Operation Dark Skies

[Hobo]

Krez had been walking for three days now, he gave the word and his group sat down. He drew his spear and looked around the area. It had everything he had wanted.

Krez: Check for any water....

A couple of young boys no more than 16 stepped forwards they took out some improvised spades and started digging. A trickle of water flowed out of the ground.

Man: Finally Water!

A crowd of people gathered around and started to dig.

Krez: STOP! This could be contaminated. They bombed this region.

Krez walked to a cart covered by cloth. 7 men with various weapons including hammers and bows were guarding it. He pulled out a glass stick. He plunged it into the barren ground a blue light lit up.

Krez stood up:

Krez:It's safe.

A cheer went up among the nomads, they had finally found a resting place.

Man: Right, start building works tommorow tents for the meantime.

Krez walked back to the cart he slung back the cover revealing a wealth of technology. He pulled out his hand built shotgun.

Before the war Krez was a gunsmith, he created various sorts of large, small and energy weapons. Most of them and their components he carried in the cart. Along with his vital equipment.

[Hobo]

Krez slotted the shotgun into a consealed pocket on his back. He picked up his spear and held it up into the air.

Teenage boy: Scout Call!

A group of 14 - 16 year olds gathered around Krez they were armed with the primitive weapons like everyone else in the newly founded village.

Krez: Two Groups, One lead by me one lead by Helk ok?

Helk: OK, Direction?

Krez: You take North, detailed exploration, look for any plants, caves insects.

Helk: Ok.

Helk and his gang of about five boys walk off towards a rather jagged mountain face. Krez and his group start heading East.

Krez:..... and then the Shellboar charged at me it's claws raised above it's head ready to slash down at me. I rolled to the side and quickly pierced it's head with my flint axe.

Boy: Krez, I can see something moving.....

Krez: Everyone down..... Oli, go back to camp raise the alarm and hand out weapons, there might be raiders.....

Oli runs off creating a cloud of dust behind him. Krez spots the figure.

Krez: Right, it's human shape, about six foot tall. Be prepared for anything.

Krez and his Warriors manage to creep their way forwards until they can clearly see the figure. It's a six foot tall man, he is holding a large shotgun in one hand and a pair of binocs in the other.

Krez: He has Binocs, he may be a raider, he may be a merchant, but he isn't going to be a tribal like us. Right, I'm going for it....

Krez stands up in full view.

Krez: *Yelling* HELLO!!

The man looks at Krez and Points his Shotgun, throwing the binocs to the ground.

Man: Who are you? Where are you from?

Krez: I am Krez, leader of the Gurangee Tribe.

Man: Well if you have room, I can offer my skills as a fighter.....

Krez turns to his warriors.

Krez: I'll sort this out, you guys go....

The warriors run off. Krez walks up to the man and looks at the man, he notices that in the hand that once held the binocs the man is now support his shotgun. Krez reaches out to shake his hand but the man quickly beats Krez unconcious with the butt of his shotgun...

[Hobo]

Krez woke up, he was in a run down house, the walls all ripped in half and rubble everywhere. He felt for his gun, still there. He stood up and saw that he'd been lieing apon a matress, it had lots of stains apon it and a great rip at the bottom. He walked out of the bedroom and passed a man.

Krez: Hey, You! Where are we?

Man: We're at the slavers den in Klepston..

Krez: You mean, we're in a proper civilised town? I never knew any towns or cities survived the bombings...

Man: Oh, yeah many did. Many villages and their populations managed to survive..... they used many means, some, like you, must have run away after they heard the news of the war, in only the clothes they were wearing. While others hid in bunkers, praying not to be found.

Krez: Ok, Has anyone ever escaped from here?

Man: I wouldn't bother trying, the last one that was caught got hung.

Krez walks out the front door to find that this house, and many more are part of a large fenced in area. Ocasionally around the land you could see a guard, all armed with various small arms.

Krez saw the nearest fence and saw that beyond it was the rest of the town. He ran, he ran like he did when those youths attacked his shop, he ran like he did when he had to deliver messages. He ran like he did to escape the war...

