The Station pt. 3

Slowly the ramp came down, almost menacingly. It felt deliberate, like a slow realization that the enemy's impending death is fast approaching. Several armed men exit the ship, with large rifles in hand. They don't immediately fire, instead as the exit the ramp, they spread out in a line formation along the ship, leaving a gap in the middle of the ramp. After they all settle into position, there is a brief pause, before an armed Queen Adarla exits the ship.

She carries armored plates along her chest and shoulders. They look quite thin in terms of protection. Gaps were left among the joints and legs. Her arms are not covered by this thin armor nor were her legs. Clearly the goal was not to take his head on, but instead to provide protection as she utilizes her increased movement.

As she exits the ship, she scans the area. She looks at us first, then up into the watchtower and laughs.

"Is this it?" She says. "Is this all you have? A tiny base in a dirt hill?"

A voice calls over the radio. Its Earl, panicking as he talks.

"Guys we need more time." He says.

"How much time?" Oniv asks over the radio.

"We need five more minutes."

"We'll see what we can do. Axton, Clara, do whatever you can to stall."

"Understood." I said. 

"What do you want?" Clara yells, as the ships engines start to shut down.

"Oh you? You are already dead; you don't exist to me." Adarla then turns her attention to me. "You, however, I never got a good look at you."

She starts walking toward me. Clara attempts to stop her, but all of her guards aim their weapons at her at the same time. Adarla circles me a few times, like she's inspecting me. I could make the first attack on her right now, but the issue would be with her guards, and whatever other surprises she has waiting for us, so I wait. She gently runs her hand along my back, as she looks into my eyes, I could see they crave lust. She smiles and turns back to Clara.

"I didn't expect you would have this kind of taste in men, Clara." She says.

"We don't have that kind of relationship."

"Is that right? Thats great to hear." She then leans into my ear and speaks very softly, "You and I are going to have some much fun together."

"Get away from him!"

"I thought you said you didn't have that kind of relationship with him."

Clara doesn't say anything, but a wash of panic starts to fall over her as Adarla whispers in my ear again.

"I am sorry we had to meet this way. You and I could be something."

"Could?" I ask

"Clara still owes me, I am sorry it has to be this way."

"What?"

In a matter of seconds, mere moments that I could only quantify in long after it happened, a hidden blade in Adarla's arm deploys, penetrating me in my shoulder. The immense pain shoots up and down my entire arm and all my strengthen is sucked out of me for a few seconds. Within that window, Adarla disarms me and kicks me in the back of the knee, sending me to the ground. She then holds a cold blade to my neck. Clara jumps to my defense, but a guard grabs her and holds her in place.

A second later a shot is fired at the guard's helmet. It doesn't kill him as the shot bounces off, but it disorientates him long enough for Clara to elbow him in the face and kick him back before aiming her weapon at us. Another shot is fired from behind us, but misses the queen's head, impacting the ground behind us.

"Ha, you really thought this was going to work?"

"Let him go!" Clara yells.

"How about this, even though you won't admit anything about this guy, you clearly care enough about him that if I were to slice his neck it would break you, right?"

"No! Please!"

She whispers into my ear one last time as she slowly runs the knife up and down my neck.

"I am so sorry it has to end this way, but she needs to be taught a lesson. This is what she gets for taking my family away from me. I hope we meet again in the next life."

Shit, this woman is going to kill me. I start to feel around my legs, finding something I can use. I could easily pick her up and throw her, but the knife is at my neck and would probably slice clean through by the time I start moving. I find my hammer is still not engaged yet on my leg. This will be my one chance. At the same time, a call comes through the radio, "Guys, we are ready for evacuation, get out of there, now!"

It's time to make the move. I turn to Clara and nod my head, reassuring her that it's not over. Then I turn to Adarla.

"Look my queen, you are beautiful and all, and I would absolutely date you, but there is only one thing that's keeping my from doing so."

"And what's that?" She asks seductively into my ear.

"You are fucking nuts!"

I press the button on the hammers staff, engaging the deploy sequence. The force from the ejection sends the front of the hammer down into the queen's foot, crushing it. She yells in pain and releases her grip, allowing me to grab her from over my shoulder and throw her across the sand back toward her guards. She lands on her stomach and attempts to get back up before needing to be assisted. As she recovers back toward her men, she wipes the blood off her lip and licks off the rest. The guards all grab their rifles and aim them at us. 

"Oh, you like it rough, huh? Alright then. Let's have some fun!" Adarla points her sword at Clara and I. "Those two are mine, leave them for me. As for everyone else...kill them all!"