Chapter 18: Another Mysterious Guy

Niko and asquel went to the forest as they headed towards the other pioneers.

Asquel then tells niko that next time he should listen and not fight on his own or he'll end up dying.

Niko scratches his head as he smiled and said "I'm sorry asquel, I just got carried away."

Asquel then looks down with disappointment.

Niko laughs at asquel's face as they continued walking towards the deep parts of the forest.

Niko then asks the new parasites that connected with him if they had names and if they don't, Niko will name them.

The two parasites then replied that niko should name them as the alphas treated them like weapons and didn't bother on naming them.

Niko then calls them B3 (The parasite that materialized as a necklace) and B4 (The parasite that materialized as a ring).

Niko liked the idea of B4 turning into a ring and asked the others if they would do the same as well.

B1, B2 and B3 agreed to niko's request and started turning themselves into rings.

Niko smiled and wondered if he now looked like one of the rich dudes.

Asquel then tells niko that they are almost near and will be getting out on the other side of the forest soon.

Niko didn't bother as he was enjoying the view of his hand and stared at four platinum rings that were shining.

B1 tells niko to snap back to his senses.

Niko then snaps back and tells asquel yes (Even though he didn't get to hear what Asquel said).

B3 and B4 then tells niko that if he wanted to learn about the other alpha bases then they can lead him there.

Niko tells them that he should first ask the team and decide if they'll go or not.

B3 and B4 then agreed to niko's reply.

B1 on the other hand tells niko that once they stick to a host they will do their utmost to support the host.

Niko thanked them and said he will also do everything not to let them down.

Then asquel and niko reached the end of forest and saw the other pioneers preparing their camp.

Clay looks at them as niko and asquel walks towards them.

Lomi then runs towards niko and hugged him saying "I'm glad that both of you are safe."

Niko smiled and replied "Thanks for worrying."

Then they started to organize their shifts and rested for the night.

The next day...

They went back to where the battle happened.

Clay and the others were shocked that they were able to kill more than ten alphas with just the both of them.

Barques asked asquel if they encountered alphas with parasites.

Asquel nodded and said that their parasites are now at Niko's possession.

The pioneers looked at niko as they notice he had four rings on his right hand.

Lomi asked her parasite if it was possible on having more than one parasite to latch on a host.

Her parasite replied that it was impossible for the host to handle even two parasites but they see niko as an exception, because he is special.

Lomi then walks towards niko and asks him if he feels alright.

Niko replied "Never better, with my companions help i never feel tired anymore."

Helen stared at niko while she walked along side the others.

Clay then tells them that starting from now on they will encounter alot of alphas as they enter israel.

And tells them to not let their guards down.

Then he gathered the pioneers and gave them new positions, And niko was at the frontline.

Clay tells niko that he is exceptionally talented.

Niko then smiles and said that he will do his best to protect his comrades while they venture on the surface.

Asquel grabs niko at the shoulder and says that he is really good at fighting now.

Niko being complimented made him act confident.

Then they continued heading towards israel's inner parts.

B3 tells niko that after they pass the destroyed city there will be a base camp of alphas there and B4 tells him their numbers was about 50.

Niko tells the pioneers as he was told by his new parasites.

Clay and the others then nodded and will move forward towards the Enemy base.

Helen on the other hand didn't want to and requested to reroute their course.

Clay was angry at helen on how she was acting.

Asquel tells helen that they were sent to the surface to fight this creatures and not avoid them.

Lomi and the others nodded at what asquel said.

Helen tells them that it's okay for them because they have parasites that can protect them from any danger.

Clay replies to helen that they didn't have any choice. The parasites pick their hosts and can't force them to latch unto themselves.

Clay tells helen that when a battle is occuring she should just position herself at the back lines.

Helen then nods at clay's words.

Then they continued walking, as hours went by they didn't encounter any alphas on the way.

Then they reached the alpha's base camp but didn't see any alphas there.

Niko then wondered what was going on, Clay then orders barques and ardug to move further and detect if there are any other alphas scattered ahead.

The two then rushed forward as they detect their surroundings.

Clay then asks niko if the new parasites have any idea where the alphas went.

Niko shakes his head as he tells clay that the parasites don't know.

Then they searched the alpha's base camp and found nothing interesting.

It was like the camp was abandoned.

Ardug and barques then returned and informed them that the entire place is completely safe.

And there were no alphas around.

Clay wondered if they abandoned their base or went to another place.

Then they kept moving towards the inner part of israel as they encounter a guy that had an asian face and had beautiful eyes and white grey hair.

The guy was completely shirtless and only wore ripped pants.

Clay and the others walked towards the guy as they see him lying at the ground.

Niko then checks his pulse if he was dead, but he found out that he was just unconscious so he asked clay that they should bring the guy along with them.

