Twenty five years ago, a meteorite hit the surface of earth. It caused mass extinction of each and every species on earth. From the space rock escaped the radiations and chemicals, which caused some of the living beings to mutate, and gave them uncanny abilities. And thus began the new age of humanity, the Mutant Age!
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Two and a half weeks after the weird dimension-thing incident, the squad was chilling, but with the members of the foundation. They formed a kind of trust on each other after what happened inside that world, or worlds.
"(Gigi) What are your plans for future?" Gigi asked with her hands in her pockets.
"(Todo) I don't know, I still have my youth ahead of me. As long as I am with my family, I feel like I can do something or the other to keep moving. What about you?"
"(Gigi) Yeah not thought about it either. I an still 19, and I have a team to lead. *Stretching her arms* It's quite a pressure!"
"(Todo) Hey you are only 19? That means your are only 2 years senior to me?"
"(Gigi) Yeah, hehe."
Meanwhile behind, Vanda and Chae were finally coming to terms slowly with their rivalry. Slowly, but at least its happening.
Everyone, in their casuals, were just enjoying themselves. It was a light day for both the parties. And they should celebrate to the fullest, because they do not know what awaits for them in the future. "(Gigi) I invite you and your girls to the official Mutant Foundation Annual Meet."
"(Todo) Annual meet?"
"(Smith) Yup. We discuss all the activities that we performed and have to perform in the future."
"(Gigi) It's held every year, and officers from all the defence line have to attend it mandatorily. Some special guests are also invited each year, and we have decided to choose you guys as the special guests this time."
"(Todo) Well I don't have any problems. You should ask the gir-
"(Vanda) No problem."
"(Nat) No problem."
"(Aura) No problem."
"(Todo) Oh... Alright, it's fixed then. We are coming."
"(Gigi) Good." Everyone arrived at the office. The meeting was about to begin. They took their respective seats.
"(Gigi) Alright then, we are here gathered especially to discuss about the strange carved rock that we found in the other world. I would like Commander Spiegel to give us some information that they recivee while studying the rock."
Commander Spiegel stands up. Clears his throat.
"(Spiegel) *Coughs* Good afternoon, my fellow protectors. We received a strange rock from the Mutant Foundation around... 2 weeks ago, and we were ordered to study the rock. As per our research, we have found that the rock was scripted in an ancient language, Gloasanian. It can also be considered the origin of the many languages we speak today. Since not everyone can read whats written, we hired experts for it. And to our very shock, we have made some really interesting details written in it." "(Spiegel) I would like the leader of the research - Mr. Chen to continue."
Chen Liang, the leader of the group that studied the rock, stands up and greets the attendees.
"(Chen) As per our research, we found that the rock was very old. Of course it is not very special to find an ancient rock with things written. Carving on a rock with something sharp was not very uncommon.
But what makes THIS rock so special is, it is made out of the pieces of the meteor that hit Indiana 25 years ago, the Descent Rock, which in itself is uncanny considering the fact that the age of this rock is found to be atleast 512 years."
"(Gigi) But.. No, it is possible considering the fact that we literally found this is some very different world. Still, feels very strange to just think about it, time travelling and stuff.
Okay so, any other information?"
Officer Quinton of the CID (Crime Investigation Department) Stands up to speak -
"(Quinton) Excuse me, ma'am. Can we?"
"(Gigi) Yes?"
"(Quinton) We would like to have a word with your teammates and the guests about the labyrinth incident after the meeting, if you don't mind."
"(Gigi) Sure. And.... Mr. Chen, I would like you and your research group to meet us after some time. I am sorry but we cannot disclose any more information about the rock to the non-mutants."
"(Chen) Sure ma'am."
The meeting went on for another hour, and then it was done. Everyone walked out of the room. Outside the building's campus, cars arrived to pick up the officers.
"(Officer Sudo) *Scratching his head* Ahh! So good for those mutants. They get all the cool missions while we have to deal with simple robbery and everyday stuff."
"(Officer Kim) *Lighting a ciggarette* Well, that's many times more dangerous than what we do. They handle tasks that are wat beyond what we could imagine, Sudo. And you are new here, so don't worry. Our job is no less. Seeing a dead body like every other day is not easy."
Inside the building, the members of the foundation were with the research group. Todo and squad went home.
"(Chen) So, members, here is rest of the information. It will be very confusing, so I would advice that you be alert.
