Dust Never Settles

"Come on Son! Tom, come on don't lose yourself. Come on wake up!" a voice coming from an angered Mr. Porter and a slight hum can be heard from my APEX which shocked me back to conscience. Gasping for air after being shocked I looked around me if there's anyone heavily hurt. "Tom finally you're back anyway, lets get the hell outta here we're in the Killzone!" I grabbed my stuff and ran with Mr. Porter. "You ok sir?" I said to Mr. Porter. "Yes, tiny scratches but it's not the time so it's ok for now. Let's get off the zone as fast as possible. Our vehicles are disabled thanks to their anti-armor mines." Said Mr. Porter. "How's everyone?" As I try to look for others. "You're the last one here they're on the other side by now safe at least we have APEX-enhanced so it's fine for us to be last." Said Mr. Porter. "I see... How can we defend ourselves?" As I asked Mr. Porter as he looked back at me chuckled a bit then replied to me saying. "You serious? Don't you remember that we ARE the weapons. Also, Kid I don't want you dying early in this battle or Miss Kirkstoic's work will be all for nothing."

Right now we know that the enemies have weapons of Mass destruction but that's not the only thing we need to worry about. We still have a plague to worry about and how it possibly became weaponized to attack us we may never know until we capture this man and kill off this virus for good. I gave a promise to Mr. Kirkstoic that I'll end this with Hailey. "Tom you seem focused. Are you thinking about Missy?" Said Mr. Porter.

"Wh-what? No, c'mon I was just thinking of the second wave we received from the fact that the Plague has returned. And now someone's taking advantage when everyone is dying by the thousands by the hour. What cruelty has this organization can give at times where everyone is down to their knees just to finish them off with nukes." As we walk towards the safe zone. "Kid, this is war. He's just following the rules he took advantage and in war, those who have the advantage will make their odds to their side. We can't do anything about natural occurrences such as plagues." Said Porter.

"I know but the plague shouldn't have returned like it was back then. It's not natural for it to return after a cure was made that saved millions during that time. Mr. Kirkstoic is an amazing doctor despite his history with executing criminals." As I slowed down while thinking about how things were different during Mr. Kirkstoic's time. "I Understand you kid but for now. We have a person to hunt down and people to save. C'mon Kid increase your pace." Said Porter as I hesitated walking faster despite both of us having APEX Systems that prevent us from getting tired.'

Meanwhile back at the laboratories...

"Miss Hailey, everyone survived the blast." Said one of the scientists. "Any injuries?" I asked the people monitoring. "None Ma'am seems like there are two survivors that are walking towards one of the safe zones." Said one of the scientists as I checked the video signal to check the survivors. "Tom and Porter survived huh. That's a sigh of relief right there." As I was worried that in that convoy one of them is Tom who volunteered to join the battle. Since we finally found a cure for the current plague we now play the waiting game assuming our biggest problem is the enemy will use the plague virus as a weapon. "Give me updates once there's a significant event happened I'll be in my office reviewing my findings." As the other assistants, I have nodded and left the room to check for the cure and maybe improving it even though we already had succeeded in finding the cure. But we may never know. To be honest I almost lost hope on the operation if Tom died out there I wouldn't forgive myself if that ever happens. Since they have their APEX Systems intact they'll probably recover quick.

"Ma'am they're probably pretty troubled on what happened. Should we send them a report on what happened?" Said one of the Overwatch. "Sure, send them that there has been back to back enemy fire opposite from their position." Said Hailey.

Back in the battlefield...

"Kid I got report that we've been under fire for a while now." Said Porter as they regained their strength after their APEX kicked in. "Sounds bad for now we need to get the hell outta here." Said Tom. "Right back at ya kid." Said Porter as they run outside the kill zone of the artilleries. The sound of gunshot can be heard from miles away and the shouting of soldiers echoes the hallways as Tom and Porter hides to try to manage what the bloody hell is going on. The rubble and constant shaking from the aftershocks of the artilleries and the bombs landing and destroying the earth. "So we're fucked then?" Said Tom. "From the looks of it yes. We are definitely fucked." Said Porter as they found out that multiple nuclear warheads are already prepped and the Bio-canisters have been spotted around the area they're in right now. "Seems like the dust never settles down." Said Tom. "Tell me about it. For now we need to reduce the overall damage of the bio-canisters you know the cure right?" Said Porter. "Well... About that Hailey hasn't given it to me yet." Said Tom. "Seems like we need an express order right this instance or else shit will hit the fan." Said Porter.