Level up Zombie

The energy had been sucked from Izec’s body and went straight into the meteorite behind him. Zain had noticed the meteorite, it was just like the others’ in terms of looks, the ones that the demons came from.

‘This is bigger than any of them seen before, and the demon’s energy was taken away. Was this what the demons were doing?’ Zain thought. ‘Were they gathering energy to feed this meteorite? Wait, that’s crazy, it’s been over a year since the meteorites landed.’

‘Every single one that has been discovered has already broken out, yet this one hasn’t this entire time, just what is going to break out of that thing!’

The top of the meteorite cracked like a shell, and several large thick tentacles came out from the top. They looked similar to that of the regular demons, only they were as thick as a tree’s trunk, and they were red in colour.

‘Is there anything I can even do to stop this!’

From the top of the meteorite, it started to crack, going right down the centre bit by bit, until it had reached the bottom. Both of the sides split open and a hundred large tentacles reached out heading right for Zain.

He immediately jumped back, and swung both of his swords deflecting the tentacles coming towards him.

‘I have to focus, there’s so many of them!’

Despite his strength and speed, the sword was unable to break through. The sword was unable to break through the demon’s skin. The tentacles, as they were knocked away by the weapon, would come straight back and hit Zain like a whip even harder.

“Grhh!!” Zain grunted, as he had been hit by two large tentacles from above. They were incredibly heavy, pushing his feet into the ground. He had managed to lift both of the swords above his head in time, but that allowed for one of the large tentacles to wrap around his body and lift him up in the air.

In the process Zain had dropped both of his weapons onto the floor, and now he was being squeezed.

‘Crap… this might be the worst situation I’ve been in.’ Zain thought.

He looked down and now he could see the creature that had fully appeared from the meteorite. It walked on all fours like that of an animal. It had hands on its arms and legs at the back and it was just as large as the meteorite in size.

One of the other large differences that it had compared to the other demons was its face. It had the trademark white eye, but it was singular and covered almost the entire head, leaving only space for a mouth that had sharp teeth at the bottom.

Lifting his hands, Zain slammed them down again and again. But there was no give at all with the tentacle wrapped around him.

‘Sh*t… I think… I don’t see a way out of this… is this how I die?’ Zain thought.

The tentacle pulled him in closer as the demon opened its mouth wide, ready to eat him in one go.

“Zain, together, one more time, use all your strength!” A voice shouted.

‘That voice, it’s Skittle’s!’

The voice hadn’t come from below, or anything like that, instead it had come from above. When looking up, it appeared that a group of people were falling out from the sky. Skittle, Buke, Carl as well as another Zombie Hunter were all falling down right where Zain was.

They had their fists ready, while Carl had hardened the black substance around his arm and it was starting to glow red.

‘This is… a chance!’ Zain lifted both of his hands, and at the same time as everyone arrived, they swung their fists, hitting the tentacle hard. Loud explosions went off, and the tentacle was sent shooting to the ground.

Zain had been released from the tentacle and rolled on the ground. He quickly got up, and dashed for his two weapons that were on the ground but they weren’t there.

“Are you looking for these?” Kun said, handing them over, and Pink was next to him. Not only that Cody, Kelly, Ryan and all the others were arriving in the background, even the military were present.

“Everyone fire your grenade launchers!” Begal shouted.

A group came out from the side and started to fire away. They exploded as they hit the large demon, causing its tentacles to go flying all over the place. It appeared to flinch the creature but it wasn’t going to be enough to finish it off.

Eventually Buke, Carl and Skittle were standing by Zain’s side again.

“It won’t be enough to finish it off… Carl, do you remember what happened when that stage 4 zombie was suddenly stolen from you?” Zain asked. “Well, it’s time to do it again.”

The white weapon started to transform into a fairly large thick spear. It had to be big because Zain wanted all of them to hold onto the spear, and they did as the four of them lined up, with Zain at the very start.

“We have to throw it together with all our strength, right at its eye, it’s the only way!” Zain shouted.

He looked toward the general and he seemed to have an idea of what was happening.

