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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 4451939" data-attributes="member: 10079"><p><strong>Chapter 593: Step One</strong></p><p></p><p>Marix watched the Yuuzhan Vong base for several hours until she could close her eyes and still see exactly where all the buildings were. The Force would do her no good, so that meant all of her other senses would have to be on full alert and she needed to be ready. But she did notice one thing that seemed off. While there were many figures moving back and forth between the buildings in the valley below, only a few seemed to be carrying weapons that she could see. It didn’t look as if there were any regular patrols or even guards of any kind. Perhaps the Vong simply did not feel the need for tight security so far beyond the front lines of the invasion, but Marix still didn’t like it.</p><p> </p><p>But she did have a plan now, and one she was fairly certain would give her access to most of the facility. That is, if she understood the Vong well enough...and that was, of course, questionable. Still, Marix had to work with what she could, and that was her limited knowledge of Vong society from which she could only assume details. Hopefully they were like they appeared to be: a strongly regimented caste-based society that valued strength and glorified death about all else.</p><p> </p><p>Hopefully.</p><p> </p><p>Deciding that she was doing no good sitting and watching anymore, and still uncomfortable with that feeling in the back of her mind that one of Myrkr’s predators was still following her from a distance, Marix began to very carefully and slowly descend into the valley. It was like a scar on the planet, dipping in a few kilometers away and sloping down at a rather sharp angle before reaching its lowest point and then curving away and slowly rising up again. Marix followed the treeline along the valley and away from the Vong base for a few minutes until it reached a point where she could quickly drop from above to the sloping ground below.</p><p> </p><p>The valley itself was scattered with moss-covered rocks, a few unhealthy looking trees, and oddly-shaped bushes. Very little of it provided cover, but Marix did the best she could and made careful use of her ability to morph to get in close. By the time she reached the Vong base, Myrkr’s star was beginning to set. She quickly found a small area near the valley’s rock wall and the outer edge of what had to be buildings. Next to them, they looked more like odd mixtures of fleshy substances and the same coral that made up the rest of the Vong technology. The fact that the structures didn’t rise and fall in some breathing action was actually amazing. Obviously, the Vong took a different view of biotechnology than the Alraxians...</p><p> </p><p>The small lizard that Marix had been found a place behind one of the buildings that had ample cover and morphed back to her Alraxian form. She knelt down and carefully studied the area. In front of her was an oddly-shaped, coral structure about the size of an average home on Alraxia. To her side was a larger, dome structure that smelled awful and was the largest of the buildings she had seen from above. Though she could only see a fraction of it, above it looked to be at least four times the size of everything else around it. There didn’t seem to be any entrances, but then again Marix wasn’t too sure what an entrance would have looked like.</p><p> </p><p>The important part of her current position, though, was the small gap between the two buildings. Through it, she could carefully watch another three structures and see a few Yuuzhan Vong walking from place to place. None of the Vong looked like the ones she had previously encountered. They weren’t big, armoured and well armed warriors. No, Marix saw smaller, more frail-looking Vong in elaborate robes with odd scarring and grafts even more insane than she’d seen on others of the species. At least one looked to have a six-fingered hand that didn’t have fingers so much as what could only have been tools of some kind.</p><p> </p><p>Marix waited and watched, keeping as much out of sight as she could. Technically, any Vong would do for what she had planned, but Marix wanted to start with a known quantity. That meant that she had to simply watch as the various Vong passed by until she either found what she was looking for or decided it had been too long and that she would have to take a chance.</p><p> </p><p>A good ten minutes later, Marix’s eyes caught sight of what she was hoping to find. One of the structures’ doors opened in an odd, almost circular motion and a Yuuzhan Vong exited. Not only was the Vong a good head taller than all of the others, but she looked to be wearing the distinct Vonduun Crab armour that Marix had seen on all of the warriors. And, to make things better, she wasn’t carrying an amphistaff.