AUTHOR'S NOTE: When the locust speak, humans only understand bits that are spoken in Tyran (English) so I'm going to do what the official Gears of War comics do and have the Locust speak like the sentient creatures they are however us the viewers will be able understand cuz I'll write on English; By the way sorry for disappearing for long, things got a bit complicated in the last 10 to 13 months... -Drey
A FEW HOURS LATER-
The team of nearly twenty six gears proceeded through the No Man's Land north of Anvil Gate towards the Listening Post; The group split up in two squads of thirteen gears, one led by Captain McKenzie and the other 1ST Lieutenant De la Tour as to avoid being detected as easily.
Jinx's squad was composed of Jackson, Alex Bland, Nisa, Travis and Dempsey alongside seven gears of various ranks and specializations; They followed Jinx through thick vegetation of the forest that surrounds Anvil Gate's general area till it seizes all together and starts becoming more Arid and deserted. Throughout their first hour or two of moving by the areas that Jinx deemed "most convenient" they had ran into two skirmish sites where a squad sized group of Gears and a similar group of Locust were dead and decaying; Jinx mark the coordinates on his map after he retrieved their tags, he quickly pieced together that these were Scouting Teams that went off a few days ago and never reported back in with Bernie in the Radio. "Weapons are empty, no ammo on the bodies... Someone already looted both sites, definitely wasn't one of ours" McKenzie thought, on instinct he used his sniper to look around for signs of an ambush. After being sure they're cleared he ordered his squad to move out.
The Squad eventually arrive at a fork in the road were one path leads Northwest while the other leads Northeast, both paths lead up the rocky mountains to arrive near the listening post but one path will take them through a tight cave passage while other would be open ground, the perfect area for snipers to pick off the Gears.
Jinx: Something is off, found a locust campsite a few minutes from here and now we find these skirmish sites... feels like the Grubs are scouting the area as well. -he spoke to himself in a hushed voice while his eyes scanned his surroundings-
The squad was halted and they took a knee behind cover in case of ambushers, Jackson moved forward up the line till he was next to the newly commissioned captain and noticing his silent gaze.
Jackson: What's on your mind brother? -He asks as Jinx's hand reaches for his sniper slowly, he then uses it to look around the area-
Jinx: If I had to choose, I would say fuck it and skip both paths... -he says to Jackson, Nisa joins him as well-... the cave tunnel is narrow and hard to traverse but relatively safe while the valley is wide open but leads directly to the Listening Post. -he explains to the gears-... so what do you guys think we should?
Nisa: Well I think we should take the valley, we do have you and two other snipers more than a match for the grubs. -she responded while looking around, implying with her eyes the situation-
Jackson: Yeah, I'm with Nisa plus since when do we have ever pussy out from a fight? -he chuckled before Jinx kneels down to check the map prompting every to take a lower position like him-
Jinx: Okay then Jackson, take a small group up that tunnel so we can hit those grubs from two fronts. -he pointed at the tunnel-... Nisa, go to Sargent Bland and get her here. -she nods before taking off-
Jackson: Understood brother, let's fuck 'em up good and scalp that ugly motherfucker. -he said before heading to the back, he picks three Gears then quickly heads towards the tunnel, he took a sniper and two Gears wielding Retro Lancers as well took two flame grenades from Travis-
Jinx waited for Nisa to return, he counted his rounds and inspects the longshot he'd used a thousand times before taking a nice, deep breath just as Nisa came back accompanied by Sgt Alex Bland like he asked; He looked over his shoulder and nodded at them afterwards he stood up, continuing the journey towards the Enemy Outpost.
As they proceeded with their plan, they kept going till Jinx saw something that he wished he didn't see: The distinctive glint of a sniper's scope pointing towards him.
He ducked his head just as the sniper round flew by and hit the rocks behind him, nearly killing Miss as the round whiffed by her ear. "Contact!" yelled a Gear as he fired at the area where the shot came from, Jinx hit the floor and peeked through the rocks as saw the sniper's barrel peeking through a thick dried bush, he checked the bolt to see if his weapon was locked n' loaded; He ducked into cover and took aim immediately as he saw the seated round.
