"Nuclear World War is the Earthly cleanse. Cleanse from its impurities. If we don't repent and serve the Cause of Science, we will be punished. Convert. Or else face another Earthly cleanse.
-High Priestess of Science
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Damian and Handsome were silent. Handsome checked on his rifle, dislodged his magazine, and checked the ammo inside. Damian did the same.
The stairs from the lower levels were across them to where they were situated, and the two ex-soldiers positioned themselves for an ambush. Futile it may seem but they were trained to fight to their last breath.
They were focused on surviving even if hope was impossible. The stories about the deployed soldiers were stationed outside the camps for weeks, hunting Abominant hives with only MREs as their food source.
