Author's notes : Some paragraphs might be mixed up and shit , due to my first time coding , which made it really messy and I am too lazy to proofread it sooo , please do help me spot any errors , thanks and enjoy the chapter.
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Dispatch calling HQ , Dispatch calling HQ , Situation update urgently needed!
-beepp- Squad Alpha pull back , pull back ! Enemy contact is approaching in 3chikkkkkwewqe-
"Oh shit !" Pull back , Pull back ! Contact is down!
"ROARRRRRRR!" In the horizon appeared two dragons . One of the dragon was pure black and another was pure white . At the moments , both of the dragons had blood stains all over their body . The black dragon even had one arm missing ! Both dragons were snapping and clawing at each other while causing the trees in the forest around them to fly in random directions
-shikk- Alpha , take co...! I repeat , Take cov...r imme..diately !
Booommmm ! In the sky , 3 nukes which could be seen from thousand of miles away were heading straight for both the dragons which were fighting each other .
"FUCK ! Take Cover ! Take Cov...
Kaboommmm ! The 3 nukes landed straight onto the dragons . Two landed on the white dragon while one landed on the black one . The shockwave transmitted travelled across the distance between squad alpha and the two dragons in mere seconds .
Cracck ! The sound resonated as the men's bodies flew back from the air pressure and shock wave . Upon landing , some of them had their ribs broken while some had broken their hand from shielding themselves from the impact subconsciously , only 3 people wasn't injured from the shockwave .
"Travis , check on the injured asap ! Sarah , come with me !" After speaking , the man who spoke started climbing the tallest tree near them , followed by the woman named Sarah .
Travis : "Hey man , you alright ? "
???: "yeah , I can handle it . Go and check on the captain, He took the impact the hardest ." After speaking , Travis started jogging towards a man sprawled on the ground at the moment .
Travis : "Medic ! Get your ass over here now ! He aren't breathing ! FASTER "
groaning , one man stood up and hobbled over to Travis location . However , upon checking the captain's pulse , The man's face turned serious and he started doing CPR on the captain .
one , two , three , four , five . Checking breath . Doing it for 5 mins , the captain still didn't show a response . "Travis , help me get the defibrillator ! " Travis ran to the man's bag on the ground and took out the defibrillator , then running back to the man .
"Alright , now help me hold him down ." After saying those words , The man started to prepare the defibrillator .
5 mins later
-Beep- Calling HQ , man down in north-east , coords are 432-129 .Over .
-Beep- Calling HQ , man down in north-east . Transport carrier in urgent need , Over .
Fuck , HQ aren't responding ! Hey Sam , what's the situation now?
Sam ( the man who ordered Travis to check on the squad mates ) : shit's fked up now , both dragons are down but the area around them have two colours on the ground? Spreading around them , like the yin and yang crap .
By now , all the squad members have gathered except for the ex-captain ,
Vice-captain Sam : Alright people , let's move ! This location aren't safe for shit . Travis and Clovis , carry the captain , medic , you heal up anyone who is unable to keep walking . After giving out the command for the squad , Sam started leading the squad to where one of their transport carrier was last sighted after communication got cut .
Struggling , Travis and Clovis started to haul the corpse and follow behind the squad .
After walking around 3 miles , Travis and Clovis couldn't handle it anymore and the squad took a break . Sitting on a tree root which poked out of the ground , Travis checked on his firearms and armour after securing his loose supplies .
The armour had several holes in the back areas which was received when he got blasted by the shockwave and landed on his back . As the armour's pretty much useless , Travis took it off and threw it behind him .Suddenly a growl is heard behind him .
Hearing the growl , Travis immediately jumped forward and roll into a battle ready stance . Raising his M16A4 assault rifle , Travis aimed at his would-be attacker , his should-be-dead captain . His captain was acting like a normal zombie would , both arms raised and jaws wide open . What was supposed to be dull and yellowish teeths had became black and extremely sharp teeths , sharp to the extent of being comparable to his bowie knife.
Travis : "STAND BACK !" Travis was confused but his instinct kicked in and he slowly retreated while shouting loudly to attract the attention of his other squad members .
Sam : "hey Travis , what's u - the fuck?!" Sam who reacted the fastest ran to Travis's side and was instantly befuddled by the appearance of the squad captain . Standing still , Sam was almost grabbed by the captain however Travis managed to yank Sam by the arm back .
By now , all the squad members had arrived and some was even gawking at the captain . Especially the Medic , who was even walking up to the captain while muttering "impossible" . The medic was oblivious to the snarling captain when he grabbed the captain's arms and tested his pulse .
"what the hell , there's no pul..ahhhh ahhhh hellp!" After testing his pulse , the medic was even more confused but the captain promptly grabbed him and pulled him down before biting down on the neck of the medic , it happened so quickly that Travis still couldn't process what was going on in his head .
Yet Again , Instinct kicked in and Travis opened fire at both the captain and medic . Killing the medic with a shot to the head and hitting the captain in the chest . However , the captain stood up and continued walking towards them as if nothing had happened even though he had just gotten shot at.
