THE TUNNEL
The tunnel was dark. The only light source being the lanterns the group brought with them. "This tunnel is creepy as hell" Eugene says. "No shit" Mikey commented, making Eugene sigh "Kids"
"How do you even have service here?" Crizz questions Seasealia about her phone "We're on a whole different planet"
"I don't have service. I have screenshots of my friends and family's messages to me. I miss them a lot and this is the only way I can remember the good times" Seasealia explained. "The only thing I miss is my bed" Crizz added.
"I can't believe we're doing this. After all this time, we're finally gonna get to the truth" Angie spoke. "Yeah, you guys. I'm only tagging along" Vonda added, crossing her arms while walking. "No, you've also learned the truth about your people too. Novishians kept your people as slaves and did brutal things to them. You learned something in this mission too" Angie says. "I guess that counts too" Vonda agreed.
Suddenly, a loud banging sound was heard behind the group, startling everyone. Eugene was the only one behind and got even more frightened "Guys! What the hell was that!?"
"You guys got ammo?" Wilson jokingly asked. "Bozo!" Aka shouted quietly "Watch out" Aka moves through the group, facing his lantern toward the entrance of the tunnel "Who's there!" He shouted. "Aka, what if they're Novishians!" Crizz shouted quietly. "Boy! Why the hell would there be Novishians out the walls!? Seasealia, give me your phone" Aka puts his hands out as Seasealia hands him the phone "Be careful with it" She says.
Aka turns on the flashlight with full brightness on the phone and shines it toward the entrance. "Aaaaah!!! What the shit!!!" Eugene screamed as the light shines onto a brute at the distance. It's a brute they've never seen before. Everyone's eyes are widened and shocked. The brute looks almost like a person, but it has spikey hair that moves around like worms along with three arms on each side and black wings. Its face is pale white and its eyes red as blood. The monster screeches and screams out. "Run!!!!!!" Aka screams to the top of his lungs as everyone begins sprinting.
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 10, CHAPTER 128, FIRE, PINK, AND AZURE
SOUTHERN BATTLEFIELD
"Moises..." 07 says until he blacks out from his head wounds. Wuhan turns to find Moises standing there with fire, pink, and azure plasma auras. It looked beautiful, like a rainbow, but only the colors red, pink, and blue were present. Wuhan looked up at the sky and breathes out caliginous azure plasma while yelling. Moises stops; his face looking fearless.
"How are you still alive?" Wuhan asked calmly. Moises doesn't answer, but shows his intimidating glaring face. "I see, you don't want to talk anymore, do you? You think this new look is going to scare me? You think this new power shit you got is going to scare me!!?" Wuhan shouted, furious by Moises's appearance "You should've died!"
"I didn't die" Moises uttered beneath his breath. He's too far from Wuhan for him to hear. Wuhan gets annoyed as he dashes toward Moises. Moises blocks and disappears. Wuhan's eyes widened as Moises slashes his back "Aaah!" Wuhan falls to the ground. Moises swings down at Wuhan, but he evades and kicks Moises, but Moises grabs his foot and spams him to the ground.
Moises exhales fire, blasting it toward Wuhan. Wuhan ducks and begins running away "What the fuck!" Wuhan shouted. Moises chases him; flying in the sky. He spins with his sword as purple flames bursts out, slashing Wuhan's back again.
Wuhan crashes to the ground and quickly turn around to block Moises's sword, but the sword strikes Wuhan's stomach "Aaaah!!"
"You'll feel the pain you've caused everyone to feel" Moises said while staring at Wuhan's fear-filled face. Wuhan spits out blood as he looks at his hands covered in his own blood. He turns around and lays on his back facing Moises. Moises opens his palms and charges the fire. Wuhan closes his eyes, knowing it's all about to end. Moises blasts the fire toward Wuhan. Wuhan slowly opens his eyes to find Moises standing there with his right arm extended out, but the fire and auras around him was gone.
Moises spared Wuhan's life, leaving behind a fire blast beside Wuhan's head. Moises grabs Wuhan's hands and ties him up "What are you doing? Why didn't you kill me!!?" Wuhan shouted. "Everyone deserves a second chance" Moises says.
