[AlexFili]

Here are my last few chapters of Armament 2. This last section was unplanned, but I think I have made it sound convincing. This leads onto Armament 3, but also brings the story to a semi-cliffhanger. Thank you to everyone for reading my story, especially Oddey.

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=== Chapter 19: The Hunted===

"Where the heck are those guys". Sacar was pacing up and down the hut. Caram was reloading his shotgun, "Sacar, get your head straight. We're going to find them soon enough". Caram stood up, come on, let's go find something to eat". Sacar nodded and left the hut.

"Grey Operations unit 47, report". The voice was hard and cold, like a military commander. "Hawk","Owl","Raven","Parrot". The commander laughed, "Great, you're all there. You know what to do?". The soldiers saluted, "Yes sir". The commander stepped forward, "Go and fulfil your duty". The squad saluted and moved out. The commander was checking the reward notice again. "Not bad for killing four Sligs, I'm looking forward to all that moolah". He rubbed his hands and moved away from the training area.

Marek's squad were moving towards a nearby canyon. They could see several signs of activity, the flowing river, some Fuzzles and some broken twigs. Krisso looked towards the canyon, "We'd better be careful, there could be traps anywhere". Krisso stepped forward and looked around further into the canyon. It would be a bad place to be ambushed. The group split up and went in seperate directions.

Krisso stepped into the canyon, he felt the chill of the wind. The sound from the wind was somewhat spooky. He spotted some Paramites and a Chippunk. He managed to walk past them without being spotted. He could see the light from the other side. Yars equipped his flying pants. He went over the canyon to try and see the other side. Udra and Reint took seperate sides of the river. They were careful to keep stopping and look out for possible enemies.

=== Chapter 20: The Cruelty of Fate===

Krisso arrived on the other side of the canyon. Thankfully he had made it across successfully. Reint and Udra came next. They arrived from the nearby river banks, carefully making sure they were not spotted. Yars arrived shortly after, he was using his flying pants to go across from the sky. Reint looked around, "Where's Marek?". Krisso shrugged, they looked around to see if they could see any signs. Yars looked towards the south, "Isn't that smoke?". Udra nodded, "Let's see what's going on". They headed to the smoke.

Marek was bleeding, the Scrab had injured his arm as it tried to ram into him, his mechanical pants were on the floor and an internal fire was causing smoke to appear from the screws. "Damn you". He raised his revolver, but the aim was affected by his injury. His other revolver lay on the floor, knocked out of his other hand. Marek tried to lift his arm to aim at the Scrab, but only managed to scrape the top of the Scrab's skin. The Scrab's next attack was into Marek's left arm once more, the arm strength totally left him at this point, the tendon ripped and the lower half of his arm became nothing more than ripped skin. Marek tried to pick up his other revolver as he was on the floor.

As Udra and the other Sligs walked closer, they heard a loud bang. They looked at each other and ran towards the shot. As they looked through the leaves, they heard another cry of pain and a gunshot. When they stood up they saw the Scrab, lying dead on the floor. Marek was bleeding heavily, his left arm was ripped out of his socket. His right arm was pierced with the Scrab's sharp beak. Things looked bad for Marek, even if he survived, he would probably never hold a gun in his hands ever again.

Yars let a single tear drop from his mask, "Marek... No!".

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Next time: Armament 3: Slig's Mercenaries
- As Marek's squad are hunted through the native forests, can they manage to escape the four deadly hunters?
- The Grey Ops forces mobilize in order to capture Marek's squad. Will they be able to resist attack and defeat this legendary military organization?
- Marek's injuries change his life forever. Can Yars and Udra cope with the turmoil?

All these and more shall be answered in due time.
Expect this story around about 1st of June. I'll probably go slow with that story, doing one chapter a week or something similar.