Rain of fire (2)

The gate just continued to rise, so General Gardner had no choice but to say, "Go and check on what's happening with the gate! Stop it from rising any further!"

His men quickly went down to see what was happening, but the sounds of fighting quickly rang out from down there.

It seemed that the soldiers that had been at the gate were fighting those that had come down to stop it from opening. They wouldn't let General Gardner's men near the controls for the gate at all.

"What do you think you're doing?!" General Gardner roared out when he saw this fighting down below.

However, not a single one of the soldiers who had been protecting the gate said a single thing in response.

It was as if they were completely ignoring him as they focused purely on keeping the gate from closing.

General Gardner completely lost his temper when he saw this as he commanded, "Shoot down the traitors! It doesn't matter what you have to do, just close that gate!"