"Let's do this!"

I encouraged myself and started to get ready. With the orange syringe in my pocket and my own admiral clothes, I opened the door slowly and slipped past. Checking the area for someone, I slid through the metal floor and placed my back on the wall. Moving at a slow pace while constantly checking the surrounding.

Every time I hear a footstep or voice, I lowered my body and hide in the shadow and creep slowly. My current location was inside the middle hull of the carrier, I need to find the stair to go to the command center room. Ah, here it is!

~Growl

Feck! I cursed and lowered my body. in crouched position, I take a peek at the corner of the wall and saw 4 zombie-like soldiers whose standing with their body swaying. I gulped and turned my head, the stairs already in front of me, just to move straight. But it would risk of being discovered by them.

What to do, how can it suddenly turned into hide and seek of survival horror! I searched all my pocket for something to throw. In this situation isn't it better to throw something and make a bait with sound? Am genius!

But what I can found was only orange syringe and clothes button.

What the feck! what I supposed to do! I scratched my hair and my hand hit it. The Admiral hat sure is heavy and stiff. Wait, hard? Here it is.

Not waiting much longer, I pulled out my upper body and made a throwing position. My target is the room on the left near their place! With a silent yell, I throw it with full strength.

Only it flying on opposite direction.

~Duag

The hat hit the floor and it takes their attention, I paled and crouched down to get ready to escape. However, they rushing past me and I safely reach the stairs.

Walking upstairs slowly I popped only my head to see the surrounding. There is no one as far as I can see, but I cannot easily be careless. The surprise attack last time is scary enough, am not fond enough to be eaten alive.

Not long after, I arrived at the door of the command center. However, it's quiet, too quiet which make me shudder. Steeling my heart I opened the door and rolling onward!

Of course not! while in crouched position, I silently walking but didn't see anything. Strange, where does the-

~Bang

"Aargh!!" Suddenly my vision shifted and I can feel pain on my side like a motorcycle hit me. I rolled sideway and sitting while my back on the wall. What I saw leave me in speechless.

Akiyama with the 4 other has their uniform in tatters while their skin turned dark. their opened mouth revealed a sharp fang-like a vampire, their eyes now turned red. However, Akiyama's eyes were the one which deep red. What the heck happened!

Enduring my pain, I shouted. "Hosho, you there!"

Suddenly deep on the room, a melody voice can be heard. "Admiral, you are back!"

Am glad you are alright, however, the one who turned their attention was not only me. The one with dangerous reaction was Akiyama, his growl looks like controlling the others. I shuddered and gritted my teeth.

"Hosho, listen to me! Take over this ship and move forward with full speed!" I slowly stand up while my back still on the wall and shouted at Hosho. However this naturally gathered their attention, and Akiyama angry stare was piercing me. I gulped while holding my hurting side.

His growl make the other to move to surround me, within my nervous expression, I can feel my vision blurred as a piercing pain hit my brain. Holding my head in surprise, I noticed my body swaying sideways and understand that the Carrier is moving!

"Aargh" My right hand suddenly gripped by Akiyama and it feels hurt, it feels like he trying to crush my arms!

Not like I let him!

I pulled out an orange syringe from my pocket and stabbed his arm with its needle, with the push I injected the orange liquid and smiled. 'Take this and turn back!'

Akiyama eyes suddenly opened wide as if he endured the pain, however, my smile was broken as his grip on my arm tightened.

With a little twist, he broke my arm!

"AAAARRRGGH!!" I screamed from the sudden pain.

It hurt. it hurt. it hurt. it hurt. IT HURT. IT FREAKING HURT!!

My arms, my arms is broken as it dangled sideways. I keep screaming and the tears drenched my face, I don't care a snot ruined my face. It hurt, it hurt, it hurt!!

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

"Admiral!!" Hosho scream suddenly reached me and I slowly raised my head and saw a massive palm almost gripped my head.

The hand suddenly moved and I saw bulking creature. My blue face turned white.

"A-Aki-Akiyama..." I saw the familiar haircut, however, the current body is different. It turned big with full of muscle! Feck, how can he suddenly turned into freaking H*lk!

SA.KI.KO!! You said it was for them! but doesn't it really a strength potion!? Where is the promised cure! You want to kill me!?

Ignoring me who staring in shock, Akiyama leads the other to approach Hosho location. With my trembling hand, I shouted.

"Hosho! Increase the speed! Get us out of this hell hole! Move! Onward!" I shouted to gather their attention and to cover my pain and fear. I cannot let Hosho dies, I cannot let her dying!

Akiyama turned to me with an angry expression and with one step, he arrived in front of me. His bulging hand formed a punch. I closed my eyes with my body trembled. 'Mother, am sorry... I cannot go home, please don't get too hard on Amalia, my sister is bit stupid but she is a kind girl...' I smiled remembered my mother and my sister but Akiyama already launched his punch which targeted on my head.

