::::Forlorn part 5:::: Previously... The group of friends have successfully fended off the vicious attack of the mutated creatures that invaded MOL’s home. After this attack, the facility launches their nuclear weapons early. The sounds of destruction fill the groups ears as they see volleys of missiles streak into the night. A volley from another facility is launched at their position signaling their doom. As the missiles strike the earth and obliterate everything around them, including the bodies of the group of 5, something unexpected happens that leads the group to the realm of light where death has answers. Meanwhile... (Ems wakes up again. She’s standing in the middle of a sort of arena shaped building. As she gets her bearings, her ears are overcome with the sounds of hideous noises. The demons have come. They come in hordes. Too much for her to fight. They claw at her. Tear her apart. Rip her to....) “AHHH!” Ems: *gasping for air* “Geez. Just a bad dream. Just a dream.” Adidas: “You were out for a while. Seems to be your thing.” (Adidas, MOL, Zbruh, and Mustard are sitting around a small fire provided by the burning wreckage of a plane.) Ems: “why is there a burning plane...” Zbruh: “look around.” (Ems looks around her. They aren’t in the realm of light anymore. They are with death. Death isn’t around. Instead she looks around to see hell on earth. Scorched earth and fires plague her vision as she takes in the smell of burning rubber and oil. And then she remembers.) Ems: “oh no... what have I done....” MOL: “hey! It’s ok! We’re all in this together!” Ems: *tearing up* “this is all my fault. This is all because of me. What the hell have I done?” (Adidas moves next to Ems to comfort her. She sits silently pondering the situation. Tears slowly crawl their way out of her tired eyes as she takes in the brevity of their position.) Adidas: “it’s ok. You’re ok. We’re all ok and that’s what matters.” Zbruh: “no thanks to you.” Adidas: “hey! Shut the hell up! You and your small dîck aren’t helping!” Zbruh: “I’m done with you all! Thinking you control me! Well you don’t. Stop acting like it. We’re all screwed. We’re at the endgame. This is the apocalypse. We’re all dead men.” Mustard: “what if what death said wasn’t true. What if we aren’t invincible. We’re all still human.” MOL: “are you kidding me? We literally got hit with three nukes and we’re still alive to tell the tale! Not to mention the fact that we have those powers to begin with and there’s this supernatural light realm thingy!” Ems: “Zbruh is right. We’re all screwed.” Adidas: *surprised* “What?! What are you taking about? Where did spunky Ems go? We’ve got a chance to save the world and you’re just giving up?” Ems: *frustrated* “We’re 5 people with some super powers against a horde of monsters, nukes, and the government. What do you think we should do? Huh? Get up and blast them all to kingdom come?” Adidas: “Yes! Death told us to! We have to for the good of the world!” Ems: “We don’t have a chance!” Adidas: “we have eachother!” Mustard: “Shhhh!” Adidas: “oh now you too mustard?” (Mustard puts a finger over his mouth motioning for the group to be quiet. As the arguing subsides, the group can hear the sound of boots falling on the charred concrete.) Adidas: “What the f-“ (His words are drowned out by the sound of EG45 laser rifle fire piercing the night sky. The members of the group dive for cover as government special forces open fire on their position.) MOL: *passes out into the matrix* Zbruh: “Shit. Why does he have to pass out when he goes there?” Mustard: “don’t know. Don’t care. Let’s just beat these bastards.” Ems: “agreed.” (Ems creates dark energy throwing stars that she flings at the incoming soldiers. The stars stick to their targets and explode into mini black holes. Crushing and mangling the soldiers bodies as they are pulled through the holes into space. Adidas creates a shield of darkness and jumps towards the soldiers, deflecting shots and body slamming the officers. MOL has woken up and is now fight with two M416 auto rifles in each hand and a strap of grenades over his shoulder.) Ems: “Mustard! A little help here?” (The soldiers keep pouring into the area overwhelming the group. Two heavy troopers come in with eco suits designed to take extreme damage.) Mustard: “I’m trying! I don’t know what I can do yet!” Adidas: *struggling to get a guard off of him* “well try faster! We’re being overrun!” (Mustard looks down at his coffee stained uniform and his soot streaked hands.) Mustard: “pull yourself together Mustard. What can you do?” (He suddenly finds himself in the white void of the realm of light again. Floating in nothingness. He looks around confused as he can still hear the sounds of the fight going on.) Mustard: “What the hell? Get me out of here! My friends! They need help!” Death: “You wanted a power. This is it.” Mustard: “how is this supposed to help me?! I’m in here safe and sound while my friends might be dying out there!” Death: “Look.” (Death gestures to where Mustard can see his friends. He realizes something strange. They weren’t moving. They were alive. But... frozen in time somehow.) Death: “you have control over the realm of light and the abilities that come with it. Including time, space, and reality.” Mustard: *looking at his friends* “How do I get back to them?” Death: “just use your mind.” (Mustard imagines himself back in the real world. He finds himself back where he was hiding before. Safe and sound. His friends... not so much... Adidas is leaning against a crate on the ground with a wound through his arm. Ems is being held by three guards. MOL is still fighting, but the guards have shot him twice. He finally goes down holding his wounds in pain.) Mustard: “Not today boys.” (Every single soldier turns towards mustard simultaneously. And simultaneously, they raise their weapons and fire. Mustard braces himself for what he expects to be death, but after a few seconds he realizes that he’s not dead.) Mustard: “Holy shit. I can freeze bullets.” (He walks among the guards disarming each one until all their weapons lay on the ground in a large pile. He then grabs adidas and drags him to a safe spot away from the fight. Eventually he also grabs Ems, MOL and Zbruh and drags them to a safe spot as well.) Mustard: *unfreezes time* “Now. Let’s start over shall we?” Guard: *confused* “What... how did you...” Mustard: “Don’t ask.” (Mustard snaps his fingers and all the guards around him flash a bright white before disappearing into a random place in the universe. Somewhere where they won’t be a problem. The other members of the group have discovered that their wounds are self healing. They eventually regain their composure and join Mustard.” Mustard: “too easy.” Adidas: “you good mustard?” Mustard: “what do you mean? Hell yeah I’m good! I just wiped out a whole platoon of soldiers and saved your asses!” Ems: “You’re glowing white.” Mustard: “what?” (Mustard looks down at himself to discover that he is indeed glowing a bright white color.) Mustard: “strange... maybe it’s a side effect of my powers.” MOL: “whatever it is... we should probably get out of here. There will be more soldiers upon us sooner than we think.” Zbruh: “lets roll!” END OF PART 5 Follow the tags for more!