Chapter 28: The Prototype part 2: The End

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"I was born, not a man, but a beast. As a child I felt I was below man, but I know realize I am above him. This world is mine BY RIGHT OF BIRTH! I am the final purpose of all life on earth. The era of man has come to an end and I will bring forth a new world, a world of flesh and teeth, and of blood. A world of pain and misery for all those who oppose me. But glory for those who stand with me. I am what you fear at night, I am the monster hiding under your bed, I am that terrible thought in your head, the monster you all fear, I am death, I am loss, I am pain, I am suffering, I am fear and I am hatred, I am your loss of sanity. I AM PARIAH!!!!!"

CJ was crushed by the falling debris and killed instantly.

"CJ!" Ronnie Anne yelled.

"We can't save him, come on!" Her mother Maria said.

Ronnie Anne looked up in horror at the massive titan looming over the city, getting closer and closer.

Maria grabbed her hand and they both ran.

Mariah, Ronnie Anne, and Bobby Santiago ran through the street. They were cold, wet, and terrified.

As Pariah's massive tentacles slithered through the city streets, any living creature that touched Pariah's flesh was instantly absorbed and consumed. Even the infected that were unlucky enough to touch Pariah's flesh were consumed.

"Guys I found a truck!" Bobby pointed out. He ran to a rusty old pick-up truck.

"Does this thing even work?" Ronnie Anne asked.

Mariah looked back at the massive dark figure in the clouds. Eight red circles stared back down at her from what seemed like miles in the sky.

"It better work." Maria said.

"Come on, come on!" Bobby yelled turning the key.

"YES!" Bobby said as the engine started. Maria and Ronnie Anne joined Bobby in the truck, and Bobby hit the gas.

The earth shook as Pariah took mighty steps.

Bobby got the truck moving just in time to narrowly avoid getting crushed by Pariah's massive foot.

"Where are we even going to go?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Away from here." Bobby said.

"What about the Louds?"

"I'm sure they can handle themselves." Maria said. "They do have superpowers now."

"Help!" A young girl came running toward the truck. She had a purple and white stripped long sleeve shirt, black skirt, and brown boots.

Bobby stopped the truck.

"Why are you stopping?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"That's Dana, from the department store I used to work at." Bobby said. "She's my friend we have to help her!"

Then the giant snake head of one of Pariah's tentacles came down and grabbed Dana in its massive jaws, taking her up into the sky.

Blood splattered on the windshield of the truck.

"NEVER MIND!" Bobby said. He put the truck back into drive and drove off, just in time before Pariah's massive foot slammed into the ground where the truck had just been.

A blast of fire, presumably from Pariah's mouth, covered the road ahead in a wall of flames.

Bobby made a sharp turn into a back ally.

The truck went flying as a giant tentacle slammed into the earth beside it.

The truck landed in the parking lot of what was once a convenience store. Ronnie Anne looked up in horror to see the massive dark figure towering over the buildings.

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