Never Say Die

by D J Sternowski-Korzec

  Synx gathers his army to discuss their next plan of action and the final battle against the human species. After they are done discussing the plan, they all get their weapons and armor ready for combat. They also get their bodies ready for combat. As usual, Synx will be combat training with Gronder. Cora will be training with Synx’s wives. Rogue will be training with his strongest leaders. Rogue does not allow any women to fight on the battlefield, because he needs them to stay and protect his military bases. He knows keeping women in charge of the military base will make sure his army never dies off. His women are some of the strongest throughout the land, but he does not want to risk any of them dying on the battlefield.

  Meanwhile, Sarah body is being dragged into the cremation room where she is expected to be cremated. As Sarah body is being dragged, she comes into contact with her dead mother. Sarah’s mother says to Sarah, “Hello, my beautiful daughter. I just want you to know that everything is going to be okay. You have nothing to worry about. We are all very proud of you and can’t wait to see you again. But, we are not ready for you. Return back to your body and continue to make us proud.” Sarah’s mother sends Sarah back to her body.

  Sarah wakes up and immediately starts crawling out of the bed. The doctors are stunned. A doctor asks Sarah out of disbelief, “How are you still alive? You were pronounced dead. How did you survive this attack?” Sarah grabs her head with her right hand and looks around. She replies, “What do you mean? Where did I go? How did I get here?” Sarah’s body collapses, but she is able to stand up with the help of one of the doctors. The doctor says, “I am going to bring her back to her room. Somebody, please tell the General about this. He needs to know immediately!” The doctor contacts the General to tell him what just happened as another doctor brings her back to her hospital bedroom. The General is thrilled and stunned as well by the news. As soon as he hangs up the phone with the doctor, he rushes over to tell Leah the wonderful news and they both run back to the hospital.

  The doctor arrives at the room with Sarah on his shoulders. The doctor places Sarah on the hospital bed and immediately gets ready to analyze her. Shortly after Sarah lies back down on the hospital bed, Leah and her father both enter the room. Leah rushes over to Sarah to give her a hug. Leah begins crying as she gives Sarah a hug. Leah says to Sarah, “You are not allowed to leave me ever again. I’m glad to see you are still alive.” The General smiles and starts to get a little teary-eyed himself. He is glad to see Sarah is still alive. The doctor hooks Sarah up to a machine to get a full body analysis. Sarah is looking very healthy and will be able to leave the hospital in just a couple hours. The doctor wants to keep her inside of the hospital for a couple hours, just in case something pops up that needs to be fixed. Fortunately, she ends up doing just fine and is able to go to the General’s home. This time, the General and Leah are able to check Sarah out of the hospital without anyone trying to kill them. The General wants to keep this incident on the down low, because he doesn’t want Synx’s spy to know that Sarah is still alive.

  Sarah arrives at the General’s home. He carries her up to the bedroom where she will be staying until her house is cleared out. He places her on the bed, so she can get some sleep. After the General places Sarah on her bed, he is going to pay a visit to the highly ranked military members and discuss a plan with them. They are going to come up with a plan to kill this spy and get rid of him once and for all. Sarah knows exactly who this person is, but has to show the General who it is. It will be very difficult for them to find a clear description of this person without seeing the actual person.

  Hours later, Rogue invites Synx and his family to join him for dinner alongside everyone else in the military base. They accept this offer and head into the dining room. Rogue’s dining room is the largest dining room they have ever seen. They are all in disbelief from the size of the room. The table has the ability to feed 500 creatures at a time. There are two dining rooms just like this, but this is the largest one and Rogue’s main dining room.

