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Addendum X-5 Part 2

Later that night everyone was getting prepared for the night with defenses and lights, mainly just scraping by as it was a department store not a weapon's store. Destev was still in the back of the store not really doing anything but not smiling like she normally did either. Once David was down with helping, he noticed this and signaled to some others to come with him to check up on Destev. Destev sensed him approaching a mile away but didn't do anything to stop him.

"You're not going to lecture me on not helping, are you?"

"No... but I do want information." Soon, Ollie, Amanda, Dan, Mr. Norton, Jim, Myron, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cornell, and the Biker showed up. They formed a ring so that they could all talk and essentially made Destev a part of the ring as well.

"It was almost like you knew that soldier, but he had a symbol on his helmet I don't recognize. So, we don't really know anything about him, but I think you do." Destev figured the world was probably ending so it wouldn't hurt to tell them but at the same time for all she knew it was just the United States so if she said something it would still be in violation of her duty as an Agent. Thankfully Destev was able to think up a perfectly logical lie that would explain everything yet not expose the full truth.

"Alright, alright. My superiors are probably already dead so fuck it, might as well tell the civilians. That guy... I don't know him personally, but I had high respect for his forces. He's a Task Force Operative from an organization known as SCP. Secure, Contain, Protect. They don't necessarily answer to any one government, but they are entrusted to contain something a government deems... anomalous."

"Anomalous? What do you mean?"

"Something that really shouldn't exist but does, a bell that summons a butler from a different dimension, a teenage girl that can jump into pictures, bugs that control sand and eat humans, a mechanical monstrosity that grows bigger as it eats more metal. All of these things we call anomalies, the SCP Foundation is in charge of finding them and containing them." Everyone around Destev was silent trying to process all the information, but then Mr. Norton broke the silence with laughter. He thought it was ridiculous, the idea that the government actually held strange and anomalous things in its basement like those crazy conspiracy theorists on the internet always claimed. But then he looked around at everyone looking at him and finally saw Destev who was looking at him in annoyance for not believing her.

"... Wait... Ms. Destev... you're not serious, are you?"

"Dead serious."

"... No... no, no that... that should be impossible. Bigfoot, the Lockness monster, Moth man. those- those can't be real, the supernatural, it's all just conspiracy theory bullshit.”

"The fact that you believe that shows how good we are at hiding it all." Mr. Norton was shocked at how Destev was able to say that all with a clear face, Mr. Norton couldn't help but believe now that it all actually really was real.

"Wait if that soldier was a part of this SCP task force organization or whatever, then what are you?" Destev looked at Ollie as her eye twitched a little, she didn't like the SCP Foundation being called an "organization or whatever" but she still respected Ollie, so she let it slide. Though that didn't deny this next part she was about to say really made her want to throw up.

"I am from a more reserved division of the government. I'm actually an FBI agent from the UIU division. Also known as the Unusual Incidents Unit. We investigate potential anomalous events and items and assess how to deal with it before sending in the professionals."

"So wait, then what are you doing here?"

"And uh, follow up if I may." Dan then intruded on the conversation, Destev didn't know Dan very well, but he seemed to be the few people who didn't underestimate the situation, so she deemed him trustworthy.

"What is ARROWHEAD?"

"... Ok first I was assigned here to help with evacuation preparations but uh... the evacuation buses never came so I just ended up stuck here."

"You were supposed to help get us all evacuated?"

"In case things went south, but that happened about 48 hours ago."

"... I feel like throwing people across the store doesn't really help with evacuation." Everyone turned to Dan trying to get him to stop while Destev glared at him in disappointment.

"... My superiors assigned me to this even though they KNOW I hate people. Wanna blame someone, blame them! Or you can blame me too, but you already know I don't give a shit."

"Noted, so what about ARROWHEAD?"

"No clue. Though I did hear that the US government was working on some revolutionary satellites up on the mountain. Not sure how that's related to any of this thought. But my superiors didn't trust it so they sent me to get all of you ready to evacuate at a moment's notice but uh... shit ended up falling apart before we could even do anything." Most of the group looked at one another confused but David on the other hand had a look of fear on his face.

"Did... did you say on top of the mountain?"

"Uh, yeah why?"

"When I was home, my wife pointed out that the mist was coming from the top of the mountain. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it wasn't like a normal mist it was flowing over the lake and down the mountain like it was-"

"Water washing over new land. Like something from another world."

"What?" Everyone looked at Destev again, making her sigh before she continued talking.

"Not sure, but it's pretty obvious this mist is nothing like anything any of us have seen, it's almost like it's not from this world."

"What exactly are you saying?"

"I think, this ARROWHEAD and the mist are somehow connected, maybe those things in the mist like that tentacle monster are part of some kind of military project."

"You know how outlandish that sounds right?"

"I do actually, I've seen some crazy shit but never anything that crazy. Still, it's kinda hard to come to another conclusion."