</p><p> </p><p>Slowly getting to her feet, Marix made sure to pick up a small rock as she watched the warrior begin to turn and head away. Before the Vong was out of sight, Marix did something that, had Jyren done it, she would have yelled at him for hours about how stupid an idea it had been. Marix threw the rock right at the Vong’s head and then ducked out of sight.</p><p> </p><p>Almost immediately, there was a loud, angry voice that uttered something guttural and likely a curse of some kind. Marix quickly pressed herself against the uneven structure behind her and waited...</p><p> </p><p>Heavy footsteps alerted her to the Vong’s approach, but she had to wait until the Vong moved out of sight from anyone around. In a matter of seconds, the warrior stopped right next to Marix, where she had originally been watching the area from, and turned a scarred and tattooed face to look straight to Marix. The angry expression on the warrior’s face quickly shifted to shock and she immediately reached for something at her hip.</p><p> </p><p>Marix didn’t give her a chance, however. Quickly, Marix grabbed the Vong’s arm and yanked her out of sight before slamming the warrior’s back into the building hard. It got a grunt from the warrior, but when Marix twisted the arm around suddenly and violently, the snap of broken bone was much more satisfying. Oddly enough, the warrior didn’t make any sounds of pain. Rather, her small, deep set eyes narrowed and she lashed out with what looked like a miniature amphistaff about the size of a vibroknife. Marix ducked under the bladed edge and brought her knee up into the warrior’s gut, forcing her back into the structure hard a second time.</p><p> </p><p>Before the warrior could bring her weapon back around, Marix’s leg took her feet out from under her. The Vong’s head hit a protrusion from the building before her entire body crumbled to the ground below. Not sure the job was finished, Marix was immediately on top of the Vong and swiftly snapped the warrior’s neck.</p><p> </p><p>She then waited a few short heartbeats...</p><p> </p><p>Nothing else.</p><p> </p><p>No one had seen or heard.</p><p> </p><p>Good.</p><p> </p><p>Picking up the small knife-like weapon, Marix slit the Vong warrior’s throat open. A disgusting smell rose up and black blood soon began to pool around the area. This was not the part she enjoyed at all, but it was necessary. And at least the blood wasn’t red. That colour just made her feel sick when it came to blood...</p><p> </p><p>A few minutes later, a same Yuuzhan Vong warrior that had disappeared exited the area behind the two buildings and walked out into the open areas of the Vong base. Marix just hoped no one would see the body before she had done what she needed to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 4451939, member: 10079"] [b]Chapter 593: Step One[/b] Marix watched the Yuuzhan Vong base for several hours until she could close her eyes and still see exactly where all the buildings were. The Force would do her no good, so that meant all of her other senses would have to be on full alert and she needed to be ready. But she did notice one thing that seemed off. While there were many figures moving back and forth between the buildings in the valley below, only a few seemed to be carrying weapons that she could see. It didn’t look as if there were any regular patrols or even guards of any kind. Perhaps the Vong simply did not feel the need for tight security so far beyond the front lines of the invasion, but Marix still didn’t like it. But she did have a plan now, and one she was fairly certain would give her access to most of the facility. That is, if she understood the Vong well enough...and that was, of course, questionable. Still, Marix had to work with what she could, and that was her limited knowledge of Vong society from which she could only assume details. Hopefully they were like they appeared to be: a strongly regimented caste-based society that valued strength and glorified death about all else. Hopefully. Deciding that she was doing no good sitting and watching anymore, and still uncomfortable with that feeling in the back of her mind that one of Myrkr’s predators was still following her from a distance, Marix began to very carefully and slowly descend into the valley. It was like a scar on the planet, dipping in a few kilometers away and sloping down at a rather sharp angle before reaching its lowest point and then curving away and slowly rising up again. Marix followed the treeline along the valley and away from the Vong base for a few minutes until it reached a point where she could quickly drop from above to the sloping ground below. The valley itself was scattered with moss-covered rocks, a few unhealthy looking trees, and oddly-shaped bushes. Very little of it provided cover, but Marix did the best she could and made careful use of her ability to morph to get in close. By the time she reached the Vong base, Myrkr’s star was beginning to set. She quickly found a small area near the valley’s rock wall and the outer edge of what had to be buildings. Next to