However as he was ready to pull the trigger he saw another glint directly west to the first and another two at the east, he pulled the sniper out from the spot he was on before he got shot, said round went by just above his sniper's scope, sending a few sparks out. He low crawled away from where he was previously firing as more sniper rounds flew by around him, Nisa blind fires her weapon before hunkering down, she looks at Jinx then speaks to him:
Nisa: They're pinning us down!... Jinx, think you can start dropping those bastards? -she asked sarcastically as another round flew by her- ... Keep your heads down Gears!
He crawls behind a small shrub and tries to snipe from it however he's unable to properly get a fixed on the snipers so he looks around till he sees a nearby spot where he could possibly snipe the locusts, he decides to throw a smoke grenade to mask him as he moved then he got his weapon set up, he looked down the scope and spots one of the snipers reloading their weapon; the wind ends up assisting in his concealment by pushing the smoke towards him, he pokes his barrel out the smoke cloud and spotted the glint through the visual obstruction, he takes a slow but calming breath, then fires his weapon which managed to kill the sniper, splattering the contents of his skull against the rocky wall behind him, surprising the others.
He jumped to his feet takes aim, fires another round but misses, he then dived to his right narrowly avoiding a pair of rounds from killing him then crawled towards the piece of cover closest to him, he needed to fire upon the locust to stop them from killing anyone in his squad; He concentrated on the spot where he saw the sniper peak out to shoot him and reloaded his weapon as quickly as he could, he proceeded to time the sniper's next attempt to fire. The next time the Locust tried firing at him, Jinx blew the side of a locust's head along with his weapon's scope. "Look ma' no face", He chuckles to his own dark humor then he skillfully speed loaded his sniper and killed another one before the locust could shoot him, he ducked to avoid sharing the same fate thanks to the remaining snipers. One of the gears managed to kill one of the two remaining snipers as it tried to sneak away, somehow not alerting the last sniper of his situation.
He tried firing at the last snipers but he was completely pinned down, even as his fellow gears tried diverting the locust's fire to them for Jinx to get a window of opportunity. He pulled a mirror out of his satchel, he slowly and carefully leaned it so he could see the sniper without risking his head but the moment he got the angle right the mirror exploded thanks to the last sniper. This Locust avoided getting domed by a Gear and changed his position, the snipers in the team couldn't find him till a round flew and tore through his shoulder, As the wounded gear was checked the last sniper tried to make a run for it but he was caught in the back of the neck by Jinx's sniper shot. The Sniper drone dropped dead in mid sprint, which was followed by silence...
Jinx slowly poked out, very cautiously with his weapon ready to fire upon anymore enemies that decide to show up; A painfully slow few minutes passed until Jinx and his squad were sure that they had to move unless they wanted to fight more Locusts and possibly hinder their assassination of Ketor Skorge. They checked themselves and each other for any unnoticed wounds if present, they proceeded to check their ammo counts then they quickly started to leave the area; Jinx led his squad through and up the valley with haste, They quickly ran till a squad of locusts came from the path prompting the Gears to take cover behind a small depression to their left, behind a bunch of dried thorny bushes. The Gears watched as the Locusts walked cautiously by them, Nisa and Alex counted six but Dempsey saw another two lagging behind apparently conversing with each other in the Locust Speech. When the patrol was a least three yards away from their hiding spot Nisa spoke out:
Nisa: I say with jump 'em, what do you think Jinx?
Jinx: Too close to the Listening post to go guns blazing, They sent this patrol to investigate the shitshow we left down there. -he thought then saw that the team of two had split off to the right as the others continued down, looking around every corner-... Okay, you and Alex take those two out quietly, we should hurry up the hill afterwards.
The Squad came out of their hiding spot and slowly walked up the path the Locust just came from while watching out for them in case they doubled back, Nisa and Alex broke off with knives ready then approached the locusts who seem to be arguing:
Locust Drone #1: The general took many of the elites from around [these parts] and gave them to Skjall, secret shit... -he groaned before continuing-... I feel like we're under armed, lacking soldiers to defend this [outpost].
Locust Drone #2: I feel the same way brother, commander does not seem to mind, refuses to see the problem... one day we'll be caught off guard and when it happens it will be like getting our throats slit. -He responded before turning around-
As the drone turned around a knife was driven up his chin till the tip of the blade came out the top with a blood spurt, the other locust got his throat slit and pushed unto the ground by Alex. Both gears wiped their blades clean and then joined their squad up the path; soon enough they arrived at the Listening Post where there's three small buildings, two guard towers and one massive radio tower that was hidden behind a wall of rock except the very tip of it. Jinx saw a Theron Guard patrolling around the catwalk on the radio tower, he spotted two snipers in both guard towers and he counted three additional Drones roaming around, including one grenadier staring down to the road where Skorge will pass by soon.
