The Extinction Era

1-9

After seeing the memories, Bella waited for a while to recover from the shock.

-They were called centaurs?

-Yes, in ancient Greek and Roman mythology, centaurs were animals with a human upper body and a horse lower body. It is possible that the man who made them gave them this name. It may have been named as a symbol of courage and strength, as in mythology. But the legendary centaurs didn't turn out as he expected. But they became monsters from hell.

-What happened to that centaur?

Jimmy's face turned strange at that moment.

-We called him "Centaur number eleven". He said centaurs do not have names, but numbers. When I asked for his number, he said eleven. In other words, he is the eleventh centaur created on this earth. He soon escaped. That centaur was intentionally arrested to find out the secret of our laboratory.

-What happened to your laboratory?

-Hold on. It's kind difficult to explain it. So, I'd better show you my memories of that time. Last queen, show me the memories of the day the centaur escaped.

- Affirmative Jimmy. The memory recording start in 5 seconds.

On the screen, Jimmy was met by an officer from a helicopter. Behind him, soldiers dressed in protective clothing and armed with guns looked around cautiously.

-Jimmy, the situation here is difficult. Please be calm.

-What happened?

-The centaur has escaped. While escaping he totally demolished this area.

Jimmy followed the officer into a secret basement. Before the door opened, the guard approached the intercom next to the door through the external speaker and asked everyone to scan their eyes. One by one, everyone approached the intercom and scanned their eyes.

-There are no signs of infection. Allowed to enter.

The hard steel door, which could not be broken even by rocket launcher, slowly opened in two directions.

-Jimmy, we're not done sterilizing yet. And I thought I'd show you when you arrive. Did you do well on the road?

-Yes, I did well, thanks for asking. The headquarters will change its location soon. Their whereabouts are suspected to have been reported to the centaurs.

Officer waits for Jimmy to put on his improved protective gear.

-Do you have the recording?

-Yes, but it would be better to go to the interrogation room first.

As Jimmy entered the interrogation room, he noticed that the walls and ceiling of the room were covered with blood. The blood dried up and smelled bad to the point it makes him almost vomit.

-During the interrogation of the centaur, he killed the inspector and four security guards here, then opened the doors using the electronic ID and the ripped hand of the inspector and left.

-How did he manage to broke his handcuffs?

-Different types of keys made out of wires were found in his cell, and he removed handcuffs with these wires. To release one hand first, centaur dislocated his five fingers and wrists. He removed his one hand like this in the interrogation room first, one then no matter how many electric shocks he was beaten, the remaining handcuffs and legs chains were unlocked with the keys he had prepared. When he was completely unchained, he killed the soldiers first and the inspector last.

-Where did he find the wire?

-The first centaur was given food in accordance with the instructions of the command staff that it should not starve to death. The metal plate was mangled overnight with its sharp teeth into thin metal wires, and the key molds were prepared overnight.

-That's absolutely crazy.

-Indeed, it is crazy. Now shall we watch the recording?

They left the room and entered the camera control room. At the beginning of the video, you can see how the centaur dislocated his fingers and wrists, removed one hand from the handcuffs, and removed the other handcuffs while fighting the soldiers. The centaur twisted first soldier's neck, smashed the face of the second, and was seen biting and shaking their body. While all this action happening, the inspector was screaming for the door to be opened. The centaur came after inspector, then instantly decapitated him and threw his head away. The door was opened when an electronic ID card that had fallen from his neck and a palm of one hand that had been detached from the body were read into the door lock. At that moment, centaur looked back at the camera. As crimson blood flowed from his mouth and teeth, the dislocated wrist and fingers of his right hand were put back in place one by one. His completely different colored eyes flickered and stared at the camera.

-"Do you think I was caught because I couldn't escape? You have your own story of being secretly and forcibly captured in an enemy's fortress in order to find its weaknesses. I have studied everything about you humans. Thanks to that, I know all the pros and cons of you weaklings. I have a very good understanding of your activities. I'll bring a hostage with me, when I get out of here. I'll torture him until the last drop of blood seep out, and he will tell me everything he knows. Now your research laboratory is no longer interesting. I just want to find out where yours headquarter is. Lastly Jimmy, I'll be back to you, and you'll be my pet. I will train you excellent. When I throw a ball, you going to run after it and brought it back in my had ha-ha", Centaur eleven laughed maliciously. He then left the room.

- Did he then take any hostage? Jimmy concernedly asked,

- Yes, he kidnapped your assistant girl.

- Where did the centaur go? Have you guys tried to follow it?

-According to the instructions from the headquarter, we did not move anywhere, waiting for your arrival. Centaurs are likely to return in large numbers soon, so evacuation is urgently needed. So please sir, contact the headquarter and get a new coordinate.

- Don't you know how important she is? She knows all about vaccines and treatments against the virus. She also knows our research progress and results. Now that centaur will torture her and find out everything about our research from her.

- Jimmy, calm down. I know very well too. But we didn't have choice. For now, we need to hurry.

Jimmy froze in frustration until his fingernails sank into his palms. After a few seconds he said,

-You're right, officer. I will contact with headquarter. Jimmy ordered officer to prepare for evacuation, and went into the communications room. The woman in charge of the dispatch was sitting there.

-Connect with the headquarter. Use the new frequencies, centaurs may catch our connection.

-Affirmative, I have sent a request for a new frequency. New codes have come. You can be sure it's safe now.

In front of Jimmy's screen, video communication was restored. The person appeared in front of Jimmy is in 3D, so if you look around, you can see his whole body with clothes on. It has a combination of real colors and images that can be mistaken for a real living person popped out suddenly.

-How is the situation, Jimmy?

-He took my assistant.

-How many people we lost?

-Five. Two out of five mutated because they were bitten. They were destroyed before finished mutating. All the corpses were burned in an incinerator.

-I see. Now write down the new coordinates because your location has found out. 48.019324, 109.363403. Destroy the lab before moving out. Don't forget to get the tests and research results.

-Understood, Jimmy hung up. Where is this location?

-This location is in Mongolia. It was probably considered safe because of the sparse population.

Jimmy left the room and informed the officer of the new location. Immediately, all laboratory staffs get on to helicopters and the necessary supplies, food and weapons were loaded. As they soared higher, they saw the underground structure where the old laboratory was located exploding and collapsing. Memory recording has finished.