Deicide

Chapter One

The roar of a jet buzzing the tarmac became a deafening blast that shook the ground as it exploded overhead. Sarah's ears rang, as she ducked behind a concrete barrier. She could see her sister, Sophie, behind another barrier, yelling at her and pointing toward the hangar nearby, but it took a moment for the ringing Sarah's ears to stop.

"What did you say?!" Sarah yelled, cupping her ear.

"E.T.'s behind the hangar!" Sophie repeated, then stood up from her waste high cover and sprayed the area her with her assault rifle until the chamber locked open. Sarah followed her sister's lead, rising from her cover and aimed both of her automatic pistols at the aliens pouring out from behind the hangar. She took a wide stance and arched her back in the coolest pose she could muster, then emptied both magazines at the enemy, letting out as fierce a war-cry as she was able.

Out of the dozen aliens, Sarah was able to hit a small handful, and only one lethally, blowing off one of its mandibles. Sarah was always happy to get a kill, and felt so sexy doing it. When she dropped back down to reload, she looked at her sister, who just laughed and shook her head.

"What're you laughing at?" Sarah asked.

"Nothing! Good job!" Sophie said with a playfully patronizing thumbs up. She finished reloading her assault rifle, then grabbed a grenade from a belt on her chest. "Frag out!" She yelled, lobbing it toward the alien cluster. A few seconds later, the grenade exploded, followed by a light rain of green and white viscera. The girls stood up to assess the damage. With one grenade, Sophie was able to take out half of the cluster, and Sarah was inspired to try doing the same.

She grabbed one of her own grenades, pulled the pin, and wound her arm up for what she thought was a powerful throw, but let it go entirely too early, causing it to drop and clatter against the ground at her own feet.

"Uh oh..." She said, looking from the grenade back to her sister, who was just staring back at her, dumbfounded. The grenade exploded and Sarah's vision went solid red. Text then faded in, reading 'KIA: Explosive Misadventure' followed by a readout of her kills, assists, and total score. She pulled the VR headset off and returned to the real world that was the Area 51: Extinction booth at Charlie's Entertainment, her and her sister's favorite childhood pizza place. As she placed the headset and plastic pistols back in their designated spots, she could hear her sister in the neighboring booth.

"Are you fucking kidding me, Sarah?" Sophie said, knowing she wouldn't be able to hear any response.

Sarah stepped out of her booth and walked around to her sisters, where she could watch her progress on an external display. It wasn't great. As soon as Sarah died, more aliens spawned and had quickly surrounded Sophie. She was twisting and turning fervently, firing short bursts, and reloading every few seconds, but the enemy was quickly starting to overwhelm her.

"God Dammit! Piss off, you fuckin shit-eating cunts!" Sophie yelled just as a mother walked past with her young children. The children started giggling, and the woman gave Sarah a dirty look as she passed.

"Sorry!" Sarah whispered, blushing, just before Sophie screamed.

"FFFUUUUUCK!" Sophie pulled the headset off and nearly threw it and the plastic rifle back into their spots. Sarah leaned into the booth.

"Would you keep it down! There's kids here, Jesus!" Sarah said with an embarrassed tone.

"What the fuck was that, Sarah?" Sophie asked pointedly, ignoring Sarah's request. "You literally could have thrown it in any direction, how the hell do you just drop a grenade?" She stepped out of the booth, playfully punching Sarah's arm as she did.