Chapter 5

Eva waited on her spot, waiting for the mutant to get close to her so she could swing her arm and hit the mutant with the bat. But as the mutant approached her, it got lifted off the ground all of a sudden.

Eva gasped and shifted backwards as it got lifted up. Below it was Adam. He held the creature over his head and as if Eva understood him, she rushed out of her spot and ran past him. As soon as she moved, Adam threw the creature against the wall.

But it didn't end there. It stood up and attacked Adam immediately and they both started fighting, mutant to mutant.

Eva stood behind them, watching the horrifying scene with wide eyes. Then Charles slowly walked behind her and tapped on her shoulders.

"Ah" Eva shrieked, nearly swinging the bat at him.

"I'm sorry. Come on, we need to leave immediately" he whispered to her.

This time, Eva didn't argue. Slowly and quietly they left the hallway and began their run again. After several minutes of running and hiding, they finally made it out of the lab building and now out in the open street.

"We made it Eva, we made it" Doctor Charles cried and fell to his knees.

Eva stood quietly, her eyes fixed on the streets. "I don't think we did Charles" Eva muttered. "look" she completed.

Slowly, Charles got up o his felt when he realised their surroundings. "What the hell happened?" he muttered as he looked around.

The street looked like it had been abandoned after a war. Cars lay abandoned in the middle of the road, some crushed against one another, some overturned with their wheels still spinning. One even ran into a water fountain. The buildings around had shattered doors and windows.

Another car burned several feet away, its thick black smoke rising into the sky.

The surrounding buildings were in equally terrible condition. Shop windows had been shattered, doors hung crookedly. There were no moving cars or pedestrians anywhere.

"Hey!"

Both of them flinched immediately. They spun around looking for who it was.

They searched the street until Eva spotted a young man peering out from inside a small convenience store. He waved frantically, gesturing for them to come closer.

"What are you two waiting for?" he snapped. "Are you coming in or not?"

Eva exchanged a quick glance with Charles. "Come on," she whispered.

They hurried across the street and slipped through the store's half open entrance. The young man immediately pulled the door shut and locked it.

"What happened out there?" Eva asked the man.

"No idea. Some weird looking things suddenly appeared on the road. Big ugly things that looked like they crawled straight out of hell. They started smashing cars, breaking into buildings and testing people apart. People ran for their lives and I hid here quietly." He sighed and reduced to the floor, sitting right there.

Eva swallowed as she stared at him. Guilt washing over her because she created those monsters. Charles coughed awkwardly behind her.

"so umm" Doctor Charles cleared his throat "Where's everyone? everywhere seems quiet" he asked the man.

"Probably hiding or running or might be dead."

"Doctor Eva..." Charles muttered behind her. She knew why he called her name. She felt the chills too and it was a secret they weren't willing to make known to the world.

Then the radio suddenly came on. Drawing their attention immediately. They all turned to an old radio sitting on the counter and then a lady's voice emerged from the speakers.

"...Can anyone hear me? This is an emergency broadcast from the National Emergency Coordination Centre. Please remain calm and listen carefully." the woman sounded breathless as she spoke.

"A state of emergency has been declared following the appearance of several unidentified creatures across the city and surrounding areas. These creatures are extremely dangerous and have attacked both civilians and emergency personnel." The broadcast crackled briefly before the woman's voice returned again.

"The military has been deployed and is currently working to contain the threat. However, the situation remains critical. We urge all citizens to remain indoors and seek shelter immediately.....oh my" the lady suddenly gasped.

Then a loud growl followed by the ladie's scream and then the broadcast ended abruptly.

"Do you think..." Charles gasped.

"It's that thing...what are they exactly? where did they come from?" The young man muttered with his eyes still on the radio.

Eva stood on her spot. She looked like she had been drained of blood. Her intention was to save humanity but now, she was standing in a city that looked like the aftermath of an Apocalypse.

"What have I done?" her thought echoed in her head.

"Eva!" Doctor Charles shouted and rushed to her. But the young man was faster and he caught her before she could reach the ground.

"Hey, can you hear me?" he tapped her face lightly.

His voice sounded muffled to Eva and her vision blurred. Then, darkness swallowed everything.