Cotez entered a clearing that smelt of the sound of battle, his green cloak swirling around him. He was sixteen years old, with purple eyes, and was athleticly built. He saw wounded men lying all over the place, and vong. His eyes slowly surveyed the surrounding clearing, immediantly he noticed a wounded vong rising to his feet, he ran over and grabbed a peice of rubble and hurled it at the vong. The rubble collided with the vongs head with a crunching sound, the vong fell to the ground.

"Help me!" a man said, Cotez ran over to a wounded soldier, upon closer enspection he had an arm missing and a wound in his chest that would be the end of him if it wasn't tended to.
"Calm down, i am going to help, be still and i will carry you", Cotez knelt lower and jestured for the man to roll over onto his back, he heaved with all his might and lifted himself and the man on his back into the air and started running towards his house. He ran for what seemed forever looking left and right fearing the vong return, the man on his back was moaning and crying about the wound on his chest.

Cotez heard a slight ristle in the leaves, he stopped. Wait a sec, there is no wind today? he heard another rustle and then another, he turned around and ducked just as a thud bug flew past and imbeded itself into a tree, he heard the familiar sound of more thud bugs flew past. He ran as fast as he could but then one thudbug cliped him on the side of the arm and he dropped the man, another thud bug came hurtling towards him, no not him the falling soldier, he pushed the soldier out of the way and then dived to the ground and rolled. He came up near where the soldier fell, grabed him and kept running, it wasn't long before he heard the heavy footsteps of vong chasing him, Damn it! He thought. He looked around for a place to hide until he saw a small area of lush bushes he could hide in. Rushing over carrying the wounded man, he dived under just before the vong entered the area, Cotez, lying down on his stomach and looking out from under the bush could see them searching for him. His heart beat faster until he heard a gutteral yell from further behind the vong, they all turned around, looked at each other then ran to where the noise came from. Cotez was releived beyond compare, he was about to get up when he realised that they could come back at any time, so he remained on the ground and began to wait.

Cotez woke up sharply as he heard whining from beside him, he turned over and saw that the soldier was awake and trying to keep quite but the pain was unbearable.
"It's ok, i will take you to someone that can help you" Cotez said as he knelt over the soldier to check his wound, he saw the soldiers are shoot out and grab his own arm.
"Don't help me, save yourself, help is coming" The soldier said then coughed, Cotez began thinking What does that mean?
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What do you mean?" Cotez asked
"I mean Cough the alliance is here to recapture this planet, my people will look for me.." the soldiers eyelids fell closed as he moaned and arched his back.
"Keep still, is there a base then, where you're people are set up, if i can get there then you will be helped" Cotez pleaded.
"Yes, nearby, there is a base we set up in the farming mill, well what's left of it anyways" he let out another cough as cotez pondered what he had said.
"Ok then, lets go, can you walk or do you need to be carried again?"
"I don't think i can walk, the pain is terrible" The soldier said as he coughed again.
"Ok then, what's you're name by the way?" Cotez asked.
"My name is Commander Magnus Marius" the soldier replied as he closed his eyes and climbed onto Cotez's back. They walked for a long time, detouring around the obvious routes to the farmlands, cotez knew all these areas well...

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"I Don't Wan't You To Go Outside Cotez, It Is Dangerous, The Vong Could Find You!" Mother Yelled.

' "Yes Mother.." I ran to my room and spend my time there trying to figure out something to do, i had been couped up here all my life, it probably was for a good cause, the vong were reckless, they killed all people who didn't do what they wanted, they thought of it as no loss, they though of us all as infidels. I sat there for ages until i decided that i still wanted to explore around outside, i tricked mum into thinking that i was going to go to sleep early and ended up climing out the window, the house was a two story building with minimal damage, after this planet copitulated to the invading vong, my mother was allowed to live here with me, the vong 'let' us live they said, and if we got in their way we wold be killed. I Trevelled around and explored the surrounding area of the house. After a couple of days of doing this i started to go further afeild, eventually i found my way to the border of one of the vong settlements on the planet, i was captured and i was to be 'punished', but i managed to escpae with a few cuts a bruises. I arrived home, and guess what Mum was there, she was furious and when she found out that i was captured, she grounded me for the rest of my life, although she came around eventually, and started letting me go out more and more as i got older, it has been 8 years since then, i'm 16 now, hopefully the vong will get defeated by this new 'alliance' attacking the planet.'

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"Cotez?" The soldier asked, cotez noticed that he had stopped, he waved to assure the soldier that he was still with it and continued the treck towards the farmlands. It wasn't long however before he reached a dense area of bush that opened up to the farmlands, what was left of them anyways, rubble was strewn across the country side, the farmlands were overgrown and the few buildings that were on the farmland area were smashed to peices like a massive explosion had riped them apart. Only weeds grew here now. He straightend as much as he could with the soldier on his back.
"So where now?"
"We have to head over to the area where all the old machinery is stored, there is a secret tunnel made using vong technology, that tunnel leads to our base of operations on this planet." Cotez nodded in reply and set of in the direction of machinery storage.

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A vong stood on a small precipice, stretching his arm after hte battle he had just been involved in, the humans attacked the planet, but the vong were prepared, they ambushed a patrol of the humans, defeating them easily. He had killed several humans, and suffered a wound to his arm, his training taught him to ignore the pain, a shaper would hopefully be allowed to see him for this victory. He continued to stare of into the distance when he heard a call behind him.

"Verak?" A young vong said.
"Yes?" Verak replied, turning from the edge of the precipice, he looked at the young vong with a cold sharp stare, a stare that he would use to unnerve even the most hardened warriors.
"What do you want!" Verak asked, he continued to stare at the vong with his cold stare, he could see the vong begin to squirm, he grinned 'good' he thought.
"SIR!" the vong said as he saw the grin on Verak's face, he bowed and presented Verak with a package, cover in vong organic material, he stroked the spines on the side to open it, it was a recording. He looked around and saw that the vong were busily at work preparing the camp for an attack by the humans, he walked over to the precipice and stroked the recording, instantly an image appeared in mid air above the recorder and it began talking

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"Verak, this is Comerak, as you may alrdy know the humans have attacked you're planet, i want you to make sure that they do not gain a foothold, my forces in space are keeping their fleet at bay for the moment but if anything should happen i want you to be able to defeat them if they land more troops. I have also go word that they have set up a small post in an area that the humans calle the 'Machinery Storage' no dought foul mechanics will be there, i want you to head to this area and destroy any humans you find, and their pitiful machiens, Comerack out!"

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Verak looked out at the horizon, his brother, he was always bossing him around, despite the fact that they were family, he knew that one day he would cherish the oppurtunity to show up his brother, he knew that if he won this battle, and his brother lost he would be elevated to teh rank of commander and his brother would kneel at his knees and ask for forgivness. But for the time being he would follow orders and obey his brother.

"Vamilionus!" Verak yelled, it echoed around the camp, and he saw a strongly built vong aproach him out of the corner of his eye, the vong knelt at his feet."Yes, Verak?" the vong replied.
"I want you to gather you're best men, we will eliminate the threat of the humans of this planet once and for all" Verak signalled for Vamilionus to leave his presence. Today would be the day where he would be honored for defeating so many humans, he would be honored for defending htis planet, he would be honored with his brother kneeling at his feet, his life in his hands. He laughed histerically, he knew that this would be his time.