Chapter 25- Sol 46
Indiana Jones and Belloq headed down the tallest building in the Martian town. They raced to the location of the Germans, who were at a corner of town Indiana hadn't been to. When Indiana and Belloq arrived, the Germans moved out of the way and revealed…
"A graveyard?" Indiana asked.
For several hundred feet, all Indiana could see were mounds of dirt with a block of stone over them. He examined one of the stones closer. He couldn't make out the odd squiggles.
"Only one thing to do" Belloq said. He grabbed a shovel from one of the Germans. Indiana stepped in front of him.
"N-" he started, but stopped. He knew nothing of this place, and knew that here was their chance to see what kind of lifeforms had lived here. He slowly backed away from Belloq. At least he knew how to dig, unlike some of the brutes he saw around him.
Belloq plunged the shovel into the dirt, and carefully began to dig further. After a few minutes, he hit something. He removed the dirt and and saw some kind of shell. It appeared to be the size of a teenager. Something was curled up in there.
"Acid!" Belloq yelled.
A German gave Belloq a bottle. Belloq slowly poured it. The acid simply lay at the top of the shell. Belloq poured more but it did no further damage,
"Come on!" Belloq screamed in frustration.
CRACK!
Indiana, Belloq and the others were thrown backwards by a sudden force ejected from the shell. Indiana quickly looked up and saw a giant cloud of smoke surrounding the thin figure.
"SHOOT, SHOOT!" Belloq and the Germans screamed.
"NO!" Indiana yelled.
Multiple gunfire rang out, but the bullets simply bounced back. It hit several of the Germans. Indiana picked up one of the weapons and began firing at the Germans. In all the chaos no one noticed. Soon a handful of Germans and Belloq remained.