Family [2]“How are things in your end?” Eli asked Belamir. Both of them were no longer at the center of the warehouse where the office space was, instead, they stood outside the warehouse.Belamir raised his phone, taking a quick glance at the messages that kept pouring in. They were reporting messages telling him that his orders had been completed.“It's all proceeding smoothly.” Belamir replied. He glanced at Eli before gazing at the sky,“Just like you asked, solid in bags, liquid and gas in tanks. I still don't understand why you are gathering them though, apart from a few that seem important, the rest look irrelevant to me.”Eli chuckled. He sighed and he took a quick glance behind him at the warehouse, within, the rest of the members of Sanctuary were moving about, taking inventory and sorting the final resources.“Unlike the rest of you, Johanne told me every detail about the apocalypse.”Eli looked beside him at Belamir, Belamir looked back at him.“My brother plans to bring
The beginning of the end [1]Vwooom~The others marveled at the now empty warehouse. To them it was like a miracle but to me it wasn't. All it took was a bit of stamina and the activation of [Dimensional storage].Once the apocalypse arrives in two days and I awaken as a true anomaly, the consumption of stamina everytime I used my skills will reduce exponentially.This is because I will awaken my core and be able to use essence, the original energy for anomalies. I can't even imagine how much stronger my skills will become then.Now that I've gotten used to using my stamina, I'll be able to refine my essence and use it more effectively.All in all, I was somehow thrilled.“Huddle together and hold hands, I'll teleport it all out of here.” I announced.“Here…” belamir handed me a device that looked like a tracker.“The red dots are the location of the pickups. When are you planning on retrieving them?”I couldn't put my finger around it, but Belamir seemed different. I decided to ignor
The beginning of the end [2]“The governor's situation isn't improving, we need to do something about it.”“Well, at least it's not getting worse either.”“What can we do? We've been getting strange calls from various places, even the other governors are trying to hold a conference.”“I heard that something's brewing, some strange phenomenon.”“Does the public know about this?”“The public is still being kept in the dark. If they hear of it, panic will be the least of our worries.”Laramie sat before her father who lay still in the bed, her eyes were a bit hollow and she looked disheveled.Even though she wasn't consciously listening, she could still hear the voices of the personnels working under her father as they discussed.She was sure that the vice governor was with them but she couldn't care less. While the man never made a move against her father when he was in good health, she doubted it would be the same now.But none of that mattered to Laramie.‘I haven't been able to stop
The beginning of the end [3]Eli and Belamir walked through the corridors of the mansion, various people walked past them, each of them trying to fulfill the tasks that had been assigned to them.Things have been like this ever since they arrived. Now that the apocalypse was merely hours away, they had to focus more on building a stronghold and organizing as much as possible.Most still don't know what was coming next, except Johanne. They all knew that the apocalypse was coming but no one knew how it would look when it finally arrived.They also didn't know when it would arrive. They knew the date but the time seemed to elude them all.‘He never told me about it either.’ Eli noted inwardly. He wanted to ask but Johanne had been so busy ever since he woke up.Even now, he wasn't back from gathering the materials. Eli was worried but he also knew,‘There's no need to worry about him. If anything, I worry for whatever trouble might come his way.’“This man, Jason?” Belamir began,“...”
The beginning of the end [4]“What do you mean?”I pressed the blade against the governor's neck, my eyes locked on Laramie. She was angry, I could tell.If looks could kill, I'm sure I would be dead by now. I couldn't blame her though, if we were to switch positions, if Eli was the one on the end and someone else was holding a knife to his neck, I couldn't even imagine how I would react.But it was exactly for Eli I was doing this. For his survival, for his sake, humanity needed to live. And I need powerful people for that to happen.I have no use for a weakling. A weakling was nothing but disposable.“It's just as you've heard. Choose between your father and the rest of humanity.”Laramie's haze was intense. I could see the fear in her eyes, it was as obvious as it could be. It was only normal, after all, I was leaking a substantial amount of killing intent.The fact that he was able to look at me with defiance, no, the fact that she could stand at all was a miracle.But this was La
The beginning of the end [4]“Issue a state wide emergency, the governor and his daughter have been abducted!”The governor's officials began to panic, some went in to frantically check the balcony and corners of the from like it would do anything to change the situation.Just as they were about to leave the room, the deputy governor walked in.“Hold on…” he said as he walked around the room, checking every citner kike the officials gad previously done.“Thus is quite the predicament…” he muttered.“I know, we have to go something urgently!”“What are we even still doing here? We should be issuing an emergency before the abductor gets too far!”The officials began go complain, their gaze anything but friendly as they stared at the deputy governor.Although to the governor, this man who was his deputy governor was a loyal man, they the government officials knew otherwise.Deputy governor Richard was a cunning man and they knew he would try to make the best of this situation.“We can't
The beginning of the end [5]I looked at everyone present, making sure to take in every detail about them. From their looks, to their expressions, to their body language.I took everything in.We were currently in a different room, one that was closer to the forge. Due to the forge being in the lower part of the mansion and being off limits to everyone else, I decide that the room beside it would be a great place for the council to have their meetings.The large round wooden table and chairs were things I collected earlier. I brought them out of the [dimensional storage] and placed them in the empty room.‘Although its a little bland, I'm sure we can work on it. I'll make sure to add a few decorations, maybe include a tea pot and burner.’As I mulled over the rooms design, I looked at round at the others who had taken their seats around the table. Obviously, I was at the head.Eli and Belamir were the closest to me with Eli to my right and Belamir to the left. They had neutral expressi
The beginning of the end [7]“A plague?” Jason asked. He wasn't the only one that was shocked, they all were.The atmosphere within the meeting room immediately became solemn, everyone was quiet, lost in their own thoughts. They could tell from how I spoke that the matter was very serious.I couldn't blame them though, it was a matter that made even me unsure. The plague was no small issue.“Yes, a plague.” I confirmed.“Seventy percent…” Laramie muttered a bit absentmindedly. I could understand what she was thinking.Seventy percent of humanity was a lot, no one even knows who will survive on our end. We have many who were sick too.“This plague is deadly, extremely contagious and most of all, incurable.”“What?!” This time, more than one person voiced out their opinion. I remained silent, allowing them to process their thoughts.“Then what is the point of all we've done so far? We aren't even sure we would survive the plague.”“That's true.” I confirmed Belamir's question. I could t