I ripped off a rusty metal pipe from the remains of an old building and used it as a cane. I stumbled but I hid behind an ally and waited for my target. I heard it on the phone. "Will do sir, we will secure the city." It hung up and proceeded past the ally. I bludgeoned the parasite and stumbled. I managed to drag it behind the trash can. I stripped it of its clothing and dressed myself in its uniformed clothes. "Ugly brute aren't ya," I said looking at its true form. I frowned. "Now for the fun part..." I grabbed its hand and hoisted it up grabbing hold of a claw. I bit my tongue as I scraped it into an X on my collar bone. Blood started rushing from the cut and I grabbed a nearby shredded cloth, maybe old curtains, and applied pressure to the wound. I heard their voices and footsteps coming. I dragged the body into the trash can and buried us under the rotting trash. The smell was enough to give me away from gagging so hard its smelt centuries old. I was able to see through a small dent in the corner. "MEOW" I looked in the corner and saw a mangy old cat. Shoo ya little bastard you'll give me away I never was a fan of cats. "MEOW" he started pawing at the trash can. "What is it boy?" One of them said. "Find something?" I held my breath and closed my eyes, my heart stopped when they opened the trash can.
"Nothing but garbage. " they slammed it shut and my ears rang. I looked out the hole and saw it kneeling next to the cat. "Silly kitty. You have nothing to be afraid of " it's smile widened into an ungodly grin showing its enormous fangs. The cat shrieked but it didn't matter. Within seconds there was nothing left but a blood stain on its horrific teeth. It's long serrated tongue licked its lips and its head morphed back to normal. "Good kitty..." It said standing up. It took everything I had not to hurl. I waited for a good 5 minutes after the footsteps went away just to be safe then I climbed out of the trash can. The blood finally stopped and I managed to hijack one of their cruisers. I was a bit rusty but I managed to fly it back to Westfield. I was only stopped by security once but they let me pass when I revealed my "Mark" and followed it up with a huge plastic smile. I knew exactly where I was going, Camp Koda Chaytan.
I was in the outer border of the alien civilization I landed the cruiser outside the vast expanse of trees, untouched so far by the aliens. I grabbed my pipe and trudged through the trees. It was about an hour before I got to my first landmark. The tree had three branches missing in a row, seemed like nothing but to me it told me I was going in the right direction. I trudged on until I got to the old campfire grounds. It appeared deserted and rightfully so, however there was the pattern again. Three rock fire pits spread out in a line just far enough not to cause suspicion , but I knew. I struggled for about 3 more miles and tripped on a set of roots. I sat up and I found it, a small little rabbit hole. I shimmied through and it slowly got wider. I followed the dark tunnel blindly till I ran into a boarded wall. I felt across it and made out three small holes in a line in the middle of the wall. I sighed in relief and banged on the wall. "State your business " I heard a rough voice holler on the other side of the wall.
"It's Robin Schwarts. I esca..." Before I could finish I saw a light through a small hole under the door revealing a small indention in the soil leading to the other side. Thank god I didn't step forward "well, are you coming?"
I slid under the wall ,pipe in hand, and made it to the other side. The light was bright and the smell was intoxicatingly hard to breathe. I heard a door slam shut and lock up, must be to seal off the little opening. I regained focus and saw a bulky man wearing cargo pants and a dirty tank top. Looking closer I saw he had a shaved head, tattoos, and was equipped with a shotgun.
"My god...it is you...you're alive " he said practically strangling me.
"Johnny?"
"In the flesh private."
Johnny was my partner in the war. He was in the craft next to me when I was shot out of the sky, he managed to duck out of the way and take down the enemy craft. I hadn't seen him in years.
"You haven't changed a bit Johnny." I chuckled
"Wish I could say the same to you " he gave a guilty smile as he looked at the empty spot where my leg use to be.