Chapter 7
Charge Defence
2 minutes went past and the power meter had reached 25%. “A quarter of the way there” said Zaypher encouragingly. Then the new creatures appeared in front of them; they were angry. Admeet pulled the trigger on the pulse cutter and an orange beam of energy shot out and hit the first creature. It stumbled about, in pain, but quickly regained its footing. Zaypher swung the crowbar at another creature and it stabbed the creature in the shoulder. It shrieked in pain and attacked Zaypher. It missed and Zaypher went for another swing with the crowbar. This time it stabbed it in the head. The creature stumbled and fell to the floor, paralysed. The Power meter now was now at 33%; a third of the way there. Admeet kept on shooting at the creatures but then he had to reload. A creature leapt towards him and pinned him to the ground. “Zaypher” he shouted, “get this thing off me!” Zaypher whacked the creature off with the crowbar. Then more Dagger Roaches came out of nowhere again and attacked the creatures. The two types fought with no side gaining an advantage. The power meter now read 47%. “Come on already” shouted Zaypher.
2 more minutes past and the fight over the two animal species carried on. The Power metre was at 69% now. Now the mutated Slig specimens had joined in the fight. Some of them poured boiling acid over the creatures and some pounced on their victims and clawed them to death. “Come on, just 31 percent to go” said Admeet looking at the meter. They stood back amongst the fight and waited for the meter to reach 100%. “What were they doing down here” said Zaypher. “Well, judging by the hideous mutated Sligs and the new creatures, I say they were doing biological testing” replied Admeet.
Admeet reloaded the pulse cutter as meter reached 90%. “Almost there” said Admeet looking at the meter. Now many dead bodies lay on the ground. Most of them were the bodies of the mutated Sligs but the other creatures had suffered greatly. Then the meter reached 100%. “Great” said Admeet unplugging the adapter from the PDA, “Let’s go”. Admeet and Zaypher rushed out of the maintenance room and back up to the entrance. Klazor welcomed them back. “So, you’ve found the location” he said. “Yes” said Admeet, “apparently, it is a shrine called Shire’s Beam. And do you know what those creatures were down there?” “Well, they are biologically tampered Paramites, we call them Scaranites”. “So that’s why there were a stampede of Paramites in the generator room” said Zaypher. “We haven’t fully explored Shire’s Beam” said Klazor, “so you won’t know what to expect” “Thanks for the help” replied Admeet. “No worries” replied Klazor, “Oh and take this”. He handed Admeet and Zaypher two Dagger Roach queen hearts. “Now the Dagger Roaches won’t even touch you” said Klazor. “Thanks again” said Admeet. The two Sligs exited the labs and came out into the re-growing landscape. There was nothing that could stop the Sligs now.
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