Chapter 02: Encounter

Chloe has been running back and forth through the Ruins but couldn't find Niko.

She stopped and tried to rest near the abandoned well.

She was panicking that something might have happened to Niko, And she remembered what their Chief told them.

"Look for potential relics near the entrance of the Ruins, there are some abandoned houses there.

Try searching only near the Entrance. No matter what you do, Do not go at the back of the destroyed temple with alot of barrels. There's something there that we still cannot determine."

As she remembered, she started sprinting towards the North direction. (Entrance of the Ruins is South)

While running she saw alot of broken barrels and tables. And it looked like it hasn't been long before it got destroyed.

"Perhaps there are bandits here?" as she thought while running.

And at the end, Where the destroyed barrels were at she saw a middle sized temple that were already destroyed.

And she remembered of the Chief's words "Do not go at the back of the Destroyed temple"

She rushed towards the temple while shouting

"Niko!? Niko!? Where are you!?"

But no one responded...

As she held at the Temple's concrete wall she saw Niko's walkie talkie near a hole.

She shouted while walking towards the hole. "Niko!? You in there!? Don't tell me you fell on that hole and got knocked out? haha!"

As she stood near the hole she saw no one, only piles of rocks that had fell after the collapse.

She suddenly felt nervous and thought that maybe This hole was a man-made trap for intruders, And Niko fell and got kidnapped.

So she grabbed Niko's walkie talkie and started heading back to the Ruin's entrance.

As she was walking she felt an Earthquake rising beneath, As it became stronger.

She quickly ran towards the Entrance and Grabbed a phone from his body bag.

She turned it ON while sprinting towards the entrance as the earthquake gets stronger.

She looks around at the Houses as they collapse due to the earthquake. She prayed that the phone has signal so that she can call reinforcements to rescue the missing Niko.

And when she looked back she noticed that the temple collapsed and the houses also collapsed.

Then she tried calling their Base but there was still no signal on her phone.

She grabbed the helmet from the handle of her ATV and started it.

"I'll be back for you Niko, Just you wait there." She said while fleeing from the Ruins.

Meanwhile Niko was shivering in fear as he faced the unidentified creatures looking at him.

"My body won't move damn it! Where can I run? It's so dark in here. Am I gonna die?" As he was thinking.

Then suddenly more creatures popped out from the river that he swam from.

As he was slowly turning around, The creature infront of him started growling. Niko froze, unable to move due to the fear he has.

Then the creature started walking towards him and smelled him.

Niko quickly closed his eyes as he was thinking he was gonna get eaten.

Unable to move due to the fear. He had no choice but to stay still while the creature smelled him.

And the creature started growling loudly that it echoed through the underground river.

Niko then realized that he was gonna get eaten by this creatures, But suddenly the creature grabbed him and started walking.

Niko fainted in fear when the creature grabbed him.

Chloe has gotten off the boundaries of the Ruins.

As she rode the ATV she noticed there were military trucks near the Egypt pyramids.

She stopped and grabbed her phone and checked if there was signal now.

When she noticed that the phone has signal she immediately tried to call their base so that she could inform the chief that Niko suddenly disappeared.

But a huge explosion occured at the top of the pyramid, then medium sized rocks started flying towards her.

She then puts the phone back at her pocket then started driving the ATV.

She evaded the flying rocks falling towards her and she saw the military trucks were destroyed.

Then she looked at the top of the Pyramid and notice that a naked man that is 10 feet tall standing at the top of the destroyed pyramid.

Then the naked giant started throwing rocks at the destroyed military trucks.

The remaining survivors got smashed to pieces by the rocks that were thrown by the Naked giant.

Then Chloe rushed on escaping, So that the Giant won't notice her.

Niko suddenly wakes up in a rock bed with some taped bush as his pillow.

And he then remembers the scene he was at earlier.

Then he looks around and notices that he was at a small tavern made by rocks.

Then he slowly gets up and tries to check at the door if he can escape but a huge creature was at the side of the door waiting for him to wake up.

And when he stepped foot outside the tavern he saw the creature waiting for him outside.

Then he stumbles to the ground and started panicking while saying "Don't eat me please! I'm not that tasty! Please don't eat me!"

