THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS
Chapter 63: Then And Now [2]

Chapter 63: Then And Now [2]

A Few Minutes Later

Anzai looked to and fro in the elevator, his eyes landed on Tori in front.

"Well this is getting confusing," Anzai said sternly, using a finger to scratch his head.

"I thought factionless people were stripped of their lodge. Where are you taking me?" Anzai asked, a bit pissed. He didn’t want anything that would annoy him even further.

"You may not remember me, Anazi-san," Tori began, not turning to face him. Anzai just raised an eyebrow.

"I served as a fresher in the military base back then before you retired," Tori said.

Anzai just scratched the back of his head, dumbfounded.

"I knew a lot of rookies and besides I had a long tenure, many faces," Anazi shrugged.

"But there was one of your tenures, you were assisting General Kimura before you retired 4 years ago," Tori said.

Anzai’s body stiffened, his fist tightened, he remembered when the news came out about the death of the General.

At that moment the elevator door slid open, and they stepped out walking along the halls.

"So you’re that young fresher that enlisted," Anzai said certainly. Tori smiled.

"You remembered," Tori said amused.

"I remember every soldier I trained, one of the perks of being a commander," Anzai said, bringing out a packet of cigars from his pocket. Taking one and putting it back. He lit it up, he sighed in relief.

"I see you still have your old habit, Anzai-san," Tori said.

"Habits die hard," Anzai said firmly.

They got to a door as it slid open, revealing the Prime Minister’s office.

"I thought as much," Anazi said.

They stepped in.

"It’s been a while, Kiyoshi-sama," Anzai said, bowing slightly.

"Yes Anzai, it’s been 4 years," Kiyoshi said.

"Yes," Anzai said looking away, his eyes growing wistful.

"You made a pretty good team with Haruto, you were his close friend," Kiyoshi said, a smile on his lips as he remembered the good old days before all this.

Anzai looks saddened.

"We lost a very admirable General," Kiyoshi said as his looks darkened. Anzai’s eyes shake. Kiyoshi’s eyes landed on him.

"I heard from Haruto you were engaged. What about your fiancée, how is she doing?" Kiyoshi said. Anzai looks dark.

"She died during Black Storm Day," Anazi said darkly.

"I’m deeply sorry for your loss," Kiyoshi said with saddened looks. A memory flashed in Anzai’s head when he pointed a gun at a creature, his house on fire. His teeth clenched.

Tori got a call on his comm, he froze when he heard the news.

"Kiyoshi-sama!" Tori said in haste, and Kiyoshi and Anzai turned to him.

"Sir the comm team got recorded footage from the satellite but it was only a brief second before it went off, it seems like the other chip hasn’t been installed yet," Tori said.

"What?" Kiyoshi said, astonished.

"They are sending you the footage now," Tori said.

At that moment a beeping sound went off, a shaky image coming up on the transparent hologram computer on the desk.

They froze as their eyes landed on the desk as a visual that wasn’t clear came up.

They saw the bio-genetics, some injured, some crying, they all seemed lost and defeated, and then a strange creature came up in the distance for them.

"What’s going on?" Tori said with shaky eyes.

Kiyoshi and Anzai watch intensely at the scene.

Suddenly a boy with dull red hair walks to the front standing before the raging creatures coming and then taking off the material covering Anzai recognizes the boy instantly, the spitting image of his father.

"Hiro!" Anzai hissed, and the footage went off.

"The other chip hasn’t been installed, the signal is too weak," Kiyoshi said with shaky eyes.

"What was attacking them?" Tori said sweating it was unlike anything he has ever seen.

"Hiro?! Haruto’s son is alive?" Anzai said, facing Kiyoshi.

"Yes, Kimura Hiro survived the exposure to the virus, but lost his sight in the process, he’s a bio-genetics," Kiyoshi said sternly.

Anzai froze as his eyes widened bewildered.

"KIYOSHI-SAMA!" Touka shouted, rushing in. They turned to her.

"Our sensors picked something up from above the base," Touka hissed.

_ _ _

The Surface (Ruins Of Tokyo)

YUKI!" Asano shouts in horror.

"She just had to play the hero too," Sumi hissed.

The Kaiju came for Yuki, she slowly rose to her feet, standing stiff, her looks stern, they came getting close to her.

