The journey back was silent and gloomy, the students are mourning for their dead classmates while Aaron is in a world of his own, the soldiers have managed to rescue some other survivors from other part of the school as well.
"Hey Aaron" Alex said as he sat beside Aaron.
Aaron nodded his head to as a greeting but stayed silent, the image of Nina's lifeless corpse constantly appearing in his mind.
"Well… aren't you interested in seeing how the rest of the world is faring?" Alex took out his smartphone.
Aaron nodded.
"Weird right?" Alex asked.
"What?"
"How am I still capable of using the internet? Well most of the signal receptors were not destroyed yet. So for now, we can still access the internet!" Alex excitedly explained.
"The internet is still usable…" Aaron said in a low tone, suddenly his eyes brightened.
"Give me the phone!" Aaron grabbed the phone without even waiting for Alex to hand it over, he quickly dial Angela's number.
"The number you've dialed is switch off" The familiar feminine mechanical-like voice sounded.
"Dammit! Not now…!" He cursed and dialed.
He dialed again but still…
Again but still the same response!
"Just leave a message for her" Alex suggested.
Aaron sighed and sends a text message instead.
"Man let's just watch some news…" Alex suggested once again and Aaron agreed.
On the screen, people were running as the terrifying darkness encroaches and it also showed the devastating attacks so far, yet none of that catches his interest until a starting post appeared!
"Wait!" Aaron suddenly stopped him and tap his finger on a title: The Deadliest Nightcrawler attack so far!
Aaron read that a strong Nightcrawler force has appeared from the southern part of the world led by a unique Nightcrawler, apparently a lot of cities have fallen prey to this horde, millions of humans massacred. Compare to this force, the rest of the Nightcrawlers' attack seems like a child play!
And the most intriguing part is the appearance of a Unique Nightcrawler, a tall and imposing muscular Nightcrawler with scales so dark that it seems to devour all! He possessed a pair of cold blue eyes with a scar over his right eye.
"Damn… this guy's design is so fucking cool" Alex exclaimed.
"The pathetic human race has no chance of survival. The creatures you've fought so far are nothing but failed experiments. Let this be a warning to you weaklings, either submit to our supreme might or we erase you from existence" He spoke, his voice cold and dark, sending shivers down the spine of everyone who heard it.
"It can talk… it's just as I expected, a force like that is not something every ordinary human can fight against. All the Nightcrawlers we've fought against are nothing but failed experiments "Aaron sighed, maybe this is the end of the human race?
"So there are smarter and stronger Nightcrawlers out there… it's just a matter of time before we all die" Alex's mood instantly turn sour.
"Alex… do you have a family?" Aaron suddenly asked.
"Nah… they are dead or at least my parents are…" Alex paused before continuing, "I live alone in this city, no one from my family wants to take me in and I don't care about it either" Alex shook his head and continued scrolling through the contents of his phone.
"Sorry… may their soul rest in peace"
"Mhm… I'm going to go get some sleep, you should sleep as well" Alex said and smiled, a forced smile obviously.
"Sleep well" Aaron said as he sent him away with his eyes.
The seconds ticked by and silence descended upon him once again, he count stopped his mind from wandering to those disturbing scenes, the death toll is so high and the gruesome sights are enough to traumatize people and now, there is this damn beast as well!
'If we have to die… I'd rather die after having a good night sleep or is it night at all?' Aaron shook his head and went to his assigned room, the humans have managed to carve out a portion of the city and made it their safe haven… one of their safe havens.
Aaron lay on his bed and push the thoughts of to the back of his mind and focus on getting a good night sleep (ah definitely a good day sleep).
His fatigue and tiredness kicked in further making him dizzy, he closed his eyes and decided it is time to sleep.
The moment the drowsiness took him to the waiting embrace of sleep, he saw himself in a dark void, the ground is covered in blood making his expression darkened.
'Where the hell am I?' Aaron thought while taking a few steps, each step sending ripples through the pool of blood.
"AHHH! Monsters!"
"This voice…. Nina!" Aaron screamed and charged forward but he realized that the source of the voice has no definite position, it seems to be constantly shifting positions by the second!
"Aaron!" This time he heard another panicking voice, this one resembling his wife's!
"Where are you?!" He screamed and ran all over the place searching for the two people he cared about the most yet the all he can see is a crimson fog and the constant screaming that terrorizes his soul!
"Why… why is this happening?! Why can't I see you? Why…" Aaron screamed and fall on his knees, into the pool of blood and curl into blood while grabbing his head.
"At least save Nina!"
"I can't… I can't save you…"
"I can't save her…"
"I can't save anyone"
Aaron felt powerless and these words appeared from the depths of his soul.
Along with those words came a terrifying pain from the depth of his soul as, terrorizing both his mind, body and soul, he felt like he is going mad as the screams and pleas for help intensifies.
Loud screams of Nina as she called for her father, Angelina's request for his aid and the constant snarling and growling of the Nightcrawlers resounded through the Void!
"Why can't I see them?" Aaron screamed with every fiber of his being, tears falling freely from his eyes.
Whoosh!
The fog dispersed revealing an injured figure of a girl…
She extended her hand, "Protect…"
"No not again! You can't die again!" He shouted knowing what she's about to say.
He rush back to his feet and ran towards the girl, the distance between them rapidly decreasing.
A dark creature appeared behind Nina and raised its grim and sharp claws!
"NOOO!" Aaron screamed and jumped forward, his arms outstretched ready to take the blow for her!
Swish!
A numbing coldness ran through his body and while he watched the claws passed right through his body and pierce the flesh of his daughter, a stream of blood gush out coating him in red while her lifeless body fall into his arms.
At this moment, he understood, he understood it all…
Dead is imminent for the human race!
There is no salvation for the human race!
THIS IS HELL!