Smoke and Àshes

As we progressed through the bunker all the people who were running away were now lying in various heaps of blood and detached limbs, I felt my stomach churn as I let go of Jackson, "hey you oka-", I turned to what looked like a discarded bucket. Without even looking in the bucket I started to hurl in the bucket, "ah yeah i forgot you had a weak stomach when dealing with blood", i flicked him off without looking up from, "hey no need to flick me off I'm just stating the obvious". I finally stopped puking my guts up as my vision wavered slightly and the lights seemed brighter then usual, "you're the worst person i could've ended up stuck with", Jackson's smirk was one that formed only when he inconveniences me, "c'mon now Lucas we both know nobody is a more compatible team then us", I spit a bit as wipe the remnants of my upchuck from my mouth, "and to this day I still don't understand why", Jackson laughed before slamming my back, "ow you overly lanky log", he slapped the back of head slightly, "shut up before I beat you up again", I elbowed him in the stomach as he crumbled froward slightly, "Agh", Jackson heaved slightly before straighten back out, "if we weren't in a potential life or death situation I would slam you on your head", I laughed as we continued forward, "so you over your blood phobia or whatever"," I nodded, "for the moment but let's get outta here I hate these scenes", we looked towards the heaps once more before turning around, "fine we need to find the commander anyways", Before we could take another step a figure shot through the wall in front of us followed by a streak of brown, "think we found him", Jackson tapped my shoulder before running towards the hole, "come on lets go", I sighed before running behind him, "did you forget we don't have any weapons you idiot", I knew my words were pointless because he just wouldn't speak in anyway if it wasn't with his fist. The second we stepped through the hole we were almost blown right back out the hole as shockwaves rocked the room. As me and Jackson looked forward we saw the commander engaged in a bloody battle against the wolf, "his arm", I hadn't noticed until Jackson mentioned it but the commanders arm was gone it wasn't bleeding due to being having wrapped tight in a shirt but it was definitely gone, "we should help but we don't have any weapons", I felt as sting in my shoulder as Jackson punched me, "Figure something out mister number one intellect ", I rubbed my shoulder, "first of stop hitting me you idiot i'm already injured", Jackson shrugged and just pointed to the current fight happening as I sighed, "you know what fair enough", i looked around the room noticing we were in one of the larger bunker kitchens, "Knives", I ran towards one of the kitchen drawers searching it. I couldn't find any knives only forks and spoons, "why don't we have more knives?", I grabbed all the knives handing half of them to Jackson, "you only searched one drawer search the rest and i'll take you handing me the knives as a sign to cover you", I looked at him with a blank face, "wow you can use your brain for something other then combat that's surprising", He looked like he wanted to punch me before just turning towards the fight, "be happy there's something more important going on", I laughed before watching Jackson throw three of the knives striking the knees and chest of the Lycan. The Lycan howled in pain as the commander looked towards us, "Jackson, Pendragon what are you two doing here what happened to the other soldiers", Jackson looked to the commender, "They're Lycan food what do you think", Jackson shot back his voice sharper then normal, "Tsk Pendragon survived and not them they were weaker then I thought whatever just help me the both of you",the commander practically barked the order at us as Jackson surprisingly looked almost dumbfounded, "what are you being serious right now", the Lycan's howled silenced any response as it sprung towards Jackson. The Lycan reached out for Jackson who barely reacted in time rolling out of the way. Before any of us could react the sprung right back off its feet the moment it touched the floor launching in my direction. I stumbled back not expecting the speed as it's clawed hand shot towards my chest. Before the hit landed I was shoved out of the way by the commander who took the attack instead as it pierced halfway through his shoulder, "Agh", the commanders voice was shaky but still firm, "You Damned furball", the commanders hands rose together into the air in fist as he brought them both down. The Lycan howled in pain as it crumbled to a knee, "use the knives Pendragon and end this", I nodded as I clutched one of the knives putting the other two in my other hand. I brought the knife down into its head as my face and vision was painted red with blood as its head gushed blood. I snatched the knife out with a twist as more blood sprouted from its head soaking my neck and shirt in blood as well, "well I guess you aren't entirely useless", the commander looked towards us his gaze intense but his skin was turning pale as his adrenaline seemed to wear off and he stumbled slightly as blood dripped from his shoulder, "why did you move me you could've used me as the scapegoat to escape?" I looked at him as his face seemed to be the seemed to relax as his body rested against one of the kitchen counters as Jackson started towards us, "I seen a clear moment to kill it and keep you alive", I was a bit surprised by his words, "you wanting to keep me alive out of good will is like if the sun was real", the commanders face hardened slightly, "first of the sun was real second off just shut up and accept this little moment of kindness because maybe next time you'll be my scapegoat", I couldn't help but laugh. I stopped laughing as the metallic taste of blood went into my mouth as I felt my gag reflex kicked in and I leaned over one of the kitchen sinks as started to hurl, "c'mon dude you threw up earlier too you aren't throwing up anything but stomach acid", I flicked him off as I stopped