Wednesday, March 5, 2008
1:14 PM | Posted by
Warwriter Widow
You’ll be back.
Wham! Silos’ sneering voice filled his mind as Idaho slammed the axe down on the Hellion’s shoulder and nearly cleaved the man in half.
Not dead yet?
Then Masonry’s, as he raised his arm for the killing blow seconds before Star tackled him.
You be the mender!
Ariel’s angry, tear-filled eyes, glaring at him as he whirled with the axe, taking down three Hellions at once. Wham, slam, crash! Soon enough, the gang of men were reduced to a pile of bodies in assorted degrees of dismemberment and consciousness. As they disappeared to the Zig’s infirmary, he breathed heavily, now covered in blood not his own, and feeling guilt-ridden.
“Why I fix?” he whispered to himself, trudging his way out of the cave, paraphrasing Star’s words from yesterday. As he exited the cave, he felt a bullet in his arm. It hit bone, making his arm numb and dropping the axe to the stones with a clatter. He ducked into the alcove, leaving the axe there, holding his bleeding useless arm, and seeing a group of Sky Raiders.
“Captain Castillo sends his regards!” yelled one man as he made a downward, cutting motion.
All of the men fired at once, but they all hit above him. He looked up to see why – a huge stone gargoyle was perched fifty feet or so above him. They shot out the support.
He couldn’t move fast enough as the gargoyle tumbled forward, taking some of the ledge with it. Idaho put his arms over his head in an instinctive effort to stave off the falling granite, but it slammed into his head knocking him out instantly, breaking his neck, back, and thrusting his thigh bones through his hips.
As the teleporter took him to the hospital, the leader yelled, “The irony! Masonry buried by masonry!”
“I don’t think it was Masonry,” said one man.
“Looked like him,” offered the engineer, gathering up his things.
“A hero just the same,” snarled Clayton. “Gone. C’mon, boys, let’s find a few others.”
He woke up in the hospital, good as new, as a man slumped in a chair next to him. Idaho raised his head and looked at the man. "Not quite as bad as the Nexus they brought a couple of days ago, but bad enough. You okay, buddy?"
"Yeah, but are you?"
The dark haired man waved his hand. "I'm a doctor, it's what I do. You had more broken bones than a chicken. What happened?"
"Got caught under a stone gargoyle," and Idaho told him what did happen. The doctor nodded, but looked like he was ready to fall asleep.
A nurse came into the room, "Doctor Sixx?"
"I'll be okay in a few. Go on, wheel him out. Don't discharge him yet, though. I still need to talk to him."
"Yes, Doctor." The nurse got a pair of orderlies who manhandled the gurney out into the hallway. "You heard the man," the nurse said kindly. "Rest."
Idaho put his head back on the pillow and sighed, as they wheeled him into the elevator.
Wham! Silos’ sneering voice filled his mind as Idaho slammed the axe down on the Hellion’s shoulder and nearly cleaved the man in half.
Not dead yet?
Then Masonry’s, as he raised his arm for the killing blow seconds before Star tackled him.
You be the mender!
Ariel’s angry, tear-filled eyes, glaring at him as he whirled with the axe, taking down three Hellions at once. Wham, slam, crash! Soon enough, the gang of men were reduced to a pile of bodies in assorted degrees of dismemberment and consciousness. As they disappeared to the Zig’s infirmary, he breathed heavily, now covered in blood not his own, and feeling guilt-ridden.
“Why I fix?” he whispered to himself, trudging his way out of the cave, paraphrasing Star’s words from yesterday. As he exited the cave, he felt a bullet in his arm. It hit bone, making his arm numb and dropping the axe to the stones with a clatter. He ducked into the alcove, leaving the axe there, holding his bleeding useless arm, and seeing a group of Sky Raiders.
“Captain Castillo sends his regards!” yelled one man as he made a downward, cutting motion.
All of the men fired at once, but they all hit above him. He looked up to see why – a huge stone gargoyle was perched fifty feet or so above him. They shot out the support.
He couldn’t move fast enough as the gargoyle tumbled forward, taking some of the ledge with it. Idaho put his arms over his head in an instinctive effort to stave off the falling granite, but it slammed into his head knocking him out instantly, breaking his neck, back, and thrusting his thigh bones through his hips.
As the teleporter took him to the hospital, the leader yelled, “The irony! Masonry buried by masonry!”
“I don’t think it was Masonry,” said one man.
“Looked like him,” offered the engineer, gathering up his things.
“A hero just the same,” snarled Clayton. “Gone. C’mon, boys, let’s find a few others.”
He woke up in the hospital, good as new, as a man slumped in a chair next to him. Idaho raised his head and looked at the man. "Not quite as bad as the Nexus they brought a couple of days ago, but bad enough. You okay, buddy?"
"Yeah, but are you?"
The dark haired man waved his hand. "I'm a doctor, it's what I do. You had more broken bones than a chicken. What happened?"
"Got caught under a stone gargoyle," and Idaho told him what did happen. The doctor nodded, but looked like he was ready to fall asleep.
A nurse came into the room, "Doctor Sixx?"
"I'll be okay in a few. Go on, wheel him out. Don't discharge him yet, though. I still need to talk to him."
"Yes, Doctor." The nurse got a pair of orderlies who manhandled the gurney out into the hallway. "You heard the man," the nurse said kindly. "Rest."
Idaho put his head back on the pillow and sighed, as they wheeled him into the elevator.
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