The Fortress of the Chosen part 1 (VI)

The capital city of the country, a meeting point for every type of international companies and a big source of business inhabited by many millions.

The day of the Apocalypse marked a change for everything. The earthquake that hit the rest of little towns didn't have the same impact here. Given the abundance of tall buildings prepared to receive all kind of strikes that the mother nature could give them, the great majority of this structures didn't have any problems of crumbling.

Immediately the inhabitants realized that communicating with other cities was impossible and the panic started to expand. It was necessary to deploy the military to keep control of the population and prevent the vandalism and anarchy.

Every kind of rumours began to circulate on the people, there were some that said that god was punishing the humanity for their sins, that the end of the world was near, and even that aliens were the behind all of this.

But suddenly the moment all feared arrived, a creature appeared in broad daylight and caused havoc on the city. All the attempts to eliminate the beast were in vain, no weapons worked and on consequence thousands of lifes were lost in the process.

It's incredible how only a few of them were able to do that much damage and in so little time. Those who were able to escape locked themselves where they could as new creatures appeared one after the other.

In that instant when everything seemed lost, he stepped forward. Like the second coming from the messiah, a single man with the ability to eradicate those beasts came to save them. As they were flies that man eliminated them without blinking.

Those who watched that spectacle bowed down to him and ask for their protection. He was able to use the light he produced to guide the people, then recruited many humans with abilities like him and founded his own cult. Is possible that by then the encrypted message was sent to the rest of the country to increase his forces.

With the support of the masses he was able to overturn the politics who couldn't solve the problems that befall without difficulty. They weren't capable of guarantee the safety of the people, he took advantage on that to self impose as the absolute leader.

When the few army forces that were left tried to do something they didn't stood a chance. They already had lost almost most of their members on the first attack of the beasts, also only a couple of members of the cult of light were enough to annihilate a big group of soldiers with their powers.

This way after their defeat the firearms were destroyed and others were useless, probably to get rid of any potential danger to his regime.

What happened next is uncertain. It's known that a kind of totalitarianism was imposed on the city, every order of the leader was absolute. The blessed by the light obtained all kind of privileges and became the guardians of the frontiers.

Eventually an evaluation was established for everyone who would like to enter the city to determine if they were worthy or not. The normal people were utilized to do any kind of manual labour, threaten with exile in case of uprising and murdered if they were considered a nuisance. Even now there must be some who still believe in the words he says, either by salvation or terror...

"... wow. All of that sounds taken out of a dystopian book"

"Sadly is the truth. The name of the person who started all, the absolute leader on power is called Victor. We don't have any more information about his past or what he is planning right now. If what the message said is correct then he must be gathering specials on the city. What does he pretend? Really he wants to create a fortress excluding the rest of the citizens? That's ridiculous"

What she says it's true. Maybe he wants a little army to invade other cities and make some trouble, anyway it's dangerous.

"You guys seen to have a counter plan, right?"

"That's it, we are in the middle of that. Those who were exiled or managed to escape combined our forces in a resistance. We planned an attack on multiple points to cause distraction, the team who is able to reach to Victor will use what's necessary to finish him"

"That doesn't sounds so good, you plan to go on a suicide mission?"

"You have a better suggestion? Like you already saw our weapons wont work against those creatures, but if you use them well we can take care of a couple of those chosen by the light"

"Even so, it's dangerous"

"You want us to stay here arms crossed waiting? You know that it can't end like this, nobody knows what's that man thinking"

"Exactly, that's why I'm helping"

"You?"

"I believe that my power isn't a great thing, however you'll have more chances if you come with me, don't you think?"

"Why do you decide to help us? Your not even from this city"

"I know, it's just that something intrigues me. Probably this leader has the answers I seek. Pleased to work with you"

"... fine, whatever. The more the better, welcome to the team"

This way both sides decided to cooperate for a common goal.

Operation "Babel Tower" is about to begin.