"What are you doing?" were the words that had come out from Pink's mouth, as she saw Brandon following the vehicle. It wasn't moving fast since there was a lot of debris in the way, and at times, some of the military even had to get off and move some things so the vehicle could safely travel.
"It's military." Brandon replied. "If they are here, they could be looking for people to evacuate them out of the city."
The others nodded their heads. If anything, the newcomers who went by Andy, Martha, Suszan and Cube wanted to shout out towards the army before they got away. However, they had been informed if they were to make any type of noise, they would be kicked out of the group immediately.
"This is a detour to the museum though, if we head this way then there is no chance that we will make it back before the sun sets." Pink questioned. "I have my mother with me as well."
"But this is the first time we have seen military personnel." Dave chimed in. "If we don't approach them now… then what's going to happen?"
It was safe to say that there were more that agreed with Brandon than Pink, in fact she wasn't sure if anyone was on her side, and before she knew it, they all started to follow Brandon, who had picked up the pace to reach the military vehicle quicker.
The only one that stayed behind for a bit, was both Cody and Kelly.
"You played a big part in helping me save Kelly, so I trust your judgement." Cody said. "But I do think that they might need your help. Just because they're military doesn't mean they're good people."
"He's right." Kelly added. "Look at what that doctor did."
There was another fear that was going through Pink's mind, and it was the fact that if they really were here to evacuate people, then she wouldn't be able to go with them. Because they would notice the bite marks that went up and down her leg.
"Move out of the way!"
In the distance, Pink's enhanced hearing, now that she had absorbed quite a number of crystals, had managed to pick the voice up, and it didn't sound like it was anyone from their group.
In the end, this led her to run and try to catch up with the others. It didn't take her long to reach the others, as they hadn't gone too far, and what had surprised her was the fact that they were all currently hiding behind abandoned cars.
It was a four lane street, so there were plenty of cars they could get behind, and Pink went ahead to join where Brandon was staying. Up ahead the military vehicle had come to a halt, around 20 metres away from where they were, and Pink could see why.
There was a blockade of vehicles. It looked like someone had moved cars purposely in a way so that the cars were on their sides, blocking the street. There were even cars on top of each other which seemed impossible to do without some type of machinery.
"When I saw the blockade, I told everyone to hide. I have a bad feeling about this." Brandon said, as he got his gun ready as well. Indicating to the others that they might need to do the same.
——
Getting out of the driver's seat, the captain of the 10 man squad looked furious. Without hesitation he held his gun out as he pointed it toward someone. There was a person that was standing at the front of the blockade and it was who he was shouting at before.
"Are you responsible for this?" the captain asked.
The man who had the gun pointed at him, and who was standing in front of the blockade, was quite large in size, and he was wearing what looked like an american football outfit, red and white in colour with shoulder pads and the helmet that was on top of his head.
"No one is allowed to enter here, turn around!" The football player shouted back, which was getting the attention of the others around them.
"Is that person crazy?" Dave asked. "He must have a death wish, how can he be so brave when he has guns from the military pointed at him."
Pink was taking a longer peek to see if she could notice anything, and soon her and Brandon had noticed something, on top of the cars there were now others appearing. One of them dressed as a large clown with a giant bottom half.
Another freak looked to have a guitar on him as if he was ready to play it at any moment, and lastly one that was in gladiator-like gear including a helmet. The group looked like they had come out of some type of performance class, but not a single one of them had a weapon on them.
Seeing the strange group of people, the soldiers couldn't help but crack a laugh.
"Are you laughing at me! Are you laughing at me!" the American football player sounded like he was getting angrier, and from there he charged right in. It was faster than the soldier was expecting and before he could get a shot in, a fist slammed his head so hard that it caved into his chest and the soldier fell to the floor dead.
"This is bad, we have to get out of here!" Pink exclaimed.
Gunshots were heard as the other army personnel started to fire, but the footballer soon turned and lifted one of the abandoned cars above his head. It looked like he was lifting up a pillow as he threw it right at the truck, crushing most of the people in there.
"These aren't humans, they're Reborn!" Pink exclaimed.
*****
Thank you for all the support so far on LUZ. LUZ will be continuing on, and I hope I can do more chapters for all my series as time frees up in the future.