Clay wondered what the guy was doing in the middle of the israel and most importantly how did he manage to survive out here.

Asquel then carries the guy and they went to look for a place they could camp on.

Ardug tells helen to gather some branches, he then orders lomi to tag along helen and locate if there were nearby ponds or river.

Then the two went as they were ordered.

Barques tells asquel that the guy he's carrying might be a survivor from this country and passed out due to starvation.

Niko then asks clay if they still have enough food for one more mouth.

Clay nodded as he grabbed some food at his bag.

Then they wiped the guy's body as it was filled with dust.

After a few minutes, the guy woke up.

Looking at the reptoids he instantly screamed.

Clay then tells the boy to calm down.

"Please don't scream, we're not gonna hurt you." Asquel said.

Then the boy looks around and saw niko sitting, Then the boy asked niko what are the lizards talking about as he couldn't understand them.

Then niko asked asquel if he had some spare bellrus bracelets and suggested to put it on the boy.

Asquel then grabs a bellrus bracelet from his bag and wore it on the boy.

The boy then thought he was gonna get handcuffed and get eaten.

But asquel spoke to the boy and told him that this is a technology that will let him understand their language.

The boy was shocked that even the reptoids were growling he could understand what it's saying.

Clay then sits infront of the boy and asks what his name was.

The boy then tells them that he doesn't know.

He said that he doesn't remember anything.

Niko then stood up and walked towards the boy.

He then holds the boy's shoulder as B4 jumped towards the boy to check his memories and went back to niko's hand.

Niko then used thought communication with B4 and asked if he found anything about the boy's past.

But B4 tells him that the boy doesn't have any memories. It was like he just got born.

Niko then sits down and told ardug and barques to look around the place where they found the boy and maybe they could find some clues about him.

Ardug and barques agreed and went towards the direction that where the boy was found.

Clay and asquel sat next to the boy and gave him food.

The boy started eating as he was starving.

Then helen and lomi came back. Dindei greeted them, As night passed they started making fire to light the place.

The boy then asked what are they and clay explained that they are reptoids.

A race of reptiles that have lived ages ago.

Dindei looks at the boy and saw that he was super good looking almost like a girl.

Dindei and lomi then turns into their human form and asked the boy if this form was more comfortable for him.

The boy blushed as he saw two beauties infront of him.

Niko laughed at the boy and told him thankyou for saving him.

The boy looked at niko and asked "Save you from what mister?"

Niko just laughed and didn't respond as he was thinking that the girls would not bother him anymore as they have their eyes on the new boy.

Dindei and lomi started clinging unto the boy and asked many questions but the boy didn't have any memories so he couldn't answer.

Clay suggested that they should name the boy, the others agreed and voted for the names they wanted.

The boy was just sitting and listening while the others shared their opinion.

Lomi suggested that his name should be Lami.

Dindei and niko laughed at what lomi suggested.

Helen then suggested that it should be Chrome.

The others nodded and asked the others for their opinions.

But no one suggested other names so it was decided that the boy's new name was chrome.

the boy then accepted the given name and was glad that he would have a name as he could not remember anything.

Then they started having conversations as chrome became more comfortable with them.

Ardug and barques was still searching the place for clues but couldn't find anything.

So they went back to where the others were gathered.

Then they informed the others that they didn't manage to find some clues about the boy.

Niko then introduced chrome to ardug and barques and they greeted each other.

Then clay arranged their shifts for the night and took some rest after eating.

The next day they continued venturing the lands.

Chrome and niko were getting along well, and the others were happy that niko can finally have a conversation with another human.

Helen was still doubting the existence of Chrome as she wondered that it was suspicious for a boy to suddenly just show up in the middle of an abandoned country.

Clay also had the same thought as helen but they didn't bother thinking about it and let niko enjoy their conversation.

As the pioneers saw niko smiling and was happy to see one of his own.

Then three days passed as they ventured through the lands and reached jordan, but they were wondering why they didn't encounter any alphas on their way.

They taught chrome how to fight and told him what the current situation of the world was like.

Chrome just listened to what they were saying as he didn't knew or remember anything about the world.

Then after several days of walking and it was night time.

They've reached near lebanon. But as they went further they see that the city had lights.

Then they wondered if the the City of lebanon is still occupied by humans.

Clay ordered asquel to go and look if there are humans at lebanon or if the city was the new base of the alphas.

Asquel nodded as he agreed to follow clay's command and went to Lebanon.

After few minutes of waiting, Asquel returned and said that the city is filled with humans.

Then the pioneers were shocked as they thought that the entire humans was already wiped out.

Niko was glad to hear asquel's words and told clay that they should head over to lebanon now.

Clay agreed and they started heading towards Lebanon city along with Chrome and the other pioneers.

Chapter 18: END