In horror, I turned to see David's arm outstretched as he got accosted by three infected monkeys."David!" BJ's mother screamedI BJ and I turned around swiftly with our spears poked forward.Unfortunately, infected humans were blocking our path to him."Get out of my way!" BJ screamed as he blindly hit an infected with his QUAX in rage.Bang!The infected head made a loud cracking sound as its body spun from the force of the hit, and it slammed heavily into the ground.With the way the human infected blocked our path, I could have sworn they knew we were trying to get back to one of our own and planned to deter us. I had two energy charges left, but if I made use of one in this situation, innocent people would be harmed. The energy charge had a large area of concentration. "Arrrrrgh! Please h-help!""David, use your knife!" I screamed at him."Dustin!" Bella's dad called for me.I turned to sight a gun flying in my direction. I caught it and centred it in the direction of the appr
As the group headed further away, I crouched so the recoil would be easier to deal with."Come on, come on," I muttered.When the infected were only a few feet away, I took a deep breath and activated an energy charge.Thrrruuuuooooooo~What happened some minutes ago, repeated itself as the beam shot through the air toward the approaching horde of infected.Upon contact, an explosion of blue light filled the entire street as many infected got obliterated.Boom!At that moment, the force from the explosion sent me flying and slammed me into the ground heavily, causing me to slide across the street for more than a couple of feet."Timmy!" I faintly heard someone yell my name, but my ears were ringing, so I couldn't ascertain who the voice belonged to. I groaned in pain while trying to rise. My back was hit with a stinging sharp burning sensation due to the friction from sliding across the street grounds.The street was filled with smoke and the smell of burning flesh. Fortunately, the
However, in the next instant...BANG!A loud gunshot rang out, and the next thing I witnessed was the monkey's head exploding into pieces right on my face.I felt my face burn from the hotness of its black blood as I yelled out in pain."Fuck!" I rushed to rub my face with my sleeves."Don't let it get into your mouth!" Bella yelled."Water! Water!" I screamed.My mother who had a backpack strapped to her shoulders quickly brought out a pet bottled water and handed it to me.I wasted no time in making use of the contents to wash my face and mouth of the blood.After spitting for the umpteenth time I finally stood up while clutching my right arm.The people around us had left us behind and kept running for their dear lives while my group wasn't interested in leaving me behind.The black blood on my face had been cleared but I was left with reddened cheeks, forehead and neck from the burn.As my vision cleared, I viewed the bloody carnage of the monkey's corpse but then I also noticed w
"Let's go,"With a nod, we ran in the instructed direction, moving past the corpses of infected littered across the street.Some of the soldiers concentrated on getting rid of the horde while others helped get the citizens in the area to safety.The military was really here. Though it was sad that we had already lost two people, I was glad that we were at least safe from the nightmare… or so I thought.I and the others were almost close to the trucks that contained survivors in the neighbourhood who had gone ahead of our party.All of a sudden, I heard something.Drriihh~The loud droning sound in the air made me stop in my tracks and look up at the sky in confusion.What was that noise?At first, I thought they were drones to assist the military, but it was something else.Before I had the time to process it, I realized I was looking at a cloud of unknown black objects clustered together in the northern sky.As they neared, the buzzing got deafening, and everyone around me had to cov
If we didn't leave the street, we were going to be the next victims.I urged myself to move faster as there was no guarantee that shooting at them would even yield any results since the military was having a hard time as well.The mosquitoes were fast and managed to repeatedly escape the projectiles showered at them. They seemed to be even more deadly weapons than what the military had in their possession as they repeatedly sucked people dry, turning them to dust.I heard the sound of vehicles ahead and spotted more military transport trucks."Everyone, get on the trucks!" a soldier shouted.I counted six of them, but we were still a long way from getting there. My little sister breathed heavily as she ran, but she didn't stop.My legs were aching as a result of running, and the QUAX arm did nothing to help my situation. I could also see that BJ was struggling with his, but there was no time to stop and unequip them.Normal weapons seemed to be having difficulty penetrating the tough
We ran alongside each other, avoiding the puddles of black liquid on the ground that had been formed from the obliteration of the mosquitoes in the area.We made our way forward swiftly since we could still hear other mutated mosquitoes from the distance. The military seemed to be having a hard time taking care of them.As we got closer to the vehicles, the ground shook beneath our feet as the sound of explosions rocked the air.I realized that the vehicles had now reduced from six to two. The other four were nowhere to be seen."Where's everyone?" I muttered as we got closer to a truck.Sofia, my mum and the rest of Emma's family, were currently standing before a different truck. The one closest to us earlier was already gone.Sofia answered my question with a scream."Big brother!""Oh my God, there's blood everywhere?" My mother said with a look of horror while staring at me and my friend.Meanwhile, BJ's family was checking on his injuries with frightened looks."I'm fine," I answ
-For some time, the drive was silent except for a few snores that came from the survivors within the truck.BJ and the others had slept off as well.As for me, I couldn't sleep. I could still hear the screams in my head and see the vivid images that flickered through my brain.As I lay in place, looking through the window at the night sky, I recalled the past events that led up to that pivotal moment when everything changed.We hadn't realized that the after-effects would be this unbearable. Hell, I even thought the rumours were strengthened by jobless and lazy people who didn't have better things to do.The government hadn't said a thing at the time, so I wasn't inclined to believe the rumours. I thought we were safe, but now it turns out that the truly delusional one was myself. It made me wonder what would have happened if it occurred years ago.As a kid, would I have been able to make it? Would I have been able to protect my loved ones? Would I have been able to survive? I just d
The Ministry of Education was the most respected in the entire world since QUAX technologies were originally created for the purpose of teaching. It became one of the most lucrative fields in the world."Darius," a voice called out."Let him out. Also, follow him so we don't get any more casualties,""Yes sir."There was a loud hiss, which I guessed came from the dark-skinned woman. The low mumbles within the truck were proof that the others didn't like the directive from the person who seemed to be the leading officer. I felt this was normal since everyone was on edge.As the vehicle's movement slowed, I tried again to rise. The pain had lessened, but it still stung.Opposite me was BJ, who didn't look so good. He was awake, but he seemed to be extremely fatigued, and his injuries from the day before kept him weakened.The med kit didn't seem to have done much, but at the very least, it managed to give him a bit of relief. Things could have been way worse.I really wished we got to t