Different continents weren't called by their usual names anymore as the ruling parties across the globe decided on naming as sectors according to the level of threat the monsters presented to the humans or rather immortal humans now. The continents also had to divide themselves according to the different danger levels. For example the lowest danger level is in Australia. Yeah… even with its most bizarre and dangerous wildlife… So Australia ranges up to a danger level of O which is very low in accordance with the high danger area of Asia with level B. More accurately picturing the distribution of the catastrophe rate… the seven continents and oceans are all given different rates… But there was something beyond any of these danger levels… the danger level A was reserved for something which no one could understand, or even had the courage to understand… it was that strange path fabricated while the huge explosion took place, the explosion generated by none other than Akash!
"Those Australians have finally thrown their true colours at us didn't they… Commander Kroft?" A Welsh boy jested while gulping through his scotch made by Commander Kroft.
"Ehh… Matee! You are dribbling some pines through that cakehole..." Another boy barged in the conversation without giving much of an eye. The boy looked Welsh but had an accent that of a native Englishman. Commander Kroft just waved his glass of scotch from side to side, deep in his thought. He was pretty good at keeping a poker face even if his mind was completely in a parallel world.
"Think mofo… us elites throwing away a helping hand to those pigs! And hey we get… free radiated wild kangaroos, don't we? Scrub it off!" The welsh boy was really going at it with all his wits. There were about seven bodies in that bar, all lying there after a heavy toil over their livers. Only three of them were hanging in there with their wits…but one guy looked unfazed with the slaving his liver did so far… he looked as sober as a judge! Of course, it was the Commander.
The other two finally succumbed to the challenge against their poor little liver which was gnawing there to be left alone. But Commander wasn't to flinch yet. He finally opened his and had a smirk indicating he just won an argument inside his head. As great a soldier he was, he could be too headstrong sometimes. He never lost an argument against anyone alive… because he killed those who used valid points to beat him. However that maybe, but he was no ordinary who just killed people when they were right against him… He even killed those who were wrong in the argument and spared only those whose thoughts matched with him.
With such self proclaimed wisdom he got up from his chair in the bar, left a check of 1500£, picked up both of his accomplices and walked down the street towards his Aston Martin.
He wanted a peaceful ride home at this hour, and fry some beef and try that wine his wife gifted him in his last birthday. He was now old, about 257 years old.. He was one of the first subjects for the immortality test and he withstood it, and after his body grew enough strength to understand the world and to fight it, he never looked back since then… cutting off small to large monsters with his team… he lost a great amount of team members, some of them fully slashed apart and annihilated and some of them having even worse fates… turning into creatures they were fighting to survive, how much worse could it get?
It seemed as if his once-in-a-while free night was not going to be as he expected it to be, as there was a crowd waiting for him; a crowd of ten whom he have never seen before with unusual clothing, there was general McDowell Smith, beside those ten group of brats. Even a crooked soul could tell that General Smith meant business whenever he paid a visit.
"Good evening, Commander… did I ruin your night by any means?" General asked without messing around with word games.
"Not at all general, you know I am always in my uniform " It was the undeniable truth. Because Commander Kroft never left his house without his naval uniform.
There was a deep silence after that. Both of them knew where it was all heading but they had to do it nevertheless.
"You're as vintage as always, Commander… I have found ten brave soldiers from the mud sector… you will love them I guarantee you!"
With that word, without any further ado General Smith departed leaving behind the clueless soldiers he carried with himself. They all were looking at each with astonishment and agony. Commander could sense the uneasy expressions and finally opened his mouth;
"Will you newbies like some beef?"
A FEW MOMENTS EARLIER;
The automobile took a flight out if nowhere. Well it's been so many years so it's obvious that science has touched new heights.. But the inside of the automobile was like a Karaoke room, why? Yeah same question…
"So where did you brave soldiers come from?"
"Hell" Devil not able to keep his mouth shut blurted out unnecessary truth from his mouth. But for everyone's surprise, the lad just lay a hand over Devil and passed an expression of sorrow, or more accurately pity, I genuinely thought he was pitying him for his unhealthy mind but his expression was serious and firm. What's up with that dark expression?
"I see…so you young lads have survived to those monsters and don't want to talk about the past again… It's okay, I know your rage will help us.. " Why does he sound like a commander from Call of Duty? Well yeah we don't wanna talk about the past, at least me after destroying the universe…
"So would you mind telling me your age?" The general was asking some strange questions. Is it some new rule to interview refugees with such dubious questions? Doesn't make any sense to me..
" 2897899 Quintillion years… " This time the Angel spoke. So both of these love birds are from the same asylum huh?
"What?" General looked bewildered.
