Chapter 2: Sterilisation
“GET DOWN!!” Shouted Ray as he tackled Frank and held him down. Gerard grabbed Mikey’s shirt collar and Rhonda’s arm and pulled them down, shielding them with his body. It was as if God himself had descended to earth, a blinding white light flooded through the city, coating every building white. Then a deafening blast erupted, sending a shock wave through the air causing all the windows to shatter. The broken glass rained down upon the passers-by. A rather large shard of glass pierced Frank’s thigh. He let out an agonised shriek
“AARGH!” he yelled. No one heard this over the roar of the explosion. The heat that radiated from it was intense. When the roar had died down, another whistling sound came from right above. Ray looked up.
“Fuck! Gerard, get Mikey and Rhonda in the car!” he shouted. Gerard nodded and pulled them both to his car. Rhonda and Mikey got in the back while Gerard sat in the driver’s seat and started the car.
“Come on Frankie, get up!” Ray said.
“I can’t, there’s this piece of freaking glass in my leg!” Frank shouted back. Ray picked Frank up and ran to Gerard’s car. He lay Frank in the back seat and got in the front of the car.
“Gerard. DRIVE!” said Mikey. Gerard stomped his foot down on the accelerator and the car zoomed off.
Frank was clutching at his leg in pain.
“Ouch.” Said Mikey “That must hurt a lot.”
“You think?!” retorted Frank. “Help me get this thing out of my leg!” Mikey steadied Frank’s leg and held it still as Rhonda yanked the glass out of Frank’s leg. Frank yelped in pain as the blood stained glass was removed.
“Sorry Frankie.” Mumble Rhonda as she flung the glass out the car window. They continued to drive away from the city, but it was too late.
The bomb made contact with the ground and exploded. This time it was closer than the last, sending the car tumbling along the road. The doors of the car were ripped off due to the force the car was thrown. They all fell out. Mikey and Rhonda lay unconscious, both covered in dirt, cuts and blood. Ray was cradling a broken arm as Frank was stumbling around on his feet until unconsciousness succumbed him and he fell forward. Gerard, on the other hand, had a massive cut on his forehead and he was trying to get Mikey to wake up.
“Mikey? Mikey, wake up. Wake… up…” then the blackness of oblivion consumed him.
Ray lay there feeling helpless. His arm was throbbing with excruciating pain. The pain took over and he closed his eyes.
A few hours later, Ray slowly opened his eyes to see Gerard and Rhonda being lifted into stretchers, while Mikey and Frank where being wheeled into white vans. A man in a white suit walked up to Ray and crouched down beside him. The man shone a bright light into Ray’s face, he squinted against the light.
“It’s ok. We are going to get you to a safe facility where you will be helped. You will be living a better life from now on.” The man said. Ray couldn’t see the man’s face. The light shone on his face prevented him from seeing anything.
Finally Ray gave up on trying staying awake and closed his eyes once more.
The man called over two others, lifted him onto a stretcher and wheeled him into another white van. They drove off into the night…
“It is done master. Phase one of your ‘Sterilisation’ plan is complete. My men are searching for any survivors as we speak.” Said a bald man in a light grey suit. He held a cell phone to his ear.
“Good, good… You have done well my Scarecrow, very well indeed. We’ll see how well you’ll do for the rest of the plan.” Replied a raspy male voice.
“Thank you master. I will make you proud.”
“I look forward to see your progress soon Korse.” Said the raspy voice.
“As do I.” Korse hung up and looked at the carnage surrounding him. There were still small fires burning. All the buildings were destroyed, dead bodies were being carried to white vans in bags while the survivors were being driven off to God knows where.
Korse smiled and walked off into the black night…
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