "Dont get yourself banged up, okay kids?" He pulls back the heavy bolt and sets up his bi-pod, ready to lay down cover fire. He checks his targets and picks out the priority threats. He steadied his breathing and kept his finger off the trigger. "In position for fire support. Call out targets as needed"

[GrimVertigo]

"Copy that."

Ezra eased her way up carefully through the prickly shrubbery and slid down cautiously into a ditch. She peered up in an almost sheepish manner that was quite unlike her usual self. A small group of what she assumed were draugrs stood guard around the caravan. Crouching down in the snow and ice, Ezra sunk back and unhooked her combat shotgun. She would have rather not fought with them; not willing to waste the ammo. Breathing down in the snow, she surveyed the area with sharp green eyes and toyed with the idea of simply blowing everything up, but then again, that would defeat the whole purpose of this mission.

As careful and silently she knew how, Ezra slid down the slope but her boot chuffed hit a large rock. Thankfully, the howling wind was enough to cover the noise. She heaved a sigh of relief before trotting forward to a large stone face a few feet away from where Jack was, ducking down behind it and waiting for the signal.

When Ezra saw three of the caravan guards get easily picked off, she couldn't help the smirk that made its way onto her face. She kept a finger on the trigger, knowing that the signal was going to come soon. Soon enough, the flare shone in the darkness of the blizzard and Ezra got ready. Reaching up to wipe a thin layer of frost off of her goggles, she took a deep breath, a cool knife of the winter air speared her lungs, sharpening her up for battle.

[Drakeonis]

"Make sure you don't hurt yourself old timer." Moses said to Jack as he took a second to admire his handiwork for a bit the deposited back his bow. He removed his revolver and popped open its chamber checking that all five shots were in order. He closed the chamber back and spun it as he heard Jack's machine gun go off. He turned to face Amelia and held his gun ready. "By all means ,ladies first."

[Viktor Denisov]

Jack took a deep breath and straightened up "You know damn well I still run laps around you, kiddo" He chuckles a bit before laying down the trigger. The beast of a machine gun rattled, firing off 11mm chunks of copper and fury. Rounds stitched up the chest of a Draugr who thought himself to be in cover, leaving him relatively in pieces. He adjusts his aim and suppresses two more behind a rock. He pumps the trigger for just over a second each time, letting 4-5 rounds down range at a time "Call out any armor you spot so I can switch over to hot rounds. These lead cores wont do much against heavy armor"

[Jasonhero]

One of caravan vechiles suddenly exploded outward. The heat from the bright orange explosion melted the snow around it. Shrapnel flew everywhere, piercing snow banks and flying straight up into the sky. As the larger pieces came back to earth, with a defeaning roar, they hit the ground. Standing in the middle of the explosion was a figure, male from the looks of it. In some sort of robe with the hood down. His hair almost touched his eyes, his skin was pale, and his body was very muscular, He looked about 16 years old. A few dragur began screaming to each other. "PROJECT X IS LOOSE, I REPEAT X IS LOOSE. KILL HIM, KILL HIM, KILL HIM! GET THAT ARMORED TRUCK OUT OF HERE, REBELS ARE NEAR!" Then just like any one with extreme training would, there was the boy right behind one of the men, a knife emerged from his throat as the boy turned and flipped over the next hail of bullets.

He rolled up again at the guard's feet and punched his knife through the guard. The boy turned to one guard in specific and pulled a desert eagle from his robes. "You killed her, You stole me from my family and from my life, you captured me after my escape and beat me, then you expect me to want to serve you? This is why you don't mess with somebody's head like that. They lose their sanity. Guess what, payback's a pain in the rear." He growled and shot four times, effectively blowing the man's head off of his shoulders. He saw other gaurds and turned and ran, then ended up tripping over a man in the snow and falling on his face in between the man and some girl (Moses and Amelia.) he rolled over and pushed himself back away from them. "Don't hurt me! I'm not one of them!" He said. A wild looks in his eyes betrayed that he was scared of the being shot by the rebels. Though it didnt show, he was afraid of many things, including the city and himself.

[Sabertooth]

Ryu waited patiently by Moses' side, his XM8 by his side, until the flare went off. His mask folded up and onto his face, the blue glowing eyes flashing into life and he dashed off towards the convoy as quick as he could. His claws quickly popped out of his right hand as he ran and he sliced a Draugr's neck as he passed it, the blood gushing out ferociously, staining the snow around the now lifeless corpse. He slid down into the snow behind the convoy just as the vehicle exploded. His suit protected him from the explosion quite nicely although he did still feel the shockwave a little.

"Anybody wanna own up to that?" Ryu questioned over the comms.

[GrimVertigo]

Double-checking that her shotgun was loaded, Ezra took a deep breath, ready to swing out from behind the rock face and go to town on the bastards when one of the vehicles exploded into a huge ball of fire. She stumbled back slightly, staring at the debris left behind by the explosion before quickly shaking herself back to her senses. A good number of the draugrs were dead by now but the demolition expert didn't bother putting away her shotgun just yet. As the earpiece crackled to life, she blinked in confusion. So the explosion wasn't caused by one of them, she thought that someone must've jumped the gun.

"Wasn't me," Ezra muttered into the comms, heading towards what was left of the exploded vehicle as the snow crunched beneath her steel-toed boots.

[Drakeonis]

Moses eyes widened at the sight if the explosion. "Dammit!" He heard both Ryu and Erza check in about the explosion and was confused. "Freya, that wasn't yo-?" He was knocked over into the snow as he felt someone collide into him. He quickly hopped up and aimed his revolver. He pointed at the boy who claimed he wasn't with the draugr. He didn't really have time to question him as draugr were starting to recover from the explosion. He shot one through the chest twice and shot another in his shoulder.