Roaches
A Word: Ibid.
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"Shit!" Jason nearly jumps as something skitters almost over his hand. He pulls out from under the massive bank of the Cave's computer servers. "Is that a roach? I don't think I've ever seen one of those in here before."
"Of course not," Tim says, distracted by something on the screen. "It'd be suicidal for them to be here. The bats would eat them in seconds."
"Not this fucker," Jason peers into the shadows and finds the now still body of the insect. "Look at the size of it! It'd eat the damn bats first. It's the Godzilla of roaches."
"There is not a roach down here," Tim pushes back from the computer and leans over Jason. He's silent for a few seconds as the roach starts from the shift in light. He almost sounds impressed when he speaks again, "That is big cockroach."
"Told you," Jason says smugly. They both look at it for a few more moments. Jason unholsters one of his guns and ejects the magazine to look at the rounds he has in there. "Think I'm going to need a higher caliber for this sucker."
"Are you kidding me?" Tim steps back, head turning to the weapons cases. "That one isn't going down for anything less than a nuclear warhead. Maybe not even that."
Jason grimaces but agrees as he retreats after Tim. They're going to need a hell of a lot of firepower to take it out.
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