Out of the Cage

Out of the Cage

This Ben 10 Fanfiction is about a red Loboan with green eyes named Kenros who's out to find a rare item and runs into a mercenary along the way.

Rated T for mild language, violence, and crude humor.

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Cacti Fruits 'n' Mercs

All I have to do is find this jewel and I'll have enough power to fight off the Remquists! Last I remember, it should be somewhere near this canyon entrance. I still don't understand how this can defeat the Remquists, but what the hell. I don't really have a choice here.

"You!"

"Freeze!"

"What's this here? National Guard out on daily patrol?" I asked.

"Shut up dog!! I don't know what you are, but I do know that you're trespassing into government property."

I scoffed. "This canyon is government property? Looks a little…barren to me. Besides, I'm not the bad guy."

"Stop wasting your foul breath!"

"Hey, I find that offensive! My wolf breath's not that bad."

"Come on man, I can smell it all the way from here! You need some mouthwash!"

I growled gutturally at the two privates, hoping it would scare them into dropping their guns and letting me pass.

"Turn around now or we're gonna--"

I used my ultra sonic howl and the guards were lifted off their feet and they fell right onto a cactus, skinning their faces and knocking them out.

"Why didn't I do that earlier?"

Using my highly improved senses, I managed to avoid any more guards by traversing around them or knocking them out a lot more quietly than the last two. Man, this is TOO EASY! There's gotta be some super trap or mega-weapon or something here that's supposed to stop me! …Or maybe I should be happy there isn't any deadly trap.

Half an hour later…

"Sorry Marine; I'm gonna snap your neck now." I said, holding a marine from behind.

I snapped his neck and hid his corpse in one of the containers shipping out of the facility. So those Marines were right, they were guarding some sort of government area. It's just buried underground. Good thing I'm a Loboan otherwise I wouldn't have heard a guard walk through a secret trap door. I continued to walk down the pathway, hiding behind a corner to avoid two marines walking to another section of the complex.

"Now, this crystal thing should be right behind this door. Hmm…I bet it's got a bobby trap set for intruders like me. Maybe I should take this air vent."

I jumped up and pushed open a grate and climbed inside the air vent.

"Damn it's cramped in here! Are these air spaces supposed to be this small?"

After traveling through a series of corners and nearly falling down another grate, I kicked open the trap door leading into the room where the jewel capable of defeating the Remquists is. It was glowing a shiny red and hovering in mid-air as if someone was just waiting to walk to it and snatch it away. All I have to do is walk another 10 steps and I'll be closer to defeating the Remquists. 8…7…6…5…4--

"UHH!!" I groaned.

What the hell--who just kicked me?!

"You should never have come here, Loboan. Hunting animals like you is what I do for a living."

"Bring it on mercenary! Bring it on!"