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2024-10-29 19:42:56"You're not who I expected to be." The Lieutenant recovered from shock prior to others.
I sneered and my eyes twinkled in mischief. "Who I should be, then? A mere fucking selfish bitch? You know, Lieutenant, the apocalypse wasn't an event that would instantly affect the world, but however slowly the epidemic ignited, it would sweep to uncontrollable levels within a month. It's the matter you should focus on, not me."
I picked up my beaten hound before looking at him with so much anger. Then, I pointed to Cerulean who's still pondering with his thoughts. "Ask him about everything. He hides the source of this zombie mishap but I knew a few hints, it's the Royal family from the North border. Hence, fucking stop expecting something from me!"
I scoffed and strode toward the hall to regale my dog properly. He was weeping in trauma in my arms that I couldn't think of any remedy to soothe him.
I chewed my bottom lip. I'm fucking furious to the extent that I would
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The broad daybreak was swaddled with murky mists, sanctioning the preceding pallid and apparent fogs, denoting that the day was overridden by the twilight epoch.Then, without us batting an eyelash, the gust was howling as the downpour drizzled beneath and spattered on the frigid surface. The rumbling cacophony of the thunder was ubiquitous and from the opaque and drab clouds, rods of lightning scourged here and there, illuminating the sky for a second before withering.The moisture of the rain was quite hefty that I got a sickening feeling that the raindrops were coining with rage on the roof and might break through any given seconds.However, every door of the hospital opened like a thunderclap and the folks strode outside, inquisitive on what's going on.I'm having a bad premonition about this."Xiomara! An Eleanor is here! Run! Everybody, run!""Lieutenant, do as what
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"Duck!"I acquitted the arrow after Lieutenant William dived his head meager. Moreover, the shaft honed stabbed the Black Vulture, making it unleash a tawdry yelp of pain."I told you, Hood! We are no match for them! Evacuating is barely the choice we have!"Startled, Hood glanced at me before diverting his scrutiny to Lieutenant William."We can't defeat these Black Vultures. Every damn time we kill one, the various lineage would approach." I said while gritting my teeth as I shot another arrow.I've lost count to its kin I've slain since this uprising of this violence ignited. My body was getting heftier as second upheld by to the point that I'm dripping with sweats. I can tell that my strength would wear out if we'll do this any longer. Certainly, my stamina would be ooze arid when the time gets to."She's right, Hood. We can't keep doing this. Some were injured and couldn't fight anymore while others were too coward to even battle. We do
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When Sovine deferred the revolver, our skin scuffed at each other and hasty ripples of his memories ramble inside my mind. Like a scorching force of curtain flame burning every thread of my being, puncturing my flesh with a thousand electrifying thorns.I rasped before immediately withdrawing my hand."Are you alright?" Cerulean noticed my sudden aberrations.I quickly nodded with protruded lips. "I'm good. Let's head up."Sovine turned on the engine before maneuvering away from the dilapidated base that run down through doom.While departing from the abandoned hospital, there's a throng of zombies in every alcove of the road. Their appalling pitch had perforated my ears and it wasn't decent to listen to."I can command the Black Vultures to pave the way for us." Sovine proposed while dashing me a glance."So, you're thinking like a comrade now?" I taunted while a furtive smirk stemmed on my lips.He frowned, his brows mustered
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"Step forward and lift your hands.""I have my dog within my arms, thus, I can't do that. Besides, I can't inflict you any harm." I explained with a miserable face.Damn. This is way pathetic for my forte.He mulled over his thinking for a minute before agreeing. Then, at my peripheral, Cerulean and Sovine were already captured and pushed to my side."They only have three guns with them and this truck." his comrade told him and he nodded after hearing that."That's enough for now. Astro, go fixed the trap and after that, led this truck to the other. And the three of you," he glanced at us and declared, "Come with me. You'll have a load of labor to do."The three of us gazed at each other meaningfully. Through stares, every one of us can tell about each other's thoughts.I think, our guess was accurate. Perhaps, Lieutenant William and the other survivors were seized in this decoy and walled them in to suppose upon better use of them, o
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Lieutenant William once again pulled my arm and dragged me out without granting the man to retort. I'm quite confused as why did the Lieutenant knows that guy. Are they acquainted before?"I thought you got seized by them?" I implored, a bit perplexed about the twisted situation."We got hooked by their trap but that man earlier was part of the army before. We're compatriots and so we sort things out."Then, he halted from his pace. "I'm guessing that you've got busted in their bait, too?""Ahuh. If not, then why am I here?"Lieutenant William chuckled a little. "Are you all by yourself?"I shook my head. "I have two pals with me but he tugged them out someplace."He hummed before undoing his grasp on my hand."We have an estimated hour's ride to enter the border of the North. Are you still apt for finding your mother there?""I'm sure of it since the very beginning, Lieutenant," I replied regardless of the bafflement mu
