"Two of them, destroyed already, you say?"
"Yes, lord. It is most unfortunate."
"Quite. You're just hoping I don't send you out there to wreak havoc. On second thought, though…"
"But, my lord-"
"Calm down, I was joking. Though I don't assume you have much of a sense of humor, no?"
"No, my lord."
"Sometimes I forget who I'm around. Well, make sure the pests are killed. Or I will send you, lackey."
"Y-yes, my lord…"
IIX
"Fox! That thing's organic! I can't give you a reading on how you can kill it!" yelled Slippy over the com. Fox swore under his breath.
"I'll figure it out," Fox told him. He aimed the plasma cannon at the creature and pulled down the firing stud. Beams of plasma came out of the weapon at an astounding rate. Fox looked at the demon, aimed the cannon at the figure's chest…
Shot after shot ricocheted off of heavy armor plating on the thing's chest. This isn't getting me anywhere, he thought. When in doubt, aim for a headshot.
Fox aimed the gun at the thing's head, which was considerably closer now. He fired. The plasma hit the head of the thing, searing in and causing the thing to cry out in pain. It spun around in a circle, bringing its leathery wings to protect it for a moment. Fox held down the firing stud…
A shot hit the part of the wing where it connects to the body, causing the demon to yell in extreme pain. It started to fall, and Fox stopped firing. What is that thing? he thought. Fox heard Krystal give an audible sigh of relief.
"It's over, then," she said. "Not all over, Krystal. We've still got to get down their and recover the body, see what it can tell us. It won't be fun, but…"
Krystal landed her Arwing near the demon's corpse and jumped out of the cockpit. The demon had landed in a clearing not too far from the volcano. She saw Fox get off of her Arwing's left wing. She came over and hugged him tightly. "That was not fun, Fox… I thought you would've been killed down there…" she told him. He returned the hug, and they released each other. "Well," Fox said, "Let's go see what that body can tell us…"
Fox started to walk over to the motionless corpse, (which was lying on its side on the grass) and Krystal followed. Slippy and Falco were circling in the sky, just in case. Krystal stopped a few yards away from the thing. "That smell is horrible!" she said, covering her nose. Fox just looked at the thing. "I just hope this thing will help us out… maybe we'll find out where it came from. We'll have to bring it to Corneria, for an autopsy."
The thing's mouth moved slightly. "Not… just… yet…" it told them in a coarse voice. "My master… will prevail… and kill the seer…" Krystal's eyes widened. Fox just stared. "What do you mean?" Fox asked.
"The one who will kill our kind… stop the good lord from coming…" the thing said, and eyed Krystal, then looked back to Fox. "I will die here, but that will not stop others... from Hellborne…" The thing gave a wheeze and a gurgle, and stopped breathing. The smell increased. "Fox, let's get out of here. I feel like I'm going to throw up…" she told him. He nodded, and they walked toward their Arwings and radioed ROB in the Great Fox (which was currently docked in Aqudim's spaceport) to get ready to leave and to call in Corneria Autopsy for a big order. ROB teleported another Arwing down.
"Thanks ROB." Fox broke the link to ROB and asked Krystal, "You going to be alright?" She still looked a bit sick.
"Yes, I'm ok… that thing doesn't smell very good at all…" She walked over to her Arwing and climbed up. "I'll be alright," she stated. Fox shrugged and jumped into the cockpit of the Arwing. They lifted off, leaving the demon to rest in the rolling grasses of Aqudim until the corpsmen came…
That's chapter IIX. I'd write more, but I don't want to give away too much in one chapter. And when I said (in the prologue thing, where you click on the name of the story to read it) "all hell breaks loose"… well, you get the idea.
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