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THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 177 - Delusional
She turned to him slowly.Her eyes glistened with tears and grief.Her beauty at that moment seemed to shine beyond anything that he had ever seen.Just as his heart grieved for the amount of pain she must have kept bottled up all these years,.“I have to go,” she said simply.Adam walked to her and enveloped her in a warm embrace.She didn’t stiffen, and neither did she push him back; she simply relaxed into his hold and sighed.“He is my father. I don’t want to, but I have to go,” she said again.Adam had never seen her that pliant before.He had never seen her so feminine before.They stayed like that for a few minutes, then she said, “You won’t try to stop me, will you?”“It is dangerous,” Adam said simply, even as he started thinking.“I can take care of myself,” she said with conviction as she moved away from his embrace.Adam could see the separation on her face.She was going to go anyway, no matter what he had to say.So, he re-strategised and said, “Why don’t we try to get t
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 178 - Extra Attention
“Just make sure you are careful,” Marriane said when Adam informed her about what he was about to do. He had expected more of a protest from her, or at least something more than a monotonous word of advice. She saw his look of surprise and smiled as she turned her full attention on him and set aside the curtains she was washing when Adam came to her. She had stripped them down earlier and insisted on washing them. “More cleanliness, more hope,” she had said. “Were you expecting me to stop you?” Adam shrugged. What was she expecting him to say? Yes, I expect you to tell me not to go? Marriane smiled as if she could hear his thoughts. “It is my duty as a mother to be that selfish. But not anymore. You have more responsibility now. You are a leader, and I am not going to stop you from doing what you think is right. Especially when it has to do with the woman you love.” She paused as if she were expecting him to counter her claim. When Adam said nothing, she moved closer to him
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 179 - If Only
When it was time to leave, everyone saw them off. Even those still working on the well waved their hands at them as they took one of the cars and got ready to leave. Even though Adam had gone through the arrangements they had made over and over again, he still couldn’t help but feel anxiety about leaving everyone behind. His eyes misted over as he looked at Marriane and Lisa. His sister had her left hand on their mother’s shoulder while she waved at him with her right. Marriane was also waving as the car went down the driveway. They both had smiles on their faces, but Adam could see beyond those smiles. They were scared for him, but as if they had come to an agreement, both of them had sent him off with glittering smiles. Layla laid her hand on his hand and said, “You can still go back, you know. All of you. You don’t have to do this.” “And miss all the fun? I had rather poke myself in the eyes,” Maddy responded. "Isn’t that right, Rafe?” She jerked her head towards the robot
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 180 - Friends, We Meet Again
Getting to Sydney was not as difficult as they had anticipated.Getting a suitable place to land the plane was the major problem.The airport was a total mess.It was like a war zone with all the destruction and chaos around.Even from the distance in the sky, they could see tiny-looking zombies roaming around and snarling up at the jet as it lowered.“We can’t land here,” Matteo said, and no one argued with him.After circling over and over, Layla told them that there was a huge field close to the location where she was supposed to meet her father.“It used to be a rice paddy. I don’t know how much of the land has been used up in the past few years or if it has been abandoned since. We can check it out, though. Can you land on a rocky terrain? The land surrounding the paddy itself is not smooth.”Matteo quickly checked the modules of the jet and said, “We can manage it. A smoother surface will be preferred of course.“We might get lucky,” Adam said as Matteo changed course according
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 181 - Older Caricature
Adam wondered why they had separated them.After the shock of seeing the general at a place they least expected, the phone rang, and the man handed it to Layla.Adam could see from the look on her face that it was her dad.Her answers were monotonous, but each syllable resounded with the pain she must have been feeling.Adam could see that even Maddy noticed it.After disconnecting the call, she gave the phone back to the general and told Adam and the others.“You go ahead to the house. I will join you later.”“Why?” Adam asked immediately.“I need to talk with my dad,” she said in that same infuriating toneless voice.“Well, I will not stop you from doing that. I will go with you and step aside while you have all the talk you want with him."She looked at him for a while and said, “I am going to him, and none of you are coming with me. I will join you at the house.”With that, she looked at one of the two men by the other car and walked towards them.One of them opened the car, and s
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 182 - King Of Understatement
