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The Hope within darkness

  “I WILL GIVE UP THE BODY OF MINE,TO SEE MY SON;

  I WILL GIVE UP MY WILL TO LIVE AND BE DONE;

  I WILL GIVE UP MY SOUL,ONLY FOR MY LOVE AND NONE;

  TO SEE WHATS MINE,LIVING UNDER A BEAUTIFUL SUN; ”

  The Mythic Dragon Fazeul appeared above the Mountains of Orsantia ,

  its sheer presence makes humanity look like ants waiting to be crushed ,

  But then to everyone’s surprise,

  An earthquake began to occur and 8 different walls appeared from under the ground from the 8 different directions of Orsantian mountains,No one has ever seen a structure that massive and that tall,

  How can something like that even exist and possibly stand,

  The 8 different walls rose above the ground ,

  No one knows ,who triggered this,no one knows why it was triggered ,

  The only thing that is known that if it wasn’t for the walls that made a dome around the Orsantia ,they would be dead right now

  The Walls were made from an unknown material which is glowing green in colour spreading and enlightening the whole region.

  Mikhael who is now in a survival mode now,doesn't have the time to think of all this,He scans the whole area in one swift motion of the head,and finds his friends,

  He shouts to Tobias,”Run to the Army station,inform them about the Non-humans.”

  Tobias quickly changes the gears ,seeping through the crowd to get out of the Pyground and makes the sprint to the nearby army station which is at least 5 km away,

  Mikhael,whose body is being trained for the st 4 years for these types of situations,with Natasha at his back ,he shouts at the top of his lungs,

  “ALL TO THE UNDERGROUND,NOW.”

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  (PUBLIC INFORMATION)

  TOPIC:-

  ARMY STATIONS

  Army stations are the military bases made by the army ,to protect the civilians in the region

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  Before the emergence of the Non-humans,5 years ago,

  These army bases were being used for Fighting wars with the neighbouring countries but after the emergence of the Non-humans,they were re-directed and modified to defend humanity against the Non-humans.

  As Orsantia is a mountainous region,and the Forest regions are deep in low altitude region ,the army bases are usually made in a low altitude region closer to the forests to interrupt any attack from the non-humans,before it can reach the civilians and the humans,

  These army bases are also categorized in three different types:-

  1.)EXPLORER REGIMENT :-EXPLORES THE VALLEY REGIONS AND THE ORIGIN OF NON-HUMANS

  2.) BORDER FORCE:-SPECIALIZES IN NON-HUMAN COMBAT AND MAINLY AIM IS TO PROTECT THE HUMANS DURING ATTACK FROM NON-HUMANS

  3.)LEGION GUARDS:-MAINTAINS IMPORTANT STRUCTURES AND LAWS IN ORSANTIA,MAINLY MAINTAINS LAWS IN THE UNDERGROUND CITIES

  (IMPORTANT DESCRIPTION ON THE EXPLORER REGIMENT)

  1.)THE EXPLORER REGIMENT:-

  Primary objective:-To know the root cause of the origin of Non-humans.

  Description:-

  Constant efforts are being made in finding the true nature,biology and the goal of these non-humans but because of the difference of strength between non-humans and humans ,

  The explorer regiment almost never gets the body parts or body needed for the research purposes,

  as when the dawn breaks in the morning,the parts are burned by the sun or gets eaten by other non-humans(Yes,they eat the body parts of their kind,GROSS,isnt it!)

  FACT:-The explorer regiment suffers the most casuality,

  they are the nearest to the forests and suffers the most heavy blow

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  Mikhael is scanning the field for the status and analysis of the total damage,

  The dead bodies of the crushed people under the stampede are lying open and are being fed upon by the non-humans,The non-humans have a certain taste for the human flesh.

  Mikhael eyeing these beasts and knowing that he cant possibly outrun them and save Natasha looks for any possible countermeasure he can have,

  “COME ON….COME ON….,THINK MIKHAEL,THINK”

  mikhael says to himself and

  Tries to gather the knowledge he has learnt in these 5 years to fight against non-humans,his memories going through all the lessons he has taken on these non-humans ,

  And there in the corner of his memory ,he suddenly remember something from one of the css,

  —------------------------------------------------(2 years ago)-------------------------------------------------

  Date:-21 Sep 11009 HWD

  Location-Cssroom,Orsantian mountains,somewhere west of the world

  “Hey,stop messing around you two,Get some focus on the teacher”,

  Mikhael says to Tobias and Victor who are screwing around at the back of the css with others,while the teacher was taking a css on the biology of Non-humans

  Lieutenant Leon,the researcher and a high-ranking officer in the explorer regiment’s research team,says,”So the most important part is that ,

  Non-humans possess incredible muscle strength,and they regenerate even if we cut them up,they are almost invincible in the dark without any sunlight”

  Noah says,”So sir it means,they are untouchable”

  lieutanant Leon says with a serious tone,”Fortunately no,

  the most important part of fighting non-humans is light,

  its best if its something like burning fire,The non-humans are most scared of that,

