Apologies for the long wait, a lot school related things got in the way. Regardless without further-a-due I hope you enjoy this latest installment.
"Comrade Katyusha you still there".
"Where else would I be?" I said sarcastically.
"You said everyone arrived right?"
"Yeah as I said before all the names have been checked out", why?
"Oh nothing I thought I just saw some figure outside, probably one of the organizers going out for a smoke break".
"You sure?"
"Yeah I guess, I might send someone out to investigate I see anything else suspicious".
"You know I honestly don't see the point of smoke breaks or smoking in general".
"Katyusha the leaders of the community are trying to make a decision that could change Atlas for decades to come, it wouldn't surprise me if someone wanted to do some puffs".
"There's alcohol in the meeting room for Monty's sake, wouldn't that be enough of a stimulant".
"Yeah well...what the hell?"
"Huh, what is it?" He better not be messing with me.
"The camera feed in the board meeting room just shut off".
"The camera's in that building aren't really the most up-to-date, it could be because one of them faltered".
"Oh shit!"
"Whats going on Joseph, don't keep me out of the dark".
"Katyusha, I'm hearing gunshots!"
"Wait, are you serious?!"
"Yes i'm serious, i'm heading up there now along with the rest of the security team".
"I'll be right there-".
"Negative, by the time you get here we'll have already controlled the situation".
"Oh come on are you really going to cheat out of the action that fast".
"Sorry Katyusha", and thus the radio went silent once again.
It's been about 15 mins, he should be back by now. Then again these situations can result in hostages which obviously you don't want to rush, though if that were the case Atlas police responders would've been down here by now. Even if we're far from the city.
(Sigh) screw this I'm not going to wait out here any longer. Grabbing my gun and a few mags, I started to head to the main building. Upon entering I could already tell that something was off. There was silence, but not the usual type of silence. It was the type that gave you the sense that something was wrong. Heading up the second floor and towards the conference room the silence was even more apparent, not a single peep came out of it. "Okay I'm at the door, just gonna open it slightly and-". Before I could even open a inch I was immediately bombarded by a horrid stench. Similar to that of leaving a bad smelling fruit out in the heat for 6+ hours. Regaining my composure I continued opening the door, albeit a bit quicker and enough to see/enter.
I reeled back in horror over the ungodly sight. "Oh...Monty, oh Monty christ" I put my hand over my mouth. Dead...they were all they dead. Some slouched against the wall, others lying on the ground or sitting in their chairs, heads down. I was then that I heard a familiar voice.
"K-Katyusha…"
"Joseph" I say quietly, "where are you?"
"O-Over here" about halfway into the room lay him, back against the wall, and severely bleeding. Fearing the worst I crouched down and proceeded towards him.
"Joseph what the fuck happened, everyone is dead, I might lose you, oh monty this is bad" I whispered.
"T-They know, y-you got to get out of here"
"Wait what?"
"They knew about our agenda, t-they sent someone to silence us for g-good".
"Who?"
"H-Her". He points to the opposite end of the room. There stood a tall woman clad in red, blue, and white. Too this day I still don't know how I didn't see her when I enter the room at first. It wasn't long before anger consumed me, and before I knew it I was standing up and pointing my gun at her.
"You son of a bitch!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "You killed all these people, all these men and women with brilliant minds and great ideas for this kingdom, and you took that all away in one fell swoop". The women didn't move nor elicited a verbal response, but instead continue to stare in the opposite direction. Getting more angry I continued, "If you think you can alive or unscathed you gotta another thing coming!"
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