In the deserted street, Falkmar and Jonas's footsteps echo in their minds, and the cold wind blows on their bodies, making their minds feel colder. The silence shrouded the city but won't last too long.
"Do you... have any plan?" Jonas breaks this silence.
"What plan?" Falkmar is confused by Jonas' question.
"The plan that about the future... Now the world is in chaos caused by goddamn fog." Jonas sighed and said.
The atmosphere fell into silence again. It seemed there was no solution because of the many strange and deadly things or creatures in the fog. Whenever they come out it makes a disaster, if they don't it means they are going to make a huge disaster.
These desperate facts made them doubtful. They couldn't help but think of a question and try to get the answer.
"Can humans be against to unknown?"
They feel a little bit confident, after all, human civilization was advanced, and guns, missiles, and even nukes could deal with those creatures.
"Then how about if there is something that can against the nuke or the ethereal sound that makes everybody lose their sanity?"
Soon, another question flooded their minds. After that, many desperate questions flooded their minds one after another.
"Hope the god will help us..." Falkmar sighs helplessly.
The gray sky was covered with dark clouds, revealing no trace of the sun. Falkmar and Jonas walk together and head to their shelter, which is full of hope and warmth.
"Woah..." Falkmar and Jonas exclaimed suddenly.
A sudden bloody scene appears in front of them after they turn a corner. It was a severed arm lying in the blood, its bone with the stench of blood exposed outside. The muscle was thick seems from a man.
They are stunned, their expressions stiff, frozen by the scene before them.
"Why there is a broken arm...?" Jonas took a hard gulp and asked with a voice trembling.
"I don't know! Let's just ignore it and quickly go back to our shelter!" Falkmar immediately makes the decision.
Falkmar immediately walks around the broken arm and Jonas quickly follows closely to him. As they realized the shelter was still far away from them, their pace quickened.
Beep一! Beep一!
A loud horn sounded behind Falkmar and Jonas. Their eyes widened with surprise as they looked back. They saw a convoy behind them, six gray Humvees drove towards them.
"Military convoy?!" Falkmar couldn't help but shout.
As the first gray Humvee flashes the light to them, Falkmar and Jonas stand aside on the road subconsciously and wait for them.
The first Humvee passed through the road and the second, the third, fourth, fifth... Until the sixth, it's stopped.
A dusty gray Humvee appears old, with an open top and a soldier holding a machine gun, three soldiers inside the Humvee, one to drive, one sitting beside the driver, and one sitting on the back.
The soldier with the gray helmet, mask, eyeglasses, and armor. Soldier's suit will have the same color as the location, which acts like a protective color and is easy to hide.
The soldier who holding the machine gun on the top of the Humvee stared at the severed arm and then shifted his gaze to Falkmar and Jonas. He scratches his head, and the black eyeglasses make Falkmar and Jonas not able to see his eyes, but they can guess his eyes must filled with confusion, worry, and alert.
"Ugh... Sir, we don't know anything about this severed arm." Jonas tries to explain.
"We just turned a corner then see that." Falkmar added.
"Ah, I see..." The machine gunner talked, his voice was deep.
At this moment, the window at the front seat is descending. The soldier poked his head out from the car window and asked.
"Hey! How do you guys survive from the big wolf?"
"The wolf? What wolf?" Falkmar didn't answer but asked a question.
The soldier who poked his head out has exchanged glances with other soldiers. He retracted his head inside and seemed to be talking about something with others.
"The wolf that ruined this city! Where are you guys at while the wolf is massacring?" He poked his head out once again.
"A-at our shelter...! I have an underground shelter." Jonas answered him.
"You have an underground shelter?!" All the soldiers exclaimed.
"Whatever, you two better hide. We're here to kill the wolf, we will report that there is a survivor in this city. The rescue will come soon." The machine gunner said to Falkmar and Jonas.
"Hey! They are leaving! We spent too much time, you two hide now! Don't let the wolf notice about you two." The soldier who driving the Humvee shouted.
Once the driver shouted to Falkmar and Jonas, he didn't wait for their response and stomped on the accelerator hard. The Humvee sped toward the convoy like a wild horse.
The dust flies behind the Humvee to Falkmar and Jonas' eyes, making them close their eyes instinctively. When they open their eyes the convoy disappears in their sight by turning a corner.
Falkmar and Jonas cough slightly.
"Alright... Are we going to hide?" Falkmar asks Jonas.
Jonas didn't answer; he stared in the direction the convoy was going. Falkmar turned his head back when he didn't get a response from Jonas and noticed Jonas was standing, gawking.
"Jonas?" Falkmar softly called his name.
"Falkmar... the direction they go is the direction of underground shelter..." Jonas was stunned for a moment and said.
"What?!" Falkmar exclaimed.
