Ruf: ok so I quit writing cuz I hadn't gotten any recognition that anybody was reading, so start reviewing damnit! Thanx to Morgane Lurkerstriker I am continueing the story

Chapter 4

All I Know and Love

My eyes were already red and my face was wet with tears, my stomach almost jumped up my throat and out of my mouth. My dad's eyes had rolled into the back of his head and blood streamed from his nose and mouth. His severed head lay on the ground and his body was being tugged at by three spider legged metal heads. There was a smoldering hole in the middle of his torso from one of their blasters. His rifle was on the ground along with pools of his blood.

I ran and picked up his rifle and began firing at the monsters. I caught one with a few shots to his belly and eco laced blood and entrails began pouring out. Another was shot in his shoulder and I must have hit a nerve because his arm went limp, I then fired into his roaring mouth and his roar became a hawking noise as violet blood began spurting.

The third metal head began to rush toward me. I froze, and began to fall to the ground. I was exhausted. I closed my eyes, welcoming the end. I expected the force of the giant monster to crush me, but I never felt it. My eyes opened and saw Scrap, he had rammed a stolen zoomer into the beast, he then fired shots from his twin red eco pistols at it.

He jumped to the ground and continued firing on it until it collapsed to the ground. He stood there looking at what he had done and then holstered his pistols. All those times we had started spending at the shooting range after we stopped playing Renegade had apparently paid off for both of us.

He turned to me and began to walk towards me, his hand was offered to me and he helped me up. I wrapped my arms around him and began bawling my eyes out. I cried harder than I had ever thought possible. He held me close, "don't worry Taryn, it's okay, but we need to get out of here before more show up."

I looked up at him and he smiled, I gave a smile back and we began to head for his zoomer that I had driven there. We got to the zoomer and he climbed on. No sooner had he offered his hand to me than we heard the sound of hover jets. A squad of six hover fighter metal heads had surrounded us.

"Oh shit, run for cover! I'll hold them off!" Scrap said as he drew his pistols.

"But Scrap!... give em' hell!" I yelled at him as more tears started down my face. I turned and ran in the opposite direction, I hadn't gone too far when three metal heads that looked like the ones that had killed my mother ambushed me. I turned back and saw Scrap take a blast from one of the hover fighters in his heart, he began to lose his balance from his zoomer.

"SCRAP!" I yelled, before I had barely begun to run back to him I felt an arm grab me around my waist and pick me up. I was set on the back of a KG one seater zoomer.

"Don't worry, I've got ya," a gruff voice said. I wrapped my arms around the waist of the man that had saved me. He began to speed away from the battle, away from the carnage. I looked down at Scrap with tears pouring down my face, I turned away and held the strange KG officer tight.

The strange but seemingly trustworthy man pulled the zoomer in front of the Baron's Palace. He grabbed my hand and lead me inside, we headed to an elevator and stood inside until it took us up. It stopped after a few seconds because it was one of those high speed elevators. The doors opened to a glorious hall, there was a set of doors that the man lead me to, they opened and I saw what I assumed was the Baron's throne room. The Baron was standing at on of the glass walls looking out at the battle. The man that had saved me spoke to him. "Baron Praxis, the metal heads are getting the upper hand, they could get to the rest of the city at any time, what is your plan of action?"

"Simple Lieutenant Torn,"

I looked up to my savior, I had heard daddy say that name before.

"We will, put up a new barrier blocking out the section of the slums being attacked while we hold the beasts back."

"but.. sir millions of people will be killed, your going to willingly sacrifice hundreds of lives!"

"Please lieutenant, we're talking about scum, poor souls that can hardly support themselves anyway, it's what's best for the city."

Torn made a scoffing noise, "Damas was a better ruler than you, you're no king, just a cowardly, half assed baron" the baron turned to Torn, an enraged look in his eye.

"You're out of order soldier!"

"Fuck you! ... I'm not your soldier anymore." Torn threw a badge on the floor. "You do what you do; I'm going to fight off those monsters." He turned to the door and grabbed my hand to take me with him. The Baron yelled at him as we were walking away.

"You had better hope those beasts slaughter you because if they don't I will find you and I will do it myself!"

We stepped into the elevator and the doors shut with a loud clank.

Ruf: ok, I'll admit it, not my best writing, but hopefully not too bad

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Ruf: ignoring that, please review!