Chương 59: Chapter 52 - K-Marts Journey

The group consisting of LJ, Alice, Zeel, Carlos, Claire, Luther, and K-Mart was making their way to the deck after aiding in the awakening of the remaining survivors.

Talking and making fun of each other to deal with the stress of the apocalypse was a common trend.

Even LJ, the biggest coward in the group, had grown somewhat desensitized towards death. In the midst of their enjoyment, a jet launched from the helipad above their heads.

Everyone was aware of who the pilot was – Wesker no doubt. Zeel was stunned at this point, if destroying the brains couldn't work, his next best option would be a certified exorcism.

Zeel did not believe in any superstitions, but with his mother's background, he was still exposed to the world of the metaphysical at a young age.

"Come on! Hurry up!" Alice yelled as everyone followed after her.

They ran under the impression that it was an emergency situation that required all hands on deck.

The jet was at the horizon in the blink of an eye.

All of a sudden, the jet froze as it self-destructed with a huge explosion that would rend the earth and create tsunamis had the jet not been exceptionally fast in its evacuation.

Just the thought of being near such an explosion sent chills down Zeel's back.

"I really didn't want you guys to miss that," Alice said as she reveled in the misfortune of Wesker.

"Yeah explosion is art, and that my friend, is the work of the one and only," Luther said, bragging about his menial task of transporting the bomb to the only working jet on the ship.

He talked as if it was a god-given task.

Everyone stood together, laughing at the closest thing they will ever see to a firework show in this apocalyptic world. Suddenly, Zeel and Alice hugged everyone and dropped to the ground.

Thankfully, they completed the action just in the nick of time as an explosion from two rockets bore holes in the deck of the ship. It was right next to their previous location.

"What is that?" Claire asked.

"Major trouble," Zeel replied using his knives to start picking down helicopters left and right.

Zeel was killing off pilots from over 300 meters away.

There were dozens, if not hundreds, of jets firing at the ship.

Soon soldiers began to fall as well. Zeel was beginning to wonder if this was what his danger sense has been bugging him about ever since he set foot on the Arcadia.

He dismissed this thought pattern as it had gotten him in trouble several times before – he should always be prepared for every eventuality. Recklessness could not be allowed in these scenarios.

Everyone was exchanging fire, till Zeel and Alice resonated their nanites and yelled "Stagnation,"

Alice and Zeel were utilizing the new ability of their Stage Three nanites. They could freeze any tech in place for up to three seconds.

Like a command from a god, all electronics from jets to guns stagnated for a couple of seconds.

However, Zeel and Alice were appalled at the sight in front of them.

Alice because she felt more powerful than she had ever felt before. Zeel because he noticed that guns were also included in stagnation boundaries.

Since guns were mechanical in nature, it should have been excluded from stagnation. Zeel chalked it up to another mystery of his accidentally, created nanites.

The next command they gave, caused the nanites to exhaust all power and enter a dormant state immediately.

"Electromagnetic Pulse!" The two said in unison, and as the fourth of July, the Umbrella ships begin exploding in a blaze of glory, killing the pilots and soldiers inside.

Zeel looked at his Mbeamer and murmured to himself "Guess that wasn't needed after all,"

On the Mbeamer, the 4D projection of an advanced submarine could be seen. It was floating below the waters a couple of dozen feet below the Arcadia.

Alice noticed something and dashed off toward a rubble pile. Alice came back with an unconscious, injured Jill in her arms.

A beetle computer was likewise attached to her chest area. Alice wasted no time and ripped the writhing beetle computer off of Jill's chest.

"Zeel, save her…. Please, save her…" Jill murmured in her sleep.

Alice just held Jill closer, she assumed Jill was still traumatized from having sex with Zeel a couple of years ago.

"I hope that's the worst of it," Alice said as she looked around at all the dead bodies with a melancholic look in her eyes.

"Yeah me …" Zeel could not finish his statement as his intuition blared up like never before.

Even Alice stood there frozen for a brief moment. The two made intense eye contact as if searching for strength from the other's gaze.

"Hurry up and follow me!" Zeel yelled to Carlos, Claire, Chris, LJ, Luther, and K-Mart.

He then proceeded to take Alice's free hand and sprinted to the edge of the deck.

K- Mart and the others could barely keep up with Zeel's speed. K-Mart was a bit desperate as she had just come out of a pod.

She attempted to grab Zeel at the beginning but only managed to get a small ball loose from his shoulder pocket.

Zeel flew off in a diving motion, into the ocean along with Alice and the unconscious Jill still on her back. The rest hesitated for a brief moment before following suit, with K-Mart being the only one left behind because she was unable to swim.

The moment they fell into the water; the group could feel their bodies being pulled down. At first, they tried to struggle but to no avail as Alice was using her telekinesis to pull them alongside her and Zeel.

