Hello Stranga': Malefactor Quest

[Retane]

The two stood at their destination. They were on the outskirts of what looked like a mixture of a prison or containment area, an old battleground, and a landfill,. The area was fenced in, with a check point for the only visible entrance point with barbed wire thrown across it randomly as well as having razored wire capping in both directions at the top. A mixture of barbed and razor wire spiraled horizonally across on each side, six feet away from the fence.

The fence was about twenty feet tall, with lit towers spaced every few hundred feet. The actual size of the area was unknown but it was dark time here, and as far as Retane could see, he saw that the area was pretty huge. Roaming lights moved slowly and rapidly across the outskirts of the fenced area.

The entrance area had a single booth with a roll-away gate that had been cracked open. Even though power seemed to generate the lights, Retane looked cautiously across the fenced in area and checkpoint. He didn't see any signs of actuall life. Even on the other side, there didn't seem to be any fresh prints from footsteps or vehicle tracks.

The Emerald Warrior turned his head slightly in Arith's direction, "The place seems desolate. Haskell gave us this location sand has been here before. I'm guessing that either he or something else removed what guards may have been here. Though I can't seen any signs of bloodshed from here."

The Lythian had cocked his head to listen to what the Namekian had to say and gave a shrug, "While the Haskell thing is straight forward, the 'something else' is pretty vague."

"It is either from something we don't know about, or caused from exactly what we came for." The Horseman started forward, down the hill, and towards the entrance. "If you want me to dismiss you, it's fine. But I am going to check it out."

"Ha! Are you kidding? And let a Gremlin have the fun," The Golden Warrior called after as he followed.

Retane had already knew the answer before he had heard it and was already giving out instructions, "Keep your eyes and ears open. If it is quick to try and kill us, we kill it. We will avoid any that may be infected. Until we find out target. If it goes on to long we will just take what we can get. I want to be done with this before sunlight. We know the general area in here that Haskell has seen him, so it shouldn't be to hard."

Arith nodded in his dragon armor and let out a low grunt in acknowledgement.

The Emerald Warrior took point, as this was his mission. His adrenaline had kicked in and his blood was pumping. His hearing couldn't pick up much aside from their soft steps and a small breeze. Even the green pointed nose couldn't pick up the smell of blood or that of decaying corpses. If there were deaths, it was recent, and no blood was shed. Or there was a superb clean up. The third option was, no one was ever here and it was all electionic. Again, this is why Retane kept his hood on.

The duo strode further inward, There were mounds of scrap and dirt piled high in actual mountains that peaked up to fifty feet high. The flats were hardly wide enough for a large vehicle to pass through, especially with some of the obvious tight turns. If they met an ambush though, it might not be pretty though. The Namekian had already started thinking about climging towards the highest peak and scoping the area. The pro's outweighed the cons at the moment.

The Emerald Warrior stepped at the angled mound and slowly started ascending it. After making it twenty feet high he glanced back from his plateau and looked down to see Arith almost on his heels. As the Lythian reached the first peak, he plopped himself to his rear and shook his head, "Somethings afoot."

"What do you mean", The Namekian had to question.

"i don't know. It just seems weird here. It' kind of disturbing. Maybe it's just where we are and what we are do-"

A huge exploision was heard and seen not far off, well a bit of the flame and much of the smoke. In reaction Arith snapped to all fours and even Retane crouched down peering from beneath their hoods. The Namekian wondered if it had been meant from them, but from the distance, he knew Arith had been correct. Something was afoot.

"What the fuck happened?" The two heard from afar. It was a deep barking voice.

"What the fuck do you tihnk happened? One of your stupid assed recruits was warned that this was a god damned dumpsite and to stay along the path, and hit a fucking mine and whenn 'BOOM'!!!" The second voice was a high-pitched female .

"Should have kept a tighter leash on those boy toys of yours eh Sandish?" A third masculine voice called out.

"Who was it? And can we be more careful?" Still, even a fourth spoke up. It was another female, more calmer then the first.

"Poresh." Sandish hollered back

"Sound off" The first man that spoke called, "Thursh."

"Sandish."

"Kreven." This was the voice of the second man.

"Srevit." The second female.

"Loyin." It was a male.

There was a pause. for a few moments then the Namek heard a younger man answer, "Sorry, Gilush."

"Fresh." This was the final answer and Retane wasn't sure what it's sex was.

"Ok, dammit let's not lose anymore. Shit! Kepp close and keep your peremiter" This was obviously the head of the group, 'Thrush.'


Retane listened in to it all until they got quiet. There were seven of them and possibly three were new to the crew. The eighth member of their squad had already died. What bothered him, was the fact that they seemed to be in the area of their destination.

The Namekian let out a low growl and the Lythian could only let out a chuckle. The Emerald Warrior looked back at his comrade for a glance and shook his head, as he assumed this was one of his natural things. Retane let even another growl and started climbing in direction of their target. He didn't know what to think, but dared one of the fools to be at the peak of the mound he wanted to reach.

He had already thrown caution to the wind. Someone else was there and his instincts told him they were mercenaries, or a squad of soldiers.From the conversation he heard, they couldn't be brother's in arms and didn't care about each other so much. So he had already ruled out soldiers.

Retane reached the top plateau, but as his fingers dug into the dirt and his eyes reached over the edge he saw a young man with his back to him. He was clad in black and had an assualt rifle in his hand. He turned in a full rotation looking around, but still missed the Emerald Warrior. As the mercenary finished his rotation, Arith's fingers parralleled his own.

The Namekian glanced at his partner in confusion, and realized he wasn't always pateint so without a word, the Horseman pulled himself up silently. Arith followed suit and reached his hands for his blades. Retane held a hand out to pause him as he glanced around.

They were at the highest point surrounding a valley below them, though from his point of view he couldn't see below. The Emerald Warrior nodded his head and moved up swiftly behind the young mercenary. The Namek held his breath as he was so close he could feel his victims body heat.

The Horseman reached an arm around the young boys mouth, and pulled him to the ground while knocking the gun away. Arith was fast to assist, and had a blade at the neck and lowered to the boys ear to whisper, "Come with me if you want to live..."

Retane looked up at the Golden Warrior in confusion. Arith just shrugged with a low chuckle.