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Light Shining Amongst The Darkness Chapter 9

Just when things appear to be going well on track, they can easily make a dramatic turn for the worst.

The Skitter Rebellion against the Espheni Overlords is going well, making decent progress. Recruitment is slowly growing with a mixture of harnessed individuals and Skitters that have successfully managed to break free from mind control.

Two recruits from the harnessed humans had been particularly active in their efforts on the battlefield for the rebellion for recon, stealth, and infiltration missions themselves with reaching other harnessed kids similar to them. Ben and his friend Rick from the 2nd Mass.

Ben specifically has bonded deeply with Red Eye. He's completely devoted to Red Eye and the cause that he and the others stand for where previously he'd been more than happy to kill every last one of them. It was a huge turnaround.

The ice has literally been broken so far and Red Eye trusts the boy now that he even charges him with caring for Little Regina when the alpha is unable to take her with him. Ben has experience with younger kids because of his little brother so it is a major plus.

Then one day when the four of them were out on patrol with a handful of others they were ambushed. There was no warning. Out of nowhere, there were various Mechs and Skitters that hadn't yet made the leap cornering them.

It was a bloodbath on both sides.

Red Eye had been seriously injured in the skirmish. Having barely escaped with his life while protecting Regina from getting hurt thanks to Rick and Ben's combined assistance they are now in hiding. But Red Eye's wounds are severe, and he needs help in order to get well before they become too fatal toward his being for anyone to mend.

So, with Ben standing guard over the pair, Rick sneaks away to ask for help from the 2nd Mass. Hopefully, they'll stop and listen and actually do something useful to lend aid to Red Eye instead of instantly shooting him for being a Skitter on sight.

Authors Note:

I hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D

For those of you just starting out with my stuff there are other works on my profile that may catch your interest. I highly recommend you take a look as soon as the opportunity presents itself to you. Who knows, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

Stay safe everyone. Especially with all of these crazy natural disasters occurring a lot lately due to global warming and climate change everywhere for sure. I swear it's like they're getting worse and worse all the time and it's like officials are simply just ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist entirely just to go on with their daily lives. Especially those in multi-million dollar companies that rely on certain elements of our planet that we rely on to naturally keep us safe instead of adapting and finding new safer ways to keep in business. There are so many options out there where they can adapt, but they just refuse to see it because all they care about is money. Climate change is altering so much faster than anyone can really keep track of.

So, in light of all this, it is important to live life to the fullest as much as anyone can.

I know I am. ;) See you guys next time.