Wolfhound: Secret Heroes

All he** broke loose. Lead filled the air as we all took cover.

There must be a hundred of them! I risked a peek, but after only a couple seconds, I had to pull my head back. It was worth it, though. I’d estimated at least twenty of them.

I blind-fired in their direction. I couldn’t see, so I could only hope I’d hit any. I could see everyone else engaging them.

Someone took cover next to me. I glanced over. Jackie.

“Any ideas?” She yelled over the gunfire.

“Uh, maybe a little metallic greeting?” I replied as I sprayed the so-called greeting down the corridor.

She nodded. “That works!” She popped up and let off two bursts before ducking down again, narrowly avoiding a spray of bullets.

I grabbed her shoulder before she could pop up again. I held up my fingers and counted down. “Three, two, one!”

We came up together, and time seemed to slow. I casually shot off three bursts, and heard Jackie doing the same. Then, together, we brought down another guy, with one present from each of us.

I pinned myself against the wall again as a hail of flying metal tried to say hello to our faces. Jackie ducked back behind me, and waited for the storm to pass.

“Hey, I’m pinned down!” Amber called over the radio. There’s no way we’d hear her normally.

I looked over. Gunfire was being concentrated on her position.

I saw a spot that Jackie or I could move to in order to get a better view on who was shooting at her.

I decided quickly. “Jackie! Move there, I’ll cover you!” I indicated.

She took one look and nodded. She readied herself to run.

I leaned out and started laying down a whole magazine on the ba**ards down the hall.

When took cover again and reloaded, I heard Jackie over the radio.

“Made it! Amber, you’re good! Move!”

I didn’t look to see where Amber ran off to. I was concentrating on shooting. But it was slow going.

“Is there another way out?” I yelled over the radio.

“Should be! Get me over to you!” Sarah replied.

Ranger caught my eye, and together we suppressed the bad guys again while Sarah moved.

“On me!” She yelled.

I stayed there and covered everyone, and then I turned around and ran after them.

I turned the corner in time to see Sarah break a window with her boot and attach Leon’s grappling hook to the windowsill. Ranger and Allen formed up to hold off the baddies while everyone else rappelled down.

It was close. I ended up going last. I threw a grenade in the guards’ direction and jumped. I grabbed the rope in midair and slid down.

Thank goodness we have gloves.

As we ran for it, a door of a building opened, and a woman carrying a briefcase ran out.

“That’s the info storage!” Sarah yelled.

I aimed for the woman, but suddenly a bodyguard came out, too. I tried to shoot my target, but the bodyguard jumped in front of the bullet. At least he went down. I adjusted my aim.

Right before I could shoot the briefcase woman, something slammed into me. An enemy soldier, a knife glinting in the sunlight shining down on his hand.

I ended him with a bullet to the brain, before he could do more than knock me down.

I got up heard a grunt. I looked over. Allen, who had been right in front of me, had been in the process of rounding another corner when an idiot with a knife tackled him.

Time slowed. I saw the woman pause right next to an armored vehicle. I could still take the shot.

...But I’d be sacrificing Allen for some Intel. The guy’s knife was already up. Allen’s arms were pinned.

I could shoot the woman, and let Allen die. Or, I could shoot his attacker, and let the woman and the Intel get away.

The Intel could’ve been anything. It could’ve been the identities of Crimson Justice’s leaders. Could I really let that go?

...Yes. Yes, I could.

I chose Allen.

I turned and brought my gun up to the tackler’s head. I pulled the trigger.

I turned to try to get the woman, but she’d already gotten in. The car was moving. She was gone.

I helped Allen up, and we high-tailed it out of there.

At the house, I stopped to quickly cut loose the civilians we’d tied up, and then I ran and followed the rest of Wolfhound.