Chapter Six
Sector 12 Transgalactic Station
The elevator dinged. Sublevel four: engineering department, and a swarm of flesh-eating nightmare beasts. The door slid open, and the Notches held their new weapons at the ready. They breathed a collective sigh of relief when they were met with nothing.
Exiting the elevator in a tight formation, Reggie on point, the others watching the flanks, they felt ready to take on the bugs. They were rested, newly armed, and had a better sense of their enemy and a fresh mindset. They were unprepared before, unsure of what they were walking into. But they knew now. They knew the horror that was waiting in the dark, ready to snap their bones like twigs and chew off their flesh.
“You guys remember the qualifier game we won to make it into the VRE champions