"Kill me!!" Wuhan shouted until coughing out blood and falling to the floor. Moises looked down on him "Look who's the weak one now. I'm not gonna kill you. You're gonna spend the rest of your life in prison where you'll become bored and go insane"
Wuhan clenches his bloody teeth "You fucking little bitch-!!" Wuhan shouted as Moises strikes his head with a kick. Wuhan blacks out as Moises drags him through the battlefield. He looks down at 07 and checks to see if he's alive. He drags 07 with him as well.
THE TUNNEL
"Go!! Go!! Go!!!" Wilson shouted out, running through the tunnels with the rest of them. The brute continues to screech and scream at the group. "Someone, hurry the fuck up and put on the armors!!" Aka shouted "Aaaaaah!!" He screams. Mikey puts on the arm piece of the metal armor. He leaps in the air and spins, facing behind at the brute as he blasts azure plas at it.
The brute quickly dies as its head explodes from the azure plasma "It's dead!" Mikey shouted. The others stop running and turned around. It was dead silence. "Alright, let's keep going" Crizz says. The others continues walking. Eugene walks with the others, but thinks about the brute "I've never seen that brute before. It looks like a zombie, but... not" he said.
"I don't know, maybe it's just a weird-looking zombie" Mikey responds. "A mutated zombie?" Crizz asks "Like 7 Days To Die?"
"You and your damn video games" Seasealia says. "What? But the zombies look way different from these ones" Aka says "They look more like those cranks from Maze Runner, except the Maze Runner zombies ain't got like six arms, bruv"
Suddenly, the screeches were heard again, but this time in front of them. "Aaaaaaaaah!!!" The mutated zombies screeches and screams, except there were multiple voices. "There's... more" Aka says "Okay guys, we have to run!! There should be a right turn if we go ahead!! Just a few more steps!" Aka screamed while they run. They find an intersection with four pathways. Seasealia flashes her phone light at the other two pathways to find the mutated zombies "Aaaah!!" She screamed.
They all turn right and began sprinting for their lives. Mikey tries taking out all the zombies with the azure plasma beams, but it only hits a few. More mutated zombies came rushing in and pushing the others. "Everyone! Turn right!!!" Aka shouted as he turns right and busts open a door. Everyone rushes in and shuts the door close, but Seasealia gets her legs grabbed "Aaaaah!!!" She screamed as she falls to the ground in the room. Eugene quickly closes the doors as Crizz kicks the zombie off Seasealia "Fuck you!"
Mikey blasts azure plasma toward the zombie as it dies instantly. "Have you been bitten??" Crizz asked, checking on Seasealia's legs. "No, I'm fine" She said. Everyone breathed heavily, echoing through the room. "Come, there's another tunnel system we can enter through this door" Aka walks to another door in the room.
Crizz, standing next to the other door, suddenly gets grabbed by the zombies bursting through the door "Aaaah!!" Crizz screamed out loud as the zombies savagely bites his eyes out "Aaaaaaah!! Aaaaaah!!" Crizz begins to scream in pain, crying, yelling. "Crizz!!!" Aka screamed and rushes to Crizz. "Run!!!! Run!!! Run!!!!!" Crizz screamed at them.
"Sorry" Aka whispered as tears in his eyes begin to form "Fuck!!" Aka shouted as he runs with the others; shutting the door shut on Crizz. Crizz fights off the zombies and quickly gets up "Aaah!! Aaaaaah!!" Still yelling and groaning in pain. Both his eyes are gouged out; he's blind. "Aaaaah!!" His painful voice continues screaming.
A mutated zombie suddenly extends its arms longer toward Crizz's mouth as it pierces through his throat, violently ripping Crizz's head off from the neck. The other mutated zombies continue eating him while others sprints to the door to get the group.
"Run! Run!!! We're almost there!!" Aka shouted. Seasealia is turned around, but her body facing at the front of her while running "Crizz" she says as tears stream down her face.
Later, they finally stop running, knowing that the mutated zombies are definitely far from them now. They make it to the end of the tunnel "We're here" Aka said as he climbs a wooden ladder. "If only we had more armor, we could've saved Crizz" Seasealia said. Aka looked down at the ground "I'm sorry" He closed his eyes.
Mikey, patiently waiting, decides to just go on without them. He climbs the ladder and suddenly gets stuck at the top trying to open the door. "You should've let me climb first" Eugene said while looking up at Mikey.
