Attack on Remnant Chapter three: Bloody Gorge Pt. 1 by lupin096

Two days of planning and preparing have passed. Like I suggested before, part of our troops break off from the assault force. But instead of bringing knights, I decided to bring five human snipers as over watch for our infiltration. Why humans? Robots were too… stubborn for my taste.

Here’s what we knew about the gorge. The gorge was approximately 400 meters deep and almost 5 kilometers wide at its widest. The river leading into the gorge was approximately 27 kilometers long.

There were two ways in. Oobleck mentioned that he escaped through a system of tunnels, which led him out of the gorge. He said he tried to look for the students and release them, but he got lost and ended up escaping by accident. The exit overlooked the gorge and that was our way in and it was our sniping spot.

The other entry was for the assault team, the river route. Moving on the ground would’ve taken too long and they would’ve been slaughtered if spotted. It was likely that they placed snipers and machine guns throughout that route.

“What if there’s anti air artillery located along that river? They might use spider droids to shoot them down or regular rockets. Bah! We’re going to need that distraction even if the gorge becomes filled to the brim with blood.” I thought.

Anyway, we were nearing our destination. As we flew through the gray and black clouds I couldn’t help but think that of it as an omen. Hell, when were clouds like those ever a sign of something good?

As I looked around the metallic insides of the bullhead I saw Ebony twitching on the floor, just waiting for action and the same went for Professor Oobleck. Bianca and Yonca were with the assault team, but knowing them they were probably cuddling each other like a child would hold a teddy bear.

But, enough about them, the drizzle soon turned into a down pour. Have you ever been out on a walk, and all of a sudden it starts raining and you have rain gear on? Well I’m about to once again, just like on that tanker.

We finally reached our destination, 3 kilometers west from the cave Oobleck mentioned. It’s likely that they increased security since Oobleck’s escape. Meaning that they probably found that escape tunnel he used. There were ten people in our group: Me, Ebony, three snipers and five riflemen. We landed in a clearing and all around me was the color red. The leaves were red, the grass was red, and whatever wasn’t entirely red had a red tint to it.

It took us about twenty minutes to get to the cave. We were drenched to our undergarments, armed to the teeth, preparing to battle huntsmen/huntress class assailants.

“I can’t believe this. Why did it have to rain today?” Ebony griped. “I’m so wet right now it’s hard to move.”

“I bet you phrased it like that on purpose.” I thought. “I have never met a woman who could speak so loosely other than you and me.”

I couldn’t help but look around considering the fact that we were nearing the enemy’s base of operations. It’s common sense that a commander would have their men on patrol the radius of their base, but we haven’t come across a single soul. I had a feeling that we were walking into an ambush.

“It’s over there!” Oobleck shouted. Our entry point was in our grasp.

“This was way too easy. I was sure they would’ve posted guards here after Oobleck’s escape.” I thought. “Hold your positions!” I yelled.

“My aunt always told me to observe my surroundings while hunting for an animal. But in this case I’ll just sense their aura.”

I managed to sense something in the tree behind me, but it was really faint. I thought it was a small animal, but then the wind blew and I heard something flapping like a flag would. There was nothing of the sort to be found.

We were on the clock so I had no time to investigate. “Alright get into--!” Out of nowhere a flare was shot from inside the gorge and an alarm went off. Also, the assault team was already attacking the gorge.

“The hell?!” Ebony yelled. “What happened to, “Wait until we’ve infiltrated the gorge. Then rain fire the damn place!?”

“Damn it! Snipers get to that tree line and cover the assault team.”  I yelled. “Professor Oobleck come with us, we got to get the students out now!”

As we entered the cave all I could think, was “What the hell was Ironwood thinking? He just ruined the entire plan.”

Closed spaces, my least favorite thing in the god damn world. The rock formations in the cave looked like withered teeth. Not to mention they were covered in dirt and red moss. I could hardly concentrate because of this tight space. It became harder to breathe the deeper I went.

“Nicky I don’t know why you do this to yourself.” Ebony said. “You know you’re claustrophobic, yet you keep putting yourself in these situations when you don’t have to.”

“Someone has to do it. If I don’t who will?” I said refraining myself from yelling.

“I’m just saying, you can’t force yourself to overcome your fear you’ll only make it worse.” She said.

“I’ll take that into consideration. I promise.”

Thanks to Ebony I became even more distracted than before and the explosions from the surface weren’t helping. After surfing through a myriad of thoughts I realized something important regarding Oobleck.

“Oobleck in your report you said, “I inadvertently escaped while looking for the other students.” So do you remember how you got there to begin with?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t.” He said.

“Are you serious?!” Ebony asked.

“But I’m certain they are somewhere in these tunnels.”

“Right,” I said. “And if I’m not mistaken, the students are somewhere in these caves?”

“Precisely!” He said while adjusting his glasses.

“One more question. Why didn’t they lock you in with the other students? You’d think that would prohibit you from moving around enough to get lost.”

“You see--!” Suddenly a man’s voice and an orange light came from one of the other pathways.

“Well there’s no point in being quiet, since a certain general ruined the element of surprise.”

Diving in head first was against my principles, always has and always will be. We rushed toward the light and pinned him down. It was a man about my height, which is 5’10. Everything he was wearing was black, but it was similar to an Atlesian soldier’s uniform, but the helmet had the mark of a skull on the front. The thing that made it definite was his whimpering.

After the tanker incident only two people died: Jin Shu, the mad/ suicide bomber and a sentry named, Jay Blacksteel, a.k.a the “whining punk” as Ebony put it.

“How the hell are you still alive?” I asked.

“You do?” Ebony asked.

“Yeah. We met three years ago during that tanker incident. He was one of the two people that died.”

“I-I’m not Jay!” He said with his hands behind his head. My name is Robin Blacksteel. I’m his twin brother.”

“Who cares who he’s related to? We need a guide to take us to the students that these people are holding prisoner.” Ebony said.

She roughly pulled him up on to his feet. “Ok I’ll show you, but we’ll have to be quick. They killed three whole teams already.”

“What?!” The three of us yelled.

“They were injected with a disease by the hands of Commander Tsahov, a member of team Desert.”

“What the hell is a team Desert?” Ebony added.

“Better question. Who are you people and why did you kidnap the students?”

“I’m just a grunt they don’t tell us anything. But, I heard something from the commander while he was afflicting the kids. He said, “At midnight Beacon’s loudest speaker will fall upon deaf ears.” I don’t know what he meant by that though.”

“Look, take us to the survivors or I’ll give you a severe case of jock itch via bullets made out of fire dust.” She said to him while switching the safeties off her Stygian Blitz.

“Ok, ok, ok, ok! Just follow me.” He said in fear.

“You still didn’t answer my question.” I said. “Who are you people?”

“We are the dead,” He said. “the forgotten, the betrayed, we are the Yomi. We are the ones who’ll avenge the fallen.”

After hearing that, I couldn’t help, but think that these people have reached a new level of insanity. But what I really want to know is, what will happen at midnight?

To be continued.