At first, you only had to run from the Undead. Now, just seeing a plant or an animal was enough to give you a heart attack.
You never knew if a blade of grass was just grass, or if it was waiting to rip your throat out.
If you wanted to live, you headed for the base. It was the only choice.
Of course, there were still some heavy hitters out there. They weren’t afraid of the Undead or the Mutants, staying outside to scavenge for supplies.
But even they wanted a safe place to sleep at night.
Because of that, people were clawing at each other for the few remaining spots in the base.
The entry fee just kept going up and up.
une used the news to boost her own image.
She turned to the rest of Team Zenith. “Lucky we got in early,” she said. “I heard a single spot in the base costs a literal ton of food now. With a team our size? We could’ve spent everything we owned and still been stuck outside.”
Her crew practically worshipped her for it.
They already trusted June, but now that she’d awakened her Plant Manipulation, she had them in the palm of her hand. Her word vas law.
Man, I’m so glad we stuck with June,” one guy said. “Otherwise, we’d be out there suffering with the rest of them.”
No kidding. Listening to June was the smartest move we ever made.”
You call the shots, June. Whatever you want, we do.”
Damn straight. We’re with you all the way.”
And now that June’s a Super? Team Zenith is only going to get stronger.”
une soaked in the praise, her ego hitting a new high.
he world outside was going to hell, but her golden age was just beginning.
Meanwhile.
osie’s camp was on high alert, everyone geared up and ready.
The members of the Blue Owl Squad who hadn’t awakened yet decided to roll the dice. They were going to take one big risk to get heir powers.
f they failed, they failed. No regrets.
They’d made their choice. Zane didn’t try to stop them. He just stood to the side, acting as their guard.
Whether they successfully awakened as Supers or failed and turned, he would be the one to handle the aftermath,
f he had to put down his own brothers, he wanted it to be by his own hand.
osie watched from the side, arms crossed. She kept her eyes on Zane. If he went soft–if he couldn’t bring himself to do it–she’d
tep in.
She didn’t have a bond with the Blue Owl Squad. Not like him.
In Josie’s eyes, the world was simple. You were either a human, a Super, or the Undead.
Twenty men stood in a line in the yard, letting the storm hammer down on them, baptizing them in the chaos.
Zane finally broke the silence. He looked at Josie, his voice strained. “Is there really no way? No way to stop the Turning?”
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Joe and Zane were out. No question. They were both at the top of the Base’s Most Wanted list.
The Blue Owl Squad had been wiped from the records, and the rest of the crew was likely blacklisted too. Trying to walk through the front gates would be suicide.
They went down the line, checking names, and realized only one person was still “clean.” Winnie. She was the only one with a valid ID to get inside.
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