The creature then suddenly stopped moving, its tentacles retreated back to its body. However, its vile smile still remained, disgusting Jean.
Then, from the top of its head, appeared a slit. Immediately, that slit lengthened, dividing the whole body into two equal halves. The smile then opened, creating a voice that both terrified and shocked Jean.
"Wel, come. This world. My children."
Never in his life did he see a Zirtue speak, especially in the human language.
The two halves fell to the floor, creating a shockwave that blew away the dust and dirt. He swiped his hand, and suddenly he saw a red spark which burned away the dust, creating a clear view of things.
'Fire? Helios, you've got competition.'
That joy of his lasted for only a second as he processed the things happening in front of him. The mother, was currently undergoing mitosis.
He ran forward to one of the halves but it was too late. He hated the fact that he was late twice, but hated more the fact that he couldn't stop it. The only reason he could kill one of the jellyfish made from the strange liquid earlier was the fact that it was still a part of the mother, which was weaker than a grade I of that category.
However, that only meant he stood no chance against the grade I, so he made the difficult decision to run away.
Now, he had to decide on one more thing which was whether he should inform Ana first or Erika.
'Don't die while I'm still alive.'
That line reverberated inside of his head endlessly, though it wasn't really related to the Zirtue, he felt like he should go to Ana first. Thinking about it a bit more, it made more sense for him to do this, she was closer to it afterall.
He already knew that she would be in Turkey by now, it was 5 in the morning. So, he headed there.
His feet felt light on the floor, as if he was skating along an ice track. His strength also improved significantly, making it possible for him to jump higher than before.
And soon enough, he arrived at Turkey, two whole hours later.
'Uhh wait, I actually don't know their base in Turkey.'
Idiot. Well it was true, only Andre knew of this, and he didn't inform Jean of it, or couldn't. So, he didn't know. However, not keeping him waiting long, a voice called for him from behind and he saw a cloaked figure.
***
Following the man, he found out that this man, Clou, was just like Andre, which explained a lot of things. Then he arrived at a door in front of an abandoned building of stone, he tried to walk in.
"Uhh sir, we have a dress code."
"Hmm?"
"Put on some pants."
"Oh, yeah."
Borrowing a spare from the man, he walked in and greeted him was 19 people. One of them being Anastasia. She spoke up.
"Haha, you crazy son of a bitch, you really killed that grade V?"
The maggots were cheerful but Jean's next few words made them literally droop to the floor.
"I didn't."
"So you ran?"
"Indeed."
"Well, it's fine, that thing is scar-"
"There's an even bigger threat now."
"What?"
All heads suddenly turned at him, very displeased and surprised with what he was saying. What was the only thing scarier than a grade V? A grade I of the next category. And it seemed this was the case.
"The crab suddenly evolved into a mother. It sent me into orbit and suddenly divided into little jellyfish."
"Jellyfish? Not Platonics?"
"Yeah, I don't get it either."
"So, why have you come to us first?"
"To save you."
Silence prevailed the whole room as 20 people looked at Anastasia, waiting for her response. This persisted for a good minute before Anastasia finally spoke.
"Americas, Cuba. Go inform your Union."
"Alright."
With that, all 21 immediately left the building. With one going to Nepal and the others going to Cuba.
***
3 hours later.
Jean arrived at a flat spot amidst the many mountains in the region, he stepped on a small button on the floor and took the elevator downwards. Surprisingly, it was even slower than before.
Arriving onto the first floor, he looked for Erika. The whole place looked deserted but it didn't matter. Also, for some reason, all the big arrows were taken down.
Located the biggest door in the whole floor, he barged in.
"So as I was sayin-"
Interrupting Erika, he took her outside, shocking her and everybody in the room. They also ran out to see if something happened to Jean.
"What the fuck are yo-"
"Tell all personel, evacuation, stat."
"What? Why?"
"JUST DO IT."
"Fine."
Erika then looked back at the meeting room. Her face a subtle red. The members all saw this and immediately noticed this and knew why.
"Y-you are all dismissed. The meeting shall be postponed till a later date, now you are all to help evacuate all personel to, uhh."
"Cuba."
"Yes, Cuba."
Now that he thought about it a little bit more, why was there only one elevator? It was too slow anyways so he opted for a faster path: straight down.
Though the floor was of extremely durable material, it turned into dust immediately after sparks ignited at Jean's feet, amazing the 11 people present.
He entered a state of free fall, carefully avoiding people that were in the way. In the middle of falling, he then heard an announcement.
"All personel are to evacuate from the base, we'll divide..."
Soon, he reached the very last floor of the Base, and it was a lot darker than most. It was the least frequented place in the place and in it, was Tyche.
He approached the middle of the place and in it was the figure of a woman, her hair was gone, her eyes clouded, her skin pale. She looked devoid of life but he knew that she was alive.