Chapter. 27
A sinner climbed up one of the cliffs, they took out their sniper rifle and aimed at Elfriede. Connar spotted the sinner and shot them but was a seconds too late. The sinner was shot in the head just as after they fired, hitting Efriede in the back.
"Elfy!" Connar ran towards her till he saw the spider abductor aiming it's rockets at Efriede. Connar stopped when noticed a missile launcher near a dead sinner, if he hurried he might get to it before the abductor fired. Connar's eyes darted back and forth between Elfriede and the weapon, he clinched his fists and ran for his target.
Elfriede laid in the sand unable to get up because of the bullet in her spine. The robotic spider released it's missiles, Efriede could only watch and wait for her doom.
A fist came down in front of of her, punching the ground. A white thorn launched into the sand and made a thorn wall to stop the missiles. Elfriede fallowed the arm to see Connar kneeling beside her.
Connar pulled out a medkit from his jacket and placed it on her back, repairing her spine and removing the bullet. "This time I'll protect you."
"Elfriede!" Uwe ran to his daughter's side. Connar stood up and reached for Uwe's weapon case, taking his rocket launcher. Connar jumped and planted his foot on Uwe's back then kicked off to get into the air. The thief aimed and fired at the spider, the force from the luancher sent Connar flying backwards and crashed into the sand.
As Connar slowly pushed himself up a sinner stood over him, about to chop the thief in half with a greatsword. Elfriede rushed to Connar and punched the sinner in the leg to lower his body then uppercut them in the chin.
"After thirteen years, you still need my help." Elfriede took Connar's hand and pulled him up.
Uwe and the accessories where holding off the abductor but another wave of sinners was coming towards them.
"Then we fight together." Connar and Elfriede stood ready to fight. The first sinner swung her shortsword at Connar, The thief blocked with his hidden blade and Elfriede punched the sinner in the ribs. Another sinner charged Elfriede with a spear, she easily ducked under the attack and Connar stabbed them in the neck.
The sinners all switched to their guns and opened fire. Connar made another thorn wall to hide behind. "It's just like old times!" Connar search the two bodies and found a laser cannon.
"How do you figure? For one thing there weren't any guns back then." Elfriede took out a minigun from her weapons case.
The sinner's stopped firing to reload that's when Connar and Elfriede started up their own weapons, they stepped out from cover and opened fire. Elfriede's minigun tore the sinners to pieces while Connar's laser vaporized them.
"But there were people trying to kill us." The two held off the wave of sinner until their weapons ran out of ammo. Elfriede switched back to her knuckles and Connar dropped the laser cannon and extended his hidden blades.
The sinners came running to fight, Connar sidestepped the first one, leaving them for Elfriede to punch and break the chest of while Connar stabbed the next one in the eye.
Another sinner charged at Connar but the thief tossed them to the ground and impaled them in the neck. Elfriede rolled over Connar's back and punched the next sinner in the face.
Connar grabbed Elfriede's arm, he spun her around then let go, launching the girl to dropkick another sinner. Connar grabbed the next sinner with his thorn and swung them around to Elfriede who punched with in the spine, snapping it in half.
The last sinner tried to run but Connar and Elfriede threw their thorns and pulled the sinner between them, ripping them in half.
When the younger sinners finished they noticed Uwe was having a tough time with the spider abductor.
"Dad!" Elfriede ran to help.
Connar used his thorn to pull her back. "Search the bodies for grenades, I have a plan." The two got to work and found a dozen frag and a couple of sticky grenades. The thief stuck the sticky ones together then coated them with the frags.
"What are you-"
"Just watch this." Connar tossed the cluster of explosives into the air then threw his thorn at it, he swung them around then let them fly towards the abductor. "Uwe! Duck and cover!"
The veteran made a thorn wall as the cluster grenade landed on the robot spider and exploded, completely destroying the center of the machine.
Elfriede scanned the area to find all enemies down. "I think we're done here." Connar held out his fist and Elfriede bumped it. She lightly punched Connar in the side and the thief put his arm over her shoulders.
Uwe stood and smiled at the closeness of the two youths.
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An hour later Uwe, Elfriede, and Connar returned to the con.
Connar stretched his arms up. "Back home again, or as close as we'll get anyway."
"Gimme a sit-rep on Nataile's platoon." Uwe asked his accessory.
"Checking unit status..."
Connar put his hands on his hips. "Maybe she got shot, only if I was so lucky."
The accessory spoke up again. "Survival confirmed."
"Damn it!"
"All sectors succeeded in repelling enemy assault. Casualty level: acceptable."
Uwe folded his arms and relaxed. "Guess that means you-know-who kept his nose out of this one. That's something at least."
"Mind filling me in?" Asked Connar.
Elfriede answered this time. "Don't tell me you've never heard of Abel?"
Connar brought up his hand to his chin. "I know the name, but that's about it."
Elfriede put her hands on her hips, in the same manner as Connar did. "Ever heard the phrase 'know your enemy'? You need to sharpen up, and fast."
"Hey, I'm plenty sharp sister. Either way can you fill me in?"
"Abel's Hourai's trump card. He's the strongest sinner anyone's ever seen. They even say he wiped out a whole con single handed."
Connar laughed. "Yeah people tend to talk, so I'll believe when I see it."
"Well anyway. He lives to fight, so whenever any of Hourai's allies take to the battlefield, he's liable to make an appearance. And if Hourai themselves are behind him. You'd better pray."
"I don't care who he is, this Abel gets in my way I'm stop him just like everyone else before him."
"You'd better forget any thought of taking him on." Said Uwe. "You also should take into account the fact that the guy has his own personal abductor. It's one of the three prototypes. Word is they're the original models all other abductors are based on."
Connar glared at Uwe with murder filled eyes. "This Abel gets in my way. I will stop him."
Uwe shacks his head. "Listen, the thing uses tech way beyond anything our lab rats can come up with. Damned thing can't be damaged by any weapon we got. They call it red rage." Uwe noticed that Connar's glare hadn't changed in light of this new information. "Knowing all that, you still think you can stop him?"
"I know I can stop him."
"You got a death wish or something?" Asked Efriede. "What happened to the Connar I knew who was careful and didn't like to start fights?"
Connar calmed down some. "People changed Elfy, I"m not afraid to fight anymore."
"I'm going back to my cell to rest. I suggest you two do the same." Uwe saluted the youths and left.
"Hey Elfy, let's go to the fueling station. We can finally catch up and talk about the old days."
Elfriede thought for a moment. "Okay, it been too long since we've seen each other." Connar ruffed Elfriede's hair. "You remember what happened last time you did that?"
"Yeah, you soaked me in the jaw." Connar lowered himself to her eye level and hugged her. "I missed you Elfy."
"Just don't do this where others can see us." The two headed for the lift.
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Up on the railing Carlos watched the whole thing, holding back his chuckles.
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