Chapter 4:

Arachnae

Bastion


Liam-31's first instinct as soon as he saw the arachnae's eyes was to blast it with bullets. Pulling the trigger on his auto rifle, the muzzle flash was the only thing Liam-31 could see through the dark.

The arachnae hissed violently as it scattered across the room, clinging to the spider webs on the walls. It's white glowing eyes allowed Liam-31 to see where it would move to next, as he proceeded to reload his auto rifle with the next magazine.

The arachnae lunged forward towards Liam-31, realizing that he could not shoot bullets towards it anymore. With little time to reload his rifle, Liam-31 quickly grabbed the shotgun from his back, loading a round into the arachnae's body.

Green blood gushed from the arachnae, as it roared in agony from the hole in its abdomen. No longer attempting to attack Liam-31, it quickly left the room.

Leaving the arachnae alone would be a grave mistake, as it would try to attack him once more, so Liam-31 ran towards the door it exited from, his shotgun in hand while scanning the walls and ceiling around him. 

The trail of green blood allowed him to see where the arachnae moved to, as he could hear the arachnae still hissing from the pain he managed to inflict on it. 

Dodging the spider webs that tried to block his path, Liam-31 finally met the end of the blood trail, as the room he was in was almost completely covered in spider webs, every corner holding lifeless bodies of former employees. 

In the dark, Liam-31 could see the arachnae mending to it's injury, somehow injecting spider silk to the wound, a treatment in order to stop the pain. It appeared as though that these creatures had the cognition of understanding injury and danger, as it backed off from Liam-31, blocking its eyes with its legs from bullets.

Having reloaded his auto rifle during his chase towards the arachnae, he unloaded the bullets from his magazine, as the arachnae reflected most of the bullets, although some managed to get through to its eyes. 

With the final rounds, Liam-31 had used up all of the magazines he had grabbed from the crash site, as the arachnae roared in anger, moving towards Liam-31 with its front legs held high to grab him.

Tumbling over, Liam-31 was able to dodge the arachnae's attack, shooting it in the back of its abdomen again with his shotgun. A burst of blood fell on the floor, as the arachnae climbed towards the ceiling of the room, directing its remaining eyes on Liam-31.

Liam-31 would try to shoot the arachnae again, but the arachnae, using its spinnerets, shot spider silk towards his shotgun, effectively immobilizing his weapon to the side of the wall. Without his weapon, Liam-31 was rendered vulnerable for a few short seconds, as he desperately attempted to withdraw the pistol from his waist. 

The arachnae took the opportunity to attack, barging into Liam-31 with its front legs, crashing him into the walls as it created cracks where he landed. 

Moving towards Liam-31 to attack again, he fired his pistol at the arachnae to stop its advance, but to no avail as it reflected the bullets with its legs. Entrapping Liam-31 with its long legs, it stood right on top of him, as it began to trap him in with webs. 

Liam-31 continued to fire bullets towards its underside, but the penetration from the pistol's bullets weren't able to scratch its skin, falling to the ground as they were fired. With an empty mag, Liam-31 dropped his pistol, his last option was to use his combat blade.

Gripping the blade from his waist, he turned on a button from its handle, the blade turning a burning red as it became coated in heat. As the arachnae continued to trap Liam-31, his legs now stuck in the webs from the arachnae's spinnerets, Liam-31 stabbed the arachnae's underside.

Letting out a painful hiss, the arachnae tried to release itself from Liam-31, but the sticky webs still on its spinneret stopped it from doing so.

Liam-31 grunted, as he tore through the arachnae's skin with his blade with heavy struggle, as green blood began to cover Liam-31's armor.

The arachnae, finally dead from the heavy amounts of blood loss, lay deceased on Liam-31, shoving its dead carcass to the side as he panted from the intense battle. With the hot blade, he tore through the spider's webs that were on his legs, as he got up from the ground, observing the arachnae's dead body, blood pooling around it.

Cutting his shotgun from the spider webs and retrieving it, he decided that it was probably best not to find respite in buildings. After cleaning the blood from his armor, he made his way down the building, finally exiting from the front door, the sky still dark.

"ANTI, what time is it?" Liam-31 asked.

"It is approximately 3:27 AM." ANTI responded, as Liam-31 took a breath, figuring the next best route to head towards.

It was just then until he heard a bloody scream.

Looking north, Liam-31 was able to locate where the scream came from, as he quickly began to jolt towards its location, in a desperate attempt to save whoever it was from danger.

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