Chapter 7 sIts huge...s 1 (2/2)
John fired again. The bullet missed the yellow Novakid's head by mere millimeters.
”Want to speak again? The next one is going for your head” John threatened.
John took a glance at the blue Novakid and saw that he was rejoicing by seeing other's misfortune. He couldn't quite read their emotions because they don't have facial expressions. He was able to read a little because of the tone of voice and body expressions.
He squinted his eyes and sternly looked at both of them, ”One of you killed a middle-aged human male that on the surface, who did it?”
”It wasn't me!”
”It wasn't me!”
Both of them answered at the same time
The yellow Novakid was instantly enraged, ”Of course it was you, Oscar. Stop lying motherfucker”
”What!? Stop falsely accusing me, Lenny. There is no doubt it was you” The blue Novakid retorted.
[The blue one is Oscar and the yellow is Lenny] John noted their names, [I am a Protector. I must protect the weak and uphold justice when needed. I have to find out the truth] John thought.
He reached for the handcuffs in his Inventory. He threw one of them toward Lenny. From his observation earlier he saw that the yellow Novakid was more skillful than the blue one, so John decided to lock the most dangerous looking one first.
”What's this?” Lenny picked up the handcuff.
”It's a handcuff. Put it on” John ordered.
”What? No way-” Lenny was about to get angry again when he saw that John was almost pressing the trigger, ”Okay, okay. I'll put them” He discovered how it worked and then he handcuffed himself, ”Happy?”
”A lot” John indifferently answered. He glanced at Oscar who was gleefully looking at distressed Lenny. John threw the other handcuff toward Oscar, ”You too”
”What!? Why?” Oscar was confused, [He already locked Lenny why me too?] That was Oscar's thoughts.
”One of you is the murderer. I'm a Protector of the Terrene Protectorate. I must uphold justice. I don't know which one did it, but the interrogation can be properly made when we leave this mine”
”Ha! You thought you would get away, didn't you?” Now it was the time for Lenny to rejoice over other's misfortune.
Oscar picked up the handcuff from the ground. He hesitated a little, but when he found that John was impatiently looking at him he decided to do it. He was about to put it when...
*Roarrrrrrrrrrr*
A monstrous roar shook the entire mine. Some debris even fell from the ceiling.
From the other tunnel that leads deeper into the abandoned mine a figure appeared.
”It's huge...” John muttered while he stared with his eyes wide opened.
The creature that had surfaced was at least 3,5 meters high and had a somewhat plump body. It was mostly white, only the arms, that were connected to the head and not from the torso, that was black. Its dangerous red eyes gleamed with savageness when it spotted the three intruders.
John only recovered from the stun when he heard S.A.I.L's voice, ”That is a Mother Poptop. It has the same appearance of Adult Poptops, but it is a lot stronger, faster and aggressive. They are usually found deeper into caves and mines. Threat Level: 2. I suggest that you retreat”
John turned around and was about to retreat when he saw Oscar, who was just in front of him a moment ago, now at the entrance of the return path.
Oscar stared at Lenny and John. He gently smiled, ”I will be taking my leave. Don't have too much fun, kids” He took a dynamite and exploded the entrance causing debris to fall and block it.
”Get back here!!!” Lenny shouted with all his strength.
”Sssssshit” John's face twisted. He glanced at the Mother Poptop and saw that it was starting to charge toward him.
[I'm fucked...]