~Silver-Rose Writes~
I'm glad you liked it! :D I have a ton of fun writing that one and personally I think it's a good ending for the story ^_^ killing Leon isn't encouraged, but pranking him is! :D
~Snowcrystal of Thunderclan~
Like I told Silver, killing Leon isn't encouraged ^_^ anyway, did you like it?
~Donotkali~
Yeah, this one is the last part of that series ^_^ I'm glad you loved reading it, cause I had a ton of fun writing it ^_^ Although I can write the series from Ivory's view and her past in this series if you'd like ^_^
~iDragonSpyro~
I wholeheartedly agree with you, Leon really doesn't deserve the forgiveness Cynthia gave him in this one ^_^ I have the possibility of writing the series from Ivory's view and including what she goes through and has gone through thanks to the Dark Blades if you'd like ^_^
~Featherflight123~
For what chapter? Broken Justice? Cause I have a short you can look at if you'd like ^_^ Bree is armed with taser gloves! Mwahaha! :D :D :D
Leon is an idiot, and he's very Leon-ish ^_^ maybe every time one of my friends act stupid I'll say they're pulling a Leon ^_^
Hey guys, so this story does contain OCs of mine that is not at all related to any story on the planet besides my own, The Savage Gen Virus. So the OCs are mine! :D Anyway, meet Akili and her group of friends! :D (I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I apologize for the lengthy amount of time between updates.)
Savages and A Human Bio-Weapon?
Cynthia, Leon- 18
Bree, Jay, Holly- 18
Akili, Lloyd (OCs)- 19
Trystan, Arzic (OCs)- 17
Arkshi (OC)- 3
Terms you need to know
The Savage Gen-Virus- It is a Bio-genetic-weapon in the form of a deadly virus. The virus is not airborne, it is transferred by blood interaction, as in a scratch, a bite, or spit. This gen virus is dangerous and within a few minutes to 16 hours the infected will turn into a Savage.
Savages- They are humans turned into psychotic "creatures" by the Gen-virus essentially a Savage is a pale-skinned orange/red-eyed human with blood almost constantly trickling from either their noses or the corner of their mouths. Savages are like a Lion Pack, they are smart predators but not smart in human tactics. In fact, the blood trickling from their faces are actually the Gen-virus destroying their human brains and recreating them to be a savage predator. I know gross right? Savages are easy to identify if you are aware of them. Savages are pale skin, nearly white enough to be a ghost(it's a result of blood loss and the virus) with either fiery orange, ruby red, or sun yellow eyes, that when stalking(or like hiding and blending in) can shift to baby blue. A few defining features of savages are their longer pauses between words, deadly sharp canines, and roughly pointed fingernails. Savages wear ripped clothing, a result of the scuffle before the transformation, and their hair is thicker, and stand on point most of the time. Savages are not mindless zombies let me repeat that; Savages are not mindless zombies, for Savages have plans, a drive, and individual thoughts. Now sometimes they can act like mindless zombies when on a hunger craze, but most of the time they are intelligent. Oh, a fun fact is Savage's bodies aren't as strong as a normal human so they are easier to kill.
"Jay move!" Holly yelled as she rushed over to her brother who was fighting against a Savage who's fiery eyes gleamed with a hunger that creeped out the half-blind teenager.
"I would if I could!" Jay snapped back and struggled to keep it from tearing his clothing and biting him, "I'm trying to not be bitten or scratched!"
A caterwaul of a battle cry announced Leon's arrival as he and Cynthia finally burst through the door that the Savages had blocked with boards and furniture as an attempt to get an easy kill on Jay, Holly, and the comatose Bree. "here comes the cavalry!" Leon shouted after his war cry as he smashed his fists through a Savage's skull and knocked a few more down with it.
"Duck!" Cynthia announced her arrival with the bang of two pistols going off. "We need to get out of here!"
Jay spotted a Savage running over to Bree and yelled in fury, he kicked the Savage above him hard enough to break its leg before scooping up a discarded knife and charging after the Savage about to hurt his friend, "don't you dare!" the half-blind black haired teen snarled and threw the knife so it sank into the Savage's back, leaving the Savage shrieking in pain as he scooped up Bree and ran after his siblings and Cynthia.
