A Stealth Attack

Cough... Cough...

Don't worry I will be fine... I just have some residual effects from a nasty blow I took in my last battle with polygons...

A week ago I had a mission to go into the mountains and deal with a particular nasty group of polygons that had started terrorizing the farmers living at the base of the mountain. Apparently the polygons had been there for sometime but the villagers swore that they would not be a burden and that they were fine in the mountains. How naive. It's as if the farmers were children that found a wild wolf cub. It may be cute at first, but when it ages, it will still be a wolf and will become dangerous.

They learned the error of their ways when the crops that sustain them suddenly went up in flames. Without mercy the polygons rode down the mountain on steeds made of too much geometry. Many farmers were slaughtered, deleted out right with no warning, others were taken away. Never to be seen of again.

This is when they called upon my services.

I easily found their camp as polygons tend to be messy and loud. I made short work of their guards with several quick cuts and easily made my way into their encampment. The polygons within were shocked by my presence and several more fell to my quick cut tool but then the shock wore off and they started to counter attack. I parried several strikes and countered with fast blows of my own. But then something happened, something I was not prepared for.

As I cut down the last poly standing in front of me a sharp pain exploded from my lower back. I fell forward to my knees while black and red spots swam through my vision. I tried to stand but a rough jagged hand gently touched my shoulder and forced me down. Looking up I saw what I had not seen in a very long time.

A double-sided polygon. Someone had been very sloppy when creating this guy and had, in a whirlwind of fury and misunderstanding, welded points together to create this monstrosity. It smirked... Or at least looked like it smirked... And then struck again. It's attack was lightning fast and accurate.

My vision exploded again and the taste of iron filled my mouth. My ears rang and my temples throbbed. I was on my back, it was chuckling as it circled me, like a cat circling its wounded prey. I watched it as it walked back in front of me and then stopped. A slight gesture, it wanted me to stand.

Big mistake.

I stood slowly, shakily, to my feet. My vision was still blurred but my training had taught me to fight without vision before. I closed my eyes and re-centered myself. It was a whisper of movement but I knew the monster was coming at me. I slowly reached into my hidden pocket and pulled a thin string from within. As the monster ran towards me I rocked back on my heels and then sprang into a front flip as high up into the air as I could. I could hear the monster scream out in anger but it was too late, my trap was already set. As I landed behind the monster I opened my eyes and saw my string gently land across the top of the polygon. It's eyes widened as it realized what I was doing.

-SPLIT-

The string slid through the center of the polygons and separated the double sided monster into two. It tried to force itself back together but I had detached the two sides. By doing so, I robbed it of its power. Two fast cuts from my blade and they fell to the ground.

My job was done here, but I was injured. My head hurt, my vision was blurred, and I was angry at the incompetence of the farmers. When will people learn... With a sigh I began the long trudge home...

-POOF-

P.s. I have tonsillitis so my posts may be delayed. That story was to make up for the last few days... Hope you liked it! <3

-mini poof-