"This will never work." Roberts moaned. "We can't charge, weaponless into a group of raiders. Even if you had all the assault rifle ammo in the world, you're not going to take them out before they shoot the living crap out of you."
"Actually," Evans began chuckling. "If he had all the ammo in the world, that'd leave none for them and he could just-"
"Really Clayton! Come on dude, you know what I meant! God dude."
"Sorry," Evans replied, still laughing quietly to himself. "You know I couldn't resist."
"As I was saying," Roberts continued. "No raider gang is going to be so terrible that one guy with a rifle can take them all down."
"Who said we had to go guns blazing?" Jacobs inquired with a large grin on his face. "We mix up a little jet with some Med-X and you can knock someone out for about two hours or so. You see, what happens is when-"
"Sean, I'm a damned doctor. Technically. I know how meds work and why." He interrupted.
"Okay, but we can use that to take out anyone in our way as we sneak into the armory. Now, I'm not the greatest at picking locks, but and lock will succumb to enough force applied. Whether it is bashing it with this," He said, patting the butt of his rifle. "Or with some high velocity lead. As soon as that door opens though, we need to grab our stuff and run. Especially that gauss Assault Rifle Evans, because that thing is damned important. If we can get our stuff and book it, we might be able to get out of here. Hell, if we get that power armor, Clayton could just take all the rounds for us and walk away unscathed." He joked. "Y'all ready?"
Roberts finished missing up some knock-out serum and administered them into some syringes. He handed them out, three per person, which was more than what they'd need, and looked up at Sean. "If we get this to work, we are coming back for James right?"
"Alan," Jacobs said, releasing a large breath, "James is one of the reasons I want to do this. He'll die without the right medical equipment so we need him out of here fast. Let's go though, the faster we start this, the faster we can get it over with." Jacobs held one hypo in his right hand, while the other two were clenched in his left. They peered out of the tent flap to see the dark night lit up by powerful LED spotlights spread around the camp. Each one was on a base that had wheels for transportation. The unbearably bright light shone in the dark so great that it appeared completely black. One by one, they slid into the darkness, slowly becoming shrouded in the night. To anyone in the light, it would be hard to spot them, but being in the shadow, they could see just fine so long as they didn't look into the lit area too long. They kept their footsteps light, trying to keep a low profile and not attract any attention. The walk was mostly smooth and uneventful until they came upon another raider. The slaver was clad in painspike armor, and was facing the opposite direction, holding a 10mm submachine gun in one hand, and his cigarette in the other. Jacobs slowly turned around to meet the worried gazes of the other two. He pressed a finger to his lips, signaling them to stay quiet, and turned to face the back of the slaver again.
The man was standing next to a tent that was dimly lit from the inside. Less than three feet away from him, Jacobs' knee popped. The cracking joint sounded like a firecracker in the relative silence. When the man turned to face what had made the sound, he was met with an injection into the neck with the knock-out serum. Though the man became unconscious, his muscles began to tighten and a couple of rounds fired into the ground as the victim's hand clenched. The gunshots rang throughout the camp and numerous voices could be heard scurrying around. Jacobs frantically called his friends over, picked up the body, and dashed into the nearby tent. They waited in silence, pulses racing, as slavers around them searched for the origin of the noise. Countless shadows danced across the wall of the tent as slavers ran in front of the light.
Jacobs silently pulled off the man's 10mm sub and a few extra magazines and passed it to Roberts. Evans gave him a questioning look and gestured to himself with a hint of annoyance playing on his face. They opened a small lockbox slowly to expose a 10mm pistol, which was passed to Evans to keep him happy. The battered veteran looked at the pistol with slight disappointment, but nodded in acceptance. He tried to re-arrange himself n the cramped tent, only to knock over the lantern on top of a box. The glass around the light shattered, and movement outside ceased for a second. Jacobs' heart skipped a beat as every muscle in his body tensed up. A thousand different thoughts of what to do if one came or if they became surrounded darted through his mind as he heard footsteps approach the tent. His heart pounded so that he could hear it in his ears and feel it in his throat, which was making it difficult for him to breathe. A figure's shadow clearly stood in front of their tent, and its hand was slowly making for the zipper.