Jyera World Apocalypse-Chapter 50: Feelings and Destruction

Chapter 50: Feelings and Destruction

"Rick, are you there? My name is Valentina Morales! I’m the Police Captain of Aethoria City!"

"Hey, Rick! My name is Kaito, I destroyed some of those drones that tried to enter my territory... Are you sure something so weak is made by aliens?"

A woman’s voice full of pride, followed by a rather mocking man’s voice interrupted Rick’s words... Two other survivors were contacting him...

"Wait a minute, your signal is not secure..." Rick sent a message back to the two survivors while asking Ethan to try to replicate what the astronaut did.

"Anna was in space and we weren’t... I can replicate what she did, but it won’t last long, so keep it brief."

"Okay, you two can talk now, but keep it short, this signal protection won’t last long and I just received terrible information..."

"As I said before, I defeated many of these drones and even two androids, are you sure they’re aliens? And why are they after people who can see the future?"

"Yes, actually time went back almost 10 years... And they’re after people who remember the apocalypse... According to the astronaut, I contacted just before you, there are 13 people like that, but there are only half left now."

"Rick, the numbers are wrong, there were 15 people... I’m protecting one of them here in the capital right now." Valentina replied.

"Oh, hehe... Hey Valentina, how are you?" Kaito asked, smiling.

"Rick, be careful with this man, his name is Kaito Hattori, and he is a wanted assassin and mafioso here in the capital. He probably has some ulterior motive for contacting you." Valentina replied, completely ignoring Kaito.

"That’s it..." Rick was speechless...

"Valentina, you’re talking about Bennett, aren’t you? Do you think he would be alive if it weren’t for me killing those things? And who saved you from the flying man?"

"The Aethoria police don’t need the help of criminals."

"Flying man?" Rick asked curiously.

"Yes, that one was pretty strong, he tried to kill Valentina and her police officers, but I got there in time to save her... But she didn’t even thank me, you know?"

"Did you save me, or were you just saving yourself? You never do anything without an ulterior motive..."

"Guys, calm down, I didn’t create this safe signal for you to argue... Since you’ve reached out, I can say with absolute certainty that our race is under attack... Is there any information you want to share?"

"As I said before, I’m protecting one of these survivors, if you want, you can come to the capital and I’ll help you too, Rick. But I can’t leave here right now, because I have a very large group depending on me..." Valentina said.

"With all due respect, Rick, there’s nothing I need, but I appreciate your message... I just wanted to let you know that my group is also protecting someone like that, and unlike the police captain who’s barely surviving, my group is strong, well-armed, and has plenty of resources... Feel free to come join us."

"I appreciate the invitation, Captain Valentina and Mr. Kaito, but I have people who depend on me too... If you or your group are in trouble, send a message on the AM channels using the fire department’s SOS code, and I’ll get in touch... And one more thing... I left out some information from the message so as not to cause panic. But since you’re well informed about the future, I’ll share it with you... You already know about the level 3 mutant zombies, right?"

"Yes!"

"Yes..."

"After the android failed to kill me, I found my first level 3 zombie... It appeared in the vicinity of where I live... If you’re targets, be careful, because this could have been done by them too."

"We will, thank you very much for the information. Stay safe!" Valentina thanked.

"I appreciate the additional information, I owe you a favor, Rick. See you later!"

***

A few hours after sending the message, Rick was invited to Maya’s house...

"So why did you call me here? Do you need to do some more tests?" he asked while smiling...

"You wanted to, right? I called you because of something serious... Rick, did you notice anything?" Maya asked in a serious tone.

"What?"

"The astronaut said there were 13 survivors who knew the truth, and the police officer said there were 15... But they both had the same information that half of them had already been exterminated."

Rick looked at his system screen, and several theories were speculated in silence. Although the survivors next to Anna and Valentina knew something that Rick didn’t, he shouldn’t be so omniscient... Did any of them have a system? Even he only knew of at most two or three survivors who had the same Universal Force in the first apocalypse. Noticing Maya’s gaze as he remained silent, Rick sat up he pulled her by both hands, sitting on a couch, and decided to tell her about the system...

"What I’m going to tell you next, you mustn’t tell anyone, okay? Not even my family. I don’t want them to worry about me..."

Maya blushed when Rick grabbed her hands and pulled her to the couch, but her expression turned serious and she began to listen...

This time, Rick not only told her about his system, but about how he was betrayed by his fellow survivors, and how all of this had affected him, making it difficult for him to trust people after that incident...

For the first time since his death, Rick had finally trusted someone again...

For Maya, who had seen Rick as someone who was always confident, experienced, and fearless. Hearing all of these things, made her see a new side of him. And at the same time, this trust directed at her also broke down the final emotional defenses she had towards him. Making them finally stop being just companions and friends...

***

"JB, can you hear me?"*1

"Anna! It’s so good to hear your voice!"

A momentary silence fell and Anna said nothing more...

"Anna, are you there?"

"Yes, I am, I’m sorry, I got distracted by something, did you hear the message from the survivor named Rick?"

"Yes, I did, but I didn’t respond as you instructed..."

"You did well, I’ve already spoken to him... He seems like a good person, besides being just like you with the same type of Universal Force..."

"That confirms all our theories... What should I do?"

"Don’t do anything, stay where you are, he’ll try to go to Kaelor when the worst of the winter is over."

"Okay... Have you arrived at Jyor yet?"

"Not yet, but I’m already very close to the planet’s orbit... I took a while to get there because I didn’t want to draw attention using the colony ship’s main engine..."

"Send me a message about your situation as soon as you land, okay?"

"Okay, I’ll do that... See you soon."

"Is he your boyfriend, Miss Anna?"

Jasmine asked with a smile on her lips when the transmission ended.

"Of course not... He’s just a..." Anna couldn’t tell who Marco was, she never had friends or a boyfriend, what were she and him now?

"He said he missed your voice... And he’s worried about your well-being... He has feelings for you."

This time, Jasmine put both hands over her mouth to hide her smile... She used to treat Anna like she was her boss, and she had never made jokes like that with her. Therefore, she found the whole situation very funny.

"I..."

Anna still didn’t have an answer as to what her relationship with Marco was. And when Jasmine tried to explain something to the girl who had little social experience. The entire ship shook, and several announcements from Anna’s AI appeared.

[ALERT!!! THE SHIP IS BEING ATTACKED!]

"SCREAKING"

[ALERT! UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT HAS RIPPED SHIP’S DEFENSES!]

"RUMBLE"

[ALERT! ENGINE ROOM DAMAGED!]

[ALERT! FIRE STARTED IN RESIDENTIAL AREA!]

[ALERT! LOSS OF OXYGEN DUE TO MULTIPLE HULL BREACHES!]

[ALERT! SEVERE DAMAGE TO ALL STRUCTURES AND LIFE SUPPORT!]

[ALERT! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION RECOMMENDED!]

"BOOM!"

After the tremor, the entire structure of the colonization ship creaked, and then another tremor occurred, causing Anna and Jasmine to float after the ship’s artificial gravity was lost. After that, a huge explosion hit the control cabin where they were, causing both of them to lose consciousness...

From the outside, it was possible to see that Colonization Ship No. 22 had suffered several explosions in different places, and the debris that remained intact was attracted by the planet’s gravity, becoming flaming and giving rise to a meteor shower that temporarily illuminated the reddish night sky of Jyor...

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(*)Remembering JB is Marco’s new name...