getting right to work,” Leon said to his drone, Scorpio, “Is Kaito still in the debriefing with the vice admiral?”
The drone pinged Kaito’s. “He appears to currently be engaged in communication with Vice Admiral Natalia Fox.”
Leon repositioned himself against the uncomfortable rock. Debriefing with this vice admiral was perhaps the most tedious thirty minutes of his life and being back outside under the brutality of Flare’s sun was pleasant and refreshing in comparison.
Watching the construction crews get to work felt like a milestone reached in preserving the fate of the human race. Here they were on a planet they knew very little about, other than its mediocre potential to sustain life. Here they were quite literally laying the foundation for future generations to come and ensuring the safety of those generations via escaping earth and her volatile sun.
The moon was beginning to rise and take its place in the sky on one end of the horizon as the sun set on another. It was an eerie transition on the alien world, for the moon was much bigger. Brighter than earth's, the sky above exposed much detail of a bustling array of activity in this end of the galaxy.
Watching the sky above, Leon abruptly jumped upright as the ground beneath his feet progressively shook to life. It changed from a minute, subtle rattle of rocks and pebbles to a much more violent vibration. He watched as what appeared to be a sinkhole wobbled to life. He jumped back and suddenly spotted what looked like a large ant on two legs, with claws and long sharp blade like bones running from the arms, leap up from the ditch with a flutter of its wings, latched on to Scorpio and dragged the drone back down into the crater.
It all happened so fast, much like how a trapdoor spider of his home world would catch its prey. Scorpio was gone, down into the earth.
In disbelief over what he had just witnessed, he turned to confirm if anyone else had seen what he had, but no one seemed to have noticed the event occur.
It was like some giant humanoid locust, Leon contemplated.
Leon’s eyes fixated on the dirt that was shaking out by a cluster of civilians. His heart sank and he found it difficult to form words in his dry mouth.
“Everyone get back to the carrier!” he yelled, unholstering his two high energy pistols. He activated the laser’s optics on the weapons and silently scanned the ground, waiting for the next attack.
A few people looked at him as if he had gone mental.
The earth began to rattle beneath a young girl with long blonde hair who had triggered one of the traps. Leon’s lasers drifted over to the girl as one of the locusts manifested from below. He sprayed the creature in the backside, tearing a hole clean through it. The girl fell to the ground and got showered in the insect’s entrails. Wasting no time, she crawled back to her feet and began to scream, as she fled.
Looks like they saw that one , Leon thought as the crowd began to panic and run.
The horrific sound of screaming echoed through the air as civilians got caught in the creatures’ traps. Their blades and claws impaled construction workers before they dragged the helpless human beings off into the ground.
Leon was the first to fire a weapon let alone kill one of the large humanoid insects, but he would not be the last.
Aisha ran towards him as another insect leapt up to pull her under. She sprang forward and barrel rolled off to the side to safety. Pisces activated their stealth tech and quickly the two of them became invisible.
A faint blur could be seen as the locust that had attempted to snatch the girl got cut, severed from the waist down.
The insects were coming from the ground now and engaging in full-fledged combat. Their trickery was done after claiming roughly thirty to forty civilians and military escort alike, down into the red dirt.
Gunfire volleyed fourth from a half a dozen military personnel who were getting cornered by a handful of the insects.
The drone pinged Kaito’s. “He appears to currently be engaged in communication with Vice Admiral Natalia Fox.”
Leon repositioned himself against the uncomfortable rock. Debriefing with this vice admiral was perhaps the most tedious thirty minutes of his life and being back outside under the brutality of Flare’s sun was pleasant and refreshing in comparison.
Watching the construction crews get to work felt like a milestone reached in preserving the fate of the human race. Here they were on a planet they knew very little about, other than its mediocre potential to sustain life. Here they were quite literally laying the foundation for future generations to come and ensuring the safety of those generations via escaping earth and her volatile sun.
The moon was beginning to rise and take its place in the sky on one end of the horizon as the sun set on another. It was an eerie transition on the alien world, for the moon was much bigger. Brighter than earth's, the sky above exposed much detail of a bustling array of activity in this end of the galaxy.
Watching the sky above, Leon abruptly jumped upright as the ground beneath his feet progressively shook to life. It changed from a minute, subtle rattle of rocks and pebbles to a much more violent vibration. He watched as what appeared to be a sinkhole wobbled to life. He jumped back and suddenly spotted what looked like a large ant on two legs, with claws and long sharp blade like bones running from the arms, leap up from the ditch with a flutter of its wings, latched on to Scorpio and dragged the drone back down into the crater.
It all happened so fast, much like how a trapdoor spider of his home world would catch its prey. Scorpio was gone, down into the earth.
In disbelief over what he had just witnessed, he turned to confirm if anyone else had seen what he had, but no one seemed to have noticed the event occur.
It was like some giant humanoid locust, Leon contemplated.
Leon’s eyes fixated on the dirt that was shaking out by a cluster of civilians. His heart sank and he found it difficult to form words in his dry mouth.
“Everyone get back to the carrier!” he yelled, unholstering his two high energy pistols. He activated the laser’s optics on the weapons and silently scanned the ground, waiting for the next attack.
A few people looked at him as if he had gone mental.
The earth began to rattle beneath a young girl with long blonde hair who had triggered one of the traps. Leon’s lasers drifted over to the girl as one of the locusts manifested from below. He sprayed the creature in the backside, tearing a hole clean through it. The girl fell to the ground and got showered in the insect’s entrails. Wasting no time, she crawled back to her feet and began to scream, as she fled.
Looks like they saw that one , Leon thought as the crowd began to panic and run.
The horrific sound of screaming echoed through the air as civilians got caught in the creatures’ traps. Their blades and claws impaled construction workers before they dragged the helpless human beings off into the ground.
Leon was the first to fire a weapon let alone kill one of the large humanoid insects, but he would not be the last.
Aisha ran towards him as another insect leapt up to pull her under. She sprang forward and barrel rolled off to the side to safety. Pisces activated their stealth tech and quickly the two of them became invisible.
A faint blur could be seen as the locust that had attempted to snatch the girl got cut, severed from the waist down.
The insects were coming from the ground now and engaging in full-fledged combat. Their trickery was done after claiming roughly thirty to forty civilians and military escort alike, down into the red dirt.
Gunfire volleyed fourth from a half a dozen military personnel who were getting cornered by a handful of the insects.
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