by Faulina Arif
One of mercenary from Delta team opening the door and waving his hand toward his friends. "Hurry hurry hurry!"
Aria still firing her pistol together with Arman.
Aria come near Zafar and whispered. "This is our time"
Zafar nod understand.
Some of mercenary managed to get out from the door and suddenly there is something fall from above, tried to pounce to one of them.
That mercenary fall to the ground. A werewolf pinned him down and tried to bite his neck but he could keep that werewolf head away. Then that werewolf use its claw to make that mercenary face wounded.
Reyn that was near him immediately shoot that werewolf helped by 2 of mercenary. Dozens of AP bullets piercing its hard body, made that savage beast can't move anymore and breathless. That mercenary which his body still pinned to the ground immediately get rid of that werewolf corpse, some of that werewolf blood fall to his body.
"They are from above!", One of mercenary yelled.
All of that time together everyone outside looked up.
3 werewolves jumped from the building roof. Mercenaries from Delta team which equipped with heavy weapon immediately firing their machine gun and made those werewolves died in mid-air, eventually all of those beast corpse fall to the ground, some of mercenary and also Reyn was busy to evade it.
Aria, Reyn, Marsha, Zafar and all mercenaries retreated from the door. Suddenly something very large crashed into the door and made it destroyed instantly together with its steel frame and some of the wall. Shortly, that giant creature which destroying everything in its path beginning to reveal itself. Starting from its giant sword till all of its body part which was protected by a steel black armor was revealed.
Everyone fascinated by that giant creature named Berial appearance. A sense of awe and fear filled their minds.
Berial growls loudly till its voice could deafen everyone hearing. Suddenly Berial run to approach everyone that gather together. Berial swing its giant sword toward them and made all of them panicked, and scattered while running away except for Aria.
In the middle of it, 10 werewolves appeared and making everything more complicated. Those werewolves intentionally attack Reyn, Marsha, and the mercenaries. Making their formation in disarray and farther away from each other.
Reyn together with a few mercenaries running toward the old buildings while keep on shooting, Marsha together with Arman and some of his team hiding near the housing complex in the far side of monitoring building. And some mercenaries running in panic toward the monitoring building, and some of them running far till they are near the lake. All of them retreating from those werewolves savages and swift attack. If not, they will be killed instantly by its sharp claw. They were forced to retreat and seeking for a chance to turn the tide. It still not easy even they using the armor piercing bullet to those werewolves, they must be precise to shoot at them and moreover they must save their bullets.
Different with Zafar. Following a code which Aria gave, from the first while Berial are not yet destroying the door, Zafar already moving. Zafar must find a high place so that he can shoot without any obstruction. If not, he could not run the mission which Aria entrust to him.
Only Aria that was left. She standing firmly in front of Berial, as if she challenge that giant creature on purpose. Aria and Berial lift their sword at the same time. With one strong breath Aria firing her magnum pistol in her left hand. After the bullet was spent, Aria discarding her pistol and gripping her giant sword handle tightly with both of her hands. With all of her strength she swing her sword toward Berial left leg that covered with thick armor which she already targeted before. The sound of clashing steel was heard. Aria giant sword succeed to hit Berial left leg armor and made it scratched, but still that action could not destroy that thick armor.
Aria for moment looked up. Berial giant black sword brandishing exactly to where she was. She quickly evade to her left side, and once again Aria swinging her giant sword while circling with full power. And this time Aria could make Berial leg armor to crack. Aria smiled full of meaning.
Berial roared while stomped its foot to the ground and made Aria to lose balance. Berial swinging its giant sword toward Aria.
Aria that now in prone position immediately rolling to the back. She stand up fast and throwing her dagger toward Berial head armor.
Berial instinctively lift its hand trying to protect his head from Aria throwing dagger. And while Berial lower its hand, Aria is nowhere to be found.
