jump back. See you in a couple of hours,” Kyle replied.
“Thanks, Kyle. Give those girls a kiss for me. Star Dancer out,” Ian replied.
Kyle replied. “Will do, Borderlands out.”
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J enny, who had been taking a nap, suddenly came awake. “Star! Emergency priority! Open a comm to Ty Anders!”
“I’m a little busy at the moment, Colonel,” Ty said by way of greeting.
“Get out of there now! That’s an order, Marine!” Jenny yelled. “MOVE!”
Reacting without questioning her, Ty ran back for his truck, just as the shield began exploding with released energy as ultra-high velocity bullets from one of the Bloodhawks slammed into it, right where he’d been standing.
“Jesus KEERIST!” someone said over the comm channel. “Fall back! They might get lucky and break through the shield!”
“Bounder two, if you can get a lock, scrap that Bloodhawk!” Ty ordered. “Fangs out everyone! Try to target equipment only! If they decide to run, let them.”
The boom, boom, boom, of the cannon on one of the dune buggies could be heard in the background. Through the smoke and dust, Ty saw several of the US military dune buggies charging towards the boundary. One of them suddenly pitched sideways and rolled as Overlord two hit it with an explosive round.
Ty, and his two escorts took off back towards the main settlement in order to put a little distance between themselves and the attackers. Team One, Ty’s team, consisted of one more hummer and two more of the dune buggies, came roaring up to support the rest of their team, as Team Two of two more hummers and four buggies came roaring in from the other direction. Both teams were firing their weapons as they moved.
Ty noticed that the other Bloodhawk was not getting involved after its counterpart had to make an emergency landing because of damage to its main rotor.
“Hold position, and cease fire! Let’s see what happens when they hit the shield,” Ty ordered.
There had been enough distance involved for the military dune buggies to get moving pretty fast. When they tried to cross the boundary, it was equivalent to hitting the proverbial brick wall. The attacking forces took casualties, but for the most part, everyone had been strapped in, so the damage was limited to broken bones and bruises. None of the bullets they had been firing had penetrated the shield, either, but there were some wounds from the ricochets, but again, nothing fatal.
Ty’s team did remarkable well, in that they had inflicted telling damage on their attackers without inflicting casualties.
Once it was clear that something was barring their way, the attackers pulled back, but didn’t leave.
“Are you still listening Colonel?” Ty asked.
“Damn right I am, did anyone get hurt?” Jenny asked.
“None of us, I’m not sure about the attackers yet. However, I was too close to the shield, and that Bloodhawk would have shredded me. Thanks for the warning,” Ty replied. “How’d you know about this little party? You got a spy in my camp or something?” He knew very well how she had known, but none of his troops did. He knew they would want to know how she had known about the battle.
“Did you forget we have a satellite over you? I was alerted to the situation by the computer about ten minutes ago,” Jenny explained. “Sorry I didn’t let you know, but I didn’t want to distract you. They have someone moving forward on foot, but they are also putting snipers out, so this time, I wouldn’t get as close to the shield – this is most likely a trap.”
“Understood, Thanks Colonel,” Ty said, thankful that she was able to cover her having a vision.
“Okay boys and girls, let’s try this again. Everyone hold position, stay targeted, but hold your fire. Overlords, your heard the Colonel, find those other snipers,” Ty said. “I’m moving up again.”
“Be careful, Bossman,” someone said over the comm.
Once again, Ty and his two escorts moved up