Eugene opened the door with his bare strength after switching spots with Mikey. He gets up from underground and looked around at the abandoned houses and farms. Then he looks up to be surprised to see before them; the city of Novishi.
The door is camouflaged with the dirt on the floor, so no guards or civilians of Novishi can recognize the door. The abandoned farm is small enough that you can see the city from just a kilometer away. The rest finally make it to the top "Yep, that's Novishi. Shit, I used to look at Downtown so much when I was little" Aka says.
A loud bag was heard right after that comment as a small missile is seen soaring through the sky with a deafening roar, leaving a trail of smoke. "Get down!" Eugene shouted at that moment as everyone gets down. The missile explodes, sending shrapnel from the missile toward the group "Aaah!!" The group screamed. "Hands in the air!!! Put your hands in the air!!" Novishian guards appear out of nowhere and screams at the group.
"Hey!! We're citizens of Novishi!!!" Mikey shouted "Why are you attacking!!?"
The smoke clears up as the Novishian guards come in and beats every single one of the group. "No!! Stop!!" Vonda screamed out as Mikey blasts azure plasma at the guards. More guards comes in as they run into the group and ties them up "You're under arrest for trespassing!!"
"Angie... Angie!!!" Vonda shouted out loud as Angie's body laid there lifeless. There were shrapnel shards connecting to her forehead and throat, creating a disturbing image. Angie's eyes are blood red and her jaw is cut opened, dropping down and revealing her teeth and tongue. "Angie!!! Angie!!!" Vonda attempts to shake the guards off her, but they wouldn't budge.
Mikey looked down at the ground with his eyes widened, stunned at the death of Angie. He turns to his right to find Eugene laying there; not moving just like Angie. The guards check on Eugene "He's alive! Take them into the prison cells!" The Novishian guard shouted. "Eugene" Mikey says. Eugene had blood covering his face and shrapnel stuck into his chest.
The Novishian guards lift the group up and places them in an armored van and begins driving off the farm, leaving Angie's body back at the farm. "Angie" Vonda cries as the others join in; sorrowful at the loss of Mark's wife.
NORTHERN BATTLEFIELD
"Stay" Moises says as he savagely chucks Wuhan into a tree, tying him up to the tree with chains and ropes for extra protection. He calmly laid 07 down next to another tree, away from Wuhan. Moises walks toward the battlefield and stared at the Dominant League and the LCI fighting. "Is that... Moises!!?" Chloe shouted. The others realize too as the Dominant League turns around. Chloe manage to slash all the Dominant League members with her pink plasma sword "Aaah!!"
"Hahahaa!! Y'all got distracted!" She laughed. Xiulan kicks her down to the ground from behind and blasts the the LCI members "I believe this is all we have left, huh?" Xiulan says. Everyone stood in a crooked line, staring at Xiulan. "LCI!" She shouted "This is your chance to surrender or you will be annihilated by our hands! Bow down before your government or you'll face death!!"
The others looked at her crazy "You crazy bitch! Fuck you!!" Moises shouted behind them "You guys will never be the government of Izuzunu. You brought Izuzunu's downfall!! There could've been any other ways that we could've stopped Jun from his evil acts, but you chose to do this!!"
The battlefield was quiet until Hyeonin spoke out "We're doing what's right-"
"What you're doing is not fucking right, you fucking stupid bitch!!" Moises shouts as flames bursts out from his back. The LCI looked in shock "Where did you get that armor from?" Edison asked. "I rebuilt Jun's armor, but it's a lot stronger than his last one. I upgraded it" Moises answers. "I am doing the best I can yo protect Izuzunu and save Izuzunu and make Izuzunu great again!" Hyeonin shouts.
"It's always the same bullshit, huh? Save Izuzunu, make Izuzunu great again. All the shit you're saying is bullshit!!" Edison shouted "End this war and everything will go back to normal!!"
"Yes" Leila says "End it now!! Hyeonin!! Xiulan... Trini... Sejrik... Grulix... end it all!!" She begins tearing up. "I'm not gonna let no weak bitch control my actions!!" Hyeonin shouts as he sprints toward the LCI. Luckily, Gishi makes it in time "Stop!!" He shouted "End this war now!!! We know your secrets!! Dominant League!!!" He shouted.
