For the most part, Sarah is able to get a good night sleep. However, there is one dream that disturbs her. In her dream, she sees Raider and Adam having drinks with each other at a bar. Adam was Sarah’s childhood friend. They are getting along with each other very well. Sarah walks up behind them, but they do not notice her. It is as if she doesn’t exist. Sarah tries to get their attention by tapping them both on the shoulder. This does not work. She continues to tap them on their shoulders to get their attention, but it never works. Eventually, they both disappear and Sarah is left alone inside of the bar. There is nobody inside the bar, not even a bartender. Sarah looks around to see if anyone is in here, but she doesn’t see anyone. So, she leaves the bar and heads back home.
Sarah arrives home and is surprised by what she is seeing. Adam and Raider are both inside of her house. This time, they do notice her. Raider asks Sarah, “Where have you been all day? We were looking all over for you, but we never found you.” Sarah replies, “What are you talking about, I just saw you two at the bar?” Adam replies, “Are you drunk, because we have been here the whole entire time?” Sarah replies, “No, you two were having a great time with each other at the bar. What are you two talking about?” All of a sudden, Raider and Adam disappear without another word coming out of their mouth. She is very confused by what is going on. She begins to search the house for Raider and Adam, but she doesn’t find them. So, now she is going to just watch TV.
Sarah sits down on the couch and turns on the TV. As soon as she turns on the TV, Raider and Adam both appear next to her. Raider is on the right and Adam is on the left side of her. When they both appear next to her, she jumps because she was scared. However, she is very happy to see them both again. This time, Sarah is not able to talk to them. She tries speaking to them, but no words come out of her mouth. All of a sudden, Raider and Adam do not look like their normal selves. They look like the time they died. Raider and Adam both say at the exact same time, “We will protect you until death. When that time comes, we will all be reunited and live happily ever after in eternity.” The dream ends and Sarah wakes up.
Sarah wakes up and looks around her tent. She looks down and sees Leah sleeping peacefully. Next, she looks around to see if she can see Raider or Adam as a ghost. After she is done looking around her tent, she lies back down in bed and falls asleep. Adam and Raider appear in front of Sarah as she is sleeping. Adam says, “You are the strongest and kindest woman I have ever met. We had a lot of good memories from our childhood and before my death. You gave me a life worth living and I will always cherish the memories we had with each other. For this, I will protect you until it is your time to join us.” Adam disappears. Raider says, “You were the first human to accept me for what I am. Without you, I wouldn’t have gotten to fulfill my dream. Like what Adam said, you are the kindest person I have ever met. All I am going to ask is for you to kill my father and bring an end to this war. I will protect you always.” Raider disappears, but they both never leave her side. Adam and Raider will make sure she survives this war and help her bring it to an end.
The next morning. Leah and Sarah’s squadron are picking up base camp and are finally getting home. They are just moments away from arriving at the World Army’s military base. They all can’t wait to get out of the forest and be safe behind its walls. After they are done picking up base camp, they all get into formation and make their way home. To no surprise, they do run into trouble along the way.
Leah and Sarah’s squadron are walking through the forest. All of a sudden, a wolvecat appears in front of them. A wolvecat is a hybrid of a cougar and wolverine. This one appears to be a young adult. It is highly dangerous and needs to be killed immediately. The wolvecat approaches them with no sign of fear. Leah aims her gun at the creature and says, “I’ve got this.” Leah walks towards the creature with her gun aiming directly at its head. It is still not intimidated by her and keeps walking towards them. Leah puts a bullet in the chamber and gets ready to fire, but she never ends up pulling the trigger. All of a sudden, they all hear a loud howling noise. The wolvecat ends up retreating and runs towards the howling. Leah puts her gun back to her side and gets back into formation. They are all wondering why this creature retreated by the sound of the howl, but they are no longer worried. What they all do not know is it wasn’t a living creature that drew away the wolvecat. It was Raider and Adam calling the creature. With Leah back in formation, they continue to make their way back home.
