Chained -On Hold-

Chapter 10: Terror

We turned around and prepared to leave the town hall when we heard several explosions coming from town square. The horrible sound that filled the air was a mixture of deafening explosions and screams of horror as we ran to the exit as fast as we could.

Once we arrived there, we saw death and destruction all over the place with one man in the middle of it all. He wore a black gas mask and full body armor. His right arm was covered with some sort of metallic sleeve that made him look like a cyborg. 

He just stood there, staring right at us, before he started laughing and said: "I hope you knew there were going to be consequences, Bernard." His voice was friendly, but his words weren't. "You may not have expected it this soon, but the war has just started. All over town, my men are rampaging right now and every single commander has been deployed. Good luck winning this one."

I looked over at Bernard and expected to see a look of frustration and hatred, but instead he smiled: "Our intelligence network runs deeper than you think. We anticipated all of this and our men are ready and in position. I hope your commanders are prepared to lose."

"Those are fighting words. I like you", he then smiled and moved away so fast it looked like he just vanished.

"Do you want me to chase him", my mother asked.

"No need for that", Jake responded. "We know where their hide-out is located. We've got our man there."

"We should split up into three groups", Blood said. He looked around, noticed how me and my parents were looking weirdly. "Don't worry guys, we planned all of this out in advance. The first team will head north from here and secure the main road. Said team consists of Nicole, Grant and Pain."

"Pain?", I exclaimed.

"Keeping you safe is one of our top priorities, Sarah. That's why you're teamed up with Bernard to take out the army to the west. According to our spies, that's the largest army group the enemy has so be careful. And last but not least. Jake, it's you and me buddy."

"The two of us against an unknown threat to the south", Jake answered with a playful tone. "Just like old times."

"Everyone", Bernard said with authority. "Stay safe, if the enemy is too much I want you to retreat. That's an order."

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(Nicole's perspective)
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As we were running along the main street, we could hear screams coming from all around us. But we knew we had to keep going as our objective wasn't here. It was further to the north, where the loudest of screams came from.

However, all of a sudden, we were stopped in our tracks as three robots blocked our road. One of them had spiked balls attached to its knees, elbows and hands. Another one had spikes all over its body and had his hands and feet both placed on the ground, he looked like he was built for speed. And the third one had two hammers for heads and was large and bulky, he looked like he was built for strength.

I observed them quickly and started barking orders: "Pain, you take the one with the spiked balls. Honey, take the strong-looking one."

"What about the spiked one", my husband asked.

"Leave that one to me..."

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(Blood's perspective)
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As Jake and I were running along the rooftops to reach our destination, the  southern gate, where supposedly a mercenary army was going to appear, we started talking about how we should take out said army.

"To be honest with you, Jake", I said. "We don't have a clue what we're up against. So I suggest we use our standard strategy."

"You hold them off at the front and I start cutting them up from the back?", my old pal interrupted.

"Exact- Wait a second, who the hell is that over there", I said as I pointed at the cloaked figure in front of us. What business could this person have on the rooftops of Mountington?

"Hello there, Blood and Jake", a soft, seductive woman's voice spoke from under the red hood. "I'm terribly sorry but I'm here to inform you that the two of you are about to die."

She then ran towards us with incredible speed....

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(Bernard's perspective)
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Me and Sarah were running through empty street after empty street, until we encountered a street that was filled with bodies.

"Wait here", I said. "I'll go on ahead to scout for possible danger."

So she just sat back as I carefully walked through the street, tightly gripping my the hilt of my sword. I then reached the end with no trouble whatsoever. I then beckoned Sarah over, but as she got up laughter filled the air around us before an explosion blocked the path. I couldn't believe it, in my attempt to protect her we had gotten separated.

"You have plenty of other stuff to worry about, old fart", I heard a low voice say to me before I dodged a massive axe that came crashing down. I then got a look at the muscular man that swung the axe: He had a lumberjack beard and a confident smile,accompanied by very short, black hair.

How I would enjoy kicking his ass...

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(Sarah's perspective)
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I started panicking as the explosion had separated me from the person who was supposed to protect me. It was obvious that whoever did this was after me. I looked around, but failed to see who attacked me.

I did however see that one of the people sitting against the side of the building was still alive as he kept muttering:"Help me."

I walked over to him and grabbed him close to me as I asked him who did this. He then smiled and said: "Trap sends his regards, you fool."

His body then began to glow as the human bomb activated and a terrible explosion hit me from up close as I was both blinded and deafened at the same time. During this chaos, things calmed down as everything....

Turned to black....

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-Demon King Karnage