The Last Fight of Human Race

by Sanyukta Suryawanshi

  ''You bitch!'' he growled and plunged at her.

  Cindy gasped at this scene from behind.Her lips covered with her palms.Her eyes glistened with tears.Christy punched him once then twice the thrice but Anton dodged the last one.He grabbed her fists in his palms.Christy groaned in pain.Anton continued to crush her fist .Christy's eyes widened in horror when she saw a hole in the middle of Anton's forehead.The bullet cutting through the flesh so seamlessly,the blood spattered and landed on her blue eyes.Cindy was holding a pistol in her hand.Anton dropped on the ground ,Christy screamed as she quickly made space for Anton to fall.

  Christy was not in any position to see Cindy's face ,she had shut her eye's tight followed by tears rolling down her cheeks at speed of light.She whimpered as she slowly lowered her arms,her shoulders moving along-with every cry of hers.She put the pistol at the side of her head and pulled the trigger.

  It was too late until Christy realise what just happened.

  ''Noooooo!'' Christy growled in pain.She tottered towards Cindy who was just a few steps away from her .As soon as she reached her,she was taken aback as her best friend's body almost fell on her.

  ''No,no,no,no'' she kept chanting as she stretched her arm forward to touch her beautiful face.Hurriedly wiping of her tears as she stood on her knees and placed her ears on her chest ,to hear her heartbeat.

  Silence.

  Silence is all she could hear.She looked at the lifeless body of her friend that was laying in front of her eyes.Just thinking about how she was alive a few seconds ago is all it took for her to break into a million pieces.Her shoulders slouched ,her fists tightened around the sand on the ground as if holding onto her friend's soul;as if this will somehow stop her friend from leaving the earth forever.She was breathing less and crying more,she didn't care.Her tears ran continuously ,mucus running down her nose,her spit staining her shirt as she let out helpless cries.She leaned her head down on the ground,slowly shifting her legs so as to be lying next to her friend.She scooted a little closer and hugged her body,then she closed her own eyes.

  ''Goodnight'' she whispered to Cindy.

  On the other hand,Leslie was fighting diligently with the remaining monstuas.

  ''Yes,we are about to win.A few more to go and we win'' she said to herself as she put her sword( fire sword that she had stole from another monstua) through the monstua's stomach and pulled it out.

  ''Leslie,I think something's wrong'' Darren said from behind.Leslie looked where Darren was looking.

  Her brows furrowed in shock and confusion.

  ''There are more of them when there should be less of them'' she said still in shock.

  She lowered her sword and shield unconsciously.

  ''Leslie!'' Darren yelled as he slit throat of the monstua who was about to put a sword in her head.

  ''Leslie ! we need to get out of here'' Darren huffed.

  ''Leslie ,we cannot win this thing !'''Darren yelled from afar.

  ''Think straight!'' he scolded her.

  She shook her head in disagreement .

  ''You can go'' she said sternly.

  ''B-but Leslie'' Darren tried.

  ''Leave!'' she growled

  Darren nodded and ran as fast as he could.Leslie grunted as she was ready to fight another group of monstuas.She slit one's throat then kicked the other ,the third caught her from behind ,she elbowed him and kicked the last one.She put the swords through them too,the very next second there was another group of them ,she fought them too.The monstuas came,she fought,they fought,she killed.The cycle repeated again and again,she too got hurt.Her arm was wounded,blood was dripping off of her mouth.Her eyes had blackened.Again,she stopped to catch her breath,yet again a monstua took the advantage to punch her on the same spot.Her right was not open at all now.A bluish black void had formed around the eye.Monstuas laughed at her.She was not in the state to respond to them verbally not physically,but she was still on her feet,staggering,but on her feet.She groggily punched a monstua in front of her ,she missed it , her eyes closed ,she dropped to the ground ,the soil outlining her body, flew in air with the impact after.