  Synx, his family and army take a seat at the dining room table. Synx takes a seat next to Rogue at the head of the table. Rogue’s wives join them for dinner and take a seat next to him. Synx’s wives and daughter all sit next to Synx at the dinner table. Dinner is not fully ready just yet, but will be ready at any moment. Synx asks Rogue, “How are you able to get a table this big, this is the biggest table I’ve ever seen?” Rogue replies, “The humans built it for me. We may not like them at all, but you have to give them credit when it comes to creativity.” Dinner is now ready and is being sent out. Humans are delivering the food to everybody at the table. Of course, they are supervised by Rogue’s followers. Everything seems to go by smoothly, except for one person that tries to kill Rogue at the dinner table. She quickly regrets this decision, because she is killed on the spot by Rogue. The young lady pulls out a knife she got from the kitchen and holds it up to his throat. You can really see the hatred in her eyes. Rogue is not intimidated by the young lady. He doesn’t say a word when he does kill her. All he does is quickly stab her in the neck with one claw and quickly pulled it out. She died instantly and falls to the ground. Rogue’s followers drag her dead body away and feed her to the hell hounds.

  Dinner is ready and they are all allowed to dig in. Rogue is the first one to fill up his plate and clean it. Tonight, they are having all of Rogue’s favorite meals. For example, they are having a roasted rubbindin and fried wolvecat as the main courses. The roasted rubbindin is his absolute favorite meal on the dinner table. Of course, there is no such thing as fruits or vegetables on this kind of dinner table. Demons are carnivores, of course. They love the taste of flesh and blood. They especially love to get it stuck in between their teeth. As they are eating, Rogue and Synx are going over the plans to end this war once and for all with everyone at the dinner table. Of course, the humans are not here to listen to these plans. They are making desserts or other slave work.

  Meanwhile, Sarah wakes up and crawls out of bed. She heads downstairs into the kitchen. As she is heading into the kitchen, she smells something really good and can’t wait to eat whatever it may be. She arrives in the kitchen and sees Leah cooking up dinner. Leah smiles as soon as she sees Sarah. Leah asks Sarah, “How are you feeling, are you hungry?” Sarah replies, “Yeah, I am doing fine. My arm is still hurting me, but not too bad. It is going to take some time for me to get used to having a new arm. So, what are you cooking up? I am pretty hungry.” Leah never stopped smiling. She replies, “Shrimp scampi and mashed sweet potatoes. This is my father’s favorite meal from me.” The General walks into the house and looks exhausted. He pulls a chair out from the table and takes a seat. Leah has just finished making dinner as soon as her father walks in. She makes a plate for everyone before serving herself. She gives Sarah her food first and then her father. Sarah takes one bite and instantly falls in love. The General takes his time eating his food, because he doesn’t want it to end. Sarah is the complete opposite, she devours her food when she enjoys it. Leah takes a seat next to her father and Sarah.

  It isn’t long before Sarah gets up from the table and gets more food. It’s been a while since she had food like this. After all, she is used to having food from the outside environment from all of the missions she has been on. It is also very rare for her to be eating shrimp scampi, because shrimp is very rare to find in this kind of world. They get the shrimp from a local farmer just outside of their military base. The farmer is in a small military base not too far from here. Because shrimp is so rare to find nowadays, it is very expensive.

  As they are eating dinner, Sarah tells the General, “I know who the spy is, but I can’t really describe what they look like.” The General replies, “Please, show me who it is and we shall eliminate them. The highly ranked and myself have been trying to figure out whom this person is and how we should go about eliminating them.” Sarah replies, “Will do.” He replies, “I will host another meeting tomorrow. You will be joining us and help us eliminate them.” S
arah replies, “Yes, sir.” They do not say another word to each other until they are done eating.

  After they are done eating dinner and cleaning up the kitchen, they all get ready for bed. All they do is get into their pajamas and head into the living room to watch a movie. Leah sits next to her father and Sarah on the couch as they are watching the movie. Sarah didn’t feel tired from the beginning of the movie or even got bored of the movie, but she still somehow manages to fall asleep. In her dream, she sees Raider looking outside of his bedroom window at Synx’s fortress. He is holding onto the window ledge and staring into the night sky. Sarah looks around to see if anyone else is here. Raider says to Sarah, “It is okay, no one else is here. You don’t need to worry about anyone else.” Sarah walks over to Raider and stairs out his window as well. Raider says to Sarah, “This is probably my favorite place inside of my father’s castle, just because of the view of the night sky.” Sarah replies, “It is very beautiful, I can see why you like it.” Raider smiles and teleports them into the courtyard.

