Pandora's Box

Chapter 14

I am inside the evacuation area and I don’t stop right now finding my sister among these people, in a crowd waiting for everything to go back to normal.

They said that these are researchers that are too important for them. That only mean one thing, it means that they don’t them to die, and if they are keeping all these researchers in one place to only avoid them being killed by those Terra formers, then my sister is in grave danger.

I am not comfortable, not that comfortable in getting myself together in this place.

As long as I don’t see my sister here, I won’ t be assured that she is safe. I politely pushed away every person that I came across so I can get through. Despite of their great number right now, I will not stop on finding them.

It will not stop me, as long as I get to see the precious and beautiful face of my sister.

There is no doubt about that.

I do not care less, if Alexander is trailing behind me. My mind is focused on finding her right now.

Ahh I can’t find her...

Why!?

Cheryl please show up.

I don’t know what I will do, if I don’t find you right now. Please dear god, answer my prayer. Please, bring back my sister in one piece.

That’s the only thing that I request to you right now.

If she is not here, but I hope that she is here, then guide her path towards us. Please get her away from those things that wants to harm her.

I want to be on my knees right now, so my prayers could reach god.

I just don’t know what to think anymore.

Third Person’s Point of View

The Vanguard soldiers came on the scene with heavy weapons on their arsenal.

“BOYS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL, WE ARE FACING A BLOODY CRIMSON CODED SPECIMEN,” the captain announced to his team. There is nothing that will stop them now as they march through the underground bunker where the specimens are kept from the outside.

Bloody Crimson, a color code that is more terrifying than Crimson coded creatures.

“HOORAH!” they responded with their battle cry that they used to use in their training.

“DON’T FOCUS ON KILLING THE CREATURE, WE ARE ONLY RECAPTURING IT!” he shouted again.

“HOORAH!” they responded with the same battle cry that they used to do.

“LET’S GO BOYS!” the captain shouted before kicking the door open and he started to rally his soldiers behind him. “FOR WORLD PEACE!”

“HOORAH!”

“TF – 282 aka The Reaper,” he said on his radio which has been transmitted towards the other communicators of his team. “A humanoid creature that possess extreme intelligence and likes to cull his victims with his scythe,” he added, furtherly reading its description. “Other information classified, appearance, a man with ripped shirt and bone-dry body, a long messy hair, and a large scar on its stomach” he told them about its appearance. “Let’s be careful boys, this one is no joke,” he added.

The vanguard unit, are the elite soldier of the prism state, trained to deal with different kind of specimen that has been created by the Terra former. Despite having limited access to information, they are built to be ready, and face death itself.

They are the only ones who carries technological advanced weapons depending on the specimen they are about to recapture, eliminate, or capture.

Trained to deal with the odds.

They are the only hope of the country regarding with the containment breach. There are no one allowed to delve and dwell in this situation except for the peace keepers and vanguards.

Peace keepers are researchers that has higher ranks in the society and the ones that gets to keep vital information with as they keep monitor on every specimen in this area.

They are the ones trusted with information that they can use to handle every creature regarding with their containment procedures. During elimination and recapturing any specimen they are the ones accompanying the vanguard, to further boost their chances of recapturing and killing a specimen.

They are the ones who wears the hazmat suit, that Jennifer and Alexander met earlier before they reach the evacuation site, the place where the two is right now.

Jennifer and Alexander continue to check every person in the area as of the moment, as she moves on the anxiety inside her chest and in her mind grew bigger.

A peace keeper in a hazmat suit, greeted the vanguard battalion 6 that has been dispatched in the area to recapture TF – 282.

“Sir,” the captain of the vanguards stood and saluted at him.

The peace keeper that, greeted them also stood straight and saluted back at him and he looks behind him to see a number of soldiers to help him recapture the specimen they are tasked to capture now.

“Captain Reyes, I see that you brought a number of your men,” the peacekeeper told the captain which is named Reyes.