The man barely glanced at the newly arrived. One could see that he counted them unworthy of his presence and recognition. Instead, he looked straight at the general and asked, “Is she here now?” “Yes, she is,” the general answered immediately with respect. "Good. I am sure Jaden would talk some sense to her, and we can start operations.” Talk sense into her? Operations? Adam wondered what he was talking about. From the look on Maddy's face, she was thinking the same thing. So saying, the man continued on his walk, followed by the men behind him. “Excuse me, sir. I need to talk to you about... The general hurried after him, leaving Adam and Maddy standing. “I still don’t know why dad has to call her here, though." The lady called Gwen said as she went to sit in one of the lounge chairs placed around. She sighed and flicked imainary dirt off her nails. “Now, she will think she is so important.” “Keep it down, Gwen,” her mother said as she went to join her. She corked her
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 183 - Prodigal Daughter
“I never get the surmon,” Jared Walton, Layla’s dad, said smoothly without any change in his countenance. Layla scoffed. “Of course, how convenient.” Her father shrugged again “I guess it is up to you to believe me. We were also battling those vermin back at home. There we were one day, planning board meetings and how to make things work, and then the next day we were fighting off crazy brain eaters. Everything was in chaos. We almost lost our lives too. Patricia was hysterical. We almost didn’t get to Gwen on time, and..." “And of course, it didn’t matter what happened to me. Inasmuch as your precious daughter and wife are okay, it was not necessary to look for the prodigal daughter, was it?” “Layla…” “No, it is fine. I totally get it. Why did you get me here this time? You don’t look like you are dying to me.” “You wish I was dying?” he asked as he leaned back against his chair. “Oh, don’t flatter yourself. I stopped wishing anything concerning you a long time ago. Why would I
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 184 - Civilised Agreement
Adam disconnected the call and looked over to where Maddie was exchanging barbed statements with the young miss, who had a problem with her sitting with them. “Cut it out, Maddie. We are leaving.” “Maddie. What sort of crappy name is that?” Gwen muttered with a roll of her eyes. “One I wouldn’t want to swap with a name like Gwendolyn, Gwen," Maddie said as she deliberately picked up a handful of the canapes they had on the table and stuffed them in her mouth while giving Gwen the finger. They had barely taken a step towards the gate, though, before the general came running. “And where do you think you are going?” the man asked. “Away from here, obviously,” Maddie answered with a roll of her eyes. “You are not allowed to leave unless told to.” “Why not try to stop us?” Maddie asked as she shifted her stance into a defensive one. Adam laid his hand on her arm and asked, “Told to by who?" “That is none of your business. It is enough to know that you are not going anywhere yet.”
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Epilogue - The Art Of Survival
Adam left the house after Theo was buried.Even though Lisa was not happy with the idea, she respected his decision after warning him to stay away from danger and call her from time to time.Layla paid him no attention as he left and in a way, he knew she might never really forgive him.Reminding himself of how much more important the art of survival was to them at the moment than the matters of the heart, Adam became a scavenging nomad.Layla was right in a way after all, if Theo had not been with him, he wouldn’t have died.So he thought of the best plan.To travel alone from place to place, helping those he could and educating people more on how they can beat this thing.He gathered men from place to place, and trained them in ways they could get food, avoid attacks and how they can survive.Soon enough, Lisa and the others made out the first batch of the new vaccine they were working on.It was a vaccine that could mask people’s scent when they are near zombies.They had been able
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Chp 227 - Good News
“Please tell me you were not out here all night.”Adam threw the soil off the shovel and swiped at his sweaty brows before looking back at Lisa.She stifled a yawn as she peered at him through bleary eyes. “You really have been here all night?”Adam smiled as he said, “Pot. Kettle.”“Well, excuse me. I have been trying to think of ways to save lives. What is your excuse?”Adam’s smile was gone as he said, “I have been trying to do what I can to preserve the body of the life that was taken because of me.”“Oh, Adam,” Lisa said in a heartfelt tone as she came closer to him. “She blamed you, didn’t she?”“She was right,” Adam said automatically. “I couldn’t even get the tools yet a man died because of my decision. That is not on anybody, Lisa. It is on me.”He turned away and continued digging again.He ignored Lisa’s approach and continued to dig in a frenzy.His back glistened with sweat in the cold air and the increasing light of dawn brushing the sky.“Adam!” Lisa called sharply when
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Chp 226 - The Unwanted One
“So it was your fault!” Layla said immediately Adam finished his narration.She had been holding herself so rigidly as Adam told them everything without sparing any detail.Even as others gasped and muttered with sympathy and shock as Adam explained exactly how Theo had died, she had only stood their with soot and sweat drying on her body.With her arms tightly around herself, she stood still, like she might crumble if she moved.Tears falling from her eyes had increased, but she didn’t say anything.Then, immediately after Adam completed his narration, she blurted that out.“Layla, I don’t think Adam...”“No, it was his fault.” Layla cut Maddy off. “If he had not told him to stop, if he was not so concerned about getting some goddamned farming tools, Theo would still be here with us!”Each of her words dug a dart into Adam’s heart.He had not expected that from her.From anyone else, he could have expected the hateful words coming out of her mouth.But not from Layla. She was...Layla
