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Title: Redemption's Tears

Author: RedRaven

Kicked the rating up a little for some violence. Just to be safe about it. At least I think I did I probably forgot to.

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Liam had fallen asleep. He let out a groan as he sat up. He had been packing to go and had sat down on the bed for just a minute. The next thing he knew there was sunlight shining into his room. Apparently the trick he had played on the innkeeper had been closer to the truth than he thought. He had been tired after all. Of course, now that it was morning he'd have a lot more trouble just leaving. There'd be people up and about now. Well probably not that many, it was still early, the sun had risen only a short time ago. One call on his global and a volunteer would be here to get him in a shuttle in no time. Just then his stomach let out a loud rumble. On second thought, he could stay here long enough to have breakfast. Liam quickly changed clothes so he wouldn't look so rumpled then headed for the door to his room. He had barely touched the knob when he heard weapon's fire. Drawing his own weapon Liam threw open the door and headed for the stairs.

He had only made it a few feet down the hall when a man wearing some kind of armor and carrying a gun came up the steps. The man raised his gun, Liam shot him. The armor the man was wearing apparently absorbed most of the energy from just such a blast. Instead of the shot killing him it only knocked him back a foot or two. Before the guy could recover Liam tackled him. A few punches and the other guy was out cold. Unfortunately the fight had attracted the attention of someone else. Another man with the same kind of armor on came charging up the steps. Liam had lost his gun in the tussle with the now unconscious man. And he wasn't wearing any special armor, just his normal clothes. So Liam did the logical thing when the man fired. He ducked. The blast hit the wall behind him leaving a large scorch mark.

Liam landed on the ground and rolled to his feet. The man with the gun recovered quickly, he took aim and fired again before Liam could dodge again. Liam instinctively threw his hands up to shield himself. There was a bright flash, and a scream. Liam lowered his hands and stared at his palms for a second. His shaquaarava shined brightly for a moment before the glow from his hands faded. He glanced over at the man who had shot at him and winced. He was obviously dead, the armor he was wearing was definitely not going to be reusable. It was in pieces. Apparently his shaquaarava had overloaded it. Remembering that some kind of attack was going on Liam started to look for his gun. Spying it in a corner he headed over to pick it up. As he bent over he heard a sound behind him. Before he could turn around something caught him in the back of the head. Liam crumpled to the ground unconscious.

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Is it really a cliffhanger if I post the next part on the same day? Oh well I'll post it anyway.