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Pinned down near a small hovel like house, he continued to shoot around the corner, doing the best he could to not give his opponents an opportunity to approach. The second rifle soon ran out of energy, and he had to switch over to his third. During the switch, two of the creatures had decided [...]
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Malcolm heard some scratching and clawing into the rock face, as the creatures made their descent. He was fairly ready for them though. As three dark silhouettes entered the cave, he knew it wasn’t going to be too difficult, and even got a little more confident than he had previously been. The creatures grunted and [...]
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Hearing a rush of footsteps moving from the camp in his direction, the Captain took the closest rifle from the ground and began firing it at the three beasts he saw in the distance rushing towards him. They immediately took cover and started returning fire. All hopes of a continued surprised encroachment was now gone. [...]
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Arriving at the top, he scouted the area. Each time he loaded the program, it was designed to randomly scatter a number of enemy personnel over a quarter mile section of the plateau. There were many trees around, and not many access points to the camp. The weapon on his belt would be unable to [...]
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“Everything going well, I assume?”
Alex was one of the few people that felt as though he could have real conversations with Malcolm, and sitting next to him, he just had to be sarcastic in response, “No, we’ve found out that our engines were never turned on, and we aren’t actually moving. We’ve been sitting still [...]
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