The mottled sunlight hit the underbrush of the forest. Soft footsteps padded across the leaves as an elite squad of Kantis troops quietly spread out.
"Squad 1 in position." A man's voice quietly spoke with his thumb against his chin. A short moment later he spoke again, to the group, "We're just waiting on squad 4 now."
"Why do we need ten squads just to apprehend one man?" Somebody spoke up. It was a valid question, each squad had 20 people and each person was a recognized elite of Kantis to have been qualified to be a squad member.
Another man frowned. "Quiet Tay, you don't know how unpredictable this man can be. We have to be prepared for anything. Start closing the perimeter." The squad spread out, their camouflaged uniforms blended into the forest as they formed their section of the perimeter. At the same time, ten other squads of twenty formed similar formations. They all circled a small grove with a quiet cot and slowly approached, tightening the formation as they closed in.
A leader from one of the squads stepped out. "Sun Xin, you're accused of crimes against the state. We have you surrounded, come out unarmed to turn yourself in."
The cot was silent. The forest was silent. The man who had stepped out cleared his throat awkwardly. "Sun Xin, I repeat. We have you surrounded, come out unarmed to turn yourself in."
The cot remained silent, the man's face fell. He grumbled under his breath and rechecked a small device in his hand. "I know you're in there, Sun.. but if that's how you want to play it.." He signaled for the squads to draw their range weapons. Half the members from each squad got down on one knee and drew strange items from by their hips. These items were cylindrical, about two feet long and an inch in diameter but with strange 4 inch diameter, shallow bowl shape on the top.
"Sun Xin, you have to the count of three to come out and turn yourself in. One. Two." The man waited a couple seconds but the cot remained quiet. "Fire."
The bowls at the end of the ranged weapons suddenly started to glow and in the quiet of the forest one could both feel and hear the hum of energy when suddenly, the glowing weapons buzzed and discharged thick beams of energy at the cot.
Vshhh the cot was shredded by almost a hundred energy beams and it collapsed to the ground.. revealing a small wooden table, but no people.
The leader immediately frowned and rushed over, "Impossible! The Dyal still detects him as here!" He said, looking at the device in his hand. When he got over, his already sunken face turned black with anger. A slip of paper lay on the table with a crude stick-figure drawing of a frowny faced male with disheveled hair. Under it was written, "Oh no! You caught me, I submit! Your pal, Sun".