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"How's Bree doing?" Leon asked after they managed to find a Savage free place for the night and were all gathered around a small solar powered heater that managed to keep them all warm. Well, relatively warm anyway. He cleaned the blood from his wrapped knuckles, his golden blonde hair looking a little shaggy and splattered with crimson from his earlier fight.
"No change for the better," Jay sighed and rubbed his eyes in desperation, "her nose is starting to bleed every few hours and it's starting to worry me, I can't slow down the infection anymore without killing her." he sighed and looked back at his best friend through despairing blue eyes. Last week Bree had been helping Jay fight off a patrol of Savage's and she had been attacked by one of them that had been stalking her, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. The Savage tackled her to the ground from behind and had sunken it's bloody teeth into the back of her neck, infecting their bubbly friend with the virus and sealing her fate. But Jay had suggested to put her in a medical coma to slow down the virus and Bree agreed right away, willing to do everything to prevent her from turning and having Jay witness it. It was hard, Leon had to carry Bree piggyback style where ever they went in the search for the cure, Jay monitored and force-fed her whatever he could at night when they were safe away from the savages, and they couldn't risk pulling her out of the coma until they had the cure, which was nearly impossible it seemed.
Six years of the Reign Of The Savages as they called it, and they were still alive and healthy, besides Bree's condition. It was surprising that they had lasted this long, after all, the Savages were from a science lab that had a security breach that accidentally released the Savages into an area protected by a clear shimmering dome that had emerged when the Savages were first released. If only they could find a cure and escape the dome, it would be the best day of their lives. Jay silently ran his fingers through Bree's dirty dark brown hair, his blue eyes full of despair and sadness as he did something he used to do as joke to play around with how she didn't like junk in her hair simply because it made it harder to tie back so she could aim her knives properly.
Cynthia gave a heavy sigh and leaned forward on her blood-streaked bare arms, she was an unusual case, she could only be bitten by the Savage to be turned, scratches didn't do anything when normally a human would turn because of that too. "I'm sorry," she sighed and rubbed her temples, "I want her healthy too Jay."
Holly was silent as she scanned the area for heat signatures with her tiny smartphone, lucky for the humans, the phone lines, heat sensors, and basic internet still worked, meaning they could keep guard a whole lot easier. Six years, why can't this just end? And why are we so unlucky that we haven't found the cousin Bree told us about? Bree had told them about a cousin she had that was raised in a lab and supposedly had super speed and was unkillable by the Savages.
If only she knew how close they were to actually finding her, a test tube baby created specifically to oppose the Savages.
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"Do you think Trystan and Arzic are enjoying the quiet base?" A rough voice asked with curiosity as he turned his green eyes on the dirty blonde next to him who looked very comfortable lying on her side next to him in the grass wearing skinny jeans and her tank-top. She had her denim half sleeve jacket and t-shirt bunched together under her head as a pillow.
"Probably," she replied, her tone was rather cool and held a naturally icy and sarcastic flare. "It's probably dead silent so Arzic's probably cleaning, Trystan's probably working on his technology or sleeping, and hopefully they haven't woken up Arkshi." Her icy blue eyes were almost glowing a little eerily in the moonlight, a result from her childhood in a lab and their experiments on her.
The guy gave an agreeing noise, he was lying on his back and now turned his attention back to the stars the speckled the dark night sky in beautiful patterns. "I won't be surprised if they're doing what you said they could be doing."
The girl shifted a little closer to him, moving closer to fight off the slightly chilly air and because she wanted to. "Either way, we didn't come out here to talk about the others."
The guy laughed softly, "very true. Very well then my icy companion," he said smiling at her, "what does the queen of Anti Savages want to do?"
The girl flashed a slight smirk and she moved to be hovering over him, her blonde hair tickling his face, "no idea."
The boy moved to speak but he abruptly clamped his hands over his face and sneezed.
The girl laughed as he removed his hands from his face, and her blue eyes danced with amusement, "I forgot out ticklish you are." Then a mischevious look chased away the amusement in her eyes and she shifted her weight so that she could wiggled her fingers at him threateningly.
"No, oh no," the guy blanched and grasped her wrists, "sorry Kiwi, tickling isn't on the agenda."
