45: New Alien Unlocked

New Alien Unlocked

Painfully gritting my teeth, I felt the skin on several parts of my body get a severe case of road rash as the object that unexpectedly struck the Humvee had caused everyone inside to become disoriented and possibly injured. That was a big concern at the moment.

Throughout it all, I made sure to have Rei safely protected within the confines of my tight embrace, which thankfully saved her from getting the same rough treatment as I did. However, the brunette was obviously frightened, due to the fact that she was trembling in my arms.

As soon as her and I got thrown off of the Humvee, she probably thought that we were going to die or something. I couldn't really blame her, considering the fact that the Humvee had been going at a speed somewhere around sixty miles per hour.

-[For those who aren't familiar with MPH, the internet tells me that 60 miles per hour is 96 kilometers per hour.]-

My head was spinning as I tried to force myself up into at least a sitting position, which inevitably brought over a wave of vertigo that made me feel like I was going to tip over at any second.

It wasn't like the blood spilling out of my body was helping at all, but Rei certainly made it known as she finally raised her head and found me resembling the zombie's that were currently interested in us, making their way over pretty quick for people that were supposed to be dead.

A horrified scream was let out of the brunette's mouth as she realized just what kind of state my body was in.

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~Saya's POV~

A second before the Humvee got hit and violently flipped onto it's side, she was able to spot the incoming projectile and duck inside the vehicle for cover. Unfortunately, there wouldn't be any time to warn the others about it because of how fast it was traveling towards them.

When it made contact, even though she had found some cover, that still wouldn't be enough to prepare her for the shocking power behind the throw as it launched the vehicle on it's right side.

Saya's ears were ringing and it was hard to lift her body as the Humvee began smoking dangerously. She could even hear her own heartbeat inside of her head, beating rapidly as she felt the adrenaline immediately kick in. It helped just enough so that she could start waking up everyone else as they climbed through the door above them with varying degrees of difficulty.

Her entire body seemed to jerk in the direction of the sudden scream, which sounded like it came from Rei, who hadn't been inside of the Humvee when it flipped. Once she remembered that, her mind immediately created the picture of Dante, and that was enough to send her into a panic as the realization dawned on her.

As the rest of the group had to pick up weapons and start killing the undead horde quickly coming at them, Saya didn't even pay it any mind as she ran as fast as possible towards the sound of where Rei's scream came from.

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~Dante's POV~

I had finally made my decision.

While pretending to be a normal human being was fine and all that, the power to control the undead that were currently bombarding my group was too valuable.

I was aware that the mysterious alien form would be unlocked eventually, but I wanted it now, and I could already foresee the benefits of that specific ability during my time spent here in this zombie-infested world.

However, I still needed to act as if this pain was a bit more than I could actually handle, which should be fairly easy considering everyone else still thinks of me as a regular human being.

When the time is right, I'll let one of the zombies get close enough to sink their teeth into me before anyone else can react.

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~Rei's POV~

Tears were beginning to run down Rei's face as she couldn't seem to help Dante at all, which gave her a sense of hopelessness, but that quickly dissipated once she saw him give a few physical signs that he was cognizant of their surrounding environment.

As she crouched down and wrapped one of his arms around her shoulder to give him some help when he began to stand up, Rei noticed Saya come running in their direction with a few wounds of her own. However, it appeared as if she was fighting through the pain at the moment.

"Rei! Dante! Are you two okay?!" Saya yelled, a clear panicked tone within her voice.

Dante, who seemed to be recovering pretty quickly, nodded his head with a slight groan before pointing in the direction that Saya had come from. After giving her big brother a concerned once-over, she seemed to perfectly understand what he meant as she followed his silent command.

Walking over to Dante's other side, Saya wrapped his remaining arm around her shoulder before leading them to where the rest of the group was fighting off the horde, and it looked like they were on the losing end.

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~Dante's POV~

Taking my arms off of their shoulders, I quickly made my way over to the Humvee, and found my handgun sitting inside of the flipped vehicle.

I climbed into it for my firearm just as Kohta yelled for more ammunition over the loud sounds of gunfire, which no doubt attracted even more of the undead to our current position. Looking around the interior, I eventually found a couple magazines, and brought them out with me as I exited the vehicle with my CZ 75B pistol.

