The military vehicle was parked at the side of a torn-down building before the team got down with their weapons in their hands.
Shinra got down from the car with a long black sheathed sword hanging at the left side of his belt buckle.
The remaining four members, Lisa {Weilding a sword}, Hanjo {Welding a sniper}, Kira {Wielding a blade} and the last one was Dora, {No weapon but both her fists}.
They were all standing close to each other with their guards up as they began to move around slowly.
"What the hell could have done all this?" Dora questioned, walking into a crumbled building to see melted Xynoins on the ground.
"Hey Sergeant, did they send another squad before us?" Hanjo questioned, he was on his knees, holding the dissolved body of the Xynoin in his hands.
"No, not any that I heard of anyway," Shinra replied, his hand in his pocket as he looked at the streets.
All around them were deceased Xynoins, scattered on the floor brutally, the whole squad was stunned at the sight, it looked like the Xynoins were massacred by a beast.
While they were all searching the house for any survivors or threat, Lisa suddenly yelled through the intercom.
{I found a survivor, and she's not looking too good, she's been infected!}.
"Don't get too close, I'm on my way." Shinra responded.
They all ran toward the second street where Lisa was. She was in the ruins of the orphanage home and was standing in front of a small girl.
When the team got close, most of them immediately had a look of empathy as they looked down at the girl.
"Where did you find her?" Shinra asked, walking toward the girl before he went to his knees to position his hand on her forehead.
"I just noticed something moving under the rocks, and when I turned to check, there she was." Lisa explained, "So, do you think she can survive?".
"Hhm.." Shinra lamented,
The girl was shivering while she was unconscious, the veins on her body were slowly popping out and some parts of her body were blackening.
She looked like a sick chicken on the brink of death, but the only difference is the pain she was feeling was unbearable.
"She's lucky to be unconscious, if not she would have been in a lot of pain, not something a little girl like her can handle." Shinra muttered as he stood to his feet.
He stretched his hand toward Hanjo, and Hanjo reluctantly reached for his lower pocket and pulled out a pistol gun before hiding it over to Shinra.
Clink!
Shinra clucked the gun and aimed it at the girl, looking down at her as she stood there for a while unable to pull the trigger.
"Sergeant? Are you seriously going to kill her? She's unconscious, there's still a chance she may not transform." Dora uttered, standing behind the team with a look of pity.
"She's right, Sergeant." Kira added, "She doesn't have to fight the will to leave if she can't feel any pain".
Shinra held the gun with both his hands before he replied to them, "You think just because she's unconscious, the virus won't spread? If anything she's already vulnerable being unable to fight the virus… so just shut up and let me do my job".
"Yeah, but still…"
"Oh for God's sake, what the fuck do you want from me?!" Shinra shouted as he faced the team, "I'm about to kill a child in cold blood, you think I want this?! Someone has to do it and I sure as hell don't see any of you guys stepping up!"
Lisa suddenly giggled,
"You think this is funny?..." Shinra asked aggressively as he looked at Lisa.
"No, of course not~." Lisa replied with a tease, "Kill her, I'll be waiting".
Grunting, Shira aimed the gun back at the girl but then, all of a sudden the small girl opened her eyes and it came with an agonizing cry for help.
"Ahhhh!" The small girl cried in terror as a monster tentacle popped out from the side of her neck and another monster part dug itself out of her stomach.
"Shit!" Shira moved back and instantly fired the gun but nothing happened, ''The hell?' he muttered puzzledly.
The girl, while still screaming in intense pain, was slowly turning into a Xynoin, as bits of her flesh tore off and monster skin started covering the layers till it formed into a small humanoid Xynoin.
"Ahh, Shinra, anytime now..." Lisa said as she drew out her pink sword when blue glowing lines in the middle that lengthen throughout the blade.
The rest of the team did the same, each one brought out their weapons and got prepared to fight.
Shinra kept trying to shoot the gun, but nothing happened, he then pulled out the clips and saw that it was empty.
"Hanjo, why the hell did you give me an empty gun?!" Shinra exclaimed as he tossed the gun to the ground and forcefully pulled out his sword.
"My bad, I must have forgotten the clips at the hangout," Hanjo replied with a profound look on his face.
Scrrrrrrrh!
The snake Xynoins screeched before launching itself straight at Shinra since he was the one in front.
Shira was about to strike when out of nowhere the snake wooshed to the side and began to run away.
"It's running away?!" Shinra voiced out with a surprised look on his face.
"I got it," Hanjo yelled, positioning the sniper on the ground and aiming at the head of the Xynoin before he pulled the trigger.
Pheeeew!
The bullet left the gun muzzle and went straight for the Xynoins head which immediately connected and caused the monster to drop dead on the ground with it's head scattered on the ground.
"Way to go Hanjo, I'd say you deserve a kiss for that one, don't you think?" Lisa flirted with her chest resting on his back.
But Hanjo wasn't feeling it, he pushed her away before he stood to his feet and held his sniper close, "Sorry, I'm not into old women".
Lisa held her sword up with a smile on her face and her eyes closed, "I'm sorry, could you say that again?".
"I said, I'm not into…"
"I see you wanna die!" Lisa shouted as she was about to swing her sword at Hanjo but Dora came just in time to block her.
"Don't kill our teammate, geez!" Dora sighed.
While the team were all goofing off, Shinra was focused on the monster as he thought to himself.
'It just tried to run away… don't tell me these damn monsters are evolving,'.