TERRA NOVA EPISODE 7

TERRA NOVA
EPISODE 7
JAILBREAK

Chris flies through the prison, his hover-bike creating waves over the swampy water collected on the lower levels. The prison’s station is overloaded with chatter, “Geez… they could at least talk to the beat…”
“This is Omicron-8 we have the runner in sight.”
“Copy that Omicron, sending in the Valkyries.” Three helicopters take off and head toward the wolf, but he turns right and glides up a ramp to make a jump over a bridge loaded with police.
“OUTBREAK OUTBREAK OUTBREAK!” One near a turret shouts to command as he opens fire.
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Jeffron mans the APC turret as the car blazes down streets littered with debris, some pieces are upturned pavement others pieces of buildings. It turns left, then right, suddenly flipping over when it is hit in the side by an RPG. The Komodo dragon orders everyone to take cover behind some overturned cement, “Okay we have a rocket sniper out there…” He readies his assault rifle, “I’m going to head out into the open. Ryoko, I’m going to need you to go for a headshot as soon as he fires.”
Jeffron rushes out into the street firing in a wide arc when suddenly a rocket flies straight towards him. A gunshot rings out and the RPG arcs, exploding when it connects with the wall next to Jeffron. Fang has already picked the APC back up and placed it right side up. Xorea assesses the damage, “Not much harm done, but the side isn’t as protected.”
“We have to keep moving, we’re already five minutes behind…”
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Jgirl stands on the rooftop, the grenade launcher in her hands. Hundreds of guards roam the streets below; one has a remote and some explosives. “They’ll break through with that in no time…” The weapon clicks as she loads in a clip of explosives into it. She makes a final sweep of the street below before firing off a cluster bomb. The guards watch in fear as it lands, but doesn’t explode, a few seconds later is splits apart and bombs fly everywhere. The explosion knocks one officer’s body over the wall and up to where Jgirl is hiding, “That looks so painful…”
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Darkkick stands on the roof of Zata Institute. Behind him stand all of the students trained in the art of war, the others have either been evacuated or are inside the building tending to the wounded. Near the wall lie the bodies of soldiers, most destroyed by the traps. “How long do you think we’ll last…” the hedgehog asks the headmaster.
The man’s face is unusually bright for the circumstances, “You should know the best of all these students; We can hold out indefinitely…”
“Unless they get through the traps…”
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The APC continues through the streets then turns into an alleyway between two apartment buildings. Three thuds occur on the roof and Jeffron climbs to the top of the car. Three police are too busy with explosives and do not notice him. He rushes up and knocks two over the sides then picks up the third’s rifle, “GET THE H**L OFF MY CAR!” he slams the butt of the weapon into the guard’s head, sending him face first into one of the walls that rush by. The komodo hangs over the side and looks at Xorea, “How much further?”
The woman checks the charts then looks up at him, “A few more seconds!”
A bullet whirs by Jeffron’s head causing him to look up and see a battle raging in the center of the city. Buildings lie in ruins and makeshift barricades made from ruined vehicles litter the area. Shafts of light erupt from both sides of the battlefield as molten shots fly across the field, “Holy…”
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Jgirl continues to fire off more grenades into the soldiers gathered below. Her hand waves in the air as she signals to others who have joined her. “You all! Take up sniper positions on the top of the building, make sure you aren’t seen!”
Another officer flies up and into the air…
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Chris slows the hover-bike down in the shadow of one of the prison walls. Pulling out another grenade he tosses it further down the marsh, the explosion draws away the helicopters. The music dies and a voice comes through the speakers, “I see you made it halfway through the prison already… good show.”
“Zar I gather…” the wolf replies
“Yep, I hacked into your radio… Just want to tell you that the whole prison has lit up, everyone is looking for you. You’re going to have to go through… that place… Your friends are fine by the way; they’re putting up a real fight against the police force. In fact I’m going to venture to say that they may actually be pushing them back a little. But, if I’m right, the main wave has yet to come…” Static occurs for a second then the voice comes back, “The next patrol is coming soon, I’ll be out for a while…” The connection cuts off.
“Looks like I’m gonna have to catch up quickly…”