[2] Rescue Operation

[Friend or Foe]

"Duck!"

Szar's head popped out from behind the SUV he was leaning on. He couldn't see exactly what was happening since there was a hill of sand between him and his comrades off of the road. Even though he didn't want to get involved, he couldn't very well leave the people who had helped save his life.

He didn't know, of course, but a camera just inside the hood of the jeep was following him as he moved to the edge of the road, looking down to see what was happening with Kaden and Piper on the sand below him.

In the monitor room in Kai's Manor, the man himself was sitting in the center chair with the tall, lanky Sebastian behind him. He put his hand to the mic and raised it up. "Balrog," he said, "Do it."

"Aight, boss," he heard in a whispered, rushed tone from the burly man on the other side of the headset. "The changling?"

"Yes," Kai said. "His friends are bumbling fools. They'll make good television as they run around in circles. He is too dangerous. Remove him, and their vehicle."

Back on the scene, Szar crouched down, ready to jump down the sandy hill to join in on the action his friends were sharing. However, in mid-jump, he heard something.

Immediately he spun around just in time to see a large black human cradling a giant, over-the-shoulder projectile weapon. The huge cannon blasted, a blue light shined bright, and Szar was gone.

Balrog grinned and began to walk away, off of the road in the opposite direction, down an equally steep sandy hill. On his way down, the grenade he set on the ground exploded, destroying the jeep in a fiery display.
















(Szar has been forcibly teleported out of the game.)