Then the Creature started walking towards him.

As he steps back from the Creature, he saw it clearly that the creature's face was a reptile. It was like a Humanoid Lizard.

Then the Humanoid Lizard grabbed his hand and suddenly put a bracelet at him.

Then Niko shouted "Please don't kill me! Don't imprison me please! it was my mistake to come to this place, Please forgive me Human lizard!"

Then the humanoid lizard started to laugh and said "What are you talking about? We don't eat humans. We are like humans too, But with a different appearance." and laughed again.

Niko was shocked that even the Humanoid lizard was growling, He understood what it said to him.

"Wait!? How come I can understand you?" Niko asked.

"It is because of the Bracelet that you are wearing right now, It's a technology that can make you communicate with other species." The humanoid lizard replied.

"Oh so that's why, but wait! are you really not gonna eat me Mr. Human lizard?!" Niko asked in fear.

The humanoid Lizard laughed and said. "We Reptoids do not eat human flesh, We eat like what humans eat too."

Niko sighed and replied "Oh thank goodness."

Then the Humanoid Lizard asked. "Boy what is your name?"

"I'm Niko Noir, And you Mr. Lizard man?" Niko replied.

The humanoid lizard laughed again and said. "Are you a comedian Mr. Niko? My name is Clay."

Then other reptoids started approaching near them.

Then the reptoids started introducing themselves to Niko.

Then they started knowing each other and started having conversations.

Meanwhile on the surface where Chloe is.

More and more military trucks came moving towards the Pyramid.

As she drove towards the City she notices that there are many military soldiers evacuating the citizens of Egypt.

Then she stopped and grabbed her phone and immediately called their base.

The base picks up her call.

"Hello this is LT1 speaking"

"LT1 can you pass it to the chief, this is urgent. C2 (Niko Noir's Agent name) has gone missing and there's something going on here at Egypt." Chloe said.

"Okay, just wait a sec C3 (Chloe River's Agent name) I will line you up with the Chief." LT1 Replied.

Then a sudden explosion came from the pyramid while the citizens of egypt panicked.

"Hello C3, This is the Chief speaking, What's the status on your location?" The Chief asked.

"Hello chief, C2 is currently missing while he was searching for relics.

I forgot to remind him about the forbidden area, and somehow he ended up there and then went missing." Chloe replied.

"Leave him and return to base immediately, I'm certain he will never be able to come back alive." The Chief said.

Chloe got nervous and said. "I'm sure his alive, Please send a search party for him chief. I've got a gut feeling that he is still alive."

The chief angrily replied. "Listen C3, C2 is gone! That area he went is a No man's land. He is gone now, And what are those explosions I'm hearing? Where are you?!"

"Okay chief, This explosions are caused by a Naked giant on top of the pyramid. He is throwing rocks at the military trucks, And the Citizens of Egypt City are currently evacuating.

I don't know what's going on here." Chloe replied.

"A Naked giant you say?! Get the hell out of there now C3! Right now focus on returning to base, Ignore the citizens. I know your personality so don't start being a hero! Return here immediately!" As the Chief shouted through the phone.

Chloe then puts the phone on her pocket and then started driving.

Military officer spoke with a Speaker "Giant! Come down here and we will stop firing at you!"

"Do you think I'm a fool humans!?" The Giant replied while laughing.

The Soldiers were shocked that it could understand and speak human language.

"Giant! State your name and race, I doubt you are not human with a height like that, Pale skin and those white eyes!" The military Officer shouted.

The giant replied "I come from a superior race than you maggots! Soon my brothers and sisters will come, We will exterminate all humans that will not obey our orders and we will enslave humans that will be captured!"

Then the Giant started showering rocks unto the Military soldiers below the pyramid.

Meanwhile Niko was having a conversation with Clay he noticed earthquakes every 10 seconds.

He then asks clay "What are these earthquakes? It started since I was crouching at that damn Passage way."

"These are the signs that the portal has been opened." Clay replied.

"Huh? what portal? does that even exist?" Niko asked.

"Ofcourse it exists! kekeke!" A reptoid named Asquel intervened.

"You humans don't know what's going on right?" Clay asked.

