City Infernal
““I thought you said they wouldn’t be here when we came back!” Cassie shouted.
“Well I guess I was fucking wrong!” Via shouted back.
It went without saying, though: their only option now was to abandon everything and go back through the Rive, to the safety of the Deadpass.
“Goddamn Xeke must’ve told them where the Rive is!” Via complained further. “It’s the only way they’d know!”
But then— “SHIT!” Cassie yelled. They all stopped cold on the trail. “What in God’s name is THAT?”
“Flamma-Troopers!”... Via yelled. “Duck!”
An orb of fire the size of a beach ball rocketed toward them. Via ducked just in time to avoid being struck in the face. The fireball exploded against a stout tree and burnt it to a pile of ashes in seconds.
As the three of them crouched in a gully, Cassie looked closely at the two things standing less than fifty feet ahead of them.
Their human heads sported horns, but they walked on three legs and had no arms. They wore shiny slate-gray uniforms which were crisscrossed by heavy black straps.MoreLess
“Well I guess I was fucking wrong!” Via shouted back.
It went without saying, though: their only option now was to abandon everything and go back through the Rive, to the safety of the Deadpass.
“Goddamn Xeke must’ve told them where the Rive is!” Via complained further. “It’s the only way they’d know!”
But then— “SHIT!” Cassie yelled. They all stopped cold on the trail. “What in God’s name is THAT?”
“Flamma-Troopers!”... Via yelled. “Duck!”
An orb of fire the size of a beach ball rocketed toward them. Via ducked just in time to avoid being struck in the face. The fireball exploded against a stout tree and burnt it to a pile of ashes in seconds.
As the three of them crouched in a gully, Cassie looked closely at the two things standing less than fifty feet ahead of them.
Their human heads sported horns, but they walked on three legs and had no arms. They wore shiny slate-gray uniforms which were crisscrossed by heavy black straps.MoreLess
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