"Vincent!"
"Vincent!!"
Opening his eyes, Vincent could see Alaster shaking him up violently.
"Vincent! Vincent!! Wake up we're under attack!"
Eyes wide open in an instant, Vincent pulled his gun from the stand nearby while raising it, fully alert.
"What's going on?" Vincent asked while surveying the camp listening to the constant explosions.
"I can't believe you were asleep while we were being attacked." Alaster replied then raised his left arm tapping a button on the arm pad attached to it.
"We've been travelling for three days without rest, I kept watch while you were resting so shut your mouth up!"
"Forget it, we need to leave this place, now!Activate your aero boots and evacuate the plasma core out of here."
"Are the Drakyers on a rampage again? Or is it the rebels? Or bandits? I need to know what's attacking us at least." Vincent asked while raising his left arm and tapping on a button just like Alaster.
"I don't know either but it must be the rebels, the captain and the squad force are trying to delay the attackers, he gave me the plasma core already."
Vincent watched as Alaster's boot lit up releasing a huge burst of air then propelling him upwards, Vincent's boot also lit up as the two flew into the distance.
"Stay close to me!"
A huge burst of light came from his left and Vincent looked over to see a huge explosion lighting up the night sky.
"What is that??!" He screamed while watching the soldiers nearby light up in flames.
"Don't look over there, they might notice you just keep running. Our mission is to escort the plasma core to safety." Aeric said while checking his arm pad.
"I'm almost out of energy already, we're going to fly for a while then land and run all the way to Arizona then request for help once we get within range!"
The two flew off while lighting up the night sky leaving two streaks of light behind.
A soldier could be seen crawling out from one of the wrecks left behind from the explosion when he was pulled up by the hem of his vest.
"Where is the plasma core?"
"I don't know where it is I swear, ask the captain it was with him before the first explosion!" He screamed with panic written all over his face.
"Which one of you is the captain?"
"I don't know where he is, the explosion happened suddenly I couldn't even see a thing"
A middle aged man walked over with a huge grin on his face while looking at the explosion "Drop him Damion, he's useless, you all should search the wreckage for their captain. I doubt he'll die from that explosion."
"He's not yet useless, you recognize your captain right?" Damion asked while staring at the soldier.
"Y-Yes I can."
"Good"
A new group of men wearing black vests with guns sparkling with electricity could be seen walking out of the surrounding bushes searching the wreck for surviving soldiers.
"What if the captain actually died?" Damion asked while walking up to the middle aged man
"The 4th division of Alaska's military was sent to personally escort the plasma core to Arizona, I don't believe they'll assign a normal soldier as captain." He replied while looking at the wreckage in front of him.
"The explosion would've dealt a huge blow to him but definitely not enough to kill him instantly, he's still alive."
Suddenly one of the men walked over while dragging a bruised man over on the ground. "Commander I found someone!"
"He's on his last breath" the commander said while looking at the unconscious soldier on the ground with the captain badge.
"Hey you! Is that your captain?" Damion asked whit staring at the surviving soldier.
"It's him, commander Alex"
"Commander, things aren't looking good" Damion said with a frown on his face.
"You can't find the plasma core?"
"The tracker isn't pointing towards him" he said while turning his head.
"The captain must've given it to others, we have to catch up to them before they get to Arizona."
The commander's face scrunched up instantly while twisting his head to look at Damion. "You should've checked earlier, you mean we wasted time searching here while theu were running away?!"
"I'm sorry commander, I'll go after them immediately."
"You'd better pray they're not yet in Arizona or you'll suffer the consequences for failing this mission!" The commander said with a scream while looking at Damion with his red eyes gleaming in the dark light making Damion feel like a prey caught in the paws of a predator.
Bowing his head, he turned towards Arizona and leaned on two legs, his legs had visible red veins running along them while he ran off into the distance with an inhumane speed.
"Leave the site! The US army will be coming to seal off this area soon." The commander said then turned to the direction Damion ran off towards.
"He'd better bring back the plasma core or I'll shift all the blame towards him." He said with a slight smirk on his face.
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Vincent and Alaster were running across the forest with Alaster constantly checking the satellite phone in his hand.
"I still can't get across to the Arizona army! At this rate we'll have to run all over to Arizona before we can get any sort of help."
"Just keep running, as long as we cross the barrier to Arizona the military will sight us and come to help." Vincent said when he suddenly paused in his steps making Alaster also stop in shock with a puzzled look on his face.
"Why did you stop?"
Alaster asked when he raised his head and looked ahead to see a pair of blazing red eyes staring at them through the forest like rubbies made from hell.
He didn't know why but something about those eyes told him to not take another step, it felt like he was sinking into a mud the more he stared at those eyes but he couldn't bring himself to look away till he heard a voice from the silent night.
"Hello, sorry to disturb you but do you know the way back to Los Angeles?"