As Falkmar stared at the direction of convoy was going. At the moment that he is sure that the convoy is heading in the direction of the shelter he starts running, and releases the plastic bag from his hand.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Jonas shouted as he saw Falkmar running.
Jonas quickens his pace to catch up with Falkmar. They ran... and ran... and kept running... the surge of adrenaline had spread to their whole body, right now, they are tireless.
"Ahh! Fuck!" Jonas shouted powerfully and felt a surge of power, it made him catch up with Falkmar.
This has proven that shouting some words is useful, in some cases, shouting it will make you gain more power. But the words that Jonas shouts are not elegant and immoral.
Ahh一!
A sudden piercing shriek travels through the air and pours into their ears again. They are sure it is the same sound that they heard in the market. The piercing sound seemed to penetrate their eardrum.
Falkmar and Jonas stopped and kneeled as they heard this sound again. They lie on the ground in pain and cover their ears.
"Not again!" Falkmar shouted out of pain.
"Are those soldiers making that kind of sound?!" Jonas asked loudly in sorrow.
"How can they make that sound?!" Falkmar answered Jonas.
The piercing shriek didn't leave long, it lasted for a few seconds and was gone. Falkmar and Jonas rose weakly and felt their head dizzy.
"Well... At least our eardrum is safe..." Falkmar gives a wry smile.
"Ha... That一" Jonas' discourse hasn't finished yet and is cut off by a huge sound.
Bong!
A huge fog that swallowed the horizon appears afar from the city. The fog rolled in like a vast, silken tsunami, an undulating wall of gray that swallowed the landscape whole. This scene is quite spectacular, making their legs even tremble a little bit.
The most terrible part is there was a giant humanoid shadow inside the fog that seemed walking towards this city. The vast land trembling under its step, this time, their whole body trembling.
"The fu-" Falkmar and Jonas said at the same time.
Beep一! Beep一!
The familiar horn sounded, pulling Falkmar and Jonas out of their petrified state. After pulling out from stunned, they look at the direction of the source of the sound.
Another surge of surprise washed over their minds. A gray Humvee chasing a blood-red wolf, the size of the wolf might be two adults high, it has two heads, eight feet, a tentacle tail without any skin nor fur covering but a tail at the end.
Falkmar and Jonas were stunned again as they saw this view. The soldier held the machine gun to shoot at the blood-red wolf.
tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat...
The wolf shouted in pain as the bullet shot into its body, it seemed the fur of the wolf was not red but dyed with blood.
Right now, they are rushing toward Falkmar and Jonas. The machine gunner who shooting the wolf shouted at them with anxiety.
"Get out of there!!!"
Falkmar finally realized the situation right now, he quickly grabbed Jonas' hand and ran to the nearest building. Jonas got caught hand by Falkmar and ran, almost making him fall to the ground.
"Quick! Run inside the building!" Falkmar said anxiously.
"Release my hand! Falk! You almost make me fall!" Jonas runs with him in the same direction.
Falkmar's decision was correct because would they die if the wolf attacked them. Run to the building is the best choice, after all, the building can protect them and the wolf is not able to get in.
Four black-red eyes of the wolf gleamed with cunning light as it saw Falkmar and Jonas running to the building. The wolf immediately sped up, but still can't reach them before they get in.
"Ha... Ha... Ha... We're safe now... Right?" Jonas kneeling on the floor with hands on the ground and panting heavily.
"Maybe..." Falkmar answered with an unsure tone and also panting.
Once they got in the building, the wolf didn't stop but rushed to them. The gray Humvee chased the wolf closely and shooting.
But the sudden act of the wolf changes the situation. It jumps to the wall, after the eight feet touches the wall it proceeds a powerful kick on the wall to make him jump again. The wolf landed behind the gray Humvee, the wolf did a backflip!
"What the fu-!" The machine gunner didn't finish his discourse, and when he turned back, the wolf opened its bloody mouth and bit off him, that poor gunner got cut off in half.
After swallowing its prey, the wolf quickly bites the back of the Humvee. The soldier sitting in the back seat is crushed by the vehicle.
The wolf raised the gray Humvee and tilted, the driver fell off. The other head of the wolf didn't give him a chance to get his gun, the head opened its mouth and tore the driver into pieces.
The last soldier who sat beside the soldier poked his head out and shot at the wolf. Sadly it didn't work well, as the wolf got shot by a bullet it quickly threw the gray Humvee aside. The gray Humvee hit a wall and crushed the head of the last soldier.
Falkmar and Jonas take a desperate gulp as they see the blood-red wolf kill them easily. The blood-red wolf walked towards them, its four black-red eyes gleaming with murderous.
Falkmar and Jonas were sure of one thing.
"If we don't find out the solution, we're fucked."