Challenge #00443 - A068: Showdown

Do one brave thing, then run like hell. – RecklessPrudence

This place was the worst labyrinth to get lost in. Especially since, and perhaps because, there was a human in it.

It may have been easy to cut through the rusting walls, but it was also noisy. The monster could hunt him down. And he could tell it was in stealth mode, because it wasn’t cutting through the walls either.

He just had to make it back to the ship…

Five more corners.

CRAP!

The monster froze. He froze. Both simultaneously reached for their plasma guns. Both aimed. Both pressed their triggers…

…and both were out of ammo.

He threw his weapon at the beast and ran for it.

It was only later, safely three jumps away from danger, that he was able to review his footage to discover that the human had done exactly the same thing.

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