Chapter 347 (1/2)

Book 3, Chapter 83 – A Snake in the Garden

Cloudhawk's first thought: Run Escape Screw everybody

If he only worried about himself and hellflower then he was certain they could escape with their lives

What did it matter if the Dark Atom iped off the map? hellfloas the only one who could save hi around here? These rebels were a bunch of psychopaths anyway, zealots willing to throw themselves on elysian swords They had no one to blaedy they were about to suffer

But hellflower refused She wouldn't flee with Cloudhawk That's when he remembered

hellfloas just as crazy as the rest of them, maybe crazier She'd wandered the wastelands for twenty years, traveling from one Seeker base to another Nucleus was the culy and collected knowledge were like a furnace where she could te she learned It turned her into the incredible scientist that she was

She was a sioals of the Dark Atom Nor was she detere, the pursuit of that which is hidden It was an insatiable need, and the Dark Atoroup for thousands of kilometers with the tools she craved So she wouldn't leave hellfloould remain with the Dark Atom till the end

And what did Cloudhawk understand, anyway?

hellflower acy, but without the proper equipe She couldn't help him without the Dark Ato better he had to fight with the rebels

“The Dark Atom isn't as weak as you seem to think The elysians won't destroy us so easily – stop worrying”

Her false sense of confidence floored him How could such a smart woman be so blind?! Wastelanders astelanders, how did she knohat Skycloud was capable of if she's never even been there?

Who knehat monsters they'd sent to take out these terrorists? Skye Polaris? Maybe even Arcturus Cloude himself? If just one of them were here then they were doomed, without question But even if they didn't, who kne many officers had been dispatched for a mission this important

Skycloud had hters than the desert had rocks, and their scope of training was vast Not to mention, Skycloud's border forces had to be close to a hundred thousand ether it wouldn't even number half of that

hellfloasted no ti his head There was no choice, it wasn't like Cloudhawk could knock her out and drag her away

“Don't stand there like an idiot Help me evacuate people!”

Wolfblade was already gone He had gathered the fighters and was ht in the chaos and couldn't escape The greatest resources of Nucleus wasn't the city or any thing in it, it was the Seekers theh they were useless, they were the ones diligently researching the secrets of the old world and bringing its boon into the present

To the Dark Atom, these people were priceless Now that war had come to their home, they had to be protected

Cloudhawk's injuries had ih that he could be of use Yet as he wasto help hellflower he heard the sounds of coroup of invaders had slipped in while the twoeach other

“fuck, fine It looks like I' back to the elysian lands” There was no question that Nucleus had been consumed by the turmoil of war Cloudhawk pulled out his mask and slipped it onto his face, then looked toward hellflower as she was helping a group of women and children find shelter “I'll help where I can Get those people out of here!”

An auous smile teased the corner of hellflower's lips when she saas preparing to offer support “I knew you wouldn't abandonalive is the ”

Do you really care?

The Dark Atom, or Cloudhawk There was a chance it would come down to one or the other, and if hellflower had to choose… well, he didn't like his chances

Soldiers had begun to pour into Nucleus from several breaches So far it wasn't many, several hundred perhaps Buzzard, Greenscale and other Dark Atoents had mounted a small resistance force

However, despite their small numbers the rebels quickly discovered that these black-clad invaders were more of a threat than they appeared This was especially true for its two leaders, who by themselves cut down many of the rebels who rose to oppose them

Buzzard recognized quickly that they were outet help!”

The fored to slip beneath an attacker's blade, but before he could respond to his commander an arrow pinned him to the wall

Two invaders hacked their weapons toward hi to finish him off

Buzzard responded by flinging a steel pole their way His aih like a gruesome kebab

There were only a dozen or so soldiers left, and the invaders were close to two hundred Underesti force had put Buzzard in a bad position

A particularly large man appeared in his field of view He was hidden beneath a large leather cloak and scars were etched around his eyes His lips were pulled into a derisive sneer Fondling jade ring on his thumb, the man idly raised his arm toward Buzzard

A scorching wave of energy ca thrown his weapon to protect Greenscale, was left defenseless

But just as he felt the hair begin to singe on his head so out froh to very nearly snap bone, but it sent hi several ht screah the city until a wall stopped it The sheer energy contained in the rayliquid within seconds

Buzzard was drenched in a cold sweat If he hadn't been knocked away he would have been instantly incinerated He turned his head to look for his savior but saw no one