Several models of firearms were laid disorganized on the shelf. The young man with amber eyes surveyed them from left to right. One of his hands picked up one, took a closer look, and left it. He continued this ritual again and again until he found the model that suited him. The new selected model had the larger gun barrel and better function than the old one he had carried. Another hand held a piece of bread that contained no taste. He was eating and choosing weapons at the same time, heartless. Looking at the one who still lay down lazily but looked at him, he said, “If we exploit our energy like yesterday, we have to waste a longer time for resting.” Ben threw a new gun on Alex’s laps. But the dark-hair man received it professionally. “If a few appear, we’d better use gun.”copyright protection136PENANAFtBqJlh1a1
Alex sat down squeezing his eyes. “Why they talk so seriously?” Gestured him to Alexis’ group. They were discussing something with the dreamy Becky and all looked uneasy.copyright protection136PENANAUGhXPw6Uah
“Go ask them.”copyright protection136PENANAeD5HP6VR4j
The tall young man crept out of the bed made of a large pile of clothes, in his slow movement. “What did you talk with them yesterday?”copyright protection136PENANAyEkYuq1nWe
“Thought you sleep.”copyright protection136PENANAe45PIWKlJW
“Yeah, so sleepy. I was afraid it’ll be a long talk. I want to sleep but it doesn’t mean I don’t wanna know.”copyright protection136PENANAnbmJD0NCzt
Ben put the magazines into the bags more than the first time. In spite of the full night sleep that regained his energy, he had to think of the worst chance that they might be able to stop at the safe zone again. He did not like to be at bay and without special ability like the others. The worst situation was if he lost the power and trapped by killer robots and starving zombies, it was the doom day. He had never thought of the advantage of his superiority until today.copyright protection136PENANArzCtO3HGH1
“Bambi had an interesting idea about this experiment. She thinks they attempt to arouse something inside us.” Alex cocked an eye brow so Ben explained what Alexis was thinking in the full version.copyright protection136PENANADPVAnqfkpm
“Really interesting,” Alex hugged himself nodding up and down. Ben wondered if he meant he interested in Bambi’s idea or Bambi herself. “Stimulation to unlock…now, let’s see Rami the genius, what his power will be.”copyright protection136PENANAYZJxEVRZGN
The hand that almost reached to the water bottle abruptly paused in the air. “What?” Ben had not observed the others. “Rami?”copyright protection136PENANA2D86UKm6Yh
Alex nodded again to confirm his word. Those dark eyes had no sign of dreaming and he had not smoked yet as they arrived here, he sought a place to sleep right away and after that, he mentioned a new Risk? “He acts queer. Maybe he doesn’t realize it yet?”copyright protection136PENANA5HdRcwcErK
He glanced at the sixteen-year-old boy who was the senior student at a college like them. Behind the circle shaped glass, Rami seemed to lack sleep. And he spoke to none which was weird. Even though he was stick with Becky like brother-sister, this boy loved to chat with other people. But this time, it was Becky who was talking.copyright protection136PENANA7SoCAxrn0w
Their eyes met, a knowing sight for Alex and Ben, so he threw the backpack to his friend, “help me arrange my thing. Have to do the journalist job.” Walking towards the boy, he saw Rami arranging his stuff with brows knotting to each other. He did not even know that a friend was standing beside him.copyright protection136PENANAgOABSOka56
“I don’t know what I’ve done. Like I want to do it!”copyright protection136PENANARJ5J4KUzSW
“How possible?”copyright protection136PENANABHlkPwIWX6
“But everything she told us is what I dreamed.”copyright protection136PENANAu9QVPVCHum
Play fortunetelling? He moved his head in denial, having zero interesting in the conservation among teenagers from San Bosa and the insane Becky.copyright protection136PENANATDaSzBapu0
“Hey,” he greeted the boy.copyright protection136PENANAjZcnMDRR5a
Rami looked up and when he saw Ben, “hey.”copyright protection136PENANAw5aCrsWamY
“Not bright today?”copyright protection136PENANAIMWBfg3DF6
The boy looked around before giving him the answer with eyes of indifference. “Do you think we can laugh after facing those things?” Then jerking his head to Becky and Alexis, Rami continued, “Hear what they’re talking? Becky just entered Alexis’ dream.”copyright protection136PENANAa9WPDWTEja
