Chapter 10
Skeleton Party
"Well, hello there," a rocket-launcher-wielding skeleton shouted as Marine entered his room. "It's nice to see you again, cuz it's party time!"
Marine felt confused. What the skeleton said implied that they had met before, but he had no recollection of his face whatsoever. Perhaps they had met back when he had skin. But the voice didn't sound familiar either.
The skeleton cheered as he fired a rocket from one of his shoulder-mounted rocket launchers. The projectile propelled itself through the air and made contact with a steel beam that supported the ceiling. Along with it, several other beams toppled over, crashing to the ground. Marine jumped back as giant metal pipes nearly landed on top of him. Another destroyed pipe that still dangled from the ceiling was spraying fire from the end of it. Luckily, it didn't reach far enough to bring harm to anybody. Additionally, no one else was hurt in the accident either.
"Oh shit," the skeleton said in a panic over his mistake. "I'm sorry! Are you okay?"
Marine waved at the skeleton to assure him he was fine.
"I guess that's why my wife never lets me shoot fireworks," the boney man said sheepishly. "Okay, sorry."