~Whosh

The sound of splashing is not what I hear, but the only sound of wind as my head pushed backward. Feeling nothing is wrong I slowly opening my eyes and saw that Akiyama massive hand already right in front of me. Observing better, I can see that his body mysteriously leaking a white smoke. However, not only Akiyama, the other 4 were also leaking a smoke and now is laying on the ground without moving. However seeing that their chest still moving up and down, it looked like they aren't dying.

Different like the other, Akiyama stood still on his punching position as his body slowly turned to normal. I also noticed that the mist covering the room started to dissipate and the room turned clear.

"Ahaha... Hahaha.... Ah hahaha..." Seeing the absurd change, I unconsciously laughed and before long I lose my vision as I closed my tired eyes. However, I can still hear a loud opening door sound and melody voice of anxious Hosho.

****

"The connection bridge, standby." a man wearing headset turned his head to report.

"Good, connect them and lock it." A melody voice of girl can be heard as she stared from her standing position.

"Roger, starting the connection. counting down. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Connected."

"The Bridge connected, started to lock the bridge."

"The lock is secured, the bridge status. Normal."

The sound of report sounded one from another, and a metallic sound of click make the report sounded true. The girl fixed her red kimono and turned to left and bowed.

"Admiral, the bridge is ready. Is it the right time?" She then made a warm smile.

"Of course, we cannot let them wait much longer, right?" The man fixed his hat and stand from his comfortable sofa and walked down toward the door.

The girl walked behind him and speak with a worried tone. "Admiral, but your right hand is still in recovery. Are you really all right?"

Hearing it, the man smiled. "Don't worry, Hosho. Am alright."

Before long, they arrived at the connect bridge. Below the bridge is calm sea water but this water is looked dull and no ocean creature can be seen. The man sighed before walked through the bridge.

"Yo, Commander Keita!"

"Welcome~"

A sudden strict but kind voice can be heard as he greeted Keita who is arrived, then followed by the cheerful voice of a girl. When Keita turned his head, he saw an unfamiliar man with white skin and short blond hair, his body is trained like a soldier was so perfect with his Admiral uniform. The girl beside him was also has a blond hair albeit longer and wavy, she wears a blue vest-like garment which is open similar to a jacket, pantyhose, and a blue sailor's hat. Her Chest is huge, Keita made sure not to stare as Hosho cold smile is scary.

Standing in the middle of the Battlecruiser deck, the two of them standing straight and welcomed the two visitors with a kind smile. Keita and Hosho smiled back and Keita was the one who speaks. "Aldebaran, isn't it?"

Aldebaran smile widened and he approaches Keita. "Woah, commander I never knew that you are this small..."

"Shut up, It got nothing to my height! And this girl is?" Keita shouted in angry voice before turned toward the busty girl who talked with Hosho.

"Atago. Her name is Atago... It surprise isn't it. Ahaha... by the way, your arm? it looks hurt..."

Keita twitched. "It does. The doctor said that I need 2 weeks to recover."

Aldebaran shocked "That's fast."

"Ahaha.. who know, This is my first time experienced broken bones..." Keita expression turned worse as he forced a laugh.

When they chatting, another voice can be heard and two figure can be seen approaching from other connect bridge. One was a tall man with yellow-white skin and messed up hair in Admiral uniform, he frowned as he covered his both ears. Following on his side is the petite girl with expressionless girl, she has short brown hair with strands tied to look like horns along with grayish yellow eyes. Wearing black and white naval uniform who keep talked at him.

"Ah, Benstar." Keita blinked seeing the familiar face who usually easy going and lazy make a troubled expression.

Aldebaran nearby were also shocked, in a different meaning. "What, Benstar!? You looked messed up like I thought..."

Then Benstar who arrived only sighed. "Am tired and hungry..."

"Master, can you please don't embarrass us?"

"I don't care Hatsuzuki! am hungry you know?" Benstar make irritated expression

Like a signal from Benstar's, Hosho stomach grumbled and she covered her red face. Before long, Atago and Hatsuzuki started following. And all of them laughed together.

Not long, Aldebaran started the conversation. "Then, What would we do know, Commander? We really in need of food."

Benstar nodded his head. "That's true. It fortunate that after we left the mist, all the people turned 'normal', we still need more research, though."

Keita sighed, to tell the truth, he also doesn't know what to do. He was the only normal person in peace earth. He never has to do something like this, his mental strain is weighing him down. He cannot help but move forward, but-

"Land! We found land!"

Hearing the notice from the command center from the Battlecruiser Atago, all of them running to the bow and on the horizon, not too far from their location, a green land can be seen with its full vegetation.

Keita smiled "We can do the report of our discovery later, our first mission is to secure the food!"