E-4

Chapter 24

It has been 7 weeks and I'm finally in good condition.
Whether you like it or not.
We have figured out that there are three holes. One directly southward, one North East and one North West.
Together, B-4 and I have figured out that the one North East one has a control panel, due to many variables.
The last few weeks have been all about gathering supplies and training.
I only joined in a few days ago, yet we're going tonight.
Thank you D.N.A enhancement!
We're standing at the door quietly waiting for the sun to sink below the horizon.
"Do you think we'll ever come back here?" C-4 breaks the silence.
We collectively turn around and look at the home we had used for the past 7-8 weeks.
It may not be much, but I've grown attached to it. Like an old friend.
"No." D-4 looks around.
One by one we turn back around. The sun seems to crawl it's way down to slowly.
I vaguely remember the promise I made to them and now seems the time.
"In the darkness, when the light is gone.
When the moon reveals your scars,"
They all turn to me slowly.
"When you can't seem to move anymore.
Slowly reach out your hand.

When you seem to crumble down.
And the men that surround you are gone.
When your light is fading quickly away.
Slowly, slowly, reach out your hand.

The cry of death in form of a song.
The emotion that moves everyone along.
When you can't seem to find your way,
Brothers, sisters, reach out your hand,
Brothers, sisters, reach out for me."
Their voices raise to join mine in recognition of the song.
"Brothers and sisters, the day will come.
Brothers and sisters, you will fight with me.
The cry of war in form of a song,
The courage that moves us along,
The freedom that we will receive,
The feeling to know that we won't leave.
If you fall with me.
We will go down.
But we will be free."
The sun disappears and the stars come out.
We're ready to go and we grin at each other as we run out into the night.
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We move as a pack semi-silently through the abandoned town, avoiding all other life.
We get closer and closer the our destination with every step.
I'm leading the pack alongside A-4 with signals and whispers.
Somehow we made it to the hole without any distractions at all, we didn't even see one.
"The hole is in sight" I whisper.
They all nod and I signal for them to move forward.
One by one, we slide down into the dark depths of the hole.
"T5antbaoantwao"
A nod comes from B-4 as he taps on the panel to open the door.
A red light flashes.
"It's the wrong password!" C-4 yells.
"We know C-4! Shut up!" D-4 says, annoyed.
B-4 thinks a while and suddenly taps on the keyboard really fast.
A green light flashes.
"I didn't think that'd work.." He says slightly surprised.
"What did you type?" I ask curiously.
He glances at me.
"Nothing of importance." The door opens.
And they're all there.
Every monster that wasn't there before.
They somehow knew we were coming.
And they run forward.
They all run away, yet I stay to fight. We have to shut it down. We have to.
I focus as I attempt to shoot down all of them, stab them. Whatever I have to do to kill them.
The others, the cowards, are long gone.
Soon I fight to the back of the room.

There's nothing there.