"Here you go, Kohta!" I said, tapping his shoulder with one of the magazines. Quickly taking them off of my hands, the big guy sent a concerned glance my way once he saw my appearance. "Holy shit, dude. Are you alright?"

Standing next to him, I aimed down the sights before popping a couple zombie heads. Kohta watched me do it all with interest, seemingly understanding the silent words being spoken as he resumed his own shooting with a focused gaze.

Everyone else was doing their part as well, either eliminating as many zombies as possible, or treating certain wounds in Shizuka's case as she examined Miku for any injuries.

However, the group constantly had to step back as we continued thinning down the horde, due to the fact that there was honestly too many for all of us to handle on our own.

Saeko had been putting in some work as she cut down many of the zombies that were getting a little too close for comfort. Unfortunately, that also put her in a dangerous position, considering she was a close-range fighter. That was when three zombies suddenly began running towards her, which caught all of our attention. Saeko wasn't prepared for such a quick and sudden change in their mobility, which appeared to be her downfall as two of them grabbed onto her while the last one bared it's jagged teeth at the purple haired sword user.

That seems to be my cue.

My legs pushed me forward as my handgun rose up to eye-level with me, quickly dropping the two walking corpses that had been clinging onto Saeko's arms.

That happened right before I shoved her away and the third zombie rushed forward, biting into my other arm with an almost child-like excitement.

My entire group seemed to be shocked at the bloody sight, especially Saeko, who had just gotten saved by the physical representation of her will to live.

"DANTE!" They all screamed, shocked and fearful of what would happen next.

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It was dark.

I was obviously inside of my own mind, which was something that I could immediately notice, but it seemed to have went through a few changes.

For example, I was standing in the middle of a graveyard.

Yeah, it wasn't really what I was expecting, to be honest.

That's when I heard a voice enter my head that sounded like it wasn't in the best of health.

'... Behind you.'

Doing an entire 180 degrees just like I was told, I came face to face with a zombie-like alien that possessed green eyes, which had an ominous glow to them that made it seem like he was staring into my soul. There was certain parts of his body that just weren't there, and it didn't even seem to faze him, but I wasn't that surprised considering he was literally some kind of alien zombie.

That was pretty fucking cool.

"So, you're my new alien form... a Necrojek." I said, instinctually gaining the basic knowledge of my unlocked alien forms. This one is the DNA sample of a Necrojek from the planet Anur Ormerow in the Anur System... whatever and wherever the fuck that was.

The Necrojek stood completely still, continuing to stare into my eyes with it's own bright green orbs. Instead, I heard it's sickly voice within my head once again. '... Yes.'

Before I could even say anything else, the green light emanating from the Necrojek's eyes began to glow even brighter. So much, in fact, that eventually my entire mindscape was taken over by it.

I quickly raised my arms up in order to cover my eyes from the blinding green light, which is when I felt myself returning to the world of the living.

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"DANTE!" I heard seven familiar voices scream at the top of their lungs. However, once the zombie had sunk it's teeth into my arm, I could immediately feel the changes that my body was going through.

Yanking my arm out of the zombie's grasp, I quickly stepped back to make some distance between the two of us, and that's when the transformation finally happened.

My vision acquired a green tint all of a sudden, which is when I saw three words pop up in my face like a video game, but it was only for a split-second before that went away too.

[New Transformation Unlocked!]

Gone was the hazel brown of my eyes, an ominous green glow replacing them as I felt the bones in my back protrude out of my now rotten flesh. My muscles also decreased in size to a substantial degree, which was followed by my stomach rotting away only to reveal a ribcage that lacked a beating heart.2

Once the transformation had been completed, everyone was dead silent. However, it didn't exactly last for very long. The quiet sound of broken chains clinking against the concrete below everyone's feet rung out, which was accompanied by a zombie-like groan originating from me.

(The picture of it's appearance will be here.)

What happened next was like something out of a movie.

Using the same telepathic ability that the Necrojek had within my mindscape, I controlled every single zombie within this horde to follow a simple command.

'... Kill yourself.'

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