A Failed Rebellion

*BANG!*

*BOOM!*

'Thud!'

"AARGH!" screamed a few people as Shawn's body ruthlessly crashed into them

'CRACK!'

"NO! SHAWN... F*CK!" my heart instantly dropped as I witnessed my friend's body ruthlessly thrown into the unsuspecting crowd.

Autry was devastated as he quickly ran up to Shawn's body only to see him completely covered in blood with his right shoulder and arm bending the wrong ways, indicating his impact on the ground had broken them.

"SYSTEM PARTY MENU!"

[Initialising party window]

[complete]

[Autry Gregson] [Hp: 100/100] [status: Healthy]

[Shawn Malory] [Hp 78/150] [Status: currently unconscious (1:43 minutes)]

Autry had immediately checked his party member's status and sighed in relief, knowing that his friend was still alive, albeit gravely injured because of his mistake.

Guilt flowed through his body and created a damn in his neck, causing him to choke on his words, unable to speak or even cry as it felt like someone harshly tightened a rope on his neck.

*Rumble*

*Rumble*

"ROAR!"

"ROAR!"

The ground below everyone suddenly started shaking as four holes appeared on the surface of the earth, and out of them came four more ant creatures slightly smaller than the one who threw Shawn across the ground.

Panic quickly ensued within the crowd as people were surprised at their sudden appearance, and some directly fainted due to fear, phobia, or complete horror as they looked at the creatures for the first time.

"ROAR!"

The devil's subordinates roared in glee as they witnessed their commanders win his battle against a rebellious prey.

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'Boom!'

'Boom!'

'Boom!'

"ROAR!"

The devil roared joyfully, declaring its dominance through repeated and coordinated stomps he had with his subordinates.

{Are they enjoying this?}

{Are they enjoying this?}

The ants who surrounded the crowd danced in unison, further instilling fear within the group as all those who wanted to fight back quickly lost the will to do so after seeing the deaths of their family members, comrades, and the repeated deaths of fellow humans.

Autry was angry.

Autry was very, very angry.

The young boy no longer wanted to run away.

All he wanted was a REBELLION! and revenge for the injuries his friend had taken.

"H-how dare you... h- HOW DARE YOU LAUGH!"

"YOU BASTARD, YOU NEARLY KILLED HIM!"

Autry screamed angrily as he stood to face the ant who harmed his best friend.

Autry's face had scrunched up into pure rage as he watched the ant, who nearly killed his best friend, not even take him seriously.

"I- will- kill- you", I said, entirely overwhelmed by hatred

Immediately I ran towards the ant creature at full speed with the intent to kill it!

"YOU BASTARDS! GO TO HE-"

*Splat!*

Autry's head went as the ant had lazily stepped on it without batting an eye, treating him like a bug only for squashing.

Autry's brain matter had spilled out everywhere, painting the earth a crimson red with his blood.

Shawn's POV:

"Ugh, what happened?" I said as I woke up with my body screaming in pain.

Scrunching my eyebrows, I attempted to move my body so I could stand up

"ARGH!"

Instantly I screamed in pain, startling a few people beside me. I felt extreme pain running throughout my right arm when I tried using it to lift my body.

Using my left arm to locate the area the pain was coming from, I could feel as though something was poking out of my shoulder, So I bent my head to take a closer look down only to see my whole shoulder sunken in and-

"YOU BASTARDS! GO TO HE-"

*Splat!*

"UERGH!" vomited a few people, unable to take any more bloodshed.

{AUTRY!}

"A-AUTRY! AUTRY, AUTRY HEY B-BRO, WHERE ARE YOU?"

Tears gushed out of Shawn's face as he heard a voice screaming in rage, which sounded like Autry's. Shawn suddenly remembered Autry screaming out his name right as he was about to collide with the ant creature before suddenly losing consciousness as he lost focus and looked at his friend who screamed his name.

"A-Autry bro, no, no, where are you, man? I-i don't want to lose you again".

"Autry? Autry! AUTRY!" screamed Shawn in pain as he completely broke down, but determined to see his friend again, he shook his body in an attempt to lift himself.

*Crack!*

"ARGH!"

'Thud'

Shawn had screamed in pain, fallen back to level one, and could no longer lift himself as pain ran throughout every inch of his body. Now unable to feel his right arm, he could only cry, but not even that he could do as sadness was like a hand constantly strangling him.

'cough'

'cough'

"Whaaaa what w-whaaaa!"

screamed a few children as they watched the scene that occurred before them

The surrounding people could only watch in fear and sadness, unable to do anything about it

1. surrounded by hundreds of ants that could quickly kill five humans with one swish of their massive heads

2. powerless and still stuck in fear

3. mentally drained

4. Forever scarred

Despair ran through every heart of every surviving human; tears ran down every cheek from every eye.

Autry's POV:

"W-what I'm here... again."

Our young friend Autry had finally noticed how powerless he was and that there would be no secret power-up or secret strength that would magically burst out of his body to save him as he had previously thought.

You see, our boy Autry hasn't had the best of life for such a young boy; he has been through what most shouldn't go through, but surprisingly he's gone through every stick and stone barefoot if you'd like to know why then follow us as we take a deeper dive into his story.

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/Eight years ago/

/Thursday 24 June 2130/

/London: 10:34 am/

"Daddy! your home!" screamed a six-year-old boy with extremely curly black afro hair and grey eyes as he ran to his father with an innocent, happy smile plastered all over his face.

Autry has never had it easy, but at least his father was always there for him, but not every day does everyone come home safe.