Chapter 11: Amputation

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by AST3RUSSY

by AST3RUSSY

“Axel?” Jesse asked, seeing a large figure and another. “Jesse! I found Magnus! Where’s Petra? What happened to the base? Why are you with Lukas?” Axel repeatedly questioned Jesse.

“No time to explain. Do you know somewhere we can go to rest or something?” Jesse added. “We found a random cabin near here, c’mon!” Magnus directed. Jesse helped Lukas out on the way there, following Magnus and Axel.

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Once they got there, Jesse explained quickly why they were near a tree, grabbing a sword. “He sounded like the griefers in Boomtown. They were horrible looking. Like they mutated or something.” Magnus chipped in. Jesse grabbed his sword. Lukas looked afraid. “It’s going to be fine, I’ll be gentle.” Jesse smiled, Axel covering his eyes.

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“You good, Lukas?” Jesse asked Lukas shortly after the limb was amputated. “Yeah... just traumatized.” Lukas chuckled. “May I ask now what the hell happened while I was gone?” Axel requested. “Yeah, sorry about that. I just wanted to make sure that we don’t lose anyone else.” Jesse replied.

“The base got attacked by the infected, and one day, Petra stormed off. I went to find her, and I bumped into Lukas and Aiden.” Jesse added. “Where’s Aiden then?” Axel asked with general curiosity. “Getting to that,” Jesse answered.

“Anywho, I got into a fight with Aiden. We found Petra infected... and she didn’t look the same. She looked like a corpse. She just stared. It wasn’t even like her. She ran after us but we managed to escape. Aiden ditched us at some point in the night. Me and Lukas went to look for a place to stay, but we ran into Gill, and he got Lukas, apparently.”

“Sounds like Aiden.” Axel answered. “But what did Petra look like?”Axel continued. “She was like a withered corpse. Some of her bones were showing, and veins covered her body with decaying, the decaying skin was void black. Her eyes were purple. She wasn’t even herself.” Jesse stuttered, recalling the moment.

“Damn.” Axel replied, eyes widened. “Aye, didn’t you say Ivor started this thing?” Magnus asked. Axel nodded.

“He did have a weird obsession with making weird stuff. He was the second deranged one. But ever since the Order split up, Soren kinda took that place since no one has barely seen Ivor.” Magnus replied. “Do you know where he is?” Lukas asked.

Magnus thought for a moment. “Last I knew he was in the far lands. I don’t know if there’s a bunch of infected there or not.” Magnus answered. “We can go there in the morning. It’ll be best if we get some sleep before we head out.” Jesse suggested.

“Honestly, all I want to do is sleep.” Lukas chipped in. “Hate to admit it, but he’s right.” Axel replied. Lukas glared. “It’s settled. We’ll go in the morning.” Jesse answered.