The Obelus

-8- Reality

Yihan, Riley and Mini fade away. You wake up.

"J-June, where are we? How far until we're there?"

June grabs a gun out of his backpack and starts aiming out the window.

You take a moment to realise the car isn't moving, and another to take in and process what the fuck was going on.

You hastily sit up and look around out of the car window, which is smashed. You look at the front seat where June is half hanging out the window aiming his glock to the back and firing away. You turn around to where June is shooting where there are a few Obelus guards and mutants coming your way.

You slip the glock Olivia gave you out of your pocket and start shooting the Obelus guards while June takes on the mutants.

"Shit."

You find that your gun is out of ammo, and there is no more in the bag.

You hear June stop firing as well, followed by just clicking of an empty gun.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit..."

"June! Grab the pocket knife! C'mon! There's one mutant left..."

June grabs the pocket knife from your hand and with full force, stabs it into the stomach of the mutant.

"I think it's done for. Also, where'd you get the pocket knife from? I checked your bag earlier at my place, and you didn't have one..."

You tell June that you got the pocket knife from that cave, and the pocket knife was probably Finn's.

"Ohhh, nice. Anyway, we should go now. We need to get Finn out before they accidentally explode something."

June starts up the beaten up car and drives. The faint image of the cliff edge becomes more and more clear. June parks the car on the cliff and gets out his and your climbing gear.

"Ok so, we are gonna use this to climb up alright? Just use these tools to hook on to the cliff face. Like this."

You follow June up the cliff edge and soon, you are back to where you came from. The door that you blew up before is still gone, but it is patched up with a few planks of wood. You stare at the facility from the outside. You thought you'd never see this horrible place again. You thought you'd never come back here again but here you are, just 2 days later, going back in just like how you got out. Except this time there wouldn't be any deaths, you knew it, well apart from Obelus member deaths of course.

"Oh, this is easy to get through, let me just pull this apart real quick."

June breaks the wooden planks covering the door and jumps in, with you following him.

You search your bag for weapons, and you hand June a small pocket knife.

"That's it?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry. We should've come prepared..."

"Nevermind. After we get Finn out, we can grab some weapons from here."

You and June walk along the corridor and see Obelus guards coming your way. You and June get ready to attack and wait for the Obelus guards to see you.

"One, two, three.. Go!"

You and June throw your knives at the two Obelus guards. They look stunned so you and June continue walking in.

Walking through the corridors is making you remember the endless tiresome months you've spent in there. All of the walking and guarding to tests and labs, all the testing and seeing friends die. All the memories are flowing back to you at once. June seems to be remembering the same thing as you, because they don't look exactly glad to be back either.

"June, June! Let's move on, it's over. Yihan is gone... There's no way we can get them back now. It was just never meant to be, me and those people."

You and June keep walking until you walk out of the building and into where they kept the subjects. You walk in and see three people staring at you.

"Alice, is that you? I haven't seen you in so long! Also, do you know where Finn is?"

"Hmm... Is Finn subject 42?"

"I think..."

"I'm pretty sure they just took him away for testing. If you're trying to find him then go to I think the B building."

"Thanks so much Alice! Alice, I'm so sorry... I'll come save you soon as possible, I promise! After everything's been fixed between us..."

"Alright! Goodluck with Finn!"

You and June set off again in Obelus to find Finn. You know that building B is further away from you than building A, so you and June hurry along.

You run along and spot a box full of unused weapons, clearly marked for the Obelus guards. You and June take a few, and some ammo, then run into the building. You look around for the test lab Finn is in. After searching for a while, you find Finn in a lab, with his arms strapped onto a wall. An Obelus guard is forcefully making out with Finn.

"They said I could do whatever shit I wanted with you, princess. Enjoy it while it lasts." says the Obelus guard.

Rage burns up inside you and you shoot the Obelus guard's shoulder. They scream in pain and collapse to the ground. You go in without second thought and free Finn from the wall.

"Oh...Jiayi..."

"So, you're Finn right? First time seeing you here!"

"Mhm, yeah I'm Finn. Thanks! Even if I'm free now, I've put all three of us in incredible danger. We have to leave immediately!"

"Don't worry, we've got weapons. Here's a knife for now."

You, Finn and June run out of the building and face the cliff edge.

"C'mon, are we gonna jump down?"

"No Y/N, I brought three parachutes. We can sail down with these."

You, June and Finn attach the parachutes to each other and get ready to jump. June pulls you and Finn down with him. You slowly let go of each other's hands when suddenly, you hear a bang, and Finn starts falling quickly.

"Oh great, The Obelus guards have found us. Finn will be unconscious if he falls from there. After this we need to leave quickly alright? Jump in the car later and I'll carry Finn over."

You agree and after safely reaching the ground, you jump in the car. You watch June carry Finn over to the car, with blood coming out of his head. June sets Finn in the car and drives off.