New Planet
#3 of Life of a Human Commando
When I woke up I really wish I had not. My head hurt like hell, and I was buried in sand.
"Damn. well at least this shows I made it to another world. The only question I want to know is.. Where The Hell am I?!"
I tried to get up but I was very tired. The sand was hittign me hard with the wind. I knew it was a sandstorm. I also knew that I had not brought any water with me, so if I did'nt find any soon, hello painful death of de-hydration. But I had surviving more in mind. I got up, and began walking. The dunes were very big. On crossing over my first, I saw a skeleton of a beast that was possibly 9 meters long. Then I saw the end of its spine was broken off.
"If that was killed I sure don't want to meet what killed it."
I just kept walking through the desert, hours passing like weeks. Sand gettign into my armor, really pissing me off, and it was getting dark.
"If I don't find shelter, water, or food I am really..." I broek off my sentence when I saw a vehicle in the distance.
"HEYY!!! HEY!!! HELP!!!" I yelled as I jumped up and down for their attention. I took off my helmet and began waving. Soon I heard shouts, in a language I could have understood. I had my hopes up for a rescue, then I felt something pierce my chest. I looked down to see a dart. The commando project had built in immunity to poisons in me, but this poison must not have been one of them. I fell to my knees and fell into unconsiouness.
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One another side of the planet....
General Art-suka called for an assembly for Commando Elite Squads A and B to his office. Thsi was of utmost importance. If his suspiscions were right...
"Ladies and Gentlemen. Perhaps you are wondering why I called you here today. The reason is.. I have a special mission in mind for you. "
There were several nervous glances around the room. When the general had a mission, it was usually big, they should know since they have had 5 in the past.
"At 0200 yesterday, two beams of light flew from the wormhole contruction workers were deconstructing. This is a sign that two being entered from the wormhole. Sicne the only wormhole generator we have conected is on earth, it eaither menas two humans, or two Hive agents, entered our planet. ther is a way how to track them though. Hack?"
Everyone in the room looked at the army's greatest technology expert, Tech. The young dragon was at his desk, as usual, that was covered in the usual assortment of tools and unfinished mechanical gizmos.
"The two beams left behind ion trails that can be tracked. On your way out, squad leaders pick one up on your depart out."
The two squads began to move out, a squad moving to where one beam shot into the desert reigons and B squad for overseas.
Kalyan(wolf) and Kirai(Fwhyger) of A squad, best friend since childhood, talked on their way to the transport.
"Wow! An actual human in our backyard! Can you believe it?!" asked Kalyan.
"Or a drone. Don't forget both sides Kaly."
"Ya ya, don't be such a sour puss. But you have to admit, if it is going to be a human it is going to be pretty cool."
"Well..ya."
Hearign their anem being called, the two rushed into the transport, which took off straigth for the desert.
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I woke up with no headache this time. No sand too, instead I was one a much more solid surface. All my armor was on, and my P-gun had been confiscated apparently.
"This time around is better."
'Alright you wake up."
I had gone through enough commando exercises not to be totally surprised, but I still jumped. I looked toward the sorce of the voice and saw a pretty ugly sight. A large lizard-liek creature, at least 6 meters tall, was at a cell doorway. 'So that is were I am, a prison of some sort.'
"Your tiem to fight in the arena newcomer."
'Or not.'
"Arena?"
"Yeah yeah. No come on, the games have already started." After gettign up I walked out side the cell. I was escorted to a large metal gate surroudned by guards. The lizard behind me grinned cruely.
"Welcome to hell." And shoved forward through a now open gate.
I saw a stadium larger than 3 football fields, and the walls of the inner arenas were covered in enough different kinds of weapons to supply 5 armies. Also there was a giant crowd in the stands of many of different species I had no clue were, and in the center was at elast 1 army of ruffians killing eachother. One of them notice me and charged me. Even though I was unarmed, I knew I could take him, all he had was a sword. When he got clsoe enough I grabbed the sword from him and punched him square in the stomach, sending him flying across half the arena. THAT unfortuatly, got everyone's attention, especially the uwanted kind. Now every other gladiatro in the arena was after me. But I figured if they were as tough as the alst guy, they should'nt be really hard.
The first few guys it took a few jabs with the sword to kill, then ext hudnred were a different matter. I ran the sword straitght into the gut of a dragon, sending blood everywhere, and of course it got stuck and I needed another weapon. So I grabbed the nearest gun on the way, it looked like a sniper rifle, and I someone with it. Turns out I had It backwards and I shot a guy behind me. I shrugged, and began shooting again. This gun fired like a sniper rifle, but it shot something like shotgun shells, it was beautiful! Eventually everyone else was dead, the crowd was cheering its approval for me, and I was escorted by a lot of guards back to my cell.
I was laying in my cell.. thinking to myself. This new life my not be so bad. I get paid, I get to fight easy guys for a living, and I get a home to live in for free. And I get fed. I sighed with content and heard my cell door being opened and the same lizard guy as before opened the door.
"Another match?"
"No. A girl. His lordship says you can have her." And a young dragoness was thrown into my door by force apparently. She was really young, too young to be around here, and she was scared. The other thugs left and I just sat there, her the same, and we jsut stared at one another. I tried to talk first but she finally moved to a corner and began to shudder.
"Please stay away from me."
"Look I was going ot touch ok kid?"
"You were'nt?
"No. Look, you are WAY too young for, and you don't look liek you belong here. What is your name?"
"Jara. And I am a slave. When the slavers raided my village, they took me from my house."
"Poor kid.. Look as long as you are with me, I am sure the guys around here won't touch you. Ok?"
"O..ok"
Another knock on the cell door and a guard was there. "You have been given 3 hours to tour the city. Enjoy it." I was once again escorted into another large door, Jara was left alone in the cell, and I saw a city that could rival New York for size. As for the people, they looked liek all punk, bandits, pirates, anything that looked dangerous. I had to be careful. I walked to a large bar, really big, dancing women or even more species that in the arena, a lot of people dressed alot (most likely gangs) and an open seat at the bar with my name on it. So I decided to sit down and grab a blue colored drink. I took off my helmet, bring several looks from surrounding people, and took the glass in my hand.
"Ehh. Wonder what kind of beer this is." I took a sip of it, it tasted actually pretty good. So I downed the glass and asked for seconds. Then a dragon beside me looked down at me.
"Say. You are that gladiator from today's match."
"Yeah."
"You did some pretty good fighting."
"Thanks."
"Interested in other lines of work?"
"Such as?"
"I had slavery more in thought, you seem fit enough to round up a few strong soon-to-be-slaves."
That got me mad. I looked at him straigth in the eye.
"No thank you."
He looked back at me with the same look.
"It wasent really an offer. Galdiator, if you don't my collegues and I..", he gesture to the 20 guys around him, "may have to convince you otherwise."
"Do your worst."
The dragon gave a hand gesture, and all the thugs drew guns. The bartender yelld and everyone ducked for cover, except myself of course. I grabbed the dragon's gun. a machine gun of sorts, and shot the other guys dead. I broke the guy in front of me's neck, drank the rest of my drink, let the money, put on my helmet, and left.
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The commando squad followed the trail into a bar in the desert udnerground. The squad leader questioned the bartender if he saw anything weird.
"Yeah I did! Here comes this gladiator wearing this odd white armor, and when he takes off his helmet, underneath is a species I've never seen before. He then starts a gunfight with local slavers, kills them all, then goes back to the arena. Is that all?"
The squad moved out, with a thought on everyone's mind. They were getting clsoer to the source of the trail, and were ready to finish their mission and go home.