And yes, after another set of three days of being comatose, the day has come to put an end to the Utopians. Every townsfolk of Cipher were getting ready for the coming battle that Zhackary had requested to the first comers of the eastern woods; might as well as the over-optimistic men of Iyaz and himself.
Cipher was organized and proper because of Zhackary's excellence in leadership. He set up different departments and assigned outstanding people to manage the faction with him. Below is the list of all the leading personnel on every area of the Cipher base:
Battle gear (armors, bulletproof vests, helmets, shields) – Verid and Rocky
Artillery (assault and sniper rifles, handguns, Tasers) – Zhackary and Jeffrey
Bioweapon (corrosive liquid, tranquilizer darts, poison arrows) – Rhianna and Jaden
Explosives (land mines, bombs, nukes, improvised explosives) – Gina and Czar
Food Production (animal hunting, food crop plantation, harvesting, food trading) – Goyo and Mono
Improvised weaponry (spears, bows and arrows, daggers, halberd) – Keisha
Medic Team (antidotes, first aiding team, medical tools and equipment) – Shino and Renz
Battle Trainers (archery, military, bio, explosives, Med) – Archery: Rhianna; Military: Zhackary; Bio: Jaden; Explosives: Gina; Med: Shino
Keisha, who was still lying down unconscious, got everyone's attention after her sudden loud gasp. Apparently, those who wake up from a coma usually get a sort of paralysis and are not able to move their muscles. Fortunately, for this young lady was different – after removing all of the needles buried deep into her arms, she seemed to look fine as fuck; hence, she was obviously different from the usual scenario we see in movies. Her face was as serious as anybody else as she moved sharp; this was as if she had not been in an oblivion.
Zhackary, on the other hand, was shocked by her sudden actions and reacted quickly to stop her before she would rush outside.
"Keish, wait up! You aren't fine yet."
The girl stopped and faced him. Her irises changed colour into bloody red that matched her current mood. Her speech suddenly sounded like she came from an old era, surprising everyone.
"Withdraw from keeping me from getting to where Dimaunawa is, Veras. This riot he created is not yours to mind. That schmuck deserves a bloodbath."
The lad then grabbed her arm with a bit of force just to stop her from something that she ought to do. Keisha shoved him off accompanied with a superhuman strength that made him blast off towards the other side of the room. Shocked as she was, her eyes changed back to its natural colour again after seeing what she had done to Zhackary.
Rhianna gave a chuckle after seeing the scenario. Her eyes tear up in amazement, hands of hers clashing towards each other creating a sound.
"It… works. The Seditio Syndrome works on her. I knew it… it's in her blood. Genius! Genius!"
Keisha, now confused, spoke, "W-what?"
Zhackary, who was still recovering from his fall, lying on the ground he spoke, "Rhianna! I just told you not to make her your test subject."
"You did. But I've worked for this for the rest of my life, Zhack. And Keisha is the perfect person for this bioweapon. Can't you see how amazing this is?", Rhianna said while her eyes glistened out of amazement.
Zhackary replied with an obviously pissed reaction on his face, "What do you think of Keisha? A weapon?"
"Rhi, I thought we already settled this", siding with the lad, Shino added with the same plastered response.
Rhianna proudly walked her way around the baffled lassie and addressed, "Y'all just don't understand, don't ya? S-Syndrome is created to revive the paralysis of a patient and to restore the damaged nerves and tissues of a human body. Don't you want that for Keish? I know you do, Zhack."
"Can you all please clarify this shit to me? I… I'm utterly perplexed", Keisha also barged in to the conversation among the three people surrounding her. She scratched her head and reacted as if she came from the past with the use of a time machine in a microwave.
Ignoring the girl's questions, Shino pointed at Rhianna with an intimidating look, "I've told you about my research about S-Syndrome, Rhi. It's poison."
Rhianna was irritated while defending herself from the negative reactions that her comrades gave her, she slammed her hand on her face.
"But not with Keisha's genes and blood, doofus. I've been testing the bioweapon on different blood samples for about three years, Shino. Ya hear that? I will never think of hurting Keisha, not now nor ever."
"Are you even thinking, Rhianna? You should've consulted us or Keisha before executing your plans. I understand all of your effort for this, but it's real unnecessary. We can save Keisha without putting harm on her", Zhackary said, supporting Shino's statements against Rhianna's hastiness.
Nevertheless, Rhianna couldn't accept their words and responded as if she had heard nothing from them. We might see her as an overly confident woman in this story, but to be frank, she's just desperate to do something good for her friend in danger.
"I'm doing this for Keisha, psychos. Sooner or later, you'll take back what y'all have said to me."
"Whatever that is, I'm heading out of here", Keisha butted in, chuckling in a way that she didn't care about what just happened to her.
She paused for a moment after witnessing Zhackary still recovering from being thrown out from the other side of her hospital room, "By the way, Veras, I apologize for hitting you hard a moment ago."
Offering her left hand, she smiled at him; however, it was not the same as her usual bright beam she showed off to everyone.
"I have heard of your plans while I was sound asleep, weren't we aiming to prepare for that bastard plausibly coming right here for a wager?"
Zhackary suddenly grinned in astonishment after hearing Keisha's voice of a bummer getting equipped for an exhilarating clash that he planned three days ago. And at the same time, he turned out to be muddled by that little lady calling him by his surname. Typically, she would call him Zhack or something even more adorable than that – knowing that she actually had an affection for him; though right now she's sounding undeniably odd.
"See? She doesn't seem into complaining about it at all", said Rhianna, winking at the two young lads a few steps away from her.
Shino smirked at her and frankly told her, "You're just lucky that we are preparing for a fight tonight. If not, you'll be the one whom she hit hard from across the room." Then laughed hard at Zhackary, who was still sitting down from where he landed, "Good thing Z's still in good shape."
Rhianna quickly made her rebuttal and said, "Shut it, Shino. You're a huge douchebag."
"Oh, really? Well, your doucheness will head out", Shino told her after a curtsy then walked straight out of the room.
Zhackary, who now recovered from his fall, stood up and stretched his arms as if he slept there on the ground to where Keisha threw him.
"Let's get to work fellas." He faced Rhianna and informed her, "You should call Jaden by now, start by making poison arrows for your crew before your target practice near the watchtower."
Rhianna countered him with a statement while her arms were crossing in frustration, "Why don't YOU have a general assembly first? Like, don't push yourself by roaming around and reminding everyone about what'll possibly happen tonight."
He nodded at her disputes and flicked on her forehead, "Shut your mouth about Keisha's condition, okay? Everything about her right now is highly confidential."
"Ow! Yeah, yeah sure. Make sure to also shut your mouth about my own plans for her", she quickly agreed to avoid further arguments regarding the matter.
Zhackary took a quick turn then glared at her with a tiger-like look in his eyes, "You're prolly in the safe zone now, Rhi. We'll be talking soon."
He achieved a tip-off of enthusiasm while heading out of the clinic – seemingly looking forward to the possible outcome of his plans. On the other hand, Keisha, went out to search for the coordinates of Utopia at the paramilitary command center of Cipher.
Not a jiffy longer, Zhackary then called out all and sundry for a broad assemblage at the main hall of Cipher base with the use of an amplifier.