May 11, 2023, 12:31pm, Gyeongsan, South Korea.
The team travels immediately to the location of the next facility: in a secluded forest clearing near Wonho-ro Avenue. As they get nearer and nearer to the location, they felt something odd.
They hear clashing of metal, gunshots, heavy grunts and snarls, as well as the sound of what it seems to be screaming.
"Hey, guys, arent those survivors..?" Ryujin muttered as the team looks from their windows.
There were all surprised to see dozens of people infront of the ravaged facility, fighting off what seems to be dozens of snowmen and five Scrapers.
"They're in trouble, let's help them!" Zeke declared as he immediately went down the van while it was still moving. Jihyo followed soon after.
Zeke grabs two huge chunks of rock from the snowy ground, and places a rocket seal on each. He then hurls them towards the Scrapers, blasting their heads off as they fall with a mighty thud.
A few snowmen soon spots Zeke as a result of his mighty attack. They begin to advance from all sides, and they rabidly lunged towards him.
But Zeke was unfazed. With a singular, fiery blow to the ground using his pipe wrench, they all get decimated to bits and pieces.
Jihyo, who followed Zeke in the clash, immediately sprints and swings her blade, generating a powerful trail of crystalline sheets. She then waltzes around the battlefield, slashing the snowmen and protecting the survivors on her path.
A Scraper suddenly appears and swings its arms behind Jihyo. The TWICE member immediately dodges instinctively, then proceeds to kill the enemy by rending it's body diagonally in half.
More snowmen and Scrapers pop out of nowhere from around the barren field. Hyungwon, Yejun, and IU spring out of the van to aid the two wielders fighting off the monstrosities.
Snow and blue blood filled the battlefield as the team assists the survivors. The snowmen and Scrapers' ranks easily dwindle, and within a few minutes, there were enemies no more.
Zeke and Jihyo were panting for a very short while, but they recover soon after.
"Can you believe that almost five months ago, we barely survived one Scraper? Now, we can deal with a ton load of them at once?" Zeke commented.
"I honestly feel proud." Jihyo replied as she smiles a bit.
"Well, you really should." Zeke added. "It feels real nice to make a difference now than before, right? I mean, sure, youve been making a difference before, but this is a whole new level of doing so, and you're doing it with such grace and charm, that, paired with your already beautiful face, just speaks volumes about your capacity and skill."
Jihyo was caught aback by Zeke's poetic remark, but she soon smiles at him.
"Since when did you become such a sweet talker, Zeke?"
"Thats just how I motivate people, you know. Such flowery yet straightforward words with authentic meanings... I think thats the best way to convey what you think about a person."
"You know, for an idiot, you sure are a real total gentleman." Jihyo replied as she walks back to the van to call the rest, leaving Zeke with a frown.
"...Good grief..." Zeke muttered as he held his temples.
The rest of team, except for Vanta, goes down to see the aftermath of the battle and immediately assists the wounded in standing up and treating their wounds with first aid kits that they had in stock at Cat's van.
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Platinum Skies (The Manifests Series #2)
Fanfiction"No one's gonna stop me from finding the rest of my friends. No one." Zeke and TWICE's Jihyo are back, and they're ready to do whatever it takes to find Mina and settle the score against the Koul'in! It will be deadlier than anything they've encount...
