Chapter 47: Dark Turn
Sean ran with Tia on his back threw the ruined streets in the back of the group. Dustin was in the front of the group while the three survivors were in the middle. Katherine ran closely behind of Dustin.
"How much further Dustin?" Sean yelled for Dustin to hear. They took a sharp left threw and ran up a ramp.
"Not much further. We're getting on the highway now. We will be at the rendezvous point in about a mile. There we can drop off the survivors there." Dustin said leading the charge.
"Drop them off?" Sean said confused.
"Yeah, I think one or two more locations of survivors. Plus Zach is, well I need to check on Zach."
"This is not my problem." Sean said scornfully.
"Sean, more innocent people are going to be killed. You proved your compassion to me already; please we need all the help we can get." Dustin said, not even looking back.
Sean jerked his head away so he didn't have to look at Dustin. Something suddenly poked him on his shoulder, Sean looked back to see Tia scowling at him.
"What did I do?" Sean asked defensively.
"You need to help those people." Tia pouted.
"Tia, you're my priority. Plus he doesn't know if there are more people. I already looked and couldn't find them." Sean said to her. Tia didn't change her expression.
"If you don't go I will."
"Tia, you will not be going out there." Sean said with irritation.
"Then that means you're going with him?" Tia said with a victorious smile. Sean sighed.
"Dustin, is there anyone I can trust Tia with?" Sean said defeated. Dustin laughed.
"This is great!" Dustin said in satisfaction. "Yeah, the Government Agent were working with can watch her. We only have a few more areas. It's won't be long." Dustin said as he could see Bishop. "There he is." Dustin pointed into the distance.
-"I'm not a babysitter." Bishop said with disgust was Sean handed him Tia.
"Just get her some food while were gone, ok. She's independent." Sean said as he walked back threw the barrier. Dustin was talking to Katherine behind Bishop's car.
"Don't go back, you're going to die." Katherine pleaded.
"I have to get the other survivors. Bishop said there is one location left that he can find. I also have to go check on Zach." Dustin said looked back towards the ruined downtown area.
"Can't Sean just go alone?"
"No, I have to go too. Just stay here and be safe." Dustin turned to Bishop. "Any word on when the bombing will occur?"
"Sense I talked to them last, they are pushing it off sense you're bringing people back." Bishop said.
"See everything will be fine. Plus no Aliens can take down two Super Saiyan's." Dustin said with a smile as he turned around and walked through the barrier.
"Can we get this over with?" Sean said as Dustin stood next to him. Dustin shook his head in agreement.
"Be safe." Katherine said as he walked next to Bishop and Tia.
"Bye Daddy! Bring me a present!" Tia said playfully. Sean smiled.
"Just be careful." Bishop said.
Dustin and Sean started to run back towards the city.
"So do you know where exactly we are supposed to go?" Sean asked.
"We are checking on Zach first." Dustin said.
-"Ryan we have a problem." Tyler said as he looked back in the corridor to see more Xenomorph's crawling into the room. Ryan looked over his shoulder to see the creatures.
"This is the time in the movie where the hero's make a lame pun." Ryan said with a smile. More and more Xenomorph's crawled into the room slowly, stalking their prey.
"Maybe a lame pun will save us." Tyler said laughing. The creatures started to hiss in near unison.
"Let's take as many as we can out." Ryan said. Two Xenomorph's hunched down and prepared to lunge. Ryan then grew a grin. The monster jumped into the air and towards them. "Tyler, Chocolate!"
"Chocolate Beam!" Tyler yelled as he pointed two figures at his opponents. The pink beams hit creatures and in a poof of smoke they turned into Chocolate and fell to the ground. The other creatures started to back up in confusion at what happen.
"Wow, it actually hit?" Ryan said with cheerful surprise.
"What are you talking about?" Tyler asked with a bit of anger.
"Your aim is well, not the best."
"You're just jealous I can turn people into chocolate." Tyler said scornfully. The Xenomorph's started to close in on them. "I can't hit them all at once." He said nervously.
"I can't summon an enough spiders to take them all out." Ryan said as the Xenomorph's all hunched down, all ready to attack at once. Ryan brought his hands together.
Suddenly the ground started to turn black. Ryan and Tyler looked down and Grandpa started to gasp in confusion. The Xenomorph ignored the new annoyance, frustrated that their prey was still alive.
The Xenomorph's all jumped into the air at the same time. Tyler and Ryan braced themselves for the worst.
"Shadowball!" A Familiar voice yelled as from the darkness formed multiple purple and black balls shot up and hit all the Xenomorph's. The monsters hit the wall hard. The hero's looked in amazement as from the darkness Darkrai appeared.
"Darkrai!" Ryan said with relief in his voice.
"When I heard you were taken by the Tribunal, I didn't think you would still be alive. I am happy to see your well in health." Darkrai said without emotion. The Xenomorph's started to recover.
"It's a long story Darkrai. But right now, we have to take care of these creatures." Ryan said.
Tyler pointed his finger at another Xenomorph and turned it into Chocolate. Darkrai formed a pulse of energy from his hands and launched it towards a few more monsters. The dark pulse hit the Xenomorph's with a shriek as they smacked against the wall and their blood splatter. Slowly the acid burned through the wall.
Ryan closed his eyes as the platypus' back started to shack as a glob of clay flew up and hit the ground. The clay slowly formed into a giant fly. It buzzed up into the air and flew through towards the Xenomorph's. The First Xenomorph stupidly jumped into the first fly and it exploded on impact. The back half of the Xenomorph fell to the ground. The acid blood spurts out towards Tyler.
