Chapter 8: Consumed
Derek p.o.v
I ran as fast as I could, looking around for a way to hide but they were everywhere, the corrupted. They were crawling around every corner and debris like roaches...
"Just keep running!" I yelled. I took a glance over my shoulder and seen no one was behind me. I stopped running and turned around, "Hey!" I looked around, Travis's men were nowhere in sight. "Hey guys!" I waited for a response but nobody answered. "Shit!" I took a look around my surroundings, luckily the corrupted seemed to be gone but I had no idea where I was, the buildings that used to be my markers were gone now.
I walked down the street, trying to look for something that may help me get back to the factory.
Lucas p.o.v
"Lucas! Lucas!!!" I looked up and seen my supervisor in front of me with a evil glare. I seen all the other agents lined up next to me, watching me...
"Sorry sir!" I stated and stood up straight.
He didn't say anything. He just huffed and turned to the side, "If you have time for daydreaming and having your head in the clouds then you got time to show us what you got." I seen a agent on the black mat, he was large about 6'2 and his muscles showed that he was definitely one to not mess with.
"Sir I don't see the-"
"Fighting builds endurance, endurance you need to survive the wrath of the corrupted. You will fight or you will be beaten."
I seen that he was serious and I had no choice. I walked over to the mat and stood in front of my opponent. I took a deep breath and got into a fighting stance but as I heard the word go I realized I was already thrown onto the floor with great strength. I couldn't see, breath even. I felt everything slow down for a moment as my vision blurred.
"Get up agent! The fight ain't over yet!" His voice sounded distant through the gasps and surprise from my peers.
He never had a chance...
He's weak...
He should never had been accepted to be a agent...
I closed my eyes and accepted my defeat, I knew they were right...I couldn't do the hard stuff they expected me to do.
Derek p.o.v
I found my way to the wall, I hung on it in hope to get a better view on the city. Suddenly I noticed something, there was a bunch of rocks nearby.
I ran towards it and seen there was a visible hole, "Holy shit!" I tried to dig out the rocks that blocked my path. "This must of been where the breech was." I threw a large rock out of the way and looked at the hole, it was definitely big enough for people to crawl through.
Suddenly I heard a noise, "They are to blame...they are the problem...they are corrupted...They deserve to die." It was corrupted. My heart started to race, I had to think fast. I glanced back down at the hole and heard the voices get louder. "Damn..." I dropped on my back and started crawled through before feeling a strong tug at my leg. I turned on my back and kicked the corrupted off my leg. "There is no escape from darkness!"
I let out one last hard kick and crawled out. The rocks fell behind me as I pushed myself up. "What! No...no no no!" I tried to push the rock out of the way but it wouldn't budge, the hole was blocked..."Shit!" I paced around holding my head, "Damn!" I looked around, "Great..."
Lucas p.o.v
"Get up!" I opened my eyes and realized I was still on the floor. I pushed myself up and stumbled to a fighting position. Everyone was shocked but started cheering. The guy in front of me smiled.
I was done pretending I was something I wasn't, the reality of the world was that there was no good guys...there were only survivors and sometimes that's a bad thing but if I sat to sympathize I would be dead...my wife would be dead. I had to accept I was a wolf, and I had to accept that I eat sheep to survive. I had to accept that I was a monster...
I rushed towards the guy and something changed inside of me...something dark. The next thing I knew the guy was dead in front of me and so was everyone in the room. I looked around and see blood splattered on the wall. "What the..."
A guy busted through the door with great haste, "Hey there's been a corrupted breech-" he seen me and started to shake. He looked at the blood splattered everywhere."Oh shit!"
"Hey listen to me, I know this looks bad but I swear it wasn't me." I took a step closer and he began to panic, "I didn't do this!"
"Corrupted in the training room...CORRUPTED IN THE TRAINING ROOM!!!" He rushed out the room screaming.
"Hey!!!" I called. I rushed towards the door but it had closed right in my face. I pulled at the doorknob and noticed the blood on my hands, and on my fingernails. I stared at them in shock, "What the hell is going on here..."
