A heavy glow of red was formed along the tops of the trees near the county of Fremont, it's glow attracting the attention of anything around which included the local deer and squirrel populations. This glow, though, was not the normal glow from the sun rising, signaling the start of the day. All one would have to do is listen and be able to hear the drops of bombs. The attack on the county's monster population which was approximately over a hundred started in the morning, the dew heavy on the grasses and the sky just barely lit from a yet exposed sun. The monsters had been jolted from their sleep, had not the chance to react as bombs of all kinds were thrown at them. At first it had been small bombs that had just made small explosions then long missiles had started coming down, destroying near everything in the small camp. As the sleep got fully awake, they looked north and saw to their great terror a grouping of humans. There were four vehicles where machines that shot bombs into the air were attached, a weapon on the ground fired the bigger bombs and the humans on the ground fired hand held guns. The monsters in the camp stood in their terror as their tents and personal belongings went up in fire, some got injured while standing and one fell to his face, his face wearing the cloud of death. It was the fallen monster who got the rest running, not towards the humans who were now advancing forward, but away towards another camp which was almost a hundred miles away.
"That's one victory miss." the three star general said, he saluted the red-headed woman in the jeep beside him.
"One down, there's another a hundred miles from this one." Angel replied. "Allow me to teleport us there so we can take care of it. Order the ones in the back to keep their eyes peeled for the monsters that have fled from this camp, open fire when they see them."
The general felt fuzzy a few seconds later, it wasn't just his eyes that had lost their focus but his mind as well. He had been in a jeep in front of a just defeated camp a second ago, now he and his troops were in front of a new camp which was fully awake. Monsters were running all over the place, fires were running and there was a heavy smell of horribly burnt meat in the air. It took all of a minute for the general and his troop to get control of their sense, a minute which allowed the monsters in the camp to notice them and get ready.
"Open fire!" the general yelled, finally able to see straight. "Shoot!"
His troops opened fire, but unlike the first camp this one was ready for them and opened fire back. Energy blasts along with other magical abilities were thrown at them, some of his men were felled and some were injured. Angel jumped into action by loading the gun attached to her jeep. When she pressed the button on the gun a long tube with a cone top shot from it, it flew at the monsters in the camp and exploded with a great bang. Many monsters were felled, some staggered but continued to fire their blasts and magical abilities. The general turned in his Ural-5232 truck chassis that had a Pantsyr S1 Close Range Air Defense System mounted on it. The weapon was very powerful, it was equipped with two 2A38M 30mm semi-automatic aircraft guns developed from a two-barreled 30mm GSh-30 gun. He loaded his weapon then turned around, the button under his hand. With a grunt, he slammed his hand down and a long missile flew from each of the openings. The missiles were shorter than the one Angel had fired, but when they met with the camp a huge explosion happened and that did the camp in. If the monsters that had fought them were not dead, they were badly injured and if not, they were on their hands and knees begging for mercy.
"General Riley!" a private walked up and saluted the general. "The men in the back have the monsters who have run from the first camp in surrender. They want to know what to do with them."
"Ask her." General Riley pointed at Angel. "She's the boss of these events.
"Bring them forward. "For the ones who wish to survive, they will be put in the front lines. The ones who don't, you know what to do with them."
Fifteen minutes later, a hundred monsters were rounded up and lined up, many of them were injured. There was an assortment of lizard-men, goat-men, alien-like monsters and silver clad and crow-like men, of the group it was the silver clad men that were injured. When Angel walked down the line, taking in the monsters, she nodded her head at the silver clad men who were pulled out of line, she did the same with the goat-men who she saw as not very good soldiers. After she had finished walking the line of soldiers she went and stood near General Riley.
"Which of you wish to live?" she asked loudly. "Raise your hands if you do."
Near all of the monsters kept their hands low to their sides, when Angel saw this she nodded her head, turned and walked back to her jeep. She ushered an order to the private nearest her then sped off. With her back turned she heard gunfire. The soldiers in the two camps had sealed their fates, they were loyal to her father and did not to serve her. This was just two camps, she would destroy ten more before the day grew dark. Fremont county was hers now, the whole county. Before the stars had started poking their way out in the dark sky she fasted a green shield around the county, this would protect the civilians who would live here.
"What do you mean there was a rebel rising?" Master Vile shouted. "The camp is here in South America, there are no other camps on this planet!"
"A gathering of troops has destroyed thirty of our camps in the Wyoming state in North America, sir." Professor Longnose repeated what he had said earlier. "There were no survivors."
"That is impossible!" Master Vile roared, he slammed his fist against the arm of his throne. "The humans are here! My daughter is here! Where did this rising spring from? Who was it's leader?"
"A bald man in khakis shorts and a woman." Professor Longnose said, he swallowed hard after he spoke. "The woman had red hair, sir."
"Capture them!" Master Vile yelled at his field general. "If in one week I do not find my daughter in the jungle near me I will be in your proximity."