Fortunately, Leah and Sarah’s squadron do not run into any more trouble along their way back home. They are all happy to be back behind these walls and safe from the enemies. Sarah and Leah will be making the report for this mission to the General. He is not going to be too happy to know Raider has died. However, the General will be creating a memorial in honor of Raider. His memorial service will be taking place in about a week, but his funeral will be later on today. His statue will be in the center of the military base and will be made by some of the best artists in the world. He died as a hero and a great friend to many. He will not be forgot.
After Leah and Sarah tell the General what happened to Raider and all of the other lost souls on this mission, he makes plans to build a statue in honor of Raider and preparing his funeral. As for the others, their names will be carved in his statue in their honor. After Leah and Sarah are done making the reports, they are free to go and do whatever they please. Sarah will be telling her roommates about Raider’s death. They will all be very sad to hear he is gone forever, especially Scarlet. Leah will be heading to the local market for food and dropping off her armor for repair.
Sarah arrives home. Fortunately, everyone is here and in the same room. They are all in the kitchen. They all stop what they are doing and rush over to hug Sarah. They all quickly realize Raider is not with her. Abigail asks, “So, where is Raider?” Sarah replies, “He didn’t make it home.” Everyone is in disbelief and they all begin to cry as they hug Sarah. Sarah begins crying as well. They were all very close to Raider and got to love him. Scarlet finally confesses her feelings towards Raider to everyone. Scarlet explains, “We were going to go on our first official date after he returned back home from this mission. But I guess that is not going to happen.” They all don’t blame Scarlet for hiding this secret, because it is a big deal. However, they all would have accepted it, because they are both good friends. After they are done crying, they are going to get ready for his funeral as well as the people that died alongside him.
It is now time for everyone to show up to the funeral. Sarah and her roommates are heading over to the funeral. There are no bodies to be buried, but they will still have a funeral much like everyone else that dies. Body or not, there is always a funeral for the people that died in combat or behind these walls. As they are making their way to the funeral, it begins to rain as expected.
Sarah and her roommates arrive at the funeral. The General will be hosting the funeral and lying them all down to rest. Leah stands next to Sarah and holds her hand. Everyone inside the military base is either watching the funeral or listening to the funeral. The General begins his speech. The General announces, “These brave men and women will not be forgotten. As a father, it is very difficult to be making a speech for the loss of one of my daughters and a very good friend. Raider has changed all of us in one way or another. He proved to humanity that all demons are not the same. To us, Raider was not a demon at all. He was a gift from God. He was and still is an angel to us all. Let him rest in peace alongside all of the others that died with him. In honor of his death, we will be making a statue and have all of the names carved into the statue of the people who died with him. May Raider rest in peace and know he will truly be missed by us all. May they all make it to the gates of heaven safely and have them watch over us all.” Everyone bows their heads for a moment of silence.
Meanwhile, Synx drags Raider’s body into the courtyard. He will not be burying his sons body, because he no longer considers Raider his son. Synx walks through the court
yard and makes his way to the den. The den is where Synx’s hell hounds are located. Currently, there is a highly-ranked soldier of the World Army chained up inside of the den. He is being brutally attacked by the dogs and is slowly bleeding to death. This man does not know Raider, because he is from a different side of the planet. Synx tosses Raider’s body into the den to feed his dogs. Synx shuts the cage doors as the dogs tear away at Raider’s body. Synx explains to the man inside of the den, “This was my son until he betrayed me. If I can do this to my son, just imagine what I can do to someone like yourself. Like you, he did everything he could to kill me, but he failed horribly. Now, just look at him.” The dogs are done devouring Raider’s body and begin to attack the chained up man. Synx continues to say, “Oh, wait. His body is no longer here. Much like my son, you are going to suffer the same fate. However, yours is going to be much, much more painful. You don’t need to worry, I will not allow you to die for my dogs. Instead you are going to die from the hands of me.” Synx leaves the den, but will be returning back to finish off this poor man.
