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"I got a plan," the commander said, pointing to a small vent beside a bookshelf.
"Yeah, we might be able to fit through," Jules confirms, before getting a drill out and slowly hovering toward the vent. The others follow, keeping their backs on each other and using the Nerf weapons to push back the zombies. The zombies were dense, but they needed to store time by just deflecting the zombies, even a few seconds would stop them from becoming those munchies. Jules drills the screws one by one as fast as she can. Luxury opened the small shoulder bag she found in the warehouse, revealing the heads of the small plants, which started to shoot too.
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But what could you expect, NYC is very dense and crowded. To the point that even the flame pea shooter was useless. The plants were getting exhausted, they forgot to feed them water the first thing they arrived. More and more of them are approaching, circling the library. They seem stronger, a lot stronger than the ones they met in school. Bob soon realized this, but just as Ethan told him, there was no time to think right now, so he just focused on grinding those darn green flesh eaters using his toy Assault Rifle.
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“Hurry up!” Luxury screams Jules, before closing the bag where the tired plants were in. Noticing her actions, Charlotte compromised in front of Luxury, kicking and shooting the zombies.
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“Give me three seconds!” Jules yelled while getting the drill out of one and putting it in the last screw. In a flash, the drill started spinning along with making construction noises.
“Idonthinwehaveeventwosecondsnow!” Ethan shouted with very fast words that you can’t really understand. The zombies were towering over them, and Bob was using his gun to stop the zombies from coming with all his might like a barricade, as they were too close to fire now. Besides, they’re running low on bullets.
“Done!” Jules shouted, before flinging off the metal just over to the towering zombies, nearly hitting Ethan, who was at the very front lines.
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“GO!” Chloe shouted, holding back the zombies. Bob threw his gun at the closest zombie which pushed it away for a small distance. He quickly crawled into the vent, following Charlotte and Jules.
“You two follow me quickly okay!” Chloe spoke firmly and crawled in behind Bob without looking back.
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Everyone has gone into the vent, he is the only one left trying to stop the zombies. After making sure the Luxury was crawling in, he pushed the zombies one final time before turning and crawling. ZZZZZ! It has happened. Ethan felt a pain in his leg, like teeth were being pierced into it. He looked down and saw the zombies’ final attack, that darn zombie bit his leg. He pulled the leg up and kicked it, despite the lack of space, and carried on crawling. Wondering what all the noise is about, Luxury twists her head back a bit and finds Ethan following right behind her.
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Ethan pushes Luxury in indication to go in, so she does after a millisecond of hesitation. Once she was fully in, she checked if Ethan was still behind her back.
“Keep going quickly!” Ethan tells her. When she wasn’t looking at him, he covered a bite mark that was on his leg by tearing off a small part of the new shirt that was now covered in dust and dirt and tying it to the wound.
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I will tell them when we get to temporary safety, I will tell them to kill me if we ever get to the point it's necessary. The mark was bleeding rapidly, leaving a trail of red in the vent, as he crawled behind the team, feeling hesitant and unsure. He tears out another piece of cloth from the other sleeve of the shirt and ties it to cover the red cloth that was covering the bite mark. This time, it stopped, but inside, Ethan was still feeling uncertain and scared, not to mention the pain of something biting a piece of flesh off him.
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After a while, they finally reached the exit, which led them to the outside, where everything was in chaos. Helicopters and jets were flying all over the place, attacking and dropping small bombs. What used to be a beautiful sunset turned into this cloudy and dark foggy night. Screaming was heard from all over the place, and panic spread like wildfire, it was everyone for themselves. People were all over the place, trying to seek shelter and running to hopefully find safety, while some others got their own weapons and fought back instead of running away to defend their homeland.
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Bob wanted to help them, he really did. Ethan, who seems to be somehow reading Bob’s thoughts stops Bob from thinking too much and feeling depressed.
“Let’s mind our own business first, where are we going now?” Ethan questioned.
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Jules got to her phone.
“It's no time to be playing on your phone right now Jules!” Chloe said. Jules flicked through for a few seconds before saying: “Port, Norman wants us to meet at the port, He was with Elijah and the others.”
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Steven was running alongside Norman, trying to get out of the underground back towards the main ground to find a signal to contact The others. They were underground purchasing and changing their rotten clothes, and then the phones of the people from all directions rang in an emergency.
