CHAPTER 16: Keep Marching
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The resistance forces continue the advance into the downtown. The Major ordered to go by a narrow street, instead of the avenue. Because in case of an attack the troops had a better chance to take cover.
While they where passing by the area, didn't find any trace of the bugs or bots, just the, now familiar, aspect of the death. The strangest thing was although the days passed since the snowfall none of the dead body has showed any sing of decomposition
They arrived to the Monroe Street without finding any resistance and the Major who was on a Humvee give an order
"We are going to take the Market Avenue"
As they turned to take the avenue the solders saw the destruction created by the invaders, almost al the buildings along the avenue where destroyed and the collapsed buildings covered the lateral streets, making the Market avenue the only available place to transit, among the rubble Beast Boy could see the structure of the mall a few blocks away
"Hey Raven" he called her
"Yes?" She responded
"Look, it's the mall" Beast Boy said as he pointed to the building "We have to go there" he added
"I don't think so; I mean we are not freelancers anymore, we fulfilling orders now. Besides both know what will find there." "But" She continue "What I know is that we have to fight for Them and for the rest of the citizens of Jump City"
Beast Boy seemed surprised by this, but he managed to speak
"You are right; we have to fight for Them and" as he putted his hand on Raven's shoulder "for us too"
He didn't notice, but Raven blushed under the suit. Without noticing, with their small chat, they where almost on the Rear of the advancing column, a soldier that was marching saw them and said "Hey you two speed up!"
And with that both realised where they where standing and started to walk to catch up with the rest of the group
As they walked they saw that all the lateral streets that they passed, Folsom St. Threat St, Alabama St and the Florida AV, where also blocked with rubbish. Beast Boy noticed this and spoke to Raven
"Hey Rae, did I tell you how elephants where hunted in Tanzania?"
"No, you haven't" She responded
"You see" He Beast Boy explained "They make them enter between two palisades, every time more closer one to another, like a funnel. And then the elephants are forced to walk until the final trap, where they are chained. These blocked corners remind me of those palisades"
As he finished the explanation the main group come out of the narrow street to a vast space that was the Italy Square
"Hey Beast Boy look" Raven said "It seems that we have arrived to a open space, but we should keep our eyes open for more blocked streets" she added
The Major give the order to stop in the Square in order to study the best way to keep marching to the Downtown
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Not a big chapter, but some Raven and Beast Boy interaction
I have choose Tanzania as the country that Beast Boy (and his parenst) where when he was a kid, basicaly because has Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and wildlife-rich national parks such as the Serengeti.