Krez jumped at the fence, he heard a yell and a rifle shot ricocheted off the ground. He jumped from the top and dived behind a rock. He saw a door in a fence open 6 men ran out shooting at Krez.
Krez Drew his shotgun and fired ripping a large whole in one mans chest, another man ran towards him with a knife, Krez hit him with the butt of his gun before firing, leaving a hole in his chest.

Slaver: Keep back boys, this one ain't worth it...

The slavers went back inside, Krez headed towards the town....

[Hobo]

Krez found himself in a high street, there were torn down houses and broken street furniture everywhere. Krez looked at some of the people on the streets. Some walked in gangs, armed with large weapons, obviously adventurers or raiders. Others were wearing uniforms and holding pre-war revolvers, obviously the police.
Krez walked up to a police officer.

Krez: Excuse me! Sir!
Officer: What is it Tribal?
Krez: Where can I find a room?
Officer: This town don't like tribals..... If you want my advice, either change your image or get out of town. And stay away from the streets after nightfall the Kobras and Jets come out then.......

The officer walks away towards a store.
Krez walks into a store labeled : Gear

Inside there are shelves lined with tins of food, ammo and weapons. Krez walks towards a attendant.

Attendant: What is it Tribal?

Krez: Have you got any kind of clothes I can buy?

Attendant: Follow me......

The attendant leads them to a room filled with various sort of metal armor, leather jackets and hardened leather armor. Krez inspects a suit of metal armor.

Attendant: 600 coins....

Krez: 600 coins?!

Krez walks up to the attendent. Krez pulls out his shotgun and closes the door.

Krez: How about a gun owners discount?

Attendant: Sure, take it!

Krez knocks the attendant tunconcious with the butt of his gun before changing into the armor. Krez takes a rucksack off a shelf and strips the attendant and piles all of his stuff into the bag.

Krez walks out of the room calmly and with the money he just gained, buys himself some shell for his shotun, a map, a flashlight and some batteries and some tinned food and a tin opener. He then goes outside and walks towards, where his map says is the next town......

[Hobo]

Krez had been walking for about an hour when he noticed a figure against the sun, it wasn't a man, it was four legged, it had large tusks. A shellboar. Krez kneeled he loaded the shotgun.

The shellboar noticed Krez it turned to face him. Krez remain kneeled. The shellboar charged at Krez, it's tusks lowered. Krez remained still and leveled the shotgun at the shellboar's head. Just as the shellboar came into range a shot ripped through it's head and the shellboar collapsed.

A man with large tatoos all over his chest stood up. He was holding a sniper rifle.

Man: Never leave it that late, you never know if they're running full speed or not. I'm Kyle, I'm a traveller. I'm heading for Frakton

Krez: So am I, mind if I tag along?

Man: Sure, but keep an eye out for raiders, they're crowded all over this area.

[Fez]

well just to keep you happy, i'll reply. But i dont know what the hell this story is about!?

btw, i'm not changing my avatar unless i get huge feedback for it back, okay hobo!

[Hobo]

Ok due to popular deman i'll write a backstory. Fez change that damn avatar.

The year is 2134, and the world has been overrun with terrorists. The Unified World Government(UWG) has been formed, all the major rulers from each of the five superpowers: USA, UK, Russia, China and Japan. The UWG has been given the job of clearing out any terrorist cells.

For three years the UWG went around without hitch, slowly destroying Urban terrorist cells. On August 8th 2137 the terrorist fought back. They attacked every major town of the UWG, and gave the UWG until December 31st to surrender it's chemical and Nuclear Weapons or the terrorists would unleash "Operation Dark Skies" The UWG ignored this threat, and until the end of the year the Major cities and towns continued to be attacked. On December 31st it was armegeddon.

Terrorists, who since the forming of the UWG had been under cover got to work. They managed to cause a meltdown in every major nuclear powerplant in the world. This the UWG discovered was stage one.

Stage Two comprised of Hell. the terrorists detonated miniturised Nulcear weapons in every town city or village. The world was torn.

