Chapter 131 Lennys Situation 11 (1/2)

”Target secured. Over.” One of Miniknog's soldiers said on the radio while he lifted the unconscious blue Hylotl from the ground.

*Bang, bang, bang...*

Around him, there were six more soldiers carrying assault rifles and shooting the corpses of the Hylotl's security to make sure they were indeed dead.

”Objective completed. Bring the target to the hanger to be safely extracted, and we will proceed to turn off the Life Support System of the space station.” A female voice said over to all the invaders in the station, ”Also, we lost communication with four men in the stairwell, be careful on your way there, it might still have enemies around. Over.”

”Roger that.” Another soldier answered as he motioned for the three other soldiers to follow him, ”Send the message for all troops to start regrouping and placing the explosive charges in the Life Support System.”

With him taking the lead, the other two behind him readied their weapons while the last one was with just a pistol in his hand and carrying the Hylotl kid over his shoulder.

Lenny that was hiding by the emergency stairwell also heard the announcement through the radio he caught from one of the soldiers he killed.

”We need to hurry,” Lenny whispered and hurried Forge that was transpiring all over her body, and breathing In rapid succession due to exhaustion.

She was a scientist, a person that never bothered to train her own body, running around and climbing stairs were very exhausting to her.

Lenny frowned and forcibly grabbed her by the lab coat, dragging her outside the stairwell and into the dark hallways barely bright enough to see with the emergency red lights on the ceilings.

With one hand in at Forge's coat, Lenny crouched and dragged her with him into the nearest room that was by the stairwell's exit.

Lenny placed Forge down and returned to the door.

He leaned in and opened the door only enough for him to see the situation outside.

*Plop, plop...*

Footsteps were approaching after each second.

From the sound, Lenny could guess that their boots were wet, most probably with blood.

Although the soldiers were careful to make the minimal amount of noise, Lenny clearly heard every step they made as they were almost by Lenny's hiding spot.

Seeing that the enemies were close, Lenny closed the door and waited by only hearing the sound.

Lenny readied the shotgun on his hand and aimed at the door while carefully hearing for the footsteps.

*Step, step, step...*

When the noise was just at the other side of the door as the soldiers were walking down the hallway towards the emergency exit, Lenny pressed the trigger.

*Bang*

A yellow flash briefly illuminated the darkroom along with the roaring sound of the shotgun being fired.

The pellets fired from Lenny's weapon easily went through the metal door and directly pierced the helmet of the closest soldier.

Without the chance to scream for help or react, one of the four Miniknog's soldier was killed.

Lenny didn't plan to give the other three time to process what happened and adequately react.

He followed by opening the door and shooting once again, this time at another soldier.