Chapter 235: First Strike

The birth of the abomination faction sprang forth from a common element within hardships.

Desperation.

When the world first fell, food was scarce.

When humans ran out of what they had at home, they of course had to venture outside their homes to hopefully procure more.

But the N'Kai are often methodical in their destruction.

Grocery stores, fresh markets, farms, and restaurants are usually the first to be destroyed or are just heavily monitored.

With starvation as a constant worry, one must be crafty about their way of procuring food.

As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures.

In certain locations all across the country, there are special facilities with an abundance of unused meat that are just lying in wait to be taken.

The Gate Processing Plants.

There, one can find an abundance of monster meat and materials that are set to be studied, incinerated, or donated to local zoos.

The best monster meat tastes like eating a leather boot and the worst kind tastes like bad decisions, sperm, and regret.

But when the only other option is starvation, the luxury of being picky is one that no one actually has.

Lo and behold, a group of four fraternity brothers were able to make it towards one of these facilities and break in through a window.

Naturally, they found enough meat inside of the gate plant to last them for years at a time if needed.

But they didn't want to just stay locked inside of the facility hiding, scrounging around like rats in the dark.

With all of these materials and equipment around, surely they could find a way to make themselves into creatures with some real muscle behind them.

In the end, their desperation heeded results.

Monster meat is indeed useless to humans ordinarily, but if eaten with monster blood running through your bloodstream, drastically different outcomes are achieved.

Once the group of survivors achieved the power they had been searching for, they could finally start to take the offensive to the N'Kai.

As they fought, they found more survivors.

With those survivors, they shared the gifts and strength that had saved their lives and started to build up their own forces.

In nine month's time, they were able to set up their own stronghold in the state of Iowa where they reigned like kings.

But due to the savagery of the creature's whose DNA they had stolen and assimilated, they also became more savage themselves.

And the 'society' that they created grew to reflect that savagery.

*CRASH!*

The doors to the hotel lobby came flying off the hinges with a surprising explosion that alerted all of the abominations inside.

"Gods this place smells like shit... even Cami's got nothing on this."

Through a cloud of smoke, six women came striding in through the brand new hole in the wall.

Leading the group was an enchanting but dangerous looking woman wearing a dark bodysuit and an overcoat.

Her beautiful eyes and bold tattoos were glowing with the same intense shade of purple, making it easy for her to light up the dark room with only her presence.

"Well what is this!" Aela exclaimed excitedly. "Are there more of you out there? Just six is a little-"

"Ah, hold on."

The woman at the lead pulled out a piece of paper from her jacket pocket and squinted her eyes together cutely as she recited it out loud.

"Attention Abominations. My squad and I represent the Nightfall Faction and are here for... geez, Sei... why'd you have to make this so long..?"

"...What?"

"Sorry, sorry. The gist of it is surrender or die."

Heckling laughter erupted from all of the abominations inside the base.

The idea of food coming in here and asking them to surrender was so laughable that they almost couldn't stand it.

"Whatever... it's not like I was expecting a whole lot anyway."

Anna folded the piece of paper back up and placed it back into her pocket tenderly.

She knew Sei wasn't the kind of woman who was okay with indiscriminate slaughter but she didn't really see any way around it this time.

'I hope.. she won't be too upset with me.'

"You all have twenty minutes to clear out this floor. Do not injure the hostages and do not let anyone else in the squad die. Get me?"

"""""Yes ma'am!"""""

"Go wild then."

A fierce gust of wind blew Anna's sleek black hair into her face.

When she opened her eyes again, all of her members had rushed in headfirst to make first contact with the abominations.

It was only a few seconds before tainted blood started to flow like rivers onto the ruined carpet.

Anna was sort of a hands-off kind of leader, so while her squad mates were cleaning up the mess, she leaned against a wall and stuck earbuds into her ears as she watched.

'Ma'am, huh..? I kinda see why mom joined the military now. This is kinda fun.'