Together We Level Up

Chapter 5: Prologue part 5

" Mom... Dad... Oh god... If only I.."

A person sitting on the floor of a train compartment was muttering these words while crying. Every person inside the train has the same hopeless look on their face.

Seeing his friend in such pain, Diablo, a boy of around 20 years of age, puts his hands on his friend's shoulders and gives him a gentle smile.

" It's fine... They'd be happy that at least their beloved son has escaped to safety...

It wasn't your fault... Everyone here is going through the same thing, but we mustn't lose hope. I hear that there are also people who can fight them..."

Listening to these words, although the crying didn't stop, the guy found some amount of courage forming within him. That dreadful feeling of hopelessness slowly decreasing as he saw with his own eyes how some of his friends and acquaintances gained newfound powers and banded together to fight the monsters which came to ravage their home. But then, he also recalled the moments, when most of those people met their horrifying ends at the hands of those same monsters... And again burst into tears.

Diablo knowing the pain of his friend, as he too witnessed what had happened continued to give his support.

' Today, it may be our loss... But soon enough we'll unite and defeat those invaders and avenge the fallen.'

" We'll win."

He said with a determined look on his face.

He had moved to London for his college education 2 years ago. But when the attack happened, hundreds of thousands of refugees had to be moved to the neighboring countries. Diablo along with his friend, was lucky enough to be able to pick a flight to Rome, the city they grew up in.

From Rome, the people boarded trains to Bari, which was on the opposite coast. From there, they went to Greece... The main goal being to get as far away as possible. The first gate appeared in London, then one in Scotland, the next in Paris. And out of the blue people started developing powers, many used those powers run away and save the lives of their own along with their loved ones while most chose to fight. This act of selflessness bought time for those without said powers.

Now traveling across Greece to get to Turkey, people on board felt a sense of relief.

" By tomorrow morning, we will be having breakfast in Turkey with a butt load of beer."

Hearing Diablo say this, his friend gave a smile as the further they got from the gates the more hope filled his soul. But as the saying goes, it was just the silence before the storm.

After around two hours of crossing the border and getting into Turkey.

'BOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!'

Suddenly an explosion goes off in one of the coaches in the front. The next few coaches get toppled and fall off the tracks. As Diablo's coach is more towards the rear, it doesn't get too damaged but it comes to an abrupt stop. All the people who were standing due to not being able to get a seat fell to the floor due to the inertia of the train... Many got injured... And even the ones sitting down hit the seat in front of them... Suddenly,