2 Arrival of the End 2

A/N: I suppose this is a chapter late, but warning: GORE. PROFANITY. POSSIBLY TRAUMATIZING CONTENT. I'll add that to the description later lol.

Alice trembled in fear as she watched James lift Elena up into the air and squeeze. She flinched as the warm blood splattered on her face.

"Quickly!" someone said as they roughly grabbed her hand and pulled her in the direction of the door. All Alice could do was stumble after them in shock. All around her were screams of pain and terror. They sounded muffled like she was underwater.

The person pulled her out of the school and into a nearby street.

"Snap out of it!" they hissed at her from under their breath.

But Alice couldn't. Until this day, she had never seen a dead body before. Not to mention her hatred of blood.

The person pulled her into a cleaning supply closet and locked the door. The lights slowly flickered on, and she could finally clearly see the face of her savior.

"J-Jay?"

"Yeah."

"Wh-What the hell happened in there? Everyone started to turn into m-monsters! Elena! Elena's head!" Alice couldn't continue and burst into tears. She kept replaying the moment her head popped off in her mind. The horrified blank stare that met her eyes.

Jay held a finger to his lips, and said quietly, "We have to be quiet, Alice. We don't want them to hear us."

Alice nodded as she choked on her breath, "What, what happened back there Jay?"

Jay grimaced. "I don't know, but I'm sure that we weren't the only ones hit."

For what seemed like forever, they hid in the closet, listening in fear as they heard heavy, rapid footsteps pass by and the sobbing screams of schoolmates.

The only thing they could do was sit and wait. They tried contacting people on their phones, but the lines were down.

When the power shut down, all they could do was sit in the darkness. They only used their phones for time since they were trying to conserve the battery.

4 hours later, they heard gunshots and then the sound of the monsters running towards the sound. The screeches and low growls sent shivers down their spines.

"They're drawn to the sound of the gunshots," Jay whispered, "I think we should try to leave."

"But what if some of them stayed behind?"

"Some might have, but we might not get another chance like this."

"Where are we going to go?"

"My house is a block away. We could go there."

"Do you think we'll be able to make it?"

"I don't know, but we have to try."

They waited for two minutes and then slowly opened the door and peeked outside. Alice quietly gasped when she saw the splattered blood and pieces of flesh decorating the walls and floor.

Jay motioned for her to follow him as he crept towards an exit. Alice stopped staring at the carnage and crept after him, her body tense with fear.

When they got out of the school building, they started to quickly walk out of the campus, passing by torn bodies and scattered glass shards.

A couple more gunshots could be heard in the distance before they were replaced with screams.

Alice shivered in terror at the thought of what happened to the poor soul who was caught by the monsters. Jay didn't visibly react, but he sped up.

After a couple of tense, exhausting minutes, they reached Jay's house.

He pulled the key out from his pocket, unlocked the door, and carefully opened the door.

The smell of blood hit them like a semi. Jay's eyes widened. His body tensed. He walked in slowly, grabbing a baseball bat from a bag nearby. Alice followed behind.

There were some shuffling noises coming from the kitchen. As Jay crept closer to the kitchen, the metallic smell grew stronger and stronger.

His fists tightened when he saw his mutated mother crouching over his father, blood pooling around him.

His mother's kind mouth that used to smile at him was now a sharp, wicked beak that was caked with blood and pieces of flesh. Her feet were now those of an eagle's, and her arms were coated with feathers.

Jay's heart felt like it was torn apart.

"Mom…" he croaked out.

"Jay! How was school honey?" asked his mutated mother.

"Hey, Jay. Are you ready to go to practice?" she said in his father's voice.

Jay's throat tightened and a tear rolled down his face.

"Hey, Jay. Are you ready to go to practice?" she repeated, like a broken recorder.

Jay gripped his bat tighter. He knew she wasn't human anymore, that she killed his father and that she would try to kill him, but he couldn't bear to strike the thing that was once his mother. Alice saw the broken look in his eyes.

She touched his arm. "If you can't… I'll do it for you…" she said gently.

Jay inhaled. "No… I-I need to do this myself."

He walked forward slowly, his resolve growing stronger with each step.

"Hey, Jay. Is it OvEr? WheN wiLL thE GaME eNd?"

"It will end soon mom," he said with a choked voice.

He raised the bat above his head and swung down with all his might. There was a crack. He swung it again. This time a wet thud. He swung again and again, even as his mother fell to the ground, even as the sound of impact became wetter and wetter.

He was crying now. The tears streamed down his cheeks, blurring his sight.

"Jay."

Jay stopped and dropped the bat at his side. He fell to his knees beside his mother's side and sobbed. He buried his face in his bloody hands and cried silently.

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Jay was washing up in the bathroom when suddenly a blue screen popped up in front of him.

"Do you wish to view [ACR]'s offer? (If you say no, there will be another offer later if you change your mind)" read the text on the floating above screen.

There were two buttons on the screen. Yes or no. Jay tentatively pressed yes.

"Hello, we are ACR! We offer our services to you! Weapons, food, entertainment, and much much more. We are a reputable company with many customers across the multiverse. What you are using right now is the ACRS. The ACR System. If you wish to use our services, then just think 'Open ACR shop' in your head. If you wish to get a tutorial, then think yes in your head!" it read.

Jay was stunned. 'Yes.' He thought.

"So you have decided to use the tutorial? Let's start with the basics. You can choose between mental, touch, and speech interface, but you can, of course, customize it. If you pick mental, then you only need to say it in your mind like before. We're not talking about just thinking about it. We're talking about saying it in your head. You need to focus on the thought. The screen will not be visible to others.

The ACR shop has an auction and normal shop. The form of currency is U coins, but we can, of course, convert your currency for you once we determine the value.

We have analyzed the value of your currency and believe it to be 100 USD to 1 U coin. The ACR company, of course, owns a bank, so feel free to get a loan. Or you can connect your bank account or input physical items like cash or gold.

Now for how to put physical items into the shop. You just have to go to your balance page and select the option deposit and physical for a box to pop up.

We ask you not to leave your hand in the box before closing it, as you might lose it. The same for auctioning or receiving items. When you are going to send or receive something, a friendly box will pop up.

The box can not be used for combat, so don't even try it. If you have more questions, there is a query page.

So, user, would you like to accept our offer?"

"Yes."

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James, no we should call him J, only remembered the first letter of his name. And currently, his mind was like that of a wolf's; it was only focused on hunting and survival.