Plundering In The Apocalypse

The Day I Lost Everything.

(Alice POV)

Inside the Donald's Cafe in the Northern sector of the Aston city. The people were panicking. Because of the sudden appearance of monsters, they started losing their reasoning.

It was a total mess. Not knowing what to do or where to escape, their unstable minds couldn't think of a proper solution. They just started running in whichever direction they could or followed others who ran first.

I turned to look at my mom, Who was quietly standing beside me crying in stress. I grabbed her hand tightly and smiled while saying.

"Everything will be fine mom. Don't worry."

Seeing my smile she calmed down a bit. As my mom calmed down, I turned to look at Mr. Robin. Who was looking at the scene outside but was also very angry at my Ex-father as he was grabbing his collar?

"Mr. Robin leave him. Let's get out of here first. There are many monsters outside. If we stay in the cafe we will be cornered very soon. Let's find a safe place to hide."

Hearing my words he nodded in approval. The other customers who heard me also started running outside the cafe, afraid of being surrounded here and getting killed.

While grabbing my mother's hand and calling out to Mr. Robin. We made our way out of the cafe. But escaping from there was also a very big hurdle. There were dozens of monsters in the area. So the chances of staying here and surviving were low. But escaping from them was also very difficult.

While running I turned to look at Mr. Robin and asked.

"Mr. Robin, Do you know of any good place for us to hide nearby."

He nodded and replied.

"There has to be an emergency shelter nearby.  We can escape there. Military might do something about these monsters sooner or later."

*Splurge* 

In front of us, we saw a monster killing a man and started eating him. Seeing that scene my insides started curling. I wanted to puke but that was not the time to stop and start puking. That monster had green skin and had the size of a child's body. 

"Is that a goblin?" I muttered while running. That was the only monster I could recognize.

Mr. Robin turned to look at me with a questioning gaze.

"Do you know what those things are?"

"No, It's just that a goblin is a very common monster in games and stories. But I don't know anything about other monsters."

I turned my attention in other directions a little far from us. There were many different types of monsters. 

One looked like shining ice, some had fur on their body like a beast and some could even fly near the buildings high up. The flying ones weren't attacking humans on the ground for some reason.

If they attacked nothing would have been left of us. But the ones on the ground were already a headache. Some monsters did get defeated when a bunch of people attacked a single one together. But the number of monsters was still too high.

Then some people started shining in different colors out of nowhere. They also tried to fight the monsters. Those people were very strong. Some people were even doing magic tricks on monsters. They were slowly able to kill those monsters. But the number of monsters was still too much for them.

Are they superhuman?

Even if those people were strong, they only cared about saving their own lives. They didn't help a single person even with those superpowers.

I knew we couldn't trust them for our safety. We had to get out of here. 

I saw a couple from the cafe running a little far from us. Suddenly the man pushed his girlfriend toward the monsters who were chasing them as he shouted.

"Honey you promised you can do anything for me. Then please die so I can survive. I'll remember you forever in my heart." 

The man turned and ran without even looking back once. The woman cried and shouted but he didn't turn back. I looked at him in disgust. But we couldn't do anything for her, as she was already getting eaten by those monsters.

Are people that cruel? They can forsake their loved ones for saving their own lives. The people you trust, turn their back against you. What kind of love is that? They use you as bait so they can survive for another day. 

This day revealed everyone's true faces. Who truly loved their loved ones or those who are selfish enough to sacrifice their own family so that they can live.

I turned to look at my mom and then Mr. Robin, who was trying his best to not let any monster near us. He wasn't strong enough to kill them but he did his best to get us out of there.

Mom was having trouble running but Mr. Robin helped her. She was also anxious about seeing Mr. Robin facing those monsters.

I smiled and thought inwardly.

'Is this what true love is? Unlike my Ex-father, Mr. Robin cares for us.  He put his life on the line to protect us, who aren't even his family yet. I understood at that moment, how differently can people change. There are truly kind people but also the worst ones out there.'

"HELP ME MIA." 

Snapping me out of my thoughts I heard a deep loud voice calling out my mother's name.

It was my Ex-father who was stuck near a sewer and a herd of monsters was rushing towards him. He was on the route that those monsters were following while killing other humans. I turned my eyes away from him. But unfortunately, my mother couldn't.

"Mia, I loved you all those years. Even if you don't love me now. You could at least save my life for the years we have been together."

His words seemed to affect her somehow. 

She started rushing in his direction. I shouted.

"No Mom, don't go. Don't get tricked by his words."

Listening to my words he shouted.

"Alice, How ungrateful can you be? I am your Dad. I raised you to who you are today."

