Lieutenant Sharp “Sir!” the man saluted and turned away when Sharp nodded. “And where are they now?” the tall, handsome but intimidating man, questioned the boy that his junior ranked officer brought forward to him. Sharp blinked his eyes repeatedly but slowly for five seconds while he scanned the boy. The blue-lit words only for his visual, float in front of his eyes. The boy's heart rate was steady. He isn’t lying. His intelligence also showed that the boy’s temperature had not risen since picking him up. The boy reared back looking scared and Sharp heard his stomach grumbling- definitely human. No need to be tested, the man thought with a little humor. They were so feeble, no wonder Biomedical started to work on making them stronger. He twisted his mouth sideways just as he’d practiced, bringing his cheeks up higher than usual but not too much to scare the kid away. “Well, boy, speak up so you can go back to your food.” Sharp forgot the boy’s name because they had rescued so m

“Have you guys noticed them long?” Matt ignored the smelly man, making small conversation with the Sam fellow instead while they waited for everyone to have something in their stomachs. He still held Randall’s Glock in his hand while he stood behind the crowd, who was sitting cross-legged in a circle on the tiled floor. Everything about the crowd seemed normal- like a bunch of friends on a normal day chilling out just sitting on the floor and having a fun chat while they snacked. Their clothing was clean and mostly new with sneakers and boots- except for Polo, of course, for nothing about him seemed normal. From his weirdly rotted teeth to his alien-wormy shape. The Outsiders was a movie that was a huge hit about an alien that became friends with the Earthlings and aided in the defeat of an invasion from another world. It was a teen hit back in the regular world and although a fictional character, it irritated Matt that this disgusting creature reminded him of the friendly, gun-sli

Zombie sightings had been almost zilch since they’d left the sanctuary of their last shelter, for they had hightailed out of the city zone and into the less populated back roads. They waited till they were close enough and then chopped their heads off- no loud noises to attract others. Yes, Polo protested and tried to have a say by shouting, “The brighter roads are safest, we can see them. I’ve been in the woods- no lights mean you can’t see them approaching.” The trio hadn’t even bothered with a response. They ignored him and ensured everyone had a packed bag of supplies- food, water and a change of clothing and their weapons also returned to them. [Do you want me to navigate?] 'No,' Elizabeth hardly used Kia since she found her companions Matt and Randall. Advanced technology is not needed to chop heads off. Matt gave a salute, and they walked out into the street, taking the road by the next street corner that they knew would take them, to the mountainside. Ten seconds after s

“Give it an hour...” The voice echoed around her. Female. ‘Kia...’ Her entire body felt tired and prickly. Her brain tried to contact Kia, but the system was not responding. “Kia,” she called out again, this time out loud, her teeth rattling from the cold. “...coming to...” a male voice his time. Liz fought against the dark clouds her head was engulfed in. Her memory coming into play- fuzzy but she remembered- her body spasmed sending searing pain throughout her body. Someone hit her with a powerful jolt of electricity. “I’ll fuc-” her head grew cloudier- ‘end him’ ‘Kia?’ Another wave hit her again and Liz called out to Kia once more, her cloudier mind confused by the lack of response. ‘Switch on Kia, I need you to tell me where I am, my eyes won’t open.’ Blank. When she came too, Liz was on a table with a bright light shining into her eyes. Feeling the pain in her head, she squinted her eyes and groaned out loud, sitting up with her back towards the light. She mo

“All of them?” Matt whispered wide-eyed and looked around the heavily occupied room as if he could figure out who was who and what. Until Liz hits his hand. “Maybe. Definitely, the men going out. I’m not sure about the doctors, but why would the place be sealed off? What are they hiding?” Liz whispered back and noticed some of the men standing guard inside the large area looking at them- well everyone. They were dressed in regular black t-shirts but brown cargo pants and black combat-looking boots. A different uniform for the security personnel. Literally, everything is military-styled so why different uniforms? “It is strange- only a little bit. C’mon guys, you know even in a normal world, we couldn’t walk freely into any room in the hospital…even in the teacher’s faculty,” Matt tried to reason although he had picked up on the strange vibe. *** They met Lieutenant Sharp just before dinner two days later when he was finished showing off with his gun, to some of the younger k