Chapter 2: The Hide Begins
Just a glimpse of the horned wolf noticed Oscar, which shivers crept to his spine.
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'No way this is happening—!'
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From the tip of his horns had a flicker to a charge, enough to be seen from his stead.
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It shone with radiance.
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Quite dangerous.
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Danger loomed his heart that tightened his chest and ended gulp hard but glanced sideways from the secret compartment within arms reach.
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When two more of similar build of the monster emerged from the bloody corridor, his hand immediately reached the emergency button that triggered a blare.
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Such swift hands he maneuvered through the compartment and went for the code, and revealed security protocol for A.I. System to command.
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"I need you to activate AR40 & FS24 now!"
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The automated voice echoed throughout the floors. " Warning! Activating Acid Rain & Fire Storm along the main hallway in 5 seconds! Please evacuate now!"
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From the ceiling opened sprinklers that gushed but as soon as the droplets struck the wolves.
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Howled in unison heard from a distance.
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The ball of spark struck itself and arc behind him, ending up squirmed and whimpered.
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Before they could react, more waves of horned wolves tried to crowd the space but went all for naught when the gray mist then spread out.
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Oscar with head held up high and leered at them.
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He then pressed the button, and the corridors, several layers ahead of him, began to close like an enclosure.
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Despite that, a horned wolf in bigger stature pounced to the frontlines and howled.
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'I can't believe this is real. Like I'm in a game or something…'
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Glasses like windows and doors shattered at once and Oscar could only shut his eyes and ears at the same time.
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But even that big of a monster there was never spared from the hiss and the sizzles from his furs drenched in the acid upon them.
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Before he let out a prolonged growl now emerged a flame that engulfed them.
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"I need to make a plan."
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Oscar moves away as soon as the steel doors shut and the hallway is on automated lockdown.
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With a gulp, he reached on the other end of the pillar as he now bit lips. "I must keep this hidden."
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The room trembled, and another partition came and the special vats area now sealed shut at any given moment.
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He then went to the surveillance area, always activated, to check for further updates.
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As soon as reaching the phone Oscar called emergency hotlines and other authorities nearby.
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Yet turned out in no avail.
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"Where are all these wolves coming from?" Spoken with seethe between his teeth, and now noticed the cameras after clicking had him focused.
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From the entrance of the building, there revealed several spatial cracks, as Oscar described it, with monsters emerging from it.
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The police and the group of militaries retaliated with all their might but deemed harsh with horde of monsters approaching.
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Never did it become a lost cause when several humans emerged, with peculiar power— akin to those in movies, stories, and in games— that fought alongside mankind.
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Oscar curled hands to a fist.
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'No… This can't be…'
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From the compilations, a few cameras are already in gray screen— in a haze— with no vision written.
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'... Is brother Dee alright? No, is he as well—?'; A small shake on his head as his gaze now cleared. "I assume he already went and check our family before going to my very far of a place"
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Though there had been swarms of monsters crept throughout numerous areas in the building.
' All right, let's try to survive as long as we can…'
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Then almost no human now spared from the massacre painted on every available camera therein.
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'This can't be…' His lips now gaped a tad bit as what he witnessed.
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Like the games he played in recent times.
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The comics and stories he had read.
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As an avid fan as he was; like the genres he got and drawn closer to— happened to be popping in real life— worst way possible.
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'This is like a game…' He propped his palms on the control panel. ' Is this what brother Dee called me for—?'
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Despite the muffled sounds, he was no stranger with the sudden bumps and vibrations coming from the sealed path of the hallway.
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"Activate AR88 & SS54 now! Reinforce the doors!"
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The automated voice echoed again.
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"Warning! Activating Acid Rain & Snow Storm entire floor in 3 seconds! Please evacuate now!"
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Oscar sighed in relief.
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The sound of banging and all stopped.
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Silence, for the first time in a long while, never calmed her chest to an effect.
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Yet it didn't last that long.
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Nearby the laboratory racks found several reagents; from there, he mixed pairs of strong reagents.
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In smaller batches and poured on a small ampule for as fast as he could.
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The thug got stronger until it became stronger with the door now dented for a couple of strikes.
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Oscar tucked the reagents to his messenger back as soon as he reached for his phone.
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From the dented steel door, breaking in anytime soon, had Oscar cursed under his breath.
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'Quite cunning for them to learn.'
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For Oscar, fret not, because he still had some tricks up in his sleeves.
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Indeed, the last barricade failed and revealed the large horned wolf earlier.
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Although burned and scalded earlier, it remained steadfast.
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With now his turn: head held up with leering eyes, at him no less.
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"Smokescreen! Now!"
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When it was about to pounce, Oscar threw an ampule at it and once a spark emerged at its snout turned into a massive explosion.
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It wasn't over when a couple of shadows emerged from behind the smoke.
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Without hesitation he knocked down the rack with reagents and without looking back, he jumped to the next platform and propelled further from the chain of blasts occurring.
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Rolling a few times had him propped in all fours, but his vision went to a spiral.
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"... That hurt…"
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Blood trickled on the floor, and had him touch his forehead and now his hand shook from such a sight.
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Clicking his tongue, he threw the ampules at their horns swirled with a surging spark.
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The blasts became intense and enough to burn them to crisps.
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Yet it was far from over when the large monster survived.
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And now to his blindspot.
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