Chapter 74: Silver Barbed Hell

Fifteen different red blips were advancing on the ship. Most of the people were back, but Tag and Sig were helping get the last two backs of the cockatrice, and they were just on their way back.

The problem was that the Predators were moving faster than they were, so I summoned the three Royal Fighter Drones and Beezli's Gravity Bees. Suddenly, I was no longer in my chair or body; I was flying around the ship.

'You can't take control of them yet, but this will give you a chance to see them in action and get to see the Predators. This way, there is no risk involved; for now, this is the Bee-st I can do for you,' Hilda spoke in my mind as my drone and the other two drones Identified the targets.

The drone locked on three in a group and fired the winged needles at the targets. The other two did the same, and I watched as the nine rockets sped at the white cloak figures in the moonlight.

The first Predator was overconfident and tried to use the same last-second faint with the first rocket. The drone seemed to notice this, and it turned the rocket to bury itself in the Predator's chest.

The next one seemed like the Predator would dodge it, and he did, but the missile exploded along with all the other rockets. The ones that were almost at their targets exploded, and the targets had no chance to dodge the weird spraying honey.

The explosions themselves did no damage, but it was the Homing Honey that would Bee the real problem for them. The rockets were an upgrade from Beezli's Gravity Bees, and there were MicroGravity Bees in the honey.

I watched as two of the predators leaped back, and started to retreat, as they were the only two that dodge the honey explosions. The others were now all being drawn together.

It was like some kind of gravity force had drawn them together, and that's when the slaughter began. All three drones circled the group and rained silver barbed hell down.

I shouldn't feel bad about what the drones did, and this was war, but it felt dirty to watch, and the drones fired down Double Barbed Stinger Bullets. This was according to the specs that I had pulled up.

They had two barbs on the sides of the pin-like round and at both ends. This gave the bullets a total of sixteen barbs. Meaning if you got shot in the leg, it might Bee better to just get the leg taken off than trying to get it out.

I watched as they were mowed down, but I was getting a weird vibe, not just because of the mass murder. It was how the Predators didn't resist or try to get out of their cloaks that gave me the chills.

If they were not fighting back or trying to get out, what was their reason? Just because they knew they had lost?

No, it couldn't be something so simplistic, but I was too distracted to give it much thought at the moment. I had to watch the drones hammering them until they had no readable vitals.

Then I was back in my seat, and all my girls were around me. I quickly set the ship to move forward of the body and picked them up with the tractor beam or whatever it was called.

Once that was done, I ordered the drones in, but I kept the Gravity Bees up, and then I set us on the assumed location of the Raccoon Folk. I let out the breath I was holding, and so did everyone else.

I looked around the room, and all my closeted friends and now the family were around me looking worried. They must have felt my emotions as I was in the Royal Fighter Drone, but that couldn't be helped, so I put on a brave face.

"I want all the guards on the bottom floor taking care of the dead Predators that we just picked up. Make sure they are all dead, and I am not kidding. Many will pretend to be dead only to make a death blow, but I want you all down there now. Riza and Joni, you two will stay with me," I explained while looking directly at Leah, who nodded to me.

"At once, my Queen. Let's go; I have been waiting for this," Leah said to the other guards as she turned and left the Hive Center Chamber.

It looked like she was getting a bit too excited about taking care of the supposedly dead Predators, which worried me a bit.

"Leah!" I called out, and she stopped and turned back to me. "Be careful. We have no idea what will be under those cloaks. I know you hate these creatures, but we need to be cautious. I have a bad feeling about these ones."

Leah lost her excited look and instantly became severe.

"Yes, My Queen. I am sorry if I gave the impression that I was not going to take all precautions. Trust that your safety and everyone's in my mind," Leah said before turning again to leave.

That made me feel much better, and now I could focus on the rest of the waiting people. I looked at the gathering group and nodded my head for everyone to start explaining what they needed to.

The discussion took ten minutes, and everything boiled down to the same thing; we needed me to complete the now attached sections. I was glad that I had got some rest earlier and that I had got to spend some time with Miasma because now it was time to get to work, and the sun wasn't even up yet.

*Poof!*

"I will help you with the first stages of the Hex-comb Chambers. Once I show you how to do it from the menu, you will be able to do it on your own fairly quickly, so you should get some rest time before we arrive at the Raccoon Folks old village," Hilda explained to me after appearing.

Well, at least a bit of light in my never-ending day.