Wednesday, April 13, 2005

   The Penultimate Episode
Lost and Found

Episode 7
*Suichichi’s perspective*
I walk through the ancient rooms alone, conscious of the fact that they have already been awakened from their long slumber. There is a sentinel at the top of the stairs to the lower level. This demon is far more formidable then the ones I faced earlier. By the time he sees the plant growing along the wall and up his arm it is already too late. A second guard meets a similar fate on the lower level. However, the guard at the entrance to the cave will not go down so easily. This is an older demon, a more experienced fighter. As soon as I sense him he senses me, and he attacks before I can lay any traps for him. He is easily the stronger, though not the swifter of us. After an intense melee I walk away bruised but not broken, and he doesn’t walk away at all. I go from one chamber to another and find no one. Finally in the fourth cave, I smell demon’s blood. I run to the entrance to the final chamber and see two demons lying dead on the chamber floor. Beyond them stands their killer, a shriveled, ancient human with his back to me. When he turns to face me, the first thing I notice is that his eyes glow. Then I see that he wears the serpent amulet. In a deep, unnatural voice he says, “You are too late fool! Now die!” He extends his arm towards me and I am hit by a wave of energy…

*Marlene’s perspective*
The first wave was clearly meant to be canon fodder. Lots of muscle and no brain. I didn’t even waste a grenade on them, I just opened up with the automatic pistols and Kirara took any who got through. After we dealt with them we fell back to another junction. Two floors, both automatic pistols, seven grenades, four clips of APRs, all but two shotgun shells, and a whole lot of dead bad guys later we reached the third cave. We took up flanking positions on the entrance and waited for the next wave. We didn’t have to wait long. Three monsters, two meters tall without their horns, I’m going to call them Ogres, stomped in. I tossed my last grenade at the Ogre on the left as Kirara charged the one to the right. That left me with one Ogre headed straight for me. I emptied my last APRs into his gut, but he kept coming. I grabbed the shotgun knowing that it wouldn’t do any damage where armor piercing ammo hadn’t. I can’t say why, but I had a feeling that I should keep The Hammer in reserve. I turned to my combat experience and borrowed a tactic from fighting another kind of monster. As he closed the final meters between us I fired straight into his face, twice, at point blank range. I dogged out of the way as the blinded monster ran right passed me and collapsed against the wall. Kirara was just finishing her opponent and we headed together toward the rear of the chamber.

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