137 The Pi (1/2)
The 200 men were confused as a group of mad people approached them. The mad people were holding weapons and waved it to the 200 men as they force them to go down inside an empty Olympic sized swimming pool.
Looking around, the 200 men were shocked. The tiles were smeared with dried and wet blood. Its horrible stench hovered in the air and entered their noses, some couldn't help but vomit on the ground as they smelled the stomach curling odor. One of the 200 walked but suddenly slipped and fell on an upward broken tile and stabbed her hand. They were inside a bloody pit arena.
Hafiz raised his arms into the sky and said, ”Prove yourselves to our merciful god, and we will let you live.”
Hearing Hafiz's voice, the men feel conflicted emotionally, some went depressed and some other burn with rage. Hafiz is one of the hardest men to deal with. Alex has known him before in his previous life, he regretted he didn't kill the man when he rescued Rico from the terrorist base. Hafiz is a spirit enhancer with power similar to Raissa the singer. if Raissa singing could lift up the spirit of the one who listens, Hafiz word, on the other hand, would lower their spirit. Playing with their fear would increase the effect even more.
When the 200 men were conflicted with emotion, Cold ringing of the metals echoed as the mad people dropped around 50 various weapons while surrounding the whole area.
Melissa shouted from the side, ”Adam! Jason! You must grab a weapon! Do it now!”
Her voice resounded in the whole pit, but a lot of them remained frozen. Some though carefully walked and to try and pick up a weapon but they were dragged back by their comrades hesitating.
Seeing the people not moving for a while, frown can be seen in Hafiz face, it seems he didn't really get the result he wanted. He raised his hand and a mad citizen brought a gun from one of the boxes of raided weapons. The mad citizen shots at the 200 man aimlessly
Dratatatatatta!!!
A few of the nearest men died with bodies full of bullet holes.
”10 seconds. If no one acts in 10 seconds, I will start shooting again,” Hafiz coldly said.
”!!!”
One man among the 200 walks forward. It was Captain Yonas. His expression was dark as he picked up a butcher knife.
He said to himself, ”I cannot die here.”
He then started staring at the people in front of him and his eyes met with Adam's.
”Adam! It was your advice that made my friend, the Colonel, die! We wouldn't be in this mess if not because of you.”
A lot of people looked at Adam and the misfits as they picked up weapons from the ground.
”Yes!! They even try to run away by themselves!!”
Some of them were the ones who had chased the tanks. Their faces wore expressions of resentment as they continued shouting.
”Traitors!”
”It's all your @!#$% fault!!!”
These people were looking for a scapegoat, an excuse to live. Now that Captain Yonas stood forward, they also blamed Adam. Cursing, blaming, fear, all of these converged as they slowly advanced and the misfits retreated.
Romi lost strength in his knees as he fell to the ground and covered his ears, ”No, no! It's not our fault! Don't kill us!”
Nathan and Nathalie had grew up in the streets with the mercenaries and ever since they were little kids, they had been taught the law of the jungle. Kill or be killed. They hastily grabbed two weapons from the ground and threw it to Adam and Jason.
Adam caught the weapon but found it somewhat heavy even though he held a weapon uncountable times.
As for Jason, he avoided it. He just simply stood there and glared at the foreign eastern man.
The rest of the misfits clumped together picking up weapons from the ground.
As for the rest of the militia, they were divided.
”We don't have to do this! We're comrades! Please drop the weapon!”
”They're gonna kill us, can't you see that?!”
”Let's not turn on each o—” he suddenly felt a stabbing pain from his back. Turning around, he saw his trembling comrade holding a bloodied knife.
”I-I did it! I.. I let me live!!” breathing heavily, the one who stabbed dropped the weapon from his shaking hands and ran towards the ladder.
”Good good, my child. You have chosen our merciful god, as the first who has decided, only you may climb up and join us now. As for the rest, pick a side,” Hafiz praised.
Everyone was in a daze, a few seconds later, another person from the crowd croaked and fell to the ground. Chaos ensued and people who were comrades began killing each other. Jason didn't kill but just defended the misfits. The siblings have no problem killing to defend themselves. Romi noticed a person who was still breathing on the ground, he found an ice pick and stabbed the injured person.
Feeling a gust of wind from the right side, Adam raised his saber as he saw Captain Yonas rushing at him.
Clang!!!
The clashing metal bodies of the butcher knife and the saber cried a grating sound as Adam and Captain Yonas tried to push each other.
”Why are you doing this?!” Adam asked.
”A boy who thinks he's an adult. Your immatureness led us all to this!” Captain Yonas shouted as he waved his sword and jumped back.
”We're com—”