Story Under the blistering sky

A continuation of the @MR_EVIL_OVERLORD / @Lightwielder saga.

The sun shone starkly against the gas mask that stuck fast to my sweat drenched face. My dissaembler hung at my side, the wreckage of the Black Hills command station burning behind me as horrific undead began spilling out into the desert.

I squinted up into the sky, my breath fogging against the gas mask, as a plane shot by overhead. Thinking little of it I returned to my efforts of getting to the little fire base I had set up with my team of fellow infiltrators only hours prior. It was then that I noticed the glint of a metallic shape screaming down the skyline in my direction.

Quickly I spirited for a nearby dune, rolling behind it to avoid any sort of fire I might have been in danger of. I crawled quickly to the lip of the dune and looked through the scope of my rifle. The shape was humanoid, but was diving toward the earth at impossible speeds. It landed with an audable thud, a huge explosion of sand rippling from the impact. I continued observing through the scope.

The figure rose slowly, standing on metal feet. As the sand and dust cleared, I could see that it was some sort of robot or drone shaped like a human. This observation was obliterated as soon as it began moving, far to fluid to be a humanoid bot. It seemed then to be a sort of shell or armor, and was absolutely armed to the teeth. I decided to duck down behind my makeshift cover and see what it was doing.

In hindsight I should have assumed that it had some sort of advanced optics, as in only a few seconds I heard a metallic, distorted voice come from it.
"Jk, is that you?". I winced, hearing my old name again, and inched my way around the dune, not responding. "I can see you perfectly, don't try hiding" it added, I could hear it step with purpose toward my dune, whirring electronics supporting its weight. Knowing I couldn't do much more, I gritted my teeth and rose, readying my weapon and leveling it at the seam between the neck and the chest, what I hoped was a chink in the machine's armor. "Stop! Right there!" I shouted over the wind, through the gas mask, "one more step and you die!". I was exhausted, I had no fight in me, but whatever this armored person wanted it wasn't peace, not juding from the array of weapons brisling across its surface.

The facial area of the shell opened and slid aside, revealing overlord's half-smiling face. "Jk, I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to take down this infection. Don't try anything please". I growled a little under my breath, shifting and backing up a little, but not moving my gun from his neck, "don't move" I warned, "why should I trust you? You tried to capture me, to brainwash me back into your little.. Band of.." My voice trailed off, not knowing what to say. Overlord did though, "evil?", his smile widened, taking a metallic step toward me, "we only look out for ourselves and each other, it's a good deal. Come on".
"No" I replied calmly, "I am Lightwielder, I am above you". Again, somehow, his smile widened, "you weren't before, what changed?". My eyes searched his, he wasn't trying anything, he was genuine. Memories of our heroic stands against our enemies, cutting down swathes of undead in the last outbreak, came flooding back and my gun lowered an inch.

"I can't fight you" I realized as I said it. "And neither can I", overlord added, taking another step forward.I am Lightwielder, and Overlord was with me against the world again. My gun dropped to my side with a thud and I sat hard on the hot sand. "I have a mission" he said through the mask that had fallen back onto his face, "will you help? Or are you going to wander the desert some more?". I chuckled, holding my dissaembler in my hands, "no Overlord, I'll help you. Another common enemy to take down together?"
"Correct" he said as he helped me to my feet, "let's go get'em"

 

Basically from my story: "fire in the black hills" up, any of the stories made by me or overlord are part of this saga. We should probably figure out a universal name as each is named differently