//------------------------------// // The Worst Attact Canibal // Story: In The Forest // by Darkness Moon //------------------------------// “Sunset... please... Don't do it, you don't have to do it.” Sonata begged. Sunset looked at her friends, their faces showed sadness, anger, and despair. She looked at the screen and the button again and raised her hand in doubt. She had the opportunity to save not only that child, but her and her friends, but was it worth it? Kill a whole crew of innocent people, for a life? She brought her hand to the screen, but got interrupted by Onix, who jumped out from her backpack and walked away to a shore. "Onyx? What's up, friend?” Sunset said following her pet. Onix went to smell some glasses of coffee that were open, and licked the contents. Sunset took it and prevented him from doing so. There were also boxes, tools, folders, and a monitor with keyboard, which had an “EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN” ARE YOU SURE? Y / N ” displayed on it. "And what is that now?" Aria asked. Sunset knew it and answered the question by typing the ‘And’ key. A high-pitched buzzing noise was heard and the sphere that was blue turned gray and turned off. Then the doors of an elevator opened. "Come on." Sunset said. "But what is there?" "Just... let's go." Sunset repeated firmer this time. The dazzlings obeyed and entered the elevator. Sunset activated it with Megan's card and descended a few floors until they reached a cave. "Will this peninsula ever make sense?" Aria asked. Sunset lit a torch and went inside. Her friends were kind of surprised by her attitude but followed her with the flashlight and torches. They walked through the cave. It was a little narrow, but they managed to go down a rope and still continue the journey. In front there was a lake. They took their scuba gear and submerged. It wasn't deep, they just had to cross the other side and move on. Luckily, there was no sign of cannibals or mutants, but that no longer mattered. They stopped in front of a wall of rocks that prevented them from following. "Adagio? Lend me your dynamite.” Sunset said seriously. The girl obeyed without protest, her girlfriend lit it with the lighter and threw it to the wall. They covered themselves behind some boxes until it exploded. After checking that everything was fine, they continued a little longer until they reached a narrow exit. Once outside, they were in the snowy area. They heard a noise, it was from the plane they had seen before. They saw the only chance they had to get out. Sunset took out of her things, a picture of the boy she tried to save. She recognized him because she had found him in a magazine. He was the son of a survival book writer, the same one they had. Adagio, Aria and Sonata couldn't help feeling empathy for their friend. She lit the lighter again and burned that photo letting the wind take away the remains until they disappeared from her sight. "It would be better to leave, it will get dark soon and we are far from the cabin." said Sunset. "Sunset..." Sonata said. "Girls. I just want to leave this place, please.” Sunset said smiling. "Okay," Adagio said approaching her and taking her hand. "Let's go girls." The four walked to the cabin. No one spoke on the road, they didn't wanted to remember anything they saw there. Luckily there was no cannibals or mutants and that relieved them, after knowing the whole truth. They didn't knew if they could kill cannibals again or even mutants. "Do you and Aria have enough supplies?" Adagio asked Sunset. "Yes, I think so. We can hunt something if there isn't enough." said her girlfriend thoughtfully. "I think I left some dried meat and energy bars." Aria said. "But Sunset doesn't eat meat, and there are no plants here, you didn't think about that, huntress?" Adagio growled. "What do you mean? I don't know how to hunt?!” Aria said annoyed. "Calm down, I have everything I need to do a soup for Sunset." Sonata said trying to calm the situation. "Luckily when it comes to food, Sonata does think." Adagio said taking Sunset's hand. “Aww! Thanks Dagi.” she smiled. “HEY! What do you mean? That I don't think?!” Sonata said annoyed. Sunset listened to her friends, stripping and arguing. The right thing would be to stop them but she decided to smile and listen to how they cared for her. They finally knew the secret of the peninsula. The Sahara company settled in this place, doing experiments, with innocent children, separating them from their families. But what were they doing it for? To control death? Or maybe, for Megan? She seemed to have a special treatment, not because she was the daughter of a scientist. It's just as if... all of this was for her. Maybe it was to cure her? That should be it! But was it necessary to sacrifice so many children? Was it worth it? One life... for many? "Sunset?" Adagio called. "Huh? What?” She said waking up from her thoughts. "We arrived, come on, it's getting colder here." she said, pulling her into a hug. "Oh! Sure, let's go." Sunset said. "Did we arrive so fast? Or was I really so lost in thinking?" They settled in the ‘room’ and discussed a way out of the place as it was the first few days. But now they have been here for more than two months. They had to leave but they didn't had many options. The yacht was broken, and there was no construction strong enough to take them home. "Let's finish eating and we'll go to sleep. If we'll go back to the shelter we can think better." Adagio said. "It seems fine." Sonata said. "Yes, because I hate the cold." Aria said, eating. Sunset finished eating, left her weapons and went to sleep to the room. “It affected her that she left that boy, right?” Sonata said. “What did you expect? We left that child there, he was already dead but she still feels bad.” Aria said. “She feels guilty, she was the only one who saw him alive, and she felt she could do something