A/N: Chapter 5 of Ginga Densetsu Alayus. Enjoy!
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Chapter 5: The Trap
Outside of Gajou...
"Is everyone in place?" Jerome called out from his place near Gajou, Noss sat next to him.
"We're ready when you are." Heuler, Robert and Rocca replied from their secured positions.
"What are you guys going to do?" Weed asked them.
"We are going to ambush that monster and end its' life. Noss is going to be the bait, leading P4 out to where we are hiding. Once that's done, we'll jump him." Jerome said, looking really determined that the plan will work out perfectly. He turned to Noss and spoke. "Go."
"Yes sir." Noss nodded and disappeared inside the structure, his ears perked with alertness.
" Get into positions." Jerome barked and the group broke to their secluded hiding place, watching and waiting.
Inside Gajou...
Noss crept silently through the tunnels, his ears perked with alert. Multiple scents and smells bombarded his nose as he made his way along. The monster's reek was the strongest, covering up the other scents.
That way. Noss followed the overwhelming scent all the way to the heart of the structure where clashing noises reached his ears. The tunnel lead to an opening and as Noss looked in, he couldn't believe his eyes. P4's massive size took up most of the space and he looked pretty mad. Multiple scratch and bite marks covered his hide and there were some wounds that were freshly made, blood trickling out. He smashed his paws down in aggression as his feral eyes followed his enemy's movement. Alayus maneuvered out of reach from the monster's jaws. Her hind leg has a terrible gash and she has multiple cuts and bites but her eyes shined with determination. What was interesting was that the surrounding walls had either sharp pointy rocks or a protruding tree limbs and due to P4's enormous size, he kept ramming into those objects and wounding himself.
"Stay still will you?!" P4 roared in annoyance.
"No way!" Alayus taunted him, ducking down to avoid his bite.
She's got him cornered... Noss watched the fight with excitement. Smart move.
"Come on, you monster!" Alayus called and leaped out of the way when P4 charged, watching him run head long into the wall. He snarled and whirled on her, angrier than before. Due to the inner fighting, the structure shook with instability as if it could come down any second. Alayus kept in mind of the tremors as she evaded and attacked. Her plan was simple: To trap the monster underneath rocks and hopefully that'll kill him. More tremors and finally Alayus felt the ceiling starting to cave inward.
It's time! She waited for P4's charge once more, he's already battered body was nearly out of energy. Giving out one more roar, he charged. Alayus crouched down and timed her jump right, watching P4 crashing into the wall again. Spotting a few rocks held up by tree limbs, she quickly gripped the nearest limb in her jaw and pulled. At first the rocks groaned and refused to budge but soon the limb slid out smoothly and the rocks started crumbling down.
"Wha–?! Arrrggghhh!" P4 howled as the rocks fell down on top of him, burying him underneath. Pulling out the rest of the limbs, more rocks soon followed the avalanche of the rock slide.
"Yikes!" Noss yelped as the dust and clatter of rocks came billowing towards him.
"Get out of here now!" Alayus spotted Noss and called out to him when she raced past. Noss complied and followed the German Shepherd pup all the way back out however...
"The entrance!" Alayus dug her claws in to skid to a halt as rocks fell in front, blocking the way out.
"The rumbling of the crashing rocks from back there must have sent a trigger throughout the structure." Noss padded up from behind, his tail twitched irritably.
"Damn there must be another way out." Alayus quickly scanned the walls above in hopes of finding a way.
"There!" Noss spotted a small tunnel hole not too far. Both dogs used the fallen rocks as steps to climb up to reach the small tunnel. Snaking their way up, they reached the top of Gajou.
Outside of Gajou...
"What's happening!?" GB exclaimed as the dogs watched the structure shaking violently now. They sat watching for some time and soon felt the ground shaking underneath their paws.
"Damn it!" The dogs turned to look at Jerome as he padded up to join them. Robert, Heuler and Rocca followed him. "The violent shaking is dangerous, we couldn't afford to blow our cover from the outside because we don't have stable ground for ambush like we did before."
"What do you mean you couldn't afford to blow your cover?" GB asked.
"Before the shaking, each of our positions around Gajou had some sort of cover like a boulder that we could hide behind without alerting the monster of our presence." Heuler explained. "Once the violent shaking started, it made the boulders move around and then our cover were be gone. It wouldn't be called an 'ambush', rather it'd be called a full-frontal attack and P4 is already used to tactics like that."
"Something's going on in there...I have to go check it out!" Weed started to run inside but Smith held him back. "Uncle Smith, let go!"
"No Weed, it's dangerous..." Was Smith's reply.
"What do we do Uncle Smith?" Tosukune asked.
"Look!" Tony called out as the rock on top of Gajou started moving and dislodged, revealing an opening. Two shapes dashed out and started to make their way down the face of Gajou.
"Alayus!" Weed and GB rushed to meet her, their tails wagging in delight.
"Weed! GB!" Alayus replied just as eagerly, her tail wagging as well.
"Noss." Noss turned to greet Jerome and his friends.
"Jerome."
"What happened to P4?"
"That kid..." Noss turned to look at Alayus, who was in a deep conversation with Uncle Smith. "That kid buried P4 with a rock slide, a smart tactic. Hopefully it killed the monster by cracking his skull."
"Does that we have succeeded in defeating P4?" Robert asked.
"Probably not because his arteries are the only things that is keeping him alive but we can only wait and see what happens next..." Jerome replied.
Inside Gajou...
From beneath the pile of rocks, sharp breathing could be heard.
I don't get it...why are they siding with the humans... P4 looked towards the outside light that streamed in. Humans are foolish creatures, born to create and experiment on animals...such monsterousity shouldn't be taken lightly... P4's anger consumed him and he angrily moved rocks away from him. He slowly padded towards the light, his eyes glimmered with vengeful hatred.
I will open their eyes. I will...show them the right path and the truth behind those humans. If they fail to recognize their mistakes...I will personally kill them all.
A/N: Gonna stop here. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! :D