08-08-2017, 08:07 PM
Kurt got the ammunition in the base, which was counted, before Reginald went back inside the base and the troopers went back to their respective vehicles. Gary order the two primes back into their seats, both complying with urgency, and the convoy was back under way. The Covenant prowlers skimming along the sand and sending a shower of the stuff out from either side of the sleds.
The next few hours were ass-numbingly long for Aadibah, and she found herself constantly squirming or pushing up with her feet to relieve the pressure on her buttocks and upper thighs. Every few hours, amongst the monotonous mountains of sand, the stormtroopers would park their vehicles and switch everything off. In the distance, the soldier would hear motors running, before fading away.
***
The Town With No Name lacked any effort to give Aadibah a good first impression. In fact, the cluster of lean-tos with scarcely a second story, built out of bony white wood and sheet metal, scattered about at the top of a small mesa and surrounded by a ring of sharp boulders and rocky outcroppings looked like it could not muster up two shits to give about what people thought of it.
Atop their own pile of sand, two prowlers and chopper hidden behind the crest of the dune. Aadibah lay prone, barely peeking over right next to Okuu, was more concerned with annoying a sand scorpion. To the soldier's right, a few feet away, Shauna had her rifle buried in the sand up to just under her scope. The business end of the barrel barely suck out on the other side.
"It's pretty still over there." She relayed to Gary, "A few people going about in the streets. I don't see Rol-"
snap
crackle
POP
For the briefest moment when Shauna had turned away from her scope to face Gary, the glass blew out into her visor and sparks flew off from her helmet.
The next few hours were ass-numbingly long for Aadibah, and she found herself constantly squirming or pushing up with her feet to relieve the pressure on her buttocks and upper thighs. Every few hours, amongst the monotonous mountains of sand, the stormtroopers would park their vehicles and switch everything off. In the distance, the soldier would hear motors running, before fading away.
***
The Town With No Name lacked any effort to give Aadibah a good first impression. In fact, the cluster of lean-tos with scarcely a second story, built out of bony white wood and sheet metal, scattered about at the top of a small mesa and surrounded by a ring of sharp boulders and rocky outcroppings looked like it could not muster up two shits to give about what people thought of it.
Atop their own pile of sand, two prowlers and chopper hidden behind the crest of the dune. Aadibah lay prone, barely peeking over right next to Okuu, was more concerned with annoying a sand scorpion. To the soldier's right, a few feet away, Shauna had her rifle buried in the sand up to just under her scope. The business end of the barrel barely suck out on the other side.
"It's pretty still over there." She relayed to Gary, "A few people going about in the streets. I don't see Rol-"
snap
crackle
POP
For the briefest moment when Shauna had turned away from her scope to face Gary, the glass blew out into her visor and sparks flew off from her helmet.
Such terror you are facing
Isn't it wonderful?
Isn't it wonderful?