He stared at him before releasing a smile and a soft laughter. “Do you believe it?” A short menacing glance, Alexis gave it to him which implied that she could hear them talking. He raised a brow to irritate her.copyright protection136PENANACkxbssQpZL
The boy with glasses shook his head but eyed on him disapprovingly. “You’re not the kind of people who believe it but Becky can tell what Alexis dreamed. I listened from the start. Well, not believed it at first but now, I hesitate.”copyright protection136PENANAqdhQp1yHqm
So Ben intruded to the circle. “Any news?”copyright protection136PENANArKNqLi6x3k
“You don’t want to listen,” Alexis cut off. “Let’s prepare. Noel and his sisters are waiting for us.” And they separated so he returned to Rami and shrugged.copyright protection136PENANAXAKxrdiFcy
“Let’s wait ‘till Becky gets into your dream.” Ben laughed. The little red head would not like to see my dream because she would see only a dead body of a woman in the sea. But as he rethought, he did not want anybody joined the dream. The only important reason was he wanted to stay with Nat alone and it was the only time he could. And if Becky could do that, what was the usefulness of her power? He picked up the word “suck” to describe the advantage of this ability when it was incapable of increasing the survival rate.copyright protection136PENANAfHstlG6fvN
“I want to know more about you. What are you?”copyright protection136PENANASKyxzuNZwE
Rami drew back. “What’re you saying?”copyright protection136PENANA8sAqYJXLAA
The older narrowed his eyes with a smirk as if he knew everything. “Not a scary thing. I count these people as gifted. Tell me. What’s your power?” He pointed to Alex who gave him a middle finger in return.copyright protection136PENANAUxknjNFjB6
“That jerk wasn’t born gifted.”copyright protection136PENANAQIp80jFRTY
The boy hesitated. It seemed like he did not assure to tell him but in the end, he revealed it. “Yesterday, I…” He squeezed his hands. “I listened to you and Alexis talking.”copyright protection136PENANAEjutKGfEUY
“And?”copyright protection136PENANAtBs5DYR2oZ
“Did you feel it? Did you feel…it’s strange…something strange inside of you?” He nodded. Certainly, it had never felt it but because of the experience with Alex, it could be regarded as truth. “I didn’t notice it until yesterday when I protected Becky from the robots, I was sure the bullets got me. I th0ught it’s the end. I was going to die and…”copyright protection136PENANAsZBK7tFlzb
“Imagined it?”copyright protection136PENANAoTQ2IRUZn1
Rami took of the outer wear and showed him his back. Ben drew back when seeing a lot of bullets traces on the fabric but his skin had not been harmed. Ben just realized Rami go no bruiser neither slight wound as souvenirs, but…, “No one sees it? Even Becky?”copyright protection136PENANA3SGQqnbNbe
He shook his head, turning to face him, and wore the outer shirt. “No. As we’re here, I find this jacket to cover it.”copyright protection136PENANAolpjfXCWXa
“This is the first time?”copyright protection136PENANAhvF6eN7U1l
The boy nodded. “Yes, before that, I don’t feel it, No idea. During the time we stayed in the dorm, I stumbled and fell. My knee got small bruises.” Then he lowered the volume of his voice. “Don’t tell anyone. I don’t want to be used as a shield…What!”copyright protection136PENANAESdSQFPBBQ
The sudden siren resonated through the speakers on the ceiling above. He just saw them. The dirty white light in the room turned to red and it blinked several times before everything resumed to the same old situation…silence. He met Alex’s eyes from across the room. At the same time, his hand reached to grab the nearest gun in preparation. What the hell would emerge here?copyright protection136PENANAkm4ijJyCdR
Without expectation, only someone cleared the throat through the microphone and he said, “Hello?”copyright protection136PENANA41RVTR7PV7
Announcement?copyright protection136PENANA5SZk4vji0a
“Hey, it’s not twenty-four hours but we lost almost half of the samples (“the samples?” Ben mumbled.) Don’t lose heart. The exit may be far from here but not too far to reach out. If you all make haste, be more careful, maybe all the survivors will get to the exit. To give you some encouragement, we have installed ten privilege port in ten locations. This is the best offer to all of you. The express transport to the exit. Oh! Don’t forget that it will activate for only one passenger. Who is the lucky one? Find the port before the others and get your butt out of here. So! Don’t be a slow runner. We hope to see you guys soon. Good luck!”copyright protection136PENANA5erWreIAga
