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Chapter 5 - V - Last Bastion

Apo Bunker was located at the foot of Mt. Apo, it was initiated and created by the local government of the city. The construction of the Apo Bunker started two decades ago as it was meant to be a small base of military operation but as the city budget grows, the plan for the bunker becomes bigger. At the current date, the Apo Bunker could reside almost 500,000+ individuals. The bunker consist of twenty five levels and has each designated purposes, and had fourteen stairs and four massive elevators for person usage and two another elevator for discreet purposes.

The first level is a huge parking space that contains military vehicles, heavy duty machineries, as well as buses and some private vehicles. Though the area was loaded with vehicles it wasn't fully occupied due to how massive the space is.

The second level is the Command Headquarters of Apo Bunkers. It has the Command Office which has over 400 surveillance monitors that scopes the entire bunker and the perimeter outside. The level also had the Communication Center located with 150 Comms Operators ready 24 hours with 3 shifting schedule everyday.

The third level is a huge Mess Hall that could cater thousands of individuals. Along with Mess Hall is an enormous size kitchen.

The fourth level was the individual living quarters of Apo Bunker personnel from military section, police securities, bunker engineers, to local government officials.

The fifth to eleventh levels are the living quarters for civilians that taken refuge to the Apo Bunker. It has two kinds of quarters meant for individual quarters and for family quarters. The family quarters has one bedroom space with four or-to six beddings, two bathroom, a small space connecting the bedroom, bathrooms, and the main door, it also comes with cabinets, a drinking water faucet and sink with some drinking cups and an two intercoms near the main door and the bedroom door.

All individual quarters from fourth to eleventh had the same design of room no matter what rank or authority they have. The room only comes with one single bed, a bathroom, a portable drinking faucet with sink, and cabinets. It also has intercoms located near the main door.

The twelfth to fourteenth levels are designated recreational activity areas for both personnel and individuals. The 12th level has an E-Library with over two thousand computer units though it has no internet connection, it has access to any offline stored general information and knowledge, also there

is a big day care center separated to the E-Library. The 13th level was designated for sports and gym activities with complete equipments allocated for everyone to use, aside from it has an indoor pools for family and athletic usage. The 14th level was meant for rehabilitation services and as such.

The twelfth to fourteenth levels are intended to keep the minds of individuals at ease and soothes their emotions even though they are at the Apo Bunker which was firstly intended for war.

The fifteenth level is the Hospital Area. It has a special access from the first level direct to the emergency area of the 15th level. Though the numbers of medical personnel are low, the personnel expertise in each medical field is complete.

The sixteenth to twenty-first levels are the large stockpile of supplies. Ranging from Foods, Medical Supplies, Technical Materials, to Military Equipments and Tools. It was off limit to the civilians and only few personnel could access this levels in order to avoid theft and in order to control the flow of supplies around the Apo Bunker. The supplies that were stocked in these levels could last for few months without resupplying.

The other levels are not open to the knowledge of civilians and most of the Apo Bunker personnel. It was reserved for special situation and will be opened as soon as it reaches its purpose.

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It's been a week after Dristan fought Meletaus, and still no aggressive movements coming from the Demons. The miasma that surrounds Apo Bunker hasn't been lifted and these cause worries to the authorities monitoring outside the bunker. Sebas and the officials asked once more for a dialogue between Lyne, Scud, and Dristan, however Lyne replied that they will accept it once Dristan recuperates and they'll come up with a decision. The mayor couldn't force them to accept it immediately since they had no liabilities and they are still civilians, Sebas only told them their intentions regarding MREN Users.

Though it was practical to make MREN Users to be absorb in the military, but it will just cause tension between them. So Mayor Sebas decided and told Lyne and Scud that what they need is a cooperation between MREN Users and the Military. Luckily for Lyne and Scud that the Mayor was compassionate to them even though they are different.

As Dristan recovers, Lyne immediately told Dristan everything. Though Dristan agreed with the cooperation along with Lyne and Scud; fighting the Demons with the three of them will be hard.

"As you know, most of my powers were sealed. We cannot assure that we will win the next fight against an Infernal Being. Meletaus who was a Lesser Rank; was even too strong for me. There would be a chance that we will fight an Infernal Being stronger than him." [Dristan]

"Yeah, you were once known to be the strongest MREN User in the underground society but your power dropped rock bottom." [Scud]

"Well, as long as you can keep the Demons like Hell Dogs and Hell Bats at bay; me and Scud will fight the Infernal Beings if ever one appears." [Lyne]

"I'm sorry, I won't be useful as those old days. Even though I am the one who drags the both of you in this situation."

Dristan apologizes as his bows down in guilt.

"No need to say sorry. It was Lyne who drags me in the first place."

Scud replies as he tries to alleviate Dristan's guilt.

"Ok! Let's stop this drama and let's just focus on what we'll gonna do." [Lyne]

"By the way, I heard that the Apo Bunker was surrounded with miasma. Even though it is still far from here it doesn't mean that we are safe." [Scud]

"I almost forgot that! Sebas told me that no one ever passed the miasma even they had a gas mask equipped." [Lyne]

"It seems that there's nothing we can do until we see this miasma. Lyne, for now, let's accept the dialogue with Mayor Sebas and the others. We'll also bring up on taking MREN Users to volunteer... No, more likely to recruit under our wing. We need manpower as we fight those Demons." [Dristan]

"Will there be any volunteers to step forward? They already saw how frightening fighting those Demons especially the Infernal Being." [Scud]

"We don't know useless we try." [Dristan]

"Ok, I'll be going now and look for Mayor Sebas." [Lyne]

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On the other hand, there was an announcement echoed throughout the bunker.

--Good Day to Everyone, This your Mayor Sebas of Davao City. We all know that we are in perilous times and by God's grace we are lucky to survive at this point. As you all know that the Apo Bunker has everything we all need as of the moment. However, what we need now is manpower in order to sustain the efficiency of the bunker. We need workers that will help us to build this bunker stronger, not only that but also to sustain and live everyone here without reservation. As of follows we need people whose expertise are on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Culinary, and Medicine. Henceforth we also need people that could help in those said fields. We cannot pay you or even reward handsomely for your efforts but this will be muchly appreciated from the bottom of my heart and to those who will receive your services. For those who want to volunteer, press the number 9 in your intercoms and await for further instructions. For the Humanity's Longevity! God Bless Us All!--

The announcement resound around the Apo Bunker three times with five minutes interval.

Engineers are vital for the Apo Bunker since the pioneering engineers are now occupied with tons of work without someone who can replace them during their rest time. Whereas in the kitchen, cooks are having hard time cooping up with thousands of individual to be fed everyday. In the Hospital, the crew number may be low and somehow it is enough as of the moment but when unprecedented event comes it will be disaster and many individuals might be unattended due to lack of number of personnel in the hospital.

Unexpectedly after few minutes, tons of civilian responded to become volunteers for the said work. They knew that in order to protect and keep themselves safe they also need to work for it. Monetary has no value now after the world was ravage with Demons and that is why they didn't need any payment or sort since everything they need most is at the Apo Bunker.

The pioneering workers were delighted upon knowing that there are volunteers to help them in their jobs and the burden was reduced. Now a scheduled shifting was created in each field and it helps the improvement of non-combat sector.