Suddenly a gun fired, pushing the Kaiju away along with ten others, but it didn’t injure the Kaiju. Yuki turned, the wind carrying her hair weightlessly.

Auto receptor cannons came from under the ground as they shocked the earth, it kept shooting at the Kaiju, pulling them backward.

``We are on the base’. Yuki thought in realization with widened eyes.

"YUKI!" Asano shouts, rushing towards her along with Himari and Mary.

"Where did the guns come from?" Mirai asked weakly, Kaneki holding her steady.

"I think we’re on top of the base, "Kaname said in realization.

"How’s that possible?!" Daiki demands.

At that moment the ground they stood on opened dragging all of them inside. The surface shut with a loud sound.

_ _ _

The Base

Sterilizing steam came up in the wide bunker, decontaminating the air around them.

The door slid open as Prime Minister Kiyoshi, Sergeant Tori, Anzai, and Dr. Touka, rushed in.

"What happened?!" Kiyoshi demanded, seeing the kids breathing harshly, some had horror looks, the state they were in was pitiful and it made him wonder.

"The others," Kaname said with tears in his eyes as he rose to his feet, his body trembling.

"Where’s Hiro?" Anzai said in haste as he grabbed a terrified Kaname, the tears falling.

"Hiro, Ten, Shino. Are still out there, completing the mission" Ren said, going on his knees as he trembled to cry.

"The Kaijus are everywhere," Yuki said with a dark expression, they all had fear in their eyes.

"Kaijus?" Touka said puzzled.

’What happened to them out there?’. Touka thought with shaky eyes.

"Tori get a chopper ready," Kiyoshi hissed.

"Let me get them back," Anzai said as his fist tightened, staring at the frightened kids.

"Anazi" Kiyoshi said, pausing for a moment but then he nodded.

"Touka gets the protective gear ready," Kiyoshi said. She nodded.

"There’s no need for that, I’m going without it," Anzai said.

"Are you crazy?? You will die the moment you breathe the air" Touka hissed at him. Anzai turned to them.

"I won’t" he stated, they stared at him like he was crazy.

"Because when the explosion happened I was in the infected area," he said.

They froze, the shock evident on their faces.

"I’m immune to the virus," he adds.

_ _ _

Hours later

After Hiro, Shino, and Ten’s recuse

Level 20: Prime Minister level

"Hiro and Shino are in the special treatment center, Shino undergoes lots of injuries from the strange creatures and for some reason, his wounds are healing very slowly, it seems like wounds from the creatures are exceptional for their abilities," Touka said with sadden looks. Prime Minister Kiyoshi was in deep thought, he got all the news from the bio-genetics about what happened at the surface.

"And Hiro?" he demands.

"He didn’t heed my warning, he made use of his eyes, we will have to operate on him as soon as he wakes up," she said sadly.

"It’s a 50% chance he will survive it, but it’s the only way to save his life".

"We lost all of them, all dead. Just 51 remaining" Kiyoshi said as his fist tightened, a great loss and a great hit to them.

"We sent them to their deaths" he added as his body trembled. Touka’s eyes shook, and she composed herself.

"Here is Uchida Anzai’s blood analysis," Touka said, handing him a transparent iPad. Kiyoshi took it.

"He is immune to the virus, going to the surface and breathing the air didn’t affect him a bit," Touka said.

"While studying his blood cells, we now know not everyone that comes in contact with the virus is infected, but it’s a 5% chance" she adds.

"I see," Kiyoshi said.

The door slid open.

Sergeant Tori and Anazi stepped in with a cigar in his mouth.

"I would like to see you in person, Kiyoshi-sama," Anzai said sternly, his words leaving no room for question.

"Leave us," Kiyoshi said to Tori and Touka, they bowed slightly before stepping out.

Anzai took his seat.

"You survived the exposure to the virus and you’re not infected. It appears you’re immune just like you said" Kiyoshi said, still trying to wrap his head around it. Anzai folded his arms.

"May I ask what happened that day?" he added.

"I survived that’s all, there’s nothing more to tell," Anzai said sternly. Kiyoshi smiled faintly.

"If you say so Anzai," Kiyoshi shrugged. Anzai blew smoke from his lips.

"I would like permission to train the remaining bio-genetics" Anazi began facing him. Kiyoshi froze at his words, turning to him.