The girl rolled her eyes and used her knees to knee him in the side, "jerk."
"Kiwi." the guy responded as the girl keeled over to be lying on her side again.
"Idiot."
"Ice queen."
"Lazy."
"Sleeptalker."
"Snow face."
"Sneaky ninja -wait what?" The guy squawked indignantly, "what does snow face have to do with anything?"
The girl shrugged, playing with the hem of his green t-shirt in a subconscious manner. "You have platinum blonde hair that's almost white, so you are now dubbed Snow Face."
The guy groaned, "great." Then he grasped her wrists and rolled over so now he was above her. He smirked, "are we done with the name calling now?"
The girl rolled her eyes and didn't struggle in his grip, "whatever you say Snowface."
"Kiwi, stop talking." the guy said in a slightly exasperated tone.
"Make me," the girl smirked and so he did.
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The sound of leather boots against tile alerted a light brown haired teenager of his leader's presence and he looked up from his three monitors and at the pretty, icy blue-eyed, dirty blonde haired nineteen-year-old as she entered the room in the middle of shrugging a light colored denim half sleeve jacket on over her t-shirt and tank-top. "Hey Akili," the light brown haired teen greeted warmly, his hazel eyes intelligent and curious. "Sleep okay?"
The nineteen-year-old named Akili shrugged and adjusted her jacket slightly. "Meh," she shrugged, "Arkshi startled Lloyd so bad that he smacked me in the face in the middle of the night, but besides that, it was okay." Akili briefly caught sight of her reflection in a mirror and gave a snort, "you know what Trystan? Having curly hair sucks." She commented with amusement at how her ponytail just wasn't working, everything else was golden, but her ponytail? Not so much. Akili was clothed in dark skinny jeans, knee-high black leather boots with no heel, a light gray tank-top tucked into the jeans for when she went upside down, an ocean blue t-shirt, the denim jacket from earlier, and a black belt with a walkie-talkie and two knives were sheathed to her right thigh, the last resort for her anyway. Everything she was wearing was clean, something that wasn't seen anywhere but their base. With Trystan and Arzic's skill in engineering, the place had been kept in tip-top shape and had running water and chemical solutions that cleaned clothing better than soap and the stuff in washing machines.
Trystan flashed a grin at Akili's usual sarcasm and sense of humor, "I'm sure it's as annoying as you say it is," the tech expert and medical person of the team mused before he smirked slightly as Lloyd emerged, the blonde's messy platinum blond hair was sticking up everywhere and in every direction, his green eyes were drowsy and his clothing was ruffled.
Lloyd was wearing his usual black cargo jeans and black socks, but he was missing his shirt, hoodie, shoes, and belt that held his brass knuckles and walkie-talkie. The tired blonde mumbled something under his breath and trudged off to another part of their secure 'base,' which wasn't really a base, it was just a house they found that was rather unscathed that they had turned into a base.
Akili leaned her elbows on Trystan's 'reception desk' as he insisted on calling it and watched Lloyd leave, watching with no trace of bashfulness or embarrassment. But that was Akili's style. If she did something she did it for a reason, so there wasn't any reason to be embarrassed, plus it wasn't like it was unusual to anyone there, even Arkshi had gotten used to it rather quickly, and he was three years old.
Tyrstan chuckled and typed a few things on his keyboard, "having fun?" he asked just for the fun of it.
"Mmhm," Akili replied without much effort and continued watching Lloyd disappear around a corner, her blue eyes fixed on his retreating back.
"Hey, guys!" Arzic chirped as he tromped loudly down the stairs and jumped up onto Trystan's desk to sit on top of it. "how's it going?" Arzic's black hair and pale green eyes were a weird combination, especially when you saw his eyes change colors, then it was even weirder.
"Well Akili's watching Lloyd who looks half dead with exhaustion from whatever he was doing last night, I've been doing some scans and haven't seen any trace of even a nosebleed, and hopefully Arkshi is sleeping still," Trystan replied smoothly and kept typing away at a fast pace, his hazel eyes directed at Akili and Arzic.
"Lloyd was with me," Akili responded as she turned her head the opposite direction to face the two teenagers who were younger than her and stretched her arms slightly, which made her middle back pop at the same time.
Arzic winced slightly at the sound but affectionately rolled his eyes at their leader who was practically their older sister.
