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Chapter 6
Night began to fall upon the barren and rocky landscape. No one was around to see it, but what appeared to be a dark stain slowly moved across the ground. That stain was Dieron and his Vacan comrades, making their way towards the renegades’ base. They crept stealthily through the darkness, only their violet eyes giving them away from the shadows. Dieron smiled. This’ll be fun, he thought. That reminded him of something, and he said,
“We’re getting close, everyone. Switch on your stealth devices.” One by one, Dieron included, the Vacans began to disappear, only the sound of their footsteps betraying their presence.
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Suged yawned as he checked his computer screen again. Out of all of them, he needed the least sleep, due to his Azurin physiology. As a result, he was put on night watch most of the time, and tonight was one of those nights. Trinos will probably relieve me tomorrow, he thought. Suged looked at his surveillance camera screens again. As usual, nothing was moving and all that was there were rock and the occasional sparse plant growth. He yawned again and sat back in his chair, trying to find a more comfortable position. But what he didn’t realize was the footprints appearing as if by magic into the ground on one of his monitors.
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Dieron and his Vacan friends soon approached the same area where Nardus, Wardi, and Kekris had fought the other squad of the creatures. He looked around, then found the same spot where the sword-wielding leader of the team had stomped his foot. Dieron repeated the action, the sound of his foot hitting the ground echoing across the landscape.
Sure enough, the same elevator from before rose up out of the stony ground. The Vacans let out a quiet cheer of satisfaction, then stepped in.
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Suged was in the middle of yet another boredom-induced stare at his screens when suddenly an alarm went off, startling him and making him fall out of his seat. After regaining his feet, he saw that a group of Vacans had somehow entered the base.
“Nardus! Wardi! Kekris! Trinos! Wake up! Vacans have infiltrated the hideout!” Suged repeated this call three more times, then grabbed a wooden staff from off the wall. He knew he wasn’t as good in combat as Nardus and the rest, but he needed to do something.
Just then, Nardus came running into the room, sword drawn. Noticing Suged brandishing his staff, he said,
“What’s going on? Where are the Vacans?”
“At the east entrance.” Suged replied. Nardus considered this, then said,
“Get the others. I’ll hold them off.” At that, Suged ran off towards the others’ rooms, shouting as he went. Meanwhile, Nardus ran in the opposite direction towards the east entrance and towards the elevator. The Vacans were piling out of it and the first was already rushing towards him. Nardus looked around the narrow corridor, and for the first time, he realized that all of these Vacans had purple eyes. Then he shouted a battle cry and started forward to engage in combat.