ROTWOTA: Book 1 - The Beginning of Extinction

The Betrayal

"Is everyone ok?" Asked Tom. "Yeah Tom, we're all fine." Said Allison. "God damm, I knew that plant would explode sooner or later." Said Stanley.

Tom looked over to two boys hiding under a table. "Hey, are you kids alright over there?" Asked Tom.

"Yeah, we're fine under here thank you very much." Said the older brother. "You alright Louis?" Asked the older brother. "Yeah Kevin, I'm ok."

"We'll have to stay bunkered down here for a while," Said Tom. "The radiation out there is sure to be dangerous."

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Several hours had passed since the power plant had exploded. The employees had boarded up the shattered windows. But as a whole, the survivors weren't in the best of conditions.

"Kevin, I'm not feeling so good." Said the younger brother. "It's ok Louis, I'm not feeling well either, I've felt an ache in my head ever since that power plant blew up." Said Kevin.

"I just hope we won't have to worry about anything else." Said Louis.

"Wait everyone, what are those people doing out there?" Asked Allison. "What people?" Asked Stanley. "The ones out there, that you can see slightly through the boards." Said Allison.

Kevin and Louis were listening in on what their company was talking about, so they looked through one of the boarded up windows to see what they were referring to. Both of them could clearly see humanoid shapes standing on two legs, but the figures themselves didn't look so human. In fact, they looked more animal and alien rather than anything else.

Just then, then boards in the windows began to be broken down. Once there was a big hole in the opened up window, the two boys could see what looked like an anthropomorphic rabbit shooting darts at them. Two of the bullets shot at Tom and Stanley in their necks while Kevin and Louis ducked under the counter.

When both of them peeked back up, they saw an anthropomorphic wolf charging straight at them. Out of desperation for his own survival, Louis pushed his older brother down in front of the wolf which knocked down both of them. Using the little time he had, Louis rushed over to the kitchen where he found a back door to escape out of.

Louis through the was free, but almost immediately after he opened the door, he was pounced on by another wolf who was snarling straight at him. "No! Please! Let me go!" cried Louis. "What good will you do for us?" Snarled the wolf. "I...I can find more people for you, a life for a life?" Trembled Louis nervously.

Louis thought he was done for, but the wolf ended up dragging him by the leg back to a truck that looked as if it belonged to the military.

He then felt something prick his leg and saw that it was a small white device that looked like a microchip. "We'll give you a two day head start, any human survivor that you find will give you an extra day to stay a human. I also heard that there are a few certain people that have been put on a bounty, two of them are a brother and sister named Cody and Emma." Said the wolf with a sinister smile.

A few minutes later, Louis saw the two restaurant employees and his brother being loaded into the back of the truck. He could see a look of desperation and helplessness on Kevin's face, but all Louis had on his face was a cold look as if he was a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler himself.

As the truck drove off, Louis knew he had a job to do, for his own survival.

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It was almost sunrise when Cody woke for his sleep. He turned around to see Louis dragging his unconscious sister by the legs while she was tied up with strong rope. He then heard Jenny and Ivan scream "what the hell are you doing!?"

Louis then grabbed a gun out of his pocket and held it straight at them. "Drop your weapons right now or else!" He demanded. Reluctantly, the three humans let down their weapons and tossed them to the side. "What the hell are you gonna do with us?" Asked Ivan.

Louis then tore off the bandage on his leg to reveal a strange robotic device. "I was spared by those animals to hunt down human survivors. I've already found four days of survival worth of them, but now that I have found two that should be worth a week each, I can't let the opportunity go to waste!" Said Louis.

"So yeah! I let my brother get taken, and now we can all wait until they arrive, how does that sound?" Asked Louis sinisterly. "Listen Louis, you don't have to do this! You can join us and we can all survive together! It's not too late to change your mind!" Said Cody. "There is no working together! It's kill or be killed! I'm not letting down an opportunity to stay on top longer than everyone else!" Said Louis.

Jenny just spat at him. Louis just simply chuckled back at her before setting a tied up Emma down and forcing Cody, Jenny and Ivan into a corner near the back of the barn.

Cody thought it was the end, but luckily, Louis never noticed two other boys sneaking up on him. Suddenly, William quickly came up from behind Louis and overpowered him and put him into a headlock. Louis then recklessly took out his gun and nearly shot William several times, which caused him to back off. Just then, Oliver swooped in and brutally hit Louis in the back of the head with a shovel.

"Is he dead?" Asked Cody. "Probably not, but it'll be at least a few hours until he wakes up, though this'll give us more than a chance to get out of here." Said William. Almost immediately, Cody ran over to Emma and untied her from the ropes that kept her restrained while the others gathered any and as much supplies stored in the barn as possible.

"How are we gonna get out of here and far away enough?" Asked a concerned Oliver. "That's exactly why I hid this bad boy last night!" Said William. William then went outside to a shed and unlocked it to reveal a big strong Jeep. "Awww, hell yeah! That's what I'm talking about!" Said Ivan.

While loading all of the supplies onto the vehicle, Cody realized that there were only 4 seats within the jeep besides the trunk. "Looks like you and your sister need to get into the trunk, we'll cover it with a tarp so you won't be spotted." Said Jenny.

It wasn't much longer before the jeep took off with everyone except Louis on board.