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Or, I could get a little creative…
I couldn’t aim at the guard out there but I could aim at the stand the traditional helmets had been placed on.
I took aim and fired.
I struck the base of the helmet rack.
It teetered and collapsed forward, atop the guard lying on the floor.
The helmets clattered.
This was it.
One chance to return fire.
Don’t get scared now.
I eased up onto one knee and took aim.
The guard tossed a pair of helmets aside and brought his plasma rifle up.
I pulled the trigger.
The bolt exploded out the end of the rifle like liquid magma fired from a rocket launcher.
It crackled through the air as it dived headlong for my target.
It didn’t even matter where it hit him.
It singed the top of his head and ignited his cap like hay on a midsummer’s day.
I smelled it immediately as the guard’s entire ensemble erupted into flames.
He let off a single shot that struck the far wall.
I ran to him and kicked the rifle from his hands.
Not that he was in much mood to fight about then.
He kicked and flailed and fought and patted the flames to put them out.
“Roll, asshole!” I said.
As his attempts weren’t working so well, he did as I said and rolled.
He crashed into a nice collection of extinct species’ furry hides.
They immediately burst into flames.
Some people could never catch a break.
I reached for his plasma rifle when a bolt of liquid lightning struck the floor in front of my hand.
The other guards drew down on me, racing up the ramp.
They were not good shots.
Their bolts flew everywhere and nowhere.
