After Stan Gibson left the surrounding area of the academy, the aliens soon began to retreat from the area; it appeared they could no longer track the reason for their early attack on the academy. The department in charge of fighting in the academy, still were not able to kill a single alien due to the weapon which they used so when the aliens began to leave they knew they had a mission on the academy, and probably that mission had been achieved so they had to leave.After the departure of the aliens completely, the survivors of the attack waited a few minutes before letting to be sure none of the aliens was left before coming to see the multitude that had died as a result of the attack.Though they did not like the idea that a lot of people had died in the academy that day, somehow it was for the best on the side of the few leaders that survived. Now it was evident to them that truly Rudo Walid was killed by aliens just as Ling and Trisha had told them, but still, they were not going
Following the direction of Adoth, Stan Gibson drove the truck towards the borders of Atlanta as that was as far as he could go away from the academy. Yet that was not far enough for Stan. If not for the lack of the diesel in the truck, he would have crossed the borders of Columbia into Atlanta. Most of the vehicles in this ere were electronic and this brought about a very few locations of gas stations and the electronic cars were difficult to access.“This is as far as we can go.” Stan said as the car came to a stop. The four of them came out of the car as they headed for an old abandoned and destroyed building which was along the highway.“I still don’t believe this,” Nassor said as they walked in the direction of the building. His words made the other three to look at him in a weird manner that interpreted their desire to know more about what he was saying so he got to continue further. “We are more than a hundred miles away from the academy all by ourselves with no master to guide
Stan still hesitated for some time before proceeding because he hadn't gotten the full prediction of what they would think about his words, but he needed to say it. “I know this might sound strange to you but systems are real and I am possessed by one. I tells what is about to happen and leave me to handle it myself. It has been the source of my augmentation and it serves as my own chip.”“You are not making any point to me,” Nassor said as he looked at Ling and Trisha, asking them to know what they thought. “Is he?” “I’m as confused as you are, Nassor.” Trisha answered him.From their words, Stan saw that they were having difficulty believing him and it might be impossible to convince them as Adoth had demanded, yet he continued. “I knew of this alien invasion right from the very first day they came to earth. That was the day I caught you Ling and Rudo, but later left you after a sudden shock and pause which I believe you noticed and caused you to come after me instead of going back
Meanwhile, Stan woke Nassor and Trisha up too, and they came close to the window holding the guns of the aliens ready to attack anything or anyone.“What do you see?” Stan asked Ling who was still trying to spot something suspicious out there.“Nothing yet.” Ling answered him, still looking out of the window in search of something suspicious.Still Stan was not going to take that answer like that, he knew that Adoth had always been accurate when it has to do with matters like that, so he said to them. “We can’t stay here anymore.”“Like now?” Trisha was confused because it was dark and going outside the house would be putting their lives in danger. “We should take cover here till morning.”“No, Adoth says we leave now.” “Who’s Adoth?” Nassor asked because he was hearing the name for the first time. Stan did not mention that name when he was telling them about the system.“The system,” Stan replied in a stressed tone. He did get why he had to tell them everything in detail as if they
“Stop right there!” This command came as they approached the border into Atlanta. Not only was this command heard, they were surrounded at once by the military men in the area. These were more than just soldiers; they were also elites because they had chips implanted in them. Some were graduates of the school that had been destroyed while others were graduates of other special schools too.With the soldiers coming out and surrounding them, the four of them stopped at once, putting their hands in the air because any attempt to move would be termed suspicious and can bring about an opening of fire at them.It wasn’t as if they had done anything wrong but for the reason of them coming through that path, they were tagged suspects with evil intention because that was not the proper route into the state of Atlanta. They were running away from the main road so as to avoid being attacked by the aliens, and little did they know that they were doing something illegally in the process.Without
Stan and Nassor successfully ran into the building without harm, so they made haste to look around for the guns so as to reunite with Ling and Trisha outside before it became too late. But in the course of finding the guns, some soldiers came into the building too, bringing the fight to them as the aliens were pressing on with the attack.“What are you doing here?” One of the soldiers caught them in the building and who they were was no longer news to any of the soldiers in the barrack. “We can help.” Stan said to the soldier instead of giving him an answer to the asked question. The soldier looked around, seeing that the attack they were facing from the aliens was a very heavy one and it would be the wrong time to try detaining them, in addition to this, they were only ten soldiers that had fallen backwards into the building which was their armory, so letting them fight was not going to be a bad idea at all. So he said, “Alright, pick up a weapon, they are closing on us.” “Your gu
Not up to an hour later, the aliens began to leave the barrack and it was unknown to the soldiers why because they knew that the aliens were going to win the fight if they continued, in short, the aliens had already won the fight before leaving because hundreds of soldiers were already dead. Yet in all, the surviving soldiers were happy that the aliens were leaving after conquering the barrack literally.A few minutes after the aliens left, a helicopter landed in the barrack, that was the team that had come to carry Trisha, Ling, Nassor and Stan from the soldiers’ custody. Scott Turner and Sullivan Nathan were the ones who had come to pick them up along with four other men who were not students of the academy. When they came off the helicopter to see the condition of the barrack and how dead soldiers were littered everywhere, they could clearly tell that the aliens were there because they also saw one or two dead aliens in the area. Finding the commander in charge of that division w
[Why aren’t you going with them?]Adoth spoke to him as he still maintained his position. Even though it was a system and knew some things before they happened, it was not able to read all of Stan’s decisions because Stan did not die completely before it chose him to be its host. By the way, it took permission before entering Stan’s body. Stan too was not expecting that question, he had this thought that Adoth knows everything about him and all his actions too. But the question asked just showed that Adoth had some limits. Nevertheless, he had his reasons for not moving with his friends to the shelter and that reason had to be achieved as he was also waiting to hear Adoth speak before he would raise the topic of the discussion which he wants to engage Adoth in. “I’ve noticed something strange and I need answers from you because I know too well that you have the answers I need at this moment.” Stan began but noted on his own that he hadn't said anything that Adoth would take seriousl