Jinx and Nisa went to the most left building which looked like a small storage, Alex and Dempsey along with the remaining Gears moved towards the smallest building to their right, there's a drone looking towards a crevice in the rocky wall to his immediate right, the crevice was where Jackson was meant to come out and flank the listening post; Jinx would come from behind the drone, then bash him in the back of the neck, knocking him to the ground. Jinx would signal Jackson with a mirror which the Sargent responded, Jinx would wait till the Theron would move toward the other side of the tower before dragging the drone to the crevice.
Jackson: Guessing the chaos we heard was because of you?... -He says as he looks at the drone-
Jinx: Don't mind him, He's out. -He checks his sniper and then points at the comms tower-... You saw the Theron on the tower?... don't answer that, your team will take out the snipers on my signal, My team will clear the comms tower. -Jackson nodded and Jinx headed out quietly towards Nisa and Alex-
The captain made his way towards the two women, who were watching the valley in case the squad of locust return. Upon seeing Jinx they joined him as he proceeded towards the comms tower, He saw a flight of destroyed stairs and a ladder that lead up the side of the tower; He climbed up slowly until he was two catwalks below the platform where the Theron was on.
Jinx gave Jackson the signal before climbing up the next platform, he crouched down to avoid being seen when the Theron leans over the railing, looking around like if he had sensed the Gears presence but after a few long seconds he went back to patrolling on the catwalk. Jinx went up the ladder slowly and as quietly as he could, he retrieved his knife from the holster and slowly made his way towards the Theron. As he went to kill the locust, the Theron turned around and catches Jinx's hand and they both struggle for the knife.
The Theron shrieks alerting the snipers of the infiltrators, then he headbutted Jinx which caused a loud clank noise, Jinx fell to the ground shortly after the locust reached for the gear's knife, swings the blade downwards but misses him by an inch; Jinx stands up and squares up to the Theron who'd wielding Jinx's standard issue knife.
Jinx: Bring it you ugly fucker, Bring it!... -he shouted as he saw Alex take out the sniper to his right, shortly after seeing Jackson brutally killing the other-
Theron: Die screaming hominid... -he says as he flips the knife over so the blade is downwards-
The Theron charges forward and swipes the blade across Jinx's midsection, barely missing him as he jumped back, the gear lunged forward with a left hook then took hold of the knife and swatted it off his hands, blocking an incoming knee from the Theron but not a right swing that nearly knocked his helmet off; The Theron kicked Jinx in the chest, sending him into the railing but before he could recover the locust had a knife to his throat. Jinx held the knife back with all his might but he ended kicking the locust under the belt before taking the knife, stabbing the Theron in the throat and throwing his carcass over the railing, landing hard on the ground below.
Jinx: Bloody hell... -he says as he checks his helmet, seeing that the Theron had cracked the visor on his helmet and damaged the side of the helmet-... That motherfucker... fucked up my helmet.
Alex: We're clear Jinx, all the locust are down. -she says from the ground, she looks at the Theron and yanks Jinx's knife out of the Theron's throat-... guessing this is yours Captain. -he takes the knife back, wipes the blood off it then puts it back in it's scabbard-
Jinx: Thanks Alex, now everyone listen up!... -he shouts to get everyone's attention-... we have around, if I'm correct... -he checks his watch-... 30 minutes before that locust convoy to arrive by that road. I'm going to keep a eye out down the road in case my timing is wrong, so until the convoy arrives stay busy, stay together and stay safe. -he says to them before moving towards the edge of the outpost looking down towards the sandy road where the locust convoy would come from-
Jackson: De la Tour's squad hasn't reported in Jinx, They might have been killed or, hopefully they're dropping more Grubs than we did. -he said quietly as the other gears began to search the listening post or/and pull security by it's entrances-... I ran into a bunch of locusts, turns out the grubs were mining inside that crevice, dug out a small cave in there.
Jinx: De la Tour is a by the book lieutenant, she won't use her comms this deep in enemy territory unless she has something important to report, unfortunately I must admit she's a good leader even better that I could be... -he says to Jackson who took a seat to the sniper-... but she would never let herself fall into a Locust trap, I just hope the bodies we ran into earlier aren't from her squad.
