Happy New Year everyone! Here's the new chapter not that anyone will be waiting for it.
Chapter 4 An Immigrant...
Artemis watched the world through the eyes of Holly on the computer screen while next to him Foaly tinkered about with some electronics. Usually Artemis would be dying to ask Foaly about it but he was to busy worrying about Holly. After a very hasty end to the meeting Vinyaya had ordered all forces to the field where the Warp hole had finally rested with only a handful of backup back at the city. Holly had insisted to go as well and although had eventually got it Vinyaya had refused point blank to take Artemis.
"Your more use back at HQ." She had said waspishly.
Personally however Artemis thought that it was more of an excuse so that she could get the limelight or maybe she was still sour at him.
It didn't really matter what had happened he was still stuck in here with Foaly watching through Holly's Helmet Cam as they flew closer feeling unusually helpless. The only thing that kept him calm was the need to formulate plans if anything should go wrong.
Holly landed next to Vinyaya who had already taken charge and was ordering everyone to surround the portal. Looking at the portal Holly at once saw a change. There was a dark shape, not quite round and not quite oval, getting steadily bigger like an eye adjusting to the dark.
Stepping forward so she was level with Vinyaya who was adjusting a shotgun looking version of the Neutrino while all around others checked their weapons or cocked them at the warp hole. Holly raised her weapon setting to "medium rare" as some put. If Artemis was right this was not going to be a stroll in the park and if so she was going to be ready. As she curled her finger around the trigger the scar at the base itched slightly. If hadn't been for Artemis she would've had a desk job years ago or a mechanical digit. She shook her head. Concentrate.
Back at HQ Foaly was typing away trying to see what the dark shape was. He zoomed in, zoomed out, tried lighting the picture and even hit the screen in frustration, but only gently it was one of his precious gas screens and cost a fortune. Artemis was still watching the screen intently. He hadn't seen someone so uptight he was after all about a mile away from the action and he had trouble no relaxing. He blinked every three seconds robotic like didn't seem to be breathing and was rigid in his chair. If hadn't been for the blinking he would of thought he was dead.
Artemis watched; as the shape became life size then fell out with much shrieking and flailing. Eventually it stood up having stopped shrieking and looked around. Its eyes were darting around faster than a normal eye can follow; it was about two and a half meters high and had muscles that would have shamed a sumo wrestler.
"Stop, right there or we fire," said Vinyaya through a megaphone.
The creature cocked its head to one side staring at her its eyes still with a blurred look.
"No one has to get hurt, just come quietly."
The creature looked around then straight back at Vinyaya and…
Charged
Now the Officers had never expected this. Sometimes when someone does something so mind numbingly stupid you sort of freeze and not react. Unfortunately this happened to the officers for about two seconds. Then one of the officers screamed as he was batted aside like a cobweb and then the spell was broken. Vinyaya was first to react, dropping the megaphone she started running after the creature letting loose scattered shots from her Neutrino SG with Holly right behind her shooting whenever she got a clear shot. The creature however was running backwards faster than any of them could run forward and dodging the shots so fast that he seemed to teleport. Soon he was out of range and heading straight for Haven.
"Wings" said Holly and she was soon pursuing above with Vinyaya and three others behind.
"D'Arvit" said Foaly in her helmet. This was bad. She had never known Foaly to swear.
Looking back Holly could see the rest watching the portal, weapons ready. It had started getting darker again.
Foaly had just been thinking about Caballine when the commotion started. He watched as Holly and the rest took flight then muttered "D'Arvit".
Artemis so far had not said a word. Foaly looked at him or at least where he had been. He was gone. Puzzled Foaly scanned the room apart from a slight heat haze it was empty. Foaly turned on the coolers. Humans couldn't shield.
Could they?
Well I'm sure that it could be better. Read and Review. I might be faster.