hurling, "you really need to learn when to just let people suffer", I grabbed a discarded towel wiping the blood partly from my face, "whatever lets get the commander to one of the medical rooms so he doesn't just flop over and die right now", I sighed looking to the commander who was definitely on the thin lines of life, "yeah plus we can change clothes and shower before figuring out our next plan", Jackson nodded before taking the commanders arm over his neck, "okay then come on", the commander just looked between us before going to speak, "shut it", our voices mixed in an eerie sync which shut him up as we walked out of the room. I pushed the door to the medical center open as Jackson carried the commander into the medical center seeing it's old rusted interior which has always been weird "so which one of us is taking care of this injury?", Jackson looked to me as he put the commander down onto one of the worn down beds, "obviously me if you were to try you'd injury him more just find us some new clothes", Jackson nodded although a smile crept across his face. I ignored the smile turning the commander who was lying down with closed eyes, "hey Jackson make sure to grab some masks or something to cover our faces", He didn't respond letting me know he had left the room although I didn't hear the door close. Before my next thought fully formed a force knocked my head forward,"Agh", I grabbed the back of my head as the world spun slightly, i turned slightly to Jackson who was smiling widely with a arrogance that demanded to be punched, "that's for the insult earlier", I glare at the smirk on his face as I closed my fist. I punched him the stomach as he crumbled forward slightly with a wheeze, "we're even now", Jackson kept a clutch on his stomach as he straightened his body, "FIne but that's only because the smell of this blood and sweat is disgusting", I smirked slightly, "oh so you can handle the sight of basically mangled bodies but its the smell that gets you", he looked towards me blankly, "yes very much so just because you can't handle the sight of blood is also why you avoided opening your eyes during the bloody sparring tournament", I looked at him furrowing my brows, "fine you are right but you're still worse then me", he kept a normal face as he looked to me, "whatever you say weak stomach i'm going to get our clothes", Jackson started to walk away towards the door, "that was a terrible insult by the way", his laughter was quick and short as the door to the room opened and closed in the same moment. I looked at he commander who was practically the color of snow with how pale he was, "you still kicking commander?", the grunt and clinching of a fist was a clear sign, "good to know just keep kicking commander", I looked at the clothed stump where his right arm used to be, "welp never worked on an actual body guess you'll just be my first subject", the commander just growled as I took it as approval. I looked around the room for a towel and bucket. I noticed a first aid kit laying on a counter a few feet away from me and right beside a trash can, "welp i don't see any buckets so the trash can is going to need to do", I walked over to the trash can picking it up setting it on the counter as I started the sink that was a few inches from the first aid kit. I seen a variety of items but only grabbing gloves and gauze rolls, I put the trash can in the sink letting it fill with water. I searched the cabinets above the sink sending a few white towels, "ahh there they are I would've been concerned if we didn't have any towels", I grabbed one of the towels before dropping it into the water to let it soak. I let the towel sit for about two minutes while I grabbed one of the gauzes it's texture was weird, "these feel completely different then I expected", I looked back around to the commander who luckily hadn't gotten anyway worse but also not any better. The sound of the door opening drew my attention towards it as Jackson stepped in, his hair was slicked back as a few strands fell free around his face, he was dressed in a casual white button-up with beige cargo pants and combat boots, "ugh it feels weird not being in uniform", I laughed as he adjusted his collar, "yeah I can see that it's was rare for us not to be in uniform after all", he looked towards me his eyes tracking me as I walked by, "you're just now getting to patching him up i've been gone for fifteen minutes", I rolled my eyes as i set the half full trash can down beside the bed, "it's called being precise something you need to work on", Jackson laughed slightly, "you and me both know that won't happen", I sighed as I knew the truth behind those words, "whatever just had me the clothes you got me", I put one hand back as I opened it waiting for the clothes. The clothes dropped into my hand , it was a pair of cargo pants similar to Jackson's expect they were black and a baggy white shirt, "wow did you raid the same closet or something", Jackson just blankly nodded, "yep i did got a problem with the clothes go find some yourself", his voice sounded more aggressive then the tone behind it, "nah i'll stick with these just let me try patch up the commander first so he doesn't just die on us", I started the process of cleaning the wound. After about six minutes of intense focus and the occasional insult from Jackson i was able to at least stop the bleeding completely, "that was so much worse then the books described", I looked at the bloody gloves before pulling them off and throwing them in the bloody water filled trash can, "now i'll go shower and change", I got up from the stool I was sitting on as Jackson walked to sit on the stool, "and i'll watch the commander so he doesn't flat line or anything", I just waved as I as walked out of the door. The halls of the bunker was lined in blood and other bodily fluids which made my stomach churn, I feel made it to one of the bathroom as it's rusted and dirty intake which told me that it was one of the less frequented and noticed bathrooms, I turned the shower on before stepping in and letting the