Chapter 7. The code is "Black".
November 15, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Nat returned to his seat. It wasn’t long before Nat received an alert.
- “Your…”
Nat began to press the keys rapidly.
- “No, no, no.”
Nat’s eyes began to run from one monitor to another.
- “I promised.”
- Attention: code “Black”! The “Black” code has been
activated.
-A what!? Rose shouted.
Rose ran up to Nat.
-What is going on!?
- This is the end.
-A what!?
Nat opened the message. Rose began to read. There were only two words in
the message: “The code is black.”
“That means…
-He’s dead.
-No! No! No!
“I’m sorry, Rose.
Soulless sat in the kitchen with a phone.
- “My one-way ticket.”
Soulless finished his coffee, then walked into the hall, slung his bag
over his shoulder, and stepped out onto the platform. At his request, there
were no guards on it, and he calmly got out and got into the car.
Everyone gathered in the main hall. Rose stood on the hill and tried to
find words, and there was a deathly silence in the room. At last Rose began to
speak:
-Attention! From today… I am responsible for everything. Our
commander-in-chief is dead.
There was silence in the hall as well. A month had passed since that
statement, still not moving away from the latest news, when suddenly Mars came
into the office.
-Can?
-Come in.
- You have a letter from the Reds.
“What’s going on?”
“They’re declaring war on us.
“Then we’ll kill them.”
- What will be the instructions?
- When will they start?
- Quote: “This will be a gift for you.”
-Got it. So let’s hit the first ones. Gather all the people, all the
equipment. In three hours we are advancing.
-I got it. Mars said and walked away.
- “Freaks”.
Coming up to Nat, Mars said:
- Turn on the speakers.
-Yes.
Nat turned on the speakers and Mars said:
-Attention! War has been declared on us! You have three hours to get
ready, get ready for a tough fight!
After Mars had finished speaking, everyone began to fuss.
“What kind of freaks decided to sharpen their teeth?” Monocle
asked.
- I have no idea, but they are clearly repulsed. Falcon answered.
There was an hour left before the operation. Everything was almost
ready.
-Rose! Nat shouted.
Rose walked over to Nat.
-What the?
“They attacked. Squares 332, 754d, 12a, 12, 842, and 338, but 231
has the most of them.
- How many are there?
- It’s hard to say. There are still gray spots.
-Union?
- Most likely, yes.
“Bitch!”
- Everyone who stays on those squares, but they definitely won’t last
long.
- Get into the systems and do something to make sure our people have
time.
-Try.
- Turn on the speakers.
-Ready.
-Attention! The attack took place earlier! Quickly pack up and drive to
squares 332, 754d, 12a, 12, 842, 338 and 231! Send small groups to all of the
listed squares, except for 231, where send the main force
- It has begun… — thought the Soulless One, standing on the roof of
one of the buildings in the 231st square.
- “OP-S” on the spot. Monocle said.
-I got it. Work on all targets. Rose said.
-Took. Work.
“They’re like ants in anthills. Falcon said.
- So, until we run out of ammo, we work.
- “OP-S2”, how are you? Falcon asked.
- Yes, it’s an asshole, we don’t have as many bullets as there are here.
The Eye said.
- “OP-S3”?
-Ready. Grad answered.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve been OP-S,” Dozhd said.
-Aha.
“We’d be pinned down here, they’d help us!” Tango said.
- We can’t! They’ve squeezed themselves! Thunder said.
“OOPS!”
- Highlight them.
- Like, Light up the critters.
-See. Monocle said.
-Removed. Falcon said.
- We’ve been covered! I repeat, we were covered! The Eye screamed.
-From where?
“Fuck knows, but they’re not alone!” Sight three hundredth!
-Scratch. Sight answered.
“Fuck it!
“Get out of there!” Falcon shouted.
-Hail!
- We don’t see it!
“Bitch!”
- What are we doing? Monocle asked.
- Sit and kill these creatures.
- Alpha, what do you have there? Grom asked.
- The Heavy was killed, but it didn’t help! The phone rang
- Beta, where the hell are you!?
“We’ve been pinned down here too, what are we going to do to you
here, it’s already five two hundredths!”
-Nat! Thunder shouted.
-Wait a second!
“Rose, we’ve got two hundredths of your ass here!” The
cameraman shouted.
-Please wait! “Hunter”, “Formula”.
-Yes.
-Yes.
- “Formula”: Take cars and take away the wounded! Hunters:
Cover them.
-Took.
-Took.
- Block, get ready!
-Took.
“Damn them, there are so many of them!”
