Thud!
several sounds could be heard, like combat shoes hitting the muddy ground, Liam Immediately surveyed the surrounding area, the muzzle of his gun pointing in pie motion as he took 15 steps forward.
"all of you open your voice channel! we will move fast but silent, Robin will be our guide, Liam will guard our backs, Moyra as our medic will be in the middle, Solmere stay near moyra and protect her!"
''Ma'am yes Ma'am!'' they responded in unison as soon as Lydia finished giving out her commands.
Nydia calmly commanded as she landed on the muddy ground, her eyes motioning left and right, as she was surveying the surrounding area suddenly her eyes twitched.
her hand signals the team to follow robin, as for robin he quickly discern where the right path is, his eyes nervously looking around the grassy area, he readied his bolo knife with its sharp edges it cut through a bundle of grass as tall as 5 feet,
soon they marches with a formation of straight line their eyes alert, brushing sounds of leaves and grass could be heard as they look above the canopy of trees and on their surroundings the tense atmosphere lasted when they finally reached a river, where an open space laid out on their eyes, several big branches from trees could be seen everywhere as grass was as tall as their knees it looks like an abandoned area but without any existing buildings.
as they were far on the waterfall and just a meter on the meander part of it, Lydia raised her hand to make the team stop their tracks.
inside her Combat helm her ears was twitching, as her heart started to beat rapidly she Immediately commanded, 'Combat Read--'
but before she could finish her command, a rustling sound bending left and right could be heard, it was fast, just a second before Lydia's command was spoken out, they heard a growl.
Roar!
Lydia Immediately fired her automatic rifle as beams of bullets with unknown materials tails towards this shadow of a big creature.
it was unkown as to what it was, but solmere, rafael, moyra, and robin Immediately opened fire.
Liam trembled, his body stood frozen on the ground his eyes wide with fear, he could feel it as his gun pointed toward the grass, his fingers froze he couldn't pull it.
even though he have already the limiter chip installed in his brain, he still could not see its movement.
he could only think of one thing.
it's that he already has this Limiter chip in the dream!
his hands trembled but after a minute of hesitation, the sound of gunfire Immediately died down, as trees around the area was filled with bullet holes, Lydia signals the team to create a circle formation, with moyra in the center.
The 6 man team nervously looks around them, with their backs soaking wet with nervousness they look around and stayed still not seeing any sign of tracks or even blood of that silent attacker they could not help but overthink.
Time.
4:00 PM
as the bonfire crackles, several tents were laid around it,
Liam stared at the fire his mind in disarray,
"It's really true..." he thought.
it was silent, with their first encounter in this strange world, they couldn't help but think about escaping or even calling their superiors.
as they were deep in thought, Lydia Immediately clapped her hands hard.
"Okey! I know this was our first encounter in this world, as we have already set up the tents and made this our camp, it was still early, two of you will scout the area, Liam and Robin you two should go! any concerns?"
Lydia calmly said, her eyes glinted as her vision landed on Liam's shock eyes.
'He definitely knows something.' she thought.
"No problem Ma'am!" Robin and Liam Immediately saluted as they entered the tall grassland.
as they were navigating their way inside the grassland, Robin broke the silence turning around on his back giving Liam a carefree smile, "Hey buddy! I am Robin, what's yours?"
"Liam." Liam nonchalantly replied, holding his rifle as he followed him.
"Nice name! what does it mean? your name sounds deep." Robin said, as he slashed the grass in fronf of him, not hearing any reply he continued, "You know you look like young college student you don't really look like a soldier at all, well I saw you in the cafeteria and also I have access at the main military system thanks to my friends with higher rankings, well you could say that they are my backer, but tis' definitely a suicide mission!."
'Well that woman was more dangerous than all of you.' he thought as he silently shivered, 'But not as dangerous as that thing..'
"21" Liam said he then hesitated as he added, "My Age."
Robin paused his eyes wide inside his combat helm, "That young?!"
after a second. he recovered from his shock, slashing the grass in front of him, he remember something and said, "My son, he was the same age as you, studying at the central academy I hope his dreams would come true soon."
then a silly laugh rang out Robin stop his actions and looks at Liam's expressionless face, "his dream is to become a pirate, but as he grew up to be a teenager he later said he wanna be a Mothership Pilot."
although Liam couldn't see his face but he knew he was making a face that was called melancholy or a pensive sadness because of a memory.
Loom of death was hanging above their heads and Liam knew it. he also knew robin was nervous like himself and the others.
Robin did not speak anymore he continued navigating and updating the virtual map the teams had, sending it onto every members holographic panels.
It was about an hour and a half, the surroundings slowly turned dark as the horizon gave a feeling of darkness it's orange hues and clouds slowly drifted making the two humans equipped in black combat suit looks like an ant to it.
as this two human ants slowly went back into their camp,the leading ant suddenly flinch as he pulled back bumping behind the human behind him.
Liam supported his back and asked, "What happen?"
"Nothing." Robin said, shaking his head and walking back straight again and softly thanked him.
after they went onto their own tents, Liam Immediately removed his Combat helm, because this tent was made in the form of cube and can also turn back into a cube it was called the artificial tent, having its own ventilation system filtering the toxic air and gases so archaeologist and terraformers could safely sleep on planets without any breathable oxygen for carbon type living beings.
but if a planet was devoid of any air or gas or something that could exist as air, they needed something like a spacesuits or the combat suit that Liam was wearing on.
pulling a pill holder from inside one of his bag's pocket, Liam Immediately ate a small black pill on his hand chewing it for three times and swallowing it, he felt his stomach full already.
this small black pill was called artificial food, made of mixed liquid vitamins from different fruits and meats, although it tastes like dirt but it definitely was nutritious.
as he took a sip of water from his white tumbler, he finally sorted his things and laid down.
after a few minutes of staring at his Artificial Tent's ceiling, fatigue Immediately overhelmed him,
'as an experienced soldier, I should have fired.. but why am I so scared of that thing and what is that dream really.....'
Darkness...