Zombies Doomsday

Chapter 9: Absolute Power

They are already dead. They do not know it yet.

The inside of the Sovereign Tower smelled of metal and clean air. It was a change from the bad air and blood outside. Idris Cole walked down a hallway to the armory. His footsteps were quiet. He was on level seven now. The boy who had been hungry and scared in Sector Zero was gone. He felt strong and balanced, as if he were floating.

As he approached the armory, the doors opened. The room was lit with blue light from Valkyrie, the Genesis AI. There were screens showing what was happening outside.

Idris ignored them. He stood in the middle of the room. He took a pistol from his inventory. It was not a gun but with his powers it could be useful.

Valkyrie, show me the Iron Clad camp Idris said. I want to know their defenses and how soldiers they have. We are not going to sneak in. We are going to destroy them.

A hologram appeared in the room. It showed the Iron Clad fortress. It was surrounded by walls, guns and deep trenches.

They have over three thousand soldiers and two hundred elite infantry units Valkyrie said. Her voice was calm. If we attack directly we will probably lose. Their turrets can destroy armor in twelve seconds.

Then we make sure they never get to fire Idris said.

Heavy footsteps echoed behind him. It was Rhea Knox. Her body was changing because of the Blood of the Leviathan serum. The air around her shimmered with heat.

The people who survived are in the levels Rhea said. The medics are helping the hurt. They are scared of us, Idris.. They are listening.

Fear can be good Idris said. It keeps them alive while we build.. Loyalty will keep them with us.

Rhea looked down at her hands. I feel like my body is going fast. I do not know if I am still human.

It is called evolution Idris said.. It is just the start. The Iron Clad camp is a problem. Warlord Kael is bad. He takes food from people makes them slaves and stops trade. We destroy him tonight. We solve our problem.

Kael is a coward Rhea said. He will. Ask for help.

He will not have time Idris said. He handed her the pistol. Take it.

Rhea looked at the gun. It was not an one. My armor can block guns. What do you want me to do with this?

I am not asking you to shoot it Idris said. I am using the system. If you take it we can get something

Rhea took the grip. I accept your gift, Sovereign.

The air broke. A loud heavenly sound echoed through the tower. A bright violet light flashed from Rheas hand.

The system said that Idris had given a gift to Rhea. She had SSS-tier potential. The system gave Idris a God-tier package: Eclipse Void-Casters.

Two big guns appeared. They looked like holes in reality. They did not have triggers or magazines. They had glowing parts that hummed with energy.

Idris read the description. His breath stopped. They did not shoot bullets. They shot gravity wells.

He touched the grips. Handed them to Rhea. Her armor locked the guns into place. The energy synced with her suit.

With these we can destroy the walls Rhea said. She was amazed.

The system does not give us what we want Idris said. It gives us what we need to be powerful.

Fifteen miles away the sky over the Iron Clad territory was grey ash. The wind howled. It carried the smell of sulfur and desperation.

Idris Cole walked calmly down the highway. His dark coat blew in the wind. His hands were in his pockets. He did not look like a soldier going to war. He looked like the reaper taking a walk.

Beside him Rhea moved with grace. Her hands were near the Void-Casters. Her silver eyes were on the steel gate.

The first defensive layer had soldiers. They had plasma rifles. Six big automated turrets spun up. Their lasers pointed at Idris.

Stop! a voice boomed. You are trespassing. Drop your weapons. Surrender or you will be destroyed.

Idris stopped. He looked up at the wall. His face was emotionless.

You have ten seconds to open the gates Idriss voice carried over the wind. If you do you will live. If you do not this wall will be your tomb.

The soldiers laughed. They thought they were safe.

Fire! the commander screamed.

The sky turned into a storm of plasma. Lead. The ground beneath Idriss feet disintegrated. A big cloud of dust and concrete swallowed them.

The soldiers cheered. They thought they had won.

The wind shifted the smoke. The laughter stopped. A cold dread gripped the wall.

Idris Cole stood unharmed. A blue barrier hovered around him. It absorbed the remaining plasma bolts.

My turn Idris whispered. Rhea, clear the gate.

With pleasure.