  The monstuas rejoiced.Anton came through the crowd and smirked at Leslie's body.He smirked while the other monstuas kept celebrating and chanting their own name in victory.The monstuas left the battle field,as they heavy monstuas ran through the field ,the soil from the ground flew all over Leslie's body.After the ruckus from the monstuas was finally over,there was only three bodies lying on the ground.

  Cindy,Christy at far end and Leslie right in the middle.

  At the SA headquarters-

  ''I am concerned about something'' Martin sighed.

  ''What is it?''

  ''What if the zero group has a plan b?''

  ''What if they are going to attack from somewhere else?''

  ''What do you mean?''

  ''Sir, we have a problem.Our ships have been attacked'' he said

  SA leader looked at Martin in shock.

  1 hour before-

  An injured Leslie's hand made it's way onto the edges of the ship.She climbed inside ,stealthily.She groaned in pain as she pressed onto her wounds on her arm.The salt in the water which she was drenched in only added to the pain.''Aaaaagh.Oh god'' she grunted again,throwing her head back in pain.

  Tears started to roll down her eyes.She stopped herself from crying in pain as she heard some noises. She shifted a little to hide more.She looked around her a laser gun was lying in front of her.She checked the charge of the Laser gun,it wasn't much but it was better than nothing.After how long can one fight a monstua without any weapons in handy.She pouted as she examined the stupid gun,she looked up when she noticed something was blocking wind from her,a monstua guard was standing tall in front of her.She looked up and casually shot him with the laser gun.The Laser formed a nasty wound on the monstua's chest.

  ''Intruder!'' a monstua screamed at the top of his lungs.

  She ran and ran through the ship at the speed of lightning.Until she was surrounded from both sides.She grunted in pain,closed her eyes,took a deep breath and unleashed hell as she opened her eyes.She attacked with a flying kick ,leaving the monstuas in pain who weren't expecting this from an injured human.Her kicks and punches were on fire,she fought like a ninja alright,but this wasn't enough.Leslie was panting ,out of breath.She was standing with her fists in front of her ,her legs apart and ready to kick but eyes ,they seemed to be closing.She shook her head vigorously, slapping herself right after.

  ''Come on Leslie,stay focused'' she whispered to herself.She kicked them and blocked them a few times,the monstuas were groggy now,Leslie was in pain and hurry.Her stance remained the same,but her eyes shifted from monstuas to the right.She slowly walked towards the monstua that was groggily approaching her now,she kicked her in the face,turned her facing the monstua on the other end,as Leslie stood behind her and took her time to snap her neck as her feet made their way to pull a rope.Leslie threw the body of the monstua on the monstua on the other end .As the monstua was baffled to look at the dead body of his friend,Ninja Leslie lassoed the two monstuas together.A minute later the monstuas are hung on their own ship.One alive stuck and the other dead.

  ''How does it feel assholes!'' Leslie yelled from the bottom at the top of her lungs.

  ''How does it feel to see your friend die in front of you sons of bitches She growled so loud that her veins could be seen.

  She paced towards a blindspot,the hung monstua couldn't see it ,and the other was no longer able to see anything.

  She came back chugging down a bottle of beer.

  ''What the hell did you think of yourself'' she cried.

  Currently at the SA headquarters-

  ''Let them die'' he sighed

  ''WHat?!'' Martin and the monstua both said in surprise.

  ''But they ou-''

  ''They are what?'' the SA head interrupted the monstua.

  ''But I think he is right'' Martin tried to speak up.

  ''Oh come ! don't tell me you car
ed about those people.What harm is it going to do if we lost a few people here and there!'' the wrinkly old monstua cold heartedly said.

  Martin stood up from the couch.

  ''I cannot believe you ,they are your own people,how could you do this to them'' Martin said.

  The SA head simply looked away .

  Martin walked out of the room as he sighed heavily.

  ''Where are you going?'' he asked

  ''My room'' Martin answered.

  After Martin closed door behind him,the SA head simply shrugged and gave a ''whatever'' look to the monstua.

  Martin was secretly happy but confused.

  ''I thought they lost'' he said.

