Chapter 186 A knowledgeable governor
It was just two days after the mecha warriors arrived when the first drops of fluffy white snow fell, and as beautiful as they were, they brought that dreadful chilling bite and nightmare with them. The streets of the blue city were emptied, all the civilians had locked themselves inside their houses. They would come out if the mecha warriors communicated with the governor and she would reassure the rest of them that it was safe to move.
This did not mean it would be safe, it simply meant that they could move cautiously and when they heard sirens and saw alerts on their bracelet terminals, they would find the nearest shelters if they were outside and hide.
Scarlet was not among those who were locked indoors, she was outside, patrolling the streets with the mecha warriors who were very obviously uncomfortable with her presence. Their lead captain Vangar also disapproved of Tion and her other body guards being present. They were ex mecha warriors, they were now considered civilians. All civilians should be indoors.
"You should be heading back inside." Vangar told her.
"Not yet." Scarlet kept her eyes on the boarder which mutated beasts could not penetrate unless they superior powers or happened to be extremely powerful.
"Why do you insist on being outside?" Vangar asked her.
"Because, I want to see what the enemy looks like. Hiding and fearing the unknown has never kept anyone safe. Besides, I have more knowledge on these beasts that you do, that's why I have this drone camera with me. I must capture the images of as many beasts as possible, share them with Esong and he can add them to the archives, library or wherever they store such information."
Something touched the shields and the mecha warriors were alerted.
"The snow has only been falling for a few days and already the beasts arrive." Vangar commented. "All warriors, be alert, we have unwanted visitors in section twenty one." She heard a clear voice coming from his terminal.
"Which one is section twenty one?" she asked him.
"All the sections are available on the map of your blue star; it's rare for the mutated beasts to lurk around unoccupied areas. They attack where humans live so section twenty one is.....here," he pointed to a section of the now empty old city which had no living residents except for them currently. Since the shields were translucent, they could see the outside very clearly and a couple of green long beaked birds were attempting to penetrate through the shield with their beaks.
She took the picture with a drone and with her eyes, sending it to the underworld forum.
"Can you recognize what that is?" Captain Vangar asked her.
"Those are young Pteranodons, carnivorous birds that prey not just on humans but animals as well. They eat raw flesh and only from live prey, they do not touch decomposing bodies. They have sharp claws and strong feet which they use to carry away their prey. They can swallow a live human within one minute and they are not satisfied until they eat at least five in one sitting. The easiest way to stop them is to slice their legs off; it makes them useless and easy to kill. Since they can't fly they fall down inevitably and bleed out or you can cut cut off their heads." She said these things to Vangar and his men but also into her bracelet terminal while Alex the storage bracelet AI recorded this information.
"Wow," you actually really know your information." Captain Vangar was impressed. Not only did she know what they were but she also knew how to kill them. This information could come in handy, save many lives and save their time. "I sort of you approve of you being out with us now." He had to say sort of otherwise she might take advantage of this and sneak outside unwarranted.
"Why, thank you." She replied.
Seeing as to how the Pteranodons had failed to break through the shield, they moved along probably in search of another entry point or to another planet.
"Can we continue sending you pictures of all the mutated beasts we come along? If we know how to kill them then it will be easier to finish them off. We will of course give credit of identification to you and the association will pay you handsomely."
She was very surprised on hearing what he said. "You get paid for information?" she asked aloud.
"Yes, didn't general Esong mention this to you?" he asked curiously.
"I think it skipped his mind." She answered, "He left in a hurry after all, but now that I am aware of this, I will gladly share all the information I know." Captain Vangar turned to leave and they also followed him inevitably. "Why are moving away, do you not kill them when they are outside of the shield?" She always thought that mecha warriors would be stationed outside the shield just out there in space, slicing any mutated beast that came from wherever it was they came from.
Vangar looked at her as if she was crazy, what kind of reasoning was she using right now? "That would be suicide governor, if we mecha warriors directly confronted them out there, we would simply be marching to our deaths. We stay within the shield, flying through the sky in our mechas or simply patrolling like we are doing right now and if something makes it through the shield, we kill it before it kills us."
Scarlet raised her head and silently said, 'Aaaah' in her mind. "That makes more sense, sorry, I asked a stupid question." She felt very silly indeed for asking such a question.
Something else touched the barrier and again, the alarms went off on the terminals of the mecha warriors.
"All warriors be alert, something has made it through section thirteen."
Tion and the personal guards surrounded Scarlet, drawing their weapons immediately. The mecha warriors with her, did the same.
"It's fast and heading to section twenty one."
"Coming your way Captain." She heard someone say.
A very loud alarm went off; everyone could see it on their terminals and their television screens that something had made it inside the shield already. Everyone around Scarlet tensed up and those whose mechas were not active activated them.
Scarlet used her grim reaper vision to track whatever it was down, and in slow motion, she saw a furry white creature with pink eyes running toward them with the speed of wind.
Mecha warriors in their oversized suits were shooting at it from the sky and others were running after it on the ground. "Where is it?" she heard someone shout.
It was white like the snow, Scarlet thought it was obvious why they were having a difficult time finding it, but she was different, she could see it clearly. The beast was a actually stupid because if it burrowed itself in the snow and lurked around, it might have the chance to do more damage_, but no, she stopped her thoughts when she realized it was too big to burrow or hide.
"A furry snow white ape," Scarlet said loudly, "Aim for the eyes."?She had this bow and arrow which Maddox crafted and she took it from her storage bracelet. Today was the day it would be making its entrance to the world.
"Get the governor out of here." Vangar yelled.
"It's too late." Tion shouted back.
There was a lot of misguided shooting going around as if no one had heard Scarlet yell aim for the eyes.
"Nobody move, I got this!!" Scarlet shouted.