"Jump back!" Darkrai yelled as Tyler did as he was commanded. Darkrai spread his arms in the air and Tyler was shrouded in Darkness. The Acid blood flew through the now dark shroud that covered Tyler and hit another Xenomorph. The injured monster hissed in pain and writhed onto the ground. The shroud fell back to the ground and flowed towards under Darkrai. Tyler was wide eyed.
"That was freaky!" Tyler exclaimed.
The three remaining Xenomorph's started to back up and retreated back into the darkened hallways. Ryan and Tyler cheered in victory.
"I can't believe we won." Ryan said. He bent down and grabbed his grandfather.
"I am very proud of you." Grandpa said with a smile.
"Let us make our retreat while we can." Darkrai said as they ran for the door.
-"Are you guy's sure?" Ryan asked, almost feeling guilty.
"It will be alright." Tyler said. "Darkrai and I can go and take you Grandfather to Bishop. We will meet you back where I last felt Zach's energy signal." Tyler pointed into the distance.
"Grandpa, I am sorry I can't go with you, I have to go check on Zach." Ryan said to his grandfather. His Grandfather shook his head.
"Do not worry about it Ryan. I would have done the same for my friends, back when we were trying to stop the Snake Bloodline. Only we did things a little less noticeable then you boys do." Grandpa laughed.
"We must make haste. If what you say is true, the government will not wait too much longer before destroying the area." Darkrai said with a tense edge.
"Alright, see you two soon." Ryan said as he ran off in the direction towards Zach.
"Where is the drop off point?" Darkrai asked to Tyler.
"This way." Tyler said as he took the lead.
-Dustin and Sean flew through the air, side by side. Sean scoffed.
"What?" Dustin asked.
"I can't believe that this place went to hell so fast." Sean said as he looked as the rubble around them. In the distance hissing and snarling echoed the air.
"What exactly happen?" Dustin asked.
"I don't know the full details; all I know is what happen when I was downtown. I was taking Tia to see a doctor. After every doctor appointment we go downtown to her favorite ice-cream shop, to make her feel better after the day. It was like any other time. But as we walked out of the store I heard a scream. I wanted to investigate, but it was too dangerous with Tia around. I tried to get to the car to, get her to safety, but it was too late.
"As we ran with others towards the parking garage, that's when we first saw those creatures. They were grabbing people as they ran into the parking garage. Not killing them, almost kidnapping them. We were ambushed and surprised. If not for my Bloodline Tia and I would be gone. But they kept coming, wave after wave of them. They were after my little girl. The rage surged threw me, so that is how I finally achieved Super Saiyan status. But I couldn't control my rage.
"At this point I was on a killing spree. I killed all the creatures I could find. I was lucky enough to have one of the survivors watch over Tia. But I was blinded by rage as I was killing them. They learn, and fast. One attacked me from behind, and drove their claws deep into my back. The pain was excruciating. I barely made it back to my daughter. I was asleep for an entire day. When I awoke I was afraid Tia would be scared of me, and be afraid of what I had become. I never told her about my powers. After what I went through as a child, I didn't want her to go through the same thing."
"Wait," Dustin interrupted. "You are telling me you were taught your powers?" Dustin asked in amazement.
"Of course my father taught me some of my abilities. Didn't yours?" Sean asked.
"Well no. My friends and I, we all got out powers automatically threw someone name Landon. He awakened the Bloodlines in all the people of the world."
"That explains the surge of Bloodlines, even the Mayors."
"Speaking of the Mayor, why did you attack us with him?" Dustin asked.
"I," Sean trailed off, looking away from Dustin. "I had my reasons."
"Well as long as you had reasons." Dustin said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.
"You wouldn't understand!" Sean snapped at Dustin.
"Yeah, whatever." Dustin said annoyed.
"Anyways," Sean said with a stare. "Once awakened Tia was asking me question after question about me. It was cute." Sean said with a smile. "But by that time, the barrier was up. I didn't know of a way out. I thought we were left for dead. I was protecting the survivors as much as possible, but I assumed I was just delaying the inevitable. Little did I know there was hope."
"There is always hope Sean." Dustin said.
"Well we need to get this over with. I don't like being here again." Sean said.
"I don't like this any better than you do Sean, but my friends are out there, and I won't leave without them"
"I do envy you Dustin." Sean said. Dustin looked at Sean curiously. "You and your friends, how you are caring about each other. You are risking your lives to help each other."
"Yeah, we would do anything for each other." Dustin looked up suddenly in shock. "Something's wrong. I don't feel Zach's energy signal anymore! Come on!" Dustin started to fly faster with Sean close behind.
-Bishop watched as a black government car drove up to them. He looked curious as a tall man walked out of the car.
"Bishop." The tall man said in a greeting. He had thinning black hair, his eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses.
"Ian." Bishop greeted. "Why are you here?"
"To let you know to get out of here. The bombers are going to be launched soon."
"The bombs selected will be incased in the barrier, we will be fine." Bishop said gesturing towards Katherine and Tia.
"The bomb has been changed. They are sending out a nuke." Ian said with a grin. Bishop took an angered step forward as Tia grabbed onto Katherine's leg.
"A Nuke?" Bishop said threw his teeth in anger. "I didn't give those orders! I am in charge of this operation!" Bishop yelled. "A nuke will destroy this barrier and destroy more than needed! The whole county will be leveled, possibly more!"
"Yes, well it was decided that your, let's say team, will not be able to complete this task. As long as the city is standing, the nuke will be launched." Ian said with a smug look on his face.
"But wait, we have to evacuate the area!" Katherine said with distress in her voice.
"No time. The lives that die tonight are a needed sacrifice. I advised you all get out of here now." Ian walked into this car and drove off.
"Mr. Bishop, you can stop them right?" Tia asked.
"No, this is over my head. A Nuke is coming and will destroy Dustin, Sean, Zach, all of them, and there is nothing I can do."
