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Chapter 6.2 -- Escape (Part 2)

Unknown Area, Grand Isle Safe Zone, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA, 8 November 2020, 0140 hrs

Both Kodey and Eleanora arrive at the place where she parked her personal Humvee. “Quick, help me open this shutter, Kodey,” Eleanora tells him. Kodey nods in acknowledgement, and they together lift open the gate. To their surprise, they see Erika standing before them and are about to hit them with a crowbar. “Erika, what on earth are you doing?! Aren’t you supposed to stay inside my personal Humvee for safety?!” Eleanora scolds her. “I’m sorry!” Erika apologises in panic. “I thought the Young Templars found me in here so…” Before she could finish her statement, her brother Kodey took the crowbar and threw it away. “No time to explain. Get in the Humvee now, Erika. We are leaving.” Kodey orders her sister as he opens the door for her. “Mom, we have no time to argue with her. We must leave now, or the Young Templars will catch up to us.” .

With the threat of Young Templars closing in on them, Eleanora hurriedly opens up the rear cargo hatch of her personal Humvee to put in their essential bags. In less than a minute, they put in all their necessary bags and military equipment before the lieutenant closes the cargo hatch. Then she boards the Humvee through the driver’s seat and starts its engines. “Has everyone fastened your seatbelts?” Eleanora asks them as she quickly fastens her seatbelt. “Yes, Mom!” Both Kodey and Erika reply in unison.

“Good. Here we go!” Eleanora says as she turns on the Humvee’s engine. Then, she pushes the clutch to drive mode and slams her foot down onto the accelerator. The engine roars to life as the Humvee exits the garage in a flash before performing a sharp left turn onto the road. As the Humvee races down the road, it encounters several zombies and Young Templars scattered across it. “Get down, you two! We are in for a bumpy ride!” Eleanora warns as she presses down the accelerator to speed up further. 

With great speed, the Humvee can knock out the zombies with ease. However, several Young Templars spotted the vehicle and opened fire towards it with their weapons. ‘Shit!’ Eleanora curses in her mind as she navigates the road, trying to avoid knocking down the Young Templars.

Meanwhile…

While walking down the road, the Young Templar captain spots the incoming Humvee racing towards her. Not wanting the vehicle to go past her, she orders the Banshee to attack it. “This is Foxhound reporting in! I spotted an enemy Humvee trying to flee the safe zone. Stop that vehicle by whatever means necessary! Do not let it escape!” The Young Templar captain orders with a sense of determination coming from her voice. As the Banshee charges at the Humvee like a mad bull, the lieutenant tells herself not to be afraid and drives towards it for a quick ram.

Not wanting to get rammed by the oncoming Humvee, the Young Templar captain dashes for the roadside to avoid getting hit. To her dismay, the Banshee got rammed by the Humvee so hard that it died upon impact. Angered that the Banshee failed to stop the Humvee, she activates her Communication Headgear to warn the other Young Templars and the Ravens operating nearby. “Attention all units! A lone Humvee is trying to leave the safe zone by heading straight for Checkpoint C-2. Use whatever means necessary to stop that vehicle from escaping!”

Moments later…

As the Humvee approaches Checkpoint C-2, shock enters Eleanora’s mind as she sees two M2 Bradley IFVs and several Young Templars guarding the checkpoint’s exit. ‘Crap!’ Eleanora grumbles in anger. However, she has no other choice. If she can’t drive past the two IFVs, the Young Templars will direct all their firepower towards their vehicle, killing them. Hence, she has no choice but to do a daring but reckless dash. “You will never stop us!” Eleanora shouts as she drives recklessly to avoid the oncoming gunfire shots.

To her luck, the Humvee crosses through the checkpoint despite sustaining some damage from the gunfire shots. As the vehicle speeds down the roadway, Eleanora is glad that she and her adopted son and daughter left the fallen safe zone with their lives intact. However, they are still in danger as they have yet to cross the North Hero Bridge.

“Are you two alright?” Eleanora asks them in concern while driving. “Both of us are fine, Mom,” Kodey replies after checking on his sister. “That’s good to hear. We are almost out of this island. Once we cross the bridge up ahead, we are safe. Hang on, you two,” Eleanora says in a comforting tone. While driving the Humvee, she hoped that no Young Templars were hiding at the roadside to ambush them after crossing the bridge later.

Abandoned Building (Rooftop), US Route 2, Alburgh, Vermont, USA, 8 November 2020, 0200 hrs

Twenty minutes later…

Sally is on the rooftop building eating a YTA MRE Choco PowerBar while looking through the scope of her M110 SASS sniper rifle. While looking at the bridge, an alert pops up on her Ballistic Facemask, notifying her that a nearby Humvee is approaching her location. “Sergeant Hass!” Sally calls out to her comrade through the Communication Headgear. “I spotted the escaped Humvee! It is speeding so fast that it will dash past our position if we don’t take it out now!”

“Negative, Sergeant Flannery!” Antoine’s voice echoes through the headgear in objection. “The enemy Humvee is too fast for us to disable it by shooting. Leave it to our Demolition Specialists at the rear to take it out.” However, Sally is not listening to him as she plans to take out the Humvee with her seasoned sniper rifle. “You will never escape from me, stupid humans!” Sally mumbles to herself as her eyes track the Humvee through the scope. While aiming at the Humvee, an unknown energy flows into Sally as she prepares to perform a powerful shot.

As the Humvee crosses the bridge, Sally intends to take out the vehicle, passing halfway through it. “Eat lead,” Sally mutters with enmity as she adjusts her sniper rifle’s scope reticle to aim below the Humvee. Then she pulls the trigger, and her gun produces a powerful shot with the bullet exiting from the edge of the rifle’s suppressor.

The bullet lands on the road just inches away from the Humvee, causing a notable explosion that results in the Humvee veering uncontrollably before flipping over in a series of barrel rolls and landing near the abandoned building.

“Enemy vehicle taken out!” Sally reports in a delightful tone. “Should we step in, Sergeant Hass?”

“Well done, Sharp Hawk!” Antoine praises her over the headgear. “Come down and meet me at the crash site. Let’s check the crashed Humvee for any survivors.” .

“On my way, Antoine. Over and out.” Sally acknowledges his message and takes off her camouflaged Young Templars military cape as she stands up. Then she picks up her cape and wears it again before descending from the building’s rooftop with her sniper rifle.

As she rendezvous with Sergeant Hass, Sally takes out her M45 MEUSOC pistol and cock it before turning off its safety function. “Well, well, well. Look what we got here.” Antoine says in an amusing tone as he scans through the wrecked Humvee. Then, he spots a sudden movement as one occupant — Lieutenant Freida, is trying to kick the door open.

“Poor human, trying to leave the wrecked vehicle.” Antoine jeers at the poor lieutenant before looking at Sally. “Sergeant Flannery, don’t you mind lifting them from the wreckage? They can no longer run away from us.” .

Sally nods and slowly approaches the wrecked Humvee while clutching her M45 pistol tightly in her hands. ‘It’s over, foolish humans.’ Sally gloats in delight as she removes a Humvee’s door with her left hand. Unknown to Kodey and Erika, they will be in a rude awakening when facing the Young Templars later on.

To be continued...

End of Chapter 6.2

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