Chapter 169 - Outpost Battle

Getting into the vans, everyone slowly made their way towards the enemy outpost. All of them had tense expressions in the vans, especially the two kids. They had the same expression since the morning, making David regret his decision to bring them both to this attack. Suzie on the other hand simply closed her eyes and was relaxed. 

As they drove Steve heard Emma's voice over the radio, "In position, Sir." 

Steve took the radio into his hands and replied, "Good, are you together with Max?" 

"No, Sir. Max left after helping me silently clear out the place I took over. He decided to look over their base and scout further up." 

Steve remained silent for a few seconds. He hoped they both were together so that Max could defend Emma when she shouts. But Max went off and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, it's ok. If Max was the person who took the decision, then I'm sure he will do ok and not get himself caught. I need you to stay alert until we reach there. Now your next task should be taking out the enemy snipers. We wouldn't want our men shot down immediately after we reach there. So take out the men who are outermost from the post and then aim for the ones inside." Relaying her next mission. 

"Got it, Sir." And the other end became silent. Steve kept back the radio to the side. 

He looked at Barns and asked, "What is the estimated number of people in that camp?" They had a rough estimate when planning but it would be more accurate at Barns outpost as they were the closest and can keep a close eye. 

"Right now? There should be around 20-30 people in that camp. It's heavily guarded because of how close we are to it. If they call for backup, the numbers can reach around 60-70. For us, including the backup, we can get our numbers to 40 at most 50. So let's hope your other team can destroy their base quickly and come help us." Barns responded. 

"Yes, this is going to be a tough fight, and let's hope they do get their part of the deal done quick enough before we are wiped out. The General is betting completely on this plan to take control of this city and build a better base." Steve responded. His father was dead serious about this mission, and he knows this battle is very important for their survival. 

Barns looked at the driver and gave a nod. He gave a signal by stretching his hand outside the window and all the vehicles started to speed up towards the outpost. Only after 2 minutes the people inside could see the outpost and saw a few of their members who were in the vans in front of them engaging. One of the three vans which were in front of them crashed directly into the enemy's barricade, destroying it. 

Their two vans were on their barricade as the people stood behind them and fought. Their car came to a stop as all of them got down in full gear and ran to take their position. Suzie, David, and the two teenagers were in their gear as they followed Steve into their positions. Then they got separated. David and the two teenagers were to continue fighting in the front line, which was where they were, with Emma helping them from a high point while Suzie was to follow Steve and John as they sneak 

Steve, Suzie, and John left the others, and they went into an alleyway. The main reason for them to send Max was to scout out the shortest route when they were fighting, and Max did just that. As they reached the area, Max found Emma and radioed Steve the route before continuing to take out snipers on the surrounding buildings. 

As the three made their way, the rest were already fighting against the enemies. Both sides were raining bullets and Don took out his heavy machine gun, set it up, and started to fire heavily, taking out several people continuously, making the opponents wary. Having gained the slight advantage, they continued to shoot until they noticed a huge car coming their way from the sky. 

Everyone tried to escape as it landed right between the barricade they made with the vans. The vans were set ablaze, destroying their only cover. They went into the alleyways as few more vans came and formed a new barrier. They looked outside and saw a man with two huge arms standing at the entrance with a grin on his face. It was a mutant. 

Suzie wanted to immediately stand up and go fight with the huge dude as Denton was still not there. She had a bit of confidence in her super-strength. But David pulled her hand, shaking his head. Mark told them and especially Suzie to not use her power. 

She just nodded as they continued to peek out to see what the man would do next. The soldiers were already raining bullets on him, but he shielded himself with two large car doors on both sides. David noticed the original flipped-over van they used to break their barricade right behind him. 

Having a nice idea, he took out the radio Steve gave him and told Emma, "Miss Emma, I think there might be a way to cause damage to that person. See our van, shoot it and it would blast. It might cause some damage for the dude."

Emma made a slight sound acknowledging the idea and took aim for the van and shot right at its gas tank. This was perfect as the car exploded and the mutant who was near it took the largest impact, flinging him back inside the outpost. They could see he was wounded and got back into position to fight once again. 

David noticed that the mutant was slowly healing itself and got worried. But then a few others van reached the outpost and Denton got out of one of them along with another squad of soldiers.