Many people survived the bombs. In some cases they had got fallout shelters, in others they just managed to disarm the bombs or the equipment failed. Others, like our hero Krez, when they heard the news of what was to come, him and his fellow family and friends abandoned civilisation and fled into the desert of Arizona, taking only supplies and weapons.

Now the world is finally emerging from their shelters. It is a changed place only a small number of villages towns and cities made it, the rest were destroyed. People have changed too. Many people go from town to town being "Adventurers" Performing jobs, and being a gun for hire. Others stayed Tribal and live out in the desert wasteland that the world became, often fighting the new wildlife and the many raiders, slavers and pirates that hunt anything that moves.

In goverment terms the world reversed. Africa and South America are now the technology driven places Asia Europe and North America were. The UWG survived. But only in a few towns and Cities. These are known as United Government Counties, they are constantly under attack by raiders, Mercs and Terrorists. They of course are no match for the UGC's for they have kept the best technology and are the home to the world's best fighters......

[Hobo]

Back to the story then.....

Krez and his new friend, Trug. Walking along when they finally spot Frakton. Krez breaks into a run and Trug soon follows. Trug raises his rifle and shoots into the air. Krez turns and draws his Shotgun.

Trug: Down, I saw the glint of a scope from that cave. We can't risk exposing ourselves. Pray they didn't see us....

Trug pulls Krez down behind a rock.

[Fez]

cool! it all makes sence now! (okay okay, if you want the unisol back, here it is)

[Hobo]

Krez peers around the corner he can see the reflection of the scope. A bullet suddenly ricchets off the rock. The shock of this sends Krez back round the rock. Trug loads his sniper rifle and lines the scope up with the glimmer of light and fires the light immediatly falls to the floor.
Trug pulls Krez up and they sprint for the cave, a figure leaps at them with a knife but a spread of shrapnel from the barrel of Krez's shotgun.

[Hobo]

Krez holsters his shotgun and picks up the knife while drawing his flashlight. He covers the cave, noone but him and Trug. Trug bends down over the dead sniper and strips him down. He passes krez the sniper rifle and Ammo and he then pockets a desert eagle.

Trug: We shall stay here tonight. I shall teach you of my life and my travels.....

The pair spend the night talking and dicussing each other's lives.

[Hobo]

The light has bearly reached the peak of the furthest mountain in sight. Trug and Krez are already inside Frakton. This town must not have been hit by Operation Dark Skies. Every building was in pristine condition. Everywhere there was a large blue UGC with a star painted.

Krez: Wow this is a UGC?

Trug: Yes. Though the UWG have been trying to lose it for ages. The Police Captain is also the leader of a large Slaver group. The UWG can't let go though because this is it's main mining town. Almost all the vital minerals can be found within 20 miles of here.

Krez: 20 Miles? How do they travel that far?

Trug: Because this town wasn't affected by the war. All the cars and trucks managed to avoid getting radiation. Anyway, we're gonna stay here for about a week. I have a friend in the police force, he can get us some protection and some housing.....

[Hobo]

Krez and Trug are sitting in a bar. A police officer walks in and sits at the same table.

Officer: Hey, Trug. I got your place set up. Your gonna stay in the main hotel. I got you access to the police armory.

Trug: Good, meet Krez, my current teammate. He's searching for his tribe. They got split after a slavers incident.

Krez: Hi. You are?

Officer: I'm Leslie. I'm the goddamn only straight officer in this town. The rest are all in the pay of the slavers. Thats why i can offer armory access. I mean you've got to be using it for more good than the rest of the force.

[Hobo]

Krez, Trug and Leslie are walking through the slums and ghettos. Krez looks down an ally. There are several large Black men. They are holding eight inch blades and wearing hardened leather armor. In the other hand each one is holding a chain attached to a dogs collar. On the floor in front of them is a small man with round glasses. He has blood down his face and in his hand he is holding his wallet.

Krez: Leslie! Look down this ally!

Leslie: Holy Sh**! I didn't realise the Skull raiders were back!