  Raider and Sarah are inside the courtyard during the daytime. A young Raider and his sisters are playing inside of the courtyard as they are being watched by his father and mother. Sarah asks Raider, “Is this your favorite memory inside of your father’s fortress?” Raider replies, “Yes, I do miss my sisters very much. We made a lot of good memories in this specific location.” Sarah replies, “I never saw you so happy before. Your sisters were very close to you?” Raider replies, “Yes, I was thinking about them every day when I was away from them and I was with you. But because I was with you, it was easier to be so far away from home. As you know, I do consider you to be a sister to me. Now, let’s go somewhere else.” Raider and Sarah teleport into the World of Army’s main military base.

  Raider and Sarah teleport in front of Raider’s memorial statue. Raider says to Sarah, “I want you to tell everybody I am grateful and honored to have a statue made by humans in my honor. I was watching the whole time as they built the statue and engraved all of the names into it. Before we go, I want to show you where my father’s spy lives. Raider escorts Sarah to the spy’s house. Sarah immediately recognizes the house, because of the dumpster they walk past. It is the dumpster she was thrown into and was left for dead. Raider stops in front of the spy’s house and looks at Sarah. Raider says to Sarah, “Be very careful when trying to kill him. He is one of the strongest creatures of my father’s military. Oh, I almost forgot. Follow me.” Raider and Sarah head over to their house.

  Raider and Sarah step in front of their old house. Raider grabs a hold of the doorknob and says before opening up the door, “There are people inside of here that can’t wait to see you again.” Raider opens up the door and they both walk in. Raider smiles as Sarah’s eyes light up by what she is seeing. She is welcomed by all of her roommates, including Adam. They are all very excited to see Sarah and give her one big group hug. Sarah begins crying, because she misses all of them and is glad to see them, again. They all say to Sarah, “We are all doing perfectly okay and are watching over you. You never have to worry about feeling alone, because we are still with you.” Raider walks up to Scarlet and gives her a big kiss on the lips. Raider and Scarlet figured out they were meant to be together and it would have never happened without Sarah. They all thank Sarah for being a good friend and sister to everyone inside of this household. Sarah is sent back to reality and wakes up.

  Sarah wakes up from her sleep and gets a little teary-eyed. She looks up to the sky and smiles, because she knows everyone she loves is watching over her and is doing just fine. The General and Leah never noticed Sarah fell asleep during the movie. After the movie, they all go to bed. Sarah walks into her bedroom and lies down on her bed. She does not remove her arm when she goes to bed, because she wants to get used to wearing it all the time. She will not be taking off her arm on missions, because she doesn’t want anything to steal it or lose it. Before Sarah goes to bed, she whispers, “Good night, everyone.” She gets teary-eyed as soon as she closes her eyes and smiles. She will be eliminating the spy some time tomorrow.

  Meanwhile, Synx and Rogue’s army are also going to bed. Synx and his wives will be sleeping in a very large bedroom inside of Rogue’s fortress. Cora and Gronder are sleeping across the hall in a smaller, but still pretty big, bedroom than Synx’s bedroom. They are all able to sleep after consuming a large amount of food. Cora does not realize it, but Raider kisses his sister on the forehead good night. Raider does pay a visit to his father as well. Raider walks up to his father as he is sleeping and says, “I forgive you for everything you have done, but that doesn’t mean it was okay. There is no point of me trying to talk you out of this, but you will learn your lesson in a very hard way. Someday, Sarah will be the one to take you down and bring you back to hell. Do not plan on seeing me there, because I plan on staying where I am. This is goodbye, my father.” Raider disappears and continues to watch over Sarah alongside all of her loved ones.

