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Just a note

This is my first book that I am “publishing” I just want to see what type of feedback I get. If It is good I will post other books, I have so many planned and a few already made. I just want to post this one because this is my most recent one. Please be truthful. I take good and bad criticism and want to know it all. Thank you so much! 

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Chapter 2: The Nest

After I explained what was going on, most of them seemed like they regretted volunteering, but Warren and Ingrid seemed a little too excited about it. In my car was Larry, Tommy, Ingrid and Henry, the other car had Alex, Ryan, Karen, Warren, Gus and Mike. This nest that Celestine pointed out was about 35 miles north of our base, the ride there was pretty smooth, nothing to much to worry about. As we approached we noticed that there were a lot of Wirakor. More than we have ever seen in one group.

“Alright guys, Henry, Karen and Mike, take the fire crackers and go distract them, please. Be careful. Larry, Warren, Tommy and Alex, help me carry the explosives to the nest. Ingrid and Gus watch our 6, and Ryan, stay back and watch for other people, or if things go south, take the car back and tell them what happened. Everyone understand?”

“Yes sir.” Larry jokingly says

“Understood.” Tommy said barely audible.

“Loud and Clear.” Ingrid said with a smirk, I couldnt tell if she was mocking me or just excited.

The others nodded.

“Good, then move out.”

We waited for the sound of the firecrackers.

Pop Pop Pop

We hurried over to the nest as we see them all run towards that direction. I turned around to see if I could find them, the three made it back to Ryan safely. The smell of the nest was horrid and it felt as if it were burning my lungs. Inside was even worse, the floor was covered in this sticky substance that was hard to walk on. There was something in the middle of the building, it looked like a beating heart, so thats where we decided to place the explosives. As we are planting the explosives Gus leans in and whispers.

“I see one walking back, you better hurry up.”

I looked up to see and I was sure it had spotted us, it felt like I made eye contact with it. He screeched the others came running towards us.

“Fuck! Ingrid have them start the cars. Hurry the fuck up and plant these quicker.”

Panicking, I knew what had to be done.

“Go back to the car!”

“Davey, we arent leaving you!”

“Damnit Larry, thats a fucking order! Id rather die alone then bring you all down. Go now!”

“Fuck your orders, I am not leaving you behind.”

“Fine! The rest of you, leave now!”

While the others followed my orders, Gus stayed back, trying to by us time. Its like he didnt even hear what I said, he didnt even think about leaving. There was no more time to be wasted. They had entered the building. I lit the fuse and we all ran.

“Ah! Fuck!”

I turned around and saw Gus on the ground. I ran back as fast as I could, but it was too late. The bastards had gotten him, the screams that Gus let out were terrifying.

“Im sorry Gus…”

But it was too late, he didnt hear me, he was already gone. They started running towards me again.

“Davey! Lets go or youll end up like him!”

Before I reached the car the bomb went off. We didnt realize how big the explosion would be and I went flying. I dont remember after that. All I know is I woke up in the hospital bed. Celestine, Larry and Melissa, the nurse, were all beside me. I jumped up and immediately regretted it as pain shot through my body. Celeste jumped out of her seat and pushed me back down.

“Oh thank god youre okay…”

Larry walks over

“I was worried about you brother, one hell of an explosion.”

“How long was I out for?”

Melissa, with hesitation,

“Um, almost a week…”

“What? Are you serious? Did everyone else make it back?”

Melissa nods.

“Yeah, everyone but Gus.” Larry almost choked up. Gus was one of his close friends as well.

Celestine looking sharply at the nurse and Larry

“Could you give us a minute?”

They both nodded and left. She slaps me across the face.

“Ow! Fuck was that for?”

“Scaring me. I almost lost my best man out there. But good news, I sent the scouts back out and the nest is completely gone, the whole building was brought down. Not a single Wirakor in that area. The plan fucking worked.”

“Good. Gus didnt die for nothing.”

“We are currently trying to locate more. I think we finally figured out how to kill them effectively, and in big numbers.” Celeste said with a huge smile.

“Yeah, I just hope we dont have to lose more men like that. His screams, they were unbearable to hear.” I said sitting up, with each slow movement being painful and taking the breath out of me more and more.

