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Stage Five: Invasion
Location: Alpha Base, New Mombassa
Time: 0:00 (midnight) hours
Combat forms swarmed the hallways groaning. Matthew ducked behind a desk and loaded his M6D. He was about to get up when the lights cut out cancelling all his built up adrenalin. “$hit! The lights are out” he cursed out loud. He needed his Mark VI armour now more than ever but he would have to fight his way towards it, in the darkness.
He managed to make out a flashlight on the ground he picked it up and flicked the switch on. The light quickly engulfed the entire room “Too bright” Matthew muttered to himself quickly dimming the light. With the light dimmed to a pale yellow color no one would notice him. He proceeded outside the room he was in. He could see flood patrolling the hall for any remaining survivors.
He quickly moved down the halls franticly looking for the right hallway finally after what seemed like hours looking he stood in front of his quarters. He opened the door to find a figure lying on his bed, he couldn’t make it out yet so he got closer. The face was unidentifiable in the dark so he raised the flashlight to the face. What he saw nearly made him fall backwards.
It was Sam. He spoke to her quietly “Sam, wake up we gotta get out of here!” No answer “Come on stop fooling, look I’m sorry about last week ok? There I said I’m sorry” Still no answer. Worried about Sam’s condition he checked her pulse…..There was none. “She dead…” Matthew brightened the light and searched her body. There were energy sword wounds, bullets holes and swelling in some areas showing some broken bones.
Slowly Matthew started to cry he tried to hold the tears back but they kept on flowing. After about 2 minutes he got a hold of himself. “Now, I’ll never be able to say I was sorry” he sniffled. He remembered the pistol she gave to him in case of an emergency situation. He drew it from his pocket and took his combat knife and etched out the words ‘I love you’ on it.
[Edited on 2/27/2007]