Trystan almost expected Akili to give a small explanation and actually waited for a few moments before he snorted, "personal or scouting?"
"Both," Akili shrugged, and rolled her eyes at their surprised looks, "you two are the most annoying people in the world when you're accidentally woken up by anything and I wanted to climb a tree; have a problem with it?"
Trystan laughed and shook his head, "no, not at all Akili, really I should be thanking you since I had a very nice sleep."
Arzic nodded in agreement, "yeah, maybe we should lock you two out?"
Akili narrowed her eyes slightly in warning, "how about no. I'm stiff now so that probably won't happen again. Enjoy it while it lasted boys."
Arzic pouted, "oh man!"
Trystan just rolled his eyes and kept doing routine scans.
"Hey Kiwi(Get it? Akili, A Kiwi?)," Lloyd's voice was rough from how tired he was, and Trystan stifled a laugh when he noticed how Akili controlled her expression and stifled a weird shiver.
"Lloyd, you sound like a dying cat, get a drink will you?" Akili said sarcastically, smoothly hiding her reaction. "But hello yourself handsome."
Lloyd swiped the water bottle that hung from Akili's belt and did as she asked before he put the water bottle back and spoke again, his southern style accent a lot clearer now. "That better?" he rolled his eyes as Akili and leaned against the desk, the blonde was having fun with their leader, distracting her for the fun of it, and only he could get away with it. While they were all like a family, only Lloyd could push Akili's buttons like this without getting either the cold shoulder, a scolding, or being locked out.
"Decently," Akili replied with a casual shrug and kept her blue eyes fixed on the back of Trystan's screen.
Lloyd would've teased her more, but Arkshi burst out of Akili's room and latched onto her leg. "Hi, mama!"
Akili straightened up and looked down at the little boy who had attached himself to her leg. "How're you doing Arkshi?" She asked her 'son' and leaned down before she ruffled his light ginger hair. Arkshi, was another experiment in the science lab where Akili grew up in, he was a test to see if Akili wasn't able to pass on her immunity genes or not, so they pulled DNA from her and Lloyd -who happened to live there as a very young transfer scientist with his father- and the scientists created another test tube baby that took three years to create successfully.
"I'm hungry!" Arkshi giggled, burying his face in his in her leather boots.
"Well let's go get something to eat bud," Lloyd grinned and scooped up the three-year-old, tickling his stomach a little.
Arkshi giggled and grabbed Lloyd's hands, his chocolate brown eyes bright and lively.
Akili leaned against the desk once again, her blue eyes trained on the blonde and light ginger pair.
Trystan smiled slightly at her expression, Akili had that longing expression on her face again, an expression that told everyone that Akili wanted a normal life with Lloyd and possibly Arkshi more than anything. Then something flashed on his screen, startling everyone. Trystan's hazel eyes widened at the Savages movement that was on his screen. "The Savages are hunting something," he looked up at Akili, "or someone."
Akili's icy blue eyes darkened and the lights flickered slightly, a side effect to Akili's electrical conduction and wielding ability. "Trystan, get the earbuds, Arzic, keep Arkshi safe and find him something to eat. Lloyd and I will find out what exactly the savages are hunting."
"Be careful," Trystan warned her, "this is the first traces of other humans that I've seen in at least a week, the savages are likely starving at this point."
Akili nodded, "Lloyd, exercise caution while we're out there, while you have some of the immunity I have it won't save you if you're killed by them."
Lloyd nodded and handed Arkshi to Arzic before cracked his knuckles, his green eyes focused and grim, "here we come Savages, we aren't letting any more humans be harmed by you."
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"Leon is there anything over there to use as a barrier?!" Holly asked in a panicked tone, she was bracing her back against the door where savages were working together to break through.
Leon was keeping another door closed, his heels digging deep into the soft earth. "These guys are getting smarter!"
Jay was crouched down next to Bree, his blue eyes focused on his friend. Earlier the girl had had a seizure of some sorts and Jay was nervous that the virus was getting strong enough that it was overpowering the medical coma she was in.
Cynthia was crouched on a balcony shooting down as many Savages as she could, the continuous bang of her pistols helped cover the loud screeching and chattering of the savages communicating with each other.
