[b]Shadow Eternity Sergeant "Redrum", Neo-Umbrella Research Facility, Topside[/b]

The battle had been going smoothly until those damn Rent-a-cops made way for the freaks. Lumbering and shambling beasts had charged from some sorts of garages and joined the fight, ignoring the security personnel. Privates Howie and Wilhelm, ever the overzealous type, were the first to be caught in the swarm. Howie had fought valiantly, but was... decapitated by some skinless thing with an exposed brain. Wilhelm didn't even see that giant [i]thing[/i] coming up behind him, but he did notice the damn thing's foot coming down on his head. Redrum had been trained for just such an occasion, and so were his soldiers. Though they had failed Ridley so far, today was just about to take a turn for the better.


Redrum screamed orders into his headset, alerting the rest of the platoon. He had to admit, the latest operation by that doctor fellow had done wonders for his soldiers' ability to listen to orders. "Heavy biotics confirmed! Fall back into formation '[i]Trio[/i]', and switch to Hi-Ex!"


Acting almost as a unified force, the other seventeen members of the platoon formed up into small squads of three. One man in the middle pointed directly forwards, and two men flanked him, each covering a 90 degree angle on the middle-man's side. In all, it laid down a field of fire for damn near any hostiles that didn't come from directly behind.


With a wave of his hand, Redrum pressed a button on his wrist. His three fellow sergeants did the same. Waves of soft pings resounded across the collected soldiers' Lawbreaker battle rifles, as a tinny voice rattled out a single statement from Redrum's wrist: "[b]High Explosive Rounds-Active[/b]"

Suddenly, the dull thudding of the soldiers' firing became a ear-pounding roar as their rifles began spewing forth a torrent of explosive rounds. An array of explosions pockmarked one Ograman's upper torso, blowing off head-sized chunks of flesh with each impact. The beast lumbered forward a few steps before falling forward, crushing a hapless Licker in the process.

"Keep firing! Keep firing!" Redrum bellowed as the facility's walls became spattered with rancid flesh and the confused and pained roars of the C-Virus mutants drowned out the cacophonic firefight.