Part 27:
Chen left Mama Dolce, while he was on his way, he looked at the cemetery just outside of Mama Dolce food factory, it seemed that this country honors the fallen soldier who fought for their country. The graves, even though aged with rust and dust, they were still located on the top of a hill, facing the way of the sunset. Chen's heart was filled with immeasurable amount of sorrow, as if a part of him had disappeared. Those men back at the factory were heroes, heroes who sacrificed their lifetime to in order to protect and honor their country, OUR country. But no rescue mission were made to export back to the country, no supplements were given to those who stood their ground for decades. Those men, believed they fought for the greater cause, they believed that the Chairman was righteous, and his words, the law. And in the end, they were not even recognized to their own beloved country. They were deserted, yet still staying true for the last mission that was issued to him, to stand their ground in the capital wasteland. Chen began to question the goal and vision of the government.
But then Chen remembered the history he learnt from the military academy, "The Chairman generates the ultimate wisdom in which guides the brightest path for the country, his words are the law, his life is the country itself. We must not question or to obstruct his will, even if they would cost us our lives. For he alone, holds the pathway to righteousness." Could the remnants be an obstruction to our righteous goal? Could they not deserve recognition from the Chairman? Had they lost their right to pursuit the path to justice? Chen's mind was filled with doubts and questions.
He decided to move to his objective then learn about the reason of the remnants dissertation once he completed with his mission. He activated the navigational device within his suit, and he realized that his objective- the citadel was but a few miles away, all he had to do was to cross the Arlington Metro and it would be a straight path to the Citadel.
Within an hour, Chen had found the Arlingotn metro, he pushed open the rusty old gate and entered into the pitch black hallway of the metro station. Chen activated the night vision in order to see in this abyss. There were no trace of the Paladins, Chen thought that maybe they had already passed through the station and reached the Citadel by now. Then out of the deep tunnels, Chen heard voices echoing inside the metro station. The voices grew louder and louder as Chen step closer to the hall of the metro station. And by the time he reached the hall, a horrific sight caught his eyes. The lobby of the metro station was filled with hundreds of feral ghouls, moaning and groaning while they wander around the station without a purpose. Some of the ghouls were biting their limbs, due to their insufferable hunger, some were crouching on the trains, perceiving the surroundings, and some were standing, with a blank look on their deformed and burnt faces. Chen crouched down and activated his SFS immediately. Fortunately for him, the ghouls had not notice his presence. The tunnels were at the end of the lobby, if Chen could reach it without alarming any of the hundreds hungry feral ghouls at the bottom, he would reach Citadel within a matter of hours. Chen looked at the horde of feral ghouls and knew that he needs a plan.