The others turned around with a shocked face "What?" Hyeonin says "What are you doing!? Get the Dominant League!!"
"What!? We're not the Dominant League, you guys are!" Lilly shouts. Jackson appears from behind Gishi "Hyeonin, you monster!" He shouted as the Dominant League gasps "I know who you are!! I told everyone!!! You're the true Dominant League!!"
Hyeonin clenches his teeth as he faces the ground "Hyeonin... it's over" Gishi says as the soldiers combine forces. The Kitsunens, Feiburgians, and Zoidonians "You're truly evil" Gishi says "More evil than Jun, Hyeonin"
Hyeonin looks back up at everyone and at his league "What do we do, Hyeonin?" Trini asks. He looks back at the soldiers, all together and pointing their swords and guns at the Dominant League. "We... will..." Hyeonin whispered beneath his breath, thinking of what to do. Continue the war or surrender to the LCI. "Aaaaaaaaah!!!" Hyeonin screamed out loud as he erupts in pink electricity auras. The others joined along and flies toward the LCI. The soldiers began shooting their guns and launching rocket launchers. Gishi and Fui both team up and flies to the sky strikes the Dominant League. The LCI joins along and flies up in the sky. Moises and Hyeonin locked eyes and flew toward each other.
Moises dodges Hyeonin's strike and teleports behind him, piercing his sword through Hyeonin's back "Aaaaah!!"
Gishi blasts an abundant amount of blue fire toward the grounds where the Dominant League are. Gishi rushes down and attacks Sejrik, slicing his face "Aaaaah!!"
Fui picks up Grulix and Trini at the same time and slams them down to the grounds as the soldiers shoot at the Dominant League. Everyone continues to beat the Domiant League as Hyeonin looks at his surrounding, struggling for air. Moises slowly walks toward Hyeonin "This is it" He says "End the war and we will spare all your lives"
Hyeonin looks at the ground and covers his eyes and ears as he begins to scream. Moises watches and kicks him in the stomach. Hyeonin falls to his back and looks straight up at the sky. It's a beautiful day with broken clouds. He feels the wind breeze and remembers a time in Izuzunu with Trini at school. It took Hyeonin a few minutes to decide the fate of his life and his group's. He looks to his side to see them being brutally beaten by the LCI.
"I... will... surrender" He said. "Hm?" Moises questions. "I will... surrender!!!" Hyeonin quickly got on all fours and faces the ground "I surrender!!! We surrender!!! Stop!!!!" He begins to cry knowing the fact that he has lost this war and lost the opportunity to make Izuzunu great again. "Please" He begged. Everyone watches Hyeonin bawling as he holds his stomach wound. The fight stops and the battlefield is finally quiet. No swords clashing together, no guns being fired, no explosions, and no powers blasts. "It's finally... over..." Chloe says. Lilly clenches her teeth and wraps her sword tightly around the handle as pink electricity goes off. She dashes toward Hyeonin, looking like she teleported, and slices his head off clean. His head lands on the ground as his body joins along. Lilly slowly opens her eyes, glad that she had finally avenged Jun.
THE PRISON CELL
Mikey, Aka, Seasealia, Wilson, and Vonda sat in a room with white walls and white ceiling; something the Izuzunians never seen before. There are circular lights on the roof and the benches they sat on are white. The entire room is white. "Once, we broke out of here... and now we're back in!" Wilson shouted in disappointment. "Who knows what they'll do... They might torture us" Seasealia said. Aka looked down at the ground "I'm sorry I got all of y'all caught"
"No, Aka, it's not your fault. Stop blaming yourself, you're being too harsh" Seasealia assured Aka. Mikey and Vonda looked tired and depressed, sitting there with their back leaned back at the wall. The door suddenly opens as Novishian guards walk in. "Hello, I'm General Jovan of the Army and I'm here to ask you a few questions" General Jovan said.
The guards bring in a table in the middle of the room and a chair for General Jovan to sit on. They even move the benches closer to the table. General Jovan sits down on his chair and holds both his palms together "So... why were you guys trespassing into Novishi?" He asked. Everyone stayed quiet, looking at each other, wondering who's gonna explain it to him. "Hello??" He jokingly says "I'm right here, aren't I?"
