Chapter 5: The Shootout!

Duo slowly puts his hands into the air. But quickly knocks the gun to the side, kneels it in the gut and yanks the gun away, takes aim and fires. The strange weapon shoots an invisible blast of concentrated light at the beast, and it falls backward into the doorway.

Duo quickly turns to Aiahku. "Are you alright?"

Aiahku just sits at the bottom of the stairs and nods.

"Come-on lets get out of here, before more fur balls show up!" Duo urges, while pulling the startled Aiahku to his feet. "Quick, let's get into the forest."

Aiahku grabs the fallen monster's sidearm, and they hurry into the trees as a few more monsters come into the doorway to find the dead guard lying on the steps.

"Hurry! Sound the alarm some dangerous food is escaping!" One of the beasts shouts.

The guard sees them leave into the thick trees and opens fire! Duo and Aiahku turn and shoot a few potshots back at the door as they continue to run.

~~~~~~ 20 minutes later ~~~~~~

Aiahku drops to his knees panting. "I can't run anymore. I need to rest."

Duo nervously looks back the way they came. "Ok, we can rest for a few minutes."

Aiahku and Duo walk over to a rock and sit down.

"Aiahku, are you ok?"

Aiahku looks up breathing heavily. "I'm just not used to running like that."

Duo smiles "I haven't run like that for years."

"I think we got away." Aiahku smiles.

*Click, Tzzzzzzz!* Duo and Aiahku stiffen. They slowly turn around to see about 12 heavily armed beasts like the one that Duo killed.

One steps to the front. "Congratulations, you two are some of the few food creatures that have escaped the base in a long time. Execute them immediately!"

All of the others take aim.

Duo jumps to his feet! "Wait!"

"What?" The one in front growls.

"May I have one last request?"

The strange creature stares for a moment, and then nods hesitantly.

"Great!" Duo shouts happily. "Ok, close your eyes and count to 10!"

The beast in front raises a brow, and the ones behind just looks at each other, not sure what to think of this foolish human.

While the beasts are stunned and trying to get over their laugh attack, Duo looks at Aiahku and points. Duo raises his weapon and opens fire! Aiahku quickly catches on and also starts firing on the now scattering beasts!

After the monsters get to safe places they start returning fire! Aiahku and Duo are afraid the rock they are hiding behind is going to be blasted to bits!

"Cover our backs Aiahku!" Duo orders while shooting at the monsters that are slowly advancing on their position!

Moments later the amount of laser blasts double!

"Aiahku, backup troops have arrived! We need to find a better spot! If we stay here they'll get us!"

Aiahku begins to look around franticly! "Duo there's a bigger rock! Will that work?"

Duo looks at the rock. "That's better than here! I wonder if there's a higher setting on this thing. I need a bigger spread."

Aiahku peeks over the rock. "They're advancing! They're going to get us!"

Duo stands up! "Aiahku run for the rock!" Duo opens fire as fast as his finger can pull the trigger! After Aiahku makes it to the bigger rock Duo runs too!

After getting to the rock Duo looks around. "Ok, this is perfect! Walls on two sides, and a big rock on the other, they can only come one way."

Duo turns around and peeks around the corner as a squad runs into the entrance!

They take aim! "Freeze, paws in the air, now!" One of the beasts howls!

Duo and Aiahku aim at them!

"Paws up, down on your chest, now!" He howls again!

Duo looks at Aiahku. "Aiahku, what do you think?"

Aiahku looks at the monsters in front of him angrily. "What will happen to us if we do surrender?"

Duo thinks for a moment. "Well, they will either eat us alive, or shoot us."

Aiahku pales a bit. "What would my brother do?"

Duo smirks evilly. "He would die while taking these dogs apart."

"Sounds good to me" Aiahku smirks.

The lead beast roars loudly! "Put down your weapons!"

Duo smiles at Aiahku "Let's do it."

Aiahku nods with a smirk "I aint goin down without a fight!"

The lead monster growls "Kill them" And turns to walk away. And all of his soldiers take aim.