End Boss by Bryan Nyaude

Author:Bryan Nyaude
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space opera, dark fantasy, cyberpunk, alien invasion, high tech, epic adventure, horror action, space marine, militarysci fi, dystopia war
Publisher: Bryan Nyaude

“I will be the bait,” he said, from the com link, and ran out of the smoke.

Yeah, that kind of irrational behavior was what I was afraid of. It was too late to stop him. I got back on my feet and gritted my teeth. Rick had just ruined my perfectly good plan. Dalla was going to kill me if anything happened to her brother, and in this case, probably something will.

“Wait, Rick, come back,” I yelled, although I doubted he heard me at all.

Rick had left one of his backup guns lying on the ground. I found it using my sonar scanners. It wasn’t a revolver; however, I took it nonetheless. I deployed a small drone from my armor and sent it flying into the air, while I stood motionlessly, hidden inside the smoke. With the small drone in the air, I could see clearly what was happening outside.

Rick was standing outside the smoke’s range, with his hands up. “I give up, so please don’t attack me.”

What was that buffoon doing? He dropped down to his knees as a sign of surrendering, but nothing happened after—which was a surprise. Then the wind picked up and sped right by him, in a jiffy, without knocking him down as before. Everything went silent again. I stealthy tiptoed towards him without leaving the cover of the fog and halted, once he was a few feet from me. I wanted to get close enough to see what was really happening. There was some mysterious secret to the boy’s speed and I was determined to uncover it. Again, the wind sprouted, but stopped in front of Rick as a small figure emerged. My legs tightened as I felt anxiety and anticipation build up inside me. I watched the little boy kick Rick’s back from behind onto the ground. He stood on top of him, with his right leg resting on top of his back, like a conqueror. That arrogant little fool was really starting to get on my nerves. I really wanted to blast him with a dozen bullets, but my morals kept getting in the way. Glancing down, at his feet, I noticed something bolted to his soles. The heels of his shoes had titanium bladed mini wheels with small boost thrusters. It explained why he was so fast and hard to track. Now everything was starting to make sense.

“I told you people not to move, but you don’t listen,” he kicked Rick on the back again. “What are you doing on our planet, and what do you want?”

Before I could assault him, I paused midway—his words had struck my interest. Well, for me, but not for Rick, who looked like he was in pain. If I attacked now, I would spook the boy and he would escape, or worse, kill us. Instead, I decided to wait it out and learn more of what this boy knew.

“Rick, keep him talking,” I whispered to him from through our com link.

“Well, that’s easy for you to say,” he commented.

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