Earth's Doom

New Earth

[𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇'𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐌: 𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒]

"Huh?" I blinked my eyes a few times, staring at the semi-transparent blue screen floating in front of me.

"Don't move,"

I turn my head towards  the source of the smooth-sounding voice, but instead of a person I'm greeted by... swords? Several people with worn-out armors are standing with their swords pointed towards me. Quite shocking, I thought. Is this a dream? Or was I kidnapped and brought to a role-playing cafe?

"You." The same voice called for me, this time I could see it coming from a woman standing right in the middle of the armored soldiers. Her blonde hair, tied into a ponytail, fell gracefully onto her shoulders. Her clear blue eyes stared intensely into mine.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" She asked, while still keeping eyes on my every movements.

"...Where am I?" I managed to let out a small question.

"You are in the Vanguard's raiding territory, a few kilometers north from the gate." She answered.

Vanguad? Raid? What gate? My mind begins to process the sudden influx of new information. Am I not in Korea? Did I die? Is this a dream or is this real?

Wait. Korea?

That's right. Something's weird here. How can she understand what I say? Is she a foreigner living in Korea?

"Miss, how do you understand what I said? Do you perhaps know Korean?" I asked.

"What do you mean, how? You're speaking human tongue, are you not?" She asked back. Silence followed. I still don't quite get what she meant by that. We shouldn't be able to communicate because of language barrier... Unless of course, she knows Korean.

"Young miss, let me reiterate it for you. If you don't answer my questions in 5 seconds, or if your answer is unsatisfying to me, you'll die." The woman suddenly drew her sword.

"Excuse me??" I looked around in confusion. What the hell is going on here?

"I'll start counting. Five..." She took a step forward.

"Four." She steadied her grip on her sword.

"Three--"

"I'm Yoo Chaerin!" I shouted.

"And why are you here, Miss Chaerin? Are you a human? Where did you come from? You're certainly not from our squad." She said as she pointed her sword at my neck. Now, looking as I have no information whatsoever, and I'm at a disadvantage, I should not act reckless. Therefore, I'm going for the safest route, which is--

"...I don't remember." I let out my best shaky voice, and blinked a few times to wet my eyes.

"I don't remember anything, Miss... When I woke up, I only remember my name..." I said as I look up to her with my best teary puppy eyes. Yes, I'm gonna pretend I'm a weak, harmless stranger who lost her memories. That way they would probably leave me alone and won't question my behaviors. Please believe me, please believe me...The blonde woman just stood there, her sword's edge is still hugging my neck tightly until it drew a bit of blood.

Crap, is she not buying it? I'll have to try again.

"It's okay... I understand why you guys are suspicious of me... After all, I might be a threat. However, as a civilian, a little bit of me hoped that I could depend on you guys... I guess I was wrong. Go ahead, kill me. I'm unarmed and I won't resist..." I said looking away, while mustering up more fake tears.