Chapter 7
Reckoning
The other Sligs started to wake up slowly after a few minutes. Vankor was the first to get out of his seat. He inspected the controls on the A.T.T. Solister opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Admeet; sitting on the edge of the cargo bay looking depressed and unhappy. She unstrapped herself from her seat and walked towards Admeet. “I know what you are thinking” said Solister calmly. Admeet sighed and looked up at Solister “Why did he do that” said Admeet, “why did he have to sacrifice himself. It wasn’t meant to be like this”. Solister kneeled beside Admeet. “He died a hero Admeet” said Solister, “he sacrificed himself to make the legend live on”. “I suppose so” said Admeet.
“Damn” said Vankor looking at the A.T.T’s engine, “it is shot and destroyed beyond repair”. “Then what do you suppose we do” asked Tarios helping some of the weak Sligs up. “We walk” said Vankor looking at Tarios. The Sligs agreed and they gathered as much equipment as they could to take back to the military complex. One of the Sligs was inspecting the water in the destroyed cave. “Looks like the radiation was vaporised due to the explosion” said the Slig walking out of the destroyed cave, “we can finally drink this water”. The Sligs gathered round the water and drank loads of it. Only Admeet wasn’t by the water, he still felt depressed. Solister grabbed a cup from the A.T.T’s storage compartment and filled the cup with water. She brought it to Admeet. “Here have this” said Solister giving the cup to Admeet, “it will make you feel better”. Admeet drank out of the cup. “Lovely” whispered Admeet, “it’s been a long time since I’ve had pure water”. Admeet got up and looked for his magnum. “We should head out now” said Vankor, “General Sleg will be waiting for us”. The Sligs started to head out to the military complex.
Getting to the complex didn’t take long. The Slig sentries spotted the group and let them in. The other Sligs inside the complex were amazed to see the group alive. Some of the Sligs made way for General Sleg who was coming down the hall way. “I am truly amazed” said the general to the group of Sligs, “You managed to survive this ordeal and the water is now pure. Is everyone here?” “Yes” said Admeet, “but Zaypher is missing, presumed dead” “Why” asked General Sleg wanting to know. Admeet hesitated for a moment but he slowly regained his confidence. “He sacrificed himself to “make the legend live on”” replied Admeet making it loud enough for the other Sligs to hear, “he was brave, talented and he was a good friend. But the thought of why did he sacrifice himself still lingers in my mind. This has made me confused and depressed. But know this, He died a hero and he gave life to the wasteland and our people. He is truly our saviour”. Every Slig cheered and applauded at Admeet’s short speech. Little did they know however that Admeet’s speech was about to be broken.
Back in the depths of the underground sea, the destroyed bunker was covered in rubble and there was no sign of life. Most of the creatures had evacuated from the crater and were out there in the endless sea. Some of the creatures however were swimming around the rubble looking for any wounded stragglers. The creatures were also being more irradiated by the radiation given off by the wrecked reactor. Suddenly, part of the rubble and debris started to move and break away. It moved more and more until a wounded and scared figure burst out of the rubble. The figure crawled out of the hole and made his way down to the base of the debris mountain. He was carrying a slightly broken harpoon gun, but it was still in working order. His visor was smashed and some of the hydraulics in his legs was bust. “Now” he said to himself, “Where was I”.
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