With a swing of his hand, the screen in front of him that had the orange crackling energy around it went black, he stood up from his throne chair and walked around. Three hours ago he had ordered more Tengas to drop flaming rocks on the forest, which was near to half burned to the ground now, and he had yet to see any camp beyond his vision or his daughter, who he was mainly after in the first place. He had also ordered several lizard-men to mount the horses he had brought with him and start spreading the fire on foot. This new development of rebels being spotted in the northern part of the North America continent made his thick and heavy brow bunch up, until his and Professor Longnose's conversation he had thought that all humans were in a single camp along with his daughter. Could it be that there was a small pocket of humans in northern North America that was starting trouble? He brushed this thought away then turned around, intending to leave his throne room. Before he got far from his chair he was stopped dead in his tracks after hearing his name being called, the voice was unmistakably his father's, who had no right to be in his ship.
"We need to talk, Son." KurukVile said once he came into his eldest son's throne room.
"I have nothing to say to you except," Master Vile huffed, his golden-yellow eyes blazing brilliantly. "get off of my ship!"
"You've burned a lot of the forest today, Son." KurukVile ignored his son telling him to remove himself from SkullTerra. "Send a Tenga out to do some sky checking, surely such a large camp would have fires burning and surely, if such a large camp existed, it would be seen from the air."
"Get off of my ship!" Master Vile took a few bounding steps forward, his father stood his ground. "Now!"
"Triskull is rather upset over your behavior towards him." KurukVile walked around the room, his arm held over his stomach yet not so in a way of pain, one of his fingers was pointed outwards. "How long are you planning on shunning him?"
Master Vile had enough, he whistled loudly then stood still. Lynster walked into the throne room and bowed low. When he saw KurukVile he shuddered a little, he knew this being well as before he had begun serving Master Vile he had served his father for many years. Although Master Vile was a tough master, a master who demanded respect, resolve and obedience, his father, KurukVile Surfeit, was a much more stern master. He had left KurukVile's service the day after Master Vile had been disowned.
"Yes my master." Lynster said, one of his blue eyes was on KurukVile.
"Escort my father from my ship." Master Vile ordered his servant. "Close the ship up afterwards."
Lynster bowed then turned, he was gentle in escorting his old employer out of his current master's ship and barely a word came from them as they went down the long corridor to the exit. Lynster thought that KurukVile was going to remain silent and just go off, not creating any problems, when just before the hatchway, KurukVile turned and looked at him. Lynster remembered looking into them deep set eyes, all red except for the smallest of black pupils, he had never been able to look into his old master's eyes before and now he found himself staring into them. A shiver rocked his body.
"She isn't here." KurukVile said to his former servant. "Hasn't been here in a while now."
"Sir?" Lynster scratched his head, he was confused.
"Just be ready," KurukVile said. "won't be long before the both of us, he and I, leave this area."
It had been hours since she and General Riley had taken back the counties of Fremont, Sublette and Sweetwater in Wyoming, and although she was tired she knew much more work was in order. She had given the general a tally of the numbers of people who could comfortably live in the counties that had taken back and he had set up a table and asked that anyone who had lived in those counties to come forward. About sixty thousand of the ninety-four thousand one hundred and seventy-six came forward, which left thirty-four thousand one hundred and seventy-six slots open for occupation. When he had called her forward and showed her this she had nodded her head, understanding that some of the people who lived in those counties might have just decided to change residence, then suggested that he ask who wanted to move from the camp to a more comfortable living in those counties. The number of available living space went quickly until only three thousand places were left unoccupied. Angel then teleported the ones who had chosen to go and live in those counties, telling them that she would be around always if anything happened. When she had returned back to the camp she had laid out plans for a similar takeover the next day for Teton, Carbon, Natrona, Washakie and Hot Springs counties, with Park county being on reserve. It surely would take a lot of energy from the general and his troops and from her to take back the counties that she had on the list, of the three counties that they took back they had encountered thirty camps that flew her father's flags, with five counties on the list the number of camps would be much higher.
"She did better than we thought she would." Adam said, he rubbed his hand across the tin cup in his hand that held a small bit of coffee in it.
"I'm surprised Master Vile didn't come in." Kat leaned back against the fallen tree that was behind her. "Surely he found out."
"Maybe he don't know," Tommy said. "maybe they knocked out contact or something."
"Whether he knows or not, he'll probably find something out after the next takeover." Jason added. "Just a matter of time before we see him."
"Do you think KurukVile will be with him?" Kat asked.
"Who?" Adam asked, his mind in a fog over the name.
"Master Vile's father." Kat replied.
"Lets hope he stays out of it." Tommy sighed. "From what Angel read in that book, KurukVile is very powerful."
"Even more so that her father?" Aisha took a sip from her tin cup, there was just one sip of coffee left inside.
Tommy shrugged his shoulders then finished his coffee, it was the last supply in the camp and seeing that Angel was taking back their planet from her father, it was a good idea to drink the coffee in celebration of her conquest. It wasn't just him and the other rangers drinking coffee, near everyone in the camp was.