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BATTLECORPS




The Immortal
Warrior at the
Battle of Vorhaven
by Kevin Killiany
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Vorhaven, Kathil
Capellan March,
Federated Commonwealth
2 November 3062

The three MechWarriors ran ahead of her, their silver neuro-
helmets flashing in the sunlight. They were fast, but she was
determined.
They would not escape the Immortal Warrior.
The three tried to trick her with a dodge toward the woods on the
right, then dashed left. In an instant they’d disappeared behind a
sharp corner of the cliff-sided mountain. Clutching her weapon
tightly, she slowed and flared wide around the turn, giving herself
room in case they doubled back and tried to dash past her in the
opposite direction.
She needn’t have bothered. The three had used her caution to
gain distance and were now well ahead of her. She felt her feet
thudding against the grassy soil as she churned her legs to maxi-
mum speed, closing the gap.
Suddenly the three MechWarriors stopped, facing the cliff-sided
mountain. She saw them pull to attention and salute something
up on the cliff. She didn’t know why her targets had forgotten the
Immortal Warrior was closing on them and she didn’t pause to
see what they were looking at. They were in her sights and they
were doomed.
Shrieking her best Immortal Warrior yell, she was upon them.
She made a clean hit before they could respond. But, whirling and
twisting, the MechWarriors danced away from her, laughing as
they ran.
“I got you, Billy!” she screamed. “You’re it!”
“Missed me, missed me!” Billy called back, not even slowing as
he dodged around a knot of adults. The other two MechWarriors
were already halfway to the food tent, the open vests of their
Halloween costumes flapping about their arms.
“How goes the battle, Jessie?”
Jessie turned to face the mountain, and saw Grandpa on the porch.
“Billy cheated,” she announced.
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