Chapter 25: War

Nicholas makes a wheel towards the door, but advancing through is a small army of soldiers. All bearing unknown weapons. In march row upon row of soldiers. Their green suits helmets, hiding their faces. A group of them surround the crates and take the box, heading towards the other side of the market. Conn shouts over the sirens.

"They have reinforcements! There are two cargo trucks pulling up loaded with soldiers."

The soldiers begin to fire at the crates we are hiding behind. Some kind of energy shot whizes over my right shoulder.

I look at my fellow agents, all are ready for battle.

Stepping out from behind our cover, Bea let's out a loud roar and shifts into a T-Rex, beginning to level the playing field.

"That's it, now you've made her mad." I tell the soldier that just crept up behind Nicholas. With an iron fist I send him back to his little buddies. "Anyone else for tea?" A group of soldiers sneak from the left. Nicholas's wheelchair fires left at the soldiers trying to stun them.

Honey's face turns red, she swells with anger, in fact I can't tell if it is her powers or her anger that turned her red. Either way, I will be calling her Ms. Tomato head for a while.

Quickly she summons fireballs towards the ever advancing mob. Looking over from the guy I just hammered I see Bea. She tears off the arm of one of the soldiers and tosses it aside. It begins to pop and shoot electrical sparks. They are just robots. I realize.

"Hey they're just robots!" I yell, using double the force and smashing a robot into the ground. Gotta love my power glove.

Conn's shield takes the head off of one. Blood spills everywhere and a withered green head rolls across the ground.

"Not this one. This one is some sort of zombie thing!" Conn throws his shield at the approaching mob, taking out a few robots trying to set explosive charges.

"Guys, I hate to tell you this" begins Nicholas backing up to Conn.

"But I think Minecraft just came to life!" He pops off another Zombie's head.

"Bea can you find that box? Nicholas and I are a bit busy, and my power blasters are getting low. Yes Conn, I did forget to charge them." I hear Conn in my comms from across the warehouse. "How convenient for you to remind me."

Bea's roars turn into cries as she transforms into a hawk. She flies off looking for the box while Conn and I are slaying the oncoming attackers left and right.

"How do you think they knew about our party? I didn't send them an invitation!" My jest is lost in the chaos of the fight.

Two robots to the left a mob of zombies to the right.

"Tony about time to use those missiles isn't it?" Conn throws a punch at an incoming robot. The floor is now littered with bodies. I blast a path through the army to see how much further we have to go.

"Ok, get down." I order. My teammates duck as six missiles launch from my glove. WHAM! They hit six large squads of soldiers. That severely leveled the playing field.

"Tony, I've found the box! They're moving it out to the cargo truck! You need to hurry!" scretches Bea over the comms.

"On my way!"

Conn assures me that him and Honey can hold them off until we get back. Nicholas hits a button of his wheelchair and speeds ahead of me to clear a path.

Conn's voice comes across the comms.

"Hey Tony?"

"Yeah?"

"Well we took down all of them, but, he-he" he laughs. "The cavalry arrived. I think someone's watching the fight and sending in reinforcements in live time. For every one we take down two more are sent in. After we clear up here well just head over….." he sarcastically says over the comms.

"Grrrrr Aaaaaahhhhhh" suddenly, Conn's mic goes dead. I begin to think of the cave troll coming through the door. That wouldn't even surprise me at this point.

"Uh Tony, scratch that, I'm fine. Honey just took care of that, surprisingly. Over and out." The comm cuts off.