Synx arrives at Gronder’s secret chamber. Gronder and Cora are training in combat with each other inside of his personal ring. Synx says to Gronder, “You no longer have to worry about killing my son. Instead, we have a new target. Your job is to kill Sarah for me. We will be paying a visit very shortly. But first, I have some business to take care of. Do not interrupt me.” Synx leaves the chamber and heads back to the den. Gronder and Cora continue to train each other in combat.
Synx arrives at the den. He walks up to the man and grabs him by the throat. Synx calls off his dogs. The dogs step away from the man and no longer attack him. The poor man is covered from head to toe in blood and bite marks. Huge chunks of flesh have been ripped away from his body and consumed by the dogs. His body is shaking from the pain and loss of blood. Synx extends one of his claws to 9 inches and holds it up to the man’s throat. Synx says to the man, “Tell my son I look forward to torturing him in hell.” Synx slowly slits the man’s throat. A lot of blood drips down his throat and on his chest. The man screams from agonizing pain before he dies. After the man is dead, Synx licks the blood off of the man’s chest and throat. He doesn’t bother consuming his body, because he is going to allow his dogs to do it. Synx is now getting ready to kill Sarah.
Chapter 15
Target: Sarah
Raider’s statue has been made and engraved with the names of the people that died alongside him. The statue is placed in the center of the military base for everyone to see and visit. Sarah and her roommates pay a visit to the statue every morning after they are done eating breakfast. Sarah visits the statue before heading out for a mission or combat training. Currently, Sarah is out on a very small mission with three other people. Their job is to hunt for creatures to eat. They return to the military base with plenty of food. They mostly killed rabbits, squirrels and badgers. But their biggest prize was a long-necked coredum. A coredum is a very large turtle with a long neck. Its shell is nearly impossible to break with a melee weapon, but they are able to break it open with a gun. Sarah and her comrades do not split open the turtle, because it is not their job to do it. It is the job of the chefs to do it. After Sarah and her comrades return with food supplies, she heads home to take a nap.
Meanwhile, Synx and his army are attacking smaller military bases of the World Army. Rogue and his followers are alongside him. Rogue and his followers are terrorizing the military bases and taking down anyone that stands in their way with ease. They do not plan on taking over any of these military bases, because they do not want them at the moment. However, they destroy all of them by leaving little survivors and a lot of damage to be repaired. Synx walks up to the leader of one village and says, “If you plan on sending over someone to kill me, next time they need to be not so weak. I killed a young man not too long ago from this village. You look just like him. Was he your son?” The man doesn’t say anything, but does puke blood on Synx’s face. Synx drops the man and kicks him in the face as he falls down to one knee. The man falls to the ground and is knocked out cold. Synx says, “You’re a leader?” He laughs and walks away from the leader before walking towards Rogue.
Rogue has surrounded a young mother with two of her children. Rogue has learned the young mother’s husband was killed a long time ago by Synx’s army. She has been raising her two children all on her own this whole entire time. It is amazing they lived this long in a world like this. Not many single mothers live this long in a world filled with evil and very little supplies. Synx walks up to the frightened mother and children. He says to her, “Well look at what we got here.” He pushes her hair out of her face so he can have a better look at her face. Synx continues to say, “A beautiful young lady protecting her young without a man by her side. You don’t need to worry, we are not going to kill you. I’m going to allow the universe do that for me.” The young mother says to Synx, “Yeah, right. You killed my husband after telling him you’re not going to kill him.” Synx replies, “Your husband was a fool. He didn’t keep his mouth shut. Now, you better do the same or else you are going to see him earlier than you expected as well as your children. Now do you and your family a favor and keep that beautiful fuckin’ mouth shut! Do you understand me?!” The young mother begins to cry and shakes her head in agreement. Synx walks away from the young mother and her children. Synx orders Rogue to leave the young mother and her children alone. They are now heading over to the World Army’s main military base to kill Sarah and do some serious damage to it.
