Rewind: Apocalypse

Chapter two

Kahashi’s POV

The sunrays barely made their way to the ground as the trees were almost shielding it completely. The air was very fresh and cool. There was barely any sound apart from the chirps of birds and insects noise around. I’d walked some distance into the bush without finding any animal. Considering that this was once a city I guess it’ll be really hard to find one. I didn’t care less about how much time has passed since I lost consciousness, thinking about it wouldn’t probably solve any of the issues at hand. I heard a sigh and sat by a tree. Almost immediately I spotted a fairy large bird sat on the grass nearby. “This is it”, I thought to myself. I laid low making steady progress in the direction of the bird like creature. I got close to it only separated from it a few feet away. Strangely it didn’t make a move or a run for it. It could probably be dangerous. Could this creature be a predator; may be I’m the prey here. Or may be it hasn’t sensed me yet. I calculated my next move to be a direct leap on the bird. I then rolled over to the right to get a direct angle.

Suddenly…

“s**t” I exclaimed, my next move was already futile as I was lifted into the air, hanging down from a tree in a net; a man-made trap for animals. It’s nowhere near modern technology to catching animals. The bird had flown away. It didn’t sense my presence not until I was caught in the trap. So it was a prey with a low survival skill or adaptability. I turned around to survey my environment. The person that set this trap had to be nearby. Maybe I’m not the only human that is still alive. Then I spotted a figure emerging from the shadows of the trees.

A girl … hu h??

She walked towards me and heaved “a sigh of frustration. She lowered the net and let me out. She rearranged her trap and walked away.

“Hey”, I called to her, following her.

“Are you lost?”, she asked bluntly.

“Well - - em – “ I stuttered, “ don’t actually know what going on”

“okh you gust receive salvation?”  She asked. I stared in utter confusion.

“Well there’s nothing I can do to help you”, she added before moving forward. I picked up my bag and following quietly. For a while she didn’t say anything as we moved further into the town district.

“why are you following me?” she asked

“Err - - well”

“What”, she cut in

“I don’t have anywhere to go” I replied.

She turned and stared at me coldly. I looked into her eyes, and sequence of images flashed in my eyes; Almost like I was seeing a movie. She pulled out a gun and gave me “Take care of yourself” then the vision faded. I looked in my hands and there was no gun she was some distance away from me still staring at me. I was sure I saw her handing me a gun; what was that?

“Are – Are you gonna hand me a gun?”,

I asked, she gasped. Her eyes widened.

It was obviously her next move, there was no doubt in my mind that she was probably gonna hand me a gun.  So somehow I was able to see some few seconds into her future. The strangest thing happened after that. It seems I had pissed her off. She suddenly duplicated into numerous copies heading towards me at an incredible speed.

Was she actually duplicating her self or I’m I hallucinating.  The next thing she was just at my side the other copies served to have vanished. An illusion she hit me hard so I lost consciousness.

…

I opened my eyes. I was in a building, I could tell in just a glance. I looked around to be safe before sitting up. I spotted her sitting down some distance away. She removed the mask she wore letting her hair to fall behind her. She’s an epitome of beauty, lost in thought as I admired her.

“I’m Shiro Matsuga”, she said disrupting my thoughts.

“I’m Hakshi Myuhi”, “where are we?”

I asked.

“My home”, she replied.

“How did you duplicate yourself?” I asked looking down, she stood up and walked to my side and sat beside me, my cheeks flushed puke.

“I’m sorry I hit you earlier”, she said.

“uh- uh, no Issoke”, I stuttered.

“I guess you really don’t know anything about what is happening right?”

“Yeah”.

“Well I’ll brief you on it”. “But you should have something to eat” she added, my stomach rumbled

“Yeah” I replied in a very low voice.

She handed me some food smiling. I was so embarrassed. She actually offered to feed me, because I was still partly paralysed due to the hit. “Well??” I muffed with some food in my mouth.

“Don’t talk”, she said “blind your manners”. She sounded like mom she cleared her throat, I looked at her as she was about to start talking.

“Well you could just see into my future and figure out all I have to say then?” she asked

“huh?”, I was still confused

“Nevermind”. She then heaved a sigh.

“The great light was a light of petrifaction, turning everything to stone. But some people survived and have been fathered together somewhere in Tokyo for protection by government officials. Apparently there are expecting a second wave of the great light’s petrification and are managing the available damages.

In the meantime, some humans have been found to break out from the petrification. They called it salvation. These humans are said to have now been labored with special abilities super human abilities and they are called the second generations but of course they have limits to these powers. There are said to be of two forms, the grade 1 and grade 2. Grade 1 and humans with just one power meanwhile grade 2 have two powers. They are hybrids. The second power is usually a fire power ………………s or ice ………………..control.

The Alpha is said to be able to control all two of two still maintain he’s natural powers”. She stopped and looked at me who was completely and utterly amazed. I could hardly believe all that’s she said.

“How long has it been since the great light?”

“Roughly two years and six months”

“There also something else you should know”, she added

“What?”

“The Government have drones around scouting for second generation human seeking to amass a great amount of military power”.

“So they are hiring us into soldiers”,

“I asked, she nodded.

“who are fighting against shouldn’t they be concerned with the second wave of petrification that is coming?”

She smiled.

“There’s another institution of second generation human who broke out because of the rough handling of our ………….by the government.

The government see us as mere tools and weapons and that we are not treated. We are more like slaves. So these two bodies have been in war since four months ago. And the government have the upper hand as they have a stronghold full of modern technologies and the SGO, second generation order seems to be lacking in that area. Other than that both the government and the SGO are equally matched being that they have skilled and trained second generations’.

“Skilled?... trained” I cut in…….

“Yeah”.