Krez draws his shotgun before anyone can say another word.

Leslie: KREZ! NO!

Before Leslie can stop him Krez fires a shot, tearing through the side of his face. The corpse falls to the ground.

Gang Member: Hey Fool! Greg, go get some more brothaz to help me beat down on his ass!

The other gangster runs deep into the alley. Krez is crouching behind a dumpster Leslie and Trug now have their weapons drawn.

Leslie: You Dumbass the whole gang's gonna be after our asses. We gotta leave town before dawn tommorow. We'll head for Jacksonville. Thats another UGC
* A shot hits the dumpster just missing Trug on the ricochet* We'll grab some supplies from the station and then we'll head off tonight.

Krez stands up and fires at the gangster, the shell hitting him in the leg. The gangster buckles and falls down. Krez walks over.

Krez: * To injured victim* Go! Run! Get out of town..... * To gangster* You too, if me or any of my men see you in town again, we're gonna make sure you don't sleep at night.....

Krez looks up and sees six more gangsters. all armed with rifles shotguns and AR's.

Trug: Krez, DOWN!

Krez falls flat to the floor and Leslie unleashes a clip from his Sub machine gun. Two gang members are hit and one of them falls backwards over a bin and lands unconcious on the floor.

Leslie: Get back here Krez, we've got them suppressed!

Krez runs backwards towards the dumpster and fires his shotgun at the gang when leslie reloads. Krez crouches behind the dumpster when he sees Trug and Leslie dive behind a wall he peers over the top. He sees a man in full combat armor Holding a Bazooka apon his sholder. He is aiming it at the dumpster.

Krez runs behind the wall and runs towards Leslie and Trug who are currently in Leslie's Patrol car............

[Hobo]

The explosion tears away the building. Krez is thrown to the floor, his face being scratched by a broken bottle. he suddenly feels as if he is flying. He tries to open his eyes to see what's happening but all he can see is his own blood. he tries to wipe it away but he finds that he cannot move his arms due to the pain. The blood is smeared away from his eyes.

Trug: Drive! Just get us out of here! It's gonna be all right Krez, we've got to get some supplies and then we'll take the squad car, and head towards Jacksonville.

Krez: What, about Leslie?

Trug: He's gotta come with us. The Skull raiders saw him and they've got him on they're lists.

Krez falls unconcious. When he wakes up he finds himself and the car in the middle of wasteland.

[Hobo]

Krez sits up and sees Trug and Leslie cooking some iguana over a fire.

Leslie: Come on over Krez. This is the first bit of fodd you'll have had for three days.

Krez: Did I miss anything exciting?

Trug: No, we took some serious firepower and drove like hell. We had a run in with some raiders.

Krez: Where's the hardware?

Trug: In the trunk of the car..... Anyway look just get some food inside you!

Krez starts eating the iguana. when he has finished he starts to fall asleep .....

[Hobo]

Krez wakes when a couple of hours before dawn. He looks up and see's Leslie is still awake. He is cleaning his rifle.

Krez: Leslie? What's wrong?

Leslie: Well now after we've left Frakton, it's going to fall to the ground. It nearly happened when the Skull raiders came the last time. They are the rival gang of the Chief Of Police's, last time they had a huge gunfight in main street. 65 innocents were killed. Along with every honest Policeman but me.

Krez: Jesus..... I didn't realise..... What do you think will happen?

Leslie: Well i'm guessing that the UWG will send either send in strike forces, which it is unlikely , or it will Take the mines by force and then level the town and turn it into an outpost......

Krez: Oh man....

Krez opens the trunk of the car and pulls out a large Katana and straps the sheath to his belt. He Sheaths the sword and he then puts his old sniper rifle back into the trunk and pulls out a very old model of the Energy Pistol. He then wakes up Trug and starts the car, Everyone piles in and they head off towards Jacksonville.........

[Hobo]

As the car gets n earer to Jacksonville. They stop the car. They each grab a pair of Binoculars and Gaze in awe at what awaits them.

Krez: What Happened?