"So, you think this ARROWHEAD was a part of some kind of government experiment that makes monsters and mist?" Everyone then turned to Mr. Norton who they were surprised was actually willing to follow any of this.

"Uh, well I mean it wouldn't be the first time the US Military messed with something they really shouldn't."

"So that's why you got angry at that MP earlier?"

"Yeah, I still can't tell if he was lying about not knowing anything."

"Well, if he was lying, then what about those three army guys?"

"Maybe, maybe not, we can figure out how this happened later but right now maybe we should focus on defenses." Dan then quickly cut back into the conversation.

"I got some oil with the mops to have some makeshift torches, but I really don't think relying on fire is going to help us entirely. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but would this store happen to have guns."

"A gun? Please Dan, this is a family store."

"Okay, uh. Ms. Destev! You have a gun right."

"Just call me Destev and yes, I got a gun. But I think you'd all feel safer if someone else had a gun too, right?" Amanda then reached into her purse and pulled out another gun.

"This gun was my husband's idea, he's always away on business trips so he said I shouldn't go anywhere without it."

"You know how to fire that?"

"I fired at a firing ring and hit the target a few times."

"Okay... so we have two guns, does anyone other than Destev know how to fire them? Properly I mean?"

"Should we just give both guns to Destev?" Destev just smiled at Mr. Brown's stupid idea.

"I'm not against that."

"I'll take it, I know how to shoot." Ollie then held out his hands and Amanda gave him the gun as well as the ammo.

"What? Ollie? Give me a break." Mr. Brown looked at Ollie with disappointment, he was quickly proven wrong when Ollie loaded up the gun like a professional.

"I was a target shooting marksman, got all the way up to the state championship back in 1994."

"Damn. Guess you don't know everything huh Bud." Destev then lightly punched Mr. Brown on the shoulder while mocking him. Mr. Brown just remained silent while rubbing his shoulder in pain.

***

One of the people watching the front for the night was looking out through the window of dog food. So far all he could see was just some cars, lights on the lampposts, and more mist. He turned to his left and saw the corpse of the soldiers and nearly gaged at the sight. However soon he noticed that the body was moving and slowly turned toward it while looking in horror. It was moving yet it was obvious that the soldier was dead, it was actually more like there was something on his body that was making him move. The man on watch tried backing up a little to get a better angle on what was moving him only to see something with red fleshy skin eating his crops. It moved to the left allowing the man to see it more clearly, it was some kind of disgusting humanoid monster.

It had crimson blood skin, bulging eyes, a smile like mouth, and an elongated body with fingers. It was chomping on the body but soon it noticed the man and screeched in delight at the sight of him while the man screamed in horror.

"AAAAAAH!" Everyone turned to where the man was only to see the Mimic standing up causing them all to scream in horror.

"Oh my god what is that thing?!"

"Is that one of the monster's they told us about?!"

"Oh my god they're real?!"

"What no it's a trick! It has to be!"

"How the fuck is that a trick?!" Destev and the others ran to the front of the store and saw the Mimic along with everyone else. For the first time since this started Destev was just as shocked as everyone else at the sight of the creature.

"What the hell is that?"

"Oh god, it looks like a human without skin or muscles."

"Hey... are those doors locked?"

"The front doors?"

"Don't look at the doors! Just tell me if they're locked?" Several people who heard Destev ended up looking at the doors out of fear and as they did so too, did the Mimic.

"They're not locked." The mimic then looked back at Destev and its grin-like mouth seemed to widen in joy.

"Fuck." Destev then ran toward the door and the Mimic did the same. Everyone started screaming or was silent with terror as they all watched Destev and the Mimic try to outrun one another. Destev managed to get to the door a second earlier, but the Mimic quickly followed and tried to open the doors while screeching horrifically.

"Argh! Goddamn it! Someone, help me lock the door before this fucker gets in!" David and Dan then went over to Destev and helped her lock the door while the Mimic struggled to open it. Thankfully with their combined strength they were able to stop the Mimic from opening it, so after locking the door they were safe. The three of them backed off while the Mimic continued growling and screeching as it tried but failed to open the door. After a minute or so the Mimic stopped and started screeching in frustration, but then it started looking at everyone and started touching the windows realizing they were glass. The Mimic then seemingly laughed as it formed its hand into a fist and raised it up high.

"Oh fuck, it's going to punch its way through!" It punched the window causing the glass to shake, thankfully not breaking it but it was quite obvious it wouldn't last. The Mimic then punched again and this time the glass started cracking so Destev pulled out her pistol ready to fire once it broke in. Ollie ran beside her and aimed his pistol as well.

"Ollie get back, your pistol won't be able to do shit to a Mimic." Ollie, David, and Dan looked at Destev with disbelief, she named that monster as if she knew exactly what it was. The Mimic then punched the glass again making the crack bigger, it was obvious that one more crack it would break, and the Mimic would get in.