"Umm… I mean those many quintillion seconds… "
" Ohhh… I see… wait that's, that's too many years, how can you be that old?" Damn, she fucked up… somebody cover her up…
"Umm… actually she means, it feels like so many seconds have passed that she can't even remember her age… " Kreya covered her up pretty good and then for some reason clinged on to my arms. Well yeah you're my girlfriend but you don't have to show off when there is no girl around… yeah I am considering humans not some immortal grandmas sitting around me, well Kreya is also an immortal but still I will give her the other side of the door…. I am not a simp!
I looked outside the automobile, and caught something unimaginable inside the lake there, and rubbed my eyes and it wasn't there anymore… Hmm, daydreaming about monsters is becoming a hobby for me in late.. When I returned my stare back inside the automobile, I found General looking at me with suspicious intentions. Do I look so hot? That even men? Nooo… blaghhh….Gross!
"Are you two a couple?" He asked looking at me with enthusiasm… I don't like it, help me Ankur… When I looked towards Ankur with an emergency twitch in my eyes, he ignored me gave me a side grin… Curse you dude!
"Yes we are… ! " Kreya said while hugging me so tightly, it almost broke all my ribs.
"I see.. Too bad" Hey dude! Control your emotions… I get it you're attracted to me but don't tell me that… Grosss!
"There is a girl in our academy who would have loved to meet you Mr?"
"Akash Varma "
"You're an Indian?"
"Yup"
I felt a throbbing pain in my chest and when I saw what it was, it was Kreya punching me hard.. Why? Don't know..
"Heyyy.. Uhh.. Uhh.. You're cheating on me?... Uhh.. Why are you introducing yourself like that… I will kill you… Uhhhh.. " Yeah add another one in that asylum.
"I was just answering his questions, can't I even do that?" I asked crying inside.
"Yes you can.. But no you can't… haaaa… uhhh… " She wasn't even able to breath after crying so much, What's up with this immortal lady? Why is she such a baby? Gotta pat her on the head… There.. There.. Kiddo… I am not going anywhere, I don't have any other options do I? She calmed down after that and fell asleep over my lap. Devil, Guts, Rogan all looked at me with eyes of disgust… Why are you guys jealous? Having so many women as your wives up their in your dimensions? Pathetic perverts!
On the other hand the Rema, Roxania and Kriti were looking at Kreya with disgust. Cruel creatures, don't curse my girl with your scornful eyes! I covered Kreya with my Jacket. Yeah I was wearing a Jacket all this time! I realised how cold it was after I covered her with my jacket. Only Shreya wore a jacket other than me, Others were just wearing casuals… we were all looking like a bunch of run offs but the general didn't seem to mind though..
"You guys look great together, I hope your love towards each other reach the benefits of our students as well.. Ohh well you ten will be students here too, I will look after the admission processes… you just have to settle down in Sector F678" F678? What's that? Well we can't let them know we don't know a thing about the rules of this planet anymore… I looked at Shreya and Ankur in hope of finding something out, they were as dumbstruck as me though… so we are doomed?
"So is this F678 an area with loads if girls?" Devil asked with a serious face.
"Huh?" Poor general was shocked by that pervert's enthusiasm. If humans knew, the devil they fear just lusts over woman and isn't scary at all… When he heard that it wasn't that kind of a town. His eyes raged fire. I don't know if I was the only one who could see it. Maybe I was wrong, he's scary after all…
Everyone came up with their stupid questions like; Is there a publishing house here? ; Is there a place, where there is a lot of water here? Is there internet here? Is there a boyfriend here? Hey didn't you make me your boyfriend? Is there any hope here? Why is it so calm here? Will I get to see thunder here? And questions flew like that until we landed on our destination.
The atmosphere around there was too calm to be normal, an unnerving feeling was gathering around my neck… I wasn't scared but I knew something bad was bound to happen in any moment. Then I saw him, a tall, with nerve like a steel, he looked like a weak old man almost in his mid fifties but his eyes, his eyes… were much older… they have seen death, fear, lust, greed, darkness, fraud, and many more things that no normal human could survive through, but something surpassed everything… it was something huge… some far greater and far beyond than any living being, or even immortals… and I don't why but it gave me the same soul tearing experience when I was inside that black thing… those eyes… those eyes…
"Heyyyy… you okay Aku? Don't stress about anything okay?" How did she know I was stressing? Well I guess it was easy to read from my face, wasn't it?
The man walked towards us with a calm demeanour. He might have looked calm but had eyes on everything around him. Who was he exactly?
He and the general had a deep conversation which had no meaning to us, so we just stood there aimlessly uncomfortable. The old man or rather the general left. And I was getting exhausted of thinking what I should say if he opens his mouth. Why am I getting so nervous in front of a human? The next thing which came out from his mouth surprised us all.
"Will you newbies like some beef?"
We got out from one car to get into another, but this one didn't adjust so some of us had to adjust on the roof of the car. What a welcome!