Sarah wakes up from her nap and heads down to the kitchen for a snack. She arrives in the kitchen. Abigail is sitting at the kitchen table eating a banana with peanut butter. Sarah grabs a yogurt out of the fridge and sits across from Abigail. Abigail says to Sarah, “Scarlet and Chelsea are at the local market getting more food for the house. Haley is out on a date with her boyfriend.” Sarah replies, “Good, we need food in this house. So, how is Scarlet doing?” Abigail replies, “She is doing well. Of course, she is still sad about Raider’s passing. Who would’ve thought those two would fall in love with each other? But, those two would have made a lovely couple. They are both very kind people and both very good-looking. She’ll get over it.” Sarah replies, “There’s no doubt she’s going to find somebody else. Scarlet is every guys’ dream girl. Like you said, she is the kindest person I know and is very attractive looking. I’m sure she’ll find somebody very soon.” Abigail asks Sarah, “Do you think you will ever start dating? You don’t want to die alone, do you?” Sarah replies, “I honestly really don’t know. If that person comes around, I will know.” Sarah steps away from the table and heads out for combat training. Abigail heads into her bedroom to take a nap.
Meanwhile, Synx’s army is just a couple hours away from the World Army’s main military base alongside Rogue and his followers. Rogue and his followers are leading the way. They are making sure nobody or nothing attacks them. So far, nothing dares to attack them. The creatures in this world are far from stupid. They all know what they can and cannot kill. If this group was a lot smaller, they would be attacked a lot. Cora asks Synx, “Why is Rogue joining us? Shouldn’t he and his followers be guarding the desert and protecting our home?” Synx replies, “Rogue is a very good friend of mine and can be trusted. He only brought half of his army with him. The rest are guarding the desert. His wives are in charge while he is gone. You have nothing to worry about. We are not going to be here very long.” The World Army’s main military base is now in sight. Synx’s army stops, but Rogue and his followers continue to move forward.
Rogue and his followers turn invisible, so the enemy does not spot them. Synx orders Gronder, “Tell me what you see beyond those walls. Is the enemy ready for an attack?” Gronder looks into the walls of the military base. Gronder replies, “No, they only have people guarding on top of the walls of the military base.” Synx replies, “Good work.” Synx and his army wait for Rogue and his followers to reach the walls of the military base. Synx and h
is army can see Rogue and his followers by using their infrared vision.
Rogue and his followers reach the walls without anyone knowing they are there. They are ready to attack anything that tries to open up or go through these walls. Synx and his army head towards the World Army’s main military base. He is hoping they will be spotted and they will send out people to attack them. Rogue and his followers are patiently waiting to enter the military base. Rogue’s main mission is to kill Sarah and collect another reward from Synx. It is the only reason why they are here alongside him.
The snipers in the snipers’ tower spot Synx and his army out in the distance. They immediately sound off the alarms to get the base ready for an attack. Sarah immediately stops what she’s doing and runs towards the snipers’ tower. Sarah pulls out her sniper as soon as she reaches the tower and looks at the direction Synx and his army are coming from. She immediately spots Synx, Gronder and Cora. His wives are more towards the middle of his army. Sarah orders her snipers, “Do not fire until I tell you to. They need to get a lot closer for us to do any damage. Aim at the big guy in the middle and I will take care of the man next to him.” Sarah plans on taking out Synx before he even reaches the walls of the military base. Her blood pressure begins to rise from the adrenaline and hatred towards Synx and his army. She plans on getting her revenge today.
Synx and his army are getting closer to the walls. Rogue and his followers are patiently waiting for the front gates to open. So far, none of them have taken any fire, but that is all about to change. Synx and his army are within range of the snipers. Sarah orders her snipers, “Open fire!” Sarah and her fellow snipers open fire at Gronder and Synx. Sarah is the only one aiming at Synx. She is able to hit him without Gronder getting in the way, because Gronder is taking heavy fire from the other snipers and didn’t have the chance to shield him. Unfortunately, Sarah needs a little more firepower if she wants to kill him. However, she still does a lot of damage to him. Synx is covered in bullet wounds by the time he regroups with Rogue. Rogue is still invisible to the World Army, but not for long. Sarah and her snipers were not able to eliminate Gronder or Synx, but they were able to eliminate some of the people around him and do serious damage to both of them. Unfortunately, they are both still able to battle.
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