“Men stop cease fire in 3…..2…..1…. cease fire!”

The grenade launchers stopped, and immediately after, all four of them, the strength from the bottom of their toes all the way to the top of their body, hurled the large white spear right at the demon.

Until this moment it had been distracted by the bombardment of grenades that had hit it, then when it stopped the large white spear was already right in front of its eye. It pierced right through, green blood soaked out from it, draining down the middle of its face.

“It’s still not done yet!” Buke said, as he charged ahead, and jumped from his position, he gathered his fist and punched the end of the spear, pushing it further into the demon.

Right after him, Skittle wasn’t too far behind.

“I thought you might not be enough to finish the job!” Skittle commented, as he hit the back and pushed it even further inside, and not far behind him was Carl.

He had leapt up, his hand pulsating, and smashed the bottom of the spear, pushing it just enough so the spear had gone through reaching the other end.

“I left the last bit, for the person that should finish all of this off.” Carl said.

Looking behind them they could see that Zain was also already in the air, both of his fists wounded up behind him. Seeing the bottom of the spear, he pounded it, pushing the spear until it went right through the demon’s head.

As Zain landed on the ground, a few moments later, the body of the demon collapsed behind him. Standing up for a moment, he started to huff and pant.

Everyone was silent, as he turned around, and looked at the dead demon. It was unmoving, through the city there were almost no signs of fighting, and everyone just looked at Zain, waiting for him to say something.

“We…We did it, we survived!” Zain yelled at the top of his lungs, and the sound of cheering that shook the whole stadium followed after.

———

A week after the events that had occured, each of the groups went on to search if there were any demons present. Surprisingly, they had found none. It was as if they had all condensed to one area of the city.

Just in case, Zain had done another check, a round on all of the groups, and all of the survivors they could find. With no demons having been found, it was finally time for them to act.

In the city, the tallest landmark was a building that used to be used as a radio tower. It was shaped in a large cylinder shape and looked over the city. Zain, along with the friends he had made, new and old were all standing there looking out at the city. While the device that Sarah had made had been set up.

“Are we sure about this, guys? What if this ends up killing all of the zombies?” Pink asked.

“We already went through this, then that’s just the risk we have to take.” Kun replied. “The military on the outside stated that either the cure works and we prove it does, or they will eliminate us all.

“If they do that, then all of the people that aren’t zombies will die, and that includes us.”

“We shouldn’t have to worry though.” Skittle said. “The documents we found in Sarah’s labs show that she was successful. The results were pretty amazing as well. The human’s body will revert back to what it once was, even clearing the markings, but due to the mass amount of energy used, they will stay in a coma for a few days. Unfortunately it won’t just cure the zombies, it will also cure the infection in the super humans as well.”

“At that point I will get in contact with the military.” Begal said. “And ask them to escort everyone out of the city.”

They did well, the group had gone through a lot, and it was finally time for them.

“Well Zain, I think you should have the honour.” Buke said. “Without you, none of this would have worked out.”

Nodding to the others Zain bent down, and pressed the large button that was on the front. The contraption split apart, and the glowing power side started to release a mist. The mist spread out wide over the city, hitting Zain along with the others.

Immediately, as it hit Skittle, he could feel something in his body changing. His skin, his sense of feeling it was all coming back, but he was starting to lose the energy in his eyes. It was the same for Buke as well along with the others, but Zain hadn’t been affected at all.

That was because the crystal around his neck started to glow as well.

‘What’s this, another System message?’

[A substance has entered your body]

[A cure has been detected]

[The system can reject the substance, please select from one of the following]

[Zombie] [Human]

‘What is this… it’s giving me a choice, to stay the way I am… or to become a human?’ Zain thought. ‘The world, it’s safe right now, but technically it was an alien attack? Who knows if something like that would happen again.

‘And the way my body is now, I’m stronger and faster than everyone else. I would be pretty much like an undead superhero.

‘But, if I ever got found out, then the military, maybe even the whole world would be after me.’ Zain thought.

It was a tough choice, but he decided to come up with an answer.

‘I’ll pick what gives me the most chance of survival.’

THE END

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