Seeing this abnormal situation , a younger male squad member screamed out and attracted the attention of the captain , seeing the captain walk towards him , the young member named Sean opened fire at the captain randomly , until one stray bullet penetrated the head of the captain , leaving a hole and stopping the captain in his track .
Travis , seeing that the captain had stopped walking , shouted for Sean to stop firing before advancing forward while equipping his bowie knife . Inching closer and closer , Travis became more and more convinced that the captain was dead but Travis , not wanting to take chances , Travis jumped at the motionless body and stabbed into the head of the captain .
Travis : "Hey Clovis , check on the medic ! If he starts snarling or walking and shit , kill him by damaging his brain !"
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Sam : " yeah , I believe that they are called zombies , the only way to kill them is to decapitate them or destroy their brain !"
Clovis , upon hearing what the both of them had said , took out his pistol and fired a bullet into the medic's head without hesitation.
Sam : " Travis , report strength and status of our squad , Clovis and Sean , go and scout the area before us . Be careful , Go now!"
Yes sir!
Travis : "Sir , Strength at 8 men , after cap' and med' . 7 injured but able to move out."
Sam : "Good , we need to make haste and meet up with Charlie soon , Bravo was wiped out by the nukes unfortunately."
Sam : "Oh by the way , Travis , your dog tag has fallen off ."
Travis : "opps , haha .""
Sam : "haha?"
Travis : " yes sir , permission to start sir ."
Sam : GIVE ME 50!"
5 mins later
Clovis : "Reporting sir , the area around the two dragon bodies have been covered with a circular object , the object does not resemble anything and the area within the object isn't accessible ."
Sean : "Reporting sir , Charlie was spotted but they were in the same state as the captain , they are snarling and shouting at each other and internal fighting is ongoing . Our snipers are in position ."
Sam : " Alright , take command ! Fire at will at whoever you think is infected with this zombie outbreak , do not let this virus get to the city ! "
Sean : "yes sir !"
After saluting , Sean and Clovis went to the area where the snipers were located at to assist them . While Sam and Travis were looking at the maps and configuring their information . While information was being sorted , shots being fired resonated throughout the forest .
Sam : "Travis , move the corpse of captain and medic somewhere else first , so as not to affect morale."
Travis : "Yes sir."
Truthfully speaking , seeing the corpse of the captain and medic of your squad lined up together , whenever you move or do your daily business was depressing and morale was affected , especially after seeing the medic next to the captain . Thinking that if anyone had reacted fast enough to pull the medic away from the captain , the medic would still be alive and moving .
However , what's done is done and Travis don't really care about trying to judge himself to correct himself , this mindset was what the army's training had caused Travis and several members of Travis's squad to have .
As Travis reached the area where the corpse of cap' and med' was , he started to focus and moved the bodies to a more remote place . However , when he started moving the captain's body , he spotted something resembling a card on the ground . The card had the same colour as the earth , making it seem almost transparent , also making Travis nearly miss it .
If not for Travis increased awareness in the surrounding , Travis would not notice the card . Picking up the card , Travis inspected it briefly and tapped it a few times too , however there was nothing out of the ordinary happening .
"It figures , I have been playing too much game." Travis muttered under his breath and awkwardly laughed it off. However , what Travis didn't notice was a little blue screen-like notification hanging around in his vision , only after he finished moving the bodies of both the cap' and the med' did he notice it .
When Travis saw the notification , he thought it was fake and tried to touch it , however it was just ...simply there and he couldn't reach or touch it at all . After several attempts of trying to touch the screen , Travis realised it was futile and tried a different approach , willing the screen to become bigger , Travis managed to ...enlarge the screen ( what else were you expecting )
Bronze Skill Card obtained!
Looking at the words on the foreign screen , Travis linked it to the card in his hand , closely inspecting it.
Fiddling with the card , Travis came to the conclusion that the card didn't had any button or stuff for him to use it normally ( real smart mc here ) . Trying the last resort he had came up with , he tried willing the card to be used.
(rare) Bronze skill card used!Abilities Gained!Passive:AppraisalActive:Throw [dmg x10 ] ( an item has to be equipped to utilise this )
Seeing his new passive and active skills , Travis willed appraisal to be used on himself . After that , the screen appeared once again .
StatusName:Travis BannerStrength:30Agility:30Intelligence:43
Staring at the screen , Travis could only mutter out an "ok..." before trying to close it again . After successfully closing it , Travis then realised that he had spent a full hour with his new-found 'power' , finding out that he could cause insane damage by throwing random things like a rock at any target he wished to hit . The thing would fly straight at the target , the rock he threw randomly even managed to penetrate through the thick tree bark of a tree he threw at. Using just a tiny amount of strength could do this , what if Travis applied his full strength into it? Back to the matter on hand , Travis immediately broke into a sprint back to where Sam was at.
When Travis made it back to the camp and reported to Sam about what happened , excluding details about the card and the blue- screen stuff , Travis could appraise Sam too and Sam did not showed any response to the blue screen appearing in front of Travis
Statusname:Sam mahniggerStrength:46Agility:20Intelligence:24