Jackson didn't say anything after that, he just kept attempting to use the listening post's radio to contact Anvil Gate and De la Tour's team. Jinx retrieved a notebook from his satchel and began writing in it as he waited: "Journal 203, we successfully entered the Locust Listening Post... it was unexpectedly easy, aside from a sniper squad ambush and the Theron (Fuck that grub), now we're killing time before Skorge comes by the road and we get to put that motherfucker down. He and the Boomer that blinded Nisa are the only field leaders that the grubs have aside from Queen Myrrah (Unless some other big fish took over general duties) either way even if there's another bastard out there, we will hunt them down... I won't stand to live in a world controlled by those ugly bastards... I had another of those fucked up dreams again, where I wake up in a field of dead men walking... my chest feels filled up with blood, I see the grubs tearing those with hope in their eye to shreds. I've never been a religious man but I feel like something foul and... evil?... coming... I will die, I know it but not before I see the locust finally die and the family i wish to bring to this world enjoy what most of us haven't seen: Freedom from war." He signed his name at the end of the page before closing the notebook and storing it back in his satchel.
MEANWHILE AS JINX AWAITED SKORGE'S ARRIVAL-
Since Delta's escape of Azura and the discovery of the Locust forge, Marcus has been preparing his team and the survivors for the long trip to Anvil Gate, possibly the last human stronghold that they know about; Baird had a field day upon discovering the Locust plans that day and now they had more weapons, ammo and armor than before, as well a boost of morale. Marcus and Anya have both developed a more stealthy approach to dealing with the locusts that patrol the area every so often, said techniques have not only brought them much more closer to each other but also had given the others ways to conserve ammunition whenever they head out to scavenge for food.
Baird, Cole and Clayton have taken up the manufacturing of gear for their group, thanks to the thousands of weapon pieces found in the outpost they have managed to recreate the Lancer but with some defects: For starters it's prone to jamming if fired for too long, it no longer possesses the chainsaw bayonet, the bullets are the ones used by the Old UIR sniper rifles and it's barrel it's much thicker. Now essentially a lightweight LMG, this "Lancer MK3" has been used by them in three occasions to destroy locust encampments in the surrounding area with actual good results.
The Lancer MG fire rate is a bit slower than a pendulum war Lancer however any higher rate of fire would make it near impossible to effectively target Locusts from far, which was it's biggest feature due to the origin of its ammunition: Sniper ammo from the Marksa rifles. Another weapon that the gears creating by inspiration from the locust's ideas was the Scatter Shotgun or as one of the Gear privates called it "The Pulverizer", which is a shotgun that used scrap, rocks or anything it can be shoved inside it as high velocity projectiles.
This shotgun was Baird's most difficult weapon to create as he had to use a similar method as the Digger weapon that the savage boomers use, a non-combustible firing method; that failed to shot things effectively so he's been testing out things like energy travel, magnetic power and other ways to make this weapon functional.
Augustus Cole and Clayton had returned from another sweep of the perimeter, they came back quickly and in a hurry towards the tent used to plan out their assaults and attempted communication with the Anvil Gate Fort. Marcus was pointing out a large ridge in a map to Anya, he drew Xs on the spots where Locust have set up camps, the ridge seemed to house around 20 to 30 camps surrounding a large depression smack in the middle of the ridge.
Marcus: I'm sure someone important is there, like Myrrah... -he says to Anya-... there's a shitload of reaver activity here, a lot of gas barges and Palace Guards.
Anya: It's a hornets nest... it's... a new nexus. -she said as Marcus nodded in response-... We'll need to find a way to enter it without getting ten legions of grubs up our asses. -She hears the commotion and looks towards the tent flap as Cole and Clayton enter-... what's happening?!
Cole: There's a shitload of grubs heading this way from the north! -he says as he runs out with a weapon at hand-... come on, Let's go...
Clayton: -Clayton looks back at Marcus and Anya as they picked up their weapons-... make that like five shitloads... -he says as runs out the tent-... Get to your positions, Incoming Locusts!
Marcus and Anya ran out and went up a flight of stone steps up to where around twenty gears had taken defensive spots and awaited orders; Marcus crouched behind cover and aimed his rifle towards the sight of Thousands of locusts marching through, 100 meters from their location.