warm water cascade down my entire body letting it relax all my muscles as well as letting the water wash the remaining blood from my face. I finished the shower stepping into the fresh clothes their feeling was unfamiliar as I adjusted to the feeling of the new clothes. I arrived back in the medical center seeing Jackson still seated next to commander, "hey how's he doing", Jackson turned back to me with tired eyes, "he's fine still unconscious though", he yawned slightly as he stood up, "so what now?", he stood in front of me with a raised eyebrow, "we're going to have to go outside and look for help", Jackson nodded looking back to the commander, "and what about him we'll have to either leave him here and make sure he'll be safe or bring him with us and have to carry and protect him", I looked at him with a dumbfounded face, "do you really think i'll suggest we take an extra unnecessary body into outside which is practically unexplored to us", Jackson looked to me before just nodding, "yeah you're right lets just at least make sure he's safe" , I nodded, "fine but only because he saved my life", I grabbed onto the commanders remaining arm pulling him to his feet, "lets get him to one of the security room", Jackson started towards the door, "okay lets go", I followed after him as he pushed the door open for me. We arrived at one of the security rooms, "just put him in there and close the door since the bunkers natural traps should hurt and attack any non-humans", I put the commander in the room looking around slightly seeing only a few screens before closing the door, "okay come on let's go find some gear", Jackson nodded as we started the search, "lets go to armory first it should be plenty of gear there", I followed Jackson with a silent nod. We come up to the armory, "so how many weapons are we going to carry each?", I looked to him opening the door, "two each", I looked into the room and froze, "it's empty why is the armory empty", I looked back to Jackson who looked just as surprised as I did, "i don't know lets go check the other one it shouldn't be empty", Jackson turned and turned down the hall of the bunker, "why does both armories have to be on different levels", Jackson laughed a bit, "i don't know but we should be praying its weapons in here", I looked at him blankly, "hey be careful you ever read the term words have power don't jinx us", Jackson rolled his eyes as he continued forwards, "shut up you're acting like you're used to this situation as well this is just my coping mechanism", I sighed, "of course i'm not used to it i've barely even explored thirty feet from the bunker if anything you should be used to it", Jackson didn't turn around but I swear I could feel him staring at me, "you're acting like i've been even further", I went to speak before he put his hand up, "you're either going to say something stupid or ask why i've even been allowed further then you and it's none of your business", I didn't reply as he did have a point. We arrived to the second armory after a long silent walk, "come on", Jackson pushed the door open and sighed, "same thing it's empty", I had to clasp my face in my hands and scream to calm my, "fine fine so we have no armor and no weapons", Jackson's hand raised as he seemed to have an idea, "why don't we go back to the training room there were weapons in there", I looked at him surprised, "wow this is the first time you've surprised me with something intelligent", his face showed his disdain for the insult but he just continued forward, "let's go back through where we killed those lycans", his voice was unnaturally low close to a whisper. I just followed him as we approached the hole we fought the two lycans, "where's our weapons and the bodies", Jackson looked to me,"that means there's was another lycan here", we go a bit serious as we began going further. We continued through the various halls and floors of the bunker with at least four looking like a child ran through with a red paint bucket, "come on it should be around the corner", me and Jackson turned to see the torn door the training room still laying down at few feet in front of us, "come let's check", I stepped in first seeing the room the empty room, "it's empty too", I pinched the bridges of my nose, "what ever did this had intellect", Jackson sighed looking around the room,"hey what's that", I turned my head to were Jackson pointed. I felt my stomach churn as vomit filled my throat and I gagged, "oh that's so disgusting", I looked on the roof seeing body parts and organs arranged in the form of three words, "BSS", I looked to Jackson, "we need to leave right now no looking back until we get help", Jackson looked to me and nodded, "yeah i personally don't feel like dying to something this bad", We both turned to leave the room and the bunker entirely. The sight of the black moon and red clouds will always be haunting, "now is the time to prepare and steel yourself lucas we're in the outside now this is the hunting grounds", the broken and shattered trees all laid in abundance, as the Smell of blood sweep past my nose causing me to sniffle, "yeah let's go" the sound of the bunkers door shutting behind us signaled that we sealed our fates for now.

(??? pov)

The symphony of howls and stomps filled my body with joy, "Arise my pawns", The wolves in front of me rose in unison, "We praise epitome of war and chaos!!", the screams of the wolves filled my with a sense of euphoria as I waved my out and the robe covering me slightly revealed my snow white fur as my face kept it concealment, "we worship the god of the darkness and hound of the dead!!", I started to laughed as the praise started to raise the euphotic feeling in my body, "yes praise me more", the wolves voices rose even louder as the room rumbled slightly, "we greet the great old one Mernuric", the room fell silent as I snapped and the room flooded with blood, "that's enough worship for now thanks for the feast", I stepped off my podium as I plunge myself into the sea of blood.

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