Edge of Creation

Left Without a Chance

A few hours later, after I am out of my daze. We are crossing a forest that we couldn't go through earlier, because the way was blocked "Woah, I've never seen these many trees before!" Annika examined "Is this a forest? I've heard about them, but I've never seen one before!" Annika continued, "Well, this is only what was made after 20 years, if you want to see a real forest, you would have to go to the Amazon" Kelly informed "The Amazon? Is that near here?" Annika asked " No, it's in another country, very far away, to get but, if things get right again, we might just have to go there" Annika said. "Annika,be quiet, I think that it's a Spitter" Kelly Observed. "What's a spitter?" Annika interrogated, " A spitter is a zombie that stays in the forests like these and eats the fungus that grows here, they sound like they are always gurgling because the fungus grows in their throat" Kelly answered " What makes them so dangerous?" Annika wondered " They spit their fungus at your eyes, mouth, nose, any weak points you have to escape them, some of the fungus grew over their eyes, so as long as we stay quiet, we might be able to pass them" Kelly warned. We continued through the forest, hoping that we wouldn't fall for the cliche trap, stepping on a twig, when we tripped on a wire and a whole box full of glass bottles fell, it was a sound trap set by someone who wanted to get anyone who came through here killed. *Gurgle Gurgle* the noises got louder, and we could see them all surrounding us. "There's no way out, there's at least twenty of them surrounding us!" Kelly exclaimed I saw Annika's eyes tearing up, knowing that in a short amount of time, the spitters would get to us. We saw all of them, their faces looking up as they are spitting up the fungus, right before they spit, we heard, "Fire!" We saw long ropes of smoke flying through the air, as all of the bodies of the spitters fell to the ground. Annika collapsed, whatever just happened must have come to her in a rush. "Are you guys okay? They didn't get any of you did they?" A masked man asked us " Who are you guys?" I asked "I apologize for not introducing myself, I am Michael, and the rest of these guys are my men" Michael says as he takes off his mask, it was the kind that people would wear for crowd control. "Well, I am Roderick, this young girl is Annika, and this woman is-" Kelly steps in front of me, "My name is Kelly, it would be a shame not to introduce myself to the man who saved my life" Kelly said that as she turned her head to give me An angry, but cocky expression on her face. "Well, it was no big deal, but we appreciate the respect" Michael bowed as he said that. "Was that you that set those traps back there?" Annika asked. "Yes, we don't want any intruders on our land, so, we left the spitters here and set multiple traps around here" Michael informed. " Well, we apologize, we didn't know the place was occupied, we just needed a shortcut back to the city" I apologized. "It's no big deal, as long as there aren't more of you waiting to raid us. After the Moonstars became more powerful than the military, A group of homeless people joined together and started harassing people in this area, they own it now, but they don't know that we are here, waiting, to eradicate them." Michael continued," How about you guys come to our fort? It's not big, but it should do" The man walks us to the fort and we see that it was a city that the military set up in, but somehow, it was full of only these guys. "Okay, here it is, our set up, we have what we need, if you guys need anything, just ask me, okay? I'll be around the main office,which is down that way" Michael pointed to a metal box, it was about 20 by 30 feet, I guess that's where they do the curfew announcements from. Michael started talking to someone and pointed at us, and they kept talking for a few minutes, until Michael left and the man said "follow me" with a huge smile on his face. He led us to what was a dining hall, I didn't see any children, or women, and I was starting to get nervous. " Please, sit here, and we will have a cup of water for you" Said the man, as we sat down, he was walking away, and he stopped and whispered to a man with his hand covering his mouth, the same guy came out of a room a few minutes later with three cups of water "here, you go, don't worry, we get out water from a well, and it is very clean" he walked away without saying a single word, and I was getting very suspicious.