《Calforn Chronicles (Original)》Chp 8: The Frozen Part 1
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The pressure from the horrors forced me to retreat into my own mind or risk another splitting blackout. I managed to shout at the other Digits and they rolled away almost instinctively. Seconds after we had moved, the humanoid having jumped up on to the nearby building, the experiments barreled into one of the buildings adjacent to B1.
The stone where the ape-horse collided chipped away easily. The bulbous mass of arms did not stop and instead climbed up the side of the building, using its many clawed hands to keep hold.
Take the horse based one. I will deal with the arm mass. I heard the humanoid’s thoughts.
I knew we would not have much time. I instructed Marvin to repulsor jump into the experiment and attempt to drain it as much as possible. The full jump would drain the ATC of a lot of precious energy, but our survival was more imminent. The ATC shot forward while the spider legs on the back of the ape centaur were clearing debris off it.
“Hit it with the rocks, I will try to get it to the ground. Delta do your best to keep the spider legs off of me!” I shouted as I ran for the mutant.
“Alpha! What about the other two mutants!” I heard Gamma’s panicked voice over the comms.
“The human looking one is on our side at least for now! Worry about it lat- ugh!”
While I had been speaking, one of the human-leg-sized legs shot out from the creature knocking me to the ground. I heard grunting as the upper ape portion of the creature turned to look at us. I felt my muscles tense, then loosen as I shot into the air with my wrench. At the unofficial signal of my jump the others started launching rocks at the mutant. The creature was having trouble dealing with the rocks and the ATC that was laying on the ground, still attempting to drain it of blood. Capitalizing on that moment, when I got in range of one of its legs I darted under its horse body.
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The spider legs shot down to attempt to catch me, causing it to be hit by the rocks. I howled in protest, but it was cut short as I jabbed the back end of my pipe wrench right into the ribs of the horse. The metal easily penetrated the flesh, but the effectiveness of my blow weakened when the spider legs lifted the entire creature up. Only about two inches of the metal had made it inside, black and green blood spewing everywhere.
Before the mutant could scurry far, I heard a solid battle cry over the comms. I turned my head from the bloody pool I was standing in to see Delta snap one of the spider legs on the joint. The whole beast lurched back onto its equine limbs when its spider legs could not hold it.
“Go Alpha! I’ve got these for now!” said Delta as he swatted a pair of angry limbs.
Stones continued to pelt the huge creature managing to keep the ape portion occupied, but when I stabbed it again, several inches deeper, the ape leaned forward unnaturally and grabbed my head. The ape tossed me against the stone building and I heard at least a couple of my ribs crack on impact. I took a strangled breath as I looked onto the scene getting ready to unfold before me.
Delta was struggling to keep the spider limbs distracted while Marvin knocked and bled the horse limbs. The ape was starting to turn to the group, but well placed rocks stunned it momentarily as Beta flew all over the street collecting rocks for the others to keep throwing.
The humanoid was ripping limbs out of the blob mutant with all four of its arms. The sway of body parts would have been mesmerizing if the huge creature wasn't all nasty flesh and were crashing all over the place. A second after getting to my feet, I was knocked to the ground once again by the shuddering impact of its limbs on the ground. The humanoid dodged by a hair’s breadth, running past me while tossing me in the direction of the Digits.
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Thanks asshole
I thought at the mutant, struggling to stand once again. I could have sworn I heard a chuckle, but the mental pressure from the ape-centaur drew my attention. It had zeroed in on me thanks to my mental communication and it swatted Delta away. Marvin tried to capitalize on that slight distraction, but was buck kicked several feet back.
I felt my anger returning, burning fire flowed through me. Without realizing, I retracted my helmet. The cold city air cleared my mind enough to retain control as I felt my features shift. I hunched lower to the ground and shot forward to the mutant. The familiar roar tore through me as my calves released like springs.
I shoulder checked the ape portion of the monster in the chest, causing it to step back. I whipped my arm around its neck just in time to sink my armored fingers into flesh as it thrashed. With my left hand, I stabbed forward with the back end of my wrench. My superhuman strength allowed me to pierce through the mutant’s chest before it tossed me away again.
I rolled on the ground until I felt two pairs of hands tried to catch me, all of us falling into a pile instead. I muttered a thanks to Beta and Zeta as I sprinted back to the mutant.
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