Lopez’s rifle had a flash light built in to his rifle and he used it to scan the much dimmer back stage area, Karen noted the feature and concluded the Lopez’s rifle was the A R two fifty model, the original version that was submitted by the vendor to the United Nations Space Fleet as an all purpose weapon for ground combat operations for the fledging para military organization. While it was roughly the size of a United States M sixteen rifle, it was lighter and it had sported many features to it, like the built in flash light, laser sighting, variable muzzle velocity settings, variable ammunition storage clips to name a few of it’s features. The United Nations Space Fleet then asked the vendor if they removed all the features to the A R two fifty what kind of range increase would they get from space savings and thus borne the A R three seventy five model. Assuming all the air rifles used in the current situation were the A R two fifty models, it was impressive those weapons broke apart the podium on the stage.
Karen also noticed that she was the only one not holding a flash light. No one in that huge group of people offered her anything, other than Lopez’s loan of the A P twenty one hand gun to check out the screams that came from this area.
Commander Benson motion to the group to stop and tapped Lopez’s shoulder to stop and they did. He then pointed his flash light on the floor and there on the floor many small pieces of glass. Lopez shrugged his shoulders, he didn’t know where these pieces came from. Karen looked up and pointed to some one to shine the light on the ceiling. Commander Benson did and sure enough the lights above them where destroyed. Karen pointed to the burn marks on the ceiling panels and then between Commander Benson and Peck shined their lights on the floor. Karen noticed that it was only glass on the floor and there were none of the bronze pellets that the U N S F air guns used as ammunition. Karen then used her right hand to point to the ceiling lights and then to the A P twenty one hand gun and used the negative motion to hint to them it was not a U N S F air gun weapon that took out the lights. It seemed that Lopez, Commander Benson and Peck understood Karen was trying to say that it was one of the new guys’ laser weapon that did this. But why shoot out the lights?
Commander Benson then motioned to Lopez to press on and to avoid the glass on the floor, granted with their shoes and boots on, they would not be effect by the glass fragments on the floor but it would make a noise if they stepped on it. Lopez tried to get close to the left hand side of the wall, that seemed to be free of the glass on the floor and there was no branching out the corridor they were currently in.
Commander Benson carefully went to the right wall with out stepping on the glass on the floor, Peck followed Commander Benson on the right side of the wall, while Karen followed Lopez on the left side of the wall.
As they continued down the corridor with every so often with Peck and Karen looking behind they did not encounter anything for about twenty five feet, then Commander Benson’s light showed a body on the floor.
As they cautiously moved towards the body it started to look like a human male in a suit and tie that was lying on the floor and he was not moving, his right pants leg was up towards his calf. There was a puddle of red liquid next to the head, which could have been blood but it seemed that this body was not the source of this liquid. Just a few feet away there was an A P twenty one hand gun.
When they inspected the body further it was dead and it seemed the Peck knew this person. Karen thought that this might be either Emory or Bourdin that Peck was trying to contact earlier. They were no sign of the radio. Who ever this was, the body had multiple blood marks on the skin and pieces of glass on the clothing. No doubt he was caught in the explosions of lights from above.
As Commander Benson inspected the body with out touching it Karen noticed that this body had a laser burn on his chest, no doubt from the laser weapon. Just a foot away what appeared to be a trail of blood. Commander Benson then motion to Lopez to continue on the path where this trail of blood lead.
Another twenty five feet and the corridor made a left turn, before they could reach it another scream came from that turn. Commander Benson and Peck came to the left side of the wall where Lopez and Karen were, this time Commander Benson took the lead position, he then motion to the team to turn off their flash lights.
Commander Benson gently reached into his pocket and produced a mini periscope and looked at what was there. What he saw he could not motion with hand signals to the rest of the team. Instead he gave the periscope to Lopez, then he quietly moved behind Lopez and motioned to Peck that he and Peck should go to the opposite wall. He then waited for Lopez to finish looking around the corner and he motioned to Lopez and Karen that he and Peck would go to the opposite wall and have Lopez and Karen stay on this wall.
Peck, Lopez and Karen nodded okay to Commander Benson’s plan. Commander Benson then showed three fingers to them. He then showed two fingers and after a second had passed he showed one finger, then after another second had passed no fingers where shown and then at the same time Commander Benson and Peck quietly moved to the other side of the wall while Lopez readied his rifle to the edge of the corner while Karen moved in the space behind Lopez that Commander Benson vacated.
Even through Karen, Lopez, Peck and Commander Benson made no sound as they moved a voice from the opening said “Who is there? Show your self. I know you are there. Show your self or these people will die.”
No body moved or said any thing.
The voice then said “I know that you are there, hiding in the shadows like the cowards that you are. Show your self or this one will die.”
A woman then screamed and yelled “You out there do some thing before that monster kills him.”
Commander Benson came out of the shadows and said “You surrender!”
“No” said the voice “You surrender, other wise this one will die.”
“You shoot him, I shoot you, it is simple as that.” said Commander Benson
Posted by Helen at November 30, 2004 09:20 PM