The biggest surprise of being outside was not the enormity, nor the emptiness. Come on!...not even the land, the most terrifying thing was the battles. Three kilometers from the mouth of the refuge I can see a village of no more than twenty families; I see their customs and their weapons; I know I could eliminate them with the help of the flamethrowers I found in the facility or with the strength of the emergency suit, but I can't due to two simple reasons: one, for the first time in four days I see people other than those of us who lived and died in the facilities and second, because they are being massacred by other inhabitants.
They arrived at noon, armed with rods and bones blunt; They arrived when the young men and women went out for supplies; I imagine, they were fast, they didn't shout much and they concentrated on hitting the victims, mainly children and some women who I suppose played the role of wet nurse. It was shocking for many things: the children (all) resisted and threw stones, the women used sharp and silent weapons; They killed or were shot down, the men who attacked were very small, perhaps no more than five feet six, extremely wiry, any bleeding wound clotted in an incredibly short time, even when there was a lot of fighting and the women were fearsome, more lethal than them. There were many more of them and they were soon subdued, knocked out or killed. Their prisoners were taken to an unknown destination. I would like to stay to see what the young people of the tribe will do but I can't afford it because there will be a lot of hate when they see their life empty and they won't listen to reason... if they speak my language.
When night came I was able to see that they are very detached societies. They saw the tents in ruins; They dedicated a prayer to their personal deity and began to look for food among the ruins, I did not see a lamentation for their children or brothers... I could see that they had also hunted some people and the minors tied them up; They murdered the oldest and oldest by burying a bone knife between their ribs... when their target was bled to death, they efficiently removed his muscle tissue and ate him raw. Some leather boots contained "something" that they drank with a sigh, I don't understand them but I suppose that with the scarcity of liquids in such a desert environment it is more a complaint about the lack of it (whatever they drink) than about the risks committed to obtain it. As soon as they finish everything, they break the marrows and devour them; The next morning they have put away their belongings, the living beings that accompany them and they head out with great enthusiasm... I have to concentrate, I need to make a first contact that will ensure their attention, I don't want to eliminate them, but I am going to do it. I will make sure not to let them die wasting blood.
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I have been following them for quite some time now and I realize the incredible resistance they have and I thank the escape suit as many times as I can. Now I am more than human; It is a light muscle strengthening device, black and with a column of nerves that has direct control over the hood, it has diodes in the skull because each movement of my hand can be just my hand or with the support of the machine, a press. of steel... now I follow them at a distance of a kilometer. They can sense my presence or something similar, I have seen them change course trying to mislead me, I still don't know where they are going, but I am already looking for something better to sleep in than this desert. Perhaps the most important thing I have discovered is the absence of plant life. There are shrubs or dwarf trees, but the species are confusing.
The building in question is enormous, according to my estimate it must be around 45 floors and what is more incredible, there does not seem to be any damage to its structure. A closer look convinced me that they were durasteel, because of their ivory-gray color, on the top, incongruously red, a cross gave me the idea of where I had arrived. On the main entrance you can still read "Evergreen 3rd level regional hospital affiliated with the corporation." The logo is blurred. It looks like a snake biting its tail (I don't know what snakes and their tails did...I only read what the dictionary says); At the entrance I see several LED screens and an emergency light on the floor, so far the plan is going well.