  ''They did ,but I guess they are mad about the loss'' monstua said.

  '' hey,how do you make this ship go back to where it was?'' she asked looking up.

  ''Untie me first'' he demands cockily.

  ''In your dreams bitch'' Leslie spat and saw the sunshine soon disappeared from where she stood,she looked up to see a vast roof which slowly closed .It wasn’t just a roof to prevent sunlight though,it also prevented her from the getting any oxygen.Leslie was on a lockdown.All the doors in the ship that led to anything were closed too.She couldn't use the controller now.The controller that she could have easily used ,that even a child can use, but Leslie didn't know that.She boycotted everything that monstuas invented.Now all she could see was darkness,all she could hear was her own shallow breathing.

  Beads of sweat formed around her forehead,she breathed in sharply with her mouth open for more access to air.Seconds ago she was standing tall,now she was bending over ,her hands placed on her bent knees to soothe coughing.

  Few seconds before-

  SA head Mr.Lavenshaw took out a remote,and pressed a button.

  ''That ship wont be a problem anymore'' he chuckled.

  Yuu was searching for Cindy all over ,he came to the battlefield a little too late.He found a dead Cindy.He had no words.The person he loved ,the only person he cared about was dead in front of him.A pool of blood had been formed and soaked by the mother earth beneath.Blood spatter had stained her beautiful face which he was in awe of,which he wished had the chance to kiss ,once,just once.Moments later,which seemed like hours,Yuu noticed another person lying next to her body,clinging on to her infact.He didn't see the bullet whole,because Christy's head was lying next to her.He steadily,moved her arm that was holding onto Cindy tightly.To his surprise Christy's body moved too easily.His heart dropped as he saw the bullet hole that killed Cindy.Yuu's heart ached at thinking of the possibility that Christy was dead too.He hoped that she was alive .He took out his phone and speed dialed somone who he can trust with Cindy's proper burial.He could hear a phone ringing, and looked down to see Christy's pocket emitting a light blue,her back pockets that is.He sighed.The only other person who Cindy knew was dead too.He turned around , he shakily walked ,while a waterfall of tears blurred his vision.His mind was blank right now,but his heart wasn't .He thought he was blank ,but all he did was think about her,be upset ,sad about her death.Death,the word that he want he wanted to escape from,and he did,he thought it would make him happy,to be not able to die,oh how he wished it weren't true right now.He thought escaping from death would make him happy,but someone else's death was making him he wish he wasn't immune to death.

  As Yuu was wishing he was dead,Leslie was fighting for her life.She looked around her surroundings ,looking for something,anything;anything that she could use to try to save her life.Unfortunately for her,everything that she was seeing was blurry.Her chest went up and down as she she struggled to breathe.With one huge inhale she dropped to the ground.

  At the SA lab-

  Long pink fingernails held the vile ,her blue eyes examined it from every angle.She hid the vile as soon as she heard a knock on the door.

  ''Mrs. Brooks what are you doing here?'' a man in a lab coat asked.

  ''Nothing I just came here to see how the work was going?'' she said nervously.

  ''Oh ok ma'am'' he said and turned.

  She put the vile in the pocket of her coat as she went through the door.

  The injection sucked in the contents of the vile ,she slowly and steadily injected the monstua lying in front of her.

  The handsome man/monstua tried to read her .

  ''What?'' she asked him,looking down at her feet and not making any eye contact.

  ''I remember you'' he said.

  Her head snapped back up in shock, She almost dropped the empty injection.

  ''Stacey,how did I...'' he trailed off

  She immediately took the vile sitting at the table and used another injection ,she paced towards the end of the the room,near the window laid a small plant.She injected it and disposed the vile with the injection hurriedly.She sighed in relief and checked her pockets.

  ''It seems like you do this everyday,so smooth'' the man said.

  ''Don't call me Stacey in front of the doctor okay?'' she pleaded

  With that she left the clinic.

