Chapter Three
"It seems that they got away, I've been alluded. Oh, well the plan goes on, I will have to kill them later." Vlad rubs the head of the giant grey lizard, it closes its eyes and enjoys the attention. It's strange that Zenith Industries changed its behaviour to be so much more obedient. "Your friends have abandoned you Mark. Left you to die, I'll give you one last opportunity to leave." Mark's barely breathing body is smashed against the wall, missing an arm and blood covering him. "F-fuck you" he coughs, blood seeping from his nose.
"So be it. Kill him Rex." The rex growls in pleasure before igniting Mark, covering the entire street in fire. "That frosbitten scientist won't know what hit her." Vlad strolls along the street, the rex following closely behind.
-Y/N POV-
I groan in discomfort as 'highway to hell' plays for the thirty seventh time. "Who picked the music for this ship?" Lena asks experiencing the same discomfort.
"I think it was this Zenith guy. He made this ship." Hana, explains not showing any emotion towards the music. "I didn't even mind this song before but after so many times it gets annoying." I mope.
"I've heard it one hundred and sixty seven times. I'm used to it now. But I know it off by heart now." The three of us joke around lightly while Amélie sleep with her back to us. "How long till we arrive?" I sigh. Hana looks over her shoulder towards me "when the snow starts we're there." She smiles then turns back around. "So, how's everyone been enjoying the apocalypse? Us three last met when Overwatch disbanded, good I never became an official member otherwise Alan Grant would be after me." I chuckle and they deadpan me, I think I even hear a few crickets. "Alan Grant from Jurassic Park?" I say hoping for realisation from anyone. "I'm wasted on you people." I mumble heading towards the remaining bed. "I'm going to slee-"
"We're here!" Hana informs us and I grumble in annoyance. Outside I see snow coating the ground, leaving no surface uncovered. "Finally" I sigh.
"You in the Achilles class dropship. You are being grounded, land on the nearby landing pad or prepare to be fired upon." Someone speaks through the intercom.
"Wait what? The facility must still be active." Amélie is suddenly awake and telling us about these people. We all look at her begging for something more. "One of the Zenith Industries compounds is here. I was one ordered to kill the founder. Zenith himself. But security was too tight and the mission was impossible. The world ended a few hours later." I look back out the window at the lighted compound, it's grey exterior burning through the snow. Eight landing pads surround a large building and one is free, the others have some kind of advance VTOL (Vertical Take Off Or Landing) fighters. "Please proceed to the available landing pad. Put your weapons away and open the door. Disobey any of these instructions and you will be killed." I don't like this, they're ordering us about, yet we have no idea who's running Zenith Industries any more.
The ship lands with a thump and the rear door opens, almost immediately a black cat walks inside and rubs itself against Hana's legs. "Why is there a cat?" I ask the obvious question while Hana has already picked up the furry black creature and is fussing over it. "I'd watch your mouth kid. That's not just a cat. It's a God." The statement comes from a white haired man with red eyes. "Who are you?" I ask just about ready to draw my claws. "Oh, I'm Zenith." I stand awestruck then he starts laughing. "Just kidding. I'm Mike, or as they call me here, experiment Bravo-43" he smiles a wide grin. And I realise he's got to be the same age as me and Hana. (Both of you are 19) "So what's going on here?" Amélie asks Mike.
"Well after the world ended Zenith and his men left. They just walked out, left us experiments alone to fend for ourselves. They also left Zakik the cat who is also a God. We just call him Zak and then he purrs so maybe he likes it." Mike shrugs his shoulders.
"What do you mean experiments?" Lena says in an offended way.
"Oh yes, sorry I forgot he was a brit. Or at least told everyone he was. But yeah he experimented on many human children giving us abilities beyond reason. As for me, I have nanobots that don't allow me to die. Ever." He sighs as if regaining energy. "But don't worry we've been fine since they left, this base is fully automated. Please come inside. I'm sure you're eager to meet your friend." He walks along a catwalk leading to a set of heavy steel doors and waves for us to follow. Despite what we'd just heard Hana insists on still holding the purring feline.
Inside the base is a labyrinth of corridors and rooms each with a different function. Throughout are various ages of children and teenagers going about their business. "Who's in charge here?" Amélie questions being the oldest I guess that explains her concern. "The cat. He writes messages on the computer." Clearly she isn't buying this God nonsense so her annoyance is well placed. Turning a corner we end up inside the labs.
At one of the desks is Mei, the only question is why is she here. "Mei, me and Zak brought you some visitors." He bows then leaves, the cat sits on the table next to whatever Mei is working on.
"Thank you, Mike." She stands up and turns, not in the coat that she wore when I first met her but in more casual attire. "Wait. Why are you lot here?" I facepalm. I honestly don't know what I expected 'oh Y/N my rescuer please save me from the crazy dinosaur dude' yeah I mean this seems a lot more realistic. I sigh. "Basically, a crazy guy is using dinosaurs to kill off members of Overwatch and you're next." I explain the entire situation and easily as possible. "Oh" she replies with slight surprise. As she looks away from the table the cat knocks a vial onto the floor. "This cat!" She points to Zak who starts licking his paws. "I'm going to stay here if you guys don't mind. This place is pretty well protected, they have mechs even more advanced than yours D.va."
