Chapter 35
Chix Verbil was already having a bad day. He was slightly injured and was hiding in enemy controlled territory. He had been hiding with Lilly Frond for almost a day now, though he wasn't quite sure how long the situation would last.
None of the fairies had planned for the situation that had come upon them, it was a disaster though, leaving their home in ruins as the invaders took over with a devastating pace. The LEP armor had been designed to take a lot of punishment, but heavy weapons and assault rifles were among the list of things not on that list, and the LEP had several hundred more to add to the annals of dead heroes, a list that other than the occasional loss of an officer or two here and there, had not had such a huge list to add since the days of Frond.
He had found a hiding place that would keep them protected from most things that the invaders had been using to cement their control of the city, though the drones that patrolled Haven were among the trickiest buggers he had ever thought could exist. They had a knack for finding things better hidden than he ever thought the luckiest bastard could.
Suddenly he heard gunfire and a few shots from what he thought was a fairy blaster. His ears perked up and he drew one of the four blasters he was now wearing. Quickly, he checked the power cells.
It was at that moment that he heard Lilly scream. He spun and saw three of the drones hovering around her and he fired two shots, nailing the same one with both hits, once in one of its hover pods and the other dead center, dropping it to the ground with the sound and smell of sizzling circuits.
The other two turned and fired at him, the four cannons firing as he dove for cover as flashes of laser fire filled the alley. He saw figures moving in on him from behind as he peeked up from the stairwell into some fairy's basement and fired, picking off one of the other two drones before assault rifle fire filled the air from the opposite direction.
He knew that the fight would be impossible to win, he was in a spot where he could keep somewhat safe until they decided to use explosives and then everything was over.
Then out of the corner of his eye he saw a blur, a form similar to a mudman, but distorted as if it were made of glass. It was perched on a windowsill, he saw it more easily, but he wasn't sure what it was, it wasn't a shielded fairy, it was to human looking and it didn't seem like one the way it cloaked.
Chix dropped the drained battery to the alley floor and slapped in another as he prepared for the worst, then a miracle happened.
The last remaining drone exploded, the wreckage falling to the ground with a foot long piece of sharpened metal protruding from it as one of the mudmen were lifted off the ground by the figure he saw. The enemy that had been lifted gave a choking sound as a blade extended through it and it was dropped aside.
Suddenly the figures eyes flashed crimson and the liquid look vanished to reveal a grey armor clad figure, distinctly mudman looking, but carrying a wicked looking blade as a flash of flame rushed from its back as he realized that it was carrying some sort of jet pack. It slammed into the force of troops, blade moving as but a blur before it was clear, coming o a stop a bare foot above the ground, sheathing the sword as its foes fell to the ground in a bloody heap.
The figure stood their and slowly lowered to touch ground in a crouch as the flames vanished. The helmet retracted into the armor as with the rest and the jet pack.
It was a mudmaid standing there with several swords strapped on over a leather jacket, blue jeans and a t-shirt. Her platinum hair was unusual for someone who looked in her early twenties or late teens, in other words, Chix Verbil's jaw dropped like a rock with a rocket booster on it.
"Who.who are you?" he managed to stammer as he brought his blaster up on the specter before him.
"Call me Death," she answered with her codename, "And you can see why I'm called that, though as it would seem, I am on your side, so put the weapon down!"
Chix Verbil was already having a bad day. He was slightly injured and was hiding in enemy controlled territory. He had been hiding with Lilly Frond for almost a day now, though he wasn't quite sure how long the situation would last.
None of the fairies had planned for the situation that had come upon them, it was a disaster though, leaving their home in ruins as the invaders took over with a devastating pace. The LEP armor had been designed to take a lot of punishment, but heavy weapons and assault rifles were among the list of things not on that list, and the LEP had several hundred more to add to the annals of dead heroes, a list that other than the occasional loss of an officer or two here and there, had not had such a huge list to add since the days of Frond.
He had found a hiding place that would keep them protected from most things that the invaders had been using to cement their control of the city, though the drones that patrolled Haven were among the trickiest buggers he had ever thought could exist. They had a knack for finding things better hidden than he ever thought the luckiest bastard could.
Suddenly he heard gunfire and a few shots from what he thought was a fairy blaster. His ears perked up and he drew one of the four blasters he was now wearing. Quickly, he checked the power cells.
It was at that moment that he heard Lilly scream. He spun and saw three of the drones hovering around her and he fired two shots, nailing the same one with both hits, once in one of its hover pods and the other dead center, dropping it to the ground with the sound and smell of sizzling circuits.
The other two turned and fired at him, the four cannons firing as he dove for cover as flashes of laser fire filled the alley. He saw figures moving in on him from behind as he peeked up from the stairwell into some fairy's basement and fired, picking off one of the other two drones before assault rifle fire filled the air from the opposite direction.
He knew that the fight would be impossible to win, he was in a spot where he could keep somewhat safe until they decided to use explosives and then everything was over.
Then out of the corner of his eye he saw a blur, a form similar to a mudman, but distorted as if it were made of glass. It was perched on a windowsill, he saw it more easily, but he wasn't sure what it was, it wasn't a shielded fairy, it was to human looking and it didn't seem like one the way it cloaked.
Chix dropped the drained battery to the alley floor and slapped in another as he prepared for the worst, then a miracle happened.
The last remaining drone exploded, the wreckage falling to the ground with a foot long piece of sharpened metal protruding from it as one of the mudmen were lifted off the ground by the figure he saw. The enemy that had been lifted gave a choking sound as a blade extended through it and it was dropped aside.
Suddenly the figures eyes flashed crimson and the liquid look vanished to reveal a grey armor clad figure, distinctly mudman looking, but carrying a wicked looking blade as a flash of flame rushed from its back as he realized that it was carrying some sort of jet pack. It slammed into the force of troops, blade moving as but a blur before it was clear, coming o a stop a bare foot above the ground, sheathing the sword as its foes fell to the ground in a bloody heap.
The figure stood their and slowly lowered to touch ground in a crouch as the flames vanished. The helmet retracted into the armor as with the rest and the jet pack.
It was a mudmaid standing there with several swords strapped on over a leather jacket, blue jeans and a t-shirt. Her platinum hair was unusual for someone who looked in her early twenties or late teens, in other words, Chix Verbil's jaw dropped like a rock with a rocket booster on it.
"Who.who are you?" he managed to stammer as he brought his blaster up on the specter before him.
"Call me Death," she answered with her codename, "And you can see why I'm called that, though as it would seem, I am on your side, so put the weapon down!"