them, they looked more like odd mixtures of fleshy substances and the same coral that made up the rest of the Vong technology. The fact that the structures didn’t rise and fall in some breathing action was actually amazing. Obviously, the Vong took a different view of biotechnology than the Alraxians... The small lizard that Marix had been found a place behind one of the buildings that had ample cover and morphed back to her Alraxian form. She knelt down and carefully studied the area. In front of her was an oddly-shaped, coral structure about the size of an average home on Alraxia. To her side was a larger, dome structure that smelled awful and was the largest of the buildings she had seen from above. Though she could only see a fraction of it, above it looked to be at least four times the size of everything else around it. There didn’t seem to be any entrances, but then again Marix wasn’t too sure what an entrance would have looked like. The important part of her current position, though, was the small gap between the two buildings. Through it, she could carefully watch another three structures and see a few Yuuzhan Vong walking from place to place. None of the Vong looked like the ones she had previously encountered. They weren’t big, armoured and well armed warriors. No, Marix saw smaller, more frail-looking Vong in elaborate robes with odd scarring and grafts even more insane than she’d seen on others of the species. At least one looked to have a six-fingered hand that didn’t have fingers so much as what could only have been tools of some kind. Marix waited and watched, keeping as much out of sight as she could. Technically, any Vong would do for what she had planned, but Marix wanted to start with a known quantity. That meant that she had to simply watch as the various Vong passed by until she either found what she was looking for or decided it had been too long and that she would have to take a chance. A good ten minutes later, Marix’s eyes caught sight of what she was hoping to find. One of the structures’ doors opened in an odd, almost circular motion and a Yuuzhan Vong exited. Not only was the Vong a good head taller than all of the others, but she looked to be wearing the distinct Vonduun Crab armour that Marix had seen on all of the warriors. And, to make things better, she wasn’t carrying an amphistaff. Slowly getting to her feet, Marix made sure to pick up a small rock as she watched the warrior begin to turn and head away. Before the Vong was out of sight, Marix did something that, had Jyren done it, she would have yelled at him for hours about how stupid an idea it had been. Marix threw the rock right at the Vong’s head and then ducked out of sight. Almost immediately, there was a loud, angry voice that uttered something guttural and likely a curse of some kind. Marix quickly pressed herself against the uneven structure behind her and waited... Heavy footsteps alerted her to the Vong’s approach, but she had to wait until the Vong moved out of sight from anyone around. In a matter of seconds, the warrior stopped right next to Marix, where she had originally been watching the area from, and turned a scarred and tattooed face to look straight to Marix. The angry expression on the warrior’s face quickly shifted to shock and she immediately reached for something at her hip. Marix didn’t give her a chance, however. Quickly, Marix grabbed the Vong’s arm and yanked her out of sight before slamming the warrior’s back into the building hard. It got a grunt from the warrior, but when Marix twisted the arm around suddenly and violently, the snap of broken bone was much more satisfying. Oddly enough, the warrior didn’t make any sounds of pain. Rather, her small, deep set eyes narrowed and she lashed out with what looked like a miniature amphistaff about the size of a vibroknife. Marix ducked under the bladed edge and brought her knee up into the warrior’s gut, forcing her back into the structure hard a second time. Before the warrior could bring her weapon back around, Marix’s leg took her feet out from under her. The Vong’s head hit a protrusion from the building before her entire body crumbled to the ground below. Not sure the job was finished, Marix was immediately on top of the Vong and swiftly snapped the warrior’s neck. She then waited a few short heartbeats... Nothing else. No one had seen or heard. Good. Picking up the small knife-like weapon, Marix slit the Vong warrior’s throat open. A disgusting smell rose up and black blood soon began to pool around the area. This was not the part she enjoyed at all, but it was necessary. And at least the blood wasn’t red. That colour just made her feel sick when it came to blood... A few minutes later, a same Yuuzhan Vong warrior that had disappeared exited the area behind the two buildings and walked out into the open areas of the Vong base. Marix just hoped no one would see the body before she had done what she needed to. [/QUOTE]
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