Warning: These Chapters will or may contain depictions of violence, strong language and adultery that may not be suitable for some readers.
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*VROOM!!*
*HALT!!*
The crew had finally made it.
Outside was cold and sorrow. The time was also late, making anyone who was not paying attention fall asleep.
They made in time though, only 5 minutes early. But that would not matter, since they've been doomed the be outside.
Zen nodded at Syria, signaling her to call operater for the doors.
She pressed a green button then waited. A minute passed and no answer had come yet.
"Tsk! We're running out of time. What's taking so long?" Ken inquired fiercely.
Syria answered calmly, but was stuttering, "I don't know."
"Goddamn it!" Zen cursed, "If they don't answer we'll be stuck out here."
Syria then snapped, now showing her worry in their predicament, "Don't you think I know that?!"
"What's worry? Why aren't we going in as yet?" Alisha inquired from afar.
Syria turned around her chair to respond to Alisha, "The operator isn't answering."
"What do mean he ain't answering?" Mia said with a worried expression, "Are we too late?!"
"No, maybe. We currently have 2 minutes before curfew," Zen addressed, "Now we have 1."
"We're screwed." Jackson said without a hint of worry.
"Why you say that so calmly?" Dauntea inquired to his now new friend.
"..." Jackson looked Dauntae in the eye and then looked up at front. He then answered, "I don't know."
Dauntea stared at his worriedly with a single sweat drop sliding down his head. He then turned to look up at the front.
"Urgh, I knew we should have have left sooner," Zen said irritated, "Now we are trapped out here for the night."
"Wait, hold on. Don't loss hope yet," Syria reinsured, "We still have a few seconds left. The operator may answer in time."
Zen slightly calm down, but was still irritated, "I should have contacted the operator while we were coming."
Syria focused her vision on the 24 hour clock which was implanted in the front. Sweat poured down from her face as she looked at the clock.
She then turned to press the green button continuously.
Then the time went form 21:29 to 21:30.
"Fuck!" Zen shouted enraged.
"*Sigh*" Aiden sighed looking at the situation. He knew that they had to leave to save more skins, but he still had a grudge against Zen from selfishly leaving his comrade.
"Are you blaming yourself or are you blaming the guy you just leaved behind?!" Aiden said. His voice was steady, even though his was technically talking to his superior.
Zen tilted his head a little to glance at Aiden from the front. He then answered his bravely asked question, "I can safely say that me and him are to blame."
"Tsk!" Aiden scoffed aloud.
"I don't think we going to get contact with the operator Syria," Zen said with a serious tone, "Let's go back for Ken."
*!?*
*THUNDERCLAP!!*
"You sure?" Syria inquired to her technically superior.
".. I'm surprised you're weren't immediately willing to do what I said, even though you're one that let him slip away by himself," Zen accused Syria.
"Are you now blaming me?" Syria asked with a low tuned voice.
"No, I'm surprised," Zen turned around his chair to face the rest of his crew, "Alright, we are going back to the city. I don't think we'll get contact with the operator."
"Think?" Alisha began to say, "Can't we just stay here and wait for the next morning to go in?"
"No, we have to recuse our comrade. Besides we can't stay out here for much longer." Zen said.
"What do you mean?" Alexia inquired. She was still standing with her hands fold.
"This may be the shelter, which is the protect us from the dangerous of the creatures outside," Zen started to say, "While we're save inside, the shelter is being beaten. If you could leave the rover and look outside, you can see how infested the outside of the shelter is. The monster can set up breeding grounds anywhere."
*THUD*
Courtesy suddenly shifted abruptly. The rover was lifted it's three left wheel and then slammed down to be on all six.
*SLAM!*
Alexia then fell on the floor. Hitting her hand on the metal wall inside the vehicle.
She massaged the back of her head to ease the pain. She then cursed just for more relief, "Goddamn it!!"
"What was that?" Kerado inquired.
"It's way we can't stay here any longer," Zen turned around in his sit to look at the front mirror, "Syria, start the rover."
"Why don't you driv-?" Before she could finish her cussing, another thud came.
*THUD*
"On a second thought." Syria said.
"Drive." Zen demanded.
Syria pushed a red at the front which started the engine of the rover.