  He saw her leave,his hear throbbed at seeing her turn her back.He had so many questions,only she could answer.He left the clinic disappointed .When he reached his cell he plopped on the bed.Looking at the ceiling.

  Stacey went to the parking lot just to smoke.She dropped her bag near the car she was leaning against.

  ''Oh god these heels are killing me'' she grunted as she placed one hand on the windshield of the old car.She curled up her left leg ,fixed the thick band hugging her ankles with the other. She gave honeyed smile to one of the monstuas entering their car and went inside the building again.

  At Yuu's apartment-

  Yuu placed Christy gently on the bed.He kept food and water in front of her .He soon was out of the building and entered the SA building.He saw something tucked inside someones windshield.A piece of paper.He leaned against the car as if waiting for someone and slowly with his two fingers tucked it inside the his pocket.

  ''Hi Yuu, I thought you weren't coming today'' a man said as he walked towards him.

  ''Yeah I just needed to get some supplies,you can still have the parking space for today don't worry'' Yuu chuckled.

  ''Oh thank god! I was worried what would you do if you suddenly said no..... I mean its the middle of the day where would I move it ?'' he said.

  ''Y..yeah I should get going ,have a good day'' Yuu waved at him and went outside.

  He read the note and his expression changed from slightly worried to horror-struck real quick.

  He crumpled the paper whilst looking around frantically,he managed to safely put the note away even with all those overwhelming emotions.He ran inside the SA headquarters.He tried his best as he frantically searched for Stacey.

  She was nowhere to be found.Disappointed he went home.

  ''Where am I?'' Christy mumbled as she rubbed her eyes.

  She got up and recognized the place.She saw a digital picture of Cindy on the wall.Memories came rushing back.For a second she actually believed that it was all a bad dream.

  ''No....but then,why? why does it seem to real ? As if I was actually there?'' she said to herself whilst pulling her hair in frustration.

  She kept massaging her temples with her small fingers.

  She frantically looked for her phone and call Cindy's phone.

  Cindy's phone made a weird noise as the radiation hit it.SA was decontaminating the battlefield area,where all the casualties took place.A see-through whitish wall surrounded the area,from every direction.Everything inside the space that was surrounded by the four walls was disappearing like it was never there.

  Christy's phone dropped on the floor as she was startled by sudden barging in of Yuu.

  Yuu had worry written all over his face.Christy was hoping it wasn't for the right reasons.

  ''Yuu...'' she almost whispered.Looking at him with pleading eyes.

  ''Christy.I have some bad news'' he stammered

  ''Please don't tel me she is dead''she croaked

  Yuu simply st
ood there waiting for her to come back to her senses.

  ''I called her,it says the number isn't available 'anymore' '' she said between her tears.

  ''What the heck is that supposed to mean?'' yelled

  Yuu was in a tough spot,he needed to tell her about the bad news that Stacey gave through that note ,on the other hand ;surprisingly he had to deal with telling her that her best friend is dead,he had assumed she knew, given the condition she was in when he found her,then again the condition being falling asleep next to dead body of her friend suggests that she is too devastated to be thinking straight,hence he has to deal with her denial.He walked to her and sat her on the sofa.She complied.He sat beside her .He took a deep breath .

  ''Christy whatever happened yesterday,the war ,etcetra....was all real'' he crooned.

  ''hmm'' she chuckled

  '' It was ...all real'' she chuckled and burst into tears again.

  The next morning Christy wokeup and asked Yuu.

  ''Yuu?'' she called

  ''Hmmm'' he replied.

  ''Why do people say that when you are sad you should cry and let it all out ,and that its gonna make you feel lighter?''she asked

  ''I am not feeling lighter,My eyes are heavy from all the crying and so is my heart'' she said emotionlessly.

  She was staring into space as Yuu said goodbye and left the apartment.

  Two seconds later Yuu came back in.

  He walked backwards as Stacey kept walking forward.

  Stacey stopped and closed the door behind as she shushed him.

  She hurriedly sat on the sofa and Yuu locked the door with fingerprint.