Word count Chapter 7 total 6430
Finishing up this chapter i ended up writing a bit more then usual..
Edit.. Oh and a warning. Quite a bit of cussing in this section..
Then again.. If in a similar situation what would you say?
Enjoy
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Part 4
As the sun set on the day the mood was quite festive, The villagers were all standing around the large campfire that had been made to cook the gipper meat. Some industrious person had dragged a few logs in from the forest for everyone to sit on and many were resting on them after all the hard work. Looking around I saw there were many large tents made out of some sort of cloth setup.
After grabbing myself a mug of ale I spotted Abe Washburn near the fire and decided I needed to ask about my own sleeping arrangements for the night. I figured I should probably get it sorted out ahead of time before my two potential she daemons took it upon themselves to make the choice for me. Walking up to Abe I said “Hello Abe! Nice party we have going here. By the way would you happen to know where I will be sleeping tonight?” At my question conversations all around us ceased and everyone in earshot seemed to lean in with expectation.
Laughing at my question and more then likely knowing full well my concerns Abe said “Ah yes I thought you would join me and Tommy in our tent for the night”. Breathing a sign of relief I quickly accepted his offer. I couldn't help but notice that both Sara and Beth each had frowns at the conversation I had with Abe. Letting out a chuckle at their antics I continued to mingle for the rest of the evening.
Shortly before everyone turned in for the night Abe called for everyone's attention. “Attention everyone! Can I have your Attention please!.” Looking around to make sure everyone was present he continued “Today a Threat was taken care of due to Richards actions. And the village has gained enough meat for a long time. In recognition of his deeds Ben will be taking one of the gippers large teeth and making a knife for him sense he seems to have misplaced his.” Which drew more then a few cheers and laughs from the crowd at my expense.
The group as one started chanting “ Speech! Speech! Speech!” And seeing that there was no way I was going to get out of at least saying something I stood up from where I was sitting on a log and took a line from Julius Caesar.. “Veni, Vidi, Vici” Seeing the confusion on their faces I sighed and explained “I came, I saw, I conquered” That seemed to do the trick because the entire crowd roared out in appreciation.
As people made their way to their tents both of my erstwhile suitors made pretty good attempts at trying to get me to go off to “Talk” with them. Thankfully Abe was able to intercede on my behalf and sent the two away with a pout on their faces. It was definitely a strange situation I had found myself in the middle of. Taking first watch I said good night to Abe and the others and headed out into the night to my guard post.
Other then a few suspicious sounding noises coming from Leeroys tent my watch was uneventful for the most part. I did not receive a visit from ether of the two girls thankfully, I didn't know how I would explain to Abe what was going on if he caught me out there alone with his daughter. I suspected that he knew exactly what was going on ether way. In Small villages and groups there is no such thing as a secret it would seem.
About the time I was to be relieved from guard duty for the night I heard a noise off to the south. “Thump.....Thump....” I couldn't see anything and the noise itself sounded like it was coming from inside the forest itself. Straining my eyes and staring in that direction a blue box suddenly popped up.
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Congratulations Enhanced vision has leveled up!
Passive skill “Enhanced Vision”
Higher levels give more options
Night Vision
Level: 2 Xp 0/10000
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Suddenly the night turned into day! 'Awesome!!!' I thought to myself. The inner perv in me briefly wondered if someday I might gain every guys dream..X-ray vision. Putting such thoughts out of my mind I quickly scanned my surroundings with my new eye sight. “Thump..Thump..Thump.” Still not seeing anything that could be making the noise I started to get a little worried because the Thumps were getting faster in duration and also seemed to be going through the forest from my right to the left getting closer.
The fact that the camp was located only a hundred of so yards away from the edge of the forest also made me a bit concerned. It would not take long for something fast to race across that distance to attack our little camp. Not wanting to draw attention to my location from whatever was making that noise I quickly moved to Abe's tent and stuck my head in the flap. Wispering “Abe ! Abe Wake up we might have trouble” Groaning a bit he rolled over and seemed to ignore me. Reaching down I grabbed his leg and gave it a sharp jerk.
He quickly jerked up and the next thing I knew I had a sword at my neck... At that moment I finally understood why Martha used her water bucket.....I resolved that if we lived through the night to find myself a bucket of my own if I was ever to wake up Abe again. Thankfully he stopped himself from skewering me. “Wha? Whats wrong” he mumbled. Quickly telling him about the noises I saw his face go white as a sheet.