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"So... we're not a slave or something anymore?"Sovine placed his hands in his waistline while giving us a ridiculous stare."No," I told him and shifted my eyes to Cerulean. "Lieutenant William settled everything with his pal. I guess, they're gonna pulverize their primary agenda on trapping other people once more.""That's it?" Sovine's eyes squinted. "After they ordered us to clean their own mess? I'm a fucking Royalty for fuck sake! I've never been humiliated in my entire life and do this kind of shit!""Sovine, calm yourself. We're still in their territory. We can't act recklessly as of the moment."He breathes sharply and glared at me. "I can destroy this if I want to if it wasn't for you interrupting my plan! It's your fucking fault, Xiomara!"My eyes veered sharp and if the peril glint in my orbs can kill, then he'll be a lump of dead meat right now."If I wasn't here to hinder your plan, then what about the humanity? Sovine,
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"What do you know about the Royal clan?" she asked, eyeing Cerulean and Sovine intently.We were in the secluded place this place has. Just like the hospital back there, this headquarters has an underground base."They were the ones who started this mess."Constant gasps fled from their mouths but the arrogant woman hushed them."How can they do this?""They were hungry for power. Hence, they want to dominate the world through this." Sovine honestly spilled the truth."The rain..." Lieutenant William muttered before our eyes locked at each other. He avoided his gaze from me and stared at Sovine. "They ignited their desires through that, did they?"Sovine nodded. "Yes because it's the most convenient way. The virus can spread widely throughout the whole world by fabricating an artificial rain that consists of a deadly virus.""So the rain wasn't a natural phenomenon at all.""You're right at that. They want their greed to
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However, when I was about to stab her skull and end her life through that, a familiar voice halted me from doing so."Xiomara..."When I turned my back to confirm the sprouting suspicion in my heart, my lips parted instantly after seeing him bare and breathing alive in front of me."Herofus..." I whispered and my eyes almost drench with tears if I didn't stop myself from crying."Y-you're alive..."He paces closer to me and I can clearly notice the rippling of his tears in the corner of his eyelids. There was a joy flickering in his orbs while looking at me without bothering to trouble himself from the aground shrouding us.Before I knew it, he was already hugging me tightly while sobbing in my arms. I gaped at the thought that maybe he was so scared from this chaos resurrecting in a wink. And perhaps, he also thought that I'm dead, worst, one of those zombies hovering around."I-I finally found you, Xiomara. I've been looking for you
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She weakly pushed me away but I gripped her waist tighter, afraid that if I would let go, I won't see her ever again. And I'm deeply terrified at that thought.However, with all her strength, I was shoved away forcefully by her in the end. Now, there was a boundary in our post. Having this few distances away from her makes my eyes sting with tears. A painful tug in my heart gives me a wave of agony. Everything she does was plain torture for me.Yet, the look in her eyes made me shiver. The distress and suffering I felt thrived huger without cease."Stop being weak in front of me!" she scolded in a firm voice. "I told you to be brave and face everything onward without being vulnerable!""Mom... how can I act tough if I'm breaking inside?! How can I face everything bravely if the reason I'm breathing was in front of me... wishing me to run and leave her alone, dying because of me! Mom, how can you be so heartless?!" my voice broke at the same time, my heart shattered bits by bits.I'm
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My mother didn't say anything the whole drive. She was quiet and it bothered me so much that my head throbbed in turmoil and confusion. My mother's words hounded me as I also keep the track of traces to find more clues about her statement, hoping to seek an answer to her confusing message with hidden meaning underneath.My brows furrowed while thinking. Not until my mother lightly tapped my head."I know what's running inside your little mind," she chuckled. "Don't pay any attention to it. It will just make your head ache in pondering."Her chuckle gives me a sense of forbidding. It was like a Deja Vu when she locked me up inside my room when everything started and she was gone in a snap. What she did back then left a deep scar in my heart and now, it's slowly bleeding because of what she had said.Feeling cold over, my palms sweated a lot. A dreadful emotion blows me up with a bang that almost makes me wanna jump at her and question her about it. Nevertheless, I halted myself from be
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"M-mom..." I whispered and gritted my teeth to stop myself from tearing up. This sudden reunion made my heart tremble in anticipation and at the same time, it scares me about what will happen next."Xiomara..." she uttered my name with longing in her eyes.My hands clenched tightly as I scrutinized her figure. I saw some scars, old and new on her body that made my eyes dim in rage. Her pale lips were quivering and my nails sunken in my palm even deeper upon seeing her situation.I can tell with a single glance that she suffered a lot in their hands. A burst of anger almost suffocated me yet I inhaled deeply and suppress it. This isn't the right time to take action against them because I know for a fact that we can't win against their powerful force.All we need is time to wait. For now, tolerating their existence might be the last card of patience I have for them."She's our hostage now. If you don't come with us, then see how I'll deal with you." The man with a dominating presence sp
