Five years ago,M.A.S.K.S headquarters, "Open the gates!" Someone yelled as five black convoys passed through three gigantic gates. The convoy stopped in front of a skyscraper and two guards wearing red masks rushed out of two Benz to open the car door of the limousine, which was the last vehicle. Three men came out of the limousine with masks on. Their faces were not visible because of the mask, but they all had a unique height. It is tall like a giant but lean like a pawpaw tree. They all had different colored masks on. Two of them had black and yellow masks on, respectively, while the last one had a white mask on. The three men had written on their masks.M.A.S.K.STheir faces were hidden, but underneath their masks, they all had a secret best known to themselves. The three men walked to the entrance of the skyscraper accompanied by five guards wearing red masks, while the rest stayed outside the building. A white woman wearing a lab coat, an I.D, and a red mask bowed to them at t

The next day, Austin found himself in front of the military building. It was a skyscraper of only ten floors. Outside the building were two flags, one belonging to Medianda, which was purple and white, while the second belonged to the military, which was brown and white. Austin walked into the building, and the few soldiers that saw him saluted him as he made his way into the elevator. Just as the doors to the elevator were closing, a woman rushed in."Damn! I'm late, " The woman said nothing in particular to anyone. Austin ignored the woman's disrespect and tried to place his hand on the eighth floor, but the woman beat him to it. "Oh! It seems we are going to the same floor. " She said Austin ignored her again and looked away. Austin didn't know why a woman whose long braided black hair covered half of her face was on an elevator ride with him. He didn't find the woman attractive; instead, he found her annoying, and when the elevator reached the eighth floor, he rushed out. Austin

"There has been another attack again on Mandoe as what is known to be the creature has struck again." Forty people have been injured, but no deaths have been recorded yet. This makes it the fifth attack in a month. What is the government doing about it? The people are dying and the....... " Austin switched off the TV and turned to face his team. They had arrived earlier, as ordered by the colonel, to the base camp."We are leaving in four days and we need some basic training that we all know." Austin addressed them. "The people are suffering, and as soldiers, we must protect and serve them." Do you understand? " He shouted."Yes, sir!" They all chorused.Kemisola raised her hand to ask a question. "We don't even know what we are going up against," she pointed out. "Are we going to fight what we don't know?" She asked, and the rest of the soldiers chuckled."Who are you again?" Austin asked her, and this made the rest of the soldiers laugh, except Kelly. "Is something funny?""No, sir!

"That's something," Kemisola exclaimed when Austin shot the last creature. A hundred creatures entered the base camp, and all of them were shot on the head by the soldiers."We have to burn their bodies until they are ashes." Austin said to the rest of the soldiers. "Who are you to give orders here?" A man wearing a brown round shirt and a green khaki was questioned. "You don't give orders here," The man said, with a bit of an accent. His English was broken as he found it hard to pronounce "you.""If I were you, brown-faced, you'd listen to me," Austin advised. "Brown face? "You dare call me brown-faced." The man pronounced B as p and you as do. "Hey, guys! That's enough. Let's do what he says. " Michael, the team leader for the U.S.A., said to both of them. "What do you know about the creatures anyway?" Justin, the team leader of Canada, was questioned. He was a man, standing as tall as Austin. Justin was a sturdy man, which made him look like a giant. He flexed his muscles at Au

Austin never knew his actions were going to cost him two soldiers. He had never lost a soldier on a mission before. He didn’t say anything as the little boy led them out of the tunnel. The walk was in total silence as the soldiers were trying not to think about their lost comrades. When they finally reached the end of the tunnel, Kemisola was the first to break the silence. The end of the tunnel leads to a place with nothing but rocks and sand. There was no life as no leaves grew on the ground. "Where are we, little boy?" she asked the boy."We are on the outskirts of Roku." We share a border with Lana. "My name is Tannia." The boy said to her, "The creatures will soon be here.""How are they everywhere?" Lenny questioned the boy. "They reside here anyway." This is their home. " Tannia answered sadly.They’ll soon be here. We need to leave now! " Austin shook his head at the little boy. He didn’t like the way the boy was ordering him around. He had never taken orders from people lo