Chapter 10: Please stay with me.

“Look out,” Rudo screamed the name of Trisha as he dived the alien that was about to smite her with its blade, removing focus from the one that was onto him. Now he had two of them facing him as Trisha laid on the ground because he had already been cut in her right leg therefore moving was very difficult.

Rudo was onto the top of the alien that he had pushed to the ground and was releasing a series of blows on it even though it was pointless as they had hit those aliens with all they had yet there was no effect. While punching the alien hard, another stabbed him from the back causing him to cease the punch in pain.

“Noooooo…” Stan showed up as he rushed the alien that had stabbed Rudo. Even Trisha the main reason why he chose to take on the task which Adoth had given him, he still did not want Rudo dead. Besides the system did not instruct him to save only Trisha, rather he was instructed to save the three of them meaning that if Rudo dies the task was not a success.

Meanwhile the alien which Rudo striking pushed him aside after he was stabbed and then Trisha crawled to where he lay struggling with his breath as he covered his abdomen with his hands, putting pressure on the wound so as to reduce the flow of blood.

“Rudo, please stay with me,” Trisha cried as she helped put pressure on the wound. She knew that would have been her if he had not engaged. She was also in pain, as she was bleeding too from her legs but one thing was certain and it is the fact that she can survive hers and that of Rudo was absolutely worse.

Even as Trisha was trying to keep Rudo alive by putting pressure on the wound, the alien which he had released those punches on still wanted to slay them as it caused its blades which had gone inside to regenerate again.

Since Stan was still close as he fought with the other alien using all the skills he knew, he was still on the lookout for Trisha and Rudo, so he kicked the alien, causing it to shift focus to him, and now he had two aliens facing him which wasn’t pretty good.

Well, as long as their focus was no longer on Rudo and Trisha who could not fight or dodge their strikes, it was better as he drew them away, still defending himself from getting cut by their blades.

In the course avoiding cuts, one wanted to stab him from the back since his aim was more on the other which was in the opposite direction, but his ears were attentive enough to have heard the sound of the moving blade, so he quickly went out of the way, dragging the one he was focused on and putting him in the position where it was pierced by the blade of it kind in his stead. 

Stan did not just end there, he was fast enough to kick that blade before it was drawn out of the aliens body, so that it would not only be a piercing of blade, but also a dividing of the alien that would lead to compulsory death.

Just as wanted, the alien fell and died at once, as its green blood spilled the ground. Now he was faced with only one alien, which was more angry than before after seeing the unpredicted move of Stan which had cost it the life of its fellow. The swing of its blade was more brutal and faster than the before, which was a clear expression of its anger. With the increased speed of its movement, Stan could not get a chance to even strike it again. All he could do was to dodge the swinging blades with all manner of flips which he did not know when he learnt them.

In the course of dodging the blade of the alien, Ling finally put the one which he had been contending with all these while to rest with a bicycle kick which was also a wonder to him as he had not done it before. He guessed it was what their master would always tell them, saying ‘that not all skills are learnt in training, some have to be learnt while in real combat when you know that your life depends on it.’

Up till now, Ling was not aware of what happened to Rudo and Trisha, all he knew was that Stan Gibson was present and was helping in the fight and that was all that mattered at the moment, getting rid of those aliens was the most important at the moment. So he did not look to find Rudo nor Trisha after dealing with the one he was fighting, what he did was to assist Stan in getting rid of the last alien.

Attacking the alien from behind now made it divert focus as Stan now had the chance to retaliate. It was now a two against one, making the fight easier for Stan and Ling as they put their efforts together, hitting the alien, without giving it a chance to strike back. They were smart enough not to attack from the same angle, so they made it impossible for the alien to know who to attack and not to.

They were switching turns as they hit the alien, anytime Stan releases a strike the alien would turn to him and then Ling would release his which would cause it to turn again and with this strategy, they were able to the hell out of the alien, till it lost all its strength falling to the ground as though it has died.

But Stan was not going to stop there, he made use of the blade formed arm to make sure its throat was cut as a surety that it wasn’t going to get back on its feet to fight them.

It was after this that Ling’s mind went to think of Rudo as he looked around only see him lying on the ground with pressure on his wound as Trisha helped too even her blood flowing which was causing her to lose energy, he rushed them with in surprise to see what he can do in order to save them. Stan Gibson did not relent; he also rushed to help ensure they survived.

“Rudo, Trisha.” Both Stan and Ling shouted as they ran to the place where they were both lying helpless with blood all over.