Chapter 4 "Soldier Lanz"

City center

A group of nurses moved the patients to the ambulances, they felt very safe despite the attacks of the fire snake. A group of soldiers was in charge of maintaining the safety of them and the patients.

~ How many rooms more remain clear ~ a soldier asked the je f to nurses

~ In the west and south wings all patients have been evacuated, the east wing is half missing and the note wing is not yet evacuated ~

Hearing the nurse, the soldier returned to inform his captain, walking through the corridors he reached the room where there was a group in charge of coordinating the withdrawal.

Upon hearing the information from his soldier, the captain spread a map on the table pointing to the north wing.

~ In these sectors most of the patients are children and elderly, we need more manpower to ensure their departure ~ the captain was indicating his orders when a message from the base sounded on the radio.

~ Captain, we have received information that several beasts have been seen heading towards the city, the advance groups are already fighting with them ~ said the soldier in charge of the radio

~ Any specific order? If not, we will hold our position until everyone has been evacuated ~ Captain Fline was a serious man, he would never leave any of his soldiers behind. Despite being in his late fifties, he could move alongside his younger soldiers.

~ The central indicated that after the evacuation, all military groups should prepare to join the caravan that will be in charge of moving the last survivors ~

~ You heard! After finishing the evacuation everyone will be able to rest, so let's go! ~ Fline up the morale of his soldiers, knew very well to each of them, so you strange when one more young people approached him.

~ Tell me Private Lanz, because you are not in your position ~

~ With all due respect Captain, I wanted to ask permission to leave after the evacuation , I received a message from my mother saying that she could not evacuate ~ the young soldier said hoping they would accept her request

~ Soldier, knows that can be arrested for abandoning his duty , but no animals are not well explain the problem well ~ Fline wanted his solda do understand that it was necessary before he could be questioned support.

~ I understand captain . My sister of 10 years old and my mother were trapped when evacuation teams went through his house, so I wanted to go rescue ~

~ I remember that your father was also a military man, I would not like him to think badly of us for not allowing you to rescue your family ~

~ Yes, even though he died on a mission when I was 7 years old , he was always my role model ~ he said with a twinkle in his eye Lanz

~ I will accept your request, but you will not go alone. When the evacuation is over, listen carefully to my orders and don't contradict, is that clear? ~

~ Yes captain! ~

After two hours the group finally finished their mission, Lanz was waiting for what his captain would do.

~ Get together, I have new orders! ~ Captain Fline's voice echoed throughout the place.

His soldiers lined up awaiting his new orders , although they were tired they would never go against the words of their captain.

~ Soldiers, as we finished our mission, I hope you hear my words ~

~ Lord! ~

~ His partner, soldier Lanz , asked me to allow him to go rescue his family, they are his mother and sister who were trapped during the evacuation, I hope they will accompany me to help him ~ Before continuing, the captain looked their faces waiting to see some doubt in their eyes.

~ As you know the general situation is dangerous, you have already heard that various beasts are approaching the city and we can face great danger if they surround us. That is why I will give you two options, I will only say that if you are afraid do not participate as it could affect the whole group ~

~ The first option is to accompany us and evacuate your family, taking into account the risks that this implies. The second option is to go to the shelters next to the military caravan that will arrive in 5 minutes, there is not much time to think, so decide ~

The Lanz soldier was nervous, was aware that if the situation s and complicated it was possible that several of his companions died, and even wanted to rescue his family.

Thinking about the possibility that no one accompanies him , Lanz was planning how to save his family , but was surprised to see that none of his companions withdrew .

~ Get your team ready, we have a mission to accomplish! If we all come back, I'll buy tonight's beer! ~ the captain was happy that his team held together, he knew that now they had a better chance to rescue the family without problems.

The soldier's house Lanz was located 9 kilometers from the hospital, the group led by captain had to move forward marching since most of the way s were blocked by abandoned vehicles.

In less than twenty minutes the group was close to Lanz's home .

The soldiers began to feel anxious when they noticed something strange around them , they knew that several people had left the city, but still something was not right.

Raising his hand, the captain stopped his team ~ Private Jhons, Private Rine, come closer ~ he said, looking for them to introduce themselves.

