The air filled with giant attacks, blasts and lead, falling upon the position where Captain William had reported. All 330 exterminators attacked with whatever powers they had, be it acid, power blasts, fire, water, explosions, rocks and more.
It was like art where all the colors filled the canvas to illustrate a single picture, the exposed core of the giant elephant-like Azazel.
On the ground the situation turned violent every second. The creatures attacked the exterminators in a way that would put savages and barbarians to shame, ripping off heads, spilling guts, mauling and defacing the victims. It was bloodshed and if 10 of them were be killed another 40 would appear from the gaping mouth of the Azazel, spilling hot blood and creatures. It was as if this giant elephant was a trojan horse.
"We need to get up there some way" Captain will ordered as he gathered his team.
"What do we do then sir?" Pierre asked.
"Ok for starters the core is high up there so we are going to need to send up the one with the most explosive power and range powers to destroy it without landing on that thing's back" Captain Will went on.
"Greg, Ben, Pierre, Robert and Archie will stay down here to kill these bloody things, I will go up with Zane, Harold, Yousaf and probably meet Rodney there, Commander's given the order to destroy the core using range because landing on it would be risky. So you guys stay here, is that understood?"
"YES SIR!" said all the men in unison.
"Alright then lets go"
Out of the ground fighting forces, the captain's of all the groups rounded up all of their healers, engineers and ranged combatants in one place. It was a kilometer away from the Azazel where helicopters were waiting for them. They were meant to board and fly just above the exposed area where the core had been exposed and to destroy it.
Soon Zane's team boarded one of the helicopters and took off. It was a terrifying site as multiple other exterminators flew along their way, attacking and ripping the Azazel. The mouths kept appearing and opening and letting out blood on most of the helicopters. Zane was gathering himself waiting and trying to focus to not mess up what he was about to do. The Captain then looks at him and says.
"Look here kid, we have 50 others like you and you all have to put out your attack at once, we have one chance. Yousaf here will pin point where you will shoot you get me? "
"yes sir" Zane says.
The helicopters are soon hovering just over the Azazel's back. Zane takes a view and sees the spine ripped open to show the giant golden rock that was sticking out of it. The skin around it was constantly regenerating but the flying units and the heavy attacks managed to regress it back.
All that was now needed was a precision strike. Suddenly Rodney shows up on the helicopter's opened door. He was bleeding and was covered in burns.
"Harold….fix me" Rodney said with visible exhaustion.
"right away" Harold jumped on him fixing his tubes and beginning his treatment.
"Sir I've got an aim where Zane can fire" Yousaf says as he points out on of the weak spots that just connects the body of the Azazel to the core.
"Ok Zane I want you to aim down there and shoot your best shot, I hope you know how to use you're powers, once your ready you tell me and I will then order you to fire, do not fire before I say" Captain Will said as he looked at Zane seriously.
Zane looked at the area where Yousaf pointed out and focused it. He needed to get the hit at all costs. No matter what he had to hit it like his life depended on it.
Zane pointed his spear towards the area and charged up his Talum. As he kept charging his anxiety increased, engulfing his mind. He was alone here, what if he missed?, what if he couldn't shoot?, what if his shot didn't destroy it?. His hands shook at the overwhelming thoughts. He did not show it on his face but he could feel it, the burning nervousness when a mission is dependent on you, and if he did not perform, he may as well be discharged.
Then Captain William held his hand, a gentle but firm squeeze gripping his wrist. He looked at him and said calmly.
"Calm down and just focus, you know you can do it"
His words felt soothing even thought for his hard and course voice. Zane zeroed out his thoughts instead just held his spear firmly on the aim point. Then he briefly closed his eyes.
A hospital room, in front of him is a bed and on it, is a sleeping girl. Zane walks around to her head and sits down on the chair facing her. She slowly opens her eyes and turns her head towards him looking at him with warmth and compassion. She removes her oxygen mask.
"You can do it…..And you are not alone" she says as she gives him a gentle smile.
"thanks sis" Zane replies.
"Alright all the other guys are ready, be ready to shoot when I say Zane" Captain Will shouts amidst the helicopters whirring.
"I have attached a laser to you spear, you should shoot on that exact spot understand?" Yousaf says.
"yes sir I'm ready" Zane replies.
The seconds felt like eternity and prolong in Zane's mind. Everything feels like its in slow motion. In its midst Zane readies himself.
"FIRE" Captain Will shouts.
From the helicopter's window where all three are facing outside, a bright glow, as if the sun had just appeared at point blank range, materialized and a bold, sharp ray of light touched the aimed target. The helicopter shook a little when Zane fired, but in 10 seconds a giant explosion rattled the helicopter, almost sending it to a spiral of death.
The men inside were disoriented and gathered themselves.
"oh....my…..god" Yousaf said with his eyes as wide as they can get.
Zane got up and saw what he wanted to. The core was littered with craters, some as deep as piercing to the monsters inside which should alone have destroyed the core and killed the monster.
But on Zane side, lay a massive crater, one that caved in half the core and destroyed the monster's body connecting the core. It was so massive that Zane's shot alone had in fact killed the monster. The core looked like it had been bitten in half.
Zane fell on his back exhausted. His hands were bleeding with burn marks all over his palms and his spear was smoking as if it had come out of the forge and dipped into water.
"Jesus kid what the hell are you?" Captain Will said
"Anything but ordinary" said Yousaf.
The core soon turned black and the creatures around fighting viciously all fell and melted to goo. The giant Azazel then fell on its side with its guts and skin falling off its carcass.
Zane was transported back to base to the hospital to get recovery. Outside the door of Zane's room, in the hallway stood three men. Captain Will, Colonel Obadiah and another man in uniform with unusual amounts of medals and stars on him.
"I want you to keep him under close surveillance and scrutiny Captain and makes sure to be with him" said the colonel.
"But its normal, I've seen many of the first-timers bringing out high-output powers." Says the captain.
"it's true what you say, but, we have reasons of suspicion captain. Suspicions that were placed on all the other recruits that had powers like Private Zane." Said the man in the uniform.
"What suspicions?" Captain Will asked.
The man in the uniform paused and looked at colonel Obadiah.
"Suspicious that Private Zane.....might be a compound"