They both rode back to the palace together silently. They both had different thoughts running through their heads.‘Maybe, maybe he’s telling us the truth Austin thought to himself.‘Or maybe, he doesn’t even know who tried to take the Amulet’ Beatrice added.A thought came over her mind and she turned her horse around.‘Could it be possible, that the amulet did disappear and more people are trying it than just the sorcerer and whoever that was in the castle earlier’ she thought to herself.She didn’t give it much time to think though because as soon as the thought crossed her mind, the horse stopped.“What is it, Beatrice,” Austin asks confused.“I smell something” she responds.Austin looks around, and sure enough, he catches the scent of burning wood mixed with burnt flesh. “Let’s go find out who it is,” Austin says and he follows her. Beatrice turns her horse around and rides back to the scene.Austin sees the smoke rising from between the trees as they approach. As they approache

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The trio walks out of the basement only to be confronted by soldiers aiming their guns at them. “Well isn't it the teenagers who destroyed my warehouse,” the chief says with a smirk directly at Ray? “You think you can escape with being punished" “We are sorry that happened, we didn't mean to" Billy apologizes in a friendly tone. “Now let us through, so we go our separate ways" “No one is going anywhere unless you drop the piece of the amulet," Domico says standing by the chief . Billy tries to reach behind his back but Domico is too fast and blocks him. “I don’t have it, what is it?” Billy asks trying to find where he had put the item.“Don’t play dumb kid, I know what you're doing and it won’t work, it will only bring more pain upon yourself” Domico threatens.“We don't have the piece of the amulet" Ray let out. “It isn't in the building" “Why do you want the Amulet?” Yuki asked Domico. “So you could use it for yourself" “Myself, no" Domico scoffs looking at the ch

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The next morning uncle B wakes up to see Lucy sleeping soundly at the other end of the room, wrapped up in a blanket. His eyes wander around the room until they settle upon a wooden box sitting on top of a table. There’s no name written on it, but there are letters carved into the lid. They're so small uncle B can barely make them out.Uncle B grabs the box before he gets up. “Lucy wakes up, we better head to the village ” Lucy groans and turns over, burying herself under her blanket. “I want to sleep”uncle B chuckles “you need to get up and help me get to the village before ” he pulls the blanket off of her and places the box down in front of her.She blinks awake, staring at the box. She smiles tiredly “yeah okay”Uncle B walks to the door and opens it. He steps outside, scanning the horizon for any sign of life. Nothing. Uncle B sighs. The only people who seem to live here have gone to town, so maybe they'll be safe here for now.As he steps closer to the ocean’s edge he e

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After what seemed like hours of being surrounded by people with nowhere to escape, a gunshot echoed through the atmosphere Uncle B aimed his gun at the natives who noticed his presence. “Let her go,” he announces as he slowly approached the cage.The men turned around and stared at Uncle B shocked, they all lowered their weapons and looked at each other confused. “You let her go, why? We have her. She’s just another one’s plaything,” a man says, stepping towards uncle b. “she has done wrong”“I'm sorry,” uncle b replies with a calm voice, “but I can't allow you to hurt my niece,” he lowers his gun and points it at the man.The man drops to the ground, crying and pleading for mercy. “No, please don’t hurt me! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”.Getting closer he removes his knife stabbing uncle B by the shoulder, projectile ripping the man's head off as uncle B shoots at several natives which try attacking him with their weapons while he fights the natives with his shotgun After killing ten n

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“Lucy, go,” he says holding out his hand to herLucy grabs his hand, jumping and landing safely on her feet. He holds her close to his body as they start running down the crumbling building, the wall finally falling and trapping them inside the temple.Lucy screams as she felt the roof breaking open, covering their bodies with debris. Her eyes widen at the sight of the ceiling, she closes her eyes, preparing herself for the crash. But instead, nothing happens. She opens her eyes again and sees that she’s outside, lying on her stomach on the ground next to uncle b who is laying on his back."Lucy! Are you alright?!" he yells loudly.“Yeah,” she responds breathlessly. She gets up, helping him stand up before walking over to the altar.Uncle B grabs her hand. "I thought we would die down there, I thought we would never survive, but you kept moving forward despite how terrifying everything seemed to you. Your bravery and spirit is something I admire immensely," he states, staring into the

