Desperate Run

Then the awaken who was at the center again looked at the three stupid humans and smirked, "GARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....."

Three out of eight awakens ran at their full speed, and in a second, they got to the stairs that had fallen.

Two ran at the front and the last one ran behind them, keeping its distance. Their speed was fast.

Fast enough for them to get to the stairs in a second.

Then, the two at the front stopped and grabbed each other shoulders tightly. Like they were ready to fight but what happened next made Matt and others nearly cry out in despair.

The one who was behind jumped highly, pressed its feet onto the other two awakened shoulders, used them as its support, and again jumped and descended on the first floor.

It all happened within 3 seconds. Too fast for Matt and others to think or react.

"SAMMMMMMMMMM!!!" Matt yelled.

Sam, who knew what to do, didn't need to be asked twice. He ran towards the third floor. He was going to destroy the stairs of the third floor before the awaken could get there.

"ASHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Again, Matt yelled.

And Ashton also understood as he pulled the explosives out and was ready to blow the two awakens who were near the stairs.

He threw the hand grenade, but what happened next again made them despair.

The two awakens looked at the tiny thing that was making a loud boom and killing their kind and picked a small stone and threw it towards the tiny thing, and with a boom, the tiny thing exploded.

"AGAIN! DON'T STOP!! JUST THROW AND THROW AND THROW UNTIL YOU CAN HIT THEM!!!" Matt yelled as he also started to help Ashton.

The two awaken again looked at the small things that make a booming sound coming towards them. Now they were irritated so they again threw some stones and then looked at the other five awakens and nodded.

And the five awakens without wasting any time started running.

"THEY ARE COMING! ASH!! IT'S YOUR TURN!!! YOU CAN USE YOUR POWER!!!" Matt yelled.

Ashton nodded. Finally, it was his turn. His whole body turned into iron. His both hands become grenade launchers and with his 'Accuracy' technique, he targeted one of the two Awakens whom he could clearly see, and with a shoooooooooo, he shot.

The two awakens ignored the annoying humans as they waited for their partners to use them as support to get above, but before their partners could use them, one of the awakens which could directly see the two humans, saw a tiny thing rushing towards it with an astonishing speed.

Even before it could do anything, the tiny thing directly hit its left eye, and with a boom, everything became silent.

BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

Ashton shot the bomb, and then he saw with an astonishing speed the grenade directly hit the awakened eye, and with a boom, the awakened head shattered in pieces.

The brain spattered everywhere.

It was a very disgusting sight.

The other awaken who was holding the shoulder of the one who died, also wasn't in any good shape. It was only left with half head, one right hand, and one right leg, its other side of the body was gone, and with a thud, it also fell onto the ground.

Silence descended.

Matt, with an open mouth, stared at Ashton.

"Close your mouth, or I will. Kissi." Ashton whispered as he lightly pecked Matt's open mouth.

"You are disgusting." Matt whispery yelled as he turned his face towards the entrance.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...…." All the other five awakens, who were running towards the other two awakens stopped and growled in full anger.

And then, a loud tremor was heard, the mall itself started to vibrate.

Ashton hurriedly hugged Matt tightly as they both fell onto the ground.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." Then one more sorrowful growled heard, and then there was nothing more.

Ashton, Matty, and the five awakens looked at the third-floor stairs and saw the awaken, who was lying on the second floor only had half of its body left.

They could only see a portion from above the waist, but below, there was nothing.

And standing in front of it was Sam, and with his full power, he slammed the hammer at the head of the awaken and crushed its head with his all might.

[Flashback]

Sam hurriedly ran towards the stairs and jumped, directly falling onto the fourth floor.

On his left hand was a hammer, which was as light as a feather for him. He couldn't feel its weight at all. On the right hand was a small bag which had explosives in it.

The awakened who was on the first floor saw the human which was creating trouble for his partner running towards the third-floor stairs. It just snickered.

How dare a puny human mess with them? They were superior. Even death couldn't kill them. They awakened and they rose.

This was who they were. They even became so powerful that they now had the power to crush the boulder with their punch.

Just one punch of there was enough to kill the puny humans, crush them to pieces, mince them in a paste.

It also ran, and its running speed was even faster than the human.

Sam ignored the running awaken. He just wanted to get to the stairs on the third floor. He knew, at this rate, he wouldn't get there before the awakened would, so he again jumped from the fourth floor and directly landed on the third floor, and just in front of him were stairs.

He ran at his full speed and got to the stairs before the awakened, but the awakened also wasn't behind, it was now also standing in front of the stairs.

Sam looked at the awakened from above. The Awakened looked at the puny human from below.

They both just looked at each other. Now using explosives was pretty much impossible.

The speed of the awakened was fast enough to stop him or even punch him, which he wouldn't let happen.

The fight was inevitable now. Either he would die and the awaken would get to Ashton and Matt or the awaken would die and the stairs would detonate.

And he was hella sure. Dying wasn't on his list today.

Or Tomorrow.

Or even the day after tomorrow.