𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 ☣

Chapter 12: Final Fight

We drove towards the area where we found the elevator to commander's lair, hideout, whatever you want to call it. We then pressed the button, seeing the elevator doors opening. "You were saying." I said glancing over at Rick. "Well it collapsed, I thought that it wouldn't work." Rick said. We then walked into the elevator, pressing a button. I saw the elevator doors close, and felt us going down. I then heard a ding, and the doors opened to reveal the whole place covered with rocks, but there was still a walkway. "Being down here might not be the best option." Rick said as he pulled out his 1911. "Because it could collapse on us?" I asked. "That, and your commander and Oliver might still be alive." Rick replied. I then heard rocks falling as I saw two figures come into view. "Well that's just great." I said. "You failed to serve the unites states, you failed to SERVE ME! You will now pay." Commander said. "Right...you know, I don't think fighting down here would be the best idea, so I'm just going to..." I said as I pushed the 'Surface' button on the elevator. I watched as the commander ran for the doors trying to pry them open, but to no avail. I then watched the doors open and heard a ding. We were back at the surface.

My heartbeat slowly raised as I heard nothing but the birds singing, and the elevator doors slamming shut, moving down to where the commander was. "Alright, you uh- do your thing." Rick said. "I don't know how to, it just does it on it's own." I replied. "Right..." Rick said. "Come on..." I said as sweat dripped down my forehead a little bit. I then watched as the elevator doors opened to see the commander looking pissed off, and Oliver just looking like a mindless robot. "You won't get away with this, which is why I am here to stop you." I said. "Oh, if only you knew what had happened the last time you visited." Commander said. "Oliver, get the german shepherd." Commander said. "You want to fight huh?" Rick asked while cracking his knuckles. "Then we're doing hand to hand combat." Rick said. Oliver charged at Rick as Rick kicked Oliver's goggles a few times as they locked hands. Oliver then threw Rick forward as he lost his balance. Oliver had a hold of Rick, then ripped his tan military helmet off, grabbing him by the neck. "LET GO OF HIM!" I yelled. Nothing had happened to me yet in a time where I needed it most.

I ran towards Oliver, punching him in the goggles with as much strength as I could muster up. Oliver was sent flying to the ground, letting go of Rick. He gasped for air, and quickly recovered. It was weird how my commander wouldn't do anything to help Oliver kill us. He only stood by, watching. "HEY RICK, WATCH OUT!" I yelled. I grabbed an impact grenade off of my belt, taking the pin out, and throwing it at Oliver's head. The impact had caused us to get flung back a few feet as a tiny metal shard stabbed my leg from the grenade. I then took the shard out. "You alright Rick?" I asked, running over to him. Rick then got up off of the ground. "Yeah." He replied. I then looked over at Oliver to see him lifeless once again with his mask torn to bits. Now for the commander. I then walked over to the commander with Rick. He started slow clapping. "Wow, impressive, good job, great work, whatever you want me to say." Commander said as he stopped clapping. He then walked closer to me, grabbing my chin. Rick then growled and clenched his fists. "The beast inside of you is refusing to come out because of me." Commander said. I then started sweating even more than I did before.

"Sweating? Too much work?" Commander asked. "Mhmm..." I replied with a worried tone. The commander then backed off. "Why don't we settle this here and now." Commander said. What I failed to realize is that he had put a shocking device on the back of my neck when he had gotten close to me. I watched him as he pressed a button. I then fell to the floor as a shock went through my body. "You bastard..." I said while spitting on the ground, grabbing the back of my neck. "Still refusing to come out, I see. I'll have to shoot you and see if that works then." Commander said. "You're a madman." Rick said. "Only now you catch on. Trust no one. Especially in a furry apocalypse." Commander said. "We prefer the word 'anthro', calling us furries is kind of like-" Rick was then cut off. "SHUT UP!" Commander yelled. Commander then pulled out a device, then pressed a button. The button caused multiple little iron things to spread up his body, transforming into a futuristic suit of armor. "HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?" Commander yelled. He then pulled out a minigun, shooting rounds at us. Me and Rick were hiding behind a concrete barrier.

"Pussies." The commander said. "Shut your mouth, I'm going to beat your ass." Rick said. I chuckled a bit. My heart rate started to accelerate. Was I going to die here? No. I know my purpose. It's to save lives, no matter how different they are. But my task right now is to beat that son of a bitch. I pulled out my HK416, shooting at his visor. The bullets just seemed to bounce off. I pulled a flash bang off of my belt, then pulling the pin and throwing it at the commander. "COVER YOUR EARS!" I yelled. I then heard a loud bang as I watched my commander fall to the ground. "GYAHH!" He yelled. "One weakness." I said. I ran up to him, pushing a random button on his back. The suit then retracted into his arm, and his futuristic armor was gone. I pulled a grenade off of my belt. "LIAM!" I heard Rick yell. "Take this, you bitch." I said. I pulled the pin, and it all went dark. I was in some sort of dark abyss. I saw a velociraptor dragon looking thing approach me slowly. Was I going to die here? "I have shared this body with you for a long time. I'm not letting you die." I heard it say. "Wait a second. You have been inside my body for my whole life?" I asked. "Yes." They replied. "I'm speechless. I've seen many things in my time serving the military, but nothing like this." I said. "This will probably be the only time you'll see me." They said. "Where exactly am I, and when will I go back?" I asked. "This is your soul. You can go back whenever you choose." They said. "How do I?" I asked. "Just say you want to." They said.

"May I please go back to earth?" I asked. I waited a few seconds, and nothing. "Nothing's happeni- AAAHHHHHHHHHH!" I yelled as I fell through the dark abyss. I then woke up inside a hospital bed. I was in the dragon velociraptor thing's body again. "What's up buttercup." Rick said. There was a mask over my muzzle and a lot of equipment. I then chuckled. "What happened?" I asked. "Well, when you basically blew yourself up, you turned into that thing at the last second. You passed out, so I was the only one to see it happen. And yes, your commander is finally dead." Rick replied. "That bastard deserves to be in hell." I said. "He probably is." Rick said. "You won't believe what happened." I said. "What?" Rick asked. "I'll tell you once I get out of the hospital." I said. I then watched gas come in through the tube that connected my gas mask and watched Rick leave the room. I then fell asleep from the gas.

A Few Hours Later

I had then been woken up to see myself still in the hospital bed, still as a dragon velociraptor thing. A vixen nurse then walked up to me. "You're free to go." They said. "Thank you." I said. She then took all of the equipment off of me. I then walked out of the building with Rick. "So, what were you going to tell me?" Rick asked as we walked to the car. He then unlocked the doors and I got in. I then watched as I shrunk once again, still with my military outfit on. I was human again. "When that grenade exploded, I was sent to some weird black abyss. "Well that sure is odd. What happened?" Rick asked.

((Sorry if the fight wasn't up to your expectations. You gotta admit Liam just holding the grenade in his hand as he finally killed his commander was pretty badass.))