Unknowingly for Berial, Aria is already near at Berial legs. Both of Aria eyes turned blood red and with one strong swing Aria successfully destroy Berial leg armor.
Berial half bowed. Because of Aria attack that destroying its leg armor, there is a little wounds at its leg.
Aria dropped her giant sword. She jumped to the back while taking her magnum pistol in her back waist and then reloading its bullet with a special bullet that she request from Lee Hayton. A high explosive bullets that been made by a special method. Aria firing her magnum pistol toward Berial wounded leg. An explosion happened together with its loud sound that reverberating across entire structure.
Berial roared in pain because of the pain it felt.
For the second time, Aria firing her magnum pistol toward the same target.
Berial protecting its leg with its giant sword and blocking the explosion. But that powerful explosion manage to shake Berial giant body, making it lose balance releasing it giant sword that still embedded in the ground and then fall.
With fast movement Aria taking her giant sword and running toward Berial.
Berial that now lying down on the ground and that still stunned caused by explosion could not realizing Aria whereabouts that now was standing beside it, she lift her sword high to try cutting down Berial head.
Suddenly Berial Roared loud and make Aria ears in pain. Berial hitting Aria with its bare hands and made her flew far away and then crashing rolling on the ground.
Berial heavy strike making Aria spew out blood from her mouth.
Berial wake slowly tried to stand up.
When Aria able to stand, she spit blood to her left side. Then, she take a big knife in her left thigh. With all of her strength she ran and jumped to Berial back before Berial can stand perfectly. Aria gripped tightly to Berial head armor. Aria searching for a gap and found it at Berial shoulder. She immediately stab her knife repeatedly in Berial right shoulder.
Berial large hand reaching for Aria and it throw her away from its back.
Aria flew to the air and with good reflexes she somersaulted in mid-air and landed perfectly even though her feet for some time dragged at the ground because of Berial strong throwing force.
Berial let out a heavy groan in anger. It take its giant sword from the ground and then hunt down Aria with bloody leg.
Aria smiled full of meaning. While pressing her headset Aria said. "Are you in position?"
Someone with shortness of breath responded. "Yes, any time."
"I will stop its movement. You only have one chance, target its eye!"
Zafar take a deep breath and tried to focus at his target. He looked that giant creature through his sniper rifle scope and then he reminiscing to the time when he was trained strictly by Aria. Shooting at a small gap and he must pass the bullet through the gap perfectly from far distance. Zafar did it for several times to succeed.
Aria remove her waist belt and get ready.
Berial running toward Aria. When they are close, Berial swinging its sword toward her.
Aria dodged and in a flash she jumped to Berial backs. Aria wrapped her belt to Berial neck.
Zafar was amazed to see Aria quick movement and her recklessness. That woman is truly insane.
Once again Aria stabbing her knife to Berial right shoulder.
Berial tried to reach Aria at its back. Its movement made its body position straight together with its head.
"Now!!" Aria shouted loudly.
Berial large hand o
nce again succeed to reach Aria body. Berial about to throw her body once again but . . . Bang! a loud gunshot from faraway was heard. And it's bullet precisely hit Berial left eye, blood spurting from its eye socket. Berial screaming loud, slowly its body weaken and kneeled then fall facedown to the ground.
Zafar flabbergasted with his own skill. He truly happy and satisfied that his hard work bear a sweet fruit. He could do some outrageous things, this is truly unlike him.
Half of Aria body is still at Berial hand. She was also fall when Berial hand crashed to the ground, made her head a little dizzy. She tried to free herself from Berial large strong hand grips. When she managed to, Aria walk in exhaustion till she fall facedown to the ground. She rolled and rested while breathing greedily, she looking at the artificial sky above the level 3 structure. She felt that she couldn't wake for some time.
Aria then looked at Berial. She have a thought in her minds, where is that dirty dog that let his loyal pet been hurt? In fact Evan is no more than a coward.
Aria pressing a button in her headset to talk with Zafar. "Good job, Zafar." Praise Aria.
