Chapter 1
Twist's pov
"Sir, one of the shipments is under attack!" One of the lower goons reports while bursting into Blakk's office. "Twist, bring some backup and see to it that the shipment makes it to the drop-off." Blakk orders. I head to my room and start loading up. It must be the Shane Gang for them to have to send backup. I mount on my mecha and start heading off to the location with about 15 goons behind me.
When we reach the train, we stand on a ledge above the battle. We see the original guards are pinned down by the Shane Gang. Trixie is hiding behind a crate while the cave troll, Kord I think his name was, is next to her. Eli is further away from the others and is taking cover behind part of the train that seemed to have gotten blasted off. Before I can say a single order, the stupid mole spots us. "Eli!" Pronto screams, immediately getting Eli's attention. Eli then follows the mole's line of sight and his eyes snap onto me.
I quickly shoot out a Greneater [1] at him and he easily dodges it and shoots a Frostcrawler in retaliation. I dodge the original attack and quickly move away from the rapidly freezing ground, though some of the goons aren't as quick. They try to keep balance but they all fall in the end, looking really stupid in the process. I jump off the ledge and go head first into the battle, causing the rest of the Shane Gang to start shooting at me also.
I reach some cover where some of the original guards are pinned and they seem relieved at my sudden appearance. I can slightly hear the Shane Gang over all the blasting going on. "Eli! Will you focus! We need to get the shipment!" Trixie shrieks.
I'm able to sneak over to a cover closer to their positions and I can hear more of their discussion. "I am! It's not my fault their backup showed up!" Eli snaps back at her while reloading with a Flaringo. He then shoots it at one of the goons and hits them square in the chest, causing him to drop his blaster and run off. I notice some of the goons are grabbing the shipment, which is luckily just of few expensive parts that are in two suitcases.
It appears I'm not the only one to notice when suddenly the two goons that are holding the cases are hit with a Rammstone and fall down, causing the cases to slid over to where Eli is standing. He picks them up and then quickly loads a Phosphoro into the air, wordlessly telling the rest of the gang that he's got it. They all head to their mechas and swiftly mount, then Eli throws the two cases to Kord. Just as they are about to ride off, one of the goons gets a lucky shot at Eli with a Grimmstone [2] and he falls off his mecha. "Go!" he shouts at his team and his slugs, who reluctantly follows his orders and the slugs run off and disappear. After his gang runs off and out of sight, Eli stands up and faces me.
Eli then looks around at the thirty or so goons surrounding him and slowly raises his arms in surrender. After we tie him up and put him the train, which is luckily still working, and head to Blakk Citadel. After the train starts moving, I head to the prisoner part and see Eli standing against the wall furthest from the cell door with his head lowered, arms crossed, and his eyes closed. I can't help but stare at him with how calm he is, does he think we're not gonna taking him to Blakk?
"Are you just gonna stare?" Eli suddenly says, breaking me out of my thoughts. "How are you so calm right now?" I ask without thinking, only for him to look up at me with sad eyes. "Been through worse." He responds only for his eyes to go wide and he goes rigid, as of he didn't mean to say that out loud.
"What do you mean?" I ask, now curious. What could possible be worse than being taken to the man who wants you dead? After a few moments, it's clear I'm not getting an easy answer, so I start to leave, only for the train car to suddenly lurch. I'm sent to the ground hard and I see there is now a huge hole in the train car, right next to the cell Eli's in. I quickly get up right as Eli runs out of the train car through the hole.
I start to chase after him and none of the others on the train are following us, so I'm on my own. I notice that we are in one of the abandoned caverns and that there is no town in sight, so neither of us are getting help. Suddenly the ground starts shaking and crack start to appear, causing us both to stop, only for the ground below our feet to crumble, then it all went black.
I'm wake up and guess that I haven't been unconscious from the fall for long, judging by the still crumbling ground above us. I look around and see an unconscious Eli, who is laying nearby, with his arm bleeding. I walk over to him, after making sure I'm not injured myself, and see that the wound on his arm is the only real injury he got.
Without even thinking, I start to rip some of the material off the bottom of his sleeve and start wrapping his arm, after making sure it's clean of course. I then start looking around to find anything I can use to make a fire to keep us warm. After successfully starting a camp fire with some of the plants and a rock from nearby, I notice Eli starting to stir.
Hoped you liked the rewrite!
[1] ghouled version of a Grenuke
[2] ghouled version of a Rimmstone