Suddenly, the wall reappeared. It blocked them from entering the Glade. "One last challenge. If you win, I will give you something really cool." "Fine...", muttered Felix. "Now, it is time for a combat challenge. Time to face off against an army of our Solid Spirits!" "What's a Solid Spirit?", asked Letha. "Oh, you'll see!" squealed the wall in an oddly cheerful voice. (Apparently walls can squeal now)"Choose your weapons!" The wall slid open to reveal something of an armory. The walls had racks, which were filled with weapons. Felix grinned widely and a maniacal grin came on to his face as two objects caught his eye. Letha and Alvira grabbed strange white laser-Ghostbuster style weapons. When Alvira saw the strange weapon Felix was holding, she made a funny face. "What is that?" Felix replied, "Oh, it's just a SHOTGUNAXE." Letha smacked her face. "Seriously?" Felix nodded, indicating that he was serious. He then adjusted his Kevlar vest strap. The armory walls suddenly folded outwards, revealing a dark room. Felix strapped a flashlight to his weapon, and turned it on. He felt a strange chill in the room. A screech ensued.
"WhatWasThatWhoIsTherePlsDontKillMeOrIWillKillYou!" blubbered Felix, panicking. He began madly swinging his shotgunaxe blindly, hoping to hit whatever it was that was spooking them. Suddenly, strange, ghostly figures solidified into white, zombielike figures. Some were wearing body armor. Oh. Others have died here. Ok. Then 10 more zombie things, or Solid Spirits materialized in front of them. All 3 of them immediately began opening fire, wasting no time. The strange laser weapons disintegrated the spirits, then began sucking them in. Sucking the spirits into the gun seemed to be the only way to permanently kill them, but it took 30 seconds to fully eliminate just one spirit. The shotgun didn't permanently eliminate them, but absolutely annihilated the spirits' physical bodies. Also, the shotgun was quite loud. The dark room appeared to be old and fragile. The room shook from the noise alone. Felix got an idea. There were multiple cracked pillars around the room. He told Alvira and Letha to retreat to the armory. They scrambled back. Felix took aim and blasted each pillar, one by one. "WHAT are you doing!", yelled Letha, panicking. "Trust me." was Felix's response as he took out the last pillar. The ceiling collapsed on the spirits, and opened up the roof, allowing them to escape.
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Beyond the Wall
Short StoryBordering the hub of a thriving society towers an elaborate mechanism, designed to protect its people from the dangers out of range. One day, the Wall is breached, allowing the opposing forces to enter the town, only to leave it in ruins. But for ev...