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They ran up the stairs, instead of taking an elevator, because many people were trying to squeeze in the elevator as they probably forgot that fire exits are here for a reason. There were only a few people who were running in front of them, as they drifted from left to right, overtaking them, until they finally reached the ground floor.
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Zombies were all over the place, biting and slowly infecting everyone. So, they run. Despite the pain in his leg, he ran, as fast as he could with Norman. I can’t die like that, not until I make sure everything is back to normal and everyone is safe. Norman looks at Steven and for once, realizes how tough these kids are.
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They were back to the entrance, and Steven once again saw the silver blue shining katana, only this time the label had come out and the glass was broken apart, leaving small sharp pieces of glass all over the floor. The store’s light was the only thing that separated everything from the darkness of the streets, as dense clouds hovered over them, signalling the end of safety.
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“Wait,” Steven says and runs over to the store to pick up the abandoned Katanna. Norman stops and turns toward a small isolated corner, as he grabs out his phone. Perfect timing, Jules was calling over from the other side, and he picked it up.
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Steven grabs the katana in amazement, the blade was nicely cut out without a single scratch; he had wanted one of these in the past. He pulled out the shining sword of emblems. It would be logical to take one of these, it is not too sharp, so it can attack zombies, therefore it might be useful judging that I don’t have my shotgun that I lost during the crash. He pulled off the sheath of it and tied it to his backpack. With a little grin, he taunted the zombies and said ‘Come and get me’ and the zombies threw themselves at him. He swung the katana at the zombies, straight at their necks. Heads flew and bodies fell, his senses felt a presence behind him and he swung the katana backwards, killing the sneak attackers. He was ruthlessly finishing off the wave of zombies and in no time, they slowly disappeared from existence. He grips the katana surprisingly tight despite the sweat on his palms. It is surprisingly empty now, the zombies must’ve moved toward the east to find more people to feed on.
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In the distance, something came approaching, fast. Steven placed his sword out and held it tightly, unable to know for certain if it was a friendly or a foe. Steven shook a little, but not too much that makes it seem obvious. I mean, who isn’t scared of the unknown?
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Norman stares at the figure, no, many figures get larger and larger as he places the phone by his right ear. Using his other hand, he slowly grabbed the rifle that was placed behind him in his backpack. Just grabbed it though, and didn’t take it out. Just in case it’s a foe.
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Well, it’s not. Elijah appeared first to be standing on what looked like a modified E-scooter that had a Nerf gun attached to it at the front. He was followed by Xander, Noah, Jimmy, and Liam, each having their own modified E-scooter. Norman realized and released his hand from the gun.
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“They’re with me, Elijah, and the others,” Norman spoke over the phone and later hung up. Steven loosens the grip on his Katana and welcomes them.
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“Thank god you guys are alright,” Elijah smiles and hops off his electric scooter. How in the world did they get this? Steven was shocked, and Elijah quickly caught on.
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“Uhh well you are probably wondering about this, but well you see, it's a funny story….” Elijah was quickly interrupted by Norman, who seemed to have something urgent to say.
“Let’s get to the port. It is no longer safe here, or anywhere. You fellas are coming with us to the middle-east, to find a solution to this ongoing problem. You guys are coming with us to take a ship into the Underneath and put a stop to this whole mess,” Norman said assertively and started to walk west, where the port is. Steven can see a figure of the port at a distance despite the fog and concludes that it is not that far. Steven walks alongside Norman but is stopped by Elijah.
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“One of you can hop behind me and one of you can hop behind Jimmy, I think that it is more efficient,” Elijah spoke calmly.
“Norman, you can hop on with me if you want, my E-scooter is slightly bigger than theirs,” Jimmy told Norman in a voice that made it seem like he was fine with it but basically his mind was still swearing every word known to mankind. Norman’s mind presses its pause, something ain’t right button. It happened, a step for reconnection. He was overjoyed, beyond happiness and he was out of this world, heck even this universe, but he smiled at him. He talked to me in a normal conversation without trying to attack our past. I guess this is progress.
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“Sure.” Norman agreed and stood behind him on the E-scooter. Steven hoped on too, and they were ready to head towards the port.
“Hold on tight!” Elijah said as he wore a pair of sunglasses he found in a $2 store. If you know Elijah well, you would know in this situation, the drift king is back bois.
