PFC Yui "Zippo" Sakuraba – 1st Squad<br/><br/>We headed to the tower. We moved slow but steady, moving with purpose. I felt oddly proud of our squad. I think the crash would've broken other squards. They would've been running scared, or manning the comlinks for help, forgetting the mission. Not us. The mission was the mission, and we'd go on with it and follow it through, despite our losses.<br/><br/>As we headed into a clearing - or at least an area with less trees - I suddenly felt something go splat on my shoulder. Ordinarily, I don't think I would've given it much thought. Rain, maybe. Or birdshit, given my luck. But on today, of all days ... I glanced upwards. I wasn't taking any fucking chances.<br/><br/>I wasn't sure if I was glad or not.<br/><br/>Bodies swung from the trees, like big bloody slabs of meat. Their guts had been ripped out, their bones cracked and shattered ... whoever they were, they just hadn't been killed, they'd been eviscerated.<br/><br/>My jaw dropped. I let out a cry or surprise, and for a moment, I thought I was going to be sick. But there wasn't time. Gunfire immediately erupted, and off to our right, a screaming guy appeared. And ... a blip. An invisible blip, since I couldn't see with my own eyes what was making it. But it didn't take a genius to realize that whatever it was fragged our screaming guy, as a big smoky hole suddenly appeared in his chest.<br/><br/>"Oh, no," I whispered hoarsely. It was one of the zeeno-whosis thingies. I<em>knew</em>it.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=103426.msg4512453#msg4512453">Quote from: CmdrRenegade on 16-04-2011, 07:48:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Zippo! Hose the blip area! DeSilva! Watch her back! the rest of you watch each other's backs! It's one of those hunter things!"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"No problem," I said, nodding as I took a few steps towards the area. "I'll roll this fucker up like a big fattie and smoke it for you, Sarge."<br/><br/>I flipped open all the safety valves. I could feel liquid fuel coursing through the hoses. It felt great. I pulled the trigger ... and flames erupted out of the nozzle of the M240B. The blip area was enveloped in lovely hot fire, and so was the blip inside it.<br/><br/>"How about a little fire, scarecrow?" I yelled. I was pissed. The zeeno critters probably brought down our ship. And killed my friends. I didn't just want the thing to die, I hoped it suffered, too.