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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: Predicament

Meanwhile outside the camp, Free, Whip and Eva took shelter inside a cave near the crash site. "Do you think Zi will be all right?" asked Free. "Are you sure that Zi was capture?" he looked at Eva.

She nodded, "Yes, I'm sure."

"I don't know about you guys but I'm sure he one unlucky guy." Whip started laughing. "Hahahaha! After getting capture 3 in a row, I think we should just leave him and escape this place."

"We can't do that!" He was furious at her.

"I was just kidding, just relax. Of course we'll save him again, and again and again. Hahahaha!"

"I'm sorry if only I could have come back to him sooner, I could..." Eva was sadden.

"Don't blame yourself. You save our life. It was that idiotic Zi if only he just stay where he was you could have help him. I'm going to give him one painful punch if we get him back." She started cracking her knuckles. "Anyway, are you sure you are all right?" She looked at Eva, "Lucky for you, you didn't get hurt from that crash. Free here got his arms broken and probably some of his rib, while I sprain my ankle. You just have to wait for us before we rescue that idiot hope they won't kill him first."

"I'm going to take a look outside." Eva stood up and left the cave.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"Everything you say is wrong."

"Why you!" She tried to stand up but failed. "Ouch! It too painful to stand up. Do you think she has a hot for Zi?"

"I don't know, I thought you have a thing for Zi."

"I have no such thing."

"She said while her face she getting red."

"You really want to die don't you."

While Free and Whip were arguing, Eva was outside gathering berry from the bush when she heard footsteps. She hid behind the bush and waited for them to pass by.

"I thought I saw someone."

"Are you drunk again?"

"I didn't drink for today at all. No, I'm seriously saw someone."

"Don't move." A soldier pointed a gun behind Eva. "Stand up slowly and raise your hands up." Eva did as she was told.

"Wait, she might be the people we were looking for. Are you looking for a friend?"

Eva nodded, "Yes"

"Wait, first we need to make sure she not a robot. Bring out the scanner."

A soldier bring out an equipment out of his bag when out of nowhere they felt a low reverberating sound. They then saw a humongous foot pass beside them. "RUN!" Three soldier shouted at Eva. "JUST RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK."

"What is that?"

"JUST RUN!" The soldiers started firing at the foot.

Eva was running away from the foot. More and more soldier where passing by Eva and headed toward the foot. While passing them she kept hearing the words 'Big Foot'. When she reach the camp she saw two huge tanks park outside.

"Who goes there?"A man came out of the tank.

"My name is Eva."

"You must be a friend of Zi."A woman came out from the other tank. "He is in the infirmary resting. Lyra can you escort Eva to see Zi and bring out the jeep. I need you to bring them to the nearest town."

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Wait, there are two more, they need medical help but they are somewhere near the area where the huge foot appear."

"Very well, we are going on ahead and deal with Big Foot. Lyra help Zi and Eva recover their friends and leave this place."

"Yes, Ma'am"

"Oh, and tell your father that I might not come back home and I love you both."

"NO! Don't go."

"Private Lyra, that's an order."

"Yes, ma'am" She gave her a salute and started crying she grabbed Eva wrist and took her in the infirmary where Zi was still sleeping. "Stay here I am going to get the jeep."

"Zi! Zi! Wake up, Zi! We need to go." She shook him with much force. After that failed she gave him the most painful slapped he will ever receive.

"What happen!?" Zi woke up in shock "Eva? Where am I?"

"We need to go, we need to leave this place."

Lyra came in with her tears wipe out from her face, "The jeep is ready, let's go."

"Can you stand up? Do you need help?"

"I can a little."

"Let me help you." Eva put his arm around her shoulder and help him walk.

"Hurried up!" Lyra was impatient that she rode the jeep and put it on reverse to bring the jeep closer to them. They jumped at the back of the jeep and she drove forward leaving the camp. "Where are your friends?"

"They should be inside the cave." Eva moved to the front seat. "Just go straight ahead."

As they were going straight they saw it. The humongous foot, it might be bigger than a mountain. No one could even see the top of it. All the soldier were firing at it. "Aim at the Achilles heel." Commanded the Colonel. The two tank each fired a round at the heel of the foot but after the dust clear up there was not a single dent on it. "Just keep firing!"

"What is that thing?" Zi was looking at it even from afar he could see it.

"That is Big Foot, as you can see it a single foot that is so huge. We don't know who made them or why but we are certain of it that we need to destroy them."

"Them? There are more than one foot."

"Not all of them are foot, some are animal like, some are hideous, but all of them are gigantic and powerful. They could wipe an entire city in an instant. We call them 'Death Bringer', they are either robot or machine we don't know for sure the only thing we know is they are made from something stronger than anything we human has ever seen."

"Over there!" Eva pointed at a cave. "They should be in there." She jumped out of the jeep and ran toward the cave and Lyra followed her while Zi stayed and watched.

"Eva, you're all right." Whip was happy to see her but saw Lyra behind her. "Eva, behind you!"

"It's all right she came to help us get out of here. We need to hurry."

Lyra check their condition, "This man broke some bone, and I think I have something that should help him." She opened a first aid kit and took out a syringe and injected it to Free. "That should quickly heal your broken bone." She checked Whip, "It's a sprain muscle." She took out a box of band aid and put a patch on her ankle. "This should do it."

Second later, Free and Whip were feeling the effects of the medicine that they were able to stand up and walk out the cave together with Eva and Lyra. As soon as they leave they saw the foot. "What the…" Free and Whip said.

"So that was all the noise all about we were worried about Eva that we tried leaving the cave with our injuries. Hey, Zi what are you doing there just sitting around." Whip came close to Zi. "You're injure? You girl why don't give him one of those miracle patch."

"Sorry, I'm all out. Those patches were so expensive that I only use it on emergency. We need to hurry and leave this entire area." She climbed the jeep.

Everyone hurried and rode the jeep. "Let's continue our conversation earlier, is there a way to destroy one of those thing."

Lyra took a U-turn and drove ahead at full speed. "There is and it should be on this way, in less than half an hour."

"What is it?"

"It's the most powerful bomb we human ever made, but the one that is heading is an experimental, it should have more power with less shock wave but I can't be sure what the radius is so we need to be as far away as we could in this half an hour before it arrive."

"But there are still soldiers fighting it, will they be able to make it." Free said but he only got silent. "You need to stop the bomb."

"I can't not with my rank." She tried holding her tears back and continued to drive straight with the accelerator at full speed.

Everyone was silence no one spoke a word even when the bomb went over there head and headed for 'Big Foot' as soon as the bomb was close enough they drop it. As the bomb was about to ignite from impact it disappear together with the bomb. "It's gone!" Zi was surprised at what he saw, everyone else was also surprise but Lyra was happy and smiling when she look at the mirror, she release her footing at the accelerator slowing down the jeep until it came to a stop.