Mikey looks over at Vonda as she nods her head for approval to tell them the truth. Mikey faces back at General Jovan "We're called humans... and we randomly woke up in this random planet that we know damn well we do not belong on. We heard from the druzels and the kalkruts that there is a human nation called Novishi, so that's why we're here. We have no memory of our past at all. All we remember is our names, how to speak English, and general knowledge. You must know why this is happening to us right? Why we're here and not back on Earth!!!" Mikey slams the table, but General Jovan doesn't jump.
"The 25th and 26th Party, huh?" He knows the truth as he begins to ask more questions "So you came all the way over here from Uapeisios for answers?"
"Yes" Mikey answered. "And what is the 25th and 26th Party?" Mikey asked. General Jovan takes a deep breath and sighs "It all started back on September 18, 2032, when the Zeithonian Military launched an attack on the borders of Canada and destroying the city of Whitehorse, taking it for themselves. The Zeithonian Military began sending more troops in to take over the entire territory of Yukon. This is the beginning of World War III"
"World War... III?" Mikey says while confused and frightened. Vonda felt concerned even though she has no idea how Earth looks like and Aka and Seasealia already knows this news. "After that attack, the US quickly covered for Canada, sending them supplies, weapons, tanks, all those stuff. Until... the Zeithonian Military began threatening the borders of Washington state. The US joins the war and now it's getting serious. The US brought their own allies and so does the Zeithonians. The Zeithonians ravage across Washington, taking it for themselves. Next, they were planning to go both south and east toward Oregon and Idaho" General Jovan finished his sentence as Mikey speaks out "Wait, why did the Zeithonians even attack?"
"We don't know. But many theorized it's most likely because they want to expand their country and possibly take over the entire world" General Jovan answers "Water, please" He said to the guards as they give him a bottle of water. He drinks out of it and continues the history lessons "Then... President Williams comes up with the plan. The plan to steal the drip from Kepkury and use it to stop the Zeithonian's evil plans. He sent you guys. He named you guys the 25th Party. Some even the 26th Party. He sent you all here to take the drip and hold it as long as possible until President Williams comes back"
"Well why would he take our memories away!!? Why did he have to do that if we were sent on a mission to steal the drip!!? We wouldn't know our objectives!!" Mikey shouted, making a point. "I don't know that one. You're going to have to ask him yourself" General Jovan answers. Mikey takes a deep breath and sits back down "This is unfair and cruel. He made us suffer!!" Mikey hits the table once again "He made us suffer!! He made us watch each of our innocent friends die one by one!!! He is... evil!!"
General Jovan looks at the table and at Mikey's fists "I'm sure he had a reason why he'd do such a thing"
"Why use the drip? Why not use the nukes?" Seasealia asked "Doesn't the US have nukes?"
"That would mean the end of the world. The civilians of Zeithon would die from the radiation and the explosions" General Jovan answered "If we use the drip, we can control its powers and only stop the Zeithonian Military. I believe that is the reason why President Williams wants the drip"
"So... all this time... your people..." Vonda turns to Mikey "were forced to steal the drip"
Mikey gets up again and leans close to General Jovan "Take me to President Williams... now" He demanded. "He isn't here" General Jovan replies. "I said... take... me... to... President Williams... right... now!!"
NORTHER BATTLEFIELD
Everyone breathed heavily as the clouds block the sun, shading the entire battlefield with dead corpses and wounded soldiers. The LCI and Dominant League stood there, staring at Lilly and Hyeonin's dead body and decapitated head. "Lilly... what did you do!!?" Mark shouts.
She stood there, staring at the floor, taking slow and controlled breaths "I killed Hyeonin. I avenged... Jun"
Suddenly a loud airship was heard from the skies as it came flying down toward the battlefield, leaving everyone with confusion and curiosity. The airship lands as the backdoor begins to open in front of them. A man walks out the airship with a smile "Hello 25th Party!! Izuzunians!! And 26th Party!!" He shouted in an excited voice.
"Who the hell are you?" Mark asked while pointing his sword at the man. The man walks closer and closer to the rest of the war veterans. His guards follow him as he smiles "I'm President Mick Williams"
TO BE CONTINUED IN VOLUME 11...