Roze slowly drowning in darkness, emptiness, place of nowhere....
Am I still alive here, somewhere? Or did I already die and leave the rot behind? If I waking means to meet the life again... the girl I used to be... maybe sleeping is mercy. I wear smile like a lie, but I am the villain of my own story.
Should I wake up..... but..... no, they are alone! I need to wake! My heartbeat is beating like guilty drum.... It's hilarious, I have no monster under my bed. It stares at me from the mirror, breathes with my lungs..... They thought I was gone.... but freak like me.... can't rest....
...
Allen and Henry both took people outside in the shelter, safe zone.
Allen had an expressionless face. Henry talking barely reloading his two revolvers. Jeff gave him another revolver as extra. Henry now needs to head towards the station and reunite with other vanguards.
Allen drank water from bottles and exhaled. Throwing that bottle in trash he asked,
" Where are we going now, champ? "
Henry stood silent for a moment.
Let's go and see her first.... Henry muttered to himself.
Allen prepared his daggers as soon as some zombies get in their way. Allen pierced through some nuts nearby. Allen is prepared for everything that comes in his way.
Both were going toward the hospital where Roze was taken. Henry felt afraid about Father Vain. Is he okay or something bad happened? What if Martin is there since he is totally blank from the town. How selfish of him.
" Hey, you ever notice the clouds running backward? But it's actually just us. "
Said Allen Iverson.
Henry suspiciously looked at him.
" What? Clouds? "
" Yeah, they look weird when we are running. Kinda poetic, isn't it? "
" Only you could get philosophical while running at the hospital. "
" Hey, it helps to distract me. You want me to be panic instead? "
Henry kept silence for a second and then spoke, " Okay, stick to the clouds. "
After a while, they reached their destination. They were about to enter but the wall of the hospital burst. Many people fell outside of the building flying. A Giant zombie came out from the building....
Its head was messy, but in good shape than the last one.
Allen fell on his knee as his sight went on that monsters.
Henry mumbles, " Ro....ze.... "
Henry felt guilty. He was weak, powerless, helpless, useless. If he wasn't there, Roze might have been alive. She is gone... because of him.
Henry said " I am sorry " to Allen with shame and regret.
" We need to kill that monster. Hold your weapon tight. We need to take it out of this site. " Allen held his daggers tight. His eyes sharpen and darkened.
" Monster...? But She— "
Allen looked at Henry and stood on his feet back.
" That thing wearing her mask isn't her anymore. It's just death pretending to remember. If you love her, end it before she forgets you completely. We hunt monsters that includes the ones we used to share fires with. She's a liability now. If you hesitate, it will kill you next. She could do the same if you were that thing, now prove it you are a Miracle Invoker. "
Henry still feels bad.
" Don't you feel bad? "
Allen sighed, " I told you once, I killed my family by my own hands unwillingly. Roze? Who is she? "
Allen ran Infront of the Giant Zombie. Tries to take it in a empty area. Some Vanguards were already there. They were telling Allen to make distance, but he ignored.
Henry stood up and follows Allen.
...
Allen took it in a factory site. Vanguards kept shooting from behind. Henry meets them. Some of them recognised Henry's face. Henry tells them not to hurt the boy. He is helping us in this execution.
Allen attacked from forward. Tries to rip joints with the daggers with continuous fierce combos. No use, Allen's daggers melt in the poison flowing all over the body of that giant. The Gant kept creating shockwave by slamming fist on ground. Allen dodged them all. Vanguards took cover a wall which broke but at least saved everyone from big harm.
Henry was behind a pillar crouching. He was thinking for a plan. A idea popped up in Henry's mind. What if, he uses Luck Points!
He can bend it and shape into an object depending on his dimensionality. The object could not melt by the poison since it's made by luck itself.
Henry tries to conjure two swords putting his palm on the floor. A golden light coming out from his palm. Suddenly a golden circuit happened and two golden shining swords appeared near his palm.
Allen might have one luck point. But he is busy to fight. He doesn't have time to focus. Henry ran near two competitors and shouted. Henry threw one sword at Allen. Allen jumped and caught it. A Swirl with lighting sparks, leading the blade to decapitation.
" CLANG!! "
What!?
That giant Zombie's using a light saber?
Henry was absolutely stunned seeing that zombie is using Roze's powers!
So, it can absorb host's powers too. But it can't use full potential of it since it doesn't have any control on host's consciousness... Allen muttered to himself.
Zombie swings sword awkwardly like it is fighting while closing eyes. Allen hurrily steps backwards as the saber lands and cracks the floor. At this point, Allen only had one thing to show off. His " Inventory "
Allen screamed at Henry,
" Hey! Go for a attack from behind. I will give you both a fair chance. Just believe in me. We will succeed! "
Henry nodded his head slightly. Vanguards were watching cmwith confusion.
Allen's current state, -5 route name Charlatan. It's " Inventory " is to give any two person a fair chance gamble. Where The Charlatan secretly controls both outcomes by an invincible thread.
Allen gives giant some serious damage and rips its hand. Allen taunts it even though it doesn't have sense or mind.
The Giant Zombie went for another shockwave which hit Allen this time. Allen crashed into a building and the roof fell. There was a gas cylinder which blasted and the spot got fired up.
At the same time, Henry phased through air. A furious slash on the neck, using full force and ripping the head off.
The Giant was flinching and was about to explode. But it stopped and fell on the ground. Henry looked onwards.
He saw something blurry coming out from the body. He saw a face, brightly smiling.
It said, " Thank you, thank you for staying with me all this time. "
Then the blurry figure vanished in the midair living a rose scent and light spark.
The Giant Zombie's full body slowly turned into water. Henry's feet become wet, his sword vanished.
Henry was very confused. He couldn't help what to do now, but smile while falling some tears.