Zain needed to do something to get Buke on his side, and he was recalling the talks that he had with Dali and Nit, about the current problems that the Zombie Hunters were facing. It fit well with how much Zain knew about Buke, It was quite typical for him to act that way.
So he had come up with a plan, and thankfully, it was going to be a lot easier than he thought. Standing up from his seat, Zain looked around the room. They were wondering if he was going to act.
His eyes locked onto one of the hunters and he started to walk his way, when he was about halfway, Zain sprinted at full speed grabbing the hunter by the head.
"What are you doing!" Buke shouted.
Zain, grabbing the hunter by the head, quickly ran back dragging the body in the air and slammed his head down on the table. He was moving too fast for anyone to react, and that included Buke.
Lifting his hand up, a weapon had formed, one of the Titan swords and swinging it down, he had slashed right on the hunter's face off.
"You ba*stard, I knew you had changed when you had become a zombie!" Buke shouted. "You emotionless freak, this is why we need to get rid of you all."
Zain lifted up the hunter whose face had been slashed off, and that's when Buke stopped speaking. The others looked, as they could see a thick dark brown creature with white eyes beneath.
Before it could do anything, Zain lifted the sword again and shoved it right through its head, killing it on the post.
"I don't think I need to tell you all, that this was a demon, not a human." Zain said. "This is the main issue that we are all facing. Not just the Zombie Hunters but the military as well. In our ranks they can disguise as us, and when they take over our bodies, they take over our memories as well.
"So they can blend in perfectly and it's almost impossible to stop them. How are we meant to fight against an enemy, when we are fighting against ourselves and don't know who to trust. If it continues like this, then it's only a matter of time until they reduce each group to nothing.
"It happened to the Reborn group, it happened to the Dark Zombies, and right now Buke, I know it's happening within the Zombie Hunters as well."
Buke didn't know what to say as he slowly went back to his seat. He had been going through problems, and even struggling to sleep. The guards that were protecting him, or next to him… what if they were demons as well.
The scary part was, Buke had already killed some on suspicion of being a demon, and while some of them turned out not to be, some of them were, which just sprialed him into more negative thoughts.
"That certainly is a problem." Begal said. "If that hunter would have left today, then he would have informed the demons of everything that we have planned… but then I ask, how can you help us solve this issue?"
"It's simple." Zain said. "I have a way of knowing who is a demon by looking at them or not, and I just proved it to you all just then. It wasn't a random guess and I didn't plant the demon there.
"Which is why I called this meeting, I have a suggestion that we all go in and attack the demons who are located in the centre of the city. If we attack from all sides at once, from three different areas, it will be difficult for them to react and run away.
"Before that though, I will get rid of the demons from all the groups, but we have to move quickly from there, before the demons realise what is going on, so our attacks work out."
It was a plan alright, and the movements made sense to the general. Although Begal hadn't said it yet, with their current supplies they only had the chance to go out in one big fight. If they were to just stay and defend, they would grow weaker with time.
"You said attack with three forces." Buke said. "The military can attack from one side, we can attack from the other, but you guys. Your force is small, you have no army, how would it even work?"
"I have an army." Zain replied. "I have a 1000 zombies at my call that I can use at any time. Trust me Buke, I don't want to die, I wouldn't be suggesting this to you if I didn't think we could win, you know that."
Buke was mulling it over, and Zain knew he had nearly convinced him. The real question was, which was a greater fear or disgust to him, was it the demons, or the zombies.
For Buke though it was complicated, in his mind the zombies were what had taken away everything from him. That was how the chaos started and how he had lost his two best friends. Even when speaking with the other Zombie Hunters, it was the zombies that had caused the loss of family members to them, not the demons.
This image that they weren't the enemy was almost impossible to get out of Buke's head.
"Buke… I have the cure." Zain said. "But, my ability to detect demons, it comes from me being a zombie, as well as the strength you just saw. We need the zombies to fight against the demons, and when it's over. I'll use the cure that Sarah gave me, to turn everyone back."
Immediately Buke stood up.
"You mean… you and Skittle, you can turn back into being human again… everyone can."
Zain wasn't too sure about that, not knowing how the cure worked, so he said nothing, but the look in Buke's eyes had completely changed.
"If that's the case, we'll do it, let's get rid of these demons!"
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