The sun had barely risen when, just as they had previously planned, everyone had assembled in front of Greysons safe house. Phillip, Frank, Andrew, Dina, Xander, Greyson and a couple guards were all standing in front of the building. Obviously Greyson and Frank were not going to follow them on the expedition, however he came to offer his moral support. They were given a single armored vehicle with enough food and water to last them at least a week. Their objective was simple. Find the kid and bring him back to the base. “We are all packed and ready to go.” Andrew said as he joined the group who were now standing in a circle. Philip glanced at Dina who noticed and turned her gaze away from him. “Alright. I am sorry that I have to rely on all of you once again but that is simply the situation that we find ourselves in.” Greyson said to them. “Not at all, this is what we signed up for when we decided to become a part of the settlement.” Phillip said to Greyson. “Definitely, besid
By this point, Christopher had already accepted his fate and began walking back to the orphanage. He was cold, hungry and bruised from the way he was thrown out of the car. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he saw the big wooden doors of the orphanage. At his little age he was still able to feel the pain of being rejected by your own parents. The thoughts that were running through his mind were not thoughts any six year old should be thinking about. “What do I do? How do I eat? What happens if the people in the orphanage do not like me?” Those thoughts ran through Christopher’s mind at the speed of light and tears welled up in his eyes as he stood faced with the door in front of him. Just a few minutes ago he was in his parents car and now he was an orphan. Or not orphan since his parents were still alive, he had been abandoned. He sobbed quietly as he used his little hands to knock on the door. Seconds felt like minutes as his little heart thumped inside his chest, and finally
Nine years had just passed by in the blink of an eye and Christopher was now fourteen years old. He had grown up in the orphanage and had adjusted to life well there, better than he could have possibly imagined in all honesty. He never thought that he would find more peace in an orphanage than his parents own home. It took a while for the boys to get used to him but eventually they began to bond and connect with one another. The orphanage has also began to receive more donations from secret donor, the man did not want any attention. He was only doing it from the goodness of his heart. Everything was going well until that fateful day when they all went to the zoo. “Chris i do not think i have ever been this excited to go to the zoo.” One of the other orphanage kids, Solomon said excitedly. Chris just laughed, he loved to see the joy on his siblings faces whenever they were were experiencing something new. “Mother has been planning this for a long time and it kept getting delayed
Philip sat on a piece of broken concrete, his expression unreadable. Andrew wanted to approach him, but the moment he tried to get close, a sense of oppression descended on him making him know that getting close to Philip at the moment was not a good idea. ‘I hesitated.’ He thought with his hands clamped together. ‘Again, I hesitated. I could have easily killed Kaiser and none of this would have happened. But I hesitated.’ His agitation rose and he put his hand through his hair. “Goddamnit!” He shouted and smacked the floor next to him causing it to crack. ‘God knows what they are doing to her right now.’ He covered his face with his hands. At this moment, Andrew finally managed to steel himself and approach Philip.“Philip, I know how you’re feeling right now, but we can’t waste any more time. We need to go and get her.” Andrew said in a soft voice. “… I know.” Philip said before standing up and taking a breath, his eyes closed. “And this time, when we meet them. I won’t hold b
Christopher was beginning to stir up, finding himself waking up from a splitting headache. As he came into consciousness, he found himself tied up and immediately began to struggle. “It’s no use. You’ll only be released once you’ve answered all the questions we have for you.” Phillip said to Christopher who still looked drowsy. For someone who had the power of invulnerability, you could tell that Philip must have attacked him with so much strength and speed for him to have passed out. After capturing Christopher, Philip, Dina and Andrew have been waiting for him to come around. However, so many thoughts ran through Philip's head as he wondered why Christopher had been so hostile to them, despite them being the good guys. “Crap, if I have to tell you guys anything. I don’t owe you shit so let me go!” Chritopher struggled against the binds that held him in place. “I suggest you stop moving. Like Philip said, it’s no use. You’ll only be hurting yourself if you continue to resist.”
The silence that filled the air sent shivers through the spines of everyone there, including Phillips Circle who could not believe what they had just seen. Perhaps not Christopher but Andrew and Dina were visibly shocked. Their eyes widened in shock and mouths dropped at the sight of Phillip, their Phillip had just murdered someone in front of them. Yes, he was evil, yes he was a menace and yes he was working for the enemy but Philip ended his life without so much as a second thought. The smile he had after was eerie as well, this was a new side they never expected to see. Killing infected when necessary and incapacitating people, that was what they knew him to be capable of. This however was beyond what they had expected. “Everyone, attack!!” Kiara said after suddenly being brought back to reality after seeing Xavier’s body drop to the ground. “Andrew, Chris, get to cover!” Phillip said as he disappeared from their sight. All of a sudden all they could see was the body of
“Now that your plan has failed, what do you plan to do next?” Kaiser asked as Kiara held Dina by the hair, a whimper left her taped lips as it was obviously painful. “Did you really think it would be that easy? That you would simply take her and trot out of here?” He asked with his smile becoming more menacing than before. By this time, Phillip had ended the pretence and stalling and simply eliminated the remaining guards, stopping beside Chris whose clothes were worn from the damage from the fight. Andrew was also running up to join with the group when they were all shocked by the sight which unfolded before them. Footsteps could be heard from all around the grounds, numerous people were approaching. From the vibrations, it was far more than dozens, probably hundreds at this point as they marched towards the park. Kaiser began walking down the stairs, everyone stood in place, even Phillip was rooted as they saw the group standing behind him. If they were normal soldi
“Are you sure you want to join the SLF Xander? You are still quite young, I am sure there are several other divisions you can contribute to in this settlement.” Greyson said to Xander as he sat in his office.He had come to meet him directly after being told that he was too young and didn't meet the requirements to join the SLF. However he was adamant, hence his audience with Greyson.He simply told the recruiters that he wouldn’t give up unless he had seen Greyson personally and so there he was, however, his plan seemed not to be going well as even he didn’t want Xander to work in such a dangerous unit at such a young age.“Respectfully sir, I don’t want to work in any other unit other than the SLF.” Xander said in a composed manner, one that almost seemed too mature for his age.“If I may ask, why are you so determined to serve there? You’re still young. In a year or two you’ll be eligible to protect the settlement.” Greyson tried to point out.Xander took a deep breath and thought