The Obelus

-12- The Sudden Realisation

You wake up, and check up on everyone. You realise that Ember is no longer in the car. You wake up everyone else to help find Ember.

"Ember, Ember! Where are you?"

Ember eventually comes back. You notice that there's a bit of blood on Ember's shirt, but she sees you staring and quickly covers it up.

"Ember, where did you go? Why did you wander off like that?"

Ember look's sick in the face as if they would collapse any moment.

"Y/N can we speak?" Valerie pulls you aside.

""Y/N, I think Ember might be rad sick."

"What?"

"Ember where did you go?"

"I...." Ember looks towards a cave where mutants are spilling out.

"Y/N, that cave may have had radiation particles-"

"Ember?"

"Ember did you go there?"

Ember nods as if their head could just fall off any moment.

"Ember you could have radiation on you that endangers us!"

"Oh shit!"

Valerie pushes you out of the way and grabs Ember and brings her to the car.

"I was next to her and not in the best state in the first place, I'm most likely to get sick next. I'll stay here and make sure she can't get out.

Valerie locks the car door. You, Finn and June watch it to ensure Ember would not be able to get out.

You see Valerie being practically tortured and bitten agian and again before she too drops dead and becomes one of them.

"Well good news is they shouldn't be able to get out of here."

"Bad news is we can't either."

"There should be some Obelus guards scouting this area. We can call out, hide and follow them till they go back to the facility. Then we can rescue Gen, steal some cars and get back."

"C'mon Y/N shout at me. We have to be really loud!"

"Hey Obelus guards. G'day. How are ya? We are escapees, come get us haha. Woof. Bark. Growl. Purr. Woof. Bark. Growl. Purr."

"Why aren't they coming?"

"I don't know, wait, I hear an engine!"

"Duck Y/N!"

A bullet whizzes past you. You quickly run around and hide somewhere.

"Hey bro! I'm pretty sure I heard the escapees?"

"Yeah me too? What was that? Someone's definitely here. Try to find them."

After trying to search for you and June, the Obelus guards spot the car that Ember and Valerie are in, see they are mutants, they let them out and walk away.

You and June try to start following them back when Valerie and Ember notice you.

"Shit! Valerie and Ember spotted us Y/N! We have to be careful they don't give us away!"

"Wait! Where is Ember and Valerie?

"I'm not sure! I can't see them..."

Ember and Valerie get them from behind. You and June scream and fight them off.

"Ha! Got you!"

The Obelus guards grab you and sedate both you and June, but just before you black out you hear gunshots, probably signifying Valerie and Ember's deaths.