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I'm back. A hearty thanks to anyone still reading this, I hope you enjoy this part. It's supposed to be my first attempt at action… A note to elementalman, who was kind enough to leave his e-mail: Ninja have been dispatched. Enjoy!
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Chapter 4
Our First Dig
Claire and I spent all of the next day looking for anything we could use as equipment. We both knew at least a little bit about mechanics. At the end of the day we had managed to construct a simple two-way radio system, a somewhat dependable radar, a goofy looking suit of armor, and a weak blaster. We were lucky with the blaster. It was in almost perfect condition, with the exception of the trigger, when we found it.
We may not have had the best equipment in the world, but we were ready for our first dig. We were so excited, we didn't care if every Reaverbot the Ancients had built guarded the ruin we picked.
As it turned out, there were none to be found. It was just dark. This wasn't much of a problem, since the ruin was mostly corridors with an actual room only appearing occasionally.
Claire was really enjoying the radio that day. "Mark, I don't think there are any reaverbots here," she told me. "I wonder if there's even a refractor…"
"Funny you should mention that," I replied as I walked into the room housing a medium sized, blue refractor core. "Found it!"
"That's strange," she began, "It's not showing up on the monitor. Maybe the equipment's broke?"
"Well, with this we can just buy…."
"Look out Mark!"
Once I had removed the refractor, things became much more complicated.
The room wasn't dark anymore. There was an eerie red light emanating from the walls, a light that flooded the area.
"Mark!" Claire cried helplessly, "You have to get out of there!"
"No kidding!" I was already running for the door I had come through, I had already seen why she was panicking. The lights were crawling out of the walls. I didn't bother hitting the button to close the door behind me.
I sprinted down the corridors; trying desperately not the let the reaverbots coming out of the walls knock me off balance. I could still hear their metal bodies slithering behind me. They flung their snake-like bodies at me while Claire yelled things I already knew.
"Mark, be careful! They're everywhere!"
"Thank you Claire!" I shouted sarcastically.
I finally made it to the elevator to the surface. As I neared it I noticed that the reaverbots were falling back. I slammed my fist on the power button and blacked out as I rose to the surface.
I know it's short, but Iwanted to make sure the next part started off the next chapter.-