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A light tap on my cheeks woke me up. I rubbed my eyes lightly after slowly opening them. What greeted my sight was Grande's figure standing in front of me with a serious face."What's with the face?""Belle was gone."I sat up straight after hearing that. My brows furrowed and pursed my lips."That's it?"She frowned. "What do you mean?"Peeling off the dust in my pants, I looked at her. "It was expected.""Wait, what? Can you tell me what does it means?""She's a traitor," Sovine interrupted. "From the start, she was sent to spy on the military grounds. I mean, the Royal clan dispatched every assassin to monitor everyone's move against them.""And you know it all along without giving us some hints?" Herofus gazed at me with disbelief in his eyes."I don't. I was informed by Sovine ahead of you. Remember the bus?"He nodded."She's the one who sabotages it.""But I'm with her almost every hour!""Even a second can create a huge surprise, much less for a skilled assassin like her."Her
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All of them were gaping at me, stunned by my statement full of conviction. Yet, when exhaustion took over my body, all I could hear was their calling before I lost consciousness and completely blackened out.Something happened that defies my common sense, well everything was. However, this one was quite huge to take because... my consciousness seeped through me and entered into the void. Chaos started to bound my mind and almost I can imagine the veins thumping in my forehead.I struggled to wake up but I couldn't. As if there was a force binding me not to do anything. As of the moment, my consciousness lay there waiting for something I couldn't put a finger on.After a while, it was still eerily quiet and I can't understand what this possibly mean. The questions in my mind were surging forward like a tide. Yet, none of it was answered to enlighten me.My feelings were stirred. Like the alternate rising and falling of the sea. It was thorough havoc.
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I felt depressed and fell into profound thinking. I don't even know if my existence together with the strange power I hold was a blessing or a curse in disguise. It was as if everything was a tricky code that was hard to crack.My head hurts at that thought. All these things that happened in the world were caused by the Royal family of Eleanor was seemingly a bottomless chasm. That to think of a hundred ways to figure this out, nothing will fit to unravel the depths of the void.And if there's a rope of hope led down into the dark abyss that once pulled would rip up the whole truth, the threads of mystery will slowly crack. But if not solved, then I don't know what to think anymore.This discovery seemed out of the world."Xiomara?"I blinked and tidied my dazed eyes before looking at them. Clearing my throat, I softly murmured, "I don't know how to wield my mental strength."Sovine darted his eyes on me. "Try to concentrate and expand your
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To which extent the powerful attack can be, I'm uncertain of that. However, I sharpened my senses and continue striking at full force with the combination of power I have. Yet, I couldn't guarantee my stance of attacking if my stamina would deplete."Drive faster!" I shouted without ceasing from attacking.The car moves faster than the normal speed. It was sometimes swaying to avoid the obstacle hindering the way. However, halting, I checked the bullets and a soft curse broke out from my lips when I saw that there were only two bullets left.We aren't far yet from the chasing beasts but we're already at disadvantage up to this point. This situation was merely a pig ready to be slaughtered. Us, being hunted until we can no longer run was frustrating."There's a bunch of cars hampering our way!""This isn't good! They won't stop chasing us! What can we do now?""Are we gonna wait here and die?"Their kick-up commotion was unpleasant tha
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They ready all the equipment they've got. My eyes tidied across the upcoming beasts attacking the gate without halting. As my eyes cast downward, I saw the man riding on the beast's back, looking straight into my eyes.From afar, I could imagine the corner of his lips lifted into a mischievous smirk like he was floating in glee upon seeing the people in my side, struggling to keep up in this bloody fight he ignited.He was the wielder of the monster beast called Baku, the man whom we encountered the last time and ambushed us roughly. And this time, he was facing us- craving and waiting for his glory to win.Or so, he thought it was. I'm here and I would never make it happen!The crowd of undead clashing with the bullets turned over the place into chaos. It sounded dreadful yet the Baku stirred the havoc even more.It was humans between the undead and the beast named Baku.However, when the other people run out of bullets and the shooting cea
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For a moment, the silence took over my senses yet it was shattered when the noise of the undead thrived bigger each second passed by. It was alarming and threatening at the same time as if death was knocking on our door, though it seemed it was. Perhaps, the reality was cruel to even wish for this to end."Xiomara, the people who volunteered were now set inside the truck. We're ready to depart." Lieutenant William's voice rang in my ears that broke me out from mulling over my thoughts.I caught his eyes on me with a meaningful gaze when I looked at him."Grande and I will create a disturbance for your breakout. Use the back door for an escape route and make sure you'll get out of here and the others alive.""Xiomara..." there was an expressive meaning in his stares yet I shrugged those off. This wasn't the right time to ponder over that."Say what you want to say. Time is running and we can't afford to waste it any longer."He sighs deeply w