Near the bottom, Zeel and Alice opened a duct to a submarine allowing everyone inside. As the water drained out, Zeel and Alice could be seen in a major panic session.

Their skins were pale as white chalk.

Zeel wasted no time as he rushed to the control room and pushed a bunch of buttons.

The submarine started trudging forth as fast as it could, though this did not seem enough for Zeel as he took out an extra-large chunk of Zeelinium and laid it on top of the controls.

Of course, this was done with great regret. The submarine roared as if on steroids and began accelerating deeper into the ocean depths.

"Wait! Where is K-Mart?" Claire asked after realizing she was not with them.

"It's too late for that, f*ck K-store or whatever," Zeel said clearly agitated at everything right now, had it not been for Alice, he would have left this extra baggage to die aboard the Arcadia.

"What the fuck is going on?" LJ asked looking confused as f*ck, a sentiment which was present in everyone apart from Zeel and Alice.

"I didn't think they would go that far; guess T-virus did nothing for the nuclear missiles," Alice said smiling bitterly, while also thankful for Zeel's precautionary measures.

"Nuclear Missiles? I can deal with those somewhat. What they fired was ionic, thermonuclear, fission, imploding bombs," Zeel cursed constantly.

"Five minutes ago, two very advanced, state of the arch, compounding-imploding nuclear missiles were launched towards the arcadia, it should be making contact in about 2 minutes," Zeel said despising how weak he was in comparison to a nuclear missile.

Funny, how a man who discovered stealthy, multi-dimensional travel using cosmic wormholes would fall to such a primitive device as a compound missile.

"We need to get K-Mart" Claire yelled clearly not understanding the gravity of the situation, she became frantic which prompted Chris to knock her out temporarily.

While the others may not be clear, Chris was very certain that Zeel was quickly reaching his annoyance threshold.

"It's too late," Alice replied with a tear slipping from her eye, she was currently distraught at not only having to leave behind K-Mart but also the other survivors.

"Brace for impact," Zeel yelled hugging Alice close.

He was unsure if they could survive this. They were still within the blast radius. He blamed his own inadequacy as he got distracted by LJ and did not further investigate the weird signals present on the ship.

*BBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

The submarine was impacted by a shockwave that could rupture metals and human flesh alike. The submarine was traveling both deeper and further into the ocean at the time of impact.

The submarine was blown away, damaging the navigation system.

Everyone's body was washed with radiation a couple of times over, at this point the radiation was so intense that it could even kill Zeel and Alice a couple of times over.

"Computer cease all functions and execute project stasis for however long it takes to get rid of the radiation poisoning from our bodies," Zeel commanded feeling weaker and weaker as he hugged Alice evermore tighter.

"Command accepted. Conducting stasis storage. ETA approximately three years," The AI responded as everyone's seat tilted back and placed them in a stasis chamber to begin the cleansing process to expulse the radiation afflicting their bodies.

Alice and Zeel's stasis chambers were the only conjoined ones. Their resonant feature of the nanites could aid them in getting rid of the radiation poising much sooner than the others.

"What a mess," was Zeel's last thought as everyone went into a slumber for four years, in a submarine set adrift towards a destination that can only be found three years later.

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2 Minutes Ago on The Arcadia

The moment Zeel, Alice, and the others jumped into the Ocean without her, K-Mart was plagued with grief.

She lamented everything that ever went wrong in her life. Her parents abandoning her at the K-mart store to run away.

Her being too weak to stop their capture by The Umbrella Corporation.

At this moment, K-Mart hated everything about her life. Even Claire, who she thought would love her like a daughter, jumped into the ocean without even sparing her a glance.

Claire and everyone else knew that she could not swim, but they still abandoned her.

K-Mart stared at the horizon, as she saw two missiles blazing across the skies. She did not have to be a genius to figure out what would happen next.

Everyone was too busy cleaning up the bodies of their dead comrades to notice.

K-Mart moved her eyes from the skies and instead stared into the water. Hoping that someone would remember her and come back.

The longer she stared, the more she knew that she would die here.

"Hahaha, I guess trash will die trash. If only I had one more chance. I would never be weak again!" K-Mart yelled to the skies while laughing hysterically.

At this time, the missiles were a couple of seconds away from the collision. K-Mart raised her hand in the air, and now remembered the small ball she had taken from Zeel's shoulder pocket.

Overly frustrated by her situation, K-Mart threw the ball at her feet, imagining it was Zeel's head instead.

Suddenly, the place beneath her feet began to crystallize. It soon turned into a mirror and just before the collision of the missile, K-Mart was pulled into the mirror as she disappeared from the Arcadia.

That was the beginning of the adventures of K-Mart.