Project Genesis

Chapter 3

She wasn't born to be
soft and quite;
She was born
to make the world
shatter and shake
at her fingertips.

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It's been a few minutes since they passed the forest and finally made it to the city. Now they were walking on a legit road, whereas, a few minutes earlier despite being out of the woods they were walking on trodden path. Even the buildings were in sight now.

"This doesn't feel right. What the fuck is going on?" Nyx thought to herself. At the front, leading the group, she had her eyes fixated on the road in front

The other three were in their allocated positions too and so were the people in Issac's group. Aiden walked at the front of the group, almost behind Nyx. Issac was now in the middle with the woman from earlier. He had checked on his whole group and had made sure they were unharmed and fine. She was the last one.

"You don't look good Amara. Are you okay?" Issac asked the woman beside him.

"I am fine." She replied with a weak smile.

"Well, then you are either lying or you just look dead." He teased in a humorous tone with a small smirk.

"Well, I feel a little nausea. And the blood on you isn't helping." Amara whispered, making a strange face.

Issac looked at his hands and chest and realized he got showered with mutant blood earlier and didn't even bother to wash it off.

"I am sorry. I didn't even realize I still have this shit on me. I am going to the front. I will send Kate." He made his way to the front and said something to a blonde woman walking beside Aiden. She looked back at Amara who responded with a weak smile. The blonde woman who should be Kate nodded and then turning around, made her way to where Amara was.

"What happened?" Aiden asked.

"She is not feeling well."

"Kyle?" Aiden asked, his brows furrowed and expression sympathetic.

"Maybe. I think so."

"I don't blame her. I know I wouldn't feel very well after hearing something like that." Aiden said sympathetically.

"Any idea where we are going?" Aiden leaned in to whisper close to Issac's ear.

"Just as clueless as you." He replied.

They both almost bumped into Nyx who stopped abruptly and with a motion of her hand halted the movement of the whole group. Just as they all stopped, they heard a loud shriek from the side of the group.

"Shit. What the hell is that smell?" It was Hera. She was covering her nose with her hand, her brows furrowed and expressions like she had encountered the most disgusting thing in the world.

"It does smell bad but she is exaggerating." Aiden, like his nature, unable to control himself, commented. It was barely above a whisper but Nyx still heard it.

"She has a heightened sense of smell, like I have a heightened sense of hearing. This smell is to her what I am to you. Deadly." With the last word she turned her head and looked Aiden right in the eye.

Aiden deadpanned at her but before he could think of a good reply she turned her head back.

"Shit. Actual shit. That's what this is." She answered Hera's question.

"Damn. We cannot go this way." Hera stated as a matter of fact. The whole group burst into small chatter and whispers but the noise of their chatter was quickly suppressed by the rapid pattering of rain.