🔦 CHAPTER 3 — “NOTHING GETS IN HERE”… SOMETHING GETS IN HERE
Minutes passed.
Shouting outside.
Footsteps running everywhere.
Distant gunshots.
Amy was holding a flashlight like she was ready to fight
God.
Ethan held a metal cup like a weapon.
Ray held a mop he “borrowed” from earlier.
Lucy looked like she was one noise away from a breakdown.
Suddenly—
SCRAAAATCH…
SCRAAAAATCH…
THUMP.
Lucy: “No. Nope. No thank you. Absolutely not.”
Ray whispered, “It’s at the door…”
Ethan whispered, “We’re dead…”
Amy: “Shut up—”
The door handle jiggled.
Ray’s heart dropped.
Lucy grabbed Amy’s hand.
Ethan whispered, “I love you guys—”
Ray whispered, “Bro you sound like you’re confessing—”
And then—
BANG!
The door swung open—
And a soldier poked his head in.
“Kids! Safe zone is secure again. You’re okay now.”
The four screamed so loud the soldier flinched.
Ray: “WHY DID YOU OPEN THE DOOR LIKE A HORROR MOVIE
MONSTER!?”
Ethan: “BRO WE ALMOST THREW HANDS—”
Amy: “I almost hit you with a flashlight!”
Lucy: “I AGED TEN YEARS.”
The soldier rubbed his forehead.
“…I’ll knock next time.”
🍽️ CHAPTER 4 — SAFE ZONE
LIFE
The next morning, they were taken to the mess hall.
Huge room.
Soldiers everywhere.
Food that looked like it had given up.
Ray poked his tray.
“…Is this edible?”
Ethan: “It’s vibrating.”
Amy: “It’s mashed beans.”
Lucy: “It’s depression.”
Ray tried to take a bite.
It tasted like sadness.
Ethan nearly cried.
But at least they were safe.
Until they weren’t.
📡 CHAPTER 5 — THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
A general stepped onto the platform.
“Attention survivors.
We have identified the source of the outbreak.
A laboratory in the quarantine zone contains the original viral strain.
We need a small, agile group to infiltrate the city and retrieve the cure
sample.
If we don’t, humanity falls.”
People murmured.
The general continued:
“And we need people who know the city layout better than
anyone.”
Ray perked up.
Ethan sat up straight.
Lucy froze.
Amy whispered, “No… nononono…”
The general’s eyes scanned the room—
—and landed on them.
“You four.
You survived on foot.
You navigated the district.
You’re perfect.”
Amy: “We’re children.”
Lucy: “Literal children.”
Ray: “YEAH BUT LIKE… COOL children.”
Ethan: “Let’s do it.”
Amy: “ETHAN—”
Lucy: “ETHAN STOP—”
Ethan: “We survived once. We can do it again.”
Ray grinned.
“We’ll save the world.”
Amy rubbed her forehead.
“This is how I die.”
Lucy muttered,
“I want a refund on this lifetime.”
The general smiled grimly.
“Gear up. You leave at dawn.”
LLoC Quotes
“…I’ll knock next time.”
Amy: “We’re children.”
Lucy: “Literal children.”
Ray: “YEAH BUT LIKE… COOL children.”
Ethan: “Let’s do it.”
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