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The motors were roaring, wrists were stretching, Eggman’s still eating. Elijah took a deep breath, “3, 2, 1, GO!”. ZOOM, went Elijah as he broke through the doors, shattering them, thousands of pieces of glass scattering. In an instant, all their heads were being tugged by all that wind resistance. However, it wasn’t over, speed increased as he leaned in for a jump of his life. The wheel marks started to make sparks and black trails were left. Then, there it was, just before a crowd of zombies, there was a sharp ramp. A sneaky grin grew on his face, but everyone knew what that would mean, and it wasn’t going to be pleasant. They were launched into the air, flying epicly over all the hungry green lads at the bottom. “Pose for the camera, guys!” But many were simply just trying not to fall off the scooter.
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They drifted past tens of abandoned buildings. There were still some zombies lurking around the streets, but they had no time to fight these small fries, they need to get to the spawn point, they need to find a cure, they need to save humanity, and in order to do those, they need to get to Underneath. So they just ignored them and drove faster. Going at 60 km/h, even the fast zombies can’t keep up with them, let alone the slow ones. Steven was grabbing onto Elijah tightly, as the air resistance constantly blew past them. “CCAAAAALLLLLMMMMM DOOOOOWWWWNNNN EEELLLIIIJJAAHHH!” Liam exclaimed.
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In less than five minutes, they arrived at the port, where the commander was waiting for them. Steven noticed that she is the only one there. So he hopped off the electric scooter and questioned her about the existence of other people. His questions were answered almost instantly, but not by her.
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“Found a ship! It's the only one!” Jules yelled from across the dock. Steven turned right and saw some light that was just lit up; he could see a ship, a massive ship. Big enough to fit all of them and all other stuff like supplies. Ethan was waving at them from the ship.
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While waving, Ethan’s cloth came off, revealing a horrible-looking bite that blood was slowly coming out of, the skin surrounding the wound had turned into a disgusting green colour. Ethan looked over to where Steven and the others were and was relieved for a second, as they were too far away to see such a detail. He bent down to grab the fallen cloth and tied it around the wound. “OH CRAP!” oh no… Once he got up, he noticed Xander, looking at the wound in dire shock. He turns towards Ethan from the wound, eyes wider than his stomach, covering his mouth with an awe expression as he backs away slowly.
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Luxury approaches from behind Xander.
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“What’s wrong?” She questions. Xander realizes her behind and returns to normal.
“It's nothing. Ethan just showed me a magic trick” Xander says while looking at Ethan, his expression contrasting his feelings. Ethan had been bitten. He is going to turn into a zombie. No one can know yet, we can’t let everyone go into a panic. I know that he has a plan. I trust him. No, I need to trust him, I can’t let Luxury worry too.
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“We will talk about this later.” Xander finishes and walks back to the front to welcome the rest with his mind filled with thoughts. Thanks, Xander. Thanks for keeping it a secret for now. Maybe you're a good fella.Ethan forces and smiles and approaches Luxury.
“Let’s go and discuss what to do for now that everyone is here.” He said and led the way with Luxury following him.
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“Okay, let’s split up to find the key. Norman, you, Jules, and Steven can remain in the boat and try to understand how to drive it. Since Steven's legs are injured too and can’t really help us as it requires walking. Luxury and Ethan, you two can go to search at the small office over there,” Chloe points to the small doubled-story building. Steven suffers emotionally for a second, only a second as he must admit; he can’t do much with an injured leg, so he should focus on a quick recovery. Ethan interrupts, which is unlike him.
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“Xander can come with us,” Ethan said assertively. Luxury looked over at Ethan with a flat face and eyes twitching, basically, an expression that said “What in the sussy among us did you just say?” Xander agreed almost immediately, leaving Luxury more confused than ever. They look at the two in curiosity; it is too unlike them, even Norman, Chloe, and Jules who had just known him for more than 8 hours, knew that something was off. But what can you say? People can change even if it is the two most likely people to start a nuclear war against each other.
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“Okay. Elijah, Noah, Liam, and Jimmy you guys go around the ship through the rooms to see if you can find the key, and finally, Bob and Charlotte, you two help me with supplies.” The commander finishes off, and they head to work.
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Bob looks at the modified E-scooter and is very impressed.
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“Wow, tape does fix everything.” He feels the tape for a while, before getting on it. Charlotte and Chloe each got one too, and they went towards a store in front of the dock, which was less than a minute away from them.