"I don't think so!" Leon responded to his sister's question, "We need to get out of here or we're dead meat!"
"We can't move Bree if she's waking up!" Jay shot back, "we don't know if she's normal," his voice wavered, "or if she'll attack us."
"Do we have any more of the stuff that puts her back into the medical coma?" Leon asked his brother as he struggled to keep the door shut.
Jay shook his head, "No! We don't!"
"So potentially we have a savage in here with us?!" Holly yelped.
Jay snarled, "don't call Bree a Savage!" He snarled at his sister, "she isn't a Savage! She hasn't changed physically except for her paleness and her weight so she isn't a Savage!"
Holly floundered, she hadn't meant to make her brother upset, she was just nervous and worried about the Savages getting in or Bree attacking them. Then her phone abruptly buzzed. "Uh, Hello?" she asked after taking it from her pocket and holding it to her ear. It had been years since someone had last called her, so who was calling her now?
"Hello there non-Savage human," a boy's voice came cheerfully through the device, "my name's Trystan and I wanted to let you know that help is on the way-"
"Trystan, your tone is beyond creepy, so shut up." A cool female voice interrupted before she addressed Holly, "survivor what's your name and how many of you are there?"
"Uh, My name's Holly and I'm with my two brothers, comatose friend, and best friend," Holly replied in a slightly mystified tone.
"Well Holly, my name's Akili and we're going to get you guys out of there safely okay?"
Holly nodded a little dumbly, "okay?"
"Akili, we're nearing the structure, Holly, tell your sniper not to shoot us." A southern accented male voice added.
"Holly, your sniper should see a platinum blonde boy and dirty blonde girl running toward your position, that's Lloyd and me," Akili told Holly, "we'd appreciate if you don't shoot either of us."
Holly looked up at Cynthia, "Cynthia! Don't shoot the two blondes coming toward us! They contacted us with the intent to help!" Then she yelped, "Jay!
Jay suddenly swiped the phone, "do you have a cure?" he pressed insistently, "Do you have a cure for the infection?!"
"Yes," Akili's words made Jay nearly cry. "I have a cure for the Savage Virus, but right now it only works on people who aren't full savages."
"Do you have a dose on you?" Jay asked in a shuddery breath before he pleaded with her, "my friend Bree was attacked a week ago and we've put her in a medical coma but the virus is overtaking her and causing her to wake up from the coma, so please help me!"
"Yes I have a dose of the cure on me," Akili's voice was a little gentle now, "don't worry Jay, your friend will be perfectly fine, just make sure you guys don't get overrun by the time we get there."
A small smile spread across Jay's face, the first smile in a full week that anyone had seen on his face. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome. We'll talk to you guys in person once we get there." Akili said before the connection was ceased.
Then Cynthia gawked, "What in the world?!"
"What?" Holly asked, "what's going on?!" The pushing on the door was becoming less and less powerful.
"The girl has super speed!" Cynthia replied, "she's almost literally mowing through the Savages!"
Holly's green eyes widened, "No way! It can't be!"
But moments later a polite knock on the door signaled the destruction of the Savages horde. Holly cautiously moved away from the door while she also unsheathed a knife and held it dangerously in front of her. With the tip of the knife, Holly allowed the door to open, wary of a Savage pretending to be a human.
Sure enough, a Savage was standing there in a predatory stance. But before the Savage could lunge, a dirty blonde sprinted at a normal speed around the corner and slashed a knife through the Savage's neck, killing it instantly. The dirty blonde pushed her bloodied bangs from her face to reveal piercing icy blue eyes as the Savage fell at her feet. "Lloyd," she spoke swiftly, "other side clear?"
"Yeah Akili this side is secure," a different blonde was standing in the doorway Leon had been guarding. "Trystan, scan for Savages' reinforcements, continuously scan until we get these guys back to the base."
The dirty blonde apparently named Akili nodded before she wiped the blood from her right hand and offered Holly a handshake, "my name's Akili, Akili Grayas."
Holly, Leon, Jay, and Cynthia's eyes all widened in shock at the last name before they all looked at the comatose brunette lying on her side on a blanket in the middle of the ruined structure.
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So yeah, this is Akili ^-^ she's quite the interesting character :D