  Chapter 17

  Eliminate the Spy

  Sarah is sitting down at the bar where the spy comes to every night. She plans on seducing him and go to his place. Of course, Sarah will be wearing a microphone and hearing aid. The General and the other highly ranked will be listening and watching over Sarah. As Sarah is sitting down at the bar, she has to reject a lot of men. Sarah is wearing a custom dress and outfit. This also was specially made for this event and cannot be found anywhere. It is a sleeveless dress that goes down a little past her kneecaps. Sarah has very nice legs and plans to show them off. The dress is silver and sparkles in the light. Her hair is tied back in a ponytail. She is wearing crystal earrings and silver shoes to match the dress. Crystals are very hard to find, but all gems are very hard to find nowadays. Most jewelry is just made from metal. Sarah is getting very impatient while sitting at the bar and doesn’t know how long she can tolerate it here. All the attention she is receiving is a little too much for her. She steps off of the barstool and heads for the exit.

  As she is heading for the exit, she bumps into the spy. The spy pretends to be concerned, but feels outraged on the inside. He cannot believe she is still alive. He also plans on seducing her and killing her. The spy asks Sarah, “Hello, pretty lady. Would you like to join me for a drink?” Sarah replies, “I would be delighted to join you.” Sarah and the spy walk up to the bar and order drinks. The bartender is a very good friend of Sarah and is in on the plan. Sarah orders a Sprite and vodka drink for herself. The bartender makes the drink, but it doesn’t contain any vodka or alcohol. The spy orders a Jaeger bomb for himself. The bartender makes the Jaeger bomb, but it has a little surprise in it. The bartender slips something in his drink before giving it to him. Sarah and the spy chink their glasses to gather before taking their first sip. The spy digests the drug that was left inside of his glass without even noticing, but he will feel the effects at any moment.

  It takes Sarah a couple of moments to realize she has not been talked to by another person since she sat down next to the spy and started having drinks with him. She is glad she is being left alone and can focus. Sarah asks the spy, “How are you feeling?” The spy replies, “My stomach is bothering me a little bit.” The spy asks the bartender, “Can we please get something to eat?” Sarah orders a cheeseburger for herself. The spy orders a plate of nachos for Sarah and himself. The bartender places in their orders. He doesn’t bother tampering their food, just in case Sarah and the spy decided to share each other’s food. Sarah continues to make conversations with the spy, so she can keep on looking at him and check out his medical condition. So far, the spy appears to be okay. But, the drug seems to be working. The spy seems to be a little careless and stupid. The bartender comes back to the bar with their food. He places their food in front of them. Sarah takes a big bite out of her hamburger while gazing at the spy. The spy slowly eats his nachos and offers some to Sarah. So far, the plan is going by very smoothly.

  Sarah is done eating her hamburger. The spy is only halfway done with his n
achos. The spy doesn’t seem to be looking very well. The spy is very sick from the drug and doesn’t have much of an appetite. Sarah helps the spy out with his nachos by eating some herself. The spy does not care, because he has no plans of finishing it. After they are done eating the nachos, Sarah asks the spy, “Shall we head back to your place?” The spy takes a moment to think before giving an answer, “Sure, follow me.” Sarah and the spy head back to his place. Of course, the General and his comrades will be following them without being spotted.

  Sarah and the spy arrive at the spy’s house. The spy unlocks his front door and they head inside and make their way up to the bedroom. Sarah is very nervous to be inside of his house, because she is in his house alone with him. She has no idea what is about to happen next, but she is remaining calm and confident. Sarah and the spy enter the bedroom. Sarah will not be comfortable at all when it comes to having sex with the spy. She has had sex before, but it was a very long time ago. It was before she stopped chasing after men. But, Sarah will do anything to get her revenge.

  The spy lays down on the bed and plans on going to sleep, but Sarah begins to disrobe. As soon as she gets naked, she seductively walks towards the bed and mounts on top of the spy. Sarah closes her eyes and begins to kiss him on the lips. Sarah and the spy begin to make out on the bed. Sarah gets off of him and allows him to disrobe, she also helps him disrobe. Once he is disrobed, they begin to have sex. The spy is feeling the full effects of the drug and begins to slowly pass out. Sarah sees this as the perfect opportunity to kill him.