The Transcenders

Chapter 35 - Resolves (1)

Part 5: Resolves

August 13th, 2220.

At the core of the Tremblay Guild was Aspen City.

Every window and door had gotten barricaded with just about anything the decaying population could find.

The metallic dome surrounding the city got breached. A shower of debris fell from the sky like meteorites.

Not long after, moving robots twice the size of tanks bombarded the city with missiles. The city's streets had filled with a mixture of blood and fire.

Buildings fell one by one.

The great aspen forest caught fire.

Millions of people died.

When it seemed safer, the enemy entered Aspen City.

Under Rico Amon's rule, the Topaz forces violated any war crime possible and behaved like barbarians. It didn't help that half of them were androids without a sense of rationality.

Perhaps if Jacob Topaz hadn't let Rico participate in the war, the Tremblay Guild's population wouldn't have been reduced by half.

However, Jacob Topaz wasn't a righteous leader. He had taken a liking for Rico and proposed to his 'conspirators' they give him rule over the Tremblay Guild, to which they widely agreed since he had potential.

After 48 long hours, the massacre against the Tremblay Guild had come to an end.

...

In a dusty alleyway, safe from the fire, three members of the Snowrider faction fell to the ground.

Christiana de Champlain, on all fours, coughed an endless stream of blood. Johnathan Dubois lay on his back motionless.

Henri Tremblay was on his knees. There was a recent scar on his cheek and a hole in his thorax where blood poured out continuously.

Rico Amon looked at them with his fierce pink eyes. Crow and Explo were next to him, as always. "You lost. The Tremblay guild is now under my command."

Henri didn't listen to him. As his vision became blurry and his eyes turned red, he saw a white light before him.

Two distinct white figures walked away from him, signalling him to follow after them. 'Well, my wife, Rose, and Alex, it seems I met you two again sooner than I thought...'

"Although, I guess it isn't all that bad. I just wished for another death, not by the hands of the Topaz Guild."

Henri clenched his fists and shouted, "This nightmare from 20 years ago, why did it have to come back?!"

Suddenly, his wife and son looked back, smiling, inviting him to the afterlife with open hands. It may have just been his senses playing a trick on him, but it was enough.

Henri fell silent.

Christiana managed to catch her breath. "It was still worth it. For Alex- and everyone else in the Tremblay Guild."

She stared at her foes. "The Democratic Alliance will avenge us!"

*Slash*

Crow's thin black sword severed her head off her body.

John, spread on the ground, turned his head to the side. Her eyes stared directly at him.

For a moment, he was horrified.

John looked up, his muscles retracted. "Just get on with it."

*Slice*

Henri closed his eyes. 'Isaac, Aaron. If you are still alive, please get strong really fast because you'll need more power than me to survive in this world.'