"Everybody, get back!" Most of the store ended up doing what Destev said and backed off while she herself was bracing to shoot the Mimic right in the head once it got in. However, as the Mimic got ready for the fourth punch a large and strange fly landed on its arm. The Mimic calmed down and looked at the Scorpion-Fly in confusion, meanwhile the Scorpion-Fly seemingly looked back with equal curiosity. Suddenly the Scorpion-Fly stung the Mimic's arm causing the Mimic to scream in pain. The Mimic then angrily grabbed the Scorpion-Fly and threw it to the ground, repeatedly stomping on it in anger. The Mimic then looked at its arm and hissed in anger as it swelled up.

The Mimic then bit on its arm causing the swelling to stop and also getting a disgusting liquid and pus to leak out through the bite marks. This caused the swelling to go away and eventually allowed the Mimic's arm, though still injured, to revert back to normal.

"Tch, smart fucker huh?" The Mimic then looked back at the store and was about to continue but another Scorpion-Fly landed on its back making it screech in frustration as it tried to get it off. Then things got worse for the Mimic as more Scorpion-Flies started surrounding the Mimic and started biting and stinging its flesh.

"Woah, now that's some fucked up shit." The Mimic was confused by all the pain and Scorpion Flies that it tried to swing its arms around to kill as many as possible. However, its body was quickly overtaken by Scorpion-Flies and was getting eaten extremely fast. As the Mimic's body started puffing up it fell to the ground and died. Everyone near the front of the store saw it and were completely unsure if they should feel happy that the Mimic is dead or that horrified that those Scorpion-Flies showed up and killed it so quickly.

"Damn, Mimic didn't even stand a chance."

"Destev, what's a Mimic?" Destev then looked at Ollie as she realized that she spilled some classified information, but she remained calm as she was able to think of a good explanation that went with her story.

"Remember when I said I've seen some crazy shit, that Mimic... yeah that would be it."

"What about those bugs? Have you ever seen them before?"

"No, never. They have to be part of this mist." They continued to look at the Scorpion-Flies wondering where they came from and why they were here now.

"Oh god, they're eating the dead soldier too!"

"Fuck... at least they can't break through the glass like the mimics." Since it seemed like the Scorpion-Flies were not an immediate danger everyone got closer to the glass to get a better look at them. Unfortunately, Mrs. Carmody also showed up and despite the bandages on her nose, she started reciting bible quotes about the apocalypse.

Destev just ignored her as she looked at the Scorpion-Flies herself, she noticed their heads were shaped like skulls and they had bulging chameleon-like eyes. It was so strange that the rest of their body was evolved for killing like the stinger, yet the head was just a weird skull with bulging eyes.

"Hm, maybe it has something to do with growing up in the mist. Probably can't see well?"

"Holy shit!" Destev turned to Ollie in confusion, only to see a Pterobuzzard show up and snatch a Scorpion-Fly from the glass. Another showed up and snatched another that was feeding on the Mimic corpse. There were suddenly Pterobuzzard's all over snatching up the Scorpion-Flies and slowly breaking the glass with even more force than the Mimic could.

"Fuck! They are attracted to the light! Turn off the lights!"

"Myron! Turn on the lights!"

"What?! Jim you idiot! Turn them off!"

"Destev! Help us!"

"Ugh, god damn it!" The glass was cracking more and more because of the Pterobuzzard forcefully snatching the Scorpion-Flies. As such David, Dan, Ollie and some others were trying to hold the glass to keep it holding for as long as possible. However, it didn't take long for the glass to break allowing the Scorpion-Flies to start flooding the store. Destev and Ollie quickly backed up and started firing at the flies. Or at least they would have, if the Pterobuzzard didn't start coming in as well. One managed to get in after chasing after a Scorpion-Flies quickly ensuing chaos within the store.

As the flies were coming in some people ran to the back not that it actually did them any good and others grabbed sticks, hammers, and rakes to fight off the Scorpion-Flies. Destev wanted to save her ammo, so she quickly raised her fists and punched every Scorpion-Fly that got too close. Thanks to her strength she was able to kill each one with a single punch, thus getting rid of them was easy. However, another Pterobuzzard crawled in and was clearly glaring at her. Destev backed away and tried to carefully grab her gun which unfortunately aggravated the Pterobuzzard. Destev, on the other hand, proved to be faster and shot the Pterobuzzard twice in the face, killing it instantly.

"Oh my god what the hell is that?!" Destev looked at Amanda confused, then Amanda pointed to the broken window and from it a large blob of flesh started flowing in. Once it landed on the floor arms and legs started growing out of it allowing it to take the form of several human bodies fused forcefully together. It also ended up having several heads inside of its torso with arms reaching out everywhere, even where its head should be. It even had four legs that were made of several different human legs joined together, making it resemble spider legs.

Destev was now horrified for the first time since this whole incident started, not because she was shocked like everyone else, but because she knew exactly what that thought was. It was a Scarlet Sacrificial Chimera, Created by Group of Interest: Children of the Scarlet King. They typically created monsters like this by forcing people to have