"Alan! Where are you boy?" a man looks confused looking for someone, "I'm here Rex!" answered a voice,
When the man found the child he was looking for, he said worriedly, "I told you not to play outside the guard walls, this is very dangerous, what will happen if you..."
"Yes yes, kidnapped by gang members, I know Rex" replied the boy with a lazy face
"Now go back inside, your sister is cooking food," said Rex.
Alan walked lazily into the house, Alan lived in a village protected by a guard wall, Together with several survivors of the great war, in their house, Alan lived with his sister Lyla, who was cooking, as well as Rex, who took care of them since childhood.
"Sis!"
"Yes Alan?" answer Lyla
"What are you cooking?" Alan asked, watching his older sister cook.
"curry" Lyla answered short
"Hmm, curry again? but yesterday we had curry." Reply Alan bored
"Be patient, we only have this leftover..." Answered Lyla concerned
"Hmmm okay," Alan said as he walked away "Wait didn't Rex go hunting?" ask her again
"Rex is actually hurt..." Lyla answered quietly, "Huh?!!!" said Alan in shock, "what happened?" Alan asked as he ran for Rex,
"Rex?! Are you in the room?" called Alan, he finally found Rex in his room, nursing his wound, "what happened?" asked Alan, "they shot us" Rex answered quietly while growling in pain, "they? Who are they?" Asked Alan confused, "gang from the south, I don't know what brought them here." Rex Reply
"The gang from the south? Who are they?" Alan continued, "the howling skull, they belong to a very strong gang, I can't believe they have arrived here" replied Rex worriedly, Alan knows, the world he lives in has changed, he has heard stories from elders about the great war that changed the world, and how dangerous the world he now lives in.
"Ok Alan, tomorrow you have to start training for survival and fighting, got it?" Rex said, "hmm, got it." Alan answered slowly.
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The next morning...
"Alan, let's get up!" said Rex, "okay" replied Alan still very sleepy, "wait it's not morning yet is it?" said alan confusedly, "of course, because we will start training very early in the morning," said Rex, "let's start, first, basic survival," said Rex, "okay boss," said Alan excitedly.
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Month after month passed….
"look at you now," Rex said proudly, "a pro" he continued with a smile, "thank you Rex" Alan replied while holding his gun and knife, "here," said Rendy,
"I'll return all your weapons that I borrowed," said Rendy while giving him the weapons he borrowed, but Rex refused, saying "it's yours now, oh yes and one more thing ..." Rex said while picking up something,
"Take this" Rex said handing him a box, "what's this?" asked Alan as he took the box from Rex's hands, "open it later, you could say it's a gift," said Rex with a smile,
"from?" asked Alan still curious, "you could say a gift from tomorrow, or what humans call it, the future," said Rex, Alan was still confused, "but how do you open it? It uses a key" Alan asked having trouble opening it, "oh that, try read this," Rex said, handing a note, "who wrote it?" asked Alan more confused, "oh that ..."
"EMERGENCY!!! THE HOWLING SKULL ATTACKED US, EVERYONE GET READY!!"
"Evacuate everyone from here!"
" IT'S TOO LATE THEY HAVE ALREADY GOT THROUGH THE GUARD WALLS!!"
"Alan look for your sister! Hurry up!" Rex said as he got out and grabbed the gun, "Okay!" Alan replied as he tucked the box into his pocket, and hurried off,
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA" a scream froze Alan, followed by a gunshot that added to his panic, he knew that voice, IT'S LYLA!
His heart was beating like a bullet, his breath was roaring like a diesel engine
Brakk
slammed the exit, and the sight that greeted him, made his blood freeze. In front of him, Lyla was lying, covered in blood, nearby was a member of The Howling Skull who was reloading bullets
"YOU BASTARD!" Alan shouted as he rushed forward to attack, Alan is only 12 years old, but his strength is past his age, he doesn't care about bullet shots, all he can think of is anger and revenge, his eyes are red like flames that devour the surrounding houses
A fierce battle ensued, he slashed knives and kicked, until two members of the gang lay dead. "I ... will never forgive you all" replied Alan full of anger.
Then he saw his sister's corpse, "Lyla..." He said with a tight chest full of regret, he wanted to cry
"Alan! Focus!" Rex's scream rang out from a distance still busy with the fight.
"Heaa" someone shouted from behind, Alan quickly turned around and blocked the attack with his knife,
TRANKK
"You're great, for the size of a child," said the person with a grin, Alan endured the pain in his hand, the hit was quite hard.
"Let's see how long you can survive," said the person continuing his attack
Slash after slash was accepted, Alan did not expect, the person in front of him was very strong, Alan's head started to spin, he was still thinking about Lyla and his guilt towards his brother,
"Hey kid, where are you looking at?!" snapped the enemy
"hah?" said Alan realized, a slash towards him, he frantically resisted the attack, the knife bounced and he was kicked, Alan backed away, but he couldn't, there was a ravine behind him, if he fell, he would drown in the rushing river.
"Heheheh" laughed the person while playing with his ax, "now…..you will die"
"Alan! Dodge!" shouted Rex, shooting the man with his gun and drawing his sword,
Unexpectedly, that person could match Rex's strength, Rex's gun fell, and Rex started to look tired, "where is your strength? Rex Remus?"
Alan was surprised, that person knows Rex's full name
"What do you want Guthrum?!" ask Rex
"You know you shouldn't retire from the howling skull right?" Guthrum replied,
then he turned towards Alan, "You may be surprised little boy.. but Rex was one of our Elite members, with your father," said the person smiling, "now hand over the Prime Orb you have," said the person
"NEVER!" said Rex against,
"you're so stubborn Rex," said Guthrum,
Alan still couldn't digest everything, "what happened," he thought, "And who is the father?" he said in his heart
"AHH"
"Rex!" Alan said frantically, Rex had been stabbed by a knife,
Guthrum walked over and picked up Rex's gun, and said, "he's going to die, and so will you," he said pointing the gun at Alan, "NO!" said Rex as he pushed Guthrum, then he said, "stay alive..Alan" then he pushed Alan down the abyss, "STAY ALIVE!" he shouted from above, followed by a deafening gunshot, and Rex's corpse tumbled down…with Alan, Drifting, following the swift current of the river.