Taking a deep breath in, I filled my lungs to capacity, drawing strength and oxygen into my system. I opened my eyes and looked at the two assailants, trying to gauge what I was up against by studying their statures to identify possible weaknesses. But from what I’d learnt many times before is that looks could be deceiving, so a general overview on their demeanor would have to suffice until their updates came through.
Hoping that my stats system was now running properly, I quickly tapped the side of my eye to see if I could bring up any information about them. My eyes scanned them both and their stats started to scroll on in front of my vision.
Information about the one with the chainsaw blinked on first in bright glowing letters and numbers:
NAME: Lar Farcel
AGE: Unknown
SOUL AGE: Unknown
SPECIES: Brosund
TIME: 1:41pm Wednesday 30th January 2074
CURRENT LOCATION: Setting Sun Retirement Home, Sugu Province, Planet Meezes
PLANET OF ORIGIN: Toruseek
DIMENSION OF ORIGIN: 3rd
HEALTH: 90/100
MAGIC: 20/100
STRENGTH: 90/100
AGILITY: 50/100
SPEED: 90/100
INTELLIGENCE: 30/100
SPECIAL SKILLS: Skilled in combat, marksmanship and martial arts
WEAPONS: Chainsaw
Chainsaw Attack Type: Physical
Chainsaw Attack Power: 80/100
Chainsaw Attack Rate: 90/100
Chainsaw Defence Power: 20/100
Hmm, this one would be a formidable foe but I’ve had to deal with his type before and martial arts was also my specialty…in my own body. I wondered how I could attempt a roundhouse kick with the 94 year old body I currently inhabited. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.
Challenging but still doable?
I turned and faced the other intruder with the eye patch and his information scrolled up into my view:
NAME: Sei Doron
AGE: 50
SOUL AGE: Unknown
SPECIES: Arcadian
TIME: 1:42pm Wednesday 30th January 2074
CURRENT LOCATION: Setting Sun Retirement Home, Sugu Province, Planet Meezes
PLANET OF ORIGIN: Arcadiana
DIMENSION OF ORIGIN: 3rd
HEALTH: 80/100
MAGIC: 40/100
STRENGTH: 90/100
AGILITY: 70/100
SPEED: 80/100
INTELLIGENCE: 40/100
SPECIAL SKILLS: Remarkable physical endurance, can withstand extreme conditions and heals quickly from injuries
WEAPONS: Axe
Axe Attack Type: Physical
Axe Attack Power: 50/100
Axe Attack Rate: 50/100
Axe Defence Power: 10/100
Okay, so I definitely had a challenge on my hands, but I felt confident I could defend myself one way or another.
“Oh this is going to be fun. I’ve never had the experience of chopping up a Star Armada Captain before!” Lar Farcel said gleefully. His gnarled hands clenched the lever on the chainsaw and it revved again, taunting me.
“Jonty, Jonty, where are you?” I whispered harshly. “Now’s your time to shine buddy…”
“There’s no one here to save you.” The two laughed again.
"Good thing I know how to save myself then, huh?” I smiled and assumed a combat position. This is great, I thought, my abilities must be finally connecting with Agatha’s.
“We know you’re bluffing, by our calculations you have about…” Lar looked at a bracelet on his wrist and then tapped it. It bleeped and he laughed again “...2 hours before full integration is complete.”
“That’s more than enough time to make you wish you’d just stayed in bed today.” Sei smirked at me, his decaying teeth showing behind his cracked lips.