A Choice: Part Two

Written By The White Shadow 218. Part of The A Choice Series started byThedrag0n22. Part one of this branch is started here

Tragedies of the Past
The world fell to pieces quickly enough. A well timed attack and the fragile life people had convinced themselves was real shattered. For centuries man and monsters had fought each other, maintaining the delicate balance everything requires for life to move ever forward. But when the forces of evil gave the rise to abominations that blurred that line and directed them at all who stood between them and absolute rule we crumbled.

Vale was the first and only city to fall. The hunters were no match for the nightmares that emerged from the borders and the school fell as swiftly as the hope housed inside. Lost and afraid the people gave up and waited for their fate to be decided by their assailants hoping just to make it out alive.

That night after everyone had either surrendered, escaped, or been killed Vale's leaders met with the purpose of ending hostilities with their enemies. An unconditional surrender to the invaders on the term that at least some would be spared. As all gathered in the remains of the Beacon to talk the monsters arrived, with death in their hearts and murder in their souls. None who ever entered Beacon since came back alive.

The Realities of Today
"Now I know that's a lot to take in." The Protector acknowledges "But we still have to get you out of here." Nodding numbly you head towards the door, uncertain of where you are heading you know you need to do at least 2 things before leaving, find weapons, and food. Feeling the tattered "smock" from the hospital hit the back of your leg the thought occurs to you clothes wouldn't hurt either.

You slowly open the door, heart racing as it creaks loudly you fight the urge to respond in anything but a calm and ordered manner. The hallway to your right has caved n and collapsed, "Nice to know the building is still sound right" The Protector mocks you as she exits the room. You glare at her barely seeing her in the dim light. She takes her raven hair and ties it in a bun neatly behind her head and without a word shrugs her robe off.

Taken aback you immediately look away shocked by her frankness. "What are you doing?" You hiss over your shoulder still trying to figure out what to do. She tosses her robe on your shoulder she leans in over your shoulder whispering playfully (and maybe just a bit mockingly) in your ear "Giving you something else to wear for the moment"

She then half turns you revealing that she was in fact wearing clothes underneath. As you slowly tug the robe on you note her apparel now is startlingly different form the robe she appeared on. The sport tank she wears is actually a deep blue and the cargo shorts she wearing not only has bits of fur attached at the pant cuff but has several clips of ammunition strung around like ill-fitting belts. An oddity because you don't see a weapon on her person whatsoever.

"Are you going to finish sometime today or do need another moment" she callously mocks as you realized you were standing there staring. Shaking yourself out of it you head left down the hallway finally stopping when you see a directory for the hospital itself. Reading the directory the Protector asks "So where to now?" Making a decision you stand up and say-

"The store room, I would like to get my own stuff back."

"The cafeteria, I am about to fall over from hunger."

"The security office, I need something to protect myself."

"I don't know, any ideas?"