Revolution

Chapter 8

Two months went by with blood on the streets after the blackout. Mass murderers became common among night guards and common people. The more you kill, the more famous you get. Many joined the guards for money and power. Ripping open body became common among the civilians and decorating corpses with bullets became a hobby for the guards. Some tried to show their power by ripping off body parts, hanging in the streets for their foes to see.

Rob didn't undergo any change other than what he intended with his serum, just the ability to avoid eating, drinking or even breathing. His body could consume energy around him and survive. His DNA was used in the creation of the serum which made his transformation normal. He wanted to protest against the organization but didn't know how to start. Neither did he have any powers nor any weapons or assassin abilities which made him useless. One thing he was good at was science.

Everything was quiet, unusually silent night and Rob slept peacefully after a long time. He felt as if he was going to fall. It was almost 3 at the night when he got up. He sat in his bed when he heard some sound in the hall. He got up, put on his robes and opened the door. He went into the hall, looked around but didn't see anything. He noticed the window was open and went over to close it. It was nice and cold outside. He closed the window and returned back to his room.

Rob felt something wrap around him. He couldn't see anything and started feeling claustrophobic. He couldn't move much and fell back. He was dragged through the floor. Whatever was dragging him, took him to the elevator before he could make out the way he was dragged and the sound of elevator. There was more dragging on something he felt like road and then he was carried and kept inside some car or truck. The vehicle had a rough sound, he was never good at cars so he couldn't understood which one it was. He didn't try to fight back because he knew that would only end badly. He laid down quietly and the vehicle stopped after a half an hour journey. After more dragging through the road and he finally ended up inside an unknown room. He could see again. Everything was dark but he could make out there were more than 5 humans. One of them held a bag with his tentacles and others seemed to look normal. He never came across a real live mutated human before and his curiosity to know more about them flew up like rocket. He stood up and started touching the tentacles and asking to switch the lights on. One of them laughed and switched on the lights. The man retracted his tentacles and Rob looked really upset. He just noticed the one that laughed was a girl. She came towards Rob, greeted him and said : " I'm Jessica, he is James (pointing at the one who Rob was touching), that's Tony, Roy and Erica. Sorry for kidnapping you. As you can see, I'm the brains , James's the muscle, Roy has speed and well Tony and Erica are inseparable. We were all thick friends and used to hang out. After we got our powers, we wanted to help the resistance. So we ganged up and improved our skills but we lack at one major area. All of us suck at science, the guys were football stars and we were cheerleaders. So we needed someone who could help us wipe the guards off our streets. Who can help better than the guy who changed the whole world. Right? Ooh yaa! I'm really sorry for kidnapping you. I told him not to drag you but he didn't listen. Sorry." Rob startled with fear as Jessica flew James with a punch using her tentacles. He couldn't even see the tentacles come out of her skin or disappear. All he saw was James lying few meters away saying what the hell. Rob felt satisfaction as well as fear and was confused whether this would kill him sooner or later. He couldn't say a word and looked at everyone with hope.