THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS

"Hey, Engr Kazuya get this thing working, I need to know if the bio-genetics are okay" Anzai growled getting irritated with impatience.

General Anzai, Kazuya, Tori, Touka, Kashi, Kenta, Shino, Sumi, Ren, Yua, Kaname and Usagi, all hid on the second floor, inside a building, well enclosed and out of plain sight.

"Just give me time General Anzai, it's not my fault the network is jamming, the surface is a ghost town now," Kazuya said typing on a small keyboard on her lap, her eyes on the interface computer in front of her.

"Connecting the comms back won't be easy" she adds.

Anzai's teeth clenched, Touka watches the action with worried eyes.

"That kid Ten said that roar came from the Alpha... if it's true then we are in big trouble... a pack of mindless creatures controlled by that wild beast is almost terrifying" Hachiro said adjusting his glasses.

"We need to collect samples" he adds as his glasses turned white.

"Yeah... if we are still alive to do that" Kenta said with clenched teeth.

Kashi quivered more in response.

"God help us" he prayed silently in his head, he wasn't ready to be eaten just yet, he still had many things he wanna do and achieve. He prays that all of them survive this.

"What do you see Kaname?" Shino asked.

Kaname was peeking at a small rip-off space.

"They are still clustering around," Kaname said with shaky eyes.

"Just there as if waiting for the faintest movement" he looks away facing them with horror eyes.

"We're basically trapped!".

"Well that's not a good thing... now before the Kaiju's get to us, hunger will... our supplies are back with the Hellhound outside" Sumi said in a bored tone with an eye roll.

Usagi and Yua... the two girls quivered more.

"Hey Sumi, stop that!" Shino snaps.

"Must you always seek the bad in every situation? There's no way we're gonna stay here that long" he adds.

"Do you have a plan then?" She snaps back facing him.

He stiffen at her words, lost for words.

"Ha... the infamous Commander Shino got nothing" she mocked, her eyes then drifting to their superiors at the other corner.

"Even our superior got nothing" she said as her dark pink eyes landed on him, no life in it.

"We. Are. Trapped!" She emphasizes more clearly.

"Then you're a sheep cowering in a cage," Ren said with stern looks.

Sumi turns slowly as she faced him with one wide eye.

"What's did you say?!" She asked slow and deadly in a sick manner.

"Rather than think how we're gonna stay here and die of hunger... why don't you think of a plan" Ren said fearlessly, he was getting tired of her sick remark all the time.

Surprisingly enough she broke in a deep chuckle, covering her mouth so that it wouldn't get loud.

"Ha... so funny, look who's thinking he's the sane right now" she mocked.

"Tsk!" Ren made a sound annoyed.

Shino's shaky eyes were fixed on her hand, they were 'Shaking?' He thought puzzled but then his eyes widen in realization. 'She's afraid'

"I don't have time to waste talking to you right now" she said with an eye roll.

'Why? Act normal while you're as scared as hell' Shino thought deeply. 'Miyuki Sumi... what kind of girl are you?'

"I got through," Kazuya said with wide eyes. Gaining their attention.

"Connecting," she said.

"Bio-genetics... bio-genetics" Anzai called in.

"Can you hear me, anyone?".

*Static noises*

"It's not going through" Anzai growled.

"The signal is weak, it can't get through to everyone," Kazuya said biting her bottom lip at the sudden failure.

"This was our only chance," Tori said as his shoulders fell in a weak motion.

"Dammit!" Anzai cursed slamming his clenched fist against the floor.

"General Anzai" Touka gasps in panic seeing blood.

"This won't do," he said faintly with shaky eyes.

"This can't be the end", his teeth clenched, never for once in battle during his time as a soldier had he run out of options, this was the first. And it pained him to the core, he felt weak, he felt helpless, his eyes shakes more.

An image of a smiling Haruto flashed in his head.

'Haruto' he thought. 'What should I do?'

Everyone looks drops seeing there was no other option to get to the others or draft out a plan or even get out of here.

*Static Noises*

"Com-"

"Come-"

"Come in-"

"Is anyone-"

They froze at the unexpected sound.

"Hiro?" Shino said with wide eyes recognizing the voice instantly.

"Hiro! Hiro are you there?" Anzai demands, a weight was lifted off his chest just by the sound of his voice, he was okay.

"Is anyone-"

"What's wrong, why is it jamming?" Anzai demands.

"It's the weak signal," Kazuya said but then her mind flashed with an idea.

"Hiro is trying to make contact... his signal trace might be the way we need to connect to the others" Kazuya said. 'Thank God, Hiro's comm is online, the rest must have dropped it because it wasn't working, with this signal, the connection can be installed back' she thought for certain.

"Is anyone there?"

"Yes Hiro, where are you? Can you hear me?" Anzai said but only static noise in return.

"We can hear him but we can't hear us... that's the far I can go for now, but I will keep trying" Kazuya said determined to connect back with the others.

"You mean everyone can hear him?" Kaname asked.

***

"It's Hiro, we can all hear him" Ten said as they all listened to their comm, except Haya who just watch attentively.

'Silly me, I should have known that's Engr. Kazuya's plan would have been to install communication back on, I would have kept my comm online' Ten thought with shaky eyes.

***

"It's Hiro's voice" Mirai said facing the others hiding in the space, Kaneki, Yumi, Daiki, Asano, Mizuki, Emiko and Ryu were present.

***

Another hiding space. Mosu, San, Chibi, Himari, Sara, Miel.

"It's Kimura Hiro" San said.

"Tsk" Mosu made a sound annoyed.

***

Another hiding space. Akira, Saho, Umeko, Ginko, Mary, Sayuri, Izumi, Sakura and Fuijo.

"Can anyone hear me?"

They listened attentively to their comms.

***

"Hiro" Anzai said with shaky eyes.

"If anyone can hear me..... we have to find the Alpha!"