The Mulligan Planet by Zachariah Dracoulis Page A

can’t remember
for the life of me bounced off the bodies dancing throughout the
club. We got halfway through the club before giving up on finding
Wolf for a while and started dancing, well, she danced, and I just
kind of jumped on the spot. She stopped me by wrapping her arms
around my neck and coaxing my arms around her waist. We swayed in
rhythm with the music now blasting through the crowd. I took a
moment to explore the club with my eyes, the roof appeared to be
made of polished marble with several lighting rigs aligned in a
circle, a huge window opened up the wall to reveal the large
mountain side in front of the parking complex, and judging from the
light outside it would’ve been around seven. I felt a hand fall on
my shoulder, “How cool is this place?” Wolf practically shouted the
sentence in my ear, “Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. How do you guys
make sure this place isn’t noticed?” my eye's never leaving Kate’s,
“Easy, we’re in the middle of nowhere for one, and two, that glass
is a bulletproof two way mirror. No-one can see in this place.”
Knowing this eased me a fair amount. Kate released me so we could
dance as a group, we probably looked like complete idiots but we
didn’t care, my whole body felt loose, Kate was bouncing around,
whipping her hair around while Wolf was clicking his fingers,
spinning around, I was so happy, the lights, the music, the day I'd
had. Everything was perfect. That’s when the window exploded.

Wednesday
Night
    The screams filled the room,
people scrambled, “We have to get back to the elevator!” We started
pushing through the crowd, glass still smashing as it cracked and
fell from it’s frame, the door of the elevator slid open to reveal
Jason and Steve, gunfire began to crack through the club, they
pulled pistols from the holsters that were initially hidden by
their unbuttoned shirts, “Get in here!” We all dove into the
elevator as the other two fired over our heads, the doors closed,
Wolf pulled me up, “We have to go down, get to the housing.” He hit
the button before I could stop him, “There are people in there
Wolf! Are we just going to leave them to die?” I went to push the
button for the top floor again and Wolf pushed me away from it,
“There are people in here too! We need to help ourselves before we
can help them, we’ll all die if we try to save them, I’m sorry
John, but this has to be done. They’re all capable, we didn’t leave
a hundred civilians up there, they’ve all had combat training.”
There was an explosion above us and the lights in the elevator
dimmed. It pissed me off, but he was right, “Ok, fine, what do we
do from here?” Jason reloaded his pistol, “We get you guys to your
weapons, hopefully they haven’t gotten to the housing yet, then we
take the base back.” The doors slid open and I could feel the
energy bouncing throughout the cavern, people were everywhere,
running in and out of their houses, up the stairs, down the stairs,
as I said, they were everywhere. “Meet back here in five, Steve and
I will wait here for you.” We ran to our separate houses, my door
hadn’t been fixed yet, the least of my worries I decided, I barged
through the door and made for my room. I ripped open my cupboard,
removed the faux-panel to reveal part of my personal arsenal, the
rest was in my bed, I pulled off my tie and clipped the chest
harness on while sliding my pistols into the holsters. I grabbed my
shotgun and dashed back to the elevator, everyone was waiting for
me, Wolf had an AK while Kate held an SMG in her hands, “Let’s go
then, what’s the next step?” Jason gestured to the elevator,
“Lift’s out of commission, that means we’re taking the stairs, I
think we should hit the cafeteria first, it’s a good place to hold
up and regroup with others, then we can push them further back out
of the facility.”
    “Any idea who they are?”
Wolf frowned, “Hunters John, it was only a matter of time before
they