Эндрю Маккей - Star Cat - War Mage

Jelly’s eyes reverted to the horizon. Something strange took place, “Look, over there.”

Everyone turned to see what she was talking about.

“Is it… moving ?” Jaycee asked.

Wool stepped back against the wall and began to hyperventilate, “I can’t do this. I d-don’t want to die,” she said. The sweat forming over her hand caused the Rez-9 to drop from her hand. She caught it before it hit the floor.

The stars crawled across the black sky at a snail’s pace.

Tripp looked at the desecrated plants. The branch ends and leaves lifted toward the horizon. The grains of sand outside the broken wall trailed away and shifted.

Pink Symphony’s surface revolved, enabling a strong pull towards the horizon.

Jaycee felt his arms lift in front of his body, “What’s happening?”

“Ugh, ugh,” Wool’s heels skidded across the ground, “Oh God, I’m falling.”

“You’re not falling!” Tripp scanned Botanix for something to hold on to, “We’re spinning. The whole place is spinning.”

“Miew,” Jelly grabbed hold of a grounded plant tray to stop herself from flying out of the room.

In the distance, the hordes of squealing Shanta scurried even faster in an attempt to fight off the pull.

The disc spun faster… and faster .

Bonnie slipped and fell on her behind. The pull of the external force sent her sliding toward the sand, “Help me!”

“Bonnie!” Tripp grabbed hold of a charcoaled plant and aimed his K-SPARK at the horizon, “Grab hold of something—”

SWOOOOSH!

Pink Symphony’s spinning grew exponentially as Bonnie unsuccessfully tried to grab at the ground. Her fingertips jumped off each tile as it whizzed under her front.

Jaycee placed himself behind the turret to prevent himself from flying out with her, “Bonnie, grab the wall!”

She rolled over to her back and bent her knees. The broken wall screamed towards her. She held out her hand and grabbed it, swinging out above the sand.

“God damn it,” Bonnie opened fire on the approaching Shanta, “Die you vicious scumbags. Die!”

BLAM-BLAM-BLAM!

The thousand-strong Shanta clambered towards Botanix. A giant creature extended all twelve of its limbs and cartwheeled ahead of them.

“Jeeeeeeeeeesus…” Jaycee thumped the mounted K-SPARK turret. It fired off a round at the enormous rolling beast, “Get some of this, you ugly—”

BLAM-BLAM-SCHPLATT!

The barreling Shanta exploded as the bullets tore through its central section. The pink gore splattered to the sand as its body tumbled back into the crowd of beasts.

“Open fire!” Tripp shouted and blasted at the horde, “Keep holding on.”

Bonnie’s grip on the wall loosened, “Agh. Tripp, Tripp, my hand… I can’t hang on…”

“Don’t let go,” Tripp fired another round of bullets at the creatures. The bullets whizzed past Bonnie and tore into three Shanta, severing their limbs.

They crashed against the floor and swished into the horizon.

“Nggggg,” Bonnie grunted and continued firing at the creatures. Her fingertips traced against the wall and threatened to release.

The relentless spinning of the disc wouldn’t cease.

Jelly looked at Bonnie and released her grip on the plant tray.

Tripp screamed over the incessant growling of the sun headed in their direction, “Jelly, what are you doing?”

“Need to save Bonnie.”

She launched herself toward the broken wall and held out her paws.

SCHTANG-SCHTANG!

Her infinity claws spread out into a star shape as she rocketed over to the helpless Bonnie.

“Jelly, no,” she screamed as Jelly’s face darted toward her, “Grab hold of something.”

“I’m coming,” Jelly turned over as she flew and fired off a fully automatic clip at the Shanta.

BLAM-BLAM-BLAM-SPRATCH-CRATCH!

The bullets chewed through an oncoming creature, busting its mid-section open. The pink goo coughed into the air, twisted toward the horizon and blasted toward the stars at the edge of Pink Symphony.

Its carcass tumbled across the sand like a dead bowling ball, knocking the nearest set of beasts onto the ground.

“Bonnie, I’m coming,” Jelly squealed and swiped at the woman’s shoulder with her right paw, “Grab my hand.”

THUMP!

Bonnie’s hand slammed into Jelly’s right palm. They squeezed together as Bonnie lost her grip on the wall.

Jelly caught the side of the wall with her left claw – but the propulsive force was too severe. It banged away and sent Jelly and Bonnie tumbling out of Botanix and crashing across the sand.

“Jelly! Bonnie!” Wool cried out after them from behind the plants. She fired a shot at the creatures.

GRROOOWWWWLL!

The sun grew larger and larger, throwing a Godly light into Botanix. It blinded Tripp, Jaycee, Tor, and Wool.

“The sun,” Tor pointed at the sky, “We’re going to die!”

“Kill everything ,” Tripp shouted over the commotion, “Keep firing!”

Botanix reverberations punched Tripp around and slammed his back against the wall, “Gaaah,” he screamed and fired a round at a dozen Shanta creatures infiltrating the broken wall.

Bonnie slid across the sand on her back through the stampeding Shanta.

SWIPE-STAB-SCHTOMP!

Dozens of Shanta limbs daggered into the floor either side of her as she scraped the sand on her trajectory, “Agghhh, help meeee.”

A few feet behind her, Jelly spread her claws out to prevent herself from the same fate.

Bonnie tumbled forward, unable to fight Pink Symphony’s spin-pull towards the edge of its mass.

“Bonnie,” Jelly whelped.

She hopped onto the back of a trailing Shanta and dug her paws into its flesh. Her claws tore out of the Shanta’s skin as she launched over to Bonnie.

Pink Symphony’s disc tilted diagonally as it spun around. It angled itself like a radar toward the approaching sun.

SHWOOOOOSH!

Bonnie’s waist slammed against another creature, pushing her around on her descent towards the edge of Pink Symphony.

Jelly tumbled around and spun to her feet, “You’re not going anywhere .”

The sand kicked up around Bonnie’s as she zipped along the sand. The edge of the disc shot towards her feet.

“Oh God…” Bonnie rolled to her side and looked down the length of her body. Any second now, she’d fall off the edge.

SCHWIPP!

Bonnie’s ass hit the edge, catapulting her entire body around. She held out her hands and grabbed the edge of the rock-like surface. Her legs slammed against the edge, “Ugghhh,” she screamed and made the mistake of looking down – an infinite drop of intergalactic proportions threatened to take her life.

Jelly slid up to the edge and pressed the butt of her paws to the ground. She stared at Bonnie and whined, “I’m not strong enough to pull you up,”

“P-Please, Jelly,” Bonnie squealed and tried to hulk her body up to safety, “D-Don’t let me fall.”

Pink Symphony’s spinning slowed down, forcing Bonnie’s front to slap against the cliff edge.

A wave of terror blasted across Bonnie’s pupils. Frightened beyond belief, she was convinced she’d fall to her death.

Jelly looked down at Bonnie’s fingers and licked her lips, “Miew.”

She opened her paw and held it a few inches to the side of Bonnie’s hand.

“Wh-what are you doing?” Bonnie turned over her shoulder to see the bottomless pit of stars, “P-Please, help me up.”

Jelly viewed Bonnie’s five fingers as the enemy. She tried to fight against her instincts – to little avail.

Her paw tapped Bonnie’s hand, trying to release her fingers, “Miew…”