2025-03-10 01:12:17Barnes city
Somewhere in the city centre….
Vroom, vroom, vroom!
A convoy of cars that had been heavily modified could be seen rushing through the cluttered highway. Cars,trucks and other vehicles were parked haphazardly all around making it a pain to navigate,but the vehicles the convoy was using seemed to have taken these into account as there were huge ramps in front of the cars allowing them to ram away most of the obstacles blocking the road.
However,it was not always a surefire way as there were always some obstacles that proved too huge to be cleared by the ramps in front of the cars like the huge gas tanker in the middle of the road right now.
Tush!!!!
With he first car grinding to a halt,the other two soon followed suit.
Looking at the overturned tanker in the middle of the road,Thomas couldn't help but click his tongue as he wondered what could have happened as he brought the walkie-talkie to his mouth.
“. Skrrsh, skrrsh…..Obstacle ahead,Davey and James it's time to shine. Mira, Jason take our backs while Greg and Burt should take the roof of the car.Tracy and I will take the front, over.”
“Alright boss!”
“On it!"
Hearing the replies,Thomas smiled to himself before bringing back the walkie-talkie up to his mouth.
“And remember guy's,stay vigilant at all times. Those bastards have been getting increasingly cunning these days,keep an eye out for anything strange,understood!”
“Yes boss!”
“Roll out!"
Soon,the van at the back of the group opened its doors and out came two tall and hulking guys who were surprisingly twins. Then a lady with a purple bobcut came out of the driver’s side of the car while holding a gun.
From the pickup truck in the middle of the group,two guys,one short and stocky and another,tall and slender came out of the roof of the car. They both had this dull sombre look on their faces but within their eyes a sharp gleam flashed constantly.
Finally from the Landrover in front,another lady with a bombastic figure alighted while holding a pair of shortswords before being followed by a man who wielded two huge war hammers and by huge they were gigantic!
These six people had confident looks on their faces and it was understandable as each of them was actually an awakened judging from the energy fluctuations coming from their bodies
They were known as the Stinging nettles a scavenger group around this area of Barnes city. They were currently coming back from an hunting expedition from outside the city.
Naturally, they were heading to their base,a settlement that not only housed normal humans but also other awakened like them.
Without wasting time everybody got into their positions.
The two hulking guys were obviously,Davey and James as they were headed in the direction of the tanker in front. Their power was super human strength. Maybe it was because they were twins,they actually had the same kind of power.
The lady with the purple bobcut,Mira was also an ability user awakened with lightning as her own power. Tracy on the other hand was the lady with the voluptuous curves. She was a speedster,a type of awakened whose forte was speed.
Meanwhile,the two silent guys on the roof were none naturally Greg and Burt. They were also awakened but their ability was just super eyesight. It might sound useless but they were best suited for roles like sniping,hence the reason they were staying on the roof of the car.
And last but not the least was the obvious leader of the group,Thomas. He was what you would call a tanker if this was a game. He awakened two powers,super strength just like the twins and also super defense. He was so tolerable to attacks that a bomb would probably not harm him if it blew up in his proximity.
“Alright guys spread out,let's make it snappy and leave this place.”
“Hmmm!"
" Something's wrong!”
They were about to move to their positions when suddenly Tracy yelled causing them to all look at her.
“What's wrong,?” Thomas asked as his face became stern. The thing about Tracy was that apart from her super speed she was also able to sense danger before it happened. She had saved the team from danger countless times and thus her words were always viewed lie gold,especially in situations like this.
Instantly,everybody moved closer to Thomas as if they had practiced it before.
Truthfully,that had.
Frowning,Tracy observed the surroundings.
“I think you should gear up for battle cause we aren't alone. “
BANG!
Clang, clang, clank!
“Hmm!"
Instantly,everyone entered into a battle ready state.
“Psst, hey Dave,what do you think that is?”
As they were making their way closer to the supermarket where the sound came from,a bored James asked his twin.
“How am I supposed to know that?!”.
Awkwardly, James scratched his head before laughing dryly.
“Err…hehe,I was just asking,you kno—”
Instantly,James shut up as the whole team was glaring at him now.
Facing forward,they soon continued their advance towards the supermarket..
Swoosh
…. when suddenly the glass doors swung open causing them to hurriedly back off. At the same time,Thomas gave the call to attack.
“Greg,Burt open fire!"
Raising the machine guns in their hands,they were about to pull the trigger when….
“HOLD YOUR FIRE!”
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