after some long thoughts on 'what next', chapter 6 is here
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Chapter 6
Unexpected Arrival
As the sun rose over the horizon, Admeet slowly opened his eyes and slowly lifted his head. The room was brightly lit by the four lights on the ceiling. Many of the Sligs were still snoozing away. Admeet slowly stood up and picked up his magnum which was lying on the desk. He walked to the door and quietly opened it. He saw nothing down the corridors except the few Ratz bouncing into the cracks in the walls.
Then, Admeet heard a loud banging noise coming from one of the blast doors. He rushed to the door and put his head against the door. He heard the muffled voice of another Slig shouting “help me, for god sakes help me”! Admeet rushed to the blast door emergency release panel and the blast door opened violently. The Slig collapsed into Admeet’s arms, exhausted and badly injured. “Help, we need a medic here” yelled Admeet. Instantly, a whole parade of Sligs, including 4 medics, came rushing down the corridor and stopped immediately in front of Admeet. One medic came and took the injured Slig off Admeet’s arms and carried him towards the medical centre. The parade of Sligs followed the medic.
Admeet just stood there, staring at the door. “Where did that slig come from” he wondered; Zaypher joined Admeet as he stood there. “5 years ago exactly, one of our soldiers went of into the wasteland in search of a rare liquid that was crucial for our survival, he never came back. A possibility was that he was captured by rouge Sligs like you but much worse. 5 months later, a group of Slig scouts found a source of this rare liquid that wasn’t far from the complex, we continued to survive through the harshest parts of our lives” said Zaypher while looking at Admeet. “What was the sligs name and what was this liquid he was looking for?” asked Admeet anxiously. “His name was Vankor, one of the best elite soldiers in the whole battalion. The liquid he was looking for was water” said Zaypher. “Water!” said Admeet confusingly, “why is water rare now?” “8 years ago, The Slig Battalion fought against the Legion of Scrabs, a powerful force destroying anything in their way. The battle ended in the battalion being nearly destroyed, and then our top scientists back at the complex devised a way to destroy all the water around the wasteland. By making a virus which destroyed the fabric of water, the Scrabs and all the other animals around the area started too died out, only we Sligs were hardy enough to survive massive dehydration and drought. Thankfully, we unexpectedly found a fresh water source in one of the underground caves nearby. Somehow, that source of water wasn’t destroyed” Zaypher explained to Admeet. “I might want to look at this water source and find out where it had come from” said Admeet. “If you say so, but I must warn you, the place is crawling with lab grown Paramites. Find just one and you are fine, but find a whole pack and you turn into Slig Sushi” said Zaypher cautiously, “we’d better head to the medical centre quickly to see how Vankor is”. Admeet nodded his head and the two headed towards the medical centre with immediate haste.
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