by C. O. Amal
“Mia, this is Juniper. He is here to help us. Fetch Aidan and Brent.”
Mia quickly ran deeper into the building. Juniper and Veronica got inside. Juniper walked around the living room and he looked around the room.
“This is a nice hideout, but as I said before, you shouldn’t live alone.” Juniper said.
Veronica nodded.
A few moments later, Aidan and Mia came. Mia carried Brent in her arms.
“You have nice kids, Veronica.”
“Thanks.”
“Come on, let’s get going.”
Everyone nodded. Mia is now excited beyond words. Aidan too is excited, although he is morning for his father.
Before long they exited the hideout and started walking. Veronica grabbed Brent from Mia’s hands, and Juniper frequently flew up to check whether the coast is clear. A few minutes later, they crossed the river through a narrow bridge and they saw an abandoned building. That building is huge, but it’s single story. And it’s an old brick building.
“That’s our hideout.” Juniper said.
Veronica nodded. Even though the doubt about the security of that old building came to her mind, she didn’t asked about it.
Before long they entered inside the building through a metal door.
“There is a bunker in this building. So nothing to worry.” Juniper said as if he red Veronica’s mind.
Veronica nodded.
A moment later, Juniper led them towards the bunker. The bunker is inside a room. That room minimised veronica’s doubt about security. Juniper slowly crouched down and he opened a door on the floor. Then they slowly started descending though the wooden ladder. Inside, they are met with dozens of people. A joy filled the very air. Veronica took a deep sigh. Finally a home!
Chapter 1
Two days passed since Juniper brought us to this place. Life inside this bunker is pretty awesome. All we need is here, and according to Dominic, they go out for supply run once in each week. There are fifteen people in this place and all are friendly. Juniper is the only angel here. He is the one who brought all of us together. According to Juniper, the world is dying and soon the world will end. But, the world is already ended, right?
Everyone inside this bunker have a survival story to tell, and everyone through a lot to get to this place. There is not a single person who have a whole surviving family. The demons are everywhere. Most surviving animals also got exposed to this plague and they all turned into monsters.
Juniper also told us about some angels who are possessed by demons. First I thought that’s absurd. How could the angels be possessed by demons? But when Juniper told us about the stories, it all made sense. Angels are god’s soldiers and they are here to save mankind along with this planet. They cannot come to Earth in their original form like demons could. So, angels got here in the form of eggs.
Unfortunately, the demons knew about angels’ arrival, so at the moment the eggs arrived here, they collected the eggs. When the eggs finally hatched, the demon scum bags converted those angels into demons. Now there are infected angels in the sky. And that’s not all. Some infected angels are barbaric in nature. They would rip apart the survivors if they have to. And there are demon angels who could talk like normal human. Even some of the human demons could speak.
Juniper through a lot to study the demons. He was raised by a man, but that man gotten killed by a demon angel. Fortunate for Juniper, he somehow escaped. According to Dominic, Juniper is out for vengeance.
There are then rumours about the worlds end. They say that the real world’s end happen when our Earth becomes hell. Yeah, our little planet can become hell. That’s what the demons are doing. These demons were looking for this opportunity for ages and when that tunnelling team discovered the underground tunnel system, we were actually opening the Pandora’s Box.
That cave system was the portal to Hell. And now demons are here. The world we know is dying. And in fact it’s terraforming into hell. I don’t want to be here when that happens.
But, Juniper says that, there is a slight chance that we could stop this demons. For that we need to kill the demon lord Lucifer. Yeah, I get it, you’re must be getting mad about this demon angel crap, and now this Lucifer crap. The truth is, Lucifer is very real. If we kill him, it will be all over. We could get our lives back. But, the question is, how can we do this, and most importantly where is this Lucifer?
Chapter 2
I was in the middle of the sleep when all of a sudden a series of noises came from outside. I slowly opened my eyes and I stood up. I looked around and found Juniper in a corner near a candle light. I stood up and approached him.
“What’s that sound?” I asked.