There's locust of all shapes and sizes, from drones to Therons, from Savage to elite, there's approximately four entire brigades of drones and nearly as many Elite troops at the front while the Savage were scattered around the main force, at the far rear of the locust force was three Brumaks and two siege beasts. This was insane, engaging these many locust would be suicide but luckily to them the Locust where headed west of their outpost.
Anya: Their heading towards their New Nexus, they're so many...
Marcus: Reminds of the Highway back in the Hollow. -he responded-... everyone we're not their target so let's keep it that way, don't open fire unless they come this way, alright?... stay alert, we don't want to be discovered this deep in their territory.
Marcus stood there long enough to spot a Massive locust, Like boomer with thick plate armor riding on a siege beast, standing upon the catapult like a captain on the front of it's ship, he immediately recognized the locust as the one that stopped their first escape attempt back in Azura; He pointed him out to Anya then said to her:
Marcus: That's their General now... -he says as he lowered his hand-... I'm sure of it.
She nodded, standing next to him while the watched the locust force move through the area, unaware that they were wrong about the destination of those locusts; The Locust army was taking the long route towards Anvil Gate, to strike it from the rear and crush it from all sides. Skjall headed to crush the life of the Gears, to stomp out the hope that humanity held for victory once and for all.
AT THE QUEEN'S LANDING, NEARBY TO "NEW NEXUS"-
Myrrah and RAAM were alongside Adam who was showing the Queen the sickness that was affecting so many of the locusts, The effects of the Imulsion Countermeasure on a race that had generations worth of exposure to Imulsion; Adam sat on a chair with a somber look in his face as he occasionally glanced at the three babies that lay sleeping on their makeshift cribs, he knew that they were sick too but immune to the negative effects of the "blood-rot", explaining why they slept for such long periods of time.
Myrrah: So you're certain you can't fix this Adam? -she said in a low and weak voice-
Adam: I don't have the proper equipment to study the affliction or how to threat it... Curing it is impossible if don't have a proper lab requirements. -he tells her, making her look at her children then at RAAM before closing her eyes and hesitating about speaking for a second-
Myrrah: General, take the guards and leave us, I must speak in private with Adam Fenix.
RAAM was going to object however he knew better, he bowed his head to her and called the guards that watch over Adam, every day, to come along with him then closing the door behind him. Myrrah took off her helmet and placed on the nearby table before looking at Adam with her silver hair loose and messy around her face:
Myrrah: There's a location where you'll be able to study the disease and even the very origin of my people with plenty of technology for these very purposes... -he seem to spit venom with each word that she spoke but something more, like when they first met... he could feel her desperation-... there's a hidden laboratory deep in Mount Kadar, more hidden and secure than the one masquerading as a storage depo... -she continued after coughing for a bit-... I know how to return to it, I can take you personally and check on your progress monthly... you won't need to be guarded as the location is so remote that escape would be suicide... cure my people and I promise I'll bring your son to you, alive... -she says to him getting him to stare at her-... we'll depart in a few days, I must prepare for the trip as RAAM, Skorge and Skjall will not be accompanying us.
Adam: I know already what your response will be but what if I refuse... -he asked as she was putting on her helmet-... what if I stop letting you trick me with empty promises?
Myrrah: Then you die, not before I personally slit Marcus's throat in front of your very eyes... so you see as your only son's life drains from his eyes because of you. -And with that Myrrah knocked on the door prompting the High General and the Palace Guards to come, retrieve the children and leave Adam to his thoughts-
WITH JINX AND HIS SQUADRON-
Jinx and Jackson had received radio contact from De la Tour that her squad were late due to them being caught in tough battle with a dozen locusts when they stumbled into their camp, Junx was grateful that they were alive and awaited their return.
As they were waiting Jinx saw a massive convoy coming through the road, Skorge's caravan for sure; He called everyone to him for them to get ready for the attack. Just as they where getting in place De la Tour's squad arrived, missing three members but they're carrying Boomshots, their assault packs were filled with ammo and explosives, one of her gears was carrying a mortar with a couple extra rounds for it.
De la Tour: Brought some extra firepower Sir. -she says to Jinx before looking down to the road-... that's our target sir?
Jinx: Yes, stop calling me "Sir" I'm not that formal De la Tour. -he says as he looks at her haul-... not bad, sorry about the men you've lost. Skorge is in that convoy, my guess he's on the Siege beast, the Brumak or... -he sees a what reassembled a Siege beast but covered in layers of metal and with Therons holding onto it as it moved throughout the road-... that's our target.