He left a microphone drop and the sound cut off. The news about the transport port revitalized the depressed atmosphere.copyright protection136PENANARzJ8X93bqq
“That moonhead,” Ben muttered, recognized this voice.copyright protection136PENANABoGFoHd8EM
“We must search for it before anyone uses it,” a boy said.copyright protection136PENANAGzbkn5VabY
A smirk appeared on Ben’s face, satirized his thinking.copyright protection136PENANAgUc4Qy6U7P
“It’s the trap,” Noel objected.copyright protection136PENANA1gjhu5OlpT
“Why?”copyright protection136PENANAfVUSPsJhXT
“One passenger per one use. There are only ten and where are they? The forth zone? We’ll waste our time to search for it.”copyright protection136PENANA92WcOJsh3o
And if ten people fine one, we kill each other. Noel did not overact. Ben hit Rami’s back softly and separated from him. Once he returned, Alex had prepared all the stuff.copyright protection136PENANANvH5jL1mzz
“He has hardening skin,” he summarized. Alex made a wow. “That’s great.” Ben carried the backpack, unlocked the safety on the gun; he was ready to go. “Bambi’s theory seems to be more reasonable now.”copyright protection136PENANAz49t0uDXRr
Alex said nothing but laughed through his throat.copyright protection136PENANAmVAlCogjiN
**********copyright protection136PENANAElFjuExfPf
Six o’clock in the morning. They got out of the safe zone. The stairway connected two floors together so they were walking without any harms until they stepped out of the safe zone area or the glass door, they started to be more careful. The environment on this floor was similar to the lower floor, including the creepy ambiance made by unstoppable blinking neon lights, disorganized tables, and chairs, or unusable computers because they were only the properties for the scene. Regardless, one that was different from the first time they entered here was themselves. Everyone was always alert. The thing he did not like was Noel…No, he did not mean the man. He meant that giant body that blocked the view from afar. Only Alex was tall enough to see through but the only who gave us notice was Noel. Along the way, a girl next to him kept crying. Her friend died. Tessa’s brother killed the girl. It accounted for mercy killing. Still better that she did not weep or mourn but quietly cried so the sound did not bother him that much.copyright protection136PENANAlC9MWzU9ER
The more he walked, the more he missed the old lifestyle. When Julius Rosier selected him as the heir even though Ben was one of the bastards, his status could be regarded as better than those who were born in the loving family but encountered the low living quality. He had never recognized his own mother. Every time people asked about her, the father always answered, “Who remembers whore’s name?” As a result, those who misunderstood that Mr. Rosier loved him more than the other children because he loved his mother more than the others must rearrange their thought. Generally, Julius called every woman he hooked up with, “whore.” So Ben did not mind about it. And although thinking of the comfortable bed reminded him of his father’s wickedness. Admittedly, he would exchange everything to return to be Benjamin Rosier, son of a bitch and the father of casino, no matter what.copyright protection136PENANAxuEdXYiBUi
But after he slain those bloody jerks who created the experiment and those who made the nonsense laws.copyright protection136PENANAQKdqC9ifc2
The repetition of firearms resonated loudly, followed by the sound of chaos. All aimed the gun. Ben commanded Noel to kneel down but he stood still and gave the signal to find cover.copyright protection136PENANAwEpJc59iWe
“What is it? What is it coming?” he shouted.copyright protection136PENANADDXeTf82tg
“Not sure, find a cover!” copyright protection136PENANAbzEQekRomU
Alex flipped the table and made it be the temporary shelter before pulling Ben to hide with him. “I said don’t be reckless!” shouted to his ears.copyright protection136PENANA6Xyd9te3fw
They waited until the enemy came. A few second, one robot leapt and landed to the ground…no, exactly not. It was thrown. The half top body of it was still moving so when it could balance itself with the metal hands, the head part moved upwards aiming at releasing the laser but they all fired the guns to defeat it.copyright protection136PENANAcQYWgQN2bf
“Great job! If we can’t kill it with our guns, we can’t survive to the second zone.”copyright protection136PENANAzFoKaQLMWn