“Sir, we believe that these men behind me are highly trained and disciplined, most of all they are ready to die for the future of humanity,” he answered him back.

“As usual, I hear that a lot from you and you live up to your words, so these are the files that I requested regarding with TF – 282,” he said as he handed the files towards the captain, and the captain grabbed the papers.

The captain takes a peek to the papers that has been handed to him, it contains all the containment procedures that they will need to know if they want to capture the specimen successfully.

“Captain Reyes, I specifically request that you take this one alive, as he is important not to be revealed to the world and most importantly, this one contains the answers, in regards with understanding of the Terra formers,” he said.

“Don’t worry sir, we will take this one alive and tied on the rope,” he assured the peace keeper.

“It’s a relief to hear that from you Captain Reyes,” he said as he opened the door towards the Crimson coded section in the burrower’s floor. Since this is where it happened.

A tunnel system is under construction when Leon and Cheryl came across this place. They can’t believe what they are seeing as they began to explore each piece of the puzzle.

Its purpose is to connect every crimson coded creature and also lead a path where they can easily access the area that contains all Blood Crimson coded specimens.

So far, it only has three, under its code, and has been recently created by researchers as they find out some terrifying truth in regards with the specimens that falls under the category.

The vanguard march through the hallway as they carefully explore the are where the specimen is reported to be last seen.

Turns out, that Cheryl accidentally opened its containment chamber when she sat on that control module, thus releasing one of the most dangerous creatures that ever existed in this planet.

“Slow down,” the captain said as he raised his arm when they came across the only entrance towards the place of accident. The tape that says no entry has been thrashed, meaning that there is someone or something that trespassed the area.

They carefully tread the area, as they shone their flashlights and saw shattered pieces of glasses.

They followed the trail, until they saw blood trails.

“We are near,” the captain whispered. They followed the blood trail on the floor, which became thicker and thicker as they follow it.

Soon, they began to hear drops from a distant, and all the soldiers checked every angle. Their lights shine through every direction leaving nothing unseen behind. They listen to every sound that they can hear around them.

“Stay frosty,” the captain said. The soldiers put their finger away from the bullet to avoid firing at the specimen accidentally killing it, despite knowing that the enemy that awaits them is a crimson coded specimen.

They took their every step with caution as they prepare themselves for a deadly encounter. The vanguard members are not chosen or picked by association they are simply volunteers who are willing to risk their lives for the others.

They are the ones that have taken the blood oath, that no one will make them crumble in fear. They have taken the strongest way of taking an oath and there is nothing that can break it. Even so, deep inside they are still human who experiences fear in all of this.

Deep inside they feel the fear, the desire of not joining the team, and yet so their love for the world, are stronger than their fears.

They hold down their triggers, since the peace keeper that they have talk to specifically asked to keep this one alive for some reason.

Since they are created to do as they say, they have no other options but to oblige on his request.

A metal clanged onto something which alerted the whole squad. This is a sign that there are movements in the vicinity.

“Guns up,” the captain ordered his men and they happily do so, as they raise their guns. Waiting for an opportunity, to capture the loose specimen.

The two behind them are carrying a big briefcase which contains the weapon specifically made for capturing this one.

Once they know one of its weaknesses, they can exploit it.

One secret, that the Prism State have is that researchers are using some of the bizarre mutations that the terra formers made, to create highly advanced weapons for fighting the more powerful ones.

They heard a creak above them, and they instantly reacted on it, only to see a hanging pipe above them.

“It’s nothing,” one of them said and they continue their search towards its containment. That’s where they will start. To find out how it escaped and just by looking at the blood train on this path.

They are sure that the specimen has captured a victim, or even killed it.

One of the description states that this one specifically likes to play with its victim and won’t stop bothering them until they pass out because of blood loss.

The sound of a liquid dripping from far away is getting louder and louder.

And then a loud bang.

They pointed their lights on that direction and saw silhouette of a highly deprived of nutrition gets away from the light.

“Open fire,” the captain said and they began firing their guns.