Flaxis had at first tensed when the paramites had gotten near him and Sal, but when Sal had either bravely or stupidly handed one of the paramites a rock to carry away, the paramite took it, and the others formed a line. Flaxis shook his head. It had seemed like forever since he had offered Darvek a partnership. Flaxis caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked up, but all he saw was what looked like a flash of metal.
He looked back at the steadily diminishing rock pile. Frex was still putting up a fight, from the sounds, along with some of the other slig survivors. Finally, Sal yelled out in glee.
"I win! I win I win I win!" He said happily, doing a victory dance. In front of him was a small hole, just big enough for a de-pantsed slig to crawl through. The odd group quickly widened the hole, until Frex dived through it, along with two other sligs. One other attemped to claw his way out, but was grabbed by whatever was on the other side. The slig's screams was drowned out by the sound of shifting rock. Frenzied paramites jumped from Flaxis, Frex, and Sal's side to the other through the hole, most of them so big they jammed there way in. It was to much for the wall, and it collapsed with a bang.
Flaxis looked at Frex. He looked Hell-worn, and was breathing heavily. The other sligs who had made it stood, there, also breathing heavily. One of them approached Flaxis, and did a military-salute.
"Thank you for saving our lives, Steef. In return to this debt, we will leave now and tell no one where you are. If you are in need of us again, all you must do is find patrol 023. We will go to your aid." The slig said in it's raspy voice, and departed.
"Frex." Flaxis said quietly. "Where is Darvek?"
Frex looked oddly at him. "You mean he's not with you?" When Flaxis shook his head, Frex was about to speak when, out of nowhere, Darvek hurtled down like a meteor, landed on Sal's enourmous bag, and took off while they were still dazed. Sal seemed unaffected by the fall on his possesions, he even began dancing a more energetic victory dance, still yelling out his victory.
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