Part 26: A Vigilante’s Revenge
Taking my eye from the scope, I crawled to the edge, and whispered to Arcane.
“We were right. Bandits have taken over the town. There’s about 20 of them. What do
you think we should do?” I said, delivering the tough situation to him. He took
a moment to think, and then came back to me.
“Ok, so at the moment, they don’t know where we are. You could probably snipe a
couple before you’re spotted, since you have a silencer. You bought a couple
grenades a long time ago. Still have them?” he asked.
I fumbled into my pockets; which was a pretty stupid idea when dealing with high
explosives, but I fished them out and handed them to him.
“Alright, five grenades. We could probably take everyone out with them, we just need the
right plan. Try to snipe the guards by themselves first, or you’ll alert
everyone. Once they know what’s happening, I’ll chuck a grenade in when they go
for cover. Hopefully they’ll all group up. If they realise where you are, just
get away from the window and find a better position.
You could try and flank them from the sides. I’ll use my pistol if this goes to hell, and one of them
gets too close to me.” He said, and sneaked around to behind where most of the
bandits were. His plan was genius, he must be in the wrong line of work; he’s a
tactician more than a doctor if anything.
Rifle back in hand, I saw about three of them by themselves, who I might be able to
snipe before alarming everyone. I put my hand on the trigger, steadied myself
of the rough window ledge, and fired at a guard busy relieving himself at the
corner of town. Next I scoped in at a guy smoking at the other edge. His brain
matter literally covered the walls, and would have been visible to anyone who
turned in that direction, so I didn’t have much time. The final guy was taking
a nap in a makeshift bed, in the building next to me. I had a clear shot on
him, and made sure the guy didn’t have a good nights rest. Now, everyone I had
to shoot at could clearly see another bandit, so it was up to me and Arcane
working together.
I spotted two guards who had their heads lined up, and fired, causing them to
domino fall onto each other. With that, the advantage was up, as the guards
grabbed for their guns, and scattered for cover. Arcane fired at a few guards
who were too busy caught up with the surprise of my firing, but gave away his
position in doing so. Before he left, he tossed a grenade around the corner,
which blew up a pillar and crushed two guards, and ran off to a ladder at the
back of the building. Surprisingly, they didn’t know where I was, so while they
were flanking Arcane, I fired and took out another guard. Now, they had turned
on me, and I had to find a better position; but the odds were looking much
better, about ten of the original twenty remained.
I crawled into a dumpster behind the guards, and had a perfect opportunity to grenade the guards, but I had given them all to Arcane. I scoped up and saw him on the side of the roof, a perfect place for
a sniper rifle; what an interesting situation. He couldn’t make the distance, and it exploded
in front of the cover the guards were using. They scattered, and I took pot shots
at them from the dumpster, and took two of them out. The remaining guards
dispersed in all directions; not a good situation.
I wanted to get up to where Arcane was, but it looked challenging. One of the
guards fled this way, and he could be hiding anywhere for me, I moved slowly
and saw him looking incredible anxious with his gun, he was shaking and
muttering to himself. Over the sound of his muttering, I sneaked up on him, and
made mincemeat out of his jugular vein, before dragging him out of view, and
dumping his body out of sight. I climbed the ladder and met up with Arcane.
“About seven left, but they could be anywhere.” I told Arcane
“I’ll cover the ladder then, You scope over and look for them.” He said, and we took
our positions. I spotted one hiding behind cover and took him out. Another one
was climbing to a higher vantage point, he fell a good flew stories and cracked
his neck on the concrete, when my bullet fractured his skull.
“Shit!” Arcane screamed. And rolled towards me, as gunfire rattled around the top of
the ladder. “They’ve found us.”
“Throw a grenade at them. Their fire seems to be coming from the west side.”
Arcane chucked a grenade in that direction, and heard two screams simultaneously
erupt. Looking down, I could see nothing but buildings with a new coat of
paint; Red.
“They heard the explosion. Quick! They’re coming from the left side.” He said in a
high voice. I took my scope back to the left, and one of them pulled out a
Rocket launcher. A fucking, Rocket Launcher. I didn’t bother to take my time to
aim, I headed for the ladder as fast as I possibly could.
“Get down Arcane!” I shouted, as a torrent of building fragments flew through the
air, and knocked me into Arcane. He fell a story down, cracked off the side of
the building, and slammed face first into the dirt path beside the ladder. I
managed to get down safely, and got straight to Arcane.
“Ah, Fuck” he yelled. Looking down, he seemed ok, but his leg was hit by a chunk of
shrapnel, and he must have been bruised all over.”
“Shit. It’s not as…bad as it…looks” he troubled himself to say. “Just grab me a
bandage and fight them yourself. I’ll take care of myself until you’re done.
I left him, and took position by the cover the guards were using previously, and
spotted the Rocket Launcher wielding bandit reloading, ready to open fire on
Arcane. I scoped in and made his head explode, rather than his fearsome weapon.
Just four left, and I saw all of them cowering in a corner, peering over at their
dead friends corpses. I scoped in, Arcane chucked a grenade, and shrapnel and
blood splattered the surrounding area. Arcane met up with me, and we both made
our way to the Vicki and Vance casino. Covered in blood, weapons on the ground,
and hands up, we opened the door and saw a gun barrel pointed in our faces.
