Chapter 13: Agony
Two hours later...
Nathan: "(muffled) Finally..."
Everyone has finally exited the caves after two hours of running and fighting.
Cate: "(exhausted) How many times did we have to turn around?"
Adam: "Three times."
Jamie, Adam, and Rocky are still able to keep going.
Nathan: "(muffled) How can you keep going?"
Jamie: "By being actual soldiers."
???: "Finally!"
Cate: "H-Huh?!"
Everyone looks above the exit to find Jade sitting on top of the exit.
Jade: "So you guys are this squad we've been hearing about."
Jade jumps down onto ground level, creating a small crater beneath her.
Adam: "So you must be friends with Jake and Jay."
Jade draws her hammer.
Jade: "It's Jade."
Cate: "So your names have a running theme."
Cate aims her rifle at Jade's heart.
Jade: "If you think that knowledge will save you, then you're sorely mistaken."
The bullet bounces off Jade's heart.
Nathan: "It bounced off?"
Jade: "You want to see how it felt?"
Jade readies her hammer as she takes a step forward, cracking the ground beneath her.
Adam: "I don't think so."
She pushes off of the ground and lunges towards Cate.
Jade: "Agony is me."
Jade's hammer slams Cate six inches into the mountainside.
Cate: "(coughing blood) What the hell?!"
Several of Cate's bones are shattered.
Nathan: "You hit like a truck!"
Jade draws her sword.
Jade: "Thanks. Not very many people talk about that."
Jamie looks at Jade with confidence as Rocky begins to growl.
Jamie: "Do you honestly think we're afraid?"
Jade swings the blade over her shoulder as the golden glow forms on Jamie's chest.
Jade: "Glad to hear it! (in head) That must be the glow Jay mentioned."
Jamie pulls out her shotgun as Rocky lunges towards Jade.
Nathan: "I think that we're fucked."
Jamie defends a sword swing with her shotgun.
Jade: "(in head) She really can hold her own!"
Rocky digs his fangs into Jade's left leg.
Adam: "I don't think we are Nathan."
Jade: "You honestly think that hurts?"
Jade's body dissolves into the shadows, causing Rocky to plop onto the floor.
Jamie: "No."
Several years ago...
Jamie and her brother are currently sparring against each other in the woods.
Jamie's Brother: "That's seventeen to zero."
Young Jamie: "(whining) Go easy on me!"
Jamie kicks a nearby tree.
Jamie's Brother: "(chuckling) I'm trying, but your moves are so predictable."
Jamie begins marching back home.
Present day...
Jamie: "You really think that'll help you?"
The golden light begins to form.
Adam: "(in head) That light again."
Jamie catches a surprise attack from Jade's morning star as she reforms behind Jamie.
Jade: "How'd you see me?"
Jamie yanks Jade towards her and drop kicks her in the gut.
Jamie: "I didn't. You're just predictable."
Jade didn't absorb a good chunk of the blow.
Nathan: "So her absorption has a limit."
Jade: "(shaking it off) Not bad."
She draws her axe.
Jade: "(in head) I'd better try and get away after this next attack."
Adam yanks Cate out of the wall.
Cate: "(weakly) She's got one hell of an arm."
Adam: "Save your strength. We'll get you some medical attention at Geil."
Jade begins an attack with the force of Jamie's kick she did manage to absorb.
Jamie: "Rocky, go drag that idiot away."
Rocky bites down on Nathan's shirt collar and drags him away as Jamie draws her knife.
Nathan: "(awkwardly) This is about as humiliating as it gets."
Several years ago...
Young Jamie: "If he knows what I'll do with my fists..."
A young Jamie is practicing a kick focused fighting style in the middle of the forest at night with a young Rocky eagerly watching.
Young Jamie: "... I'll just try kicking!"
Present day...
Jade: "(in head) Now!"
Jade unleashes her attack, but Jamie dives underneath it and slits Jade's leg.
Jamie: "You're done."
Jade dissolves into shadows and gets away.
Adam: "Huh?"
Adam realizes the situation.
Jamie: "She ran away when she had the advantage?"
Adam supports Cate and begins to walk.
Adam: "Come on."
Jamie: "... fine."
Jamie and Rocky walk ahead.
Nathan: "WHAT ABOUT ME???!!!"
Cate: "(weakly) You're fine."
Nathan stumbles back up.
Nathan: "... this is getting old."
They push forward...
Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top