A New Script: A System Apocalypse short story (The System Apocalypse Short Stories) by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong [Wong, Tao]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Starlit Publishing
Published: 2020-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

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“This the spot?” Jin asked Fatimah an hour later. If it was, the location was less than impressive. From the ridge the team was currently occupying, they could look down into the canyon clearing. The current canyon clearing was carved from the river overflow, leaving it dry in these summer months. The entire space was around thirty feet wide from ridge to the sloping hillside where the monsters resided. Running along the edges of the cliff and both ends of the clearing was a variety of small, normal-looking green bushes. The area around the entrance to the lair, a small cave had been flattened through repeated movements.

“Unless the quest marker’s wrong, I’m bloody sure it is,” Fatimah said.

“I’m not crawling in there,” Ian said.

“I don’t think any of us are,” Jin remarked. “I’m not fighting anything on my hands and knees.”

“Except a cute girl, eh?” Ian elbowed Jin who rolled his eyes.

“Don’t remind me. I haven’t gotten laid in… Ow!” Jin cut-off and rubbed his head.

Leo pulled his hand back while hissing. “Language! We have women here.”

“No one’s going into the hole,” Isabel said. “But we do need a plan.”

“If something’s in there in the first place,” Jin added. When the others looked at him, he explained. “Whatever is in there might be hunting.”

Almost as one, the group turned around to check their rear.

“Right. Find out what is in there and then…” Leo said.

The group of city folk stared at one another, before Fatimah offered. “Lure it the hell out.”

“So, we watch?” Jin said.

“We watch,” Isabel confirmed. “Let’s spread out a little though.”

“You got it, ma’am” Ian said.

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