Into the Abyss

[Dane Summers]

He slung the submachine-gun, took a deep breath, and braced to have his shoulder put back in to its socket. The drugs he had shot up earlier were wearing off, or just not doing enough, because the whole area was in agony. Other then a grimace, and heavily clenched jaw, Ketsu made no sound. Some parts of Naval training in Kusari were done with hard wood, metal core sticks, fencing practice - the things could crack bones with ease, and often did. Trainee's who made sounds of pain, especially screams, were removed for there weak warrior spirit. The finest warriors of the emperor were immune to pain, immune to fear, glorious in there skill, and magnificent in there bravery.

Pah, what a bunch of crap.

But in this case, having his arm shoved roughly back into its socket, he grunted, took it in stride, and placed his mind separate from his body, and the pain no longer mattered.
Claus patted him on the shoulder "Ja, is in, Comrade." - "Thank you" Ketsu said, as he worked the arm around. It was stiff, still hurt like hell, but it worked, and that was important.
Hefting the SMG, he checked the action, found the weight to his liking, and put the strap over his right shoulder, looking into the distance.
He could still see the fading streaks of where surface to air missiles had streaked up, and the smoke still rising from where they had detonated in the air. A small fire was burning where, whatever it was, had crashed. While looking in that direction, an explosion echoed through the air, followed by gunfire. Before Ketsu could even point and say anything, he saw a man in tactical gear, a fellow Militsiya, running toward the position, with a white wave behind him.

Both Claus and Dasha moved into action, trying to cover the fleeing man, who, despite better sense, was leading the mass right to them. Ketsu bit off a curse, took a knee, and began picking off the creatures with pistol shots - whatever got through his comrade's fire.

"POPPING SMOKE!" Claus yelled, about the same time as Ketsu's pistol mag dropped, and was replaced by another, his last one.
"Cover your ears. Then Run." As the flashbang went out, He nodded, holstered his sidearm, and started running to a fall back position - the flashbang went off in a pop, and his hearing became as muffled as if he'd filled his ears with concrete, replaced by yet more high pitched ringing. He spared a glance back, saw Claus and Dasha sprinting away, kept looking, then saw the Militsiya, Middleton, crest the dyke, and start sprinting as well. He was shaking his head, no doubt trying to clear the grenades effects - as he cleared the dyke, Ketsu, side by side with Middleton, sprinted hard and fast, in silence, all sound eclipsed by ringing, hot on the heels of Claus and Dasha.

Following them deeper into the city. Toward the facility.

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