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THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 189 - Atonement For Sin
Rotten-faced, black saliva dripping, the zombie got up close to her, as it said in a guttural, growling voice.“You are mine!”Maddy jerked out of her dream with a half-scream in her throat.Layla, who was pacing not far from her, turned around and quickly came to her when she saw the expression on her face.“What is it?” Layla asked with concern in her voice. “Bad dream?”Maddy tried to talk, but she found her throat parched.She swallowed hard and said, “Nothing. Nothing, just a silly dream.”"That scream doesn't seem silly to me,” Layla answered as she sat close to her.“Any luck?” Maddy asked in a thready tone in a bid to change the conversation.She wished she could guzzle down about a gallon of water to soothe her throat and calm her raging nerves, but since that would mean she was bothered by the dream, she simply turned her head towards the closed door near where they were.Layla looked in the same direction as she said, “No, Theo has not been out of there yet. He did say it w
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 190 - Molly's Whereabouts
“I had no choice. He found me.”Adam looked at the man standing in front of him.“So you agreed to continue using humans for your experiments? I saved you for nothing."The elderly scientist looked fearfully at the sword that Adam held at his throat.He had seen how fast that thing slashed down the men who were watching over them in the lab.He could almost feel the fury pulsing from the young man in front of him too, and he was sure that a wrong move or statement might make him meet the same fate.“He insisted on it. He was going to kill my grandchild if I didn’t do as he asked,” Dr. Carson said desperately.“And where is your grandchild now?” Adam asked.His anger was reducing by the moment.He knew what men like Walton were capable of; of course, he had seen it before, and he was sure that the older Walton was even worse than his son.Carson rubbed his hand over his tuft of hair. “I have no idea. He separated us. I will only get to see her if I give him what he wants. So far, we ha
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 191 - Infected Fucker
The scene Adam met was far from what he was expecting. The scream was coming from Gwen, who wound herself like a vine around Maddy’s legs. Jared was blocking the door to a small room. Behind the door, a growling sound was coming out. “What the hell is going on here?” Adam asked aloud, and they all turned to him. The men whom Adam had sent to watch over Jared and his family were standing to one side with indecision on their faces. “Here comes another murderer!” Gwen screeched. Her hair updo had tumbled down, and strands of her brown hair were over her sweaty face. “Thank God you are here, Adam,” Maddy said as she tried to pull her leg free of Gwen’s tight hold once again. The latter held on like her life depended on it. “What are you even doing here, Maddy?” Adam asked in confusion. “I was trying to do the necessary, but these two wouldn’t let me. Can you hear that sound? She has turned!” The growling sound had stopped before, but when Maddy said that last statement, the sou
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 192 - Friends Close, Enemies Closer
Carson couldn’t determine what exactly was wrong with Patricia immediately.He took some blood samples from her and promised Adam that he would have an answer soon.In the meantime, Adam forbade Jared and Gwen from going anywhere close to Patricia.It was when he threatened to kill her immediately after he saw either of them around her that the father-daughter duo hastily agreed not to go anywhere near her.That meant one thing: Layla had to be convinced to let the two back in the house until there was a decision to be made about Patricia.Layla was having none of it.“No! I don’t want either of them in this house,” she said adamantly when Adam told her of the recent development.Theo had been unable to do anything about Ralph.Though Ralph had some self-repairing properties, it was not enough for the type of damage that had been inflicted on him.To even be able to get it to power on at all, Theo needed an electromagnetic part that can only be gotten at a robotics company.The closes
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 193 - A Good Steal
Adam quelled the disappointment he felt when nobody picked up on the other end. He was about to redial the number again when he changed his mind. “What did you expect?” he thought to himself as he continued on his walk. He doubted that the man was even still alive to this day. The sickness had swept through the land globally like a wildfire, after all. He wondered what it must be like in an opulent country like Kuwait. He wondered what things must be like in rural areas. Adam wondered how bad things must be in less-privileged countries. Then he smiled at himself at the thought. Less-priviledge indeed. “If only zombies got the manual. Hey there, these countries are less privileged, so deal kindly with them. Or, oh wait, this particular country is known as the world giant, so please tread carefully. Will you?” He let out a low chuckle at his own silly rambling. “Please, tell me you are not going crazy,” Adam heard just as he turned around at the sound of approaching footsteps
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 194 - An Alternative
“We need to talk,” Adam told Layla as they walked back to the house. Maddy had chosen to stay out a bit longer. Layla gave him a sheepish look as she turned to him. “Yes, I know. I have been thinking of how to bring it up.” “You have?” Adam asked in surprise. “Yes. look…” Layla stopped and turned to face him. “I am sorry for dumping all that on you the other time. I know it was too sudden, and you were not expecting it. Thanks for backing me up. Thank God, it is not necessary again now.” “Yeah, thank God,” Adam said as he wondered what she was talking about. “You think so too, right?” she asked with a plastic smile on her face. “Yes, I...wait. Hold on, what are you talking about? I am talking about this place. What do you intend to do with it?” “Oh, that?” Layla said as she continued walking. Adam realised what she meant just at that moment. “Oh, you…You were talking about asking me to marry you? I thought that was a done deal,” he said in a serious tone. “What?!” Layla ask
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 195 - Underground Clinic
Behind what appeared to be an ordinary wine cellar was a basement that was about as wide as several halls joined together.As Adam followed Layla in, the hum of activities and conversation lulled as the doctors inside nodded at Layla, then they turned back to their work.There were about eight rooms there altogether.They went from room to room.Some men were strapped to their beds while others were being tested for God-knows-what.When Adam couldn’t keep his questions in again, he turned to Layla. “How…?”Layla inclined her head to tell him later.The underground clinic was fitted with the best of technology and Adam could even see blinking camera lights and motion-detecting doors.After a while, they left, and Layla sealed the door again.“Okay, how on earth is all that being powered? Since when?”“It has been powered by solar. Same thing as the house.There are rows of 500W, ground-mounted panels at the back. Watson engineered all that. Theo showed me the other time.” “I am beginni
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 196 - Afraid Of Hope
Adam was on his way to the virology center at dawn when he saw Theo coming from the direction of the stream.The man had a local gun hefted over his shoulder and a rabbit in his hand.“You shot that?” Adam called to him in greeting.The man looked up at him and answered “Nahw” in the rarely-spoken Essex accent. “This was caught in the snare.”“The snare?” Adam asked in confusion as he saw the blood matted in front of the big rabbit.“It is a type of trap used here. There used to be a lot of games around here. Old man Reuben never had any interest in killing them for food, so they ran free in the land. Less of them now but then, we still get lucky from time to time.”Adam nodded as he thought of the fact that his decision to help this man was right after all.In this crucial time, more men like him would be really needed.There was a reason why he stopped the man before: “Layla told me about the spray of the perimeter.”Thomas’s lips tightened a bit as he spoke, expressionless. “Yes, t
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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
