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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
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 197 - Revolutionary Break
“And the good?”Thoughtfully, Adam asked Carson after he had explained what hybrid meant to him.“The solution you brought is really unique. I have not checked all its possibilities but I tested it with the samples we have." Carson shook his head as he continued, “It is incredible. It is unbelievable. It worked. I can't believe one of Dr. Blair's students did this. This could be a revolutionary break.”When he didn’t see any surprise and expected excitement on Adam’s face, he said, “I suppose you already know.”Adam nodded as he started pacing. “Yes, I did. I just want you to confirm it.” He stopped pacing and turned to Carson.“So you think it can be mass produced?”“Yes, yes, it can,” Carson said excitedly.“Do you think we have enough to use?”Carson’s expression turned thoughtful, then he said, “Not so much at the moment.” Then, as a thought came to him, he said excitedly, “If we are able to get the resources they are using in the house, then we can do more.”“Using where?” Adam a
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 198 - Good Dead Friend
“She is infected,” Adam said, even before Jared could ask. “No,” the latter said automatically as he shook his head. “Yes, I would lie about that,” Adam said sarcastically. “No, I don’t mean you are lying. I just... please don’t kill her.” “Why not? She is a threat to us all. Unless you want to be her first victim, tell me why I shouldn’t shoot her right in the middle of her eyes.” Adam had no remorse at all for the man’s pain. In fact, he wanted him to feel as much pain as he could. Maybe then he might have an idea of what he had put his daughter through. Also, he had a plan. The Watsons are users; why not turn their style right back on them? “Please, don’t do that." Jared said it in a mournful tone. "Gwen, it will kill...” “I'm still not hearing a reason,” Adam said dispassionately and he made a move to leave. “The virologist! I am sure he can come up with something that could cure her.” "Oh, you mean the man you and your buddy would have probably killed yesterday or put
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 199 - Molly's Misfortune
“Who the fuck is...?”Adam grabbed the naked man by the throat and slammed him hard against the wall of the treehouse.The treehouse rocked dangerously as Adam dragged the choking man outside the door, knocking Jared out of the way.Without hesitation, he threw the bastard on the floor.Scared and alarmed, the latter tried to drag air into his crushed windpipe as he wheezed. “What are you...?”A swift swing of Adam’s sword silenced him forever.Jared yelled as the man’s blood splashed on him where he fell.Adam was already turning to the door when the man who was still pumping himself into Molly earlier came stumbling through the door with a match in his hand.Adam sliced off the hand holding the matchet, then promptly grabbed him by the neck and slammed his head through the wood of the wall.The tree house groaned painfully and shook with the impact of the strike.Without hesitation, Adam beheaded the man, leaving the head stuck in the wood while the bloody body thumped to the floor,
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 200 - To Kill, To Live
Adam made a quick detour to the basement chemical station slash clinic.He told the chemists to put a stop to what they were doing.They were all reluctant at first but then his brisk manner made them realise that he was not a man they would want to cross paths with.He gave them new instructions before he left them with their mixing and measuring.Just as he came outside, he saw Gwen and her blood-spattered dad talking as he came outside.She hurried to him and asked, “Daddy told me what happened. It wasn’t daddy’s fault. Would you take it out on us? On mum?”Adam raised his voice so Jared could hear as he said, “Then I suppose your dad should have told you that asking stupid questions like that could get you killed faster than any other thing.”With that, Adam left them behind as he went to search for the men to have a discussion with them.He told Theo to get them together and they were all together in no time at all.Adam didn’t waste time explaining the situation to them.He aske
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 201 - Precarious Shrew
“About that cure...”Adam heard some of the men laugh, and he also smiled as well.Even though some of them ribbed the man good-naturedly, Adam could see that they were very interested in the answer to that question.So he answered it truthfully.“We have to use this on one of you at least to be certain it would do the same thing for you just as it did for my mom. A doctor would test that person after administering. Then we would need to do mass production so it would go around.”“Aye”“Good”“Hope at last.”The men spoke over themselves and genuine smiles showed on their faces as some of them thumped themselves on their backs as they went on their way.“Thank you,” the one-eared man said with a vigorous nod before he hurried after the rest.Their joy and obvious relief only weighed on Adam.He hoped the solution would work just as well as it should.If not, they were going to be so disappointed.“The test. That was what you wanted to do with me,” Theo said as he moved closer to Adam.
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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
