Chapter 8
Different Journey
Inside the Armoury, Admeet chose his weapons and armour and prepared to set of to find the water source. The two hurried on down to the main entrance to the complex. “I’ll hurry on back immediately once I’ve found this water source” said Admeet, I’ll use this map containing the directions to the source and if any problems occur, I’ll use this radio to report back”. “Okay, good luck out there, you’re going to need it” said Zaypher. “Thanks” replied Admeet as he pushed the button to open the blast door. The endless expanse of open wasteland was in view now, with the blazing sun to complete the picture. Admeet set of into the wasteland and the blast door closed with a loud crash.
As Admeet walked on towards the source, the military complex began to get blurry due to the heat haze. A circle of tall rock columns came into view and the barren expanse of the wasteland carried on and on. He soon reached the location of the source which was inside the circle of rock columns. However, there was no spring or oasis in sight. He soon found out (with a bit of searching) that the exact location of the source was inside a cave. However, he didn’t notice the many see-through webs and silk-like ropes around the columns. Admeet picked up the radio from the brown pocket knotted onto his leg. “Zaypher, are you there” Admeet said down the radio. “Yeah I’m here” replied Zaypher on the other side. “I’ve found the location of the source” said Admeet down the radio, “it’s in a cave directly in the middle of a circle of rock columns”. “Okay, we will mark the location on the digital map” replied Zaypher with some interference from the radio. However, his luck was about to change. Just as Admeet put the radio back in the pocket, a pack of Paramites came out from the entrance to the cave. They eyed Admeet down and immediately found that Admeet was a hostile. They all hissed at the same time and started running towards Admeet. Admeet started to run to but away from the Paramites.
After at least 2 minutes, the Paramites started to slow down but as soon as they stopped, Admeet heard a deafening roar. A pack of Scrabs, led by an alpha Scrab, appeared out of nowhere and started running towards Admeet. They weren’t after Admeet however, they were after the Paramites. The Scrabs and the Paramites soon started to fight and Admeet slipped away into the cave unharmed.
The cave was lit up by strange lights coming from the numerous webs created by the Paramites. Admeet instantly found the water source which was only a couple of yards away from the entrance. This source wasn’t shallow however, it was very deep; deeper then one would expect. He immidiatly walked beside the source and peered through the crystal-clear water. He saw a large tunnel stretching downwards. The only way to see where this tunnel led to was by diving into the water. So Admeet left his magnum and the radio on the ground and immidiatly dived down into the water. The water seemed fine until a minute later. Admeet realised that his skin was starting to burn. By 30 seconds, the pain was unbearable. He swam to the surface and leapt out just in time. It was lucky that Admeet didn’t swallow any of the water. Admeet coughed and spluttered and immidiatly picked up the radio.
“Zaypher”, “yeah” replied Zaypher with a hazy signal. “We can’t use this water” said Admeet down the radio. “What?” yelled Zaypher on the other end of the radio “I know, but it’s been contaminated with some sort of radiation which can burn the skin and the insides of your body”. “Well head back to the complex and we will devise a plan to find the source of this radiation” said Zaypher. “Ok, how’s Vankor doing” asked Admeet. “He’s feeling better but his condition is still grave” replied Zaypher, “we are still trying to make him speak but we have no success”. “Ok, I’ll head on back” said Admeet. As he came out of the cave, the Scrabs and Paramites were still fighting for the source; “what a waste of time” Admeet thought to himself with a quiet chuckle. He was confident to venture into the abyss and find that radiation source and destroy it for good. However, what he didn’t know was that this was going to be trickier than it looked. Admeet had to be prepared for the worse.
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