Oh, nevermind. Writing inspiration hit my head like a load of...uh, Munch's lightning.
CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
Abe cautiously approached the smoking wreckage of the fallen copter. A few years ago, during the events of RuptureFarms and SoulStorm Brewery, he would have confidently walked up to the jetcopter or not even checked it out at all; but he was a warrior now, tried and true in the fires of a hundred huge factory corporations, and he would not turn his back on an enemy, nor would he act without thinking.
He had already paid for his former lack of caution with the lack of his old cheerfulness.
“If you see the Gabbit,” Abe called out, “shoot it! We can’t afford to let him live!”
It pained him to order the on-sight execution of the Gabbit who had once been his friend, but Munch was gone. All that was left in his place was the Bringer of Pain.
Because of him, Bigface and the last of the Gabbits were dead. Abe meant to repay him for what he had done.
He shifted his grip on the Slig carbine and peered into the smoke and flames –
Through the fire and flames came the Bringer of Pain.
The Gabbit came blasting out through the flickering orange, his teeth bared in a snarl, raising one hand –
Abe opened fire out of reflex, as did a dozen other Sligs on this side of the jetcopter. Munch spun and flipped in midair, dodging every single bolt fired, and from his fingertips came a blast of lightning.
Now it was Abe’s turn to dodge out of the way. The black forks struck the ground and threw chunks of scorched sod into the air.
More laser bolts and some Spoocebow shots came flying at the Gabbit. The Bringer of Pain’s face was contorted in a ragged snarl as he took a Spoocebow shot in the shoulder, but immediately flipped through the air and unleashed a blast of dark lightning that disintegrated three Sligs and a Mudokon.
Then Abe noticed that Munch was smiling.
The ground began to tremor underfoot, and the Gabbit began to laugh. Mudokons and Sligs began to stagger for balance, and Abe fell flat on his back.
“Behold,” Munch laughed. “The master of the Dark.”
Something huge exploded out of the battlefield, scattering Mudokons and Sligs like dust on the wind as it rose to tower before them.
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