The Fallen Soldier
Chapter 49: A-pick-me-up
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Everfree Forest
Russian colonization ship
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You stepped into a long narrow room, a counter was in front of you. You stepped up to the counter and pressed a button. There was a moment of silence, before 3 man sized holographic targets shot up from different points in the hall. With lightning fast speed, you pulled your SAS-24 from its holster and took aim.
BANG BANG BANG
As the air settled, the targets could all be seen with a hole in each of their heads. The targets flickered and disappeared. You sighed and holstered your firearm, you stared into the distance for a bit, before pulling a automatic rifle from beneath the counter. You performed a quick checkup, before flipping the safety to SEMI.
You pressed a different button this time, it raised the amount of holograms that were to appear. You raised it to 5, then pressed the main button. You lowered your weapon and patiently waited, the holograms appeared and you immediately raised your weapon to retaliate.
BANG BANG BANG
After scoring a good 3 head shots, you ducked behind the counter and switched to Full-auto. After a moment of waiting, you jumped up and unloaded.
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG
The rifle clicked empty, the remaining 2 holograms were filled with holes. Your aim was everywhere however, which wasn't good. As a AMAHS agent, you're expected to have full control of the recoil. However, you don't use full auto much anyway, you prefer Semi-auto. Your shots are much more accurate.
You ejected the magazine and laid the weapon down on the counter. You enjoy shooting as much as the next guy, but it's pretty lonely. You'd like some company, but no-one is gonna want to shoot guns with you.
"OHMYCELESTIA IM SO EXCITED!" Rainbow Dash jumped up and down. "You're finally gonna let me use those guns!"
You cringe, maybe this wasn't such a good idea. "Yeah, I am. But firearms are no joke, and they aren't toys. So act like a adult." You scold Rainbow.
She stops jumping, coughs and replies with a serious tone, "Of course. So what gun can I use?" She asks, breaking her serious tone immediately.
You wonder for a moment, then shrug, "Just grab a weapon off the wall over there." You point at the wall of the armory.
Rainbow holds in a screech and approaches the wall of guns, none of them are loaded, so you don't have to worry about a misfire. You watch as Rainbow stares at the wall for a good minute, then she snatches a revolver from its rack. She holds it in her hands for a bit, before turning and bluntly stating.
"It's heavy."
You smile and chuckle, "It's made from steel, and that steel was probably made on a entirely different planet. You're holding something that is literally out of this world."
The smile on her face gets bigger, "Can I shoot it?"
You nod, "But I wanna go over some safety lessons first."
Rainbow groans.
"Step 1!" You exclaim, raising a single finger. "ALWAYS keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, don't point it at something unless you plan on hurting it or worse."
Rainbow looks at you with a confused expression, "What's the muzzle?"
You sigh.
"Step 1!" You shout.
Rainbows quickly replies with, "Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction!"
You nod, "Step 2!"
Rainbow replies with, "When not in use a firearm should be unloaded!"
You nod, but it contradicts what you usually do.
"Step 3!"
Rainbow goes quiet, "Uh, the gun isn't a toy?"
You sigh, "Goddammit Rainbow. We'll be here all day, let's just shoot the gun."
Rainbow happily nods.
You usher her into the firing range, and quickly change the holographic target count to 1. Afterwards, you lay a box of .44 on the counter, you slide it open and pull 2 rounds out. You place them in the open palm of Rainbows hand.
"Load the gun." You command.
Rainbow lays the 2 rounds down and releases the cylinder, she picks up a single bullet and slowly loads it into its slot. She looks at you for confirmation, she recieved a quick nod from you, before she picked up the other .44 and loaded it into the next slot. She pushed the cylinder back into the frame and raised it up at the single holographic target that was no more than 21 feet away.
"Don't straighten your right arm out, keep it bent. Keep both eyes open. Use both hands and be ready for the recoil okay? It's gonna kick like a bitch, just keep a tight grip and let the thing go as high as it wants too. Okay?" You advise.
Rainbow nods.
"And here, ear protection." You crouch and pull a set of ear muffs out from the counter. "These will make you virtually deaf, so please wear them otherwise you WILL be deaf." You place them over her ears and give a thumbs up. She returns it.
You point at the target and make the motion of firing a gun.
Rainbows nods and immediately afterwards, she fires the revolver. Her hand jerked up and she stepped back. You glanced at the target, she didn't even hit it. You look at her, waiting for her next shot. Rainbow step forwards and raises the revolver, her fingers move from the trigger guard to the trigger itself. She takes a deep breath and...
BAM!
You glance at the target, this time it had a hole in its right thigh. You look at Rainbow, who smiles happily and takes her earmuffs off.
"Good aim, you've just incapacitated a grown man. And worse." You compliment her merciful way of shooting.
Rainbow lays the revolver down and massages her right palm, bluntly stating, "I was aiming for the head."
You whistle loudly, before chuckling a bit, "Maybe you should use a different handgun. Why not a 9mm? Or a .45? Those don't kick as much, and they're more convenient. I don't even know why they have Revolvers on this ship, these things were declared unworthy or something."
Rainbow continues to rub her hands, "Yeah, I probably should." As she exits the room, she turns and asks. "Can I use your gun? The little one you always have on you?'
"No."
"Why not?"
"Can I have the shirt on your back?"
"No!"
"Well there's you answer. My gun is like a article of clothing, it shields me from hazards and seals my innocence. Or something."
"You get that from a book in Twilights library?"
"Screw you Rainbow."
Next Chapter: The calm before the storm Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 11 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
This authors note is pretty importnat.
IM GOING TO START MAKING MY OWN ART FOR THIS STORY. I'm obviously not a artist, but I'm going to be making a mixture of hand-drawn images on my IPad, and some poorly photoshopped images.
Here's a example of something I drew and plan to use for a future chapter.
And here's some image I photoshopped.
Whenever I feature Anderson in any of the pictures, I'm going to be using this one.
That's all, see you all next chapter. (If you do not wish for me to use my own art, please PM me the reasons so I can tell you, "I'm still gonna make my own stuff, just scroll past it." )
I've also bought Undertale and I really hate Undyne or whatever her name is. An HOUR AND A HALF, ALL FOR THE PACIFIST ENDING.