to save hik. But it wasn't like that.” said Adagio “But it is. What can we do?" Sonata asked "First, let's go back to the shelter then we'll talk. Let's go to sleep." Adagio said and the others obeyed her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Days passed since that incident. They concentrated on escaping using the yacht. They built a pier that connected it to the beach. Aria was in charge of repairing it, since she was the only one with mechanical knowledge. Sonata and Adagio were continuing to maintain the shelter, hunting and weapons. Sunset was responsible for exploring and searching tools for Aria. Her friends let it go once she recovered from what happened. As she had to explore very far, possibly near the snow. Sonata made her a winter outfit with deer skins. Sunset finished her explorations and went to the yacht to leave some things for Aria. When she arrived she didn't find her. "She probably went with Sonata to eat, or to hunt with Adagio." Sunset said, leaving a couple of tools. She was about to leave, but she saw that blocked by access door. Suddenly she had an idea. "Mmm... I wonder if..." she took out the card they had won from Megan, put it on the door, and it opened. "I was afraid that will happen... I'm sorry Adagio." She said entering the room. There wasn't much in particular. Only crucifix papers and religious objects. But there was something special on the bed. It was a small black object, similar to the Sahara artifact. Only that it was much smaller and weirdly pointed. “Is this... another clue? But what? ”She asked confused. "It will be better to not tell the others. Or at least until I find out that it is for sure." Sunset said hiding the device. "How good that I am the one who is exploring, maybe this will help us out." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ None of her friends suspected Sunset's plans they were focused on their tasks. Sunset was the one who stayed on guard. She took the advantage that everyone was asleep to sneak out, but Onix made a noise. "Friend! You have to keep quiet, I need you to stay and take care of them. I count on you.” Sunset whispered. She opened the door and went out in her winter suit. She digested herself to the only place where she still didn't explore, the snowy area. "I only have to go tonight, I hope to do it." Sunset said running super fast. At least she arrived ahead of time. She entered a cave with a very narrow entrance and as always lit a torch and explored the place with the help of ropes. She went through narrow ways and even had to face some cannibals. She continued until she reached one of those pressure platforms, but this one was different. "Curious, I don't think that with just rocks I will open this door, maybe..." She took out the device and put it on top, where it fits very well, like a key. The doors widened, but this time there was no darkness, there was a light inside. Sunset went deeper and saw the origin of the light. A room full of corpses, skeletons on a kind of pedestal. They were in a praying position. In the center of the pedestal there was a blue luminous ball, curiously familiar. "It looks like the sphere that the Sahara had, but smaller." Sunset taking it in her hands, suddenly a harpoon came out of the sphere. "Except I didn't do that, if it works like the big one, I should deactivate it, but how." she said confused contemplating the object. She decided to go out and find out later, she noticed that it was almost dawn. She had little time left. While she was running back, she noticed that the walkers and even the mutants were moving away from her. When she arrived at the shelter, she noticed that she had the sphere in her hand all the time. "Interesting, I have to keep this for me, for now" Sunset said entering the shelter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For three weeks, Sunset learned that the artifact ball was not like the big one in the snowy area. It was used to alter the way the cannibals work. It can be held in the hand or stuck in the ground. The blue color actually drove them away and when you turn it off, they returned to attack. When the Dazzlings left, she dressed in her stealth armor, followed them for taking care of them. Although that would not last, until it was time to eat, that dinner. “Girls? I must tell you something.” Sunset said. "What is it now?" Aria said eating. “I found this a few weeks ago.” Sunset took the sphere out from her pocket. "That's…" "Yes Sonata, it is the sphere that knocks down planes." said Aria. "Sunset… did you?" "Don't! Adagio don't think badly. This isn't to take down the planes, it's actually to control the cannibals.” Sunset explained. "Control them?" Aria asked surprised. "Yes, look." She lit it. “This blue light keeps them away. I have placed it at the entrance of the shelter, and I take it with me when we go out and even when you go alone.” Sunset said. “Awww! You were protecting us!” Said Sonata moved. "In a chilling way." Aria said. "And what do you plan on doing with that?" "Well, I don't know, it has helped us a lot to protect ourselves." said Sunset. "Turn that thing off, or destroy it." Adagio said. "I will, but not yet. At least not before we go." said Sunset. "That thing will kill us Sunset!" Adagio said angrily. “This has protected us! With this I have protected you!!” Sunset said more angry. “For how long Shimmer!! I just know that the more you use it, the more we will be here, the worse it will get! Because you wasted your time on something so stupid!!” Adagio said approaching angry. "That's not-!" “You couldn't control your stupid curiosity! We support you in finding answers and what do we get?! And for what?! To know that we've been killing children?!” Adagio shouted, approaching more dangerously. "Ada-" "Shut up!! Just shut up and give me that!!” she growled snatching the device and walking to the