'What'. That's the only thought that could formulate on Fleur's mind.
She was already barely surviving the first year of university life and had only her family and a few friends supporting her.
Now, she was just staring into utter pandemonium that twisted common sense and reality itself.
The ground was shifting abnormally fast, as if it has a destination, no, it felt like it does have a destination.
Fire from buildings and havoc could be seen from the dorm room she was in.
The cries for help of people and the shrieks and roars of anomalies could be heard from where she was standing on.
She fell down on her knees, crying, as all hell broke loose outside.
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"Alright, everyone get ready. We're going into ground zero in a few. Suit up." Commander. Lake says as he held his gun firmly.
"Hey miss , you nervous?" says a raven haired girl thats a few inches smaller than Fleur as she gently bumps her shoulder to shoulder.
she stares at the girl for a few seconds before snapping out of it. "Heyya, the name's Ciara! Ciara Doyle!" the girl said as she smiled at
Fleur gleefully. Startled, Fleur took a step back and a deep breathe in. "Hi- I'm Fleur Thatcher. N-nice to meet you." she responded shyly.
She then starts to think deeply, feeling that the name Doyle sounded familiar. "No need to be shy." Ciara said, holding out her hands.
Fleur was indeed shy, but she wasnt rude enough not to accept a handshake. Their hands clasped each other and they shook hands.
Ciara continued to initiate a few simple questions to Fleur as they get ready with the other people going into Ground Zero. The forty feet
tall iron gate opened, The overgrowth from the other side of the wall was veiled in the lightest of mists. They were then ordered to ride the
military truck we were assigned to. Some of the people seemed to have a better composure and some including Fleur were on the nervous side.
Commander Lake then jumped into the driver's seat. "Do you guys want to introduce yourselves? This might be the last time you guys
can talk to a human ever again." he says playfully but everyone knows that this may truly be the last time we'll be able to talk to someone sane.
"Might as well go first, The name's Alex Lake but you guys should address me as Commander Lake. You guys might already know me as
'Iron Lake' or 'Commander Ironhead'. This guy beside me is the newly developed expedition assistant robot but i named him Chris.I hope we
get along even if this journey ends inside g. Zero or continues ahead." He added to his previous statement.
One guy groaned "My name is Riggs Yearwood, my ability allows me to manipulate trees to do simple movements."
"HI! I'm Jonelyn Chantal. no abilities." A brown haired girl with slightly tanned skin said cheerfully. "i prefer not to-" "His name is Maynard
and I am Gisella Schmidt! We're twins and we are from Germany! Our ability works together! He creates gravity and i remove gravity!
or I think thats how it works-" "You think?" said the pale guy with ash brown hair as he tried to shut his sister from embarassment.
"Garfield October. No ability." A bulky redhead said as he gripped his nape from boredom. Fleur muttered to herself for a few seconds then
proceeded to introduce herself saying "I-I'm Fleur Thatcher and I have no abilities- pleased to meet you a-all." "I'm Ciara Doyle, everybody.
you guys probably know me as 'Iníon na gréine' or in english- uh- Daughter of the sun if i remember correctly?"Ciara said while giggling.
"Youre 'THE' Ciara Doyle?" asked the twins. "WE'RE YOUR FANS." they added. "Woah there, lets not get to excited. We are about to enter g.Zero"
Commander Lake said as the engine started.
[clank] [clank] [clank] [clank] [clank]
the sounds of the iron chains can be heard by everyone as the iron gate opened fully. "Buckle up." Commander Lake said as they drove into
Ground Zero. As they got into the foggy entrance of the now post-apocalyptic half of the world an eerie presence could be felt by everyone.
The Gate slowly closed as they moved further away from it. Fleur had this tingly anxious feeling as if something bad will happen.
She whispered to herself. "There's no going back."
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The buildings were in ruins, trees growing out of past houses and structures. The fog was still mirage-like as it enwrapped the vehicle they were on.
Gisella suddenly screamed which put everyone on edge. "WHAT IS IT-" a tense Garfield asked her. "Pixies tapped on the mirror."
"What?" he asked confused. "Pixies tapped on the mirror." She answered to his question once again. The pixies' laughters can be heard around
the car. You can hear them making music and dancing on top of the car. The little benign pixies soon vanished along with their tiny laughters.
As Commander Lake continued to drive, a huge rumble startled everyone, trees started falling a few meters away from them.
"EVERYONE- DUCK-" Commander shouted and they did as he said. A huge club came flying right above them destroying the vehicle's roof.
Riggs slowly raised his head and went silent for a second or two. The others got curious and also raised their heads, fear set in for the new members.
"oh fuck- That's an ogre." Jonelyn said, who was scared, despite being in a defensive stance.
"RIGGS, USE YOUR ABILITY AND TRY TO COVER THE PATH OF THE OGRE-" Commander said in a commanding tone.
"I- I- I'm trying!" Riggs knowing the situation was dire then focused on the trees infront of the ogre a few meters away from them.
The trees started to move, entangling around each other, making a wall made out it. Commander drove as fast as he can, the ogre destroying
the wall faster than expected. Once it destroyed it, the gigantic ogre started running towards them slowly nearing the distance between the car
and itself.
They started shooting the ogre, making it bleed but also making it more aggitated that it already was.
It roared so loud that it scared the birds into flight and was enough to make everyone feel the vibration.
"Something's wrong." Commander told us. "There's definitely something wrong- I just cant remember it properly." he added.
Fleur stopped shooting. She looked toward the ogre and thought of what the commander meant. Then she remembered saying it out loud.
"Ogres come in groups. mostly not going above five but we dont see any other ogres aside from this one chasing us."
"YES- THAT'S IT- MAYNARD USE YOUR ABILITY TO INCREASE THE GRAVITY AROUND THE OGRE. GARFIELD SURVEY THE AREA, FIND THE OTHER OGRES THAT AREN'T PRESENT."Commander Lake commanded and they complied without hesitation.
"No problem sire." Maynard raised his arm then swiftly swung it down which caused the ogre to come crashing down the floor.
It took about a few breathes before they could figure out where the other ogres were. "Commander! Two right ahead! One on the left flank!"
Garfield said out loud. "THE OTHER ONE'S AT THE BACK OF THE OGRE WE'RE SHOOTING!" shouted Jonelyn.
"Can you try and cause more disturbance to their pressure?" asked the commander in a worried tone.
"I'll try sire." He then focused on the one on his side and the other one at the back of the now almost sunken ogre.
He succeeded in doing it but he was struggling. "Don't worry May, I'll take care of the ones' infront." said his sister seeing his struggle.
She then raised her hands infront of the two ogres but nothing happened. "Urgh- just- JUST FLOAT." after that Ciara clapped excitedly,
amazed of the scene. The ogres suddenly went flying into the sky and the commander stepped on the gas.
Ciara howled. "WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."