2054_Koreyang2

Andrews: “ Command, the V.I.P. and family are dead. (sighs) Requesting orders.”
Command: “Roger that Andrews. Abort the mission and assist in civilian evacuation. Gunship transport is en-route to pick you up.”
Jake:{Interior Monologue} “It wasn’t the sight of the bodies, or the disturbing violence. It was a flicker of an emotion and the look on their faces. {Jake looks at his teammates} That’s when I knew that there was something wrong with me. I don’t know what it is.”
(An explosion rocks the entire building). {Colossi storm up the stairs. The squad stumbles after the impact}
Andrews: Get to the roof! Move!
(More explosions explode. An explosion destroys the stairs up as the marines approach, the building shudders and creaks){Colossi are seen rushing up the stairs, and start firing through the floor. Bullets rip through the floor and walls around the marines)
Annete: The buildings coming down!
Eric: We can’t stay here!
(Ivan is eyeing the neighboring building as Annete talks. He fires his cannon through a blasted out wall, blowing a hole in the nearby building)
Ivan: Follow me!
(Ivan takes a running jumps and leaps across the ten foot gap into the nearby building.)
(The clones follow. Dog follows leaps without hesitation, Jake glances back at the squad before jumping across. )
Annete: Go! I’ll cover you!
(Annete starts to return fire back through the floor. {Annete’s aim is solid, he kills Talos constructs with his return fire} Eric and Andrews jump through the opening into the nearby building. After Eric lands, he mutters: “They don’t teach that in basic training.” Annete starts running out and begins his jump. A burst of Talos gunfire hits, leaving dents and black marks across his armor. Annete barely makes the jump, he lands hard and rolls to a stop)
Eric: Ann, you alright?
Annete: I’m fine, they didn’t penetrate the armor.
(A burst of gunfire rips into the room around the marines)
Dog: The top stories are collapsed- Gunship can’t land!
(Ivan looks out towards a sky bridge connecting two sky scrapers. There is an open platform on the far building. A burst of bullets punches through the wall between him and the stairs down. He reloads his cannon and rushes to the elevator)
Ivan: What floor are we on?
Andrews: Twelve, why-
(Ivan blasts the elevator doors open)
Ivan: Four floors, let’s move!
(Ivan jumps into the elevator shaft and grabs onto the elevator’s cables. He grinds down, sparks wildly flying from his metal glove. When he drops to his goal, he stops himself by kicking the walls, and blows the elevator doors out with his cannon, then hops out onto the floor. The squad follows Ivan, sliding down the elevator shaft and jumping out onto the lower floor.)
Eric: (Muttering) Damn, they don’t teach that *anywhere*.
( Andrews calls out instructions to gunship to land at the platform across the bridge as the marines run towards the platform.)
{In one continuous shot, the marines rush through the building and across the bridge as bullets spray the area around them and up to the platform. The camera is from the POV of one of the marines. The gunship lands as the marines reach the platform. Jimmy is on the gunship, gives them a hand onto the vehicle.}
Jimmy: (Jokingly, as he helps the battle damaged Annete onboard) Wow, and you guys aren’t any worse for the wear.
(The gunship takes off from the platform and flies away from the apartment buildings. The squad takes the chance to catch their breath and take seats. The squad’s armor is covered in burn and bullet marks. Andrews hangs over the pilot’s shoulder and eyes the massive starship hovering over the city.)
Andrews: The cruiser hasn’t fired a shot since we’ve landed.
Eric: Yeah, something’s up.
Jake: Maybe they’re overheating?
Ivan: No. (Everyone is silent as Ivan reloads his cannon, then straps himself into his seat.) {Ivan does not make eye contact with anyone. Annete sits and holds his head as he looks out upon the burning city. There are cars abandoned in the streets, all the signs of life are present, but there are no people anywhere. {Fire reflects off of Annete’s visor, he wears an expression of self-doubt.} Jake watches Annete. Jake looks out, and obviously does not see the same thing that Annete sees. Jake then looks at Dog. Dog is strapped in and alert, but oblivious to the city. Andrews gives co-ordinates to Jimmy. Jake straps himself , Eric straps in next to Annete.)
{Soldiers are guiding families of terrified refugees onto trucks and other vehicles at the evacuation site. Green smoke marks their position, the squad’s gunship is visible from the site.}
(There is a brief beam of light from outside the gunship, then an explosion rocks the entire vehicle. Radio chatter starts flooding from the cockpit.)
Dog: What was that?
Jimmy: Cruiser opened fire!
Andrews: They’re hitting us on the ground, we lost the evac site!
Jimmy: Strap in, evasive maneuvers!
(Annete quickly straps in, and looks out upon the destroyed evacuation site. Destroyed vehicles, dead and injured people are visible. Talos soldiers are start swarm the site.)
{A Talos soldier executes an injured person begging for mercy at evacuation site}
(The gunship screams past buildings and through the streets as the cruiser fires down. A few shots land near the gunship and rock the marines strapped inside.)
Radio: (Repeating, Almost lost amongst the clatter of the bombardment) Sounding general retreat- all units pull out. Repeat…
Andrews: We’re pulling out! Get us out of here!
(The gunship blasts out of the city at low altitude, escaping the bombardment.)
{The gunship flies out towards the camera then pulls up and away. The silhouette of the burning city and the Talos cruiser is seen in the background.}
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