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Chapter 3 - The Long Couple

Luis woke up to a sound of water droplets.

As he woke up and looked around the room he was in he could see a desk, a bookshelf, a chair, another bed, and many more. As Luis was trying to get back up he feels a presence of someone he doesn't know.

"Oh, you're awake! Thank goodness" says Henry while checking on Luis. "You seem to be alright, but to be sure you must stay and rest for a little bit" Dr. Henry explained.

"Me. Want. Home. Me!" Shouted Luis by the thought of being told to stay here for a couple while. "I understand, but you gotta rest first" Henry did his best to explain, " Me! Want! Home! Me!" Luis kept shouting with terrible grammar.

"You'll go home I promise!" Henry tried his best raising his voice to match the young man, but he was too loud. "Boys!!!" Helena screamed.

By hearing Helena Luis stopped screaming and had calmed down, somehow she reminded him of his late mother. "

"You boys are too noisy!" Helena lectured the two, "now, young man, we're here to help you recover, so just relax for a bit" Helena explained. Hearing that, Luis simply nodded in agreement.

As the three met in agreement, Henry went and performed medical therapy. "Does any of your body part hurt?" Asked Henry, "No" simply replied by Luis. "Any minor feeling you feel uncomfortable with?", "No" Luis simply answered. "Well, that about checks it out.", "Me. Leave?" Luis uttered eagerly.

"Sure, what colony are you?" Henry asked Luis. "Colony?" Luis seemed unfamiliar to what Henry was mentioning. "Henry, before you ask those questions we should introduce ourselves" says Helena. "Oh,. right. My name is Henry Long, this is my wife Helena Long" as he said that he gestured to his wife.

"Henry. Long. Helena. Long" Luis uttered. "So, what's your name?" Henry asked gently. "Luis." Luis simply answered. "That's a wonderful name" Helena commented, "Any last name?" Henry added. "..." Luis didn't answer.

Sensing the awkward silence, Henry simply said, "Okay, so about you colony what's your colony?", "Colony. Not. Me. Know." Luis answered.

As Henry heard that he hollered at Helena. "Helena, how the fck is that possible!" Henry simply whispered to Helena, "I'm not sure, and to what it looks like, he's only a young man" Helena whispered in return. "How can he survive that?"

As Henry and Helena finished their holler Henry went back to Luis. "Luis, where do you live?" Henry asked, "Me. Live. From here. Far. Near. Me. Ca.cau. District." Luis stated.

As he heard that, Henry hollered at Helena once again. "Babe, that's the most dangerous area!" Henry stated. "I know" Helene simply whispered back. "But Henry, don't tell me you're thinking what I think you're thinking" Helena said with worry in her tone. "Sorry babe, but that's exactly what I'm thinking" whispered Henry.

"Oh come on! we're not going to join with Luis" Helena pleaded. Henry could sense that Helena didn't want them to join, but Henry really wanted an exciting and adventurous life, and he thinks with Luis he can make it possible.

Henry took her hand and kissed her knuckles. "Please babe, with Luis around not only can we help this young man, he can also help protect our...baby" Henry simply told her. Helena sighed at that, she was 2 months pregnant and Henry was a distant enemy to most of the other colonies, for confidential reasons. "Fine, but promise me one thing" Helena whispered. "Anything..." Henry answered. "Promise me that I can trust this young man" Helena answered, still a little skeptical to Luis.

"I promise" Henry answered. With that Helena was at ease.

"So, Luis you don't have a doctor in your colony do you?", "Me. Told. You. Me. No. Colony" Luis simply answered. "Oh, right I forgot, I'm sorry, so do you have anyone living with you?" Henry asked decently. "Me. Woman. She. Sleep." Luis answered like a caveman.

"You seem to have a woman of your own, so I know you can understand-" before Henry could finish he was cut off by Luis. "You. Join. Me" Luis said. "Certainly! That's brilliant, though that was what I was hoping- you know what, thank you".

As the conversation finished Henry packed their bags to go off with Luis. Helena was a little nervous and was holding her belly. She then settled and tried to calm herself down.

"Well, let's set out!" Henry claimed in excitement.

They traversed to many abandoned mall, pharmacies, and even many dead bodies. They were having a hard traversing it due to the harsh cold conditions.

"Are we there yet?" Henry asked. "We. Close" Luis stated. "That's good to hear" Henry answered with exhaustion.

As they were walking they encountered a lone 'Ratzilla' not to be confused with the ancient time ratzilla. These creatures primarily work alone, simply finding a mate and leaving them to bear the child.

A gang of Ratzilla's were not impossible to see, but it only happens rarely. But today they seemed to encounter a large Ratzilla that seemed to be in search of a female to mate with.

Usually Ratzilla's aren't that bloodthirsty, but when they're trying to find a mate, they tend to get very wrathful. And today would be the most wrathful Ratzilla they would ever encounter.

Henry immediately sprang into action and tried to cover his wife. Luis however was adamant at fighting it. So Luis drawed his new spear that Henry gave him, he seemed to name it 'Aurelius', he couldn't remember where that name came from but he thought it was a fitting name for his new spear.

Luis immediately tried to attack the monster, but the monster simply tanked the attack. Luis was hitting it as hard as he can but the massive rodents hide wouldn't let him get damaged.

"I got no choice" Henry uttered. "Luis! Make the monster open his mouth" Henry asked Luis.

Luis didn't answer, he simply thrusted his spear to the rodents nose and it made the rodent open for a second. As the Ratzilla still had his mouth open Henry fired a fireball at the rodents mouth and it exploded. Luckily for them that was what it took for the rodent to fall flat to the ground.

"Friend. How. Friend?" Asked Luis. "It's a power stone from the corpse of a monster, if you consume it you get an ability, although it drains you mentally and physically" as Henry said that he fell kneeling to the ground.

"Just one fireball left him gasping for air" Helena told Luis.

Luis didn't answer, he simply looked with a widened eye, slashed through the Ratzilla's flesh and took out it's power crystal.

"Me. Get. Strong. Me" as he stated to the power stone he munched it no question.