"Your one of us." I spun around to see a man in the corner, a shadow like figure with a piece of hair covering his face. He then looked up at me, "Your a corrupted." I backed up and fell on my back at the sight of me...a evil looking version of myself. "You always wanted to be a wolf, right?" The man turned into a wolf with all black fur and red eyes. He bared his teeth and snarled, "Or do you still want to be the prey?"
"W-what is this?" I stuttered.
"Your awakening, your calling, your purpose. It was decided the day you became a agent, that you created me."
"What are you talking about?" My voice was shaky. (Play media video at 1:15 or higher)
"Corruption comes in all shapes and sizes." He pointed at the large window. I walked towards it and seen explosions, Vegas was falling apart. "Its just a matter of perspective."
"No!" I put a hand on the glass. "What did you do!" I yelled.
He chuckled and turned back into a human, "What did I do?" He smiled and walked next to me, "What did we do?" I looked back at the chaos, unable to take in the nightmare I had seen in front of me. Fires ensued in the distant, I think one of them was my sector...
"Do you hear the melody?" I fell to my knees and tears flowed. "The melody of man's sorrow." His voice echoed in my head, "The sorrow of the ones to unfortunate to survive."
I held my head, "SHUT UP!" I called out.
He chuckled and looked out to the chaos outside, "Do you see it?" The headache started to ease up enough for me to look up at him. He turned to me, "In our eyes...humanity is already infected. No virus, no survivors, just corruption." He smiled, "Heck even we have nothing left."
I looked down at my hand and seen it turning black, "No..." I looked back up and the guy was gone. "NO!!!"
Suddenly the door opened letting in the loud siren indicating a emergency. I seen the guy from earlier come inside. There was a guy with him, he aimed a gun at my head. "There's the corrupted!"
I looked at my hands then at the men. I stood up slowly, "No...no I'm not a corrupted. Please believe me!" They didn't respond.
"Yes...you...are..." I was tackled by a dark shadow, it began to consume me. The noise of the sirens grew louder and louder.
"What the hell." The man took a shot at me and it hit me in my shoulder.
"No! Help!" I reached for the guys. The noises kept growing and increasing in sound, as it banged in my head. "Please...help me!" The shadow wrapped around my head and covered my eyes as the guy took a shot to my head.
(Media video should end here, if not read slower:)) I opened my eyes and found I was on the floor. Everyone was mumbling among themselves. I calmly stood up and fixed my hair over my right eye and got in a fighting stance. The thoughts in my head was quiet, and for once I seemed completely in control. The guy smirked, he was underestimating me...big mistake.
Rachel p.o.v
"Alex!" I yelled.
"Mom look!" She pointed to a giant hole in the wall.
"Oh god it's still open!" I grabbed Michelle and ran towards the wall. We made it out the city and I looked around, spotting a house in the distance and a figure walking inside. "Alex!" I rushed towards that direction.
Derek p.o.v
"Shit how the hell am I supposed to contact Henry?" I took a look around and noticed a house in the distance. "Wait is that a house?" I cracked a smile and ran towards it. "Thank God!"
Lucas p.o.v
I watched the guy on the floor, unconscious. I looked over at my supervisor as he clapped and walked towards me, "Amazing work Lucas. Didn't think you had it in you."
"There's a lot of stuff you don't know I'm capable of." I said softly.
He laughed, "I bet. Why don't you take a rest." He turned around, "Next up-"
"No General I rather not." I turned to him and tilted my head slightly, "How about this, I'm taking over. I'm the general know, is that understood?"
"You can't talk to me like that age-"
His face turned frightened, "Is that understood?" I repeated.
"What...what are you?" He stuttered.
I smirked and put a hand on his shoulder, "I'm the one in charge." I walked towards the door.
Derek p.o.v
(Media can be played again around the 3 or 4 minute mark) I walked to the wooden door, the place seemed empty as I walked up the front steps. Cautiously I open the door, and jumped back. "What....what the hell...." I fell back and backed up, "What is this!" I shouted.
Rachel p.o.v
I ran up to the house and opened the door, I seen Alex standing in the door way looking at something. I looked up and seen a bunch of men, some in suits, crucified on the walls of the house,some were still dripping blood, here eyes were rolled back. I gasped in shock and covered my mouth, "Oh my God...." Michelle screamed and hid behind me. "What is this?"
I heard footsteps behind me, "I see you found my home..."
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