Dawn of the 13th Era

Jessica

After Robert dropped the call, Orion asked him "What does a red zone mean and why is the Silvermist mountains getting marked as one? It is close by and has always been safe" Orion asked.

"I expected the Silvermist mountains would get marked sooner or later, already warned the residents to evacuate earlier." Robert said with a sigh.

"A red zone means humans can't live close there, it's totally unhabitable right now and anyone who goes there has little to no chance of returning alive." Robert said then relaxed his back into the swivel chair.

"It all started five days ago, about 2pm or so, a surge was reported to have passed through the Earth's surface, it touched everything and everyone." He sat up and placed his hands on the table.

"Take it as a sort of mutation everyone passed through, most just adapted to it and passed through it unaffected just like us, those you see dead on the internet or around you couldn't withstand the effect and we're twisted from the inside out."

"Does it mean there's no cure for it?" Orion asked.

"There's none, at least none I've seen, it doesn't have any methods of spreading or symptoms. After all, it's not even a disease in the first place." Robert said twirling round on his chair.

"I could've also died and it would be the same as the random commoner on the streets, there's no exception."

"Then why is the Silvermist mountains getting marked as a danger zone?" Orion asked with a confused look on his face but deep inside he was going extremely anxious. After all, his parents were living close to the Silvermist mountains.

"The evolution happened to everything and everyone on the globe, including animals and even plants. This is top class others don't have but, apart from the normal humans and those who died there are two other categories of people who survived the surge."

Orion listened and could already guess a few things.

"Some devolved into mindless like beasts, losing their mind because of the impact to their brains but they survived with twisted body parts and structure making them either weaker than normal humans, some unable to even move while some gain extraordinary abilities but are not considered humans again but mindless humans."

"The last category, are called the successful mutants, only a very small portion of the human population were able to do it but each one of them gained abilities beyond the normal human body, all of them vary and the categories apply to other animals and plants also. Some died out, some devolved, some remained untouched, some evolved."

"I've received reports of wolves as big as a car, tigers with wings and even rats as big as adult cats. The Silvermist mountains span a long area with several mountain peaks and forests bordering several three cities, with a huge variety of animals inside, it's inevitable the beasts inside the mountains would be a huge source of threat now." Robert said with a sigh.

"We all expected it to be very honest."

"If they expected it then why didn't they seal it off since." Orion asked.

"Before dealing with the commotion of the beasts, we have to resolve the one within us first, all the forces are deployed trying to stop the commotion and the devolved humans across the country, then we'll think about the mountains and forests. It's mainly up to the higher-ups though, I don't really have a say in this matter. It could be more than this but this is all I know for now." Robert said with his hands behind his head, staring at "Lucien".

"Then why leave the commoners in the dark, they should at least know what's killing them." Orion said almost getting agitated.

Robert raised an eyebrow when he heard this then placed his hands on the table. "What exactly got into you today Lucien? The sudden change, the questions."

'Shit, Lucien would definitely not ask these questions.' Orion thought with a sudden panic.

"They can't tell the commoners for now, it'll only cause more panic than needed especially when it's an incurable disease, after the effect is gone and settled then the government can release it but for now, there's no need for it." Robert explained while keeping an eye on Orion.

"Any questions?"

"I don't think I have any left for now, I'll take my leave father." He said then stood up, took his briefcase then left the office.

After Orion left the office, Robert's eyes changed and he dialed a number "Hello Alex, I saw someone with my son's appearances come to my office for information just now and I'm ninety five percent sure it's not Lucien, I think a rogue mutant is on the loose."

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Orion left the office and walked out of the city hall, planning to return to the Alley then change back when he suddenly heard someone calling.

"Lucienn!!!" Orion turned his head back only to see Jessica Jerry's ex-girlfriend running towards him.

'Well here I was planning on having revenge for my buddy later and she walks right into me' Orion thought while smiling.

'This will be fun.'

Meanwhile, in the city's northern district, Alex and four other men entered a black sedan with electric batons equipped.

"I just contacted the security personnel of the city hall and they're keeping an eye on the supposed governor's son, our objective is simple, watch over him and don't let him escape till we find a secluded place to capture him then we'll take him in for interrogation and figure out if he's the governor's son or not." Alex said then dropped the call and looked into the sedan's mirror.

What stared back at him were deep blue eyes crackling with sparks of electricity. After the mass mutation five days ago, mutants began appearing over the world with strange abilities and while some stayed undercover or joined the security force, a large portion joined the underworld and crime rate increased significantly, different unexplainable raids or phenomenas were occuring making their already hard job of maintaining the current broken society even harder than before.

"Another one of these rogue mutants causing trouble everywhere when we have enough on our hands already." He said with anger evident in his face.