Chapter 8. Mesh'in'ga
Mesh'in'ga and H'sai-de moved down the hall until they found another split in the road. After a short discussion they decided it would be best to split up and meet back at the entrance with the others. Mesh'in'ga walked silently down the metal hall until he came to an ooman in dark garb.
Although Da'guande was the elder, Mesh'in'ga was the oldest of the N'dui'se clan by a few seasons. This meant that he was a far more traditional hunter than the others, who would often kill on sight. Mesh'in'ga would usually track his prey for hours before killing them, as he felt a creature unworthy of being made into a trophy was unworthy of being killed by such noble hunters.
The ooman walked for a while in the same direction that Mesh'in'ga had been going, when he heard a faint beep! The hunter jumped in terror! Perhaps it has a device that can sense stalkers, he thought while backing away with sheer horror! The ooman pulled a device from it's hip, and said something into it.
"What now Lambert?" he yelled.
Mesh'in'ga was prepared to toss his shuriken through the ooman's arm, but was shocked to hear another ooman voice! The device was speaking back to him!
"Harrigan's team has stopped making contact, sir. I sent a team to investigate." The device said.
"That's the fourth team to disappear, and the others were all found dead!"
"I called earth, the USS Calypso is going to be here in a few days, but until then…"
"UNTIL THEN WE HUNT THESE THINGS DOWN AND DISSECT THEIR BULLET RIDDEN CORPSES FOR MEAT TO THROW TO PROJECT X!!!" The ooman was oddly angry at his talking device.
"Speaking of project X, the UAAC said that at this point it's to much of a wild card, we need to terminate!"
"I'M NOT GOING TO FLUSH THREE YEARS OF PROGRESS DOWN THE ING TOILET BECAUSE E.T. IS GOING TO KILL A FEW ARMY MEN!" The ooman was beginning to sound like a wild beast when the device spoke again.
"We don't have a choice, sir. When the Calypso arrives, anything left will be torched." The device sounded a bit scared.
Mesh'in'ga pulled his glaive out on the ooman as it screamed at the device again!
"I'LL LET YOU KILL ME BEFORE YOU KILL THE PROJECT!"
"Lieutenant Schwar! The project is in their hands now!"
"THEN THEY CAN TRY TO TAKE IT FROM MINE!" The ooman turned off his talking device and ran down the hall.
He eventually stopped at a door with large writing on the front.
Project X Authorized personal only
The ooman breathed on a small object next to the door, and it opened. He walked to the end of the room and spoke again as Mesh'in'ga stood in the doorway.
"Brother! Fire emergency motion sensor M52s at anyone to use the entrances!"
Suddenly, several hidden burners ejected from the walls!
"Threat detected!" a strange voice said!
"NOT ME BROTHER!" The ooman shrieked!
The burners each turned to face Mesh'in'ga! They suddenly opened fire on him as he ran from the blasts!
"The hell is wrong with this thing!?!" The ooman said as he ran for cover, though it was hard to hear him over the sound of the burners!
RATATATATATATATATA
One of the blasts hit Mesh'in'ga in the shoulder! He couldn't help but stager a bit, and when he did the burners tore thousands of holes in his body! He crawled to a large window and tried to look in, but his vision had blurred. All he saw now was motion, and then darkness.