Jackson: Get that mortar in place... line it up with the road, give it a... -he thinks for a second-... an angle of 105 degrees and hold it till the order is given. -he says to the gear wielding the heavy weapon before grabbing one of the extra boomshots and aiming towards the road-
Jinx: Fire when I say... -he orders as he takes aim with his Longshot, he sees the driver of the armored siege beast. He pins his cross hair at the Drone's head until he takes a peaceful breath in and out then gently pulls the trigger, after he flicks him aim to the right by an inch and a three notches up, to compensate for the distance-
The Round flies through the air shrouded in fire and smoke, cutting through all the noises and silencing the locusts who heard it approach with it's murderous intentions; The Driver was struck cheek height, just below the eye and from there the bullet tore apart every muscle, crushed and fragmented the skull with it's impact... the sound of it exploding the rider's head was blood curdling like the noise that a sledgehammer would do upon crushing a juicy and ripe watermelon. Before the red mist had fallen to the ground the noise of death coming from above snapped the locusts out of their stunned states.
Drone: INCOMMMMMIIIING! -the drone shouted as the mortar flew towards their position-
The mortar round impacted the armored siege beast on it's side, partially flipping to one side and ultimately killing the beast. From there the Gears fired bullets, boomshots, Torque bow arrows and additional mortars at the convoy, killing any who were caught in the chaos. The Brumak fired at the gears but fell to a mortar that caused it's fuel tanks to explode, said explosion killed many locusts that where too close to the blast.
Jinx: STOOOOOP!... Cease fire! -he shouted after a solid sixty seconds of nonstop shooting-... Let's get down there and confirm our kills. -he said before hopping over the stone wall he was taking cover on and begin to slide down to a dirt lip on the side of the Cliffside, then once again sliding down, he repeated this over and over until he was at the bottom of the cliff, ten meters away from the site of the massacre-... This way!
He was joined by Jackson, Nisa, Alex, De La tour, Travis, Henry, Dempsey, Larr, Holligan, Adams and two Gears, the rest of Charlie stood up on the listening post waiting and pulling security. The team went into the mess and inspected the bodies to confirm that they were truly dead, they picked up any ammo they could find useful and checked out the carnage. One drone tried crawling to a hammerburst but he was stopped by Dempsey who shot him with a Boltok.
Jackson shot two locusts trying to drag a dead Theron from underneath some burning chunks of the Brumak, he bent the corner and saw another Theron sitting on the side of the armored siege beast, it was wounded severely by shrapnel however it still tried to fire it's Bow at the gear but it bled out before he could attack.
Jinx alongside Mika opened the hatch into the armored siege beast's interior and Skorge came tumbling out, covered in his blood and coughing. The others came and surrounded him, seeing the extent of his wounds: His left leg looked crushed, he had deep lacerations all across him and his face was opened up revealing bits of his skull.
Ketor Skorge: Go ah... ahead... Kill me, Groundwalkers... you... are already dead... -he coughed blood to Jinx's boot-... I may... die today but the... horde will live on... -he tried to stand up but Jackson kicked him to the ground shortly after tossing the Chainsaw cane to the side-... Hominid will die... All shall... -Before he could continue Jinx shot him dead center in the forehead, ending Skorge once and for all-
Jinx: Wow, that was easy... -he says as he holsters his sidearm and begins walking away with his allies-... that should ruin some of their plans; Okay everyone we're going to assault their weapon forging outpost now, seeing as I was expecting this shot to take longer, everyone agree?
With different responses in agreement, Charlie squad headed towards the outpost responsible for the creation and distribution of weapons for the Locust near their current location. After destroying the listening post and checking everyone's for wounds and whatnot, Charlie headed out towards the badlands, Leaving behind the carnage that what once was Skorge's caravan and letting the Corpse of the High Priest behind for the Locusts to find... a few days later RAAM would find it and slowly look in the direction of the forests, silently witnessing and admiring the rising tower of smoke.
TO BE CONTINUED-
Author's note: Sorry for the long delay, COVID has delayed everything in my life and now I manage to start writing after receiving a hand-me-down Tablet; Next chapter will not have much exposition it's going to be more to describe the human cast of Charlie and their appearance, as well to describe the Appearance of General Skjall better among other things. So like always follow and/or Favorite if you liked the story so far, share if you so desire and I'll see if I can pump out more chapters soon.