Rhea vanished. She crossed the gap in a fraction of a second. She planted her boots. Drew a Void-Caster. The gun screamed. A sphere of darkness shot from the barrel. It hit the gate. The steel warped. The gate crumpled.

She has a gravity gun! a soldier shrieked. Fall back!

There is no falling, Rhea said.

She raised both guns. Fired. Three shots hit the battlements. The first two disabled the turrets. The third shot triggered Void Compression.

A massive violet star imploded on the wall. A gravity well erupted. The soldiers, turrets and tons of concrete were sucked in. They were crushed into a mass of stone and bone.

The entire first defensive line was erased in sixty seconds.

Idris stepped through the dust. Alarms screamed across the complex. Red lights bathed the sectors.

Look, Rhea pointed. A green dome of plasma energy had appeared. It covered the camp.

Can the Void-Casters phase through it? Idris asked.

No, Rhea shook her head. It is not matter. The gravity wells will detonate on the surface. It will drain their generators eventually. It will take time.

We do not have time, Idris said, stopping in the middle of the ruined courtyard. I want to destroy this camp before sunrise. If their shield uses energy, we will overload the circuit from above.

He closed his eyes. Focused on his system controls.

Valkyrie, sync my GPS with the Ares-class cannons targeting system.

A link was established. Valkyrie's voice came through. The Sovereign Citadel's defense grid is online. The weapon is fully charged. Where do you want to hit?

Target the relay tower of their shield, Idris ordered. Use power.

Fifteen miles away, the Sovereign Tower's obsidian peak lit up with a blinding light. A forgotten satellite in the exosphere adjusted its lenses. Locked onto the coordinates.

The grey sky over the Iron Clad camp suddenly turned a scary purple. The air pressure dropped fast. The moisture froze into ice crystals.

Deep underground, Warlord Kael stared at his monitors, his face pale. The sensors were screaming. A huge energy signature was coming straight for them.

Overload the shield! Kael yelled, his mechanical eye spinning wildly. Drain the hydroponics, drain the barracks! Give the barrier all the power!

It was an effort against the force of the cosmos.

The sky opened up. A massive pillar of blinding light came crashing down from the heavens, an ion beam of pure destruction. It hit the top of the green dome with the force of a blast. The collision created a shockwave of light that lit up the wasteland for fifty miles. The sound was a roar that shattered every pane of glass and burst the eardrums of every soldier inside the base.

The green shield held for a microsecond before the generators exploded.

The relay towers vaporized into slag. The crimson beam carved a hundred-yard crater through the wall, melting the reinforced steel into a river of glowing red lava that flooded the inner sanctum.

When the light faded, the Iron Clad faction's fortress was nothing but a burning crater.

Idris Cole stepped over the cooling magma, his eyes scanning the chaos. Thousands of soldiers were running into the wasteland, dropping their weapons, their discipline broken by a power they could not understand.

This is not a battle, Rhea said, walking beside him through the falling ash. This is a slaughter.

Then finish it, Idris said, his voice. Empty. Hunt down the officers. I am going to find Warlord Kael.

Idris walked down the ruined avenue, his senses guiding him through the smoke to the heavy elevator shaft leading to the command bunker. The metal doors slid open, showing ten guards in heavy armor, their plasma rifles raised and shaking.

Die, Mutant! The captain screamed, pulling the trigger.

Idris vanished. With his agility stat of thirty-five, he crossed the space before the plasma bolt cleared the barrel. He grabbed the captain's throat. Snapped it with a sickening crunch. Before the body even hit the floor, Idris moved like a hurricane of violence. He drove his fists through their reinforced steel plates, shattering ribs and collapsing lungs with brutality.

In ten seconds, all ten elite guards were dead.

Idris stood before the steel door of the command bunker. He did not use a weapon. He placed his hand flat against the metal, channeled his strength, and violently tore the door off its hinges.

He stepped into the light of the bunker. Warlord Kael was backed against the wall, his eyes whirring in terror as he stared at the monster who had just broken the world to reach him.

Idris tilted his head, his pitch-black eyes reflecting the burning fires of the ruined camp.

Hello, Kael.