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Chp 225 - Layla's betrayal
It didn’t take Adam long to realise that his guess was right.The fiery halo was nothing but a blazing fire.“Who the fuck was making a fire out there?” he wondered as he ran with all his might.He started hearing the sounds of rushing feet ahead of him as well.Soon enough, he caught up with Maddy and some other men also running in the direction of the fire.“What is going on?” Adam asked instantly.Maddy’s eyes widened in surprise as she saw him. Without stopping, she said, “You are back! Good, we are about to find out who the fuck wants to die so badly.”They burst out into the opening to see Jared struggling with Molly!What the… “Hey!” Adam called out in fury.The two struggling figures turned to look at Adam.At least Jared turned.Molly used that opportunity to send her elbow into Jared’s guts.Though her hit didn’t do much to hurt him, he grunted and staggered back a bit.That gave Molly the chance to turn around as well.Her face fell when she saw Adam.Then she looked guilt
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Chp 224 - I Knocked Her Out
Adam recognised the car even before he saw the cutout van behind it. His heart leaped for joy when he saw Layla at the wheel of the car. But then his happiness was tainted by what Lisa just told him. He looked back at his sister just as the car parked. “You are sure?” he asked urgently. With tears in her eyes, Lisa nodded. Adam stepped out of the car. “Adam!” Layla called excitedly as she rushed forward to hug him. The men in the van came down just as Layla realised that Adam was not as excited as she was. She moved back from his embrace and asked, “What is wrong? Were you able to get…” Layla saw Lisa at the back of the car just then. She smiled in greeting and said, “Glad to see you are okay, Lisa.” “Hi, Layla,” Lisa responded in a gloomy tone. That made Lisa’s brow rise in confusion as she looked back at Adam and asked, “What is the problem?” Adam didn’t bother to mince words. “It is Theo,” he answered. Layla automatically looked towards the airplane, where Jeremy w
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Chp 223 - Divine View
Hoping that he wouldn’t cause their crash, Adam quickly turned his phone on and searched for how to land an airplane while it was on autopilot.He could see the anxiety on Lisa’s face as she removed her jacket and placed it on him to keep him warm.Silent and morose, Jeremy stared intently at the unconscious body.Lisa looked up at Adam and he could feel the hope dying in her as she asked, “How far to go?”“Not too far,” Adam stated.Not that he was so certain of all the digits and radars on the system.He just hoped they would soon be in Sydney.He was glad for the fact that Theo had already inputted their destination into the control system before the unfortunate incident happened.Adam looked over at the body on the floor.The blood had finally stopped.Lisa had made sure of that.Still, Thomas remained very unconscious.When Adam had checked his pulse earlier, it had been threadbare.Things were not looking good at all.Adam took his mind off the morbid thoughts and focused on sea
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Chp 222 - More Than A First Aid
Adam ran as fast as his pain-wracked body would allow. The angry shrieks and snarls behind him were thrumming in his head. Even though the sword kept slashing zombies down behind him while following him, the zombies were relentless in their pursuit. At that moment, Adam thought fondly of the chemical the Emir’s men had used on the zombies. He would make it his life mission to ensure they had something like that too. That was if he survived. Which was not looking so likely at the moment. The bites on his body hurt like hell as he ran without pause. The overgrown weeds slowed him down, while the mindless zombies plowed on without stopping. He had to turn to shoot at the closest two zombies that escaped the sword’s reach, even while backing away. The zombies were gaining on him as the airplane came into view. He could see the anxious faces of Lisa and Jeremy by the window as they were yelling something he couldn’t hear. The sword gained him some ground as he quickly climbed th
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Chp 221 - Hornet's Nest
They started coming from everywhere. The more the zombies that were with them snarled and growled, the more other zombies started coming to join the feast. Adam regretted his urge to stop at that place. As he swung, slashed, and cut, he wished he had never thought of stopping at all. He took no notice of the crazily increasing storehouse.Cores dropped in succession and the storehouse increased in tune with it.Adam was too busy fighting for survival to marvel at the size of the storehouse.One couldn't stand at one side and see the other side of the storehouse again at this point.Adam was sweating profusely as black blood flew yet more zombies poured out of what had once seemed like a ghost town.It was like entering a hornet’s nest. The more he killed, the more they started coming. Theo was holding his own, and Adam was helping him out whenever he could. But when Adam was able to pull out a gun and toss it to Theo, the gun fell to the ground uselessly as Theo shouted, “I don
