Tyaka's plan is carried through...
Tyaka clambered up the burrow and out onto the surface of the area. Ryreni'ke and Jolsak were behind him, but Alakimra was forced to stay behind due to his wounds. The air around him was warm and damp, uncomfortable when compared to the cool and dry climate down below. They had to be careful, even though the humans were defeated and needed regrouping, for they did have a tendency to strike at night. It would rain soon, however, which was a great advantage for Tyaka and his friends, for the enemy could not see or move as well in it.
"So? Where are planning to go, anyway?" Jolsak asked.
"To way where wind never blows. Aliens are always coming from that direction." Tyaka replied.
"Yes, Alakimra has seen the alien base on this world. That, I am sure, is where they took Komos." Ryreni'ke nodded repeatedly.
"How long a journey?" Jolsak sighed.
"Not long from here. If we hurry, we may rescue Komos between now and sunrise."
Komos tried to stick his claws through the feeding slot, but it only opened one way. He was beginning to think he would never go home. Maybe if he pleased the human, it would be persuaded to let him out and he may escape. He wandered up to the glass and knocked on it, waiting for Rovan's reaction.
"Oh, hello." Cotrin said as he came into the lab with a box of doughnuts. Cotrin fretted the last experiments he had to perform, for they would indefinitely hurt the alien. Komos looked at the box, automatically knowing that it contained food.
Cotrin sat down in front of the observatory room and flipped a switch. Komos looked up and a mist of water sprayed down on him from well-protected sprinklers. The water stopped and Cotrin hesitated to flip the next switch, but ended up doing so. A static shock went through the room and Komos shrieked in pain as a spark hit him. Curling up into the corner, he hissed at the human.
Cotrin regretted having to hurt Preston, but he had one last thing to do. See which chemical was the most harmful to the giant insects. He adjusted his glasses and pushed the switch. Komos cried out in terror as a blue gas came from the walls. He started to cough and choke. Why was the human doing this? Just when he thought maybe they weren't so heartless.
Cotrin couldn't take it any further and turned it off, turning on the water again. He couldn't hurt the alien anymore. Komos snarled. "Damn you!" he snapped. "I'll kill you when I escape!" he went to the glass with a high-pitched cry of anger.
"I'm s-sorry." Cotrin said, dismayed. He would have to do something. Any other chemicals would kill him, and he had become attached. Trying to apologize, he shoved a couple of doughnuts through the slot. If he was going to be angry, why not on a full stomach?
Komos spit out a large amount of saliva at the glass in distrust. Cotrin shook his head and took a bite of one to prove his worth. Komos snarled and took a bite of a doughnut, chewing it and spitting it back against the glass. Cotrin sighed and left the lab, determined, nevertheless, to at least use what he had learned. Once he was gone, Komos finished the doughnuts.
"And not only would we be saving Komos," Tyaka continued, still trying to place Jolsak in higher spirits. "But we would also be cutting off many attackers of hive at source."
"Shut up." Jolsak grumbled.
Ryreni'ke was ahead of the two, keeping them posted on the guards. "Tyaka, four humans guard this next entrance." He informed. The others peered over the cliff-like edge of the rock field and snorted.
"We could take them out easily. It better than usual seven and nine." Jolsak said.
"But not quick enough." Tyaka said irritantly. "One could get loose and warn the others. This is being surprise attack."
"If only Alakimra was not left behind." Ryreni'ke regretted.
"Battle isn't over yet." Tyaka stood. "I have idea."
"Damn aliens." Grumbled the man as he stomped his cigarette into the ground. "It's cold out here."
"Forget about it, Marty." Said another. "We're off duty in an hour anyhow."
"I haven't eaten in hours." Said a third.
The first grunted. "I hate this giant flea ridden hellhole." He kicked the dirt spitefully.
"Everything looks clear around the ridge up there." Said the fourth man as he came down a short hill.
"No bugs?" asked the third.
"Nope. Not a single track. I guess they wised up." He pulled the gun off his body and tossed it next to the wall of the metal fortress. "Man, I'm hungry."
"Well-" the second stopped and stood as he heard a loud shriek pierce the night air. "What the hell?"
"I thought you said there weren't any bugs!" the first snapped at the fourth, who quickly retrieved his gun.
Ryreni'ke pounced in front of them, lashing forward with his tail. "Blrrrrreeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!" he screamed in a deafening tone.
Too shocked to do anything at first, the guards now loaded their guns and fired. Ryreni'ke leapt behind them and hit the wall, sticking to it until they noticed him. When they turned around, he became unglued and raced passed them, slicing one in the side as he brushed by. "Ah!" the second said, a small spurt of blood coming from his side.
"Marty, Jack, go and get it!" yelled the third, throwing them their guns. "Go teach that demon a lesson!" two of the guards rushed after him into the rock field.
Once they were a good distance away, Tyaka and Jolsak sprang from the cliff and took out the other two. Once they were dead, they climbed to the roof and slipped through the vent at the top.
Ryreni'ke darted through the rocks and finally turned, throwing himself onto an oncoming guard. It screeched, terrified and shocked. The other ran to help, and soon shared a similar fate. Tyaka's plan had worked. He had led the two guards out far enough so that they could not retreat, for it was obvious that Ryreni'ke was faster. He now quickly returned before he was seen.
Komos was now pacing faster than ever back and forth in his enclosure when Rovan returned. He looked through the glass and tapped on it. Komos snarled and turned away. "I said I was s-sorry."
Komos flipped his tail nonchalantly and drunk a few laps of water. "Cotrin." Said a man as him and a partner entered the lab.
"Y-yes?" he turned.
"Hey, Jason." He held out and shook his hand, Komos taking a notice. "What did ya learn about that thing yet?"
