Scrapped Stories

Re;birth Apocalypse [Original] Ch. 10: Insatiable Hunger

I hop off of my motorcycle and equip my dagger. "Let's make this quick..." I activate Hyperspeed and strike one of the bandits in the back, snapping their spine, as Nisa uppercuts the other. I kick the paralyzed bandit over to Nisa, as she ties the two of them up. Nisa looks down at the bandits in triumph. "The heroine of justice subsists only on the crushed dreams of evil!" ~ "Uh... Nisa? There's still one more left." A big muscular man, holding a minigun, exits the store with a money bag over his shoulder. I shoot off a laser that cuts through the money bag, money spilling out everywhere. "W-What the hell?!" The man turns to me, and starts unloading the minigun's magazines. "Oh boy!" I activate Hyperspeed, as the bullets seem to move in slow motion. I skillfully dodge the bullets and knock the last one back with my dagger, as time speeds back to normal, as the bullet rips through the man's shoulder. "Damn!" Nisa shoots the man with her Prinny gun, hitting him in the leg, the man dropping to his knee. "I'll kill you!" ~ "Cyclone!" The man goes to his minigun, as it's torn to shreds by violent winds. Nisa drop kicks the man, knocking him out. The guards arrived shortly, taking the paralyzed bandit, the traumatized bandit, and the 'gonna need new pants' bandit, away. Nisa watches as they leave and then turns to me. "Thanks for the assist. I didn't think there would be anyone around here who knew how to fight like that." ~ "Well, I was just stopping by on business, and I happened to see this was going on, and I thought, 'That looks like fun.' So I went over and paralyzed a dude..." ~ "Well, the streets are safer with the Heroes of Justice!" ~ "Yeah, the Heroe~... Wait, what?" ~ "Well, we both fight the bad guys, right? We fight for justice." ~ "Correction, I fight for entertainment. I wouldn't call what I do, justice. Anyways, I've got to head out now. Got a ticket to Lowee and I can't pass it up." I hop on my Motorcycle and take off, leaving Nisa behind.

I change gears as I speed up, approaching the cliffside. Leaping off of the cliff and landing safely on the other side. I continue driving through the icy landscapes, finally reaching the cold nation of Lowee. As I drive through the streets of the fairytale nation, I begin to notice something is off, as the people seem to be moving a lot slower than normal, with glazed over eyes. All of them seemed to be heading towards the Basilicom. "Oh $#!%..." I pick up the pace, racing towards the Basilicom, passing by the slow walking citizens as I barrel through the gates. The guards try to stop me, but I toss them some ID, as I drive into the Basilicom, crashing my motorcycle in the middle of the main hall. "Guys, we have a problem!" Blanc comes out from her room, as Neptune and the others follow. Blanc looks towards me, slightly pissed. "Care to explain why you drove through the guard's gate and crashed your motorcycle in my Basilicom?!" Neptune, on the other hand, seemed cheerful as usual. "Heya Dorian, what took you so long?" ~ "Had a little run in with some bandits, but all's good. Anyways, that's not why I'm here. Blanc, are you aware of what's happening in your nation?" ~ "Yes, We've been holding them back for the past few days." ~ "Then why haven't you notified the other nations of this? This is a huge threat to humanity!" ~ "I would if I could! The damn communications are down, they're smarter than they look!" Neptune looks between the two of us, confused. "Wait, what's happening?" I turn to Neptune as I put my hands on her shoulders. "Okay, but don't freak out..." ~ "Why would I freak out...?" ~ "We have a zombie infestation..." ~ "W-What...?!" IF and Griffal both facepalm, as Rom and Ram come out of Blanc's room. "What's going on, Blanc? We're not done playing yet..." ~ "Rom, Ram, stay in your room. Lock the door and don't open it for anyone." ~ "What's happening, Blanc?" ~ "Just go to your room!" Rom and Ram run into their room, and the sound of the door locking is heard shortly after. Blanc sighs. "We're not sure how we're going to handle this, we'll have to wait until the other nations find a cure." ~ "But there's no time! Those zombies will find their way in here, way before the other nations have a clue of what's going on. Our best bet is to fend them off ourselves." ~ "Are you insane?!" ~ "Yes. But it's the only option we have." Blanc sighs, as she nods. I turn to the others. "IF, Griffal, I need you two to get any survivors here. If they're infected, kill them." Blanc snaps an angry look to me. "What?! You just want to kill them?!" ~ "If they're infected, there's nothing we can do. We might as well kill them while they still have their humanity." ~ "But if we keep them in a secured room until we can synthesize a cure~..." ~ "They would turn before we'd even manage to get a sample to work with. And we can't assure the safety of those who aren't infected, if the infected manage to escape. Neptune, you and I are going on recon. We'll hunt down any zombies roaming the city, We find, we kill. Blanc, I'll need you to get your best scientists to work on a serum." ~ "Right." ~ "Question, where's Draq?" ~ "He's on the front lines with the guards. He's actually become a Freelancer for any groups that need protection." ~ "In other words, he's leading his own team deep into enemy territory...?" ~ "Yes." ~ "Well, that settles that. Everyone, let's go kill some zombies!" We split up into three teams, as Neptune and I leave the Basilicom. I hand Neptune a motorcycle helmet. "You'll need this." We hop onto my motorcycle, as I rev the engine. I hear a guard scream, followed by silence, probably taken over. "Alright, let's go!" I slam on the gas, as we crash through the gates and into the city.

I blast a laser through some zombies, as Neptune cleaves one in half, with her katana(wood). "Lucky that we were able to lure them out into an open field. ...Not so lucky that we lured so many..." Neptune and I stand back to back, as the zombies advance. I slash off a few zombie heads, as Neptune Cross Combinations some more. The zombie horde started to grow smaller and smaller, until we were finally on the last few. I cyclone a zombie to bits, as Neptune takes another one. "Yes, that's twenty seven!" ~ "Neptune! Look out!" Neptune looks over, as a zombie bites down onto her wrist. I raise the blade of my dagger, as I leap towards Neptune and the zombie. Neptune looks to me in surprise, as I close my eyes. "I'm sorry..." I bring my blade down onto Neptune.

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