The Adam's Rock, what we named this piece, is carved from the Descent Rock, the meteor that hit our planet 25 years ago. I know that I have told this before, but just so you remember.
Now, Adam's Rock have some very interesting details written into it. As I said, this rock was crafted more than 500 years ago. And surprisingly, this rock already predicted the meteor incident, more than 500 years ago. It has details about life nearly vanishing on the planet, and the remaining people witnessing many unfamiliar creatures and landscapes.
If this doesn't sounds threatening enough, then this rock also has something else drawn on it.
It has information about another incident. One that is yet to happen. Another prediction."
"(Chae) What does it say?"
"(Chen) Well it says that 27 years and 3 months after the meteor enters the atmosphere of earth, a being will descend upon our planet to judge the living."
"(Mikasa) Judge the living? What does that even mean?"
"(Chen) We don't know, but we fear the means another qpocalyptic event. Just this time, it will erase everything left of humanity."
"(Gigi) Considering what happened with us few weeks prior, I don't even want to ask if this is true. And the 27 year thing means that we have two years left, as 8 months have already passed of this year. Uhhh..... Messy."
Meanwhile.
Todo and his squad were preparing for another battle. Beside the Kyoujo District Shopping Mall, the biggest mall of the city, was the Nanken school. Accordingly, the school has reported 6 students missing.
"(Todo) Before the foundation investigates, why shouldn't we do it instead? It will ease their job and also allow us to move out fists a little after the break."
"(Nat) Whoa this school, it's quite big."
"(Todo) The campus is atleast 3.5 kilometers in diameter, atleast. It is one of the biggest school here, but is temporarily shut after the missing reports. Now, let's enter."
The four of them entered the building, and as soon as they did, they felt a immense pressure.
"(Aura) This pressure, whats causing this?"
"(Vanda) Probably the 'thing' that dwells here."
"(Nat) Let's divide. I will go with Master. You guys continue your way."
Nat grabs Todo's arm.
"(Vanda and Aura) HEY!"
"(Todo) Uhh.. Let's do better. We should go alone in four direction, of course all of us are strong enough to fight, right?"
Nat pouts.
They all go in the respective directions -
Todo - East
Vanda - North
Aura - West
Nat - South
Aura walks through the hallway of the school to search for whatever is causing these things. On her way, she meets many mutants, but they were just hiding instead of attacking her.
"(Aura) *Smiles with pride* Hmm! Maybe they are scared of me!"
Just then, a creature comes out of the corner. It was very huge, and attacks her.
*BOOOOMMMM!!*
The hallway exploded. Aura came flying out.
Todo was on the school park, fighting some more mutants. There were three of them, all of them trying to eat him, when he heard the explosion.
"(Todo) *Thinking* From the West..... Aura!"
He one shots all of them and then flies towards the direction.
Vanda was too constantly fighting the water monster that appeared from inside the school's pool room. The ground shook as she heard the noise, and knew it was Aura because she was the only one in the school building. But she couldn't escape because there were many monsters to take care of already.
"(Vanda) Uhh sorry, Au. You gotta take care of those yourself."
Meanwhile Nat was just hanging upside down on a tree. What to be expected of a vampire. She found no one, and was just bored. The branch broke and she fell as the shock waves of the blast reached.
"(Nat) Such energy... Blood incoming!!!!!"
She spread her wings and flew.
Todo and Aura were fighting. The monster was getting bigger and stronger every second. It launched them up in the air, and then opened its mouth. Todo and Aura both prepared for a final blow, when they sensed a great and familiar energy from the shopping mall beside the school. They got distracted because of that and the monster swallowed them both. The monster swallowed them it was witnessed by Nat, who then speed blitzed though the monsters stomach and took them out before they could be dissolved.
"(Nat) Be alert you two. Now, stand her as I have my food."
She went back to the monster and started to rip and tear and drink the blood. Pretty vampire-y stuff.
Meanwhile Todo and Aura were soaked in saliva, thinking about what distracted them in the fight.
Inside the shopping mall, there were the foundation members fighting. They received an emergency mission in the mall, and had to finish the fight as fast as they could, so they used their attacks at near maximum strength by mistake and caused some energy to leak out, causing the distraction.
Blood and guts fell down as Gigi stands, covered in it.
"(Gigi) Uhhh... My clothes. I hate it, it's.... So sticky and wet."
"(Chae) You talkin about your clothes, right?"
"(Gigi) Don't think dirty, Chae."
*To Be Continued*