Obstacle Five. Mercy
Atom
“This is you’re first mission. We’ve got one condition. You either take them out or real them in. One or the other brother. “ the lieutenant states.
“It’s catch or kill, you’ll know the deal when the portal breaks.” They continue.
“So there it goes before us a portal crafting storm is here. A breach we need to teach the new guys what we’re dealing with!” She states as an orbular object condenses and through it walks
The wind is a howl. Their is bearly any notch of sound to be heard outside of its center. Absurd. Walking in is an army of chipmunks. Technically superior.
“Am I seeing this right?” Atom states shielding his eyes from the torrent of wind he’s on his stomachs looking down the scope. The Lieutenant is laying beside him spotting the distance and measurements.
“You wait till I say the word.” She states crisply.
“What is it saying?” Aton can’t hear himself. Good thing they’ve got the microphones on their ears. On a connected line.
“I don’t know. Could be trying to cast a spell could be trying to sell me a washing machine. Be ready.” She replies.
The techno chipmunks are propagating. Forming a hive and their armor is built into them. They’re part machine half of them. Techno punk.
“I think that’s a gun.” One of the ops say in the receiver.
“Don’t get itchy fingers let’s let it play out.” She states.
The squirrel creature chants a dance and a rune does ignite on the ground. Color blue. Hue.
“That’s interesting. “ atom states.
“That’s a mistake. No magic here. They’ve broken a cardinal rule. Take them.” She states.
“What why?” Atom asks.
“Just shoot the fucking gun soldier.” She responds.
He pulls the trigger and it bounces off a barrier.
“They’ve got a barrier of some sort. Maybe hard wind? I didn’t catch it. I think that’s what I saw.” The ops guy team two spies.
“Good shot but magic got it. I’ll grab an anti magic round. They’re expensive so don’t waste it.” She states as she digs into her gear.
“I’m confused. What the fuck is happening?” Atom states.
“Their realm won big in some game and it went out of control. Someone got into power and took it. So now they’re trying to escape I think.” She replies.
“So why are we shooting at them?” Atom asks.
“Because if they wanted to stay here they’d of come in peacefully. They’re working a spell to get back at us for something. It’s a revenge thing. Can’t let it happen.” The Lieutenant states.
“Someone lost a bet?” Atom states.
“Won. It’s ridiculous, either way our dimension touched and now this is the the you present.” She replies handing him a bullet engraved with an assortment of holy script.
“I will not fear the shadow of darkness?” Atom reads the engraving aloud.
“Faith friend. Magic is complicated it’s used to fix things but this shit will kill anything.” She shrugs.
“Okay.” Atom replies. Locking it in. Setting the sight on the lone summoner who’s casting the spell enchantment. Their eyes are glowing a hue of green and their not even speaking. In fact.
“Guys plug your ears! GodSpeak is happening.”
The rest of the scene is muted.
As the protagonist rips open a demon bores through behind it an army.
The other sniper fires but misses. Somehow the magic made it swivel just enough.
“Atom you need to shoot now.” She insists.
“Okay.” Atom says looking into the scope at the summoner’s chest wear her heart must beat. He breaths slowly and pulls the trigger.
Boom.
Everything collapses and it’s all over. As if it never happened. They’re brushing themselves off right now but Atom is a bit rattled.
“I read its lips. It was saying “mercy”.” Atom states.
“Yeah, shit gets bad out here. Then we gotta deal with it. Get used to it. Thank you for not freaking out. I knew you were the right man for the job.” She states as they bag what’s left of the squirrel after a rifle bullet hits. They need to know what dimension and time they came from. Get a bearing on where they're going. If that makes sense.
“I feel really bad.” Atom states.
“Yeah me too.” The lieutenant replies.
“Ya know it had a mind and stuff and it was cute too.” Atom states.
“Nightmare fuel believe me.” She replies.
“I haven’t gotten your name yet.” He states.
“That’s the game. Don’t you fuckin call me by my name when you find out in a fight. That’s something they can use on you.” She replies back.
“Okay.” Aton states.
“What did you mean when you said Godspeak?” Atom asks
“It’s a form of voice. It kills anything that hears it. It’s power overwhelming. You can’t listen to it for too long you’ll die.” The Lieutenant replies.
“If I heard what they were saying I would have died?” He asks incredulously.
“That’s the best result. Other times it can turn into a monster, demon or bomb. It’s all just a big bag of power released by these magical freaks. Gotta keep them from speaking such things.” She states.
“My ears are bleeding.” He states.
“Mine too.” She replies back “assholes.” She gives him the thumbs up.