“Dave, you know what its like out there. It breaks my heart to say it, but we will lose more people. But I think they are okay with it knowing that the Wirakor numbers would go down this drastically.”

She gets even closer and hugs me. I gasp in pain as she tightens the hug a bit more.

“Please. Dont scare me again like that.” She gets off and walks out telling them to come back in.

I wont lie, I was kind of hoping for another kiss, perhaps another time. Larry and Melissa come back in.

“So, you smash yet?” Larry whispered in my ear.

“Its not like that, she just…” Larry cutting me off just like Celeste.

“Bro, she is totally into you. You should feel honored haha.”

“Maybe. I dont know, you mind getting me some water?”

“Sure.” He walks out of the room.

“Melissa, you got anything for this pain?”

“This should help.”

She sticks a needle into my arm, there is this green liquid in the syringe.

“What is that?”

“Its a drug that numbs the nerve endings, reducing your pain. You should be good to go tomorrow morning.”

“Thank you so much. You too Larry.” He hands me the glass of water.

“Ill see you around, I gotta go for a quick run.”

“Be careful out there.”

I lay back down in my bed. She was right, the pain is basically gone. That stuff is wonders.

I woke up, the pain isnt as bad, but before leaving I get another dose. I walk out to the main lobby and everyone starts cheering and thanking me and welcoming me back. I grab a plate of food and sit down. Eating was a pain in the ass as well. My whole body was aching. Celeste was waiting in my room.

“Hey Dave. Can we talk?” she seemed really nervous.

“Yeah, everything alright?”

“Its Larry. He hasnt returned since he left and he lied to me, said he was bringing a group. He left by himself.”

“Hell is his problem? He knows whats out there. Why would he just…” I trailed off.

“Celeste. I know where he is going.”

“What? How?” she seemed a little pissed.

“Well… I didnt want to say anything yet. But Larry and I, we planned to leave for a while. Go to America, see if we could find out families. Bring them back. And I am assuming he has to be going to the docks. He probably found a boat. Although I cant say the reason. We were supposed to go together.”

“What the fuck dave? When were you gonna tell me? Huh? I mean whats your problem? Just gonna leave? Were you even going to tell me?” She walks over and slaps me again. Im still weak and I stumble.

“Of course I was going to! Just not yet, we didnt plan on going soon.”

“I cant fucking believe this.” She isnt even looking at me anymore.

“Celeste…”

“Stop it.”

“Celeste. Would you want to help us?”

She looks at me, staring sharply.

“I have a faction to run. I cant leave. But I wont stop you. And if you do leave. Dont bother coming back.” She slams the door.

“Fuck!”

I slammed my desk, and once again immediately regret it as pain went through my body. I started packing my belongings and headed to see Celeste before heading out.

Knock Knock

“Who is it?”

“David.”

“Go away asshole!”

“I just wanted to say goodbye. Im leaving now.”

“Like that? All in pain?”

“Well yeah, Larry didnt really give me a choice.”

“Hold on.”

I wait outside her room. She comes out geared up.

“I wont go to America, but ill take you to the docs.”

So we leave the bunker and start our long journey to the docs.

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Chapter 1: Wirakor

The world for years now has been falling apart, most major cities lost, most nations have been killed off, death is waiting around every corner, the population decreased from 15 billion people to just barely 1 billion. All because of war; the greed, the pride, the politics, the religion, all of it, brought this world down. There wasnt even enough time for a draft, the war only lasted a few months, and in those few months, the world went to shit. Surviving almost doesnt even seem worth it anymore, but I have my reasons of doing so, for now.

This war has also brought on new problems though, they started showing up about 2 years after the war, weve been fighting them for 5 now. No one really knows what they are, we dont know if it was from the chemical warfare or aliens, but we call them Wirakor. The Wirakor, they kill, but they do not feed, one thing we do know, is their victims, dead or alive, can be made into one of them. They expose the brain and throw up this black tar, if the victim is alive, they slowly and painfully lose their minds and turn into one, but if youre dead, you get brought back quickly and painlessly as one, so you better pray that they kill you first. The worst part is, we still havent figured out a way to kill them effectively, so they are multiplying by the day.

