Chapter 305 - Separation (2/2)

Just as Laz was feeling conflicted about his choice, the girls had all gotten dressed and packed. In fact, they each dressed slightly which was a small change versus them having worn the same things. Even their color choices seemed to reflect a change in themselves as when they were all together, they couldn't help but look at one another in surprise.

”This...?” Death asked, looking at her sisters.

”What?” Laz asked, wondering what the problem was.

”In the past, we would always subconsciously choose the same outfit and even the same colors. This is honestly the first time where not having spoken about it first, we all dressed different,” War answered, looking just as amazed as the other girls.

Laz couldn't help but smile. Maybe they didn't see it, but Laz noticed a distinct similarity to the way the girls dressed now and the colors that were ȧssociated with the great beasts whose tainted blood now infected their systems.

But he wasn't going to say anything about it.

”Alright. Everyone ready?” Death asked as Laz had finished getting dressed and met the girls downstairs by the front door.

”Yes!” Everyone responded at once.

”Good! Time to go.” Death said, leading the way out the door.

Getting outside in the abandoned industrial park, there was a lot of noise that being inside had blocked out. The sounds of gun fire, sirens and even explosions could be heard. Laz was truly amazed that such an old building could be that well sound proofed.

Just as Laz was about to ask the girls what now, he was quickly given four kisses, back to back, no more that a few seconds a piece before the girls disappeared from his sight, on their way to wherever was next for them.

”I guess maybe I should check in with Ruby and see what's happening?” Laz said before he realized he had no idea where his phone was. Cursing his own stupidity, Laz decided to start walking and see where his feet took him.

Just as he got a few steps away, he smelled smoke and felt a massive increase in temperature and pressure at the same time.

”FUCK!” Laz said and broke out into a run, choosing a random direction.

Turning the look behind him, the once massive factory type building suddenly erupted into flames as several small explosions blasted out all of the windows and doors, causing a huge intake of air to flow in and make the flames burn brighter.

'Well. I guess they have no plans to return here.' Laz thought to himself and took off. Without any destination in mind, Laz decided it was best to get out of the city as fast as possible.

Several minutes later, Laz had arrived on a deserted street full of closed shops. Even though it was midday, nothing was open for business while several of the shops had even boarded themselves up as though expecting a disaster.

Laz walked along without bothering to hurry. He was dressed in jeans and a black hoodie with the hood up and his hands in his pockets, looking completely normal as he almost enjoyed this rare moment of not rushing. Taking his time along the sidewalk, Laz suddenly stopped in place and turned his head, looking down a wide alley on the other side of the street. He had felt it before he had seen it.

One of the massive ċȯċkroach like creatures suddenly came around the corner with a strange object in it's hand. Noticing Laz not running, it didn't bother to hurry either. As it emerged from the alley onto the sidewalk and then to the road, Laz caught a glimpse of what it was carrying before it brought it to it's grotesque mouth and bit done, once, twice and a third time before it was able to get the whole thing it.

It had been a human arm, still dripping fresh blood.

Laz noticed something slightly alarming now. This creature didn't look as big and imposing as the massive lead bug that had made it through, but it did look far stronger than the ones that Laz remembered letting through. If that was truly the case, then this thing had grown a great deal in the small time it had been here.

'If these things are allowed to keep growing or escape the city, we might be seriously fuċkėd,' Laz thought to himself as he squared up with the creature and walked out onto the street opposite of him.

The creature growled at Laz's uncaring attitude and without warning, charged forward.

Seeing this beast come at him, Laz didn't bother to even take a stance. Although it had grown in size due to feasting on human flesh, it hadn't yet broken through to a level higher than it had come here with. At least not yet.

Just when the creature was within reaching distance of him, it's claw like digits went for his head. Laz simply ducked underneath and punched forward, slamming his first through it's tough outer shell and into it's ċhėst region before summoning his black flames.

Due to already being inside the creatures ċhėst, the flame expanded outward in the blink of an eye and consumed the creature before it even had a chance to flee.

Laz pulled out his fist as the creature burned to ash in less then a breath of time. The flames on Laz's first burned off the small chucks of flesh until it was clean again. Putting his hand back into his pocket, Laz turned and continued the way he was going as though not having done anything special.

'I guess I should help clean up my mess a little,' Laz said to himself and went to find the next one that was hanging out a block away.

Laz had sensed people hiding in the buildings around him, but didn't think anything of it. That was way he had missed seeing a guy three stories up record the whole thing on his camera from between the blinds.

'That was fuċkɨnġ cool.. I wonder how many views this will get,' the man thought to himself before posting the video on social media with the hashtag, 'Exterminator.'