Two soldiers with very athletic physiques appeared in front of the captain.

~ I need a reconnaissance team in the area, as you are the most rapid in the group will request that mission, if you see any problems, report as first priority ~

~ Yes captain! ~ The soldiers responded at once and prepared to explore the area.

The march to the house of the soldier Lanz was a bit more slowly, but it was the best they could do to avoid casualties in the group. Everything would be fine, if it weren't for a call for help from Private Rine.

~ Captain haunts me a group of giant rats, come to its location in two minutes, please prepare yourself ~ it felt a touch of anxiety in her voice Rine, still had not seen those beasts, but they would not underestimate them .

~ You heard, prepare your weapons ~ the captain then raised his hand and called ~ Soldier Jhons returned to the group , the beasts already appeared ~

~ Captain, there is a group of people in a house, I think they have children, tell me your orders please ~

He knew that protecting civilians was one of his most important missions as a soldier and he told him ~ Protect the place and if you can bring them close to us , but if you see that the situation is very complicated, wait for our arrival, we must all survive ~

~ Yes captain! ~

Two minutes had passed when they saw Rine approach , one of her arms was injured by what appeared to be two huge claws.

E l captain gave the order to protect its withdrawal , but notice that the soldier turned one second and released a Granada.

BOOM !!

After the explosion, loud screeches from the injured rats could be heard and various parts of their bodies were scattered on the ground.

Rine smiled and kept running to protect himself, but suddenly a large shadow came out behind him . With its claws exposed, the rat tried to split the soldier in half, but was blocked by Private Lanz's rifle . U n times after the rat died under the bullets of the equipment, but then appeared many more .

~ Cover the retreat of both, don't let them break our defense ~

Rine and Lanz managed to retreat preparing to join the battle, the rats that arrived were over a meter tall, had bone armor, but were quite weak in the uncovered places.

After receiving a call, a soldier approached the captain and informed him about Private Jhons.

~ Captain, Jhons reported that he found a woman similar to Private Lanz's description. But they are cornered by some beasts and they cannot move ~

"We have plenty of ammunition, we'd better mobilize " thought the captain, ~ Listen! We found the target, they are under attack so we'll go now . Form a defense of three people in each direction and move forward ~

The captain finished saying those words and threw four grenades at the beasts, hoping that those explosions would give him the time to retreat.

Demor group of soldiers or five minutes to reach a winery surrounded by what looked like beetles almost a meter tall , they were ramming the entrance to the cellar without much luck.

~ Jhons, how is the situation inside ~ Fline asked as he ordered his group to prepare for battle.

~ The place is quite safe, there are no injuries ~

~ ¿ And the goal? ~

~ Both are fine ~ Jhons said

~ Tell people to leave the entrance, you have a minute ~

After the minute the captain gave the order to launch the last 2 damage grenades that they had left , some beetles stopped charging and looked at the grenades on the ground.

BOMM !!

L fter a large number of beetles explosion were killed, but some of them stood up and attacked the soldiers.

Under the siege of the soldiers the beetles were dying very fast, although their exoskeleton was very strong, various parts of their body were easily pierced by the bullets.

The victory of the soldiers was near, but the group did not manage to react when a silver beetle appeared from the ground, splitting a soldier in half.

Everyone was enraged when they saw how the life of one of their companions disappeared before their eyes and began to attack the silver beetle, this when feeling the threat, it deployed a pair of transparent wings and rose to the sky.

~ Don't waste your bullets, only shoot if you have a safe target, prioritize the mission ~

The beetle stayed in the air watching the group of people on the ground, something inside it was prompting it to gather energy in its mouth, but it did not know how to control well how to do it .

On the ground the group of soldiers protected 4 adults and 2 children, among them was Lanz's mother and sister.

When they began their retreat they never lost sight of the silver beetle.

Along the way, several people came out of their houses and asked for help from the military, most of them behaved well, but a couple of them complained all the way about how the military was not doing things well.

Although escorting the survivors slowed them down, after half an hour they had made it halfway to the shelters.

The beetle felt he was ready and opened his mouth more extensive than could a large concentration of green particles piled up in front of him .

