Rufus ignored Android 58 for the most part but when Baal gave him that snide comment about leaving him the weaklings Rufus flew into a rage.  [color=orange]"As if you walking pile of steak!  I can beat you into the afterlife and back so don't come crying to me if you run into some muscle head!"[/color]  Rufus was not just barking, he had ever confidence he could beat the big demon in a fight however, confidence never decided a brawl and certainly Rufus was not an idiot.

[color=orange]"Ya whatever go and ask the locals, I'm going hunting.  I'll sniff them out soon enough."[/color]  Rufus spat on the ground, watched as the moisture made a wet spot that dried up almost instantly.  Looking toward up out of the valley, he decided to run upward and spot the nearest set of mountains to be his first search grid.  Unlike the Android and Demon, the Anthro decided to merely run really fast and he was incredibly quick on his feet.

[color=cyan]"Be careful you three!"[/color]  Jeene called out to the retreating figures of Android 58 and Baal in the sky, their destination obviously being Onyxtite, and to Rufus who was speeding away in another direction.  Jeene glanced around the desolate landscape, like the pilot had said mostly rocks and minerals with little else to see except the occasional bush, there was obviously no Oasis around this section.  Frankly Jeene had wanted to remain on the ship to tinker some more but her superiors had ordered her to join in the search probably because they really wanted some human representatives involved in the mission.

[color=cyan]"Well better get going I guess.  At least now I can test out my new baby."[/color]  With a childish grin Jeene took out a blue capsule and tossed it on the ground.  Out popped a small, Oval shaped craft with sleek wings and a rocket based engine for increased speed.  Cracking open the transparent cockpit which looked like glass but thankfully was not, Jeene jumped in and booted up the system.  [color=orange]"Lets go for a little test run shall we?"[/color]  With a quick check and a few switches and buttons, the small personal craft rose up in the air and she started to search around, using the various instruments on the vessel to scan the surrounding area.

[h3][b]Onyxtite City[/b][/h3]

The city was half-ruins by this point but the remaining Berylians were putting up quite a good fight.  The City was one of the few population centers not yet completely taken over by the invading force.  The crustacean like natives scurried around, many of them armed with beam rifles as they attempted to fight off the various alien species that comprised of the invading force.  Many of the invaders were wearing the traditional battle armor of the World Trade Organization but there were a few exceptions who appeared to be letting the other aliens fight on the front lines.

One of the main reasons the Berylians had not yet fallen in this city was that most of the more powerful exoskeletons were located in this City which was one of the main processing centers and therefore had more access to power and exotic materials for birthing nests.  A beam weapon bounced off the exoskeleton of a metallic looking Berylian soldier who in turn shot down the alien who had fired the shot.  A Berylian with gold in his exoskeleton, one of the city leaders watched in silence.  Despite the brave fight there was little doubt it would not be much longer before this last bastion of defense would be overrun and the planet enslaved completely.  "Blast it, to think we will once again be the servants of a tyrant, still we will make sure they pay heavily for this outrage!"