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Xander, Ethan, and Luxury got into the building and switched on the lights. The couches and tables seem uninterrupted by what’s outside and are still in perfect condition. Xander looks right and notices a small room with some keys hanging on the wall.
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“Luxury, you go and check if one of those keys is for our ship. Remember, it is the one with a number that is 0317.” Ethan told Luxury, after realizing what Xander was thinking and looking at. Realizing the room, Luxury enters it without hesitation, leaving the two of them in the isolated room alone.
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Once Xander makes sure that Luxury is gone, he questions and has that conversation with Ethan.
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“What was that!” Xander’s horrifying expression came back. He is scared out of his pants, feeling uncertain and unpalatable for what’s to come.
“I got bit while trying to escape through the vent with the others. Thanks for keeping it a secret.” Ethan thanks.
“I won’t keep it a secret for long, so what are you going to do?” Xander asks while being scared deep down for the answer.
“Kill me when I run wild, kill me when I turn into one of them.”
“What about the obsidian? Can’t it save you?” Xander points at the obsidian that Ethan is wearing.
“I don’t think it can save me from becoming a zombie. Besides, it is too risky as we can’t find any information on it while in the library. I would rather someone else have it to save humanity.” Xander has nothing to say about that but feels horrible. Despite that he dislikes Ethan, he is still a friend who hangs out with him every day at break and doesn’t want him to die; especially die in his hands.
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“Found it!” Luxury walks towards them in joy, holding the key high in her hands like a hard-earned medal.
“Good, now let’s return to the ship and tell everyone,” Xander says, and they start walking a step.
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Just a single step, before cracking sounds were starting to be heard from Ethan.
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Xander takes a step back, pushing Luxury back along with him. One of Ethan’s feet twisted backwards, and Luxury gasped. Xander knew what this meant, even with feelings of worry and pressure, it was now or never. So goes nothing….
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“He … He got bit,” Xander sorrowfully said. Luxury, upon hearing the news, pupils are smaller than a spectacle of dust, and tears start rolling down her cheeks. “No…E-man..” She holds close to Xander, who looks at Ethan in feelings of despair, a great friend and an epic roast opponent, turning slowly into a zombie, soon they might need to kill him. Those thoughts made his heart race faster than a horse race.
Another crack and Ethan was holding onto a pole. He coughed out blood and he said, in his breaking voice “Q-quick, w-warn the others, I-i’m so sorry.”
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Then for the first time in all history, a bulb of water left Xander’s eye, and another, and then another, one by one. His cheeks were as red as a rose while he took slow, deep breaths.
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Luxury sobs and moves closer to Xander, as they watch as their friend slowly loses himself. “It can’t be, what about the obsidian…”
“I-it might not work, it’s too- it’s too risky-” He coughs out some more blood. His arms start to turn green as he yelps in pain. It won’t be long.
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“D-do what you must, f-for the group” Ethan stammers, he looks at Xander with eyes glimmering with his final hopes, “W-warn them, k-kill me”. Ethan’s eyes started to close, he was at his limit. Xander takes a step forward and reaches out for him. The pain of losing a loved one, it crushes your soul. Losing tens of them, your soul is broken in half. The journey leading here was filling him with pain and sorrow as he watched them, one by one, sacrificing and dying, it was unbearable. It was unbearable even for Xander.
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Ethan wobbles a bit, his will being drained slowly. His legs crack once more, and he falls to the ground.
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“NO!” Xander shouts, barely lifting himself up before running straight to him and trying to help him delicately.
“Don’t die! Don’t you dare die on me! Stay strong Ethan! I’m so sorry for everything horrible I did to you. We’ll save you somehow. Just don’t di-"
"H-Hey, hey, d-don’t be sorry, t-those were some good times, t-thanks man….” Ethan says, his dying voice fading slowly. It was hopeless, and Xander knew it too, Ethan wasn’t saveable, he couldn’t do anything about it. All he can do is watch, as his friend slowly turns into a mindless being. Luxury, as she saw this situation unfold, that glint of hope disappeared and she fell to her knees with Xander nearby, tears making puddles on the ground. “X-Xander, c-can you do me, o-one l-last f-favour?” Ethan said with a weakened smile as he slowly gave in to the infection. Xander, trying to hold in his tears, nodded once, reassuringly. It was enough. He used his now green hand to take off his family heirloom and the obsidian plops on the ground. “T-take it…”
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With no hesitation, Xander takes the obsidian necklace. He looks at it; its dark colour shines into his eyes contrasting its surprisingly smooth texture. It was the last piece of Ethan left, the last of his hope. He closed his palm, he will hold it, hold it on until the end, hold it on until it’s over… He looks at his friend, as the last of him starts to turn green. He gathered his tears and placed his hand on his hair. As he whispered in his green ear.