Ben scrutinized the dead robot. It had a slender shape and seemed to move freely, more flexible than the older ones. Without the machine gun on both arms, it weighted lighter.copyright protection136PENANARf2ESd5IgR
The sound did not disappear. They turned and waited for the others but what they saw was another robot was fighting against another thing that moved quickly unlike a human. Nonetheless, it was not quick enough to invisible to the eyes. Pow! The metal head abruptly upwards as though it got a violent punch. Pow! The head abnormally bent to the left side. And Blam! The robotic body flew and landed at the center of Ben’s group with the blinking light on its eyes aiming at his direction.copyright protection136PENANAAQb86bXfjL
“Fuck it! Why don’t you kill it at once?” He crawled down to escape the laser canon that moved past one-foot high, above his head, causing a long burning line through the wall. The girl group screamed, being scared of their turn. He stood up, raising his gun at it but someone leaped and lifted the robot then smashed it down, broke their arms like destroying a toy.copyright protection136PENANAuPaVW2Ugvq
“Silver head?”copyright protection136PENANAJoyc92LYzD
Those artificial eyes blinked again. Alex got up, opened his hand. With an instance, the shockwave attacked it to the wall and the red eyes were forever gone. Again, he saw Michael stroke the head of the enemy in one rapid powerful fist. He locked its neck and removed the head out of the body with bare hands. Throwing it on the ground, he then kicked the body to the other side.copyright protection136PENANAGosQ9YSGa1
But before he was amazed or content, Michael turned to the way he came. There, the other two robots…the gunners, all together, shot them without mercy. One leapt to attack but it instantly died in the air and fell. Gun could finish them easier than to do with the robots on the lower floor. However…copyright protection136PENANArmrxnRqbng
More ten came to rescue their heartless friends.copyright protection136PENANAsAjeunVBF3
Within one blink, the corner of his eyes caught the heart-throb tightened his backpack and prepared to run. “Fuck you, Bastard!”copyright protection136PENANAnMKS3I9iVX
He rotated the gun to that boy.copyright protection136PENANA5Cyw60uuxs
“Don’t even think about that.” His jaws shuddered. Because of this jerk, the enemies paraded. “You brought them here. Don’t try to let us face it while you leave.”copyright protection136PENANArPO92NyQ9T
Michael’s cold blue eyes glanced at him at the corner. He did not care the threatening words. The boy was about to go.copyright protection136PENANA7HJNQaxNBb
“You return to the lower floor!” Alexis shouted warning him. Michael paused. Upset, he punched the air.copyright protection136PENANAYTnkKngUgg
Ben laughed. The boy deserved that. This jerk doesn’t know the direction. But he needed this type of people to join the group. Michael’s strength and fastness would reduce Ben’s and Alex’s jobs.copyright protection136PENANAreYvHxFmTD
Alexis might hear his though again. “Fight with us and we fight with you.” The voice sounded like begging rather than persuasion.copyright protection136PENANA4u0sBvD9gV
Gnashing his teeth in rage, he, then, darted to a robot. Ben threw his gun away and confronted the pair of robots that emerged to him. This time he did not need to stop its motion. Ben crashed them, turned these metal enemies to scrapes.copyright protection136PENANAyxNwIhYfEV
“Why don’t use your gun?” Alex mentioned loudly before swiping the flock of enemies away.copyright protection136PENANART1ruHE1M9
Well.copyright protection136PENANAuJ1YbhsyUU
Regarding the increasing number of enemies, he must use the power. Even Alex dared not limit himself to the man’s weapons. Excluding Sarah, she had no time to make a show, except that Ben caught a robot and made it sat still, let she stared at it. For her, to use gun might be the better way.copyright protection136PENANAM18rF3tpPa
“Move back” Noel shouted to everyone. A lot of robots still emerged and attacked them like those zombies. The difference trait was they did not eat humans but caught them and twisted or shoot with laser like humans were toys.copyright protection136PENANApyzgZY9GuC
They stepped back for an appropriate distance. At that moment, Noel threw a bomb. Just one, all the enemies became junks at once. They lost two members and Ben hardly remembered who they were. He saw only the half-body corpses.copyright protection136PENANApEhaBmvCpC