“It could be the infected.”
“What are you doing?”
“I am listening.” Suddenly a sharp screech came. Then sound of something thrashing on the doors came.
“It looks bad. Do they know we are here?” I asked.
“I don’t know. Come on, let’s check it out.”
Juniper stood up and he approached the bunker door. Everybody is sleeping. I hope that the infected won’t come inside. Juniper opened the door and we both marched towards the staircase to the roof. Before long we opened the outer door and stepped into the roof. It’s still night and I could see moon. We slowly approached the edge and then we saw it. A sea of infected are on the ground and they are so focussed on breaking the front door.
Sound of the infected thrashing on the wooden door echoed through the air.
“They know we are in this building.” Juniper said.
“What would we do?” I asked.
“They will break inside at any moment. Go and inform everyone. And go and hide inside the room near this roof. We might be able to escape through the roof in the morning. They won’t go away if they don’t find us. And if we are still on the bunker, we will eventually die.”
“Okay. What about you?”
“I will watch over you guys. Now, go.”
I quickly ran towards the bunker.
Chapter 3
Before long I reached the bunker.
“Everyone, wake up.” I called.
I even shook some people, and finally everyone woke up. I looked at the kids. Mia and Aidan are up, and fortunately Brent is still sleeping.
“They found out that we are in here. We have to hide inside the room near the roof. Are you guys ready?” I asked.
“Why do we want to go outside? We could still stay here.” One of the men asked. Everyone nodded at him.
“Because, Juniper said, if they don’t find us, they won’t go away. If we hide inside that room, we have a slight chance of escaping in the morning. Now go, we don’t have time.”
Quickly everyone rushed towards the door. Before long we all started silently marching towards the staircase. A few minutes later we all got inside the room Juniper had said about. The sound of infected still lingered in the air. It looks like the infected are very angry.
I quickly ran towards the roof. I need to see Juniper.
“Where are you going?” Dominic asked.
“I need to see Juniper.”
“Okay.”
Before long I reached the door. Then I heard sound of a fight happening on the roof. Juniper might be in trouble. I slowly peeked outside through the peek hole. Then I saw it. In the moon light I clearly saw it. Juniper is fighting with another angel. It looks bad. Then the female angel kicked at Juniper’s midsection and he fell down a few feet away from the lady angel, after a short flight in the air. Then it happened. The lady angel drew out a one end sharpened metal rod in her hand. Then she walked towards Juniper.
“No.” This can’t be happening. Juniper is still on the floor. Then the female angel raised the metal rod and she brought it down quickly. It pierced Juniper’s chest. Tears uncontrollably oozed down from my eye. “No.” Now, what chance do we have for surviving? Then the lady angel looked in my direction. I quickly ran towards the hideout. I am not re
ady to give up, no matter what happens. I am sorry Juniper, I am sorry that I can’t help you.
Epilogue
The infected didn’t break inside. In the morning, they left the place just like that. When we got to the roof, we didn’t saw Juniper’s body. Juniper must be dead and they must have picked up his dead body. Now, we are alone. What chance do we have against these demons?
Since god is the one who sent his angels here, he must have anticipated things like this. I really hope that he will have a plan to save us.
We saw no other angels in the sky. There must be some surviving angels, somewhere around here. God, help us. I don’t want to die. In fact, no one want to die.
We are here god, in this hell hole, trying to survive the demon horde. Will you save us?
About the Author
C.O. Amal lives in a small house in Wayanad district of Kerala state of the country India with his father and mother. He loves to read science fiction apocalyptic books. He writes a lot. His imaginations are all about extra-terrestrial life and colonizing across the galaxy. He believes human kind will soon reach its glory in space travel and soon everyone can travel to the deep space.
He love scientists like Stephen Hawking a lot. He can be often found watching Discovery channel. He is living in harmony with nature. His best friends are the cows in his home.
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Planet Dead (Dying planet Book Two)
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Gamorphia (A Prelude to Harmony)
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