Now, me? My name is David Walker, I am 26 years old. I have 2 brothers and a sister, all younger than me, Brandon, James and Julia. My parents were war vets, my mother was combat medic and my father was infantry, they met when she saved his life during the American Canadian War back in 2006. He was honorably discharged and she retired to be with him. I joined the U.S. Army at 18, in 2037, as infantry, year after that, we went to war, the war that brought ruin to mankind. My platoon was deployed in Syria, where the chemical warfare began. We were only deployed a month before everything stopped. 7 years later I am here in Poland, I have no idea about my family, friends, hell I dont even know where half my platoon went. Presumably all dead by now.

The few remaining members in my platoon stuck together and were discovered by a faction, the name of this faction is Ethelinnor, some of my platoon didnt want to join, so they went on their way, but me and 2 others were smart enough to accept their offer. I have been with them for 4 years now. Our leader, Celestine, she can be a real bitch, especially when you first meet her, but she grows on you, she is also pretty hot, long brunette hair and kinda short, but she packs a punch and she is one hell of a leader. I have earned my respect throughout the place, everyone knows who I am, plus I am Celestines go to man.

We are a group of mercenaries that hunt those damned Wirakors. Its a big task to even take out one, since like I said, we have no effective way to take these bastards out. Luckily, we havent gotten into conflict with large groups of them. Each time we go out we bring a minimum 6 people in a group, otherwise you wont survive out there. They are very strong creatures and need lots of manpower to bring them down. Out of my 4 years here I have only ever returned home three times with everyone I left with. People also hire us to do certain tasks, since money isnt really a currency anymore, we do tasks in trade for food and supplies.

My goal though is to return back to Wisconsin and see whats left of my family, if there is anything. My best friend, who was in my platoon, Larry, he is the only one that knows of my plan and he wants to come back with me, he lived in Ohio, and wants to check his place as well. We plan to return, just with family if we find them. We should be able to leave this year, after my supply runs I have been keeping some for myself to make this journey.

*Knock Knock*

“Dave?”

“Come in”

“Dave, I got great news! Check this out”

Its Celestine, she pulled out a map of the area with lines and arrows, I dont even know how she can read it.

“Look, I had a few scouters go out there, and right here, they said that they found what seems to be their hideout. We have put together a big load of explosives. I want you to gather a squad, preferably bigger than what we usually take out, and get rid of this damned nest.” She seemed overly excited about this plan.

“Celeste, are you sure this is going to work? I mean they are already hard enough to..” she cut me off

“Of course! We arent killing them, just getting rid of that nest, hopefully clear this area up a bit more.”

“But Celeste, are you thinking of all the outcomes? This could go horribly wrong and we could lose…” she cut me off again but this time with tears, I have never seen her cry.

“Please David, you have to try. I havent done much in my leadership recently, this will be my chance to prove myself again.”

“Listen, youre more capable of running this faction than anyone else here, nobody thinks youre doing a bad job.”

I had more to say but she jumped to the table grabbed the map, and asked, holding back tears

“So, are you gonna do it or not?”

I had to accept, I have never seen her cry, I nod my head and whisper

“Yes, I will.”

“Thank you Dave” She leaned in and kissed my cheek. She started walking towards my door and turned around,

“By the way, you tell anybody you saw me cry, you wont get anymore than that kiss.” She winked then walked out.

I wasnt expecting that, she had never shown any affection to anybody and never cried. Maybe its her time of month? Anyways, I should start gathering a group. I walk to the main lobby and asked Larry first, I didnt even have to finish what I was saying and he was in. I then got everyones attention.

“All right everybody! I got direct orders from Celestine to go out and do something. I will tell you more once we get out there. We need a bigger group than normal, this is a more serious job, probably the riskiest one yet. Anybody who wants to come, stand up, if not, I will choose who comes.”

Five people stood, I warned them one more time that I need more, and three others stood up. That brought me up to ten people. As I walked out I grabbed Tommys shoulder, and bent down and whispered that he was coming along as well. He didnt seem happy but he is in no position to decline my orders. We suited up and carried the explosives to the cars and were on our way to this nest.