"What?! What do you mean centuries?!"
That's how long I've lived. Now not to alarm you, but there is a giant horde of aliens closing in on us, and you are defenceless. I suggest running for your life.
"Once again, WHAT?! You should've mentioned this earlier!"
You were throwing up earlier. Look I promise I'll explain everything once we get to the city. So for now, RUN!
Scrambling to my feet, I quickly jumped onto the trunk of the first car I saw, leaving the long decayed skeleton behind. Swiftly climbing onto the roof, I gazed over towards where the two figures were standing. Between me and them, there were about a hundred cars in the way, some of them looked like they couldn't even support me. But it was either climbing over them, or be killed by a mob of aliens.
Another quick thing, I can give you a boost in mid-air, effectively giving you a second jump. All you have to do is think about it, and I will make it happen. It takes up a lot of power so it will only work once, right now, before I have to regain my energy.
You better make sure it works.
No problem.
Hoping for the best, I jumped off the roof of the car as high as possible. Then I just thought about jumping again and I suddenly got boosted up into the air.
"AHH!" I screamed in mid-air, both in awe of this feat, and in fear of breaking bones when I fall back down. The rush of being free in the air felt incredible. For a few seconds I was flying. Then I was falling down, fast, with no way to slow or stop my descent. Surprisingly, when I landed on the ground, the armour absorbed the energy, and all I felt was the small pressure of me landing.
Alright, the more you do it, the easier it will become. On the both of us.
Understood. Now let's hurry up and get there.
Jumping from roof to roof on the cars, I quickly passed over most of the debris in my way. I reached a small clearing that led straight to the alcove and to where the figures were waiting, and they seemed to be growing impatient. I was about to yell at them to try and get their attention, when a snarl came from right behind me.
No! We were so damn close!
No!
The sound was the same one as in the darkness before. Turning around I saw one of the most disgusting creatures I have ever seen. It was a gray, rough skinned humanoid figure wearing a set of blue armour and a red helmet. It had four glowing blue dots for eyes and no nose that was visible. The mouth was stuck in a permanent O shape and its teeth were all fangs, with fresh blood dripping from them. The arms were long and thin, while the hands being replaced by extremely sharp claws. In its claws there was a knife, with an electrical current running through it, along with a brown pistol in the other hand, with strange spikes on top of it. Underneath the creature's arms were two stumps, one on either side, that were dripping some kind of ooze.
It lunged, knife first, straight towards me.
I rolled to the side and came back up standing. The creature lunged at me again, this time with its knife holstered, and toppled me over. The beast landed on top of me and nearly winded me. The claws were clinging to my arms in a grip like steel. Its mouth was right above my head and slobbered all over me. It attempted to bite me on the face, but I quickly jerked my head to the side and avoided the sharp claws. I tried my hardest to get out of its clutch, but to no avail. I kept on struggling and it kept trying to bite me. The grip on me tightened and I could tell that any attempt to get out was of no thing had me in its grip, and I was doomed.
BANG!
All of a sudden, the creature let out a shrill scream and the head rolled back. The blue eyes faded away and only black holes remained where the eyes once were. The grip slackened and the creature's head fell on me. I pushed it off me, retching and trying to regain my balance, and noticed a clean hole in the side of the head, along with a still intact knife and pistol. I bent down and picked them up, putting them in the pouches in my armor.
That's weird.
What is?
The second these guys die, their guns and knifes explode due to the symbiotic relationship between the weapons and their hosts' genetics. You shouldn't even be able to hold it.
Well I guess this one's wasn't working right.
Turning back towards the figures, I noticed that one of them had left and the other was holding a smoking sniper rifle. Eager to get on my way, I started running towards them.
We got lucky Alrin. If it weren't for them, you would have suffered a fate worse then death.
Yeah thanks for the information. I couldn't tell.
You don't understand. Since I revived you, it isn't possible for you to die normally like before. You would spend the rest of eternity always writhing inside your body always conscience and always feeling the pain.
Well it's still better than being dead and trapped in the darkness. At least I get to relive all this once again, and I don't plan on wasting a single moment.
"Has the target left yet, Alpha?"
"As we speak sir."
"Good. And the package? Has the target retrieved it?"
"Yes sir, you were right. The similar genetics were a match. The weapon is in his hands."
"Excellent, everything is going according to the master's plan. Alpha, proceed with Phase 2."
"Yes sir."
"Good luck, and come back home to me Alpha."
"Of course I will Omega. I always do, don't I?"