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Chapter 10 - Old Friendship

Soldier #5 ordered the soldiers to go and reinforce the second squad in Stockton with their helicopter, the tank and the Humvee. he and soldier #6 along with the group got on a Boeing CH-47 Chinook and started flying towards Carson city. Simon and the 2 soldiers were sitting away from the group soldier #6 started talking to Simon in a calm voice so only Simon and the second soldier can hear it.

Soldier #6: long time no see am i right?

Soldier #5: yeah it's been a long time... i think... 14 months? right Simon?

Simon: you're right Captain William....

Captain William: oh please... don't call me Captain. just call me by my name or nickname...

Simon: i can't call you by your first name sir

Captain William: oh Simon.... we are like brothers, and of course you wouldn't call your brother Captain or sir right?

Simon: no i wouldn't...

Soldier #6: and what about me? you forgot me? mr...

Simon: stop... i don't want any of them to know my past and i don't want to remember it... please...

Soldier #6: okay okay we are sorry... we just missed you...

Simon: thanks... William and Lieutenant Robert i missed you both too.

Lieutenant Robert: Simon

Simon: yes? 

Lieutenant Robert: call me Robert without "Lieutenant" alright?

Simon: okay Robert...

Simon got another flashback... viewing himself in front of a mirror in a public restroom behind him 3 dead bodies with bullets in their heads and his suit had a lot of blood on it.

he looks at his hands and it's red colored due to the amount of blood he has on both of his hands. he looked at the mirror and he saw a tall man wearing all black and a black mask to hide his face staring at him at the entrance of the restroom.

Simon pulled the revolver that was in his pocket and fired a shot at the man but he disappeared... Simon was breathing heavily ending the flashbacks...

Captain William: you told me earlier you wanted to save someone you know in Carson city am i right?

Simon: yes

Captain William: can i know who he is and and how do you know him?

Simon: i watched a live stream... the person in the live was Micheal...

Captain William and Lieutenant Robert: MICHEAL??

The group looked at them with a nervous look...

Simon: Shh calm down... yes Micheal, he is alive

Lieutenant Robert: didn't he sacrifice himself to save you and the documents?? how is he alive??

Simon: yes he did... and I'm also confused how did he survive the horrifying creatures??

Captain William: what happened in the stream??

Simon: he showed us how Carson city was destroyed by a flying demon using some wind powers and then after just a few seconds he got attacked and... i don't know... he got killed.

Captain William: CARTER!

Carter (the pilot): SIR YES SIR

Captain William: ORDER THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH SQUAD TO FOLLOW US TO CARSON CITY! AND WHEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND SQUAD FINISH THEIR OPERATION ORDER THEM TO WAIT FOR US IN THE BASE! 

Carter: SIR YES SIR!

Isabel: what's going on?

Simon: nothing he is just giving orders

Lesley: then why was is this soldier yelling?

Simon: Captain. and he was yelling because he is a Captain.

Markus: why did he call for reinforcements? is there a problem?

Simon: no...

Lieutenant Robert: yes there is a problem, we are going to fight some demons

Captain William: how did you find that stream?

Simon: it wasn't me it was Markus a part of this group

Captain William: which one?

Simon: he is the guy sitting next to that girl with blond hair.

Captain William stood up and walked towards the group and asked them "which one of you is Markus?", Markus raised his left hand while putting his right hand on his gun...

Captain William: don't worry I'm won't going to hurt you son... i just want you to look for any kind of information that could helps us, understand the situation and perhaps if you could open another stream for us to watch

Markus: o- okay? i already found one before you came to save us sir Captain...

Captain William: can we take a look at it?

Markus: s- sure thing! 

Markus opens a stream and hands over the tablet to the Captain, he took the tablet and went back to watch it with Simon and Lieutenant Robert...

Alucard to Markus: what I'm really confused about is the fact Simon knows these soldiers and a random 30+ year old man who lives in another state... what is Simon hiding from us?

Markus: i honestly don't know... but all i know it's something out of our business

Alucard: yeah you're right

back to Simon and his 2 old friends, they were watching a Stream of someone called Elijah talking in fear and was saying that 2 states had fallen into "the hands of death" and a bit of another state. Arizona, Utah and 40% of Idaho had fallen and he said he is from Colorado but had a friend who lived in Utah who got killed... 

Elijah: before my friend got killed... he told me that they were looking for someone and on their way to find him... they SLAUGHTER EVERYTHING! kids who are 5-9 don't mean anything them! and he told me the name of the person they were looking for as he heard them talking to another human in the street, they said his name is...

suddenly something exploded giving a little shake, he peeked out of his window with his phone to record, he saw a tank in the distance firing at civilian buildings! and suddenly the tank's turret rotates towards Elijah and fired a shot at his house and the stream ended...

Captain William to Simon: a traitor? but... how??

Lieutenant Robert: who can betray his country and attack civilians and is part of the military??

Simon: maybe he is not a traitor... maybe a demon used the tank and started attacking... or maybe a mutant just like the soldier who wanted to check my blood color...

Lieutenant Robert: why would you say that?

Simon: because basically the moment he peeked out of his window the driver saw him and aimed at that guy killing him... and besides everyone who is in the street running in fear.... he ignored them all and shot the one person with camera... it's suspicious

Captain William: maybe... 

Carter: Sir we arrived at Carson city and...

Captain William: and what?

Carter: you gotta take a look at this...

Captain William stood up and looked at the city through the glass and... nothing was left... even the park was destroyed...

Lieutenant Robert: what's wrong?

Captain William looked at Simon and told him

Captain William: did Micheal mention something about his location?

Simon: he showed us a park... and he was in a house near the park

Captain William looked at Carter and told him 

Captain William to Carter: drop us near Milis park... and we need guns...

Carter: sir yes sir! sir there are guns in these 2 boxes sir!

Captain William: alright then, arm yourselves cause we are going to hunt some demons.

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