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Jumping up he grabbed Tommy and shook him awake. “Tommy..Run to the other tents and warn them a Fire lizard is in the area” Nodding at his fathers words he skedaddled out of the tent faster then a fox after a mouse. Able then turned to me and said “Lets go” We made our way back to my guard spot, On the way there Leeroy and another man I didn't know joined us. Leeroy was armed with a large maul and Abe and the mystery guy who I soon learned was named Red had swords and shields.
At my guard post we all huddled up Red to my right Leeroy to my left with Abe on the other side of him. “Thump..Thump..Thump.................” Looking at each of the men with me in turn I saw Red was shaking in his boots, Leeroy had a look of firm resolve on his face and Abe ..Well Abe kept looking back in the direction of the tents with great concern.
“Thump......................”
Whispering To red I asked him “So what is a Fire Lizard?” Giving me a look of pure fright he said in a broken voice. “Its a Twenty foot tall Lizard that shoots Fire out of its eyes.. Extremely rare and the last one anyone ever saw wiped out one of the kings army companies all by itself.” At his words my eyes opened wide. I now understood what had these tough villagers spooked.
“Thump.....CRASH”
Snapping my head back towards the forest at the new sound I finally saw the big fucker. And promptly lost my shit. “The fuck! is a god damn T-rex doing here I exclaimed!” My loud exclamation caused my companions to ether side of me to jump a bit. All three of them turned their heads in my direction and gave me and evil glare. All the while this little drama was going on between us the Dino of Nope had turned its head In our direction. It raised its head up and sniffed at the air, Smelling something it must have liked it took a couple of steps through the forest in our direction. “Thump..Thump...”
Breaking into the open area at the treeline it was finally in full view only one hundred yards away.. Seeing its full shape and not just the top portion that had been sticking out of the trees my mind said.. “eeeyup a fucking Trex! Your screwed now!”
Getting sick and tired of this world springing unexpected shit on me I raised my rifle up took aim and proceeded to unleash a barrel full of lead jacketed greatness downrange. “Booom booom boooom booom boom..........” The Trex took it like a champ at first my rounds were screaming in and smacking it upside the head and neck. I couldn't tell what effect my rounds were actually having on the thing, Other then pissing it off that is. It obviously saw the muzzle flashes from the end of my rifle, it let out a god awful loud roar that shook the ground and knocked leaves off the trees.
Turning its head to the side its eyeball suddenly glowed and a beam of fucking light lashed out and struck the ground not five feet away from me. Quickly reloading I screamed out “What the fuck was that shit!” Answer good reader A T-rex shooting lasers out of its eyes!.. Meanwhile my companions to ether side of me had all seemed to have made like a tree and found other parts more agreeable to them, That is all except for Leeroy. Granted he was looking at me like I was insane.. But at least the guy stuck around if for nothing more then moral support.
Opening up again on the Laser eyed T-rex of nope I tried to hit the big thing in its eye. I figured if I could take out its main gun it would be safer for all involved. My luck stat must have played a major roll in what happened next. Just as the beast was about to fire off another one of its eyes one of my rounds struck it a mortal blow. It just didn't know it was dead yet.
When my round hit its eye the critter let out a screech that would have broken glass if there had been any present. Whipping its head back and forth in what I could only imagine was agony the thing started running In our direction. Doing a fast ammo reload I flipped my rifles selector to Full-auto stood up and strode out to meet this Cretaceous era reject.
It did not take long for the T-rex to reach fifty yards away from me. I had held my fire up till that point because on full auto ..Well its not easy to keep all your rounds on target. Considering I was shooting at something the size of a small barn though I didn't think I was going to have much trouble.
Pulling My M14 back up to my shoulder I let loose once more .. Boom ..boom.. boom .. forty yards.. Boom.... Boom ..Boom.. Thirty yards Boom.. Boom ..Boom. Boom twenty yards Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom : CLICK!. As I ran out of ammo the beast lunged at me with its mouth wide open. Throwing myself to the side I felt one of the critters teeth tear into my leg.
Tumbling to the ground with a scream of pain I quickly rolled over and prepared myself to be eaten. At the same time my leg was doing its best to tell me I was about to die. Looking back I saw that the T-rex was laying still on the ground. I could see that the bugger was dead.. Trying to get back up onto my feet my body made a executive decision against my mind, decreed that I was in too much pain and decided it was nap time.
End chap 7
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