From: sclayton@infoave.net (Tobor the Avenger) Subject: Op. Phoenix: Into the Madness (pt 2) Date: 1996/04/16 Message-ID: <4kv2t1$cnv@news1.sunbelt.net>#1/1 organization: SunBelt.Net INTERNET Access newsgroups: alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die,alt.tv.barney,alt.tv.the-jihad,alt.tv.dinosaurs.barney.die.die.die,alt.exploding.barney,alt.christnet.dinosaur.barney,alt.satannet.barney,alt.sex.bestaility.barney Into the Madness part II _________________________________ It was still snowing, but I didn't really care. I had found a spot just above a cluster of spongin troops. I fired a volley of grenades at the group, as half of them fell the other half ran about like a headless chicken. "I LOVE sneak attacks!", I said audiably as I jumped down into the fray. A few shots from my blasters finished the group. As expected, the sponge minions were not very formidable, that is if you ignore their sheer number. At any rate, I was dropping them rather rapidly. I was feeling very cocky when, "Wham!!", a blast knocked me sideways over three yards. As I scrambled to regain balance I saw what shot me, a Jello beast. My energy shields were hit somewhat hard, but those would regenerate and I was otherwise intact. I dropped back, into a small ravine, trying to get some distance. The Jello beast was fast. I fired a few rounds from my blasters, but he still kept coming. I remembered my special surprise weapon I had put on my suit before the battle. There was no time to test it. "Well, no better time that the present.", I thought as I armed the launcher. As soon as I had enough distance between me and the blob, I fired. A small rocket launched from the device mounted on the right arm of the suit. It embedded almost its entire length into the blob, then it exploded spreading ignited *thermite inside the beast. (thermite is a substance that, when ignited, can vaporise carbon steel) It twitched in agony as the contents of the rocket burned it from the inside out. As it burned, I opened up on it with my blasters. The beast sort of came apart right there. It was pool of burning goop,with a few occasionally twitching hardened chunks, when I left it to die. Whew! that smelled wierd. I checked my status, my shields were at 76% and were regenerating. I had four thermite rockets left, and in need of some tunes. Considering the body count, not too bad. Set music "Walk" -Pantera. Just then I saw a pair of bots closing from opposite sides on my HUD. To be continued.... --------------Tobor the Avenger---------------- Lieutenant Tobor of TRES Corps. Alpha Squad sclayton@infoave.net--scclayt@univscvm.csd.sc.edu PGP key on request