Abruptly, the opponents clutched their heads.
“Those creatures are stunned!” Work!
- Good job Nat!
-It’s not me.
-A what?
- OP-S3. We’ve been hit too! It’s three hundredth rain!
- straight to the barrel!
- My grenades are dead! Give the hell out of the smoke! Until we lie
down here!
- We can’t! You’re out of the zone! Falcon replied
“Bitch, we’re going to die!” Drag your ass and give the fucking
smoke!
“Fuck you, my spotter is hurt!”
- Gatherers!
- We can’t, if we dump, then we’ve the point! Reach out to us!
“He’s going to bleed me out!”
As soon as Grad said this, a bullet flew near his leg.
“Oh shit!
-Hey… Hail… Give me the rifle and knock it down.
- Don’t even think about it.
“Knock us down before we both get down.”
“We’ve gone to the main house,” Tango didn’t have time to
finish, when suddenly there was an explosion.
-Tango! Tango! Rose shouted, “Charlie, what’s the matter with Alpha?”
“It’s so that someone is alive there!”
“Rose, get out of there!” Nat shouted.
“We can’t, then they’ll kill everyone!”
“You’re all going to lie down there!”
“I’m in charge here!”
- “Stupid, you bastard!”
- Do something better!
“What am I going to do to you!?”
“At least turn off the lights!”
“Come here and go around their firewall!”
- It’s your job!
“Then don’t teach me!”
- Path (Alpha Group), how are you? The recipient asked
- Normally.
-Whole?
-Yes.
“See that wall of garbage over there?”
-Aha.
“I’ll blow up the smoke, and you can get everyone you can out
there.”
-Come on.
-Rose! Nat shouted.
-A what!?
- Reinforced Lantern squads are coming to you!
“What kind of creatures are these?”
“They don’t want to get in on their own, so they’ve formed squads
of heavy fighters.
- Could you tell before!?
“I just found out about it myself!”
“Nat, you!” How many are there?
“About a thousand.”
-How many!?
“Get out of there!”
- “Call in reinforced units? Why am I not surprised?” thought
the Soulless One
-Where are they?
- On the bridge. Yours!
- What again!?
- The bridge was blown up!
-Who?
“I have no idea, but they’ve lost about forty percent of their
strength.
- And in numbers!?
“About four hundred.”
- Keep an eye out.
- “What the fuck am I doing?”
- OP-S2, what do you have there?! Falcon asked.
“Not a damn good!” The rifle is dead, and these freaks are
coming out of nowhere, the cartridges are running out!
-Behind! Monocle shouted.
Falcon grabbed Monocle by the scruff of the neck and jumped over the air
conditioner with him.
“Where the fuck are they from!?”
- I’m empty. Monocle said.
-Me too.
“Well, I think that’s the end.
-Yes.
- See you in hell.
“Bitch…
At that moment, Monocle and Falcon heard gunshots and bullets that hit
the air conditioner.
- For us?
- But definitely not according to them.
Monocle peeked out behind the air conditioner.
- No, it’s still about them.
-What?
The falcon peeked out. The bodies of the “Greys” and
“Reds” lay there.
- OS-P2, your job?
-What!?
- It seems that someone is helping us.
- Speak for yourself! Not a single bitch helps us! We’ve got one fucking
grenade left! Rose!
- Wait for “Charlie” to come to your rescue!
-Refusal! Let’s stick our heads out, let’s fuck off! Dom shouted back.
“Nat, what are our losses?!” Rose asked.
- A little more than half.
- Racer, take your men and let’s get the machines with the machine gun!
-Took.
- OP-S3, how is it? Rose asked
“Fuck us!” The rain is already seeing the white light! As long
as there is smoke, I will try to take it away.
- Put a parachute on it and drop it to the Formula while you stay there.
“it!” Why the fuck would I shoot?! My rifle fucking knows
where!
“We’re running out of ammo here!” — said the recipient.
- We’re at zero too! Cross (Charlie) said.
- Block and Assault: we need medical supplies and ammo! Rose shouted.
- We can’t take medicines! We’re running out of them anyway! Blok
replied
“We need ten minutes!” Sturm said.
“you!”
“Listen, don’t we happen to have an OP-S4?” asked Monocle.
-No. Rose answered, “Oh, what is it?”
- Yes, they are clearly helping us.
-Nat!
-Just checking. No, it’s all clean.
- What about the other squares? Rose asked.
- They repulsed it, most likely it was a diversionary maneuver. Nat
said.
“!” Alpha, what do you have there?
-Tight! Three hundredths cannot be counted, as well as two hundredths!
