The Last Elite (Book One).

Chapter 14: Time to Get Serious

It took days to plan, once Tiger Fang had gotten back from her little excursion with the farm we had to amp up our ferocity. We had hit the medium crippling targets that could slow them down. Now what we had to do is it a big time target. After days of scouting the region we both settled on a major training base where the Raknash took all their new army recruits. The base was more like a fortress, high walls and armed guards were everywhere. This wasn't going to be a stealth mission at all, this was a go in and do as much damage as possible and send a very clear message to the Raknash high command. We were not dead, and we were coming to reclaim what we lost. Though the true mission was to send a message back to earth and then hop on a shuttle and head back ourselves.

The day of the attack Tiger Fang and I woke up early and trained ourselves against each other for until about high noon. After that we went into the mess hall and ate a medium sized lunch. Then it was time to suit up, it didn't take us long and soon we were off. The trees whizzed by like lightning flashes on a stormy night. I had Silverscale on my back and in the back of my mind I knew I would have to use it. Tension was high and both me and Tiger Fang felt like it was crushing us. If we failed, our world was doomed. We also had to destroy and kill as many and as much as we could before we had to pull out. 

It was mid afternoon when we got to the training camp. It was teeming with guards, and new recruits  were coming in. The drill sergeants were shouting out their insults trying to intimidate the freshies that were coming in from their journey from their villages all over the planet. I keyed in on the gate that was open but heavily guarded I tapped Tiger Fang's shoulder and pointed to the biggest Raknash instructor who was obviously the CO of the entire camp.

"We have to kill him" I whispered softly into the comm.

"Ya, cause thats going to be easy to do" Tiger Fang mocked.

"We will have to improvise obviously" I countered quickly adding my own sarcastic tone.

"So, Scope out that instructors quarters so we know exactly which building to hit before we launch our main attack" She deduced .

"Exactly then with the temporary chaos that will follow we move in and do as much damage as we can before the other regiments figure out whats going on and come to assist" I concurred as a malevolent smile spread across my face. 

It didn't take long for the instructor to do his duties and head back to his own quarters for dinner. As soon as we identified it Tiger Fang slipped out two of her explosive daggers and activated them. She threw them with precision accuracy and nailed the roof and door of the building that the instructor was in. Ten seconds later two loud explosions sounded, followed by the sudden yells and barking of orders as the forces scrambled to figure out what was going on. Quick as death we dropped from our position and rushed the camp. Tiger Fang launched explosives at the gates and towers. They exploded and cut a huge hole for us to get through. I drew Silverscale and dove inside, i rolled and sprang forward grabbing a foot guard completely off guard and ran him through. His saucer sized eyes suddenly filled with fear as he recognized just exactly who was attacking. But just as it happened he slipped away and when i pulled Silverscale out he collapsed dead.

Two more explosions sounded and soon blood and body parts rained from the sky. Tiger Fang was really tearing into them, but i had to focus on my own problem. I was quickly surrounded by seasoned and completely unskilled fighters that shook as they pointed their swords at me. I stood up and flashed the sword at them, daring anyone of them to charge me. I was obliged as a Greenhorn screamed and charged me, i took one step back and he rushed right past me. Once he tried turning around to face me I sliced his spine in half completely paralyzing him. But they weren't done with me yet, just as i had finished off the greenhorn who now laid on the ground not able to move. A seasoned soldier took his chance. He charged me yelling out for a all out attack on the one elite soldier in their midst.

Suddenly i found myself surrounded as about fifty Raknash bodies with swords all charged me at once. I bolted for the closest soldier and slid under them slicing their Achilles tendon as i went past. A few dropped to the ground screaming and roaring as they starting to bleed to death. But that didn't even hinder the others they swarmed me determined to kill not even caring about the casualties. For them this was about honor and becoming the legend killer. I readied myself and faced the horde that ran at me. They tried circling me again spreading out almost single file to try and get around me. I saw my chance and took it, i ran at the base of were the soldiers were trying the swing tactic and bashed into a Raknash head on sending him hurdling to the ground. I quickly slashed to my left and kicked out with my right foot. I caught a Greenhorn under the chin with my foot and another's stomach with my blade. The greenhorns eyes bugged out and he vomited as his stomach ripped open and all his intestines flopped onto the ground.

The other was doing a back flip from the connection with my foot and i twirled around and ran him through his back mid flip. I quickly sunk the blade in and then withdrew it. The Raknash collapsed and i quickly turned my attention to the rest. I had cut off the once whole group into two separate groups of Raknash. all the Greenhorns were separate from the seasoned and thats what i had counted on. without the experienced soldiers giving them orders the greenhorns would be easy pickings and probably would even surrender. I quickly raced to the seasoned veteran soldiers and laid them to waste. It took all but a few minutes to reduce them to limp bodies and pools of Raknash blood. 

The Greenhorns were trembling as i stepped toward them and soon i was meet with an instantaneous surrender. I wasn't here for mercy, i executed all of them and didn't regret anything i had just done. I was void of soldiers to kill and therefore i focused my attention on Tiger Fang. She was just cleaning up her side of the camp and glanced over at me after she had killed her last. we met up in the middle of the camp and looked over everything we had done.

"We have to keep going " she persisted, kicking some of the dead bodies around her.

"I agree, but what would our next target be?" i asked putting my sword in its holder on my back.

"I say go for the prize, we have wasted too much time. We need to get a message out too earth and warn them of whats happened." she more demanded than suggested.

"And how would we sneak into the HQ of the entire Raknash military?" I scoffed in disbelief at her irrational thinking. 

"Well, this is a training camp which means supplies have to be delivered at some point" she explained. "We lie in wait and then hijack the next shipment when it comes through".

"Right, because they won't notice the massive amounts of dead bodies lying on the ground" I smirked sarcastically.

"Well, thats were we do some heavy lifting and clean this place up" she countered giving me a little poke on my shoulder as she walked past and began dragging bodies out of sight.

"This is going to be a long ass day" I grunted as i followed her and began to do the same. Hopefully the delivery crew wouldn't question a quite camp and make it easy for use to hijack them into giving us a lift to the Raknash HQ and pay a visit to high command.