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“Thanks, E-man.” He smiles with wet eyes.
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Ethan smiled at him, he felt no pain for a second, just inner warmth. He called me E-man.
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“Thanks for calling me E-ma-”
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His whole body turned a full 360 around, realizing that Xander wouldn’t kill him, he knew what he had to say. He gathered all this remaining strength and shouted like the king of the jungle itself.
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“GO!”
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Xander and Luxury immediately got to their feet. Luxury promised from the bottom of her heartbroken soul, that she is determined to find a cure. And off they went.
As they ran, Xander heard his name being called one more time. Whispers from his soul heard Ethan’s voice…
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Xander turned around, after pushing Luxury out to the front of the building.
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“Xans … t-take good care of her.”
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Xander looked at him, saluted with a serious face trying to assure Ethan, and said “I won’t let you down” and off he went.
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And that was the end, the E-man was gone…
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Ethan runs towards the wall with his last piece of mind to possibly stun himself to give them more time to run
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They weren’t looking back, just running forward.
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“What’s going on?” Bob was in front of the two, who were just running without looking back.
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Bob’s face was just filled with complete confusion but quickly caught up to the situation. Xander pulled Bob and Bob nearly tripped, but quickly got back on the pace and ran with them full of regrets.I should have helped him. I should’ve listened to the book and been careful.
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Cause Ethan is truly gone this time
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Luxury waves the key as they ran and they ran on the boat. Everyone else stopped what they were doing and ran up the ship. Norman grabbed the keys and twisted them. In one instance, the ship came alive.
“Yes!” Norman cheered.
“Where’s Ethan?” Steven realizes his disappearance. Hearing his name, Luxury cries again, and Xander tries to calm her down.
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No.
It can’t be.
No way he is.
No way he is truly gone this time.
No way that someone else.
No way that someone else has sacrificed.
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“Let’s go.” Norman sighs, and the ship starts to move away from the dock.
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Chloe looks at the teenagers and this time, actually admits that Jules was right in her thoughts, they were not kids anymore, they had been through too much to call them that; loved ones were dead, and the whole world was on the brink of collapse. They were not kids, they were not adults, they were soldiers. Soldiers who survived when most people couldn’t, Soldiers who saw blood and saw the weight of death. Soldiers who went through too much to be considered kids. They earned my respect.
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Steven looks out the back window and there he sees it. It is now a reality. On the dock, a figure appeared. And it shattered Steven’s heart into a thousand pieces. He looked at the figure, as he placed his hand on the window, as a final goodbye, to his good friend.
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Ethan, walking out, as a zombie
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They were now awake after a bad night’s sleep, with Norman and Jules taking turns operating the ship throughout the night.
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It was 7 in the morning according to the watch, but the sky tells them otherwise. It was even more dark and foggy than previously, probably because they were closer now. They looked out the window and they saw a light. A beacon… A shining blue ray was pointed up toward the sky. A light so bright that they can see from such a great distance. It seemed to be generating the clouds.
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Flying creatures were above the clouds, and Norman quickly shut off the light of the ship.
“So they won’t see us,” Norman says, before taking over the wooden steering. Bob realizes now, a question that he was asking earlier had been answered. So that’s how they got into the continent of North America despite the strong trench of deep water that surrounds it.
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In no time, they’re right in front of it. They were in front of the mess. They were standing on the ship alive right in front of the sources of all destruction. Seeing the creatures lurk out of the hole allows them to confirm everything. They know what the existence of this means. They have finally made it this far, they have barely survived the unsurvivable, but most importantly, they have made it this far alive.
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They survived the first wave of zombies from Underneath
They found a safe place to prepare, The Hide
They have survived and Breached
They went Out The Gate
They made it To America
They made it past the CDC
They Did Indeed Thrive
They went to the door of danger and Knocked On The Door
They have done it all…
It is of course Underneath.
It is underneath that caused this whole chaos…
And the final Arc had begun.
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