"Well, th-they're very intelligent, but will resort to basic primary instincts if given no other option-ion." He pointed to the alien. "And he-he has a very necessary fluid engulfing his body for heat protection. Those little pairs of jaws in his mouth, you see, right in there, work especially-"
"Yeah, yeah, Cotrin. I mean, what did you find on the chemical results? What's the most effective method?" the man said as he grabbed the clipboard from his hands. "Preston?" he lifted an eyebrow. "Ya named him?" Cotrin shrugged. After a moment of skimming through it, he looked up at Cotrin with a confused stare. "Cotrin, there ain't nothin' on here about it. Where are the test results?"
"W-well, you see, I-I-" he scratched his head.
"You didn't do it?"
"I didn't want to-to hurt-"
"Your pet?" he began to anger. "This isn't a house cat, Cotrin, it's a mutant beast that's killed well over half our army since we got here!"
"But-"
"If you aren't gonna do the tests, I will." He shoved Cotrin out of the way.
"N-no, don't!" Cotrin stepped forward, but was stopped by another guard. He attempted to resist, but the other was much stronger.
Komos looked up from his spot on the ground at the muffled yelling going on at the other side. He stood and growled; what were they doing with his alien? The man on the other side pushed a switch, causing a poisonous smoke to fill his room. Komos coughed and cried out, furious and confused.
Komos fell to his haunches and gasped, spitting and choking away the gas. His lungs slowly devoured it, and he was starting to black out. He could no longer tell if he were standing or falling, and then a loud crash was heard. The vent on the other side has broken and Tyaka crawled out, practically swimming along the ceiling as he dropped down. With a lash of his tail, he cracked the control panel and all hell broke loose. A red alert went down and the ceiling sprinklers turned on. Ryreni'ke and Jolsak followed, barreling into the glass and cracked it. Cotrin and the others coughed compulsively and the smoke began to fill the room. The three aliens on the outside tried desperately to break the glass open further, finally succeeding and leaping in.
Komos was sprawled out across the floor, his sides heaving deeply as he tried to breathe in the fresh air. "Komos!" Tyaka yelled in triumph.
"T-yaka?" Komos struggled to his feet as Jolsak pushed on his side. "Where did you-"
"Nevermind." He said quickly crawling out. "Into the roof path!" he crawled up into it, followed by Jolsak. Ryreni'ke stood behind, waiting for Komos.
"Ryreni'ke." Komos stood and growled. "Halt. Something here is something I must take care of first." He nodded towards the guards. "They touch my alien. Kill them."
Not sure what he where he was grabbing, one of the guards flipped a switch and all entrances were quickly sealed off, including the vent above. "Komos!" Ryreni'ke yelped in fear.
"Don't panic. Rovan will help." He screeched and pounced onto the larger man, tearing a chunk out of his shoulder before they even hit the ground.
Ryreni'ke copied, ramming the other into the wall. Cotrin dropped to the floor and backed away, watching Komos emerge from the cloudy smoke, the crimson fluid dripping from his jaws onto his lab coat. Komos turned his head and gently lifted the fallen clipboard, placing it in Cotrin's lap. Cotrin stared in horror and astonishment. The two creatures had killed the two men without thought, but left Cotrin to safety.
Komos pulled harshly at his sleeve and went to the sealed door, leaning up against it and looking back. Cotrin stared a moment and put his hand into the air, grasping an imaginary lever and pulling it down. Komos looked at him and turned to the lever next to him by the door. Remembering what he just saw, he grabbed it and jerked downwards, and the door slid open.
Komos motion for Ryreni'ke to exit, and as he did, Komos returned to Cotrin and sat, holding out his claws clumsily. Cotrin only watched in confusion for the longest time, then copied him. Komos quickly grabbed his extended hand and forced it up and down, shaking it harshly before he flew away, down the hall where Ryreni'ke waited. Cotrin stood by the door and waved his hand long after Komos left, feeling responsible for the death he knew they would cause. But there was still a strange thing about Preston he couldn't explain. "Goodbye, Preston."
Tyaka hurled his body once more against the grating of the vent exit, causing it to fall to the ground with a loud metal clatter. Both he and Jolsak dropped out onto the floor below, seeing a man in bed that was still asleep next to them. They looked at each other, moving on carelessly, for if it could sleep through a red alert and the grate hitting the floor, it must not be much of a threat.
Walking to the door, it opened and they rushed out, scrambling down the halls and following Komos's scent. Finally, he found Ryreni'ke and Komos crawling through a disabled fan. Komos turned to his side as Tyaka followed. "I owe great deal to you child." He stated as they traveled through the air vent, looking for the entrance on the roof they had come in.
"It was what I owe to you that cause me come here." He said simply. Tyaka turned his head as he heard the terrified screams of humans behind him. But both Ryreni'ke and Jolsak were behind him. There was gunfire, growling, and sputtering, then it stopped. Something else was attacking the humans. Could it be more of his hive coming to help?
"We must destroy this place." Komos said sternly. "This where aliens come from. The rest of hive help us." He climbed up the vent to the outside, and slipped clumsily. A huge clawed hand reached down as an offer for help, and as Komos looked up, he realized that the attackers were not the rest of the hive.
It was another alien. It wore a metal mask with black braided hair surrounding it. It stood on two legs with a tan, scaly skin, and made a clittering tapping sound with the talons on his face behind the mask. Two blades extended from his arm, which was offered to Komos. It reached down and grabbed his arm, pulling him out of the hatch.
That's the end of this story. But continuation must come! Will Komos meet his human friend again? Will the queen be really pissed off that Tyaka left? Who are these aliens who are offering to help Komos...?