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THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 100 - Inviting The Unwanted
The church bell turned out to be type winded by alarm.There was no one there.Adam thought of disconnecting it, but he eventually let it be.That ghost settlement could do with a little bit of noise once in a while.Adam had a perverse satisfaction at the thought that zombies who came along would be put to stress by the bell, as well when they tore into the church, with the expectation of meeting someone there."I never pictured you for someone who would be satisfied with something so childish" Layla said when he told her why he didn't disconnect the alarm."That goes a long way to say that you don't know a lot about me, miss smarty" Adam responded before he swung the water container in his hand upward to have a drink."Hmm, that is quite true, you mysterious man," Layla said as she tried not to breathe harshly while walking behind him."I know quite a bit though," she said as she adjusted the church curtain they had each pulled down to protect their heads under the unforgiving sun.
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 101 - Names Are Important
A door they had not noticed at first opened suddenly at the other end of the room.A well-dressed, formidable-looking man walked through the door, followed by a younger-looking version of him.The older man pinned his glare on Adam’s family and said in a booming voice. “So, these are the family of the murderer?”“What? Murderer? How? Why?” Marriane said in agitation as she came forward towards the man with her hands extended in supplication “Did Adam hit someone with the car when he had an accident?” she asked with tears in her eyes."Adam,” the younger man scoffed.“At least we have a name now,” said the older man, ignoring Marriane as the others followed her.“Sir, can you please tell us what happened?” Caleb asked.“Oh, I will tell you that. Right after this.”Before any of them could react, the man whipped out a pistol from his pocket and shot at Marriane. Caleb pushed her out of the way and the bullet pierced his head.“Dad!” Lisa screamed as Marriane, who was pushed away, fell h
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 102 - Brilliance Of Its Inferno
“I told you to forget I said anything, didn’t I? Now, you need to hold on tightly or you are going to fall off your ass."Adam spoke testily as he laboriously pedaled the bicycle they had found on the side of the road.“I don’t know why you have to be the one doing the riding anyway.” Layla grumbled behind him. “I can do it better than you are''“Well, guess what? Life ain’t fair. Deal with it,” Adam snapped.“I don’t have to deal with anything,” Layla fired back.“You are right.” Adam stopped immediately. Then he turned his head to look at her. “You don’t have to deal with it. You have a choice. You can walk.”You are not funny,” Layla said with a mutinous look.Adam sighed suddenly and looked at the empty road they were on.“You are right. This is just stupid,” he said, then put his foot back on the pedal. “Hang on.”With that, he continued pedalling down the road under the sweltering sun.The mountain bicycle was the only thing close to civilisation that they had seen since they c
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 103 - Meeting Ralph, The Robot
Adam finally looked around at the faces around them.It was apparent that this was not just any plane.It was a military airplane.Though they were not all in their uniforms, they all had that discernible aura about them.The aisle door opened and marching footsteps approached.“Commander”“Commander”Men saluted as the figure came down the big Antonov An-124 Ruslan airplane rumoured to be capable of carrying 350 men in its cabin and about 88 more in its upper deck. Decked in the Army Green Service uniform with the silver eagle insignia, the formidable-looking woman marched towards Adam and Layla.“What were you two doing down there, like ducks waiting to be ripped apart by the walkers?”“Walkers?”“Aunt Catherine?"Adam and Layla chorused together.Adam turned to look at Layla, just as the military woman also turned to her. “Who are..."Her eyes flickered a bit and she said, “Lay? Little Lay? Is that you?”“Little Lay?” Adam said in wonder when he saw her looking at the woman with a
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 104 - On My Mother's Name
“I should have known that I would meet you stuffing your face.” Layla said with a wan smile as she straddled the stool next to Adam.Adam deliberately scooped up more omelettes on the platter and raised them up to her eye level before chewing loudly with a playful smirk.Layla smiled again yet Adam could see that it didn’t get to her eyes.“Ralph offered and it was only gentlemanly to accept.”“Of course”"I don't want to hurt his feelings.”“I am sure that was the only reason why you accepted it,” Layla countered, her smile warming up slowly.“Of course, I even manage to keep some for you. If you beg nicely, I would give you some.”“Or I could call Ralph and ask him to make me more.”“No, he only listens to me now. I have bought his soul,” Adam said.“My aunt would kill you if she heard that,” Layla said.She looked over as he uncovered a plate of steaming French omelettes.Adam pushed it to her and waited awhile while she pushed the food around the plate with her fork, before he ask
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 105 - When Duty Calls
Colonel Catherine Aguilar was welcomed to the shelter with such respect.An accord which was extended to her entourage as well.While the liutenant colonel and the men with him went with the supply unit to sort out what the colonel’s plane brought, Colonel Catherine offered to help Adam and Layla gain knowledge of the whereabouts of their people.The supervisor in charge of the facility listened carefully to Adam’s explanation.“I am really sorry, mister. This place has been more busy than a beehive for weeks now. People come in every day, so I can’t really say if your people are here or not. One thing I can do is ask the men in charge of evacuation. They would have more details.”The man quickly arranged to have the evacuation team brought to him.There were about twenty of them.“They used to be more than this, colonel but just two days ago, we lost some of them to the sickness again. Let’s hope any of these have seen the people.”Then he gestured to Adam with a respectful "Mister.”.
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 106 - Once-Upon-A-Time Friend
“Adam!” The familiar voice made Adam turn his head swiftly.“Dude, it is really you!” Jeremy’s voice followed that of Yoshi as the latter ran towards Adam in excitement.He jumped on Adam, who was already expecting the jump.The boy held on tightly to his neck as he shouted, “You are alive! You are alive! They took them, Adam!”“What is that little bastard yelling for?!” came another voice that Adam had not expected to hear again anytime soon.The young boys who had stopped in their duty of washing the long buses quickly resumed their duty as the afternoon approached.All of them but Jeremy, whose expression changed, said nothing.The owner of the voice entered the section of the building where the buses were being kept for washing and servicing.“I said…”He paused suddenly as he came face-to-face with Adam.Then he burst into a throaty laugh.The man leading Adam on his search looked at him in surprise but he was too focused on his mirth to bother.He bent over and laughed again.T
THE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM Chp 107 - Promise Of A Better Career
Despite Anthony’s jittery confession about what happened, he did not have the full details of where Adam’s family were taken.His colleague was the one who had spoken to the man on the phone.Anthony had just gone along with the plan, as his colleague had asked.The promise of a better career was what prompted his silence about the matter.When the colonel demanded to know who the colleague had been on that particular trip, Anthony grimly proclaimed that he was dead.The man died in the same town where Anthony got his bug from.Anthony was already leaking in his uniform by the time the colonel released him.He held his hand tightly to his butt as he ran back to the toilet.After which, he would report directly for his punishment.As hilarious as the scene would have been for Adam as he remembered, the anxiety of what could have happened to his family clouded his mind beyond all things.A touch startled him and he looked at Layla beside him.“They would be fine,” she said in assurance.
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