- Axe11154
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Chapter 5
Survival is not what we do.
The shield worked. It lasted a whole 20 minutes sadly keeping us locked in it like animals in a cage but keeping us alive. We watched as the city came crumbling down around us. Bowing down to the might of Truth and the other Prophets. The glassing only lasted a few minutes but it felt like hours had past watching as fire raised around us trying to extinguish are life.
We survived and once the shield had popped we walked out to explore are new world.
It was amazing seeing the devastation close up and personal. I have always watched the Glassing of planets from a ship. Seeing as Human carriers left the planet in fear of being next. Many planets have fallen like this and this wont be the last.
The blood covered street we had once seen as a work of pure evil was turned to nothing but fire and glass. The flesh of the humans had been burnt off the bone leaving a grim reminder of the fight we were lucky enough not to of seen.
"We will set up camp now. Zipip cook some food, Donkon set up a small shelter, Boncon grab your Fuel Rod and come with me to find a radio as one may have survived" I said with a smile on my face.
The heavy's just looked at me with aw. I rarely use the names I gave them but I was in a good mood for once. The spec ops I could see were jealous of this. Probably thinking I was picking favorites.
"Grimim and Conon, turn on your cloaks and climb to the top of a building to see if there are any banshees or phantoms looking about the sky's" I said the the spec-ops trying to rid them of there jealousy
Me and Boncon walked for at most 20 minutes before we herd a weird noise.
Ringing
We ran towards the sound not knowing what it was but knowing it was a communication devise. We soon came to a tightly shut door where the ringing was coming from. I tried opening it but it wouldn't move. It must of been a human bunker. If well shut they could protect any human from a glassing. I found this out on the human planet of Harvest finding several humans still alive after the planet was glassed in one of these bunkers. They didn't live for long after we found them.
Luckily these things are easy to hack if you know where the hidden code pad is. There was normally a small button that made it come out on the left of the door.
There it is.
Once I pressed it the pad come out of the ground covered in dirt but glowing green ready for me to open the door it had locked. Just a little tinkering would open it in at most 1 minute.
As the gate opened we walked to the side of the door so any one who was inside wouldn't see us. I looked over at Boncon and he nodded his head. He jumped out with his Fuel Rod fully loaded to a room with 4 humans who where all un armed. 1 was a marine but he was critically injured missing both legs an arm and his head was completely bandaged to where he couldn't see.
Next to him was a nurse and the other 2 where children.
"Hand us that communication device" I said with Boncon wielding it pointing it towards the children.
The nurse tossed it to me and I called a random number. This thing I believe was called a cell phone. It was a way humans used to call one another for help or just to chat from far away places.
"Uvin Griscuvocern" I said. These were words of my species we deacons used to call for help. All that I had to do was keep it and they could locate us.
We backed out slowly with Boncon still pointing his Fuel Rod at them.
"Were leaving you with the door shut. You sould stay safe but you must leave the city in some way. I believe if you can find a under ground rail way you can leave the city safely." I said with a unclear smile and we left. I knew there where drones down there but from the looks of the city there artificial queen probably has shut down. If this is true they most likely committed suicide.
For the humans sakes I hope so.
We shortly came to the camp Zipip and Donkon had set up for us seeing Grimim and Conon there enjoying the food Zipip cooked. We quickly sat down to join them.
"Mission report" I said with a grim face.
"Zap-Jelly is cooked and ready for are snack and the shelters Donkon built are sturdy" Zipip spoke proudly
"We both saw large amounts of banshees flying around the area. If you called for help they will come get us out of here " Conon said with his
"We did" Boncon said with a jig in his step.
So we soon enjoyed the meal Zipip had prepared. With what he had this was very good.
"Sir while we were running up the stairs of a building we found something you may like" Grimim said smiling.
It was a book. A little dirty but I could tell it was in good condition. Bone it was called. It seemed to be a comic. A type of book Iv never gotten to hold but have seen as Brutes would draw things similar to them to make fun of elites of jackals (and even some times us).
I held it in my hand looking at the others with there big eyes. I could tell they wanted me to read to them. I opened the book and started to read.
We sat there for what seemed like hours with me reading to them till a phantom came by. We went into the beam and where lifted to a old but friendly face.
"Im sorry I forgot to give you your book back"
[Edited on 11.18.2010 5:15 PM PST]