Zeno woke up an hour after he was unconscious and found himself lying inside one of the huts in the village.
He could feel the cold wind blowing through the little open crack in the door before he sat up right and to look around.
"Where am I?" He muttered, looking to his right to see a guy resting his back on the wall.
"Yo!" The boy greeted, raising his hand to the air with a smile. He had blonde hair and was wearing a rather unique set of clothing.
His eyes were of the red varieties and his long hair only added to his fashioned look.
His name was Andrew Acklet, he also resided in the Velmont village, fortunately for him he was one of the villagers that managed to escape death from the Glinx.
Ava and Anna found him at the side of a broken down building when they went surveying the village for any survivors.
They brought him to the same hut they placed Zeno in and went back searching, hoping they could find any other villagers who needs help.
"I see, you're awake, how are you feeling?" Andrew asked as he walked and stretched his hand out to Zeno.
"Okay, I guess, Who are you?" Zeno asked before grabbing his hands and pulling himself up.
"The name is Andrew, oh and for the record, you sleep like a damn monster, for real, you were screaming I'll kill you, I'll kill you every damn minute." Andrew uttered as he mimicked Zeno's tone.
Zeno stared at him for a few seconds before ignoring and jumping to another question, "Do you know where we are?" He asked.
"Nope just like you, I woke up here, although I do remember feeling some boobs on my face." He gave a sad smile before bursting into laughter.
"I see." Zeno uttered, he stood up from the ground and began looking around.
"You know as a kid, I've only ever heard about the Glinx and demons from the old books my grandma always showed me.
I thought they were cool, furious monsters that hunt down humans, what a fool I was… when they attacked, I couldn't do a damn thing…they murdered my whole family, even knocked down the hot garlic soup I was going to eat" Tears rolled down his cheeks as he chuckled.
"The Glinx attacked?" Zeno questioned, He quickly remembers that he hasn't seen Anna and Ava ever since he woke up, "Ava!" Zeno ran out of the hut.
"Wait, who's Ava? A friend? hold up!" Andrew ran after him.
When Zeno got outside he noticed that the whole place was covered in blue blood and human blood all together.
If not for the huge mountain that was a bit farther down the village, Zeno wouldn't have noticed it was Velmunt.
The buildings were collapsed, dead bodies sticking out of windows and door, Zeno grasp every sight before clenching his fist.
"They did attack… I have to find Anna and Ava!" He shouted before sprinting toward the path that led to his home.
When he arrived at his house, he noticed that it had not been damaged and for some reason it gave him a slight relief.
He took a deep breath and slowly approached the door before entering, upon getting in he realised he had settled way too soon.
The inside was as damaged as the rest of the building, chairs on the ground and food all over the wall.
He ran into the house and headed straight for the stairs, "Anna! Ava! Ava!" He called out.
Andrew walked into the building and he was also surprised from what he saw, he spotted Zeno walking down the stairs with a worried look.
"I don't think there's anyone here, it's way to turn quiet?" Andrew stated with his head facing the ground, "While we were running, I didn't see a single moving body, we're all alone here" .
Zeno dropped the cup he was holding and started to make his way to the door, "Then maybe they are out looking for me too, I'll go search outside." Zeno uttered.
He was about to walk out the door but Andrew grabbed his hands, "Wait." He uttered.
"What is it? Let me go, what's the problem?" Zeno said in a cold tone.
"Listen, dude, there's no one here, I haven't seen or heard anyone even when we were running, trust me I can smell a woman miles away." Andrew looked at Zeno, trying to convince him.
Turning his face slowly as he looked at Andrew, his eyes lit a blue mesmerizing light before sparks of flames started to burst out of his body, Andrew was forced to let go since he didn't want to get burned.
"What exactly are you trying to say?" Zeno questioned, giving Andrew a very stern look.
"No, You Misunderstood me, listen." Andrew replied while taking a few steps back away from Zeno, "What I'm saying is, what if they evacuated with the rest of the villagers? You know, to a safe place".
"Safe place?".
"Yes safe place, I mean there's no way the Glinx killed all the villagers, right?" Andrew gave a weird chuckle.
Hearing that, Zeno calmed down and his eyes went back to normal," Evacuate? Yeah! You're right, I didn't think of that." he smiled before turning to exit the building.
Andrew sighed in relief, "I thought I was a goner, what the hell is he? A demon?" Andrew questioned.
He was about to leave too but then he noticed a green shining crystal with a huge proportion of his body covered with a glass plate.
He stopped and went over to take a look, the closer he got to it the brighter it shines.
He got to his knees and sought to pick up the crystal but as soon as his hand made contact with the crystal it attached itself to the dorsal side of Andrews's hand.
"What the hell? What the hell? Get off!" He tried pulling the crystal off but it resisted.
The crystal started to resonate in hands hand which led to him feeling an incredible amount of heat on his hand, "Shit, it fucking hurts, get off! uhn Zeno!" He yelled.
Once the crystal had finally settled down in his skin it dimmed down and stopped shining, "You've got to be kidding me, the hell just happened?".
When Andrew left the house, he saw Uta hugging Zeno, "Survivors?" He slowly approached them.
"Uhm… Uta you can let go now." Zeno struggled to get free from her tight hug.
"Don't get me wrong I'm glad to see that you're fine, but when did you get so buddy-buddy with a demon?" Anna asked, she moved closer to him and dragged him away from Uta's grasp.
"She tried to kill me when you were unconscious, where did you meet this girl?" Anna yelled.
"And I could try harder, killing you this time if you want," Uta said with a gentle smile on her face as she held onto Zeno.
Not knowing what to do Zeno just changed the topic, "Better question, what exactly happened, the only thing I remember was being stabbed by a man and the next thing I woke up here. And where the heck is everyone?" He kept throwing questions their way.
"You really don't remember killing all those Glinx?" Annabelle asked with a sad tone.
He held her arms tight as his eyes widened with anger and curiosity, "So the Glinx did attack… How many? Did our people survive?" Zeno yelled.
For as long as Zeno can remember, the Glinx has always played an essential part in his hatred for monsters, even though he doesn't know exactly why.
It was more like a gut feeling, his anger was always triggered by the mention of their name.
Anna groaned in pain," Zeno, you're hurting me." She uttered with a soft voice.
"Oh." Zeno quickly let go," I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.. I've just been on edge lately." he had a sad expression on his face.
"So, everyone's dead?" He asked again, but this time he was willing to accept whatever response he got.
Anna just looked down with a gloomy expression on her face, she couldn't look Zeno in the eye and tell him that they all died even though she wasn't sure herself.
"Zeno…" Uta was interrupted by Geko.
"There is no way the Glinx killed them all, look around there are hardly any dead bodies around, meaning they must have evacuated already, or they were probably devoured" Geko explained while resting on one of the building tops.
"Ava?" Zeno was surprised to see how different she looked, "Did you get a new makeover?".
"That's not the same Ava you know, a demon took over her body, and an annoying one at that." Ava stated.
"What did you say?..." Zeno exclaimed in an angry tone.
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