Serpents and Vipers by Donald Nicklas

Author:Donald Nicklas [Nicklas, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Donald A. Nicklas
Published: 2017-04-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8 – Queen of the Mountain

The Romani were startled awake by an ear-splitting, high-pitched whistle, which they now knew was the serpent version of a red alert. They quickly got up and put on their armor. They had slept in their clothes. They then added their weapon belts over the armor and picked up their shields. When they arrived in the control room, they could see frenetic activity with the serpent fighters armed and standing with their shields ready and awaiting the centurion’s orders. Even the serpent military leaders looked to him for the formations their nature denied them in battle. Centurion Marshal and the Slones went over to where Sly was standing.

“What’s happening, Sly?” Alaya was the first to ask.

“Sss. There is movement in the plaza. The Mountain Clan is putting dirt back into the big hole we made and moving up machines to open the doors.”

“Is there anything more we can do to slow them down?” the Centurion asked.

“Sss. We have nothing left outside,” Sly responded. They will open the doors.”

“Then we better be ready for them,” Centurion Marshal responded and went to see to his troops.

The Slones were about to join the fighters when Sly held up her hand, “Sss. Captains Slone, please remain with me. We may all need to fall back in time and I need your help with the formations. The serpents are not yet used to fighting Romani style.”

The Slones informed the centurion of Sly’s request. They then focused their attention on the monitors showing the progress being made outside the mountain. It was apparent that the vipers had come to realize there were no longer any threats outside the mountain. This renewed their vigor and doubled their efforts to get the blast doors open.

“Sly, how long do you think it will take them to pry the doors open far enough to get in?” Christopher asked.

“Sss. Two human hours.”

“Then we better get set up in here,” Alaya responded and headed to where the centurion was standing. She told Sly she would be back when the fighting started. She went over to where thousands of trained fighters were standing with the centurion positioning them for the coming fight. It was decided they would let the vipers enter before engaging them. Marshal had enough weapons and shields to supply 5000 fighters. He had trained twice that number in the past month and a half. It was decided that the unarmed serpents would stand ready to pick up the weapon and shield of a fallen comrade, and take their place. The blast doors and the entrance to the control room were connected by a fifty-meter long corridor. The corridor was ten meters high and thirty meters wide with an arched ceiling. This allowed large objects to be brought into the mountain and made a natural promenade to the outer city during times of peace. The ceiling was high enough for the vipers to leap over the front ranks of the defenders. The plates that had

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