"Stay closer with each other. There's a lot of undead lurking around, ready to pounce at any of us. Be vigilant."
Sovine and I lead the way while Grande was fixing her troop to gather together with the things we needed if something came up unexpectedly.
"You don't have a gun? Why?"
My attention bounced to Lieutenant William. I'm slightly irritated because he stuck himself to me like a leech.
I lifted my dagger. "This will do. I'll prefer this dagger than to run out with bullets."
This dagger was handed by Cerulean which he saw from the basement way back. He says that this dagger suited me. Its tip was sharp, that one contact with it, it can penetrate in someone's skin.
The stillness of its shape was a guise that anyone wouldn't know what's lurking beneath the surface. Wielding this, the dagger flickered dangerously more than its contour.
I was driven by my deep recalling, hence, when I peeped at him, he was looking at me with strange
"Is anyone injured?" I asked Grande when she walks closer to me."Some were barely a wound but they'll live.""We're about to enter the capital of the Cape city, ready your men. You don't want your men to knot in the tricky trap, do you?"She immediately shook her head. "I'll line them up.""Go," I urged her. "We can't delay our pace if something might come up this time. The circumstances were twisted and I'm afraid that someone might web us in their deceit.""Same thoughts," she murmured and gazed around. "I felt strange about this city unlike the other."I hummed and prowled my eyes in every nook the way. "Yeah. This city fell to ruin. I'm also having a bad feeling about this.""Xiomara... was it just me or various eyes is watching our every move?" she whispered, a bit edgy.When I was about to retort, there's a scream that infiltrated my hearing.I immediately looked back and my eyes dimmed deeply when I saw an arrow
"We can still talk this out. Violence was never an answer to sort everything, Xiomara." Lieutenant William quickly spoke as he held my hand and squeezed it.I halted my hound from attacking and looked at Lieutenant. Poloy growled in defying but I hushed him through a wave of my palm."Sometimes killing is the best excuse to shut them up. I still grasp some mercy, Lieutenant. Cutting their hands will be enough as a payment."I shook his hands away and took a step forward. With my head lifted high, my glare grazed at the men whose egos were pinched up."I'll give you a chance to change your mind."Yet they took my words as a laughing stock and aimed their guns at us."Leave! We don't need any of you here!"A sarcastic chuckle invaded my mouth and peeked at Lieutenant William."See? Where did my statement go wrong, Lieutenant? I'm asking them nicely but they compensate it with such a rude act. Now, tell me. Should I spare them an
"You seem bothered. What thoughts hooked you to be in this deep state?"I lifted my head and saw Grande in front of me. She walks to my side and sat while holding a cup and a bottle of liquor. I don't know where did she get that, perhaps, she found it inside."Something troubling I pondered deeply to sort out."She chuckles and downed her drink. My thoughts zoned out again and the disturbing silence engulfed my nerves. Not until Grande nudged the cup on my arm. The cold metal against my bare skin jolted me from my trance."Have a taste. It will forget your subtle thinking for a while."I accepted the cup without a fuss and drank the liquor she poured. The bittersweet whiff of the liquor dampened my throat and somehow, the bleak tinge soothes my thoughts for a moment."Care to tell me your problem?" she suddenly asked.My eyes stared from nowhere and after a minute of being mute, I peeked at her."Do you think that my existence
Darkness overruled the sky and evening seems dingy and dangerous for the time being. However, I held the binocular and lifted my awareness while scrutinizing the surrounding from the high spot of this building where I stood."Hey..."I put down the binocular and turned my back to face him."Hey," I greeted and smiled a bit. "Haven't talked to you for a long time."He chuckles lightly and walks to my side. My grip from the binocular tightened as I leaned in the railings. While he settled his hands in the balustrades and gazed below."Yeah. You were surrounded by cool people. I can't stand a chance to have a chat. Your time was colonized almost by them.""Herofus," I laughed a little. "I'm free to have a conversation anytime. You're just sheepish to roll along.""Honestly, I'm succumbed by the hesitation I felt. You know, you've done something to be proud of while I'm just a burden you saved back there. I felt so... so useless. Am I wor
"Sorry for disturbing your time with each other but I have news to tell."Both of us turned to Grande. Her face depicted seriousness and with that kind of emotion, I can tell that there's something urgent we need to see.Trudging towards her, I say, "What is it?""We saw two buses that we can maneuver to enter the border and reach the place of the Royal family."My brows furrowed upon hearing that. "You already checked those out?"She nodded. "Yes. My troops can squeeze to the first bus. The other can be yours to seize.""If that's the case and there's no hindrance in our way, we can catch up in the border right now. However, I'm not certain about the circumstances. I saw movements outside of this building earlier when I've done a thorough inspection."Lieutenant William walks toward us. "She's right. I can hear the buzzing sounds of the undead lurking around. The danger was scarcely creeping its way to pinch in.""Precisely. I
I was wide awake the whole night that's why before the dawn can strike, I can hear the strange sounds slamming in the wall. There's a bizarre vibration as if there's a huge thing blowing the fences of this border with full force.The lines in my forehead went deeper as I frowned in confusion. My senses were on high alert because there's this sickening feeling that tells me that I must be prepared for the upcoming demise.I can't shrug this feeling for this kind of suspicion was knocking in my head and giving me a menacing warning.Slowly, I snatched the dagger below the pillow and leaped out from the bed afterward.I calculated my pace, weightless like a feather. It took me a minute to cautiously twist the doorknob open. As I looked from each side of the hall, everyone was asleep yet I know that with Lieutenant William's tough training, he can sense the threatening danger.His door was three blocks away from my spot. I gauged up my steps towards hi
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
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