Le ntly a glowing sphere appeared in his mouth , one of the soldiers noticed the situation and try to inform, but it was too late when a large beam passed through several survivors melt his s body s to just be a lump of flesh in soil.

Before dying, the screams of the people alerted the group of danger, ~ Everyone take cover ~ said the captain who noticed the sphere in front of the beetle.

Another bolt was released, but this time not achieving hits rlos , Lanz I notice that the beetle was preparing to attack again approached the captain.

~ Captain, I still have a smoke grenade ~

~ Well thought out Lanz, everyone listen up! We will use a smoke cover to avoid the chase of that beast, avoid exposing yourself unless I indicate otherwise ~

After using the pump, advanced more slowly than before, but the beetle could no longer find, the beetle chillo be frustrated him most hard as he could and left the site.

~ Captain, the beast is gone ~ Soldier Jhons said after exploring the surroundings

~ Do not trust, as it is the beetle there must be more beasts around here , we still have ten minutes to get there, let's move on ~ Fline ordered his soldiers.

~ Yes captain ! ~

After a few minutes the group could sigh calmly, they had managed to reach the shelter, they lamented the loss of the survivors , but they were aware of the risk of the mission.

Lanz managed to calm his family down and help them get a room .

~ Stay here, I must finish reporting to my superiors and return ~ Lanz said to his family.

~ Don't delay, big brother ~ the 10-year-old girl was clinging to her mother trying to forget what she saw on the streets.

The shelter was under the north mountain of the city, it had an entrance 100 meters wide and was well armored, inside there were 5 underground floors that could hold 5 00,000 people without problem, but at this time that capacity was exceeded in 200,000.

Several screams were heard inside, including some refugees asking to be given a better room or to be taken to their superiors to negotiate .

~ Sir, please understand that right now all the superiors are leading the defense against the beasts ~ a soldier tried to calm the situation.

L as discussions continue endlessly if not by an earthquake that started from nothing.

If Jin were in the city he would be surprised to see the dragon in the sky, it no longer had a bright color on its exterior and several wounds were noticeable on its body, every so often it would throw fireballs to the ground roaring in fear.

The silver beetle, which was still in the city, was watching the dragon curiously, did not think about attacking it, felt that it should not approach and did not take long to find the reason for its roars.

~! Don't you dare come, my father will find you. Stay away !! ~ the voice of the dragon was heard with fear

The ground began to shake again, the dragon felt that its end was already near, so it used all its life force to release a great breath of fire, the temperature rose so fast that the ground, being hit by the breath, began to melt creating a large hole filled with lava .

The dragon never stopped launching its attack wanting to use up the last of its energy, but it did not have time . A second later a large crack, more than one kilometer long appeared on the floor behind é l a big mouth with thousands of teeth rose to the sky engulfing the dragon.

The sound that those teeth made when tearing the dragon to pieces chilled the blood of all who heard it, from time to time it was possible to hear the dragon roaring inside the beast, trying to escape its death.

The beetle thought about fleeing when it saw that the dragon was eaten, but it did not move an inch when it felt that the beast was staring at it, only the mouth of the beast had a radius of 200 meters, but it did not compare in anything to what length of its body, it could easily be a kilometer not counting what was yet to be revealed under the ground.

After a long five minutes roaring, the dragon became only nutrients for the beast, a deep silence invaded the entire city, most of the people who still took refuge in their homes died sadly, since their body could not stand the energy field emitted by the beast.

A thunderous murmur echoed from the sky ~! Scum ! ~ , the beast finally returned to earth, leveling a large portion of the earth with its tail.

The silver beetle instinctively started from the city, as well as him, several small beasts moved away as fast as they could, those who could not react in time died without knowing why, high in the sky a large eye observed the situation enraged.

~ He dares to kill one of my children knowing that I still cannot enter the planet, only the garbage would act like this ~ "Son, soon I will be able to avenge you " thought a great dragon in space.

Meanwhile in the shelter most managed to survive, only those with a weak heart died . The Lanz family was one of the survivors, the day the mother asked him not to leave as he had finished his mission was left with them , inside thought , "If my captain I have now helped them would be dead, I thank you when you see it. "

Jin and company did not know that there was nothing left of what they would once call home, their journey was uneventful until they found an injured man lying in the middle of the street.