Trug: What's Happening more like. All I can see is men in large Black powered armor. They are using Energy weapons.

Leslie: Weapons up Boys! We got us a survivor.....

Krez draws his Katana and runs at the survivor.

Survivor: STOP! You've got to help our city! There are Mercenaries everywhere, They killed my family and burnt my house.

Krez sheaths the sword and walks to the man.

Krez: What sort of weapons are they using?

Survivor: They used all kinds of large guns and energy weapons. What seemed to be the leader had a minigun.

Krez: Ok you wait for us in our car, we'll try and find out what's happening.

Leslie: I doubt we could get one of them nevermind a whole Battalion.

Krez, Trug and Leslie walk towards the village, Trug is holding a sniper rifle, Leslie is weilding an FN FAL rifle and Krez is Holding his Energy Pistol in one hand and the Katana in the other.

When they get to the town most of the Soldiers have left. Only a couple are performing a sweep for survivors. A pair of the Mercenaries are standing in the middle of a totally empty street.

Krez: Trug, Headshots on my mark. Leslie: Use your scoped pistol until they are within range.

Trug lays on the floor. He lines up his sight with one of the talking Mercenaries and fires. The bullet cracks the armor on his helmet but the man is hardly injured. The men turn around. One of them is carrying a large Energy Rifle the other is holding a pair of Automatic Pistols.

Krez: Headshots, again aim for the same place!

[Hobo]

Krez: Come on Trug Shoot!

Krez turns to his left to see trug now has a large steaming crater instead of a chest. Leslie fires a shot at both of the Soldiers one of them falls to the ground dead. The other turns and lines up his energy rifle.

Before he can fire he drops to the ground and leslie looks at Krez to see his steaming energy pistol.

Leslie: Trug was a brave man, I knew him for years. He'd have wanted to die this way......

Krez: That's good, but we need to hide and strip these bodies.

Krez and Leslie carry the two soldiers bodies to an alley. Leslie leaves and later returns with Trug's.

Krez: The armor is too damaged. take the energy rifle. I'll have the twin pistols.

Krez takes the armor of one of them to dicover some documents.

krez: *reading* Sgt. Hucksfield. Your Squad's orders are as follows:

1. Eliminate any civilians. 2. Make it look like mercenaries. 3. destroy your armor and weapons after, leaving no trace of you.
Captain Oma

At the top of the paper there is the UWG's logo.

[Fez]

sorry i havnt been on lately, but WOW! this is one of the best stories on the forums!

[Hobo]

Thanks Fez!

Krez folds up the paper and slits it into a compartment in his Armor.

Krez: If we get back to the Car, we might be able to follow these guys as they leave.

Leslie: Not a Chance, if they spotted us they'd crush us.

Krez: Most of them have gone now, what shall we do?

Leslie: Wait till They've all gone. Then we'll take supplies, get in the car, and we'll see if we can find your tribe. They'll be able to help us, right?

[Hobo]

Krez and Leslie Walk to the Local Militia Armory.

Krez: I guess the Militia didn't stand a Chance.

Leslie: They had some sweet equipment though. I guess it's that power armor that scared them.

Krez opens a locker to discover a fully grown man inside. Krez quickly flips up his pistols.

Militia Leader: Thank GOD! A rescue team?

Krez: No, an adventurer.

Militia Leader: Do you know if anyone survived?

Krez: We met a man. He was pretty beat up.

Militia Leader: Thank god Franson got through their lines. We sent a message to Frakton. We guessed the UWG could help us.

Krez: I doubt that........

[Hobo]

Krez and Leslie sit the Militia Leader down and explain everything that they found out to him.

Militia Leader: So our messenger?

Leslie: Dead, wither by the waste land or the Mercenaries or the UWG.

Krez: What are you going to do?

Militia Leader: Well, I can 't stay here. Nothing left. If i go to the wastes on my own, someone's destined to kill me.

Krez: Well we're gonna stay here for a few more days. Make your mind up and we'll give you a lift to wherever

[Hobo]

*Krez and Leslie are in the car with Tom, the Militia Leader*

Krez: So you're sure you'll come with us.........

