Chapter 310 - Earth God (1/2)

Laz felt a wave of energy surge over him as soon as the giant hand broke through the basement of the cathedral. Even with the things Laz had experienced up until this point, the energy wave left him feeling a wave of fear that almost rattled him down to his bones.

But Laz took a deep breath and turned his head, facing towards the epicenter of the wave.

There was no one advising Laz at this point. He had no one to tell him what to do, where to go, to fight, not to fight. He was basically just going along at his own pace. The only reason he had stuck around after the Ivy sister's left was because he felt responsible for releasing the creatures on innocent civilians. He didn't want to admit that, but he knew in his heart it was true.

And now he knew that this thing had awaken due to the blood of those same creatures being absorbed into the earth. The golden drop of blood had shown him that those circles he encountered were like an automatic draining system to get the blood to the creature. The bug type aliens were rich in life energy due to the world they came from despite a good portion of the worlds energy being used by the base. Those creatures were a much better solution than waiting for the energy of this planet to catch up.

And for this sleeping creature like many of the others, the sooner they rise, the sooner they reign.

So now, Laz was kind of stuck in a dilemma. Did this thing come back to life as a result of his actions?

Yes.

Was it his fault?

Kinda.

Did that mean he had to put his life on the line to fight it?

Fuck no.

This thing would have come back at some time or another with or without Laz's help. The only thing Laz did was set off it's alarm clock a bit earlier than expected.

Despite this line of logic though, Laz couldn't turn away from this rising menace no matter how badly he wanted to just be on his way. Something about it was triggering to him. Like an inch you can't scratch but you want to.

And this itch was just a few miles away.

...

”Why am I....” Tommy had a hard time expressing into words what he was feeling right now. He felt like he was being drawn or summoned towards something. And the way he was looking just so happened to be the place where the creature was rising up from the ground.

Just as Tommy was going to shrug it off and go sit back down, he saw several members of the local children of god racing towards him, including the two white haired twins and several others who had taken part in the gate hunt.

”Young sir.”

”Sir.”

Everyone said at once, the two white haired individuals being the strongest among them leading the way.

”What?” Tommy asked, annoyed.

”Sir. We are all feeling this strange draw... as though something is summoning us,” one of the white hair men said, causing Tommy to frown. As they observed him doing this, they stayed silent.

”So we are all feeling the same thing?” Tommy asked them, a bit hesitant.

”Uh... yes. Yes sir!” They finally said, understanding that Tommy was feeling the same way.

”This might be dangerous, but we should probably go look into it anyway. You two, go get that Agent on it. We will need a military escort within the next twenty minutes. Everyone else, get your equipment ready and meet me at the base entrance in twenty minutes. Say nothing to anyone about what this is about.”

”Yes sir,” The children of god said as they rushed off to do their jobs or prepare.

”I feel... invited, more than drawn. I could ignore it if I wanted to, but I don't think they feel the same way.... Hmm...” Tommy then went back inside his tent and kicked the huddled mass of flesh that was cowering in the corner. If one looked closely enough, they would see that it was a woman who's body was cut, scared and bruised in several places. One of her legs was even bent at a funny angle, but every now and then her body would shudder and the leg would twist back into place, just a little more.

”Wake up piglet,” Tommy said, bending over the woman who was once his homeroom teacher. He undid the gage in her mouth, causing droplets of blood to seep out of the now freed orifice. Her eyes were swollen shut so much so that Tommy didn't even bother keeping a blindfold or leather mask over her head.

”Erghhhhh.... ” was the only sound the poor woman could make once her mouth was freed.

”You'd better find your voice in time to answer my questions otherwise I might make you loose the ability to speak permanent,” Tommy threatened. He then went to get get his shoes and put them on along with grabbing a few odds and ends and throwing them into a back pack before sliding his chair over to the collapsed woman.

”Now then. Tell me.... do you feel that? What's out there right now? Can you feel it as well?” Tommy asked. Although the woman looked like she wouldn't be able to move, she was just bȧrėly able to lift her head and shake it up and down for yes.

”What does it feel like for you?” Tommy then asked.

”... fear ...” Her voice was so soft that it almost seemed like she hadn't spoken at all, but the words defiantly made it to Tommy's ears.