Chapter 18

Getting back in their humvee , Kurio looked at Tarim who is being treated by a medic and knew that he have a severe injury and would take a while to wake up

Soon all of the soldiers get in their respective humvee and started to drive off

As they were about to move, bad news came in that the mall area is packed with horde of zombies and sighting of various monster with different abilities

Hearing the news Kurio called Mahtaba in which he picked up but Kurio could hear sounds of battle in the background

"Yo Kurio, you finished the battle faster than me?" Mahtaba asked

"Bad news, all of the evolved in the neighbourhood turned into monster" Kurio hurriedly told the news

"...Kurio come rendezvous to our squad" Mahtaba suddenly said and hangs up

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Arriving at the market, Kurio could see that most of the area are in shambles with stalls overturned and goods lying on the floor

Seeing the quiet atmosphere, Beta team and Kurio slowly make their way on foot to the rendezvous location but nearing the location they see the Alpha teams body lying here and there

Arriving there they saw Mahtaba sitting down with Tarsu with only less than five soldiers near them

Kurio seeing that Tarsu lost an arm and the state of soldiers since he got here quickly ran to Mahtaba

"What happened?" Looking at the wound that Mahtaba and Tarsu have

"Kurio where is Tarim?" Mahtaba questioned back

Answering back, Kurio explained what happened in the neighbourhood which lead to Tarim having a severe injury, ending the explanation he told Mahtaba that Tarim is in one of the humvee and is being guarded by half of Beta forces

Soon Mahtaba ordered all the soldiers to scout the surrounding area

All that is left is Mahtaba, Kurio and the injured Tarsu

"The higher ups require our presence now"

Mahtaba said breaking the silence

"What?" Kurio shouted abruptly

"Listen first, they need us because they have a speculation about the power level of those monster that we battled before"

"But the civilians and our squad at the mall!" Kurio complained again

"Stop it Kurio, Mahtaba wants the best for us, beside we could get Tarim healed there" Tarsu suggested

Helplessly Kurio could only agree

"So when do we leave" Kurio asked annoyed

"Soon, the chopper already know our location" Mahtaba replied

Soon a chopper came but with it a horde of zombies and monster also came

But the joint forces from Beta and the remaining of Alpha team manage to hold them back while the four generals get in the chopper

Looking at the soldiers below, Kurio has mixed feelings about telling them to regroup at the mall in which he know it is already overrun

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In the mall

A team consisted of Norrev, Adha, Akio and five other men was formed

It should've been without Adha but she insist to come and won't take a no as an answer

Akio is surprisingly an evolved which has the power of fire affinity

Their goal is to find other survivors, and see the situation outside since the mall has no outdoor viewing area

Using his power, Norrev made five clone of himself which has healed and all five of them use a spear as a weapon Making their way below

Being on the north side they made their way down with little to no zombies, arriving at the ground floor they split up with Norrev, Adha. three clone and two men going to check the middle area for the evolved and Aiko with the rest of the clones and men check outside