The situation seemed to return to the normality but they did not stop being alert. Wasting the time to kill all the robots for about an hour, at least, they could continue. As though sharing the same brain, all of them spied on Michael just to make sure he did not escape. They were angry but also needed him.copyright protection136PENANAgSpJF9ZKU5
Michael, with the poker face, walked near him and Alex. Ben could not know what he was thinking. So Alex questioned him, “How many people survive in your group?”copyright protection136PENANAB6QpC31cV7
The boy shook his head and finally, he opened his mouth. It was the first time they heard he spoke. “I’m alone.”copyright protection136PENANA9frEKXknSu
Anger seemed to fade away. “Liar.” That what he said to this boy.copyright protection136PENANAtbYjvsrWYJ
He did not protest.copyright protection136PENANAJYm7RBkehK
“Why you’re all alone? Anyway, you’re…like a superman. How can you survive alone?” Tessa opened the conservation to him. “What’s your plan?”copyright protection136PENANA61OBQ5byHq
He did not answer her right away. There was a chance he caught the boy looked at the back of the girl who walked ahead of him and took all her focus on the way, Alexis.copyright protection136PENANAmtxgHcPIZk
“I want to get away from here as soon as possible but I lost my map.”copyright protection136PENANA2Mehm1hzFA
In consequence, Ben picked up the map and read it. There was one safe zone ahead before accessing the connection to the second zone. Regarding the map, he calculated the duration of travel and battling, it might take another day to reach the next zone. He checked the time on his wrist. Within four hours, he would stay in this hell for a day. Luckily, no zombies greet them. This was enough when the robots on this floor could do the job like the killing robots and zombies. It was the combination that he gave a thumb down.copyright protection136PENANAY7xsTHbgwY
“They are coming…everywhere.” Michael rumbled. All made a sudden stop. No one heard anything, even Alex whose audible sense was better than Ben. Michael bent his head a little as if focusing on tracking something. “Three minutes.”copyright protection136PENANATHmqTzzRCU
Some separated to find a shelter but most were stick together on the corridor. Michael galloped with hand aiming at his map. Ben seized it and casted the gun to opponent’s handsome face. The silver head could avoid it and the gun landed on Ben’s hand like a tame pet. He cursed the boy. Suddenly, the metal sound started signaled them. No one paid interest to him and Michael anymore.copyright protection136PENANAYRrDyb0K1D
The ambers eyes stopped paying attention to the jerk Michael and killed the enemies which purposed to tear his body. The young man twisted its neck and casted the head part to the other one. Alex collected the gun and used his power attacking the other four. Two could stand up and run but the other two lay dead. Ben glanced at the way they wanted to go. A lot of robots came without giving them taking a breath.copyright protection136PENANAzzoIHl00UO
“Left!’ Alex warned.copyright protection136PENANAV79GNXiRJx
He stopped it with his left hand. Gunfire and metal cracking played the worst song ever. As he turned to the friend, Alex darted into the robot’s group. Behind him were children from San Bosa. Together, they helped to fire guns but they almost got slain.copyright protection136PENANAfLsoHAu9FO
“Shit!” He moved his hand. The robot on the left side was casted to the teen group. The laser canon cut it off and three teenagers could kill the enemy. He switched the position, using his own power and the guns, stepping back to that group.copyright protection136PENANAAshzK0uMTq
“Move!” Tessa shouted and her voice destroyed one robot. The girl started to control her gift better and better but Ben did not forget to shoot it to make sure that it would not get up again. Another bomb and five robots flew away. He did not know who did it.copyright protection136PENANAsAyUT1Klzs
Even though the members united but there are some still lived with fear and cowardice. For example, Becky who still hid behind Rami’s back.copyright protection136PENANAh8x7zdCyUE
Harden skin or not, you’re the shield anyway. copyright protection136PENANAU8mUbqnUE9
“Don’t!” At that second, the guns roared next to his ear and he was not sure if he was shot or not? But as he turned back, he saw a crying girl was about to collapse with the hand and a gun at her head. At that moment, she fell to the ground and left the three teenagers stood in shock.copyright protection136PENANA6gFPqTSgDd