-Tango!?
-Dead.
- Way, hold out a little longer! We are here for you! Dom said.
- What about the period? The Smoker (Charlie) asked.
- Fuck that point! Give smoke to Alpha
- Does anyone have a grenade!? The operator asked.
-I! Forester said.
-Forester!? What the hell are you doing here!?
“They’ve put me all down!”
-Your! How are you?
- It’s fine, but they hit me in the leg.
- Rose, the Hunters have been laid! Only the forester survived!
“Why, what about them!” “OP-S”, how are you?
- Fuck! All our spotters are wounded! The Eye answered.
-Aha! And some fucking rifle doesn’t even have one! Hail shouted.
- Beta! Beta! Nat, check your Beta status!
-Wait a second. Dead!
-All?
-Yes.
“Oh shit!
- Racer, base!
-Yes!? Rose shouted
“We’re fucked!” We have only one car left!
“Racer, take that fucking car and get us out of here!” Hail
shouted.
“You’ve got an idiot over there!” Rose shouted.
“A fucking rocket hit them about ten seconds ago!”
-Loss!
“Why, there are only corpses!”
“Monocle, how are you?”
- As long as I’m breathing.
- Hail, we’re coming to you! Falcon said
“You’ve finally deigned to do it, bitch!”
“Fuck you!” If I hadn’t the grenades, it would have been
easier!
“Come here, asshole, and I’ll show you what’s wrong with the
grenades!”
“Shut your fucking mouths!” Dom shouted, “Recipient,
what’s the matter with the cartridges?”
“They don’t fucking exist!”
“We’re going to lie down right now!” Rose!
-…
-Rose!
Rosa sat in the car with her face in her hands, but even her hands were
dripping with tears and her whole body was pounding.
-Rose. The Post said.
-A what!?
“The head of the 'whites' wants to see you there.
-What…
Rosa got out of the car and went to meet the “whites.” As she
approached, she saw that there were a lot of “whites.” Then Rose
said:
“Did you come to help them?”
-No. But you’re right about help, I’m the only one offering to help you.
It’s a quid pro quo.
“So I found out.”
-Yes. And I’m looking, you’re the place to act, I decided to sit and
whine.
“you!” Besides, you can’t sit and scream, if we hadn’t come
then, I would have looked at you!
“That’s why I’m here.
“Why should I believe you!?”
“You don’t have to believe it, but then you’ll be interrupted. The
great “Soulless” was defeated.
-He’s dead!
-A what?
“You didn’t know. Then the question is, how did you know?
- You’re not the only one who has people watching the cameras. But I
didn’t know that he was dead. Are you in charge now?
-Yes!
- Well, then my proposal is still relevant.
Rose thought for a moment.
-Rose! Alpha Group is almost broken! “Charlie” too!
-Ok! Let’s make a deal!
- It has already been signed by him and me.
-A what?
- We’ll cover it, and you take people to the 0-01 square.
- Retreat to square 0-01 for all groups! The whites will come towards
you.
- Yes, they are already covering us, so we will knock us down, but the
cover does not put us in place.
- Have yours already started to act?
-No.
- I was told that they are already being helped.
- It’s definitely not us.
After digressing to square 0-01. They began to count the losses: the
“blacks” lost about sixty percent of their equipment and men. The
screams of the wounded could be heard in the building, and the heads gathered
to discuss the course of action.
-So. Sakura began to speak, “The Reds have declared war on the
Blacks. Since we have signed a treaty, the “Whites” will help the
“Blacks”. Also, “light green” and “dark blue”
will help us with supplies.
-Can? Raising his hand, the head of the Dark Blues asked
-Yes.
- I’d like to introduce myself first. The pill is the head of the Shadow
or Dark Blue. We would like to help not only with supplies, but also with
people.
- It’s up to you.
“Rose, do you hear?” Nat asked.
- I have bad news. The “purples” and the “greens”
have united against you all.
-Got it. Is there anything else?
- Not yet.
-What the?
- I have bad news. The Purples teamed up with the Greens. They are
against all of us.
The head of the light greens raised his hand.
-Yes? Rose asked.
- Hello, I’m Rom, the head of the Light Greens. I would like to say that
we are against the Greens and will fight for you. We will help in any way we
can.
- Well, so do we. A voice came from behind the door.
“Who’s that?” Sakura asked.
- I should know. Rose answered.
The door opened, and Bee and Moth entered.
“And you, who?”
— The head of the “blacks” in one of the points. Bee. And with me, the head of the “whites” is at the same point. Moth.