Gamers - Amazon by Thomas K. Carpenter

Author:Thomas K. Carpenter [Carpenter, Thomas K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Gaming
Publisher: Black Moon Books
Published: 2014-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

After a lifetime of competitions and game theory, Gabby was expecting the mob to spread out and surround her. It's what she would have done if she'd been leading them.

Instead, led by the screaming woman with the knife, they charged her with their weapons waving overhead. It was a tactic, she supposed, that nearly worked, as Gabby was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers.

The toothless woman was the first to reach her and Gabby neatly sidestepped and brought the blade across her chest with a Cat and Cut. The woman crumpled to the ground a few steps later.

Then Gabby switched to Two Moon Sweep and Angry Cloud as the villagers swarmed in waves of two and three. A few fell to her blades.

After withstanding the initial onslaught, she found herself surrounded, the tactic she would have used, though now they had a few less villagers. Gabby felt lucky she was only being attacked by dim witted computer constructs.

Her arm throbbed. One of the villagers had cut her. As she examined it, another lunged in and she dispatched him quickly with Cat and Cut.

Gabby wondered if the others were being attacked, as well. The villagers occasionally surged near her when she turned her back to them, but then she spun around again and they backed up. She was getting dizzy from the constant spinning.

Desperate to get her back to a wall, Gabby used Flying Fish to force one side to back up. Once they realized where she was trying to get to, they bunched up on that side to stop her.

Frustrated, Gabby thought about using Bladestorm. It was the perfect attack for a group, but she'd completely failed practicing it earlier. The maneuver required solving a series of problems, combined with fancy footwork and she was already dizzy.

But if she didn't do something soon to break the stalemate, they might get a lucky strike in. Another lunging wave from the villagers brought another cut, this time on her thigh, right below the chain links. Her muscle cramped up around it, causing her to move more slowly.

Gabby had just about convinced herself to try Bladestorm when she noticed a few villagers disappearing at the back of the group. Going on a hunch, Gabby threw herself at the villagers, trying to distract them from what was happening in back.

By the time they noticed Mouse, she'd culled about a fourth of the group. When they turned to her, Gabby launched into a series of Two Moon Sweeps and the villagers broke, the remaining escaping out the gate.

"Thanks," Gabby said.

Mouse just smiled behind her hair and slipped her daggers back into her sleeves. Then her eyes grew wide and she hurried to Gabby's side. Mouse ripped the shirt of a dead villager, tearing it into strips and began treating Gabby's injuries. Gabby had been hit more times than she'd realized.

"Were you attacked, too?" Gabby asked.

Mouse nodded.

"We need to find the others."

Once Gabby's injuries had been treated, they left the courtyard to find the others. The streets were empty, except for the ever present black dung smoke.

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