Chapter 9

Let's Get This Party Started

Zombie was troubled. Deeply disturbed. Cross had just reported that the Dishonored One had dragged along the fresh kill of a Kainde Amedha.

Oh Paya… we are in for a hell of a night, He thought, feeling weary already. His body was still in pain, his reopened scars still smeared with fresh blood that was slowly drying.

He was distracted from his grim thoughts, however, when he noticed Sain'ja waiting impatiently as Cross armed himself with weapons from cache.

She was rocking from foot to foot, her face one of tension, mumbling more Ooman profanity under her breath, her body heat bright yellow and red.

"Damnit, hurrah up, Cross! Ya taken' longah den a bitch getting' readeh fer a firs' date!" She snarled impatiently.

Zombie chuffed quietly," Let him take his time. Better that he be prepared then badly armed."

"Yeh, say dat ta mah bleedin' corpse," Niki growled.

Zombie shook his head, hiding his amusement as Cross finally came out, his mask reattached, a sword slung over his shoulder, a plasma cannon attached to each of his shoulders. He carried a string of grenades, and had at least three types of dirks stuck in his belt.

Zombie, too had raided the cache and now sported twin arm blades.

Niki suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. She looked over her shoulder.

Cross suddenly snarled," Switch your vision!"

Niki did so. A black and green-monitored vision filled her eyes… and in the dark, were monsters. Creatures, of the weirdest sort…There had to be at least 9…

"Muthah-fuckahsunuvvabitch…" Niki growled as she picked up a fresh SMG she had grabbed from the cave, her breath ragged as she reported," We gots companeh, boys. Lez give 'em a warm welcome."

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Dagmar hissed as she recognized one of the surrounding thugs.

"Oh my stars… McIan?"

"Nice ta see ya, Diggy. They, uh, drop ya in too?" He snickered.

She snorted and felt Matador stiffen, giving a warning growl.

An oriental woman came forward. Her eyes narrowed as she spoke," You will drop your weapons and surrender."

"What the fuck are you thinking? I'd have to be the dumbest shit in the proverbial world to do something like that here!" Dagmar responded curtly," What the hell did you do to Niki?"

"Oh, her… well, she didn't much like our house so she, uh, hired a demolition team. I think she left to pay the check." McIan snickered.

Dagmar hissed," You bastards, if you hurt her-"

She stopped short. No. Oh no. That was not good. Not good at all. Matador aimed his cannon and fired. A screech rang out through the night. And all at once, there was a bigger problem to deal with.

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The monsters all charged.

Niki, Cross, and Zombie ran head-on to meet them, each one roaring their own challenge.

Cross quickly targeted his victims, snarling as he fired both plasma cannons.

Niki let loose a barrage of rapid fire as she drew the attention of three of the black insectoid monsters, splattering two before forced to confront the other two with close-combat. She screamed in fury as her shoulder was laid open by huge claws. She moved her head, as a tail shot by it, missing her by inches, grabbing the tail, she used it to impale the other.

Acidic blood spurted to the ground, causing Niki to hiss in realization as she ducked out of the way of the green spray. The un-impaled alien hissed as it jumped onto her, nearly pinning her arms. She snarled as she grabbed a grenade and stuffed it into the alien's mouth before kicking it off, several feet into the air. The alien exploded, killing one other in the process.

She huffed, her eyes glittering, her back covered with blood, scars along her neck and chest becoming more painful as she stood to her feet, looking around fiercely. Zombie had just finished gutting his attacker, Cross walking over, leaving the most bodies behind.

He examined Niki's carnage and gave a nod.

"You are truly a warrior worthy of your kill."

Niki looked at him blankly.

Zombie clattered slightly," You can socialize when we've gotten off this planet."

Niki snorted slightly. At this moment, there was a series of explosions, rather like firecrackers, not far from where they stood. Zombie groaned.

"Your friend pursued you… she's back over by the cave. And unless I hit my head harder then I thought, she has met with our enemies."

Niki groaned," Fuck meh sideways. Ah TOLE her ta stay here!"

Cross shrugged as he started walking," We are doing no good by standing here talking. Come!"

Niki followed him, Zombie taking the rear of the pack. Strange as this was… he felt Niki had always been with them. Part of their pack.

A spattering of gunfire spurred them into a mad sprint.

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"You're FIRED!" Jason yelled at Lucas," On second thought, I QUIT. I FUCKING QUIT YOUR FUCKING GESTAPO!" as they stood, back to back, firing their weapons in rapid succession.

It had started out innocently enough. Surrounding the girl and her monster, taunting them, asking for surrender and then preparing to kill them…

And then getting attacked from behind. Kyoko Mai had lacked her usual finesse in warning them of danger, so it was quite unexpected. Though the predator had saved them the trouble of firing the first shot when he shot a monster that stood directly behind the asian woman.

They all pitched themselves against a horde… or what seemed like a horde.

"DAMN IT! HOW MANY OF THESE FUCKERS ARE THERE!" McIan screamed as he jabbed one in the head with an old-fashioned spear, screaming as acid spilled onto his arm.

Cory grabbed one by the tail and swung it around, knocking three others away like baseballs. He bashed it against a tree before smashing it on the ground, unloading bullets into it's head as it thrashed on the ground.

Kyoko was like a flickering shadow, her katana somehow remaining unharmed by the acidic blood. Dagmar growled mentally as she took note of that fact.

There was utter chaos when Dagmar was pinned, her gun knocked out of her hand. The alien snarled, drool dripping from it's fangs as it seemed to gloat over her.

Dagmar refused to scream. She stared death in the face, hissing nastily," Is that all you got, you ugly motherfucker?"

It opened it's mouth, and Dagmar saw the flash of inner jaws… but they never touched her.

With a roaring growl, Matador had grabbed the alien by the tail, ripping it off of Dagmar, he roared as he flung it to the ground and fired his plasma cannon into it's skull. Dagmar scrambled up, scooping up her rifle, she continued the fight.

All of a sudden, Dagmar found herself back to back with Niki, who had an SMG and was unloading it.

"WHERE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?" They screamed at each other.

Matador roared a greeting to his two hunt brothers,"You're alive!"

"Not for long," Cross snarled as he snapped a smaller alien's spine.

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In the trees, watching with growing interest, Gahn'tha-cte looked over to Setg'in, who nodded.

"We will fight when there are only six Kainde Amedha left. The strongest." Gahn'tha-cte hissed quietly.

Setg'in noted something, with grave curiosity," The one missing his mandibles, he seems to guard the large lou-dte kale."

Gahn'tha-cte's vision swerved, to observe this. It was true. The one known as Kwei R'ka was hovering by the large female ooman, guarding her back carefully.

Setg'in was correct.

Perhaps that would be useful, later on...


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