Tiberian Frontier

"Can you believe this, Puke?” Gallagher’s angry voice came over the radio.

“Don’t call me that,” Vega instinctively responded “What exactly are you bitching about now Gallagher?”

“We’ve gone from stopping an alien invasion to cleanup work,” she said heatedly “shouldn’t we get some kind of recognition?”

“We’re the lucky ones here,” he replied “The 3rd helped us on that op and they were disbanded. Besides, wasn’t it your idea to take all the credit?”

“I didn’t expect the tibeheads to actually give us all the credit! You had just as much part in that as I did.”

Vega cringed at that, he was only slightly joking at the time but he never wanted to cost anyone their job. “What happened to their commander anyway?” he asked

“Cut the chatter.” Interrupted McNeil “Gallagher is the only one on cleanup here, Vega your job is to set up a forward base to provide a foothold in case these reports of Scrin activity are true.”

Vega looked over at his forces: 3 Mammoth Mk.3 tanks, 6 Guardian APCs loaded with soldiers, 3 Titan anti-vehicle walkers, 4 Wolverine anti-personnel walkers, 3 Slingshot mobile AA platforms, 16 Zone Troopers, 4 Shatterers, and an MCV to set up the base.

“Sir I’m not sure I’m comfortable working with these Steel Talons-“started Vega

“Your concern is noted captain, but these boys are some of the best fighters we have.” McNeil interrupted “I am aware that some in GDI view them as extremists but I respect them, and I would expect you to as well.”

“Rift generator detected.” The feminine voice of EVA broke in over the two soldiers

“Vega hold your position, EVA what are its power levels?”

Vega ordered his men to stop while EVA reported on the alien super weapon.

“Power levels at 99 percent”

“Vega you need to get the fuck out of there NOW!”

Vega started to order a retreat when he noticed a wormhole open to his left at the rear of the formation.

“Rift generator activated.” Came EVA’s somewhat redundant alert.

The Mammoth tank closest to it was sucked in while the others were saved by their bulk. In an effort to save itself the MCV had begun to deploy, but the rift caught it in the middle of this transition and in its unbalanced state it was sucked in as well. On its way through it managed to crush an APC, the zone troopers on the other side of the formation who would normally be safe instinctively attempted to help but ran within the pull of the wormhole. The lightweight wolverines were pulled through easily, and 2 Titans were unbalanced and dragged through unceremoniously. The Shatterers and Slingshots were betrayed by their HoverTech, the devices providing lift from the ground suddenly aiding the rift in pulling them towards itself. The crushed APC and its  intact counterparts were drawn in and Vega, who had lowered himself to the ground to minimize pull, suddenly found himself without anything between himself and the rift.  Gallagher’s voice was the last thing he heard before he was pulled into the rift.