Zafar smiled. He leaving his place in above a broken house to meet with Aria.
Reyn voice can be heard in Aria ear. "We get rid of those werewolves. Where are you? We must regroup."
"I'm at empty field near the monitoring building." Aria answered.
"We will regroup there. Wait for us!", Said Reyn then.
Aria sighed in weariness. She looked at where Berial was and then surprised. That monster was vanished, she only switched her sight for a while and it disappear. Aria could see it, there is a giant footstep smeared in blood that moving away from her place. That monster are going far enough. Useless, Aria will not able pursue it.
After everyone gathered at Aria place, they rested for a moment, some mercenary giving a tribute to their dead comrade. They drinking some water and eating some snack while talking about that giant monster and dead comrade.
"What in the gods name is that creature??". One of mercenary shook his head.
"You are truly awesome young miss, to be able to make that giant creature wounded severely. Whilst we were afraid and only look at it and trembling in fear," The other mercenary praising Aria sincerely.
"But I let it run away. We must be cautious, it could re-appear." Aria answered with little regret.
"Is that creature one of research result that been doing by those scientist?", Arman asking Reyn.
"No explanation concerning it. Seems like they made it to be a top secret information because it was their greatest asset. But I think that what's in your mind was true, like the other creature it surely was one of their research result." Reyn answered.
"That means, it is possible if that creature is originally are human?" Arman eyes opened wide surprised with his own words, and so with the other.
"It would be possible." Reyn nodded.
"This is insane. How could things like that exist? And . . . How could they do this inhumane act without any consent?", One of mercenary shook his head in disbelief.
"All of them is not a scientist. They are just a trash and because of that all of them must be sent to hell." Zafar added. There is a pain that Zafar felt when he utter that word.
Marsha can only stayed quiet, she sit close to Reyn. Marsha know and felt the danger and fear, she could even died anytime since she decide to join in this deadly mission. But, Marsha could not believe this could felt this frightening. Marsha already trained using a firearms as often as she could. And Marsha felt that she can do it good enough. But when those werewolves chasing her, she can't shoot her weapon. The shadow of Faisal death re-emerging inside her minds and she could only froze. If only Marsha isn't together with Arman, maybe she were now are only a corpse.
After 15 minutes resting, all of them continuing their journey. Walking down an old housing complex, each of those house is broken and unfit to be use for human. There is 30 house in this complex, that place is eerie and quiet and for a few times they could see a human bones that been left inside some house. Seemed like those bones is from prisoners that had died because of Elysion beast controlling training or for weapon testing and war games.
How accursed and cruel these people that working in this damnable organization is. They only consider the lives of other human as a toy. Now all mercenary could understand, why Aria always in rage and wanted to kill every employee in her sight. All of them is not human or in another words they are devils wearing a human skin, they didn't have any shred of human feeling at all. They know that what they did is inhumane, but they didn't care. Pretended not to know, covering all of their organization secret for only enjoying a luxury. Laughing above the innocent people corpses. Truly blessed these filth are, right?
Suddenly 4 werewolves was seen above some broken house roof. They throwing something round toward Reyn group. Expecting that those round things is a grenade, everyone dispersed and looking for a hiding place. But after they looked again to make sure, seems like that round thing is not a grenade. That ball is green colored and it size like a clenched fist, bigger than grenade.
One of mercenary was careless and hit by one of those ball. That ball cracked open and spewing out some liquid, suddenly that mercenary fall to the ground. His body is stiffened and a foam coming out from his mouth.
Everyone was shocked. That ball is a poison container.
Aria immediately climb the nearest old house, and with quick movement she reaching 2 of those werewolves and killed them with her giant sword. While 2 other had been killed by sniper in Charlie team.
From above the roof, Aria could see 10 werewolves running toward their group. Aria yelling. "They comes, 10 werewolves."