*BUZZ*
Outside was a Akuma, with more body mass than a expert body builder, was banging it's body against the rover continually.
It's whole body was a deep, dark green. It's face look glumly, with a frowned eyes and large frowned mouth. The Akumas body was cover in diamond shaped mouth with sharp teeth.
The rover suddenly moved, making the Akuma fall on the ground as it had missed it target.
The vehicle drive away from reached of the large Akuma. It stared glumly at the departure of it's victims.
From the eyes of Zen, the man with blue hair and a lion eye mask stared at the tablet in his hand.
"They didn't suspect a thing," He smiled, "The rest of the groups some how accused that they weren't being let in, but they just think it's a hunch and that somethings is wrong."
He then swapped the point of view of the tablet, now showing footage from one of the many camera outside the shelter. He looked at the large monster which driven of the crew.
"At least that abomination drove all of them away," He said, "But why haven't team 0079 and 0085 came yet? Weren't they aware of the curfew?
He then swapped his point of view again. This team showing the leader of team 0085.
"0085, seem to not have any intention of coming today." He said looking at the tablet.
On screen was only darkness. He swapped his point of view to other members, finally showing someone with a opened eye.
The person was only looking through the front window of their rover. Looking at the sky now filled with stars and colorful lighting. The person eyes soon closed.
"Ahh..," The man said, now realizing what had happened, "They have not gatherer anything this day, so they are planning to doing it tomorrow. Worthless low lives."
He then shift his point of view to the next team; team 0079. What he saw was static.
"What happened?" The man questioned.
He swapped a his point of views to all the crew mates, but it still showed static.
"This could mean that they're all dead or took out their own eyes," The man revealed, "This is most unpleasant."
If the contact was destroyed, or if the person had dead would make it only static. But there's another. The range of the connection between the shelter and the team.
But the second option was the most appropriate. The team had indeed died; everyone of them. Who and why?
They were too clumsy.
They had bumped into one of the Gems, and their encounter didn't start or end well.
[Somewhere in the city.]
"Tsk! Where did this whore get a this suit from?" A man asked who was balding. He was striping a woman naked from the suit she was wearing, which was the same suit Kerado had scorned.
*Smack!*
A slap flew the man's way and connected cleanly to his wrinkled face.
"You old jerk," A tall, young man with long hair said, "Get up gramps!"
"What's your deal, Bara?", The old man inquired, slowly rising to his feet.
"I'm stopping from doing any further sin. We've already killed them, you don't need to taint your self in any more evil deeds," The boy said, "You can do that when you find a old lady or a young if ya lucky."
The old man was now on his feet and he said, while rubbing his stinging cheek, "You sound like a real Christian for someone who hadn't been to church, son. And also someone who has gun strapped to his back"
"Come on. The boss is waiting for us." The boy said. He walked towards the rover which was once teams 0079.
The old man stared at the boy and asked, "Can you even drive?" He followed behind the young man.
As he enters the vehicle he said," I'll figure it out."
"Haha! You never seem to disappoint my fragile brain." The old man appraised.
Suddenly a loud screech was heard.
"*Screech!!!!*" It was so loud that the old man ears started to bleed.
"Argh!!", The two man screamed.
The screeching stop and the young man dashed towards the old man which was now on the floor. The UMP that had on his back had now been in his hand.
"You alright, gramps?" The boy asked with genuine concern.
"What does it look like?!" The old hermit said enraged.
He turned his head to look through the streets. What he saw was a hoard of creatures dashing their way towards them.
The young man, who also caught glimpse of this said, "Let's go!"
He dragged the old man inside the rover with him and rest him on the right cushion. He then dashed to the front.
"How do I close the back door? And how do I start this thing, there isn't a keyhole?!" The boy said hastily.
The monsters were getting closer by the minute. They were now one whole football field away from them; 500 ft.
The young man hastily press and pushed random buttons. Eventually one started the vehicle.
*BUZZ!*
"Good, but I need to close the back!" He shouted.
The monsters were now 254 ft away from him now.
The door to the back then suddenly closed.
"Yes!" The boy shouted, "Let's go."
He plapped himself down on the chair and rapped his fingers around the assumed steering wheel. It was shaped as a sphere so it confused him.
The engine smoothen as he drove away.