1.4

Misha stepped up to the window and watched through a crack in the wooden boards crisscrossed along the windowpane. He saw a tattooed Asian man scream at the crowd of people to charge forward despite knowing there were lethal traps scattered across the yard. Whenever someone slowed down or tried to run away, the ability users would viciously attack them. The area was illuminated by the fire spread from the four standing in the back.

In order to not fall behind the stragglers started to sabotage the other members or directly toss them behind. It was chaos as the grass started to turn red with blood and bodies fell on the trampled leaves. The path towards the entrance was slowly revealed as body parts were left behind on the steel spears hidden among the green and arrays of strings the moon reflected on the red liquid. If you looked close enough yellow and gray sludge was coated on the strings. Mutilated heads lay underneath, the rest of the bodies sprawled in front of it as the momentum carried it farther when they died.

By the time the front yard was cleared, the amount of people had been cut in half.

Geo: "Tch. Weaklings. They couldn't get the owner to show his face before they died. We might need to conserve some of them to use as meat shields once we get inside."

Bart: "Don't worry mama bear, even if it's just a torso it can still be used as a meat shield."

Geo elbowed Bart in the chest: "Get off me! I don't want any hugs from you!"

David: "Hahaha! That's right! We can even use the dismembered arm as a sword! That'd be hilarious and just perfect. What's a more appropriate set than that for the apocalypse!"

Joe: "And the entrails can be a lasso."

David: "Hahaha! Oh my god I think I could laugh my lungs out"

Geo turned to the group backing away from the door: "Well? What are you waiting for?! Do you want me to burn you into a crisp? You! Open the door!"

Unlucky slave: "B-B-But it's common knowledge that anyone who tries to open the door will be electrocuted to death! I-I-I don't want to die!"

The others looked on in schadenfreude, happy they weren't the ones to have caught Geo's attention. Seeing no way out, the man abruptly grabbed a woman nearby and pushed her to the door. The sudden falling sensation made her instinctively try to catch herself. She turned the door handle. She wasn't able to scream before the electricity froze up her muscles and the smell of burnt flesh and hair filled the air as the woman died a painful death.

The group didn't spare a glance as they stepped over her body. From the other side they could see cords running from the handles to an unknown room. Nobody attempted to find the source as they already heard from previous invaders that it would be more dangerous to do so.

The group continued through heading straight for the stairs. But as they went through the lobby, pitfalls and trapdoors activated, nobody died outright but the traps were coated in rotten flesh and shit. It was a matter of time before they died of infection if they weren't given any antibiotics. Knowing the ability users kept everything for themselves, they could only cry as they continued on to the stairs before they were killed by their own "elite" force.

The stairs weren't any better. Sections of the stairs were missing, the handrails were covered with needles, and the occasional object would fall to brain one of the people on the narrow staircase. This continued until they reached the top floor.

Geo: "This is the main force. We are almost to the top floor but we lost practically all of the disposables. What's the status on the other groups?"

Keith: "The eastern group is almost to the top as well. Same situation with the disposables. Western team, Oceanside team status report!"

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Keith: "Western team, Oceanside team status report! If I find out you've neglected reporting in, don't blame me for being ruthless."

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Keith: "Report!"

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Misha: "Oceanside and western teams are eliminated."

Keith: "!!!"

(That's impossible! He might have been lucky to spot one of the teams but to eliminate both at the same time…unless someone leaked out we were coming tonight.)

Keith looked at his team suspiciously.

(It doesn't matter. Whether or not someone leaked information I'll know once I'm in charge of the base.)

Keith: "Main force proceed with the plan."

Keith was in front of the master suite. Signaling to advance Bobby quietly entered, forcing the disposable in front, they spy a petite figure looking out the window. Both the main and eastern force quietly surround the window, careful not to make a sound. Once they were ready Keith extended his mental interference. The amount wasn't enough to injure the target but it would cause cognitive dissonance so there would be no time to react to a surprise attack. Keith's sense of wariness rose seeing the figure not react even the slightest. Keith took a step back as he signaled Bobby to start the attack. Bobby removed a bag from his hip and took a handful of dirt. Hovering the dirt over his palm he shot the pebbles forward which created a pseudo gattling gun.

The body didn't fall to the floor screaming death as they predicted. As the dirt perforated the body an explosion radiated out and blasted the surrounding people. The ability users were able to jump away in time but unfortunately all the others were killed. The head of the body was shot right off it shoulders and flew to their feet. They could barely recognize the face that belonged to their comrade, Julia.

Geo: "!!! How is tha-"

Before Geo could finish speaking, she was struck by a sudden burst of lightning. The power of the electricity was enough to turn her into a charred corpse.

Bart: "Nooooo!"

Keith: "Scatter! Find the enemy!"

The others scattered but Bart couldn't handle the grief of losing his wife. He ran up to corpse and stroked the burnt hair away from her face. The image would have been romantic if the face wasn't so horrifying. In place of the eyes were bloody sockets and the lips were dissolved to only reveal chipped teeth forever in a smile. He decided he would find the killer no matter what the costs. He harnessed a large amount of heat and shot the flames away from him in all directions.

Bobby: "Dammit I barely dodged that! Stop fucking around, all this just for some dumb woman."

Bart: "SHUT UP! I'll kill you too!"

Keith: "Over there, by the cabinet!"