<< Somewhere in near future >>
Someone was running on the London bridge, badly wounded. It was more like he was struggling to even walk, yet still, he was trying to run. His clothes were mostly covered in blood. There was some blood even on one of his checks. He moved around and took some shorts from a pistol in one of his hands. He was almost out of ammo. A horde of low-grade nemesis was following him. On the bridge their number was low but that was only the case if you count all the nemesis you could see on the bridge. In the water the entire scenario was different. It was hard to realise at first but there was some medium-grade nemesis trying to cross over but not through a bridge but in water.
The number of medium-grade nemesis is almost 10 times the number of low-grade nemesis on the bridge. It was like a sean straight out of a horror movie. At some distance, there was a double-decker bus at the end of the bridge. The man somehow managed to get to the bus. The man sat in the driving seat.
"Hell, I forgot that these things require keys." The man said and took out a gestation knife. He stab the knife in the keyhole and turned it around. The engine of the bus started after a few seconds gap.
"Good..." The man smiled.
Suddenly a low-grade nemesis out of nowhere jumped on the windshield of the bus.
"Sh!t, not good..." He took 4 continuous shots at the Nemesis. All 4 of them pierced the head of the creature. The man pressed the accelerator as hard as he could and ran over the dead nemesis.
"I have to reach the Big Ben asap. But with the amount of mana I have, it's impossible for me now to open a portal near that place. That's why I need to take this roundabout way. But that doesn't matter. I am a member of kamakshi. I have to do it no matter what" He talked to himself in a voice louder than usual.
"I have to retrieve that relic. For my squad mates, for my comrades, for humanity and for my daughter." He thought and started driving.
<< Present, in Japan >>
"Wait this is your place ?" I asked.
"Well yes, welcome to Japan." Akari sat on the sofa and said.
She threw her weapons on the sofa and soon her samurai armour disappeared.
"Wait what? what am I doing here." I asked shockingly.
"Well you are a doctor so... " she answered.
"What do you mean? I am just a college student. I didn't even finish my MBBS. Besides, how could you expect that you would walk to a random dude and ask for help? I mean this is the first time we have met " I asked.
"How old are you ?" she asked suddenly.
"21. technically, 20 and a half" I answered without overthinking.
" Wow... " She replied
"Are you nuts? What is this has to do with our conversation?" I asked in anger.
"To think the new unofficial member is older than me and still panics like this. It's kind of new for me or maybe for everybody else as well" She said.
I took a little glance over her shoulders at the table near the sofa. The book over there was titled 'How to start a conversation. I realised that instance that she was trying to start a conversation between them. Honestly, I have also read that book. Its first few pages are like this 'Find someone of your age or someone who how to have something in common with you like a hobby, hometown etc...' That book was very lengthy tho that's why I put it back on the shelf back after a few minutes of reading.
"Ooh, so she is trying to try those tricks of the book on me. Maybe I should play along " I thought.
"Ooh, then tell me something about yourself, " I asked her.
"My name is Akari. I was born in Japan & raised in Japan. My hobby is practising mat cutting. My favourite sport is football. My age is 19. I am a high school graduate. " She tried to start the conversation just like the book said.
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There were sever members of Kamakshi gathered in the room. The atmosphere was quite tense. Someone said "Why won't be so, they were playing a losing game and still trying to win" She was none other than Emily.
Although Emily is quite formidable in the art of hand-to-hand combat. Her habit of saying what she is thinking straight in the face was annoying to the listeners. She was not doing it intentionally. It's just how she was born.
"Despite being so skilled you still almost got killed, We don't have that much time you know. This plant could be doomed if we don't receive proper intel at the proper time. We know how bad the situation could be if matters got out of hand." She scolded the 3 men in the first aid room.
Someone opened the door. She was the old woman who entered. "Now, now you should not say something like that to our subordinates who just escaped from death. Besides, you know as well as I know what these three are capable of." She said.
"I know but still what if, Akari was just a minute late then think what would have happened."
"Yes, but did that happen? Dohyun's quick thinking was capable of keeping them alive till that time."
"hmm....."
"Ok more importantly Pragya is examining the specimen, you guys were able to acquire. I hope you don't need her healing magic for injuries like that but still, after she is finished I have ordered her to heal you guys before your next mission.
"Thank you! Major" Donghyun said.
"No need we have other matters in hand. Like Rakesh." The old lady got serious like she was plotting something.
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"The entire united kingdom is now under the control of those aliens. If something is not done soon then soon this entire world would not be able to escape their grasp. Not a single military unit ever returned after the battle. Weapons like Tanks, guns and others could be found but no trace of the soldiers. So where they went, if you are asking yourself the same question then you should watch our special report...." A t.v anchor was delivering news.
"Ahh! this is bad. If we keep sending soldiers directly to their forces then soon enough we will be out of human resources. All we are doing sending them free meals. They want humans as their slaves after all" I was in deep thought.
Akari was sitting beside me watching Tv ."do you always watch tv like this" She asked.
"Mind staying quiet for a bit," I murmured
"Hay why don't you take a bath? Your smell is.... aah, sorry about that" She was just trying to tell him that she wanted him to take a bath because he was smelling like sweat but stopped mid-way. "Ooh man, I have read that complaining about something related to that person should be avoided no matter what the cost and now I think I have done a critical mistake, " She thought.
"To be honest I can't "
"you can't, what does that mean?" she replied in shock "Ooh sh!t I really screwed up didn't I," She thought.
"No nothing serious. Actually, I didn't bring my clothes with me. " Suddenly a T-Shirt was in their hand of Rakesh.
"Guess that's not the problem anymore," I said.
I took a shaver and tried to clear my head. "The whole world is suffering right now. Just in the news it was clear that these Smaugs are in no mode of playing around. Well now that I think about it how the hell I was able to understand what the anchor was saying. Even the headline, they were in English. But how that was not the only channel but every channel. I was able to understand it all. Was that because of some sort of ability I have that I didn't know myself? Aah, so many things happen in a short period. I can t keep up with everything." I tried to clear my mind and took my shower property. After I was finished I wiped myself and came out of the bathroom. Of course, I created my clothing before coming out.
"I hope you enjoyed the bath"
"Yeah"
"Did you clean the bath?"
"No why?"
"Actually in Japan, you usually clean the bath after bathing."
"Haan is that so"
"Yes"
"I'll be back soon ok"
I entered the bathroom again and started cleaning the entire bathroom as she said. "I don't know their costumes existed in Japan." I thought to myself. One hour later, I finally finished the cleaning. "Ooh, finally it's over. " I murmured to myself. I came out of the bath again.
"It's done."
"What took you an hour? Is your tummy ok?"
"Yes actually it took longer than expected but I have cleaned the entire bathroom. Just as you said"
"When did I? I don't recall ever telling you that"
"You don't recall. Girl, you are the one who told me to clean the bath after using"
"Yes, wait. Ooh, now I get it." Atari started laughing after finishing her sentence.
"what? What's so funny? "
"By bath I mean bathtub. But instead, you thought that by bath you I meant bathroom"
"Wait what? You mean to say that I did all of that just because, Aaahhhhhhh..... I spend an entire hour just to clean the bathroom. Oohh mannn "
"I appreciate your help now I don't need to clean it myself" She continued laughing...