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Fulgore inserts the smoking cigar stub back into his jaw and narrows his eyes at Donovitch. He takes a few drags before answering.“I was getting there. Blue Team, you will be accompanied by a special agent. Dr. Frostgrave? ”Frostgrave nods in assent and gestures toward one of the scientists seated along the wall, a short, shy woman with dark hair and large glasses."Hines, would you be so kind as to escort Dog to the entrance?"Dog? Did he just say dog? (NT: Dog = dog in English)The woman, Hines, rises from her chair, nervously pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. She presses a button on the wall and a mechanical door appears at the side of the room, opening into a dark chamber.“Dog,” Hines says, trying to make her small voice sound commanding. "You can enter."As soon as I see what goes through the door, my breath catches in my throat. There is a collective screech of metal chairs on the hard floor as the sight also draws the attention of the other Marines.Some of them
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DOG"There she is!" the pilot screams. “The Quarantine Zone wall…”The interior of the dropship is a long, windowless cylinder. The armored marine cadre is seated in rows along both walls of the transit hold, supported by padded deployment seats.I lean forward in my cramped seat and look down the long aisle to the open cockpit and through the gun windshield at the night beyond.Sure enough, there in the darkness is the Quarantine Wall, snaking across the barren landscape like a black snake. With my sensitive eyesight, I can even make out tiny dark dots moving across the parapets - the guards who command the heavy artillery to keep the mutants contained within.Mutants like me.My heart pounds with excitement.It's always good to come back to the Zone. Overcrowding and polluting the beehive of the city is no place for me. I need open meadows and dark woods where I can run free.I'd rather go alone, but this time I'll have company.I look around at the other occupants of the ship as th
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Orch, however, behaved well. She is completely put off by the whole exchange.As she goes back to checking her gear, I silently study her across the hall. She is small, even for a woman, and that factor is reinforced by the size of the men on this aircraft. But her efficient movements and unflinching demeanor make it clear that she's not to be messed with.His hair is so blond it's almost white and is styled close to his head in a crew cut. I had never seen this type of hairstyle on a woman before, but there is something mesmerizing and even attractive about the way it accentuates the delicate shape of her head and her elegant facial features.While her body is athletic, it is also infinitely feminine.As I focus my attention on her even more closely, I start to notice her scent, easily identifying her signature amidst the mix of male body odors that fill the traffic hold.The first thing I notice is the simple, clean scent of her soap, but underneath that, my nose quickly picks up he
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I grab Orch's body and push her toward the open hatch at the stern of the ship."Hang on!" she screams, her voice snatched away by the wind. "We need rifles."There's no time for that. We have a few seconds before the aircraft crashes into the ground.I push her into the open night sky, praying she has the presence of mind to pull her rip cord. A split second later, I dive in after her, immediately opening my own chute.A wave of relief washes over me when I see Orch's camo parachute unfurl from her pack and she floats into the darkness. Just two seconds later, it would be too late.But my hope is dashed when the reaction of the falling ship hits me, pushing me in the opposite direction and denting my own parachute. I'm spiraling out of control, plummeting too fast.The treetops reach out to me like leafy claws.A second later, and my world becomes a chaos of snapping branches tearing at my flesh as gravity pulls me to the ground. I don't feel any pain though.My mind is focused on on
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My pulse quickens and a ball of panic rises in my chest. I am exposed to contamination from the Quarantine Zone. In fact, I've been like this since Donovitch opened the ship's hatch.It's only a matter of time before I turn into a drooling, stupid beta.I'm fucked. I'm well and truly fucked.That eerie sound waxes and wanes like strange music throughout the forest again.It takes me a moment to realize the source. Insects. Cicadas, I think they're called. It's a strange sound, but a cool one.Shit, the only bugs we have in town are cockroaches, and those nasty things don't sing.It doesn't matter, as I'll never see the city again. Not now.I tip my head back, letting the light breeze flow over my short hair. and I relax in the gently swaying harness as the peaceful music of the night fills my ears.I want this to be the last thing I remember before losing my mind to the beta mutation.The mutation, however, does not occur.With every minute that passes bright and clear, a sense of hop
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I move my body seductively, careful not to lose my balance.Two more Alphas give in, pulling their cocks so hard it looks like they're trying to rip them off.The remaining Alpha - the biggest and ugliest - just stands there staring at me, his face darkening with a look that's a mixture of hate and lust."What is the problem?" I yell, trying to disguise the tremor of fear in my voice, "Don't you want a piece of this, big boy?"I move my ass on my perch. Being seductive has never been my forte, exactly. And playing with these repulsive creatures is even worse. But if I can get this horrible bastard to give in to his urges and masturbate, maybe the whole pack will sneak out and leave me alone.But the biggest Alpha doesn't budge. He doesn't run away.With a heart-stopping roar, he leaps high into the air. The claws on his fingers and toes grab the tree trunk briefly, but instead of trying to climb as before, he leaps again with a sudden, violent effort of his whole body and manages to g
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DOGThree alphas lie dead on the ground and the fourth, wounded, retreats into the depths of the forest. Smart move.They were Farlander Alphas - twisted, inbred beings who are very different from the Alphas who inhabit the central ruins. They are called Farlanders because they shunned the Source and live like filthy animals inside the Zone.I don't have time to bask in my victory, though.A sharp scream from above catches my attention, and I look up in time to see Orch and the last remaining Alpha plummet to the ground.There is no time to think. Pure instinct takes over and my muscles seem to move with a life of their own.With a burst of energy, my legs propel me upward towards the falling figures. My jump is perfectly timed. I reach the apex of my leap and start descending again just as Sloan's body catches up with me. The differential allows me to pick her up without hurting her.The other Alpha passes and lands with a hard, wet thud on a thick, gnarled root.A moment later, I fa
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ORCHIDShortly after midnight we enter another clearing and there is the house, right where Frostgrave told us it would be.What he fails to tell us, however, is just how colossal the place is.The massive three-story structure sits atop a small rise, overlooking the chest-high mess of grass and weeds that fills the clearing where yellow fireflies flicker. It's the first time I've seen fireflies in real life.The mansion itself is beyond antiquity. Its pale paintwork is peeling away like dead skin to reveal the wood below, and the shingled roof, which is sagging to one side, is sprouting tufts of grass.It has definitely seen better days, but the structure is largely intact even after all these years.Dog and I stood for a moment at the edge of the woods, just looking up at the pre-Cataclysmic house in awe.More howls in the distance break the spell, however."Let's go," Dog says. “We need to go in.”I start forward into the tall grass, but Dog's hand on my shoulder stops me."What is
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