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He grunted and tried to free himself, but the grip on his leg was too strong. “Damn it, get it off!" He cursed, kicking the creature in the face. But it didn’t release its hold on him. The cyborg raised its head and bared its teeth at Johnny as he glared at it. He was about to punch it a projectile infiltrate into the metal skull as the machine does off. He looked up to see Martin reloading his rifle, “What is going?” he asked watching the other capsules land on the earth's surface. “It's like an invasion. Like Alien, but this looks like they are cyborg Zombies" Maria says inspecting the body of the creature closer. “Then we better get fired up, because we got lots of them to deal with," Martin says directing his head towards the cyborg zombies emerging from the fallen capsules as they rushed towards them. Johnny growled, running toward a cyborg Zombie as he grabs onto a bat laying on the wall as he swings hard, breaking the cyborg Zombie's skull. Johnny quickly ran towards anot

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He grunted and tried to free himself, but the grip on his leg was too strong. “Damn it, get it off!" He cursed, kicking the creature in the face. But it didn’t release its hold on him. The cyborg raised its head and bared its teeth at Johnny as he glared at it. He was about to punch it a projectile infiltrate into the metal skull as the machine does off. He looked up to see Martin reloading his rifle, “What is going?” he asked watching the other capsules land on the earth's surface. “It's like an invasion. Like Alien, but this looks like they are cyborg Zombies" Maria says inspecting the body of the creature closer. “Then we better get fired up, because we got lots of them to deal with," Martin says directing his head towards the cyborg zombies emerging from the fallen capsules as they rushed towards them. Johnny growled, running toward a cyborg Zombie as he grabs onto a bat laying on the wall as he swings hard, breaking the cyborg Zombie's skull. Johnny quickly ran towards anot

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Miles away Dan Lu and his ninja struggle to keep the monster away as they fought with their swords against the monsters. They were constantly attacked by zombies trying to rip them to shreds, but none could touch them. It was a vicious fight, with the zombies wanting to devour them alive, while the ninja desperately tried to save them."Damn those zombies! Why can't they just leave us alone?" Miles yelled swinging his sword with all his strength. The undead creatures began retreating ever they came from as the ninja began to relax their stances and breaths, panting heavily.Then suddenly, one of the zombies charged at Miles who blocked it with his katana, "What the hell is this?!" he yells swinging his sword at the zombie's neck. The zombie dropped to the ground and went limp. Miles jumped to the side avoiding the Zombie's attack, "What the hell? Where did that zombie go?" he questioned looking at the spot where it was seconds ago, "It didn't go anywhere!" Miles yelled as he jumped o

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Entering right into the cafeteria, he meets with a few strangers who all surrounded a transparent table. “Would you mind knocking next time?“the male mumbles angrily. Jade gazes at him for a moment then proceeded his gaze to a female close by. “You are awake,” she says giving a lovely smile at Jade who stood motiontionless at his spot. She walks nearer to him being before him, “We thought you would be out for a month, but you only used 4days” “ 4 days?, I was asleep for 4 days” he qualms to himself changing the course of his focus to the table which a blueprint is laid on and then back to the lady. “Where am I?” “You are currently in a safe place” she replies patting him on the chest with confidence in his safety. “You could join us” Jade heeds to the woman before taking his stance beside her at the table. He concentrates on the signs, disclosing the blueprint to be like a map to some area. He could tell from the manuscript of names of places, from the ceme

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she asks with concern lacing her voice. Jade shakes his head and looks away from her, not sure if he should answer the question or not, “Do you want to talk about it?”Jade looked back at her, “No, it's fine really.”“If that's true then we will find a way. We'll be there before nightfall” she reassures him, giving him a small smileSuddenly the truck jolts into movement, causing the both of them to stumble and clutch onto each other. “Hey guys, I think we're getting close” the soldier states, “I hope we didn't make the wrong decision”.“We would have to, otherwise, we wouldn't be in here,” Jade remarksThe vehicles drove past the road at a fast pace toward the powerhouse. The vehicle stopped near the entrance of the generator. A soldier hopped out to open the door for the two of them. Jade grabs onto Kiara's hand to steady herself as his feet hit the concrete ground. the soldier rushed as he returned inside and the doors closed.Jade and Kiara stepped closer to the generators, “Well