Spaceships and Magic, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Chapter 19: Backup

"You want the two of us to go on a hunt through a gigantic city, alone, for a manna eating monster," I retorted, my voice laced with disbelief. "The exact sa type of manna eating monster that the Guard has been fighting, and losing against, for hundreds of years now."

Lara smirked at , "The big bad human frightened of getting his hands dirty?"

That hurt. It hadn't seed like she was going to use my human heritage against in the past, and now she was using it to goad ?

"You just got your ass handed to you on a silver platter, Lara, why aren't you calling in backup?" I shot back. I didn't quite manage to keep the hurt out of my voice.

"Oh Jacob, why would I need backup when you're here?" She gave a predatory smile, "Co on, just treat it like it's your first Guard mission or sothing."

She turned on her heel and walked off in the only direction the Null Space invader could have gone, the sa way that I had entered the makeshift coliseum.

There was sothing she wasn't telling , I could sll it, and like a dog with a bone, I wasn't going to stop digging until I found out what it was. Of course, that did an that I would have to tag along with Lara on her journey to find the Null Space invader.

"You coming or what?" Lara called over her shoulder. Her voice broke out of my thoughts.

"Uh, yeah, I guess I am," I called back, before jogging to catch up with her. "After all, it wouldn't be a good look if I let the famous Lara get killed by a raging null space invader, right?"

"Oh please, if I got my ass handed to you'd have had your head ripped off in under three seconds," she said. "You're tagging along because I need another pair of eyes and ears to help track this thing, that's all."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that, maybe I've got more tricks under my belt than you'd expect."

She gave an appraising glance at that statent. I wondered if I had gone too far. Humans were known in this universe for being untrustworthy and deceitful, was claiming that I'd hidden my true power from her a good move even if it were true?