Born With A Divine System

CHAPTER 44: AFTERMATH

Months had passed, since the attack on Leviathan City. Many lives were lost that day, and those who were spared from the dreaded clutches of death, had nothing left to return to. Everything was leveled to the ground, forcing thousands to migrate for survival.

However, among those who survived, a pair of girls did in fact have somewhere to go. Nikko Anderson and Maya Queens, after witnessing the death of Zephyr, had made it their goal to leave this god forsaken place..

The sky was swollen and dark, a heavy grey that made it hard to tell if evening had fallen, or if the sun had simply been swallowed by the endless waves of smoke drifting from the chaos.

At this point in time, only a few days had passed by since he was taken away by the ambulance, and since that time things have only gotten worse at the camp. There was far too little aid being sent, resulting in a shortage of food, water and medicine. Meaning, more and more of the dead were piling up by the day. And with nowhere to dispose of the bodies, disease spread even further out. That was the routine of anguish and suffering, till one day, things made a drastic change.

We see Nikko, who kept her gaze fixed on the ground, watching her feet crunch over gravel, over patches of stubborn, wilted grass. She didn't have to look up to see the buildings around her, still half-collapsed from the battle, crumbling brick walls looming overhead like mournful specters of the life they used to hold. It felt, she thought with a dull ache in her chest, like even the city itself had been left behind, a place too broken and ruined for anyone to bother putting back together. She supposed it was a fitting place for someone like her; a failure, abandoned by everything important to her.

Maya walked alongside her, her footsteps softer, her gaze flickering over the tents and makeshift homes.

Her dark hair was pulled back from her face, her shoulders were set, and there was a quiet strength in her stance that Nikko had come to recognize. Nikko wasn't sure if it was the resilience that came from recent loss, or if Maya had always been like that. However, she knew that it was what she herself needed right now.

They moved along the makeshift path that led through the refugee camp, squeezing past ragged tents, and avoiding scrap metal on the ground. When suddenly something caught everyone's attention.

In the background, sounds of machinery drew near, as heavy duty equipment was being brought over the horizon. Helicopters dot the sky, while trucks drove through the rubble. Both carrying tons of equipment, an act which brought a glimmer of hope to the eyes of those thought to be abandoned.

Thousands ran, rushing for a chance at getting supplies, a chance at living for a single day longer.

"We're saved!" One person shouted.

"Out of my way!" Another yelled.

"Let me through!" A man shouted.

"Back off, I need them more than you!"

"I won't let you take it!"

"Please, don't push."

"Move, I need this for my kids!"

The closer they got, the more violent the crowd became. Some pushed others to the ground, and dragged them by the hair; others were trampled upon like dirt. A few even used scrap metal as weapons, trying to intimidate others into giving up.

"Come on, Nikko, let's go."

"No." Nikko interrupted.

"But-"

Maya flinched at the cold finality in her tone.

"But-"

"It's going to be a massacre..." Nikko asserted with her claim.