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04 : The Fights

I tool my place near the staircase, hidden and Higson was hidden in a closet a few steps ahead of the staircase. This house looked pretty old, and the creaking of the stairs made it look older. They were climbing up, there were four of them. All four went past me, just as the first one went past the closet , Higson opened the right closet door and hit the second soldier in the face, he fell down, Higson then punched the first soldier, I slit the throat of the fourth and kicked the third one in the gut, this all happened in less than 2 seconds. We heard a shout...

" Everything okay in there? I heard a thud, I am coming in, okay?", Higson and I each took a gun and aimed at the head, we both had just a day of experience with guns, and well we certainly were off shot, but we startled him, " Oh! Hell with this", Higson screamed as he threw the gun away, jumped over the railing of the staircase and bravely dashed towards the fifth guy and punched him straight in the jaw.

***

We tied the four guys up, and went to check on the others. 7 guys laid dead, with Roughy on the bed being treated by Texas and Vyren, he was stabed in the arm. They had a bloody fight it seemed like, grenade explosions, all the enemy soldiers dead....

"Damn", Higson said in a low tone.

"Roughy? You alright there?", I asked "Yeah, almost... "

" He will need a proper dressing, we need to find a hospital, or at least a good first-aid kit", Vadar said.

We found a hospital somewhere in the town, thanks to Enter, it was completely empty, no dead bodies, but it still looked like US soldiers had attacked here, almost all windows broken, roofs blown up, everything stopped in a hurry....

We delivered Vadar the first-aid kit and Roughy was at least back on his feet.

" I'm sorry guys.... this all happened because of me, I used your phone yesterday, Preak, and opened the Chat website to talk to people and know what the hell was up, I.... learned about some information, but I guess it is not worth 8 lives and I just want to say I am so so sorry... they tracked us somehow and ....", Roughy said, almost looked like he was about to cry...

" Its OK Roughy, it happened to all of us, the urge to know the truth, about what the hell was up. Now be strong, tell us what you learned.", Sam said in a calm, reassuring voice, like some Tedx motivational speaker.

" People who were online at that time said, anyone in the US should take a flight and come to India, Russia or China, it is the safest there, and they said, India, China and Russia have joined forces against the US, but only around 4 billion people are there, the rest are probably.... "

" 4 billion is... fine. Yes, like us millions of people must be alive, right?", Higson said, eyes lit up. Nobody answered to him. Higson was like the dumb guy of the group, all muscles and no brains, that was my first impression.

" Well anyways, I think we should head to the Airport to the South. I dont think it is the best choice but it is the only choice... we'll certainly meet US soldiers there.", I said, breaking the awkward silence. " Can we drive to our hometown, Crures, it is just on the way to the airport... I just wanted to check, I didn't do that in the dreams, because you guys.... ", Higson said. " Let's do it", I said.

***

We started driving towards Crures at 1000. It was sunny and we had also taken all the supplies of the soldiers and could only scavenge one of the full body armours. I was sitting at the front in the passenger seat with my brother driving.

"So, looks to me like your 'dreams' were just a piece of bullshit?", Vadar asked.

"No"

"Oh and yeah before I forget, Sam is actually taking your spot of leader lately, these 'reassuring' speeches, hah, damn it all"

" Why are you alwas so annoyed, huh? You mourning this much at Mom and Dad's death?"

" Just...."

The car stoped.

" Sam? Change seats with Preak"

" Uh... Okay, I kinda overheard that a little, I'm really sorry", Sam whispered.

"Its OK, we are both cool", I said

"As if. Don't go on thinking all of this by yourself", my brother said, half cold-heartedly. I knew deep down he cared for me, and was just heated right now.

***

"Hey, Hig. I just wanted to ask you, where did we meet in your dreams.", I asked.

"Ugh, it was... unpleasant I should say, me and Roughy met you in Extery town"

"Extery, huh, stayed away from that place in every dream"

" Good thing you did cause, we... umm... only found your dead body."

"Oh"

"Oh, and Preak, by the way did you feel some kind of power surge in yourself when we fought those soldiers?"

" No... I don't think so... yeah... now that you mention it... I did feel like I had a lot of strength and... like my hands moved on their own... you know to kill that guy"

"Yeah! I felt so much energy, like when I dashed at that fifth soldier, it felt like I was building up power in my hands... and then that punch... "

" I don't know, man. Maybe it is related to the dreams somehow?"

" Yeah, maybe... "