  But whats more important is the BRAIN,

  From midnight to dawn in the morning ,the most important thing to think,

  Even in the most desperate of situations,dont forget to think,

  I am afraid gentlemen and dies,i cannot provide you with a manuel on how to think,it is learned with experience and time but i have one st advise for you,which i have gained from the experience i have during all these exploration missions i have done till now,

  NEVER GIVE UP YOUR WILL TO FIGHT,NEVER GIVE UP YOUR WILL TO LIVE,

  IF YOU GIVE UP YOUR WILL TO LIVE,THEN YOU ARE DEAD BEFORE YOU ARE DEAD,

  Thank you gentlemen for your attention. ”

  —------------------------------------------------------------(Present)-------------------------------------------

  Mikhael thinks one more time before considering the idea,

  “RIGHT ON.”

  Mikhale shouts to Noah,

  “Bring me something to start a fire from the houses nearby,probably something like a lighter,and also bring me some gas ”

  Noah in a state of dizziness hears the orders and follows them,

  Mikhael quickly plunges forward to align the dead bodies on the ground which were crushed under stampede in a way to protect the humans who were running towards underground ,while the non-humans were busy feasting on the dead bodies.

  Sara,has already gone into the undeground cities and now making contact with the LEGION GUARDS to inform them about the situation on the surface ,

  The legion guards quickly forms a team to get to the surface via the Lifts.

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  (PUBLIC INFORMATION)

  TOPIC:-

  LIFTS

  Lifts are the only and primary mode by which the underground cities are accessed and is connected with the surface,

  These Lifts are made of simple wood,ropes and motor which runs on diesel and petrol,

  These lifts are able to go deep as much as 1 km ,each level of the underground is atleast 40-50 m in vertical height,

  So in one go , the lifts can access upto 20 underground levels.

  The entrance to these lifts on the surface,is just a hole ,in which the rope is attached and the motors are on the nd somewhere a few meters away from the hole,

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  Tobias reaches the army headquarters and reports the attack in the pyground,

  The soldiers there aren’t able to believe the situation which are being told by Tobias,

  “You are saying that there is a dragon in there,and the siren was about non-humans in the pyground?”

  Tobias,unable to belive his own words ,agress

  All these events in the st few minutes have taken the toll on him,

  The Dragon,The appearance of the non-humans at this point of time,the sudden appearance of the walls which have made a dome around Orsantia capturing all of them inside and what not.

  The soldiers instantly spring into ,

  Captain Martel gears up for the mission,says to Tobias,

  “Cadet Tobias,is there any other cadet avaible in the pyground?”

  Tobias responds,

  “Yes Sir,

  Mikhael who is one of the best in the entire 155th cadet corps is currently working his way through the situation.”

  Martel with a bit of recognition expression on his face upon the mention of the name says with a sharp voice,

  “Then we shall move to the Grounds right away.”

  “Right Sir”,Tobias

  “You are dismissed”Capt. Martel to Tobias,

  Noah comes with a lighter and a gas can filled with some petrol,

  Mikhael quickly takes the gas and the lighter

  and pours the petrol on all of the dead bodies ,and flicks on the lighter,

  Before throwing the lighter ,he looks one st look on all the faces of the people he knew,

  Aunt Lyra,who helped Mikhael after the death of his mother,

  Sister Cathrine,who bought food for Mikhael everyday during his recovery when he got injured during the cadet training.

  Mr. Hank,who offered him free egg roll

  ,whenever he crosses his shop during the running practices for the tests.

  Aya,who was like a small sister to Mikhael ,after the death of Mikhael’s mother 5 years ago during the non-human attack,she was the one who bring him back to life from the brink of suicide.

  Mikhael whispers,”SORRY….”

  he throws the lighter at the dead-bodies and suddenly a fire erupts ,the smell of the burning flesh coveres the whole PLAYGROUND,and

  Mikhael just stood there, unhinged ,seeing the non-humans getting enveloped by the fire and getting burned to ashes with screams of agony,

  A little drop of a tear comes down from his left eye,

  but then he comes back to reality with the sudden jerk on his shoulders,

  “LET’S GO”,Noah says

  Mikhael looks at the hands of natasha which are covered with bruises and the shoe marks of the people,which are now around his neck,

  “Just hang in there”

  Mikhael says to Natasha,but he probably said it for himself,he doesn't know which is true.

  He is now running to the underground cities,

  He just hopes her to be O.K.,

  Mikhael when first saw her motionless,sensed this inner fear of fading away from reality,that everything will just go back to what it is ,

  From the first moment he met her till today,Mikhael could only remember the beautiful memories,

  He would normally remember the beautiful smiles of her on the Sunday morning,her weird jokes,her te night card games,and her stupid confessions ,

  But now all he could remember,is the picture of her ying motionless on the ground a few moments ago,

  The raw and primal sense of Belonging to someone and touching them was being stripped off from mikhael’s list of luxuries,

  and he was going into the abyss of darkness ,alone ,clinging to the single hope he has which is now fragile and has her arms across him,

  and he promises himself,

  “I will not let you go,Never ,EVER.”

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