Chapter Three

What the Hell Was That!

I stir to the sound of running water. I must have fallen asleep… I look around and see nothing has come during the night and Mint remains unharmed a few feet off from me still asleep. I stretch myself out relieving some of the tension brought on by falling asleep against the rock. I look around, feeling restless, my mind still on the FOmar, HUcast and my sister. I head out for a walk in the morning light to see if it will relieve my mind of its thoughts.

I begin to walk and bask in the glowing sun rise of Ragol. Although the planet harbors many dangers, the forest is a true wonder to hold in the morning light and dew. The crisp, cool air wakes my slumbering sense and brings them to life. I soon come to a small perch made from boulders. I sit upon the rise and watch the sun as it comes up… "It truly is a beautiful planet…" I say to myself, a cool morning wind blows suddenly from the west, making me shiver. I stand and begin the trek back.

On my way back I come across a sleeping Tollaw, I freeze dead in my tracks hoping not to wake the beast, although I could kill it easily. I wish not to do so at the moment. I maneuver around it carefully hoping not to awaken it, suddenly a local birds lets out a shrill call to signal the morning is truly here. "… Damn that bird…" I say to myself as I ready for the battle that will begin searching, although they are bugs, Tollaw seem to have a rather great sense of hearing…

The Tollaw awakens suddenly and lets out its cry. I draw my weapons for I know more of them can't be far behind. And sure enough more come…. Three more appear as if from the ground. I draw my Chain Sawd ready to deal with them all at once. I charge at them full bore intent on finishing this quickly. I move in swinging my Chain Sawd from right to left cleaving the first Tollaw in half its green blood sprays all around some flying in a spray upon my face. I close my eyes to shield them from the spray, I suddenly feel a slick wetness on my eye lids.

I re-open them to see two charging towards me, they swing their arms back and down, trying to cleave my shoulders off. I block both of their scythe like appendages mid swing with my Chain Sawd. They then both retract their arms towards their bodies pining my blade against their scythes and for arms, unable to pull it out from their grasp, suddenly I notice their scythes wedged in between four of the outer rim's blades stopping its spinning motion and causing it to effectively jam.

I hear another cry and turn to see the last Tollaw has snuck up behind me and is about to strike I turn to my side as best I can to have the impact go against my shoulder blade. As I turn the giant bug misses and slashes the right side of my rib cage. Pain surges through my right side as he leaves a gash in my body luckily it doesn't go deep enough to touch any organs or bones. He falls forward on to the other two Tollaw their grip loosens on my blade as they stumble away from their flailing comrade.

I see an opening and go for it. I realize if I fail I won't live to see the end of this fight. I pull my blade down out of their pinched arms the outer rim begins to hum again as it rotates up to speed. I push forward and up with my blade aiming for the joints where their arms connect with the body. They may be strong big and ugly but like any bug there joints are thin connections between one another.

I slam the blade into the four spots I hear my smaller outer rim blades tear into the joints slowly and painfully. The two howl in pain as my blade slowly works its way up through the arms, green blood gushes forth from the decapitated arms. They back away in pain screeching. I quickly advance on them and slash upward diagonally at them. Starting at ones mid section and ending in the middle of the others head… There bodies separate, the partials erupt in a gush of blood It showers forth from the air and drenches me.

I take my hand and clear my eyes of the blood to stare at the last one. The last Tollaw looks around it and sees its dead brethren and then stares at me in a rage I would guess hell I could never tell red eyes they have. It charges me; I pull out my Red Handgun and open fire on it as the beast advances. I pull the trigger three times; three photon bullets erupt from the muzzle of the gun one after the other. Their green color pierces the morning air with a distinctive whistle. They all connect with the Tollaw, one in the left knee, one in the right and the last in its head. The Tollaw stops and crumples to the ground. I re-holster my weapon and begin the long trek back to camp.

I make it back to camp with out further encounters from the wild life and I soon walk into camp as I enter the area I am hit upon the head by a hard object. The last thing I hear is a scream from a female voice. I soon wake up my head groggy and full of pain I sit up and shake my head to get my sight straitened out. I look around and see Mint by a small fire tending it. "Ow what the hell happened to me?" I ask her, she looks over at me and says… "Well I saw you come into the camp covered in all that blood and I thought it was some one else… And well you know the rest." I contemplate this and then realize I am still covered in the Tollaw blood. I slowly start to rise, Mint pushes my back down. "Oh- no you rest. You need it after what you got hit with…" She slowly takes a cloth out from the stream and cleans my face off of the Tollaw blood. She finishes and walks away, my head still feeling groggy, I fall back asleep.

