Friday May 14, 2010 1500 hours
After Devil Hell Ride and (Bragdon's character: I need to learn
everyone's character names) finished burring the dead and
questioning the two kids, Kim and Lee, they received communication
from a NORAD operative, only known as Grease Monkey Mel. She
informed Bragdon about their orders to investigate the ambush and
killing of a northern freedom fighter group near Sokch¡¯o called the
Chosan Irregulars. They met up with Mel just outside the city of
Kong-nung and started their drive north to Sokch¡¯o.
The drive was uneventful from Kong-nung to Jumunjin, but just
outside of Jumunjin the city lights were burning bright. Even off
the east coast floating UFOs on the water, squid boats, could be
seen on the horizon. The scene was too much like pre-meltdown
conditions that the group halted their caravan, and sent scouts
ahead to check things out.
Mel and Kim found a normal looking pre-meltdown city bustling
with life, but no signs of the bugs. The radioed to the rest of the
group to move forward on their position and decided to drive through
town quickly and continue on their way.
As they came to a city stop light and a man in his early twenties
walked up to Mel¡¯s Jeep and asked her if they were all freedom
fighters and here for the meeting. Suspicious, yet still curious if
there were other freedom fighters in town, Mel had the man named Kim
get into her jeep and off they went. He first had the group stop by
a hotel along the way and picked up another American freedom fighter
(Pascoe¡¯s character), and they proceeded to the island.
They crossed over the bridge that spanned over the East Sea and
onto the island and quickly stopped between two office buildings.
Kim said to Mel, ¡°Wait here and I¡¯ll let them know you¡¯re here,¡± and
bolted into the office building to his right. Just then the bridge
they had just crossed retracted and all hell broke loose. Six army
ants appeared, three on each adjacent rooftop and started blasting
the little band of heroes.
The firefight lasted approximately 45 seconds, but not before
most of the two roofs had been demolished, and yet again another bug
had tackled Demon Hell Ride. Luckily for him, it was gunned down
just as it tackled him off his the bed of his truck., but not before
it caused one of his hairs to turn gray.
After the battle the group made chase after Kim who ran into
the building just before the shootout. Bragdon and Kim Hee-Jin (who
rode her horse through a plate glass window into the building) were
already inside and started their pursuit as well. They found a
secret passageway down into an underground maze of hallways and
rooms. Kim Hee-Jin saved her companion¡¯s lives when she was the only
one to spot the trip wire leading to a claymore on the lower wall.
However, before the three could venture further into the abyss,
the entire building began to shake. Mel radioed from the outside and
said that she had company. When the three surfaced, they found Mel
in her Bug Thumper armor blasting away at two killer bees circling
in the air. Soon that treat was also neutralized, and the group
decided to take shelter further down the street in a parking garage.
On the third floor they found several vehicles in various
states of disrepair. In the back they did find one curious item, a
pristine 66¡¯ Camaro. Mel set to work breaking down the other cars
trying to fix up the damage done to both her jeep and Devil Hell
Ride¡¯s truck. They set up a watch and the others got some rest.
During the night Bragdon did spot a small patrol of ants marching
through the streets most likely looking for the group, but they were
not spotted.
Saturday May 15, 2010 0600 hours
Around the crack of dawn another, yet larger patrol, was seen
in the same block. Two killer bees, six army ants, and what looked
like an army ant leader were all around their hiding place. Demon
Hell Ride decided to prowl down to the ground level and check it out
with Lee, but while on the second floor ladder well, an energy blast
tore through the window throwing glass shards everywhere. Demon
quickly took cover behind the wall just as a killer bee smashed
through the window/wall and landed right next to him.
Lee froze and Demon fired off a burst into the bug just as it
bitch slapped him with a backhand. The bug followed up by grabbing
Demon and just as it threw him across the room into the adjacent
wall, Demon blasted it at point blank range killing it.
The rest of the gang showed up just as Demon was picking
himself up off the floor and wiping the blood away from his mouth.
Looking out the window they only now saw the army ant leader, and
made a break back upstairs to their vehicles.
Demon looked back out the third story window, while Bragdon
jumped up behind Mel¡¯s .50 cal. Mel, Lee, and Kim took defensive
positions as Pascoe went down the parking ramp for some recon. Just
as he turned the corner he found himself face to face with a killer
bee. He jumped backwards and unloaded an entire clip into the bee
killing it instantly. Then from the two rear stairwells six army
ants emerged. The gang quickly ended the bugs pathetic lives, but
not before Lee took three blasts to the chest.
Not waiting around for another strike the team moved out, but
not before they checked out the basement once more for Kim (friend
or foe)¡¦.