Chapter 2
Race was bored out of his mind. Several insectoids were encountered, but they were single scouts and were killed quickly.
He had been with the caravan nearly 3 days and all he did was eat, travel and sleep. He had to do something; anything would do, and as the night came and the caravan stopped, one of the escorts suggested that they hold competitions of who is the most skilled with their weapon of choice. At first he dominated, but as opponents became scarcer they also became harder.
Eventually he was going to face the last fight, the battle against the female winner, Rommie. As they stepped into the ring they both were nervous. They both liked each other and neither wanted to hurt the other, but they decided to do their best.
The match turned out to be dead even. Rommie had set the pistol at the end to stun and had covered the blade with a casing. Race had covered his swords with casings as well.
As they fought, Rommie seemed to have the advantage because of the pistol on her staff, yet Race warded all of Rommie's shots with his blades and Rommie parried all his thrusts and slices.
Both realized that neither was going to be able to score many, if any, hits. It had to be a fight until someone dropped from exhaustion. As the two fighters darted in and out striking and parrying no one noticed as people started disappearing, until one gave a cry.
There were insectoids everywhere; suddenly confusion broke out and everyone was fighting for their lives. Race was flying like a chainsaw, parrying and slicing any thing that moved. His eyes turned a shade redder and his mouth foamed. He had become a Bloodluster.
There is a legend that all Draconians have the power to become Bloodlusters and Peacekeepers. A Bloodluster emerges when a person is in a rage and is pumped with adrenaline and his body is able to contain the power, he becomes oblivious to all pain and his combat skills are double. He is faster, stronger, tougher, and better, yet he loses all power of reason and simply charges into a melee.
Yet a Peacekeeper can only be attained by will. One must become calm and not fall prey to rage. Only then is the true power of a Draconian achieved. Combat skills triple, the mind is clear of all distracting thoughts, and only one thought is on their mind. Protect the innocent and slay all evil. They seem to be nearly asleep yet all their skills are sharpened and nothing can stop a Peacekeeper, but death itself.
As Race charged through the enemy he flew over the bodies of friends and foe alike and was slaying insectoids by the dozens. As Rommie saw him her heart skipped a beat. He was bleeding profusely and had lost control of one arm, and still clutching his swords she saw him fall, and then a blow on the back of her head drowned her in darkness.
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Kyle was scared 'Something had gone wrong,' he thought 'This can't be happening.' As the Frontier Unit passed through Bravo Point the saw that almost everybody was dead.
The base was destroyed and wounded were everywhere. They helped all those they could and carried the wounded to the trucks that were carrying them off the Alpha Point. One survivor told them what had happened.
The internal defenses had helped many survive, as they had run into the tunnels, getting into the magnet trains and speeding off to Alpha Point, while the internal defense kept the insectoids away.
Yet one by one the defenses were destroyed and the looming sea of bugs slowly crept on the base and the tunnels. After the last defense was destroyed the CO had set the self-destruct and sounded the alarm.
As the last survivors had made it to the trains they discovered that radios didn't work, and they had lost all connection to the outside. Yet before the self-destruct wiped out the insectoids in the building they heard a strange message.
"Surrender yourselves or die...humans."
Race was bored out of his mind. Several insectoids were encountered, but they were single scouts and were killed quickly.
He had been with the caravan nearly 3 days and all he did was eat, travel and sleep. He had to do something; anything would do, and as the night came and the caravan stopped, one of the escorts suggested that they hold competitions of who is the most skilled with their weapon of choice. At first he dominated, but as opponents became scarcer they also became harder.
Eventually he was going to face the last fight, the battle against the female winner, Rommie. As they stepped into the ring they both were nervous. They both liked each other and neither wanted to hurt the other, but they decided to do their best.
The match turned out to be dead even. Rommie had set the pistol at the end to stun and had covered the blade with a casing. Race had covered his swords with casings as well.
As they fought, Rommie seemed to have the advantage because of the pistol on her staff, yet Race warded all of Rommie's shots with his blades and Rommie parried all his thrusts and slices.
Both realized that neither was going to be able to score many, if any, hits. It had to be a fight until someone dropped from exhaustion. As the two fighters darted in and out striking and parrying no one noticed as people started disappearing, until one gave a cry.
There were insectoids everywhere; suddenly confusion broke out and everyone was fighting for their lives. Race was flying like a chainsaw, parrying and slicing any thing that moved. His eyes turned a shade redder and his mouth foamed. He had become a Bloodluster.
There is a legend that all Draconians have the power to become Bloodlusters and Peacekeepers. A Bloodluster emerges when a person is in a rage and is pumped with adrenaline and his body is able to contain the power, he becomes oblivious to all pain and his combat skills are double. He is faster, stronger, tougher, and better, yet he loses all power of reason and simply charges into a melee.
Yet a Peacekeeper can only be attained by will. One must become calm and not fall prey to rage. Only then is the true power of a Draconian achieved. Combat skills triple, the mind is clear of all distracting thoughts, and only one thought is on their mind. Protect the innocent and slay all evil. They seem to be nearly asleep yet all their skills are sharpened and nothing can stop a Peacekeeper, but death itself.
As Race charged through the enemy he flew over the bodies of friends and foe alike and was slaying insectoids by the dozens. As Rommie saw him her heart skipped a beat. He was bleeding profusely and had lost control of one arm, and still clutching his swords she saw him fall, and then a blow on the back of her head drowned her in darkness.
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Kyle was scared 'Something had gone wrong,' he thought 'This can't be happening.' As the Frontier Unit passed through Bravo Point the saw that almost everybody was dead.
The base was destroyed and wounded were everywhere. They helped all those they could and carried the wounded to the trucks that were carrying them off the Alpha Point. One survivor told them what had happened.
The internal defenses had helped many survive, as they had run into the tunnels, getting into the magnet trains and speeding off to Alpha Point, while the internal defense kept the insectoids away.
Yet one by one the defenses were destroyed and the looming sea of bugs slowly crept on the base and the tunnels. After the last defense was destroyed the CO had set the self-destruct and sounded the alarm.
As the last survivors had made it to the trains they discovered that radios didn't work, and they had lost all connection to the outside. Yet before the self-destruct wiped out the insectoids in the building they heard a strange message.
"Surrender yourselves or die...humans."