I soon arise, it is night fall when I wake up My Mag stirs as well. I look around and don't see Mint anywhere. I get up and walk toward the sound of running water and begin to clean my armor and skin of the caked on Tollaw blood from this morning's earlier battle. I hear a sound my head cocks to the right to see if it appears again it doesn't… I finish washing my armor and skin of the sickening green blood that covered me before. I walk towards the south entrance to the camp and stare at the night sky my thoughts wandering as per normal at night. I hear that sound again like a foot step. I turn to see who it is but can't make out a figure due to the moonless night. I draw my Demolition Comet just incase, my Mag also tense at the noise and begins to vibrate angrily back and forth. I turn to stare back at the night sky looking for answers that can not be found…

Suddenly I hear breathing right behind I turn and slam the middle of my Demolition Comet into the attacker's chest. My Mag screeches at the movement our attacker caused. The figure jumps back grabs their mid section and charges us head on. I use my ears to try and pinpoint the attacker's position but suddenly hear another set of footsteps. They catch me off guard and the figure slams the back end of a claw weapon to my rib cage. I slide back a few feet from the force of the blow, clutching my sore rib cage I calm myself and steady my weapon, waiting, it is their move again. Suddenly I see a flash of light a Gi-Zonde spell aimed at me I quickly roll to the left of it evading it just barley I can see a flash of light as it strikes a nearby rock leaving scorch marks and a sulfuric smell in the air.

I turn and run this time I am unable to fight back I have hardly any experience fighting an opponent in the dark which I regret considerably now. I continue running away from our attacker hoping praying I can out run them or at least find an open area where I can create a light source to even out the playing field. I cast Zonde spells every once and awhile on the random path I have chosen to light my way as not to fall off a cliff.

I come upon a sudden drop in the path before me. I look down but can not see bottom or hear running water to cushion the fall if I jump down and I sure as hell can't slide down the cliff side, seeing from the angle it drops off at where I stand. I back away slowly hoping to re-trace a better path when I hear a laugh the voice is female. I keep my mouth shout and breathing quiet hoping not to give away my position. Suddenly my Mag screeches in a fit of rage being unable to see the danger that threatens me. "Ha got you…" I hear the voice then the sound of foot steps but can't tell where they are coming from.

I suddenly feel the Impact of a claw weapon against my right shoulder blade it rakes down to my lower left mid section. I lash out but strike nothing but air. I let out a round of Razonde blanketing the area around me in deadly lighting and illuminating the area for a brief second, but that's all I need. I spot the assailant at eleven o'clock, I take out my Red Handgun and fire three photon bullets in the area I hear two of the three thuds against the ground, but the third strikes home. I hear a yell of pain and anger at me as the bullet hits the attacker. The attacker runs toward me again but I have no way of telling where they are coming from or when. The claw weapon again rakes across my body this time my stomach. I quickly grab my stomach. Lucky for me the armor I chose to wear is thick but even that didn't stop the photon claw from leaving wounds on me deep enough to cause me serious pain. I back away from my attacker but stop as my left foot soon finds no ground to stand on.

"Heh well you have no where to run to now I am going to enjoy carving you up! Unless you come with me quietly, he is expecting you…" She walks slowly towards me I look upon my Mag who is still infuriated by the attacker and how it is unable to help me defend myself. I then turn and face the cliff do I face certain death against this attacker or try my luck with the cliff and hope luck is on my side tonight. There is no option I turn and jump of the cliff edge grabbing my Mag and curling into a ball around it to protect us both as much as possible.

I roll down the cliff side for what seems to be an eternity. Dust soon clouds my nostrils and I can't breathe well through them, my sides and arms ache from being bashed into rock after rock. I finally come to a stop at the bottom of the hill I uncurl and my Mag floats to the sides of my head gently rubbing against me to see if I respond. I turn my head and look back up the cliff face and see the figure standing over wondering if I lived or died in the escape. Suddenly a noise catches my attention to my right. I snap my head and see a FOmar standing in a clearing. He looks upon me and then the figure on the cliff. He looks back upon me and smiles an enigmatic smile. I try to rise up and get away but am hit with a Gi-Zonde spell of intense power. I scream as I feel the electricity passing through my body completing a circuit inside me. Then everything goes black for me the last thing I hear is a small chuckle from this new face that has appeared then I lose all conscious…