Brothers in Arms

With Andrew injured, Nicole finds an unlikely ally.

Nicole heard gunfire and then Rick shouted "Let’s go!" Michael and Greg immediately stopped what they were doing and ran for the exit to follow Rick. "Wait, stop! What are you doing?" Nicole left Alex behind and chased after Rick. She climbed to the top of the rubble and saw Andrew on the other side lying in a pool of blood. She rushed to him and began to help support him. He kept pointing towards Rick and his comrades as they escaped. Nicole realized what this meant and drew both her pistol and Andrews’s pistol. She aimed and fired. The bullets flew down the hall, perfectly in-line with one-another. Then at the exact same moment a bullet passed through both Greg and Michaels heads. 

Despite knowing that his squad mates were likely dead Rick kept running. He knew if he stopped, he would be killed and he wasn't going to take that chance. He ran outside and one of the master aliens pulled him aside. "Is it done?"
"Yes, yes it is."

Slosheey received word that Andrew had been killed. A huge cheer went through all the ranks of the Arc, even as they fought. Slosheey then made his announcement. "Your hero Andrew has been slain. Surrender now and maybe you will not suffer the same fate!"
There was a moment of silence. Then Slosheey heard someone say "For Andrew." Gun fire then began. The humans began to chant and cheer as they fought more ferociously than ever before. Their heroes’ death led to him encouraging them to fight more, not less. Slosheey realized he had made a huge mistake. He grabbed Payay by the arms as he activated his cloaking "Come with me."

Nicole dragged Andrew over the rubble. Great she thought, now I have two nearly dead people to work with. Just as she had started to work she heard something behind her. She turned to see two Aliens appearing as they disengaged a sort of cloaking. The taller one spoke as she sat frightened. "Do not be alarmed" it said raising its hand as a sign of peace "We come to help, not fight."
"Who are you?"
"I am Slosheey. This is my assistant Payay. I heard your friends were in trouble."
"I understand you hearing about Andrew, I mean even I heard the announcement, but how could you know about Alex..."
"I am the one who attacked him."
"Oh so why should I trust you again?" Nicole said as she turned away.
"Because I've healed your friend before."
Nicole sat frozen for a second. "What?"
"I have healed Andrew before."
"When?"
"When he was first shot during that battle outside the city, I am the reason he had such a miraculous recovery, not your organization like you claimed."
"I still don't trust you. Drop your weapons."
"I'll do you one better."
Slosheey took both his and Payays weapons and overloaded the power cores inside, causing them to explode.
"Let’s get to work" They all said at the same time.

December 7th 2006, 
Fighting had raged on for a couple months now. Both sides were in an epic stalemate. The Arcs ground troops held up in a makeshift base on one side of the battlefield and Operation School was holding out in the school. Neither side was suffering major losses, and neither side was running out of supplies.

Andrew slowly began to wake up. He blinked and his view became less and less blurry. As he view became clearer he saw Nicole, Alex, and an Alien over him. Andrew immediately jumped up, grabbed Alex’s handgun, and placed it. In the aliens mouth. "Is this how you treat your savior?" It asked
"What do you mean?"
"Andrew" Nicole said "Slosheey is the one who saved you. You were out for weeks and he kept you alive."
Andrew turned back to Slosheey "You betrayed your own kind and kept me alive?"
"I realized I had made a terrible mistake by saying that earth should be invaded. I noticed that the Arc had become the same thing that we invaded in order to stop, Adults attacking and attempting to kill children."
Alex then said "I thought you were a child yourself?"
"In a sense. I am 11 earth years old which qualifies me as a child."
Andrew removed the barrel from Slosheeys mouth "What day is it?"
"December 7th" Andrew heard Cortana answer from inside his helmet.
Nicole than said "Andrew while you were out we have worked on a... Early Christmas present for you."

Nicole led Andrew and the others into a section of the bunker that had a holographic representation o the school. Payay stood at the edge of the table studying the hologram. "And who are you?" Andrew asked.
"Is he always filled with questions?" Slosheey quietly asked Nicole.
"Sometimes."
"My name is Payay!" Payay said answering Andrews’s question.
"Nice to meet you!" Andrew said.
"Alright enough, Andrew look at this" Alex said.
"The school is built in a rectangular formation with the chimney in the middle" Nicole explained "We all thought that Operation School could not resist doing something with this. And we were right."
Slosheey continued the explanation "The chimminey had been converted into very large and powerful cannon. And the best part about it is it's located right below the Arcs ship. However it seems to have a strange firing mechanism."
Alex began to finish the explanation "The cannon needs to have a primed grenade thrown into it. The explosion fires the round, which will pierce right into the ship."
"Alright let's do it" Andrew said, clapping his hands together.
"No, I must re-enter the ship. I have two things I must retrieve" Slosheey told Andrew.
"Alright then here's the plan, we will give you two hours to retrieve these things, during that time Alex will get the cannon ready to fire and once two hours is up, I will throw a grenade into the cannon and destroy the ship."
Everyone agreed that the plan was worth a shot.
"I have one last question" Andrew said "What happen to Rick, the guy who shot me?"
Delta answered the question "We have been searching for Rick but have been unable to find him. He may be hiding in the ship or in the battlefield but we don't have any real idea."
The group of them then left the bunker. The plan was in-acted.