“She just shot herself. I can’t stop her.” Her hand with that gun lowered to the ground, Alexis stood still. The dead girl’s blood colored the inner white t-shirt. Even her friends, Wade and Oslo just stared at the corpse, stopped their movement.copyright protection136PENANAjsJ2IO57qn
He did not know how he should feel. He did not know. Those amber eyes regarded this girl’s corpse like a broken toy.copyright protection136PENANAfw8gq0nmep
“Keep shooting. Don’t be a loser,” he warned them. But the words made that dolly face distorted, the inner pain.copyright protection136PENANAvV4VjVqQZq
“Shoot!” He roared to them. Wade cursed and started firing. The blond seemed to have more sense than his friends this time.copyright protection136PENANAhRbw4HqqkC
Because this was the best they could do. If you don’t have the ability, you must fight or give up, one way or another.copyright protection136PENANAJyFJSdwvXl
Ben tried to think of the time he trained himself, telekinesis to control objects, the practice to utilize his own weapons. Thinking positive, this was the excellent training field which he could not fine the better.copyright protection136PENANAXD9couu9DH
“They outnumber!”copyright protection136PENANAnDOkFGcxr7
He did not know who spoke this because of messing with the enemies.copyright protection136PENANAACCB3yqHLV
“Max! Shoot it. Shoot it now!”copyright protection136PENANA0cM8m0nKHt
“There are some of us there!”copyright protection136PENANAP1c3d6bgF7
“Shoot!”copyright protection136PENANAzdq4HGTTuX
The young man felt distrust of their voices. Turning to check what was going on. Two boys aimed the gun at a backpack that was left among robots. He was sure what it contained inside, not just one bomb. And there were some of the members battling inside. One was his dearest friend.copyright protection136PENANAAnBKvnlqDz
“No!”copyright protection136PENANASqBaXM8UjJ
The spark of fire at the tip of the pistol flashed. He pushed the gun away but it was too late. The Bullet came out. At that moment, the bright light illumed all around, followed by the furious explosion. The scrapes floated and gathered to protect him. Still, the explosive pressure casted his body away far from that area. He heard nothing, saw nothing, and then bumped to the wall, fell on the ground. Everything turned white.copyright protection136PENANApU9jPAhkmj
He slowly opened his eyes. All over his body was aching but in his heart, it was burning, hotter than the real flame. He could not see anything except fire and dust.copyright protection136PENANA17gwc0wOyH
“Alex!”copyright protection136PENANAyhosOPpV7h
Ben ran to the battlefield but found only burnt corpses and metal scrapes. Blood turned cold from head to toes. No! It won’t happen again. He searched for the friend’s body and the others’, shooting every robot that moved. The power inside increased without limit. The next explosion must be the boiling rage inside.copyright protection136PENANA2nT9isRGgs
“Alex, where are you?”copyright protection136PENANAPl1yQLS1IO
The truth was no one was there but dead bodies. Ben heard people were still fighting somewhere. There must be survivors and they were fleeing. They were disbanded but if Alex could be counted in the survivor group or the dead group. He dared not to think.copyright protection136PENANAjVhiNJ0MUT
Ben still surveyed the area without the thought to leave. Both of his hands became ulcers as he searched with bare hands, considering even the organs. He did not know if Alex was still alive or not. And that thought scared him.copyright protection136PENANASzqngOVNlM
“You must be alive. I know you are,” he rumbled to himself.copyright protection136PENANAJGfiMHICNn
Something moved behind his back. A robot stood up with one arm. It lost the left arm but the other functions worked normally. He thought about everything he encountered since stepping inside this building. Just one blink, the metal texture crushing and turned into metal waste. He hugged himself firmly because it was quivering. Alex, Alex. It was like his heart wanted to get out of the body. Enough of the governmental survivor game! Enough of this fucking ridiculous experiment! When the rivals emerged, those amber eyes turned to the small group of robots that were ready to strike him. If they were humans, they might perceive that they were running to death. Those eyes had never been as cold and evil before. The moment they were close to Benjamin Rosier, the mysterious force crushed them all. And they were just useless waste like the previous ones.copyright protection136PENANAkqS7Y8Dmk9
ns3.239.242.55da2