Chapter 5
Wasteland battle
Admeet was back in his room again. It was still the middle of the night when he reached the door to his room. All was very quiet, even the snoozing of the other Sligs in their rooms couldn’t be heard. Admeet lay on his bed and slowly closed his eyes. The corridors were soundless; no one was making a noise. Only a few Ratz scurried around looking for anything interesting.
Suddenly, the ear-splitting noise of the alarms went off. The Ratz, caught by surprise, sped off down the corridors. Admeet sat up and he saw out of the door window an exodus of Sligs rushing towards something. Then Zaypher rushed into Admeet’s room and yelled “come on Admeet, we’ve got hostiles attempting to invade the complex”. Admeet immediately followed Zaypher into the corridors and into the exodus. While running, he saw many Sligs stationed around the battle ground and some near the Hanger. He was led to the entrance to the complex which was a huge metal door with the outside surrounded with barbed wire. He saw some manned turrets posted by the door and some remote turrets by the barricades. He also saw some rigged shotguns and SMG’s with the triggers attached to string and to pressure pads. He took out his revolver, checked the barrel and waited for the hostiles to come within range. The other Sligs waited patiently with SMG’s in their hands, some even had hand grenades attached to their legs. “Now we wait” whispered Zaypher. “Now we wait” replied Admeet with a quiet laugh.
Minutes went past, still nothing in sight. The Sligs waited and waited and still nothing came. Then out in the distance, came an almighty roar which was absolutely deafening. Then on the horizon, appeared at least 100 Scrabs running straight at the complex. “Scrabs” yelled a Slig commander. “Take your places”. Immediately, every gun was cocked and ready to fire. The Scrabs came closer and the Sligs took aim. “Aim” yelled the Slig commander. The Scrabs came ever closer looking to strike. The Sligs became nervous and took hold of their triggers. “Fire” shouted the Slig commander and the weapons unleashed their power on the Scrabs.
Only a few of the Scrabs went down when the Sligs had to reload and that’s when the Scrabs formed their attack. Their sharp beaks went straight through the Sligs’ flesh and a mass of scarlet blood was flying everywhere. The rigged shotguns and SMG’s fired madly when the Scrabs stepped on the pressure pads. Admeet ran for a barricade to reload as the Scrabs advanced. Zaypher was nowhere to be seen. General Sleg watched anxiously in the watch tower to see if the Sligs would turn the tides of the battle.
At least an hour and a half past before the sligs gained an upper foot hold of the battle. The Scrabs went down one by one until the last of them shrieked in terror and fell to the ground. Victory was in the Sligs’ hands. But it wasn’t over yet.
The loud roar was heard again and out in the distance, a huge Scrab with armour plating came running straight towards the few remaining Sligs. Admeet shook in terror as this would be a challenge. The Sligs fired without warning with the bullets hitting the Scrabs armour like if they were made of plastic. The Scrab lunged at the Sligs and tore them apart. The only ones left now were Admeet and Zaypher. Admeet immediately aimed and fired. The bullet pierced one of the Scrab’s patches of skin between the legs. The Scrab shrieked in pain as blood poured out of the wound. The Scrab’s leg was crippled and Admeet aimed again. The loud bang came out of his magnum again. The bullet pierced the armour and went straight through the Scrab’s torso. Shrieking in pain, the Scrab went down and the blood from its wounds surrounded Admeet’s legs.
The battle was won and Admeet could finally rest through the harsh night. Zaypher immediately joined him. “How did your bullets pierce through that armour?” said Zaypher. “Well it’s a very powerful magnum. The bullet flies very fast through the air and is able to pierce very thick armour” replied Admeet. “General Sleg will probably award you for your bravery” said Zaypher. The two went down the corridors and to Admeet’s room and with that, Zaypher went to his room and Admeet ,on his bed, closed his eyes.
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