"No, you didn't. You just left us to die." I retorted.

I was afraid. I had a very bad feeling about it. But no matter how much I shouted my mom couldn't hear me. She only had one reply before going.

"Alice, Even though your Ex-father was a scum. He did love you when you were small. I can't leave him to die."

 

"No Mom. Please stop." I shouted. I wanted to chase after my mom. But two goblins surrounded us. Mr. Robin and I started fending them off. I couldn't stop my mother. She didn't see us getting surrounded by goblins. 

Mr. Robin barely pushed the goblin away. I was worried. He couldn't hold them back much longer. These monsters are too strong for us humans. We're just barely surviving because their attacks are weak. If that continued we would die for sure.

Unexpectedly we managed to shake off those goblins. Mr. Robin was really strong. I turned my gaze toward my mom. She helped my Ex-father out before the herd of monsters could reach them. They had enough time to escape. I knew they can escape. But my heart felt some pain inside. I had a very bad feeling. I wished from my very heart that I was wrong. 

'No, maybe I'm thinking too much.'

But I was proved wrong. As soon as my Ex-father got out. He pushed my mother in a way she got stuck in his place. My heart shattered at that moment. I was crying while running toward my mom. 

The problem wasn't the distance, but reaching her was difficult as these pests of monsters didn't stop coming after us. Those furry beast monsters were weak but very troubling. As they were very fast. 

I looked at my mom. She turned her head toward the herd of monsters, then she looked at me while crying and said in an apologetic tone.

"I'm sorry, Alice. It seems this is my end. Please forgive me for not listening to you. Be a good girl, Okay. Or I might come back from the dead to haunt you."

"Don't say that. I'll reach there just a second. I'll sake these pests off." I got many bites from them but I kept moving in my mom's direction.

It was very painful. But I knew very well. If I stopped. Mom will die. I had to reach her. Seeing me not even caring about myself and rushing towards her. She requested Mr. Robin who was also trying his best to reach her.

"Please, Robin. Save Alice. Forgive me for leaving you, when just today I promised to marry you. But please take her out of here. 

Robin, find a good woman and marry her. Forget about me. Can you do me a favor though? Please help Alice if she finds herself in trouble."

Mr. Robin started crying. He didn't want to hear those words.

"I'll save you, Mia. Please hang on. We will live together as a happy family forever. So stay strong." 

The herd of monsters came close to mom. Out of desperation. I shouted and dashed toward her even after all the injuries I was getting from those beast monsters.

I didn't care about myself. I just had one thought in mind. I had to save my mom. I can't lose her. I can't.

At that moment. My body started shining white and a moment later it turned black. Then returned to white. I felt something strange inside me. But I didn't have any time to check. Mom was in danger.

Those monsters jumped at my mom and attacked. Even with my increase in speed with the boost of this white light. I was slow. I was afraid of losing my mom. 

I suddenly felt my emotions waver. I felt a strange power inside of me as my mind went blank and something took over me. Something very dark and powerful. It was me but also not me. It felt like my emotions and personality got divided.

I killed those monsters and my sudden burst of black aura chased other monsters nearby. Soon my bloodlust calmed down. As I saw my mother, tears started forming in my eyes.

It was already too late. She was on her last breath. She saw me and smiled. I looked as I felt someone nearby. It was Mr. Robin who was also in bad condition.

I knew one thing. This is the end. The end of my family. Today, the day should have been memorable as they both agreed to marry. Turned into the day of our end. End of our family. End of their life.

I cried out loud while holding my mother in my arms and Mr. Robin was holding my mother and mine's hand.

"Please, mom. Don't leave me. I am a very bad child. I can't take care of myself. I need you."

She cried but said to me.

"You, my silly girl. You are a grown-up now. You will need to take care of yourself. Make your own family. See even Mr. Robin is coming with me. So I'll be fine."

I cried and looked at Mr. Robin who had tears in his eyes and a smile on his face.

"Please, mom. I don't want to lose you both.  Mr. Robin, please say something to her."

"Alice, I am sorry. But don't worry, I'll be there with your mom so she will not get lonely." Mr. Robin assured me while crying.

My mom looked at me while her eyes were losing light and getting dimmer by the second.

"My dear daughter. I truly love you. So forgive me and please live...."

...

...

There was complete silence.

She didn't say anything anymore. Even the big manly hand which was holding onto my hand a second ago dropped.

I couldn't think anymore. My heart was in pain. I just looked at my mother and Mr. Robin with the hope of them getting up again.

But they didn't.

Both of them had died leaving me all alone in this cruel world.