The War Across the Stars

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fired three shots into one of their stomachs turned up and put three more into the second one’s head.  The assault weapon was empty.  Nevin walked through the door while Benjamin and I recovered our belongings.  Once we had our boots back on we rushed out the door.  We stole the two pistols, and then proceeded down the hall.
    “If we aren’t fast enough they may close the other door,” I announced. 
    We hurried to the intersection and looked left.  The door was closed but there was still the other path that we hadn’t been down. 
    “Lets try this route,” I said. 
    So we took off down the alternate path.  It was dark, with most of the lights flickering.  When we made it to the end of the hall, we found that the door was open.  We looked around.  On the wall was an arrow that said, Armory .  We went down the hall the arrow said and found a large opening, likely a blast door.
    Through the opening was a large, open area that had a small side door.  It was open and we could hear voices.  We slowly approached the doorway.  They sounded relaxed, likely unaware of our escape.  I peeked my head around the corner.  Three Vorgians sat around a table eating.  They didn’t have any weapons on them, but the armory was full of them.  Finding some wouldn’t be hard. 
    “Let’s act like one of them,” I whispered as I pulled my head back. 
    “OK”, Nevin said. 
    We walked in casually and headed toward a large divider that was packed with weapons on both sides. 
    “Hey there,” one of the Vorgians said in a friendly tone. 
    “Hi…” I said nervously. 
    We slipped behind the divider.  They couldn’t see us, so we stopped and thought about our next move.  There was a row of Vorgian assault rifles along the divider.  On the wall there were rocket launchers and rockets as well as some shotguns.  On the far wall, burst rifles were lined up neatly.  I grabbed some additional rounds for my new assault rifle. 
    “Go grab some of those burst rifles,” I whispered. 
    Ben and Nevin rushed to the wall.  They each scooped one up and ran back to my position.  We all popped out from around the corner and opened fire.  All three of the soldiers fell limply in their chairs.
    “That went well…” I said. 
    “Agreed,” Nevin responded. 
    “Now… let’s find our stuff,” Ben suggested. 
    “Right, good plan,” I told him. 
    We scoured the armory for a couple of minutes, before Nevin said, “Found ’em!” 
    We rushed over to see two SR-4’s, one AR-27, two H-81 pistols, one H-44 pistol, and six grenades.  They were carelessly lying in a pile as if the person who carried them had just dropped them.  We all grabbed our weapons.  Nevin and I hooked our SR-4s to our packs and put our side arms back in their holsters.  We kept the automatic weapons in our arms.  I took as much ammo as I could find, and stored it in my pack.  There was a row of laser rifles stored along the right side of the divider.  They were tempting but four weapons would be heavy.
    Then, the alarm that had stopped shortly after our arrival in the prison cell, resumed once more. 
    “Oh frik!” Nevin blurted. 
    “Let’s guard that door, we can try to hold them off,” I said. 
    “How do you know they will come here?” Ben asked. 
    “That’s how!” I said pointing at a camera positioned in the top corner of the room. 
    It was right next to the door, with its view targeted right on the table adorned with the bodies of freshly killed guards.  

Chapter 6
    Tronadan
     
    We had held off waves of Vorgian troops for nearly fifteen minutes by this point, though the flow continued.  Ben had been shot in the arm and now rested in the corner underneath the shattered camera.  I pulled back into the armory and reloaded.  I only had twelve more rounds with me other than the forty-five in its clip.  I soon emptied the clip and popped the remaining rounds in.  Then, a grenade flew in the room with us.  Nevin

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