Well to be honest I didn't hate the wind gushing through my lungs at such a high speed in which a normal human could die of the shock caused by such high speed winds… or more importantly if the driver pull the breaks hard enough and we go crushing down under a huge truck coming our. Well enough of Final Destination Franchise promotion! In this world, the post apocalyptic world… the deal was different than usual terms, there weren't as many trucks driving around the high way and there was no high way in the first place… not anymore at least… Actually I am not sure… maybe it was because of the night? But it surely looked like a post apocalyptic world… even after so many years it's still like this? Cars, trucks crunched like trash cans… Even two or three Aeroplanes were also there, maybe hugged one of those monsters on its way huh? Poor kids flying in that plane…
"You look surprised, aren't you a native?" The old man asked me. Well technically I am the old man!
"Do I look like one?" I said in a carefree voice.
He stayed calm for a moment. Did I say something bad? Then that voice of mom echoed through my ears, "With such attitude, you won't be able to make many friends… " Sorry mom, seems like I downhearted you again!
"Well, you give interesting answers for a newbie" He talked again.
"So, newbies are supposed shut their mouths up become a chicken for the fox huh? Or do you prefer sheep?" Damn my mouth, have to keep it shut for a sec. Ankur and others glared at me with killing intentions, obviously excluding Kreya… she was sleeping over my shoulder… such an angel… Ahhhh… stop biting my shoulder!
For some unknown reason he stopped the car.
"There's something here. And there's a human too, have to save her" That old man was blabbering to himself but my ears were sharp enough to hear those words. Her? Which power allows you to determine the gender of the victim? He ran towards the broken building with his broken mind. I turned towards my group.
"Hey Ankur… can't you use your powers to get us out of here? That old man isn't good news you know?" I said in a cautious tone.
"Did you really just assume that I didn't try that already? Actually everyone was trying to do that… and you were just gasping at the end of the world you caused… Sheesh… " Well, sometimes you get a lecture than a simple no… but I deserved it so I accepted it anyway.
"Hey is she a baby… always sleeps? Or do you exhaust her so much that she can't even stay up for a moment?" Guts asked with an irritating voice.
"Change your name to God of lust.. " I said in his face.
"You want to summon a war here kid?"
"Hell yeah… bring it on… Let's see who's the kid.. " Damn what am I saying… even if I beat him, his hope will pick him up again… Someone find a Casca for this lusty Guts… He attacked me without a warning, I just dodged the attack and he fell down in a dump perfectly… But tadadada.. He's God of Hope, he won't give up will he? He really wasn't giving up… He got out of that dustbin, which have been used to store some kind if radiation… he was covered in black sooth and he ran towards me…
"Hey enough of hope already… guys help?" I looked at everyone, they were just lazing around under the lamp placed there… Why? Then I looked at Kreya, she was sleeping there beside them… What's with her is she alright? She has asleep for a while now! When I was pondering over that I heard a rumble.. A loud one… Then saw that old man flying in the air and he came crashing down in front of my foot… Hmmm? What the hell? Then I saw it, a little pup trotting towards us… it had a calm and sweet atmosphere around it, but when you looked beyond that there was nothing sweet and harmonious about that little figure, it was just hiding it's true colors. Everyone could see it right? Right? There was a small girl beside the dog.
"Good gried so he killed the monster and saved them both?" Kriti asked nonchalantly.
"Don't move there's something wrong.. Remember he said there's only a human there… " Devil said. Thanks man! At least you understand.
"What are you saying? You will always be a devi… " when she picked up that dog… there was silence… nerve wracking silence… then I saw Kriti just vanish in thin air, there was nothing left of her. Well she will reform so it's time to care about her but the child… The child was crying, crying so loud… so loud… a hint of a nostalgia struck me… What is this? Why do I feel like… The monster reformed itself into 20 feet tall wolf… I don't know why but it didn't seem evil to me… it seemed like it was trying to save the kid.. Hmmm? Are we the villains here? Wait! Wait! Wait! I forgot that I can't use telepathy here over them and Devil lounged over it, of course without his strona he was just a mere immortal like everybody present here but no.. He had other skills too, he was really fast he attacked the wolf from blind spots and was even able to strangle it for a second but he turned to dust too. I thought others must be clever enough to back out but they all went in, even Ankur? Why am I the only one sensible here? That creature looked at me with a different expression. I didn't know what it represented but it was scary nevertheless. That creature jogged towards me sniffed on me. I really wanted to experience fear there, but couldn't, why? The beast took a step back, it couldn't keep looking at me in the eye, why? Is it fearing me? Why? Just in that moment… a swift wind blew past me and the beast just flew somewhere far away, woah, holy wind?
"Are you okay Aku? Did it harm you? Phewww.. Thank god you're okay…" Kreya said while hugging me almost crying with that. Everyone started re appearing one after another. But why did it fear me and I didn't fear it?