"It's Hana. We disbanded, remember?" She says slightly irritated.
"So we did." She turns back to the table. Lena and Hana pull me aside.
"She's still salty that we disbanded. Her research wasn't funded after that. I guess she came to Zenith for money." Hana informs me.
"You'd be right. I lost everything. My lab, my research. So I went to Zenith because he agreed to fund my research if I cared for the children here after he left. They all seem to think this cat is a God. They need me here to help them." She sighs resting her head on the table. "I can get you guys a better transport and even some weapons. But I can't come with you."
"I understand, the reason I started this whole thing is because I wanted to protect people. That's why I came here. The end of the world hasn't been good for any of us." I speak softly. I'm tired, all this running has me exhausted. "I once met a guy like you. About three years ago. He was young and wanted to be hero like us." I facepalm "Mei you idiot that was me." I groan through my hand. Lena tries to hold in her laughter.
"Am I really not that memorable?" I ask with a pained expression.
"That was three years ago, you were sixteen. I didn't go to the Overwatch breakup I refused. They saw you a year ago I didn't." She tries to explain herself.
Mike bursts through the door panting. "S-someone's broken in. Ten of us are dead already. We can't hold him back!" He cries falling to the ground blood gurgling from a deep gash on his back.
"N-no! Mike!" Hana cries.
"Don't worry about him he'll be fine." Mei pick up her weapon and throws on her coat. "What you'll witness next will be a-Mei-zing." She winks. I unleash my claws, Lena and Amélie ready their guns. "I'd planned for you to try and find me for a while guys. And so did Zenith. In storage there's a suit you'll find very familiar Hana. Mike take her to it." He gasps for breath as the nanobots repair his broken body.
"Can do." He croaks stumbling to his feet and leading Hana off.
"Let's go." I say running to where Mike came from. Dead bodies litter the devastation around us. The wall was smashed through by something, blood and fire cover the walls and floor. Body parts smashed against the ceiling. "What could do this?" Lena asks almost throwing up.
"Something made by Zenith Industries." Mei says sadly. "I think I may even know which test subject this is." Down the labyrinth we hear a ear splitting roar breaking the air itself, sending adrenaline coursing through my veins. Then I hear something I hoped never to hear. A friend screaming for help. Hana to be exact. My instincts kick in and I sprint full pelt in the direction of her cries.
Once inside the storage zone I see what's troubling her, the T-rex from Paris, it's grey skin reflecting light very well. It growls at her wounded body, the mech discarded to the side. Torn apart and set aflame. "Little girl. Was it you who ended the world? Was it you who killed my family?" The Russian voice asks. Stepping forward the Rex opens its jaws ready to bite down but I leap in the way my gauntlets brandished. Closing my eyes I accept my fate knowing it will buy Hana more time. "NO!" She screams in my few final seconds.
Then I hear a loud crash as the rex is thrown across the room. Opening my eyes I see a huge cockroach about nine foot tall, in the doorway sit Lena, Mei and Amélie all shocked. "Ah, fuck I fucked up my wrist." The roach groans holding one of his wrists with his three other hands. He seems to notice our confused expressions and sort of smiles. If a cockroach can smile. "Oh, sorry. I'm Zenith. I've been a giant immortal cockroach the whole time. Now excuse me it seems I left my cat here." He wonders over to Zak and picks him up, stroking him. "Please. Carry on." He opens a black portal and leaves. By now the rex is trying to get to its feet with slow progress, its ribcage jutting out of its flesh. Snarling the rex spits fire from its mouth setting half the room alight. The ground rumbles and the doorway in front of the others collapses leaving me and Hana to fight the dragon rex.
"Leave boy. I will let you live if you stop interfering with me." Dr Primeval tells me.
"Never. You're evil and I'll stop you. Also your name is stupid. Almost like an unimaginative British writer stole it from a tv show!" I scream readying myself to defend the I injured Hana.
"Fine. Prepare for you and your girlfriend to die." The rex stands up swaying from side to side, its injured body barely holding together. Using my wire I pull myself towards the reptile and it smashes me away with its tail, fortunately my gauntlets blocked most of the power as I'm flung across the room and into a wall. My back burns with pain but I persist, I have to save them. Save Hana. Even if I die. Leaping towards the rex I wrap my wire around its neck and ride on its back. It tries to knock me off with little luck, fire bursts from its jaws and I ready my claws before stabbing them inside its neck, severing its spinal cord. Even through my shoes I can feel its body heat up before it explodes launching me into the roof, everything burns red and my vision is blurry. I can hear someone speaking then a few more people, fuzzy figures occupy the space in front of me. Light breaks into the room and something colossal bellows a might roar and I'm carried away in a hurry. Before I black out I hear the starting of engines then I lose consciousness in a crimson pool of blood. Perhaps my own blood.
Author's Notes - So what do you think? My five second appearance, but I fucking punched a Trex because I wanted my cat back. How badass is that. But I guess what you did is cool too. I mean you were actually trying to save lives but I just experiment on them and stroke cats. Zenith Out...
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