"Drive under it" said Amber, calmly
"huh?" responded Josh
"get up fast enough and go right under it, if we hit a leg it will just lose its balance, we will be fine." Amber said, still completly unfazed by the weight of the situation.
"This better work"
The APC started moving toward the stider, Tom asked "Mark, put the rocket in the stiders belly, quick!"
Mark didn't ask why, they were only 30 yards away and speeding up. He grabed the rocket Tom had modified and shoved it in the breach of a launcher. 10 yards and Mark pressed the button to pop the hatch. The hatch openend, Mark stuck the rocket laucher out, pointing it strait up. The strider's body was just ahead, Mark fired. The rocket shot up, its momentum still carring it forward. Mark saw it strike the belly of the strider as they passed under it. as they sped past it a disipating Jet of flame could be seen coming out of the top, along with a viscostic blue goo bleeding out the bottom. It's legs started to go limp, but Josh took the APC around a corner and Mark lost sight of it, so he ducked back into the APC.
"I should make more of those," commented Tom "they seem to work really well"
Mark looked at the main screen and saw a rear view had been brought up, so they all could see the strider's demise
"Ya, they do. That was a good shot to Mark." said Dan as he patted Mark on the back
"theirs no chance of the strider following us now." said Tom
"And the other one?" asked Dan
"To slow and far away, we have noting to fear from it." answerd Tom
"were there anyway, no need to argue now," interjected Josh "Some of us will have to walk ahead and tell them not to shoot though, seeing as were in the very well know combine APC.
"why don't Me and Mark go," suggested Tom "Mark?"
"sure" Mark replied
He and Tom jumped out, and Mark started following Tom. The APC was hidden, in a dark corner behind a dumpster. The dark made mark realize how dark it had gotten, so he looked to the sky, seeing it as a dull orange in the distance, Night was comming fast. The dark shadows everywhere were cast from the old buildings, Mark thought they were werehouses or factories. He caught up to Tom as he turned down and alley and knocked on the door that was there.
"Who is it?" came a voice from inside
"Its Zorro" Tom told the voice, mark assumed zorro was a password or something
The door swung inward and two men were pointing their guns right at Tom, but they lowered them when they saw there were no combine near by.
Tom spoke first "hey, guys. I got a combine APC full of ammo and a few guys, so could you guys open loading bay door so we can park it where it won't be seen."
"eh, a combine APC, whatever you say Tom, we trust ya." said the man on the left
"but how did you get it here without us knowing, our lookouts should have informed us." said the other. he took out his radio and started talking into it.
The man on the other end replied "well, see...we heard the strider and thought it would be best to stay out of sight. So we really didn't have a view of anything"
the man with the radio mumbled something about them being idiots. Then yelled to the other side of the building to get one of the loading docks open and a ramp out. Tom told Mark to got tell his brother to drive the thing in, so mark started walking back. He had trouble spoting the APC in the dusk light, but when he got close enough to where it was he saw it. He knocked on the hatch and jumped in when it opened.
"your all clear, one of the loading docks is open for you." he told Josh. the APC began moving, turning down a road between the buildings, it was short, maybe 25 feet, ending in a closed courtyard that had loading docks in the back. one of them was open and two guys were hauling a wooden ramp out of it. They layed the ramp down, giving Josh a way to get into the elevated door. Josh pulled up and parked inside, he shut down the APC and opened the hatch. Mark followed Amber and Dan out of the APC. He found himself in a garage area, their were a couple of cars in the back, and a few guys dressed like mechanics in the area. A group of rebels walked up the APC, one went in once Fitz had gotten out with the help of Josh.
"Hey, guys, word is spreading about me and Tom being here. Were ah...well know for our standup comedy. So we are going to check in with Mr. Deuce, the guy in charge. He has the latest news, so do you guys want to come?
A) go now, mingle with local resistance members later
B) go mingle with local resistance members now, get the news second hand later