"I don't really know what's goin on with the world, I'm just a Relic agent. I just explore abandoned ruins and search for Items that may fetch for a high price." Niko replied.

While earthquakes were getting stronger, The reptoids started getting worried.

"Niko, were you alone when you came here?" Clay asked.

"No, I have a comrade above the surface right now. I think she's panicking right now for sure." Niko replied while laughing.

"Shoot, she's a goner now. I can feel their aura's wrecking havoc on the surface." Clay said.

"What do you mean by she's a goner now clay? come on don't joke with me." Niko replied while acting not being frustrated.

"The Alphas known as the First Species on Planet earth has now made there move. I am sure that even a hundred soldiers won't be able to stop a single alpha. So your friend's a goner by now." Clay replied.

"What do you mean alphas?! what are you talking about? Chloe is not dead! I'm sure of it! She can't die that easily!" Niko shouted.

The earthquake got stronger it shook the entire underground.

"I got to go back, I need to go find Chloe!" Niko hastily said while looking for the exit.

"You can't go back, The Entrance where you came collapsed." Clay said.

"No i need to go back! I can't let Chloe die! She is my partner! She can't die while i still live!" Niko shouted while crying.

"I'm sorry Niko Noir, But you can't go back there's no way out. That was the only passage way through here and the exit is on the other side leads to our country." Clay Said.

"Country? What do yo mean by that? Isn't this underground cave your country?" Niko asked while weeping his tears.

The reptoids laughed at Niko and then Clay said.

"This is just a Guard point, we are currently watching the Portals (Pyramids) on Egypt by sensing the Alpha's Aura's. Due to our speculations Today is the day they will invade North Continent. That is why we do not have a passageway built for us to climb up towards the Surface."

"Huh? North continent? This is egypt." Niko replied.

The Earthquake suddenly got stronger.

Asquel told everyone to evacuate immediately. He sensed 5 Alpha breeds on the surface. They need to head back towards the Capital.

And Clay asked Niko to come with them and return to their capital, Because there is no use staying on this Underground guard point when it could collapse anytime.

Then They Ran towards the Back exit of the Underground Guard point.

Meanwhile Chloe returned to their base safely.

Guard agents greeted her at the Entrance.

Chloe rushes towards inside to look for the Chief.

"Chief, I have returned." Chloe said.

"C3 welcome back, We will start the Evacuation now so pack up your things and start moving." Chief replied.

"What? Why are we evacuating?" Chloe asked.

"There is no time for explanation, Get your ass moving now! That's an order C3!" Chief angrily replied.

Chloe packed her things and further followed the Chief's Command.

Meanwhile at the Pyramids of Egypt, Alot of Bloodshed has happened.

"We are pinned down! Commander is down! Half of us are down! only 15% of us from the Dispatched troops are remaining. Please send some troops Immediately!" Soldier shouted on his Telephone.

The Giants (Alpha breed) were starting to go down from the pyramid while the soldiers shoot at them the bullets didn't even scratched there thick skins.

"Human technology are so weak! Keke! That is why we are going to eliminate your whole race! You are maggots of this planet!" The giant said.

Then the Other giants started mumbling words then The other three pyramids started exploding from the top. Thus other giants came out of it.

One of the remaining soldiers called the base from their telephone.

"Sir! Please tell my family to evacuate, I think the End is near-"

A Huge rock flew towards the Soldier crushing him to death.

"Brothers, Let us destroy their homes and Kill them." First giant to appear said.

Other giants started Growling as they ran towards the City of Egypt.

Niko followed clay and the other reptoids to escape.

As they were running inside a cave, Clay tells Niko "Niko Noir, Stick with me. No matter what happens don't get too far away from me."

"Okay copy that Clay" Niko replied.

As they ran for an hour, Niko finally saw a dim light ahead and was grateful that he could go back to the surface again.

But Clay looked at him with a serious face.

Then they got out of the Cave, And Niko felt the fresh air again and the warmth of the sunlight, Or so he thought it.

But he never expected what he was about to witness after leaving the cave.

"Now, stick with me. Don't be shocked okay?" Clay said.

"Huh? Huh?" Niko replied while being shocked on what he's seeing right now.

Chapter 02: END