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
An hour had passed by now, and Xander had managed to put Hailey to sleep. She spent most of the night crying, he spent most of the night consoling her.He wanted to cry as well, but breaking down at such a crucial moment wasn’t negotiable. He was the man now and he had to act like it. Hailey had gone through enough, he needed to be able to support her.She slept on one of the beds in the room while he sat on the floor, laying his back on the wall with the gun on his lap. He managed to get her to eat some bread and drink water before she went to bed.To confirm the worst he went back to the room they left their father and took a peek. As he thought, he was gone. He laid there, on his back arms crossed and facing upwards. He looked peaceful, Xander’s breath began to shake once again but he stopped himself and made his way back to the room with Hailey.So much was going through his mind that night, but one odd thing that kept happening was the footsteps that regularly came to the front o
Xander was in a bind, the cabin they had struggled so much to get to was right in front of them but instead of relief, he felt tension. The people there numbered about ten or so, it wouldn’t be wise to confront them head-on.Furthermore, he did not want to approach them either. After what he had experienced with Mark and Adrian, he did not want to give anybody the benefit of the doubt. He could still remember the look on his face when he tried to choke the life out of him. He had gotten wiser in the last twenty-four hours believe it or not.He concluded that the best he could do was simply try to get enough cans of food before the others entered into the cabin. Funnily enough, they seemeddisagreeing. An older man with patches of grey hair seemed to be telling them not to forcefully enter, while a slightly younger man, probably middle-aged was raging for them to break the door down.This however was not a time for him to gawk and stare. It was a time for him to act! “Hailey, stay here