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Chapter 4 - Invasion

"This green liquid inside this syringe can turn human body into a monstrous species. I know that you cannot remember anything, but I can help you remember it. Do you have any occuring memories in your mind?" he asked me.

"I do. There is a woman. She is always in my memories. I heard from her about revolutionizing the world. I saw her injecting something on a man, then I heard screams. I am sorry but that's everything I can remember, at least for now." I answered.

I think the commander is not satisfied with my answer. He just nodded. He keeps spinning that syringe on his fingers. Then, he asks, "That woman in your memories, what does she look like? Can you give some details about her appearance?"

I close my eyes and try to remember. "She's wearing an eyeglass, lab coat, dark hair and fair skin... Also, she's wearing a sort of pentagram necklace."

"A pentagram necklace?" he then nodded. "She's wearing a lab coat, so she must be a scientist. A pentagram necklace, I think she's a fanatic of something. You told me that they will revolutionize the world, right? I think she's planning something... THEY, to be exact." Commander Dever said.

"What could it be?" I asked in a low tone.

"That is up for your mind to answer. Would you allow us to examine you? We are going to extract the information in your mind." he asked.

"Sure. I will have no problem with that. But how?"

"We have the latest technology to accomplish that. You will just be asleep for three consecutive days. After that, we can use the information extracted to know about their plan or what they are up to."

I look at Daniel and he looks at me. He comforts me by tapping my shoulder. "It will be alright." he said.

I trust him. I want to know about the woman as well. What is she really up to? What happened all these years? My head aches once again. However, this time, I see myself driving a car. It was raining. After that, I saw the same woman, but this time, she was not wearing a lab coat neither she wears eyeglasses. She is shouting at me but I can't understand what she is shouting about. There is so much confusion in my head. I hear Daniel saying, "Hey! Are you alright? You're having a headache again?"

Then, suddenly, the pain stops. My head is completely filled with silence. I breathe deeply. I can feel my heart pounding fast. What the hell is that? I ask to myself. Commander Dever is just looking at me. Then, he asks me what happened.

"I saw the same woman, but in a different place. She's shouting at me but I cannot understand what she was saying." I answered.

"I think you have to rest for now. We will call you once the Memory Extractor Technology is ready."

Commander Dever leaves the room. Daniel stays with me.

"How can this place avoid being attacked by those monsters?" I asked.

"Nope. This place does not avoid those monsters. We have the weapon that disintegrates the species' body. The only reason why this place is still surviving because species do not attack in large groups, however if they do, we will lose hundreds of soldiers. Or worse, this vault would be destroyed." he answered.

I look on to the table in front of me. I see some pictures of different alienish creatures. One of it is the species that we have fought earlier. I ask Daniel what could be the name of the species that we had fought outside.

"Those species with abnormally large upper body and small lower body are called Warhammers. There are also small creatures but terribly fast. They have scissors as hands and large four eyes on its head. They are called Swiftcuts. I still cannot believe that you've crushed three of the Warhammers. How did you do that?" he asked.

"I don't know. I just felt a surge of strength inside of my body and I get this feeling of crushing them, tearing them apart, and breaking their bones. Then, I did." I answered. Daniel is just staring at me for a moment.

Then, out of a sudden, we hear a loud alarm. I quickly ask Daniel what is that.

"The species must be trying to invade again." he said. "Stay here, I will come and have a look of what's happening." then he goes outside.

"I did what he told me. I just sit on the chair and wait. However, I do not feel like just sitting on a chair while hearing the loud sound of the sirene. I look on the window pane and I see some people running as if someone is chasing them. Then, Daniel rushes to me. "Hey! Let's get out of here now!" he said unto me.

"What is happening?" I asked.

"I will tell you on the way." he answered.

I follow him and we rush to Location 28. It is the last floor of this underground vault. When we got there, I learned that we are already being invaded. The outside forces have lost. We hear from the speaker that there are over 60 warhammers and more than 70 swiftcuts that invaded the vault.

"This is what I'm afraid about. It's puzzling me why they suddenly invaded this vault in large numbers." Daniel said.

"What are we going to do? Let them get here? We have to act now, Daniel." I responded.

"But how?"

"Remember what I did when I crush three warhammers? I feel like I can crush dozens of them right now."

"Hey, there are over 60 of them. Not to mention that there are also swiftcuts. You'll be torn apart!" he answered unto me.

My head aches again, however unlike the other past headaches, this one is more painful. I almost pass out due to the pain. I thought my head is going to explode. I can hear Daniel shouting to me, but I cannot understand what he is saying. It seems the world is turning upside down. I can feel that I am falling down. I am about to lose my consciousness. One last thing that I see is that species get in to the floor where we are, Location 28.