All mercenary ready. Charlie team and Zafar moving to inside of the old houses, trying to find a safe place to shoot at those werewolves precisely.
Aria jumped from above the roof and then run to front. Welcoming those werewolves with her giant sword. Meanwhile the other mercenary helping her at her back.
When they succeed eliminating those werewolves, they hurried to walk into the forest that still a bit far from them. They walk down the roadway till the asphalt road was ended and cautiously they walked to the forest. They didn’t have time to give their dead comrade a tribute.
"Is this the correct path?", Reyn asked.
"Yes, sir. If we go forward, we will find that tunnel inside this mountain, "A soldier from Gamma team answered while pointing at the mountain.
Suddenly Arman stopped and yelled. "Take cover!!"
Everyone taking cover behind the trees at the same time when a few bullets whistling. A sniper shooting at them. Fortunately no one had been hit by their bullets.
There was 20 guards that guarding the forest. 16 of them is a common gunner while 4 of them are sniper. Those 16 guards taking cover behind the trees and bushes. While those snipers shooting at above the hill.
2 mercenary in Delta team that still left throwing a smoke grenade toward their enemies then Reyn, Arman, Aria, and the other mercenary go forward to attack. Together with that, Zafar and Charlie team stand aside. They leaving their group, looking for a strategic place to return fire toward enemy sniper.
Not caring for their numbers, Aria keep running to the front, firing her pistol toward their enemies and made them scared making them decide to retreat.
2 Charlie team members climbing a big tree looking for a vantage point. While Zafar and 1 of Charlie team members that was left hiding behind that tree, shooting enemy sniper that could be seen above the hill to distract them within 600 meter distance. After those 2 man succeed to climb the tree and got a good position, they have the chance to eliminate enemy sniper quite easily.
Aria managed to kill 5 guards. While Reyn and the other mercenary managed to kill 4 of them. A little bit more, only 7 guards that was left and they will arrive at their destination without any needs to shoot their weapons.
Looking at Aria ferocity that keep going forward even she was getting hit by dozen
s of bullets, making those guards panicked. For some times Aria fall to the ground because her head has been hit, but almost immediately she awake and returning fire, making one of guards died.
Reyn mercenaries dumbfounded to look at impossible things happened in their own eyes. They think they are hallucinating. Who is that woman called Aria is? For several times a few bullets penetrating her body and even her heads, but she can rise again like a zombie. At the first place is she even human? Those mercenaries gulped. They are truly made to be curious and wished to know, however this is not a right place and time to talk about that. The most important things for them now is to utilize Aria ferocity for eliminating their enemies.
Bam . . . Bam . . . Bam . . . A very loud giant footsteps could be heard from their backs. For a moment all people stopped to shot their weapons. Reyn, Zafar, Marsha, and mercenaries gasp of shock, they looked behind and could guess what was coming. Many trees fall being hit by something invisible. Is that giant creature coming back for us?
The tables was turned. Reyn mercenaries become panicked while their enemies becoming more confident. 7 remaining guards showing themselves and taking that chance to shoot their weapons.
Reyn and his mercenaries retreating. Those mercenaries tried to cover their comrade to arming 6 landmines at different places.
Aria keep on attacking, ignoring whatever comes to her. She fall and rise repeatedly, and her conscious interval become longer than before, then she can't awaken anymore because there is 1 guard that only focus shooting at her head repeatedly. Every time Aria conscious opening her eyes that guard shoot his weapon toward Aria head over and over.
Berial that now in invisible mode crashing to a big tree that before was climbed by 2 mercenary in Charlie team, and both of them is still above the trees. That big tree immediately fall to the ground, both of them fall from the tree and one of them died crushed by tree large branch while the other suffered a broken hand. Meanwhile Zafar and 1 of Charlie team that before hiding behind that tree knocked out because of Berial strong force, they fall and rolled on the ground. Then Berial keep running searching for someone that must be found, leaving a bloody foot print.