Gears of War: Rebellion Part 1

The Theron Guard walked slowly through a creek, holding its torque bow in its hands loosely while scanning the area around it. Behind it, a group of three Locust Drones, two Grenadiers, and one Sniper followed. The drones and grenadiers simply looked ahead, following the Theron closely, while the sniper glanced around in a similar manner to the Theron.

Wise, thought the Theron. The sniper had been trained to be wary of its surroundings and to always be on the lookout for targets and threats. While not as well trained in general combat, close combat, or leadership as the Theron, it was a master marksman, and the best disciplined grub in the Theron's squad. The squad in question, however, was not like other Locust forces. Their armor and weapons had had the Locust insignia removed, replaced instead with a Locust glyph, standing for the word "freedom". The Theron allowed its thoughts to wander from surveying the area to the recent events in the war between humanity and the Locust. Only seconds after it stopped focusing, the sniper cried out.

"Hostile!" it yelled in its deep voice, pointing to a bush on a ridge above the creek. It dove behind a fallen log in the creek along with the three drones, while the grenadiers and Theron instinctively dove for cover behind a rock. At that moment a shot came from the barrel of a concealed sniper rifle in the bush, with the bullet passing through where the Theron had been moments before.

"Sssslaaaughterrrr!" hissed the Theron, pointing towards the ridge, where three more guns had opened fire on the Locust in the river. The drones began blind firing over the log they hid behind while the sniper poked its head out to pick a target, then quickly hid behind the log again as a shot whizzed past his head. It grabbed something from its hip and tossed it over the log.

"Smoke out!" it yelled. The grenade it had thrown erupted into a cloud of smoke, and the sniper quickly ran up to a rock closer to the ridge while the drones covered it. It poked its head up. Spotting the barrel of the sniper rifle coming out of a bush, it raised its own rifle, took aim, and fired into the bush. The enemy sniper fell from the ridge with a large hole in the chest, landing in the creek with a splash and thud. The sniper took cover again, chuckling deeply. The other three guns began firing at the sniper's position from their cover on the ridge. The sniper huddled behind the rock.

"Assssisst!" hissed the Theron to the grenadiers, pointing to the sniper. One of them removed a bolo grenade from its belt and began spinning it to give it momentum, poking its head around the rock. A moment later it threw the grenade.
"Frag out!" it growled, taking cover again. The frag landed in the bushes where the fire was coming from. The shooting stopped suddenly, and a moment later there was a large explosion, and chunks of flesh flew from where the grenade had landed. For a moment, all was silent, when a figure could be heard struggling to move. The Theron looked to the others in its group.

"Remain," it said, pointing to where they were. It moved up to the ridge, climbing the incline and reaching where the struggling could be heard. On the ground was the gunman, on hands and knees, bleeding from the chest. The Theron approached and chuckled. It placed the blade of its torque bow under the neck of the downed opponent, and then leaned down until its mouth was right next to the gunman's head. "Thisss is the payment for ssserving a corrupt leader," it hissed, then stood up straight again and kicked the gunman's head down into the blade of the bow, decapitating them. It looked over the ridge to the other Locust in the creek, and then thrust its fists into the air in victory.

"Sssserve peace between humanity and Locusssst!" it shouted. "Sssserve yoursssselves! Damn the Queen!" it finished, kicking the corpse of the drone it had decapitated into the creek below. It burst into hissing laughter, with the others joining in. After a moment, the laughter died down, and the Theron pointed to the weapons on the ground. "Collect," it said, leaning to pick up the ammo from the Hammerburst the dead drone had dropped. Once all the ammo had been collected, the Theron hopped down into the creep from the ridge. "Onward," it hissed to the others, moving down the creek again, with the others following close behind.