Encounter With An Awakened

Alan and Ezekiel rushed towards the light as it got closer, they were exhilarated when they realized it belonged to a car. Hope appeared in the eyes of the duo as they pushed themselves further towards the light. 

The Silik behind them stopped, as if sensing something, it turned around and ran back into the woods. 

Alan and Ezekiel didn't notice this since they were more focused on getting to the vehicle. 

Their expressions soon changed when the vehicle was flipped into the air, the lights of the vehicle shone on the other side of the road, for just a second, but the duo caught sight of what was behind the vehicle. 

They stopped in their tracks, but they were only around one hundred and fifty meters away from it.

The car which was mid-air, soon slammed into the ground, tumbling a few times before stopping around fifty meters away from the duo. 

They exchanged glances, before steeling their hearts and running towards the vehicle. This was their only hope of survival at the moment. 

Even if they didn't know much about Siliks, they could tell that the ones behind this vehicle were different from the ones behind them. When they got to the van, they hurriedly tried to open the door to the van. 

After a few seconds of trying, they managed to open up the door. The front door of the van was sent flying and a figure climbed out from it. 

The person was a lady dressed in what looked like a tracksuit. 

"Who are you people?" She asked as she came down from the vehicle which was on its side. 

"We were being chased by a Silik, so we came towards the light when we saw it." Ezekiel explained. 

"Oh." The lady held onto her head, "Right, we are being chased. Where are the scientists?" 

"Inside." Alan pointed at the group of people inside the van who seemed to have passed out with blood dripping down the head of a man who held onto a briefcase. 

Even with what happened, the man still refused to let go of the briefcase. 

The lady looked behind them, seeing how quickly the Siliks were closing in, she waved her hand and a stream of water appeared from nowhere, pouring in the faces of the scientists. 

The man with the briefcase was the first to open his eyes, feeling that the briefcase was still in his embrace, he heaved a sigh of relief before struggling out of the van. Of the four people in the van, one of them never opened his eyes. When the lady tried to take him out, she realized that he had been pierced by something at the back of his head; he was dead. 

"Veronica, what's the situation?" The man who held onto the briefcase asked after coming out. 

"Not good sir, we're surrounded by four upper-level Siliks, I can't defeat all of them on my own." Veronica reported as she stood in front of the man. 

"Who are these kids?" The man asked when he saw Alan and Ezekiel. 

"I don't know, they said they were being chased by a Silik. Since they're still alive, it must have been a regular low-level one." Veronica reported. 

Alan and Ezekiel were confused by the terms the lady used in addressing the Siliks. They didn't know there were upper-level Siliks and regular ones. 

"We'll talk about that later sir, what matters now is getting you three to safety." Veronica stopped the man from speaking any further when she realized he was about to ask more questions. 

"Three? Where's Karl?" The man asked, shocked. 

"Dead." Veronica said calmly while watching the movements of the Siliks. 

They hadn't tried to attack yet, just watching them, ensuring that they blocked the escape routes of the humans. 

"Where are the weapons, we can at least assist you with them?" The man asked, a little shaky from the Siliks that were staring at them. 

Veronica shook her head before taking out a gun, it was a semi-automatic pistol with a blue trigger. 

She looked at the shaky scientists, before turning to look at the two youths beside her, "Any of you know how to use one?" 

Ezekiel stepped forward, "Yes." 

"Good, try not to hit me with it okay. Also, if you do anything funny with the scientists, I'll kill you before you can pull that trigger." Veronica handed the gun over to Ezekiel with this warning. 

Ezekiel took the gun, not worried by her warning. He didn't plan on doing anything other than to help her anyway, so why worry. 

When Veronica saw his reaction, she nodded secretly. 

"You four, stay behind us, don't make any rash movements." She instructed. 

Alan moved close to the scientists, unsure of what to do. Ezekiel was just given one of the most valuable items in the world currently, a gun filled with chaos energy bullets, these were the only things other than Awakens that could harm Siliks.  

Most Awakened don't use these weapons, only opting to use them when it is necessary. 

Veronica attacked the moment she confirmed Ezekiel was ready. She was fully confident in her abilities, hence she wasn't too bothered. The main reason she gave the gun to Ezekiel was so that he could stop any of the Siliks that tried to go close to the scientists while she was occupied. 

She created a water dome around them just to be extra safe, before attacking.

Bang! Boom! Bam! 

The Siliks shot out light beams from their mouths, destroying the attacks she sent towards them. 

Ezekiel held onto the gun tightly, watching the battle from behind. He didn't dare to carelessly shoot since he knew how precious the bullets were. 

Bam! Boom! 

Veronica managed to send one of the Siliks flying, but she was pushed back in the process, leaving the scientists exposed to the Siliks. 

One of the Siliks used the opportunity to charge towards the water dome. 

Bang! 

Ezekiel pulled the trigger, shooting the Silik that was charging towards them. 

Unfortunately… he missed. 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

Without thinking, he started to release shot after shot at the Silik, forcing it to stop in its tracks. Although the pressure was getting to him, he knew if he carelessly missed his target, he would die.