DROWNING DESTINY

Chapter 15

Their travel from the city to the small town of Herria was almost 12 hours long. Many loud shot of the guns are echoing the place as they were now getting closer to the area.

"I want you all to do your best to capture them all. It would be better if the one we could bring home is the leader of that group," Captain Llorente seriously said.

"Yes captain!" Everyone answered in unison.

They were entering this small town of Herria for they are now seeing some civilians opening their doors and windows very tiny just to see them. They were asking for help and advised them to never go too far for the Abyss expected them to come back of where the previous camp of late Captain Alvarez' team took a rest.

The armoured fighting vehicle they were riding suddenly stopped that startled them all and took out all their guns and pointed outside.

"What is happening?!" Captain Llorente yelled as it wasn't commanded stop.

"Captain, there's a barrier in here!" Sgt. Martinez shouted back from the shotgun seat of this fighting vehicle.

"Team, you have to come out now! Check the perimeter and never let your guard down. We are here inside the enemy's place. They kind off thinking that this place belongs to them for they came here first. Alway remember that the ABYSS are not into civilians. So don't ever think of using the civilians to threaten them, that won't work," Captain Faye Llorente stated long and the team we're listening as f*ck.

"Yes captain!" they responded before they carefully going out from the fighting vehicle.

"Alvarez."

Naizen stopped and step aside the moment he heard his surname from the voice of the captain. He looked at their official and she was looking at him as well. Captain Faye Llorente's eyes was kind off talking to him for something and that made him stop to listen.

"The ABYSS were calling the attention of the council, especially of the prime minister. The were not making chaos for something like they just want to but they were vocal of taking the power of the entire council. They want to take down the council," the girl of a captain seriously said while it was just the two of them left inside this fighting vehicle.

"They must have their own reason why they were doing this, whatever their reasons are. It would never be valid of a card to open a war against the council. There are tons of civilians in this place," he answered in his serious tone.

"We are 45 in the team, Naizen but we both know that they weren't that trained to be in this kind of war. However, it was the head's order and I have no power to say no. I am counting on you, Alvarez. I trust your skill ---- sh*t!"

The both of them ducked down when the fighting vehicle immediately get shot.

"Captain, we have to get out of here!" Naizen said and the captain immediately nodded.

They were both ducking down as they were going out of the vehicle.

"Captain, right here!" Sgt. Martinez shouted and got their attention.

They then saw their team in a position facing of there the shot came from. However, their position was kind off bad for it was an open field for them.

"We have to find a place that we can secure ourselves and stuffs. This is an open place we will all die here," Captain Faye Llorente commanded.

Sgt. Martinez immediately moved and check out the place of where the can put stand their own tent.

"Ma'am, sir...."

Ellen's eyes widened as she saw someone who looks like a civilian crawling closer to them.

"Sir, what are you doing here?!" she shouted in fear for the life of this man.

Her eyes even more wider when the team in line with her pointed their long guns into this man. They couldn't be complacent with whoever is coming to them. It could be an enemy pretending to be a civilian.

Captain Faye Llorente immediately succored the team behind her when she heard them getting into a commotion and saw this crawling man.

"Who are you?!" Captain Faye Llorente asked in her voice that was full of authority.

"Ma'am, sir. I was waiting for you all to come here. I am not an enemy, my family was just right there," the old man said and pointed the nearest house to their location.

They then saw the crying family sneaking in the window while looking at them. They were covered by the fighting vehicle but they knew this isn't enough to cover their lives.

"Sir, you have to go back to your house. This is not safe for you to get in here. However, now that you just came out and approached us, let me just remind you, we are here for the terrorist and they expected us coming," Hectore seriously said.

Naizen was just observing the old man and the environment. The first gun shot that was pointed to the vehicle's gone. It was just a one shot. Naizen was certain that long gun shot was came from a long distance. That was came from that woodland few meters away from their location.

Obviously, whoever was there hiding the middle of the woodland could see them clearly. It was just a little advantage for them for a moment for the electricity of the town was already been cut off. It was evening and for it was kind off dark in their place. The light of the vehicle just gave the enemy the guide to where they should go and shot.

"You can hold me here on how long you want, Captain," the old man said, directly looking at Captain Llorente. "I just want to give you an information that the ABYSS are not here, they were taking a place in the top of the woodland, they can perfectly see us here."

Naizen gritted his teeth as he heard those words. He just thought of that possible thing. The old man said the right thing, however, it was for real. They couldn't let him go.

"Don't let him go," Captain Llorente commanded and the old man willingly surrendered.

"I won't fight, Captain. I just want you all to defeat the terrorist and was waiting for our freedom. We've been crying for our safety here for the ABYSS was watching all of us and they would mercilessly shot whoever they got to see going out of the premises."