Crisis

8: The Flag

————-\5 Months Later\—————————

Nix walked through the flooded streets of Cairns. The rain hit hard on his jacket as he trod through puddle after puddle.
He wondered to himself why it was deserted. "Sure it was wet, But most of the buildings are still intact" He said to himself.
That's when he stopped dead in his tracks, something not feeling right. He was being watched. He turned left and right looking for the person. Nothing. He swears to himself something doesn't seem right.

He looked up. A flag atop of a building, Waving as it blew with the winds. He zapped up to the building. A loud crash as he hit the top of the roof. He grabbed the flag to have a closer look at it. All black with a Red Symbol on it. Writing in white on the back of it.

"FIND ME, FOLLOW THE FLAG, HEAD WEST"

It had an arrow pointing in the direction of West. It pointed to another flag barely visible to him. He zapped over to that flag, it was the exact same. Nix dropped to the road and headed west. He didn't know why he was following it. But he felt as if it could help him.

———————-/2 Days Later/————————

Nix walked through water and forests for awhile. He began to wonder if it was even worth it. He wanted to Zap constantly but he already tried that. He's run out of energy.
He set up camp by the nearest open area he could find. He had absolutely no idea where he was anymore.

Nix sat by the campfire listening to the environment. He's taken the time to really consider what he's doing. Going back to Germany? Complete death wish. He can't just Zap in there either, It's different there. Powers are banned unless you have special permission like Construction Workers, Police, Militia ect.
They have Belgium on lockdown. Instant death penalty if caught using unregistered powers.

While thinking about it all he was staring at the trees. He suddenly noticed a carving in the tree.
It was the symbol he had found in Cairns. He was close. He packed up shop and pulled out his compass, heading west in search for whoever wanted him.

He finally reached an opening from the forest. A settlement by the lake, trees chopped down to create walls for safety. The symbol spray painted on the wooden walls.
A watchtower peered over every side of the walls. The guard on duty on the east side of the wall spotted him. He wore the symbol across his chest. He was armed with a sniper and had a decent amount of armour.
"These people aren't all old" Nix thought to himself.
The guard radio's in to report Nix's arrival. Nix could barely hear what he was saying

???: Sir I've spotted someone exiting the forest on the east side. Requesting Orders.

The guard looked up to the massive tower made out of wood and brick. He could see the outline of someone on the balcony. They stood there for a few seconds, then went back inside.

The guard got orders from the radio.
The guard looked down and nodded towards Nix, he looked down behind the wall and nodded towards them, the wooden wall suddenly opened up and Nix was met with two guards wearing the same Symbol on their chest. They had rifles but they were holstered.

???: Goodmorning sir. We are Redwatch, You've been expected in the watchtower, Welcome to Lakeside.

Nix nodded and was escorted inside. The first thing he noticed as the walls closed behind him is the sense of calm, the sense of order, it was nothing like Newlatten, nothing like Germany, people actually took care of each other here. Peacefulness. He saw kids running around in their safe haven, some even waved at him, he could only wave back with a smile.
He entered the watchtower heading straight to the top. He entered what seemed like an office. A clear view over the entire village. A man sat down in a chair watching down on his civilisation.