Chapter 2: Glowies

Location: Unknown Year: Unknown

After the whole fight against those monstrosities, and picking up some weapons along the way, like a Lancer, that's what I've found out thanks to Baird, and a Hammerburst, we were in the clear, near the grocery store...

Baird, "You know, maybe I've been too harsh on the polyps. I kinda prefer them to these new glowies."

"Okay, what were those things?!" I asked, still wearing my power armor.

I heard Ruby muttering, "I think I'm going to have nightmares about them now."

Baird answered, "They're the Lambent, or what we call 'Glowies'. Think of them like zombies using guns.

"Okay, what were they? Like, what they used to be before turning Lambent? They didn't look like they used to be humans, so what?" I asked.

"They were Locust." Carmine answered.

"Uh, Locust?" I asked.

"The Locust Horde, often called the Locust Army by us, was a race of reptilian humanoids that, until E-Day, had lived in and established their civilization in the subterranean regions on this planet, known as the Hollow. Those fuckers were responsible for everything you see before you, killing men, women, and even children." Baird replied.

Me and Ruby were shocked by this information and Ruby replied, "That's horrible!"

"Yeah, but ever since we flooded Nexus, their capital, we haven't seen them for some time now." Cole said.

I added, "Yeah, and hopefully stays that way, too."

Baird replies, "That's something we agree on."

Then Cole said, "C'mon, people. Let's get to that store."

Baird then asked, "Cole, you sure you know where the grocery store is? I mean, when you were a big Thrashball star, didn't you have people for that?"

Cole replied, "Yeah. One of 'em have told me where it was when I was gettin' my manicure... Keep it moving."

We all nodded and continued up to the store.

A car then suddenly flew up to the sky, heading straight to Carmine, but was avoided when Cole shouting, "Carmine, look out!"

Carmine dodged out of the way before the car landed and it landed next to him, then Carmine replied, "Whoa, that was close!"

But then, we had to deal with some glowies first. After that, we entered the store. But me and Ruby were surprised to see a cut-out of a younger Cole in an athlete's uniform, holding a cereal box.

Cole said, "Ever feel like you're dead, but nobody told you?"

After a brief moment of silence, Baird finally said, "Alright! That's it!"

He turned to me, Ruby, and Ralphie and said, "I know you're holding out from us! You gotta tell us before I lose my fucking mind!"

Ruby turned to me and asked, "Should we... you know, tell them?"

I nodded and replied, "Yeah, we should tell them about our origins."

We then turned to them, I took a deep breath, and said, "We're... we're from a different world."

All of them were dumbfounded. Carmine asked, "I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I thought I heard you say that you guys are from a different world."

I nodded, "Yep, you heard right."

Then I activated my Heaven's Trinity, catching them off-guard.

Carmine muttered in shock, "Jeez Louise..."

Baird replied, "You have got to be kidding me!"

Sam said, "Well, they have proof with them. They wear strange armor and clothes, wielding strange technology and weapons, and his... uh..." as she looked torwards me.

"My Heaven's Trinity?" I replied.

Sam pointed and replied, "Yes, that! Whatever you call it. That ability of yours!"

Baird said, "Great, now we got an angel, a robot, and the little red riding hood, watching our backs!"

Ruby became confused and asked, "Little red riding hood?"

She then looked towards me and I merely shrugged.

Then Cole asked, "Well, can you explain how you got here?"

We nodded and I replied, "Yes. It all started when..."

I then began to explain everything from how we arrived on Sera, thanks to Baird providing the name of their world, and everything that has happened on Remnant, and told them that is the name of our world. About the Grimm, the White Fang, Faunus, everything.

Then after they had time to absorb the information I provided them, Cole then began, "Okay... thanks for telling us. Now let's see what they got for special this week."

We all nodded and followed Cole into the grocery store.

Sam asked, "Right-o. Where's the coffee?"

Carmine muttered, "Where's the bacon?"

I sighed, but slightly chuckled at the same time as my response to their comments.

Then Cole revved up his chainsaw bayonet and sawed through the wooden boards, blocking our path.

But then when we entered, there was some noises and Sam said while pointing up, "Okay, Baird, now we got polyps! Happy?"

We looked up to see these weird-ass spider-like things, which were glowing, scuttling on the... what's left of the roof/ceiling and we heard Baird replying, "Yeah, ecstatic!"

Then more Glowies showed up and I yelled out, "Ah shit! This is bullshit!"

Baird replied, "Yeah, tell me about it!"

Half-way through the fighting, Ruby came across a sniper rifle, which Sam calls it a Longshot, and Ruby grinned even more, taking the rifle with her.

I grinned and thought, 'Of course you have to for the sniper rifle, Ruby.'

Then after finishing the whole shoot-out against the glowies, Cole began, "Haha, the Cole Train ten, baby! Uh, lemme see-glowies, nothin'! Ha!"

Ruby responded, "Whoa, Cole's seemed to be all pumped up."

I replied, "Yeah... I can see that."

Then sam began, "Never saw you play, Cole. You must have been quite something."

Cole replied, "I still am, baby! You know? I just-gotta get back into training."

But then Baird stated, "Yeah. Can we find the beans now? Preferably without the free glowies bonus pack."

Then we came up to a chained door and Cole used his chainsaw bayonet to cut through and kicked open the door. Then we entered and saw another door.

"Nothin' back here but another door." Baird said.

"Well, let's check it out." Cole replied.

Cole then kicked open the door and we entered a storage area. But we then saw that a large locker was in the way.

"Ah, shit. There's a locker in they way." Carmine said.

I replied, "Don't worry, I got this."

I was still wearing my power armor and I kicked the locker out of the way. Then I turned to them and motioned them, "After you."

Then we came through and found some supplies. Carmine said, "Hey, we might be in luck for a change! This stuff could be usable!"

Then Cole asked me, "Yo, Eddie! Care to give us a hand with this?"

I chuckled and replied, "Why are you even asking? I was going to do it anyways."

I then walked over and picked up the supplies and then replied, "Just give me some cover fire, alright?"

Cole replied, "You got it!"

Then Cole got on his comms, "Cole to KR-Seven-Zero-we request a grocery evac. We struck gold, son."

"Roger that. The LZ's crawling with glowies, though. Give us a hand clearing 'em out, will ya? We'll drop a smoke to mark the pickup area."

Then Cole replied, "You got it, just make sure you don't fire on the one who's carrying the supplies. You'll know why, soon enough."

"Got it, Cole."

Then Cole got off the comms and turned to us and said, "C'mon, let's get this stuff outside."

I walked over to the 'Emergency Exit' garage door and kicked it open, showing that it was the right path.

Carmine responded, "Jeez. Looks like luck is really treating you special, huh?"

I chuckled and replied, "Luck is one of my specialties."

Then we walked out and say a helicopter, suggested that's KR-Seven-Zero, hovering over the popped smoke.

I then overheard on Cole's comms from KR-Seven-Zero, "Holy shit, Cole! Is that him, carrying the supplies?!"

Cole replied back on his comms, "Yep, that's him!"

"Nice!" KR replied.

I then kicked the car out of the way and Ruby and others covered me by killing off the Glowies as I made my way to the area. I came up to a van and kicked it out of the way. By that time, the others have already cleared out the LZ and I dropped off the supplies.

Then Sam got on the comms, "Okay, KR-Seven-Zero, you're clear for pickup!"

After they finished attaching the cable to the supplies, KR said through the comms, "KR-Seven-Zero, load secure. Cole, get your guys outta here! We'll cover you."

Cole yelled to us, "You heard the man-time to love 'em and leave 'em, baby!"

To be Continued...