The Mist of Eastmarch.




When they find him lying there in the woods, the image seems so stark to her. He lay there, upper torso exposed above the mist, his lower extremities
beneath it. Almost like a blanket offering his lifeless corpse shelter from the unyielding chill that fills the air. Rays from the early morning sun flicker in the tree tops above the members of team Alpha as they silently move through their surroundings, weapons drawn, cautiously drifting through the second batch of corpses that they have found this morning. Klinger’s eyes carefully lock onto Samantha Bliss’s, she sees him hold up three fingers and slowly run them across his throat, she nods, leaning down she checks the dead male reds body at her feet, slowly, curiously she runs her finger tips across his now pink lips, his red skin is cold as ice, his eyes glazed over, now stare lifelessly up to the beckoning rays of sunlight.
“Team Alpha… Assemble.. Its okay guys.. She’s been gone for awhile.”
Priss appears at her side.
“He looks to be a captain Samantha, the two marks on his neck, sliced diagonally, they do that to themselves, they think it makes them look hard and tough. Like human males do with tattoos”
She doesn’t say anything to Priss but leans towards her, carefully watching for a reaction from Sil.
“He’s been dead for awhile now, at least for twenty four hours I’d say.”
Sil stares silently without emotion down at the body, until her eyes slowly rise to meet Samantha Bliss’s stare. Their eyes lock for a brief moment.
“She is some kind of warrior Angel.. Isn’t she Samantha?”
She stands upright and puts her hand on Sil’s shoulder.
“Sweetheart she hasn’t proved to me that she is ANY kind of Angel.”

Over.. Under.. In Between.



They have been scaling the sides of Eastmarch for two hours, the progress is slow but steady as they have encountered many trip wires and booby traps. It is still in the morning, and it is still very cold, and the occasional chirping of native birds is the only thing that tells them that there is anything at all living here. It is what J’Mac hears until something stops him in his tracks. He raises a closed fist and the entire team comes to a halt. Samantha Bliss moves up beside of him.
“You find something big man?’ She asks.
“Fresh tracks boss lady.. A varmint.. Of the two legged variety.”
Samantha looks on.
“They stop right here, but there are two different trails up.” she motions to Klinger. “Kling.. Take J’Mac, Roxx, Milo and Church, take the trail on the right, Priss , Ajax, Sil and I will take the left, move slow and watch for Bt’s and trip wires.. stay in contact give me a yell the second you find anything. Lifeguard, give Klinger a shout if you pick up any signatures in his path.”
The begin to slowly make their way to the right and no more than twenty five minutes in, Klinger and company find themselves with a shower of arrows raining down on them, with J’Mac taking one strait through the thigh. A second later Lifeguard is feeding him Intel.
“Picking up seven different heat signatures Klinger.. All human.. All above you twenty yards up.”
He motions to Church and Milo Tripper.
“Milo! get on the left flank behind that log give us some grazing fire along that ridge up there.. Church get out on the left anything you don’t recognize up there that’s moving Kill it.”
He barely gets the words out of his mouth before they are both in place and returning fire, he turns to Roxx who is helping J’Mac.
“Went strait through his cackys, he’s got a serious cut on his right thigh though, he’ll be ok.” she tells him.
“Think you can get to the top of this hill big man?”
J’Mac Grins..
“Does a bear chit in the woods Klinger?”

Waiting In The Weeds.



They come to a steep incline that is at a considerable angle, and scaling it will be a major undertaking, as there are many trees sprouting in different directions out its sides, space will be at a minimum. She gives a concerned look to Ajax. He tries to reassure her.
“I’ll give it a go boss lady.”
He begins to climb slowly up the steep incline but his massive frame betrays him, and soon the small more agile women of the group move out ahead of him. Samantha Bliss can almost sense what’s waiting for them at the top, and when she sees the form of a person standing at the very top of the hill she knows Morganna is watching for them. Priss moves out ahead of all of them and is the first to reach the top. Samantha Bliss hears her screaming at Morganna and from the sounds that echo down the sides of the mountain, she knows that they are fighting. Seconds later she reaches the summit to find Morganna stand over a fallen Priss, who is bleeding from a cut on her side. Morganna turns to face Samantha Bliss.
“Just step away Samantha, I don’t want to have to do this.”
She looks at Priss and then at Morganna, and then without even the slightest hesitation moves forward rather quickly.
“Samantha.. Please.. I don’t want to hurt you!”
Before the words escape her mouth Morganna already knows she has under estimated her, as Samantha Bliss easily eludes the first sweep of her blade, and drives her shoulder Hard into Morganna’s mid section knocking the wind from her lungs.. She is on the ground with a very angry Samantha Bliss pounding on her.. She knows.. No this one is different.. Not a red, knows how to fight.. The will and determination of a animal.. She’s human.. Not a red.. She knows how to hurt.. Not a red.. Certainly not an a Angel. She crawls away from Samantha’s onslaught trying desperately to reach her blade, she rolls onto her back and drives both feet into Bliss’s belly, sending her flying backwards over the side of the steep incline, she rolls twenty feet when a tree stops her fall. she is hurt by not seriously enough to keep her down. Morganna reaches her blade, and turns to find Sil waiting for her with her own blades drawn, not far behind her Ajax’s massive frame is nearing the top.
“You just don’t ever stop do you? What? Do I have to kill all of you?”
Sil’s steel blue eyes do not even blink. She moves forward. Morganna swings.. And with a speed she has never seen, Sil blocks her attempt with one blade while slicing through Morganna’s mid section with the other. She staggers and moans and looks at Sil in utter disbelief.
“You hear that bitch? my boy Ajax will be here soon, and what I don’t cut out of you he will tear to pieces with his bare hands.”
She sees Ajax’s hands clutch the side of the hill, and right beside of him is Samantha Bliss, and Morganna again surprises them by turning and fleeing into the woods with Sil right behind her.

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