door. "Adagio! Don't! Wait!" Sunset screamed trying to stop her. "Adagio!” Aria said after her, next to Sonata. Adagio came out of the shelter, walked away a little and was about to break it, but Sunset intervened. "Adagio! You may be right, and this could cause us more problems, but you must not destroy it, not like this!” Sunset said pressuring her. “I never wanted any of this since we got here! Why do you want to know?!” “Because I don't want the insane asylum to happen again!! Nothing had changed! And here neither! But with that child… I could do something… and I didn't do it, I couldn't sacrifice many for one life.” Sunset said. “Sunset, you were not to blame! Stop blaming yourself!" Adagio said. "I CAN'T!!" She shouted pushing her, causing her to throw the sphere to the ground. It went on, but the color was not the natural blue, it was a bright red. "And now what does that mean?" Adagio said. "No... I don't know." Sunset said surprised. "How not-?" “I told you I still don't know what it does!” Sunset said annoyed. The sphere became increasingly red, and the worst part is that it had been buried in the earth. Now cannibal screams were heard. They suddenly appeared in large numbers along with mutants. "Oh no..." Sonata said taking her spear. "This is bad." Aria said. "You two stop fighting and you better fight with them." She pulled out her chainsaw. "I'm afraid we have to discuss later." Sunset said taking her katana. "Yes, I know," Adagio said taking her bow. They faced the monsters, it was the largest group they had ever faced. Their weapons were useful but they were going to need more than that. Even the explosives weren't enough. "This is bad." Aria said. "Yes, there is too many of them." Sonata said breathing heavily. "No, this is different, they are more aggressive than normal." Adagio said. "It must be through that sphere, if the blue mode moves them away, the red one makes them more aggressive. The sphere moved away during the fight if we get to it and activating the blue mode it will make them go away." Sunset said. "I like the plan." said Sonata. "Adagio should go, after all it's her fault." Aria said. "Shut up!" Adagio said annoyed. "No. I'll go, the fault is mine, I brought that sphere, and I will take care of it.” Sunset said seriously. "What?! You are crazy?! It's a suicide mission! ” Adagio said. "It's my mistake Dagi, I'm sorry you saw it." Sunset looked at his girlfriend. "I'll fix the mistake." She smiled "Sunset..." "Come on! I will need your help to get there!" Sunset said. "Well, let's start." Aria said turning on the chainsaw. With explosives and their best weapons they attacked the cannibals. and with the mutants they only drove them away, Sunset took the opportunity to run to take the sphere, but a force pushed her back to the ground. It was a huge mass of meat made up of multiple (more than a dozen) smaller entities that looked like slugs with teeth at one end. "But what is this?!" Sunset said surprised. The strange being was first formed to a tower that hit the ground. It sent Sunset to fly, but she recovered and attacked it with her katana. Every time she did that, it broke apart and changed constantly connecting with thin but thick threads of meat joined together in different ways. "That is taking too long!" Sunset said tired and sweating. She lit a Molotov cocktail and threw it into the mutant. But the thing eluded them. It broke apart again and now it formed into a creature with wings. "WHAT DEVILS?!!" Sunset shouted shocked. She was still from shock so much that it was impossible to dodge it. The beast knocked her down and she fell from the cliff. Although it wasn't very high, it hurt enough to make her scream in pain. "SUNSET!!" the dazzlings shouted. Aria took out all her bombs, lit them and threw the majority of the mutants. Adagio did the same with her dynamite and Sonata with the flares. As soon as the place was cleared, they went down carefully and reached their friend, her condition was terrible. "Sunset..." "She has a broken leg." Aria said. "And she's unconscious." "What do we do now?!" Sonata said nervously. Adagio moved away a little as she took Aria's ax and the log transporter. She split a log in two and threw it on the transporter and carried it back to the girls. "Quick! Straighten the leg with the trunks and raise it here.” Adagio said. Aira did it, since she was the only one with the will to do it, although if I regret hurting her friend, the poor woman screamed in pain and collapsed every time she did. In the end they tied her leg with the pieces of wood, put it on the log transporter and moved away from the place. When they moved far enough, they watched as the mutants and cannibals invaded their home, and the great mutant destroyed their home. "Damn worm!" Said Aria angrily. "All our things... at least we didn't lose you again." said Sonata, with Onix in her backpack. "At least we have all the weapons, some food and water." Adagio said. "What are we?" Aria asked. "We have to treat Sunset and we have to go to the cabin. We have to avoid getting sick from the cold, take your sweaters." Adagio said, walking towards the forest. Sonata followed her from behind, and Aria took charge of taking Sunset. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After two and a half hours, they reached the snowy area. Sunset was covered by a thick layer of clothes. They placed the cannibal effigies in front of the cabin to scare them away. They put Sunset on the main bed being careful with her leg. "What will we do? Wait until it gets better?” Sonata asked. "We have been here for 20 days, we can't continue, especially with Sunset's condition." Adagio said. "And what do you propose?" Aria asked. "We will follow the plan, repair the yacht to get out of this damn place." Adagio said seriously, sitting next to her girlfriend. "And the mutant worm?" Sonata asked. "It's mine..." She growled in rage.