Tom: yeah, I can handle my assualt rifle pretty well, and I've got a good thrwoing arm.....

Leslie: Yeah, well we'll see about that.

*Leslie Suddenly stops the car*

Leslie: Everyone Out! Quickly!

* Leslie dives out of the car, alling behind a small rockface, Krez pushes Tom out of the car, they land under a dead tree. Krez looks backtowards the car to see it be flipped up into the air by an explosion*

Tom: Jesus Christ!

Krez: Stay Down. We have no cover, we better hope Leslie can distract whoever it is.

[Fez]

slow down hobo slow down, your losing me.

[Hobo]

Leslie peers over the top of the rock. All he can see is a haze of smoke.

Leslie : * To himself* Damn, they've got smoke grenades..... I've got to find a way of getting Krez and Tom over here.............

Leslie leans over the top of the rock and fires concentrated bursts of energy rifle at random into the smoke.

*Meanwhile*

Krez: I hope Leslie knows what he's doing.....

Tom cocks his assault rifle and fires bursts into the smoke.

Krez pulls out his pistols and fires intot he smoke aswell.

Krez: Make a break for the rock, they're gonna be able to see us with I-R goggles.

Tom runs and manages to dive behind the rocks, a trail of bullet holes follow him.

Krez Runs towards the rocks and a bullet strikes him in the knee he stumbles and falls to the floor he strikes his head on a rock and falls into unconciousness.

EDIT: I hate this damn no double posting rule, oh well on with the editing.....

Krez wakes up to find himself in a totally empty room. The walls are all painted white. The only object in the room is the light.
Krez gets up from the floor.

Voice: Test Subject 104V is awake sir!

Second voice: Ok Guards, Retrieve him....

A pair of power armored soldiers enter the room.

Guard 1: Follow us......

Krez follows them out into a long hallway full of guards.

Guard 2: The General has requested your presence.

Krez: Why

Guard 1: I'm sure he'll tell you.....

The guards push Krez into a room with a single man in dress uniform.

General: Sit.

Krez sits in a comfy black leather chair.

General: Why did you have to fight our men? Why couldn't you have just run...

Krez: What, who are you talking about?

[Hobo]

General: In Jacksonville.....

Krez: Who are you? And who are your soldiers?

General: We are your masters. Our Soldiers? They are the genetically pure.......

[Hobo]

Krez: What? I don't understand...... The soldiers in Jacksonville were UWG soldiers. I don't understand why they were there....

General: It doesn't matter. We have infected you with a new virus called QHC. It will destroy any emotions you have. You shall then work for us as an unstopable machine.

[Hobo]

Two guards enter the room before Krez has a chance to speak. One of them is armed with an automatic shotgun, the other has a light energy Cannon slung over his back, but in his hand is an adapted cattle prod.

Krez: wha....

The cattle prod sends Krez into a deep sleep. He wakes up in the empty room again......

[Hobo]

Krez gets up. No guards to greet him this time.
He stands up and stretches against a wall.

Krez: Something's different from before......

Suddenly the doors shoot open and four troops enter the room. Two quickly kneel and aim their Light Energy Cannons at Kres. The other two pull out pistols. Another soldier comes in, with the rank of Major, painted upon his armor.

Major: Follow me, The General inists training must begin.........

The six men walk to the training barracks. Krez is pushed into a line, alongside other prisoners.

Tom: Krez, how are you?

Krez: I feel, empty.........

Tom: Yeah, me too.....

The Major starts to patrol up and down the line.

Major: You are the latest recruits into our gene pool, some of you, will not survive, the rest, will help the UWG take back control of the world, and crush those who oppose........

The Major pulls his pistol out.

Major: Tthe Bc2k5 pistol. Standerd Private and Corporal issue. excellent stopping power, medium range, poor rate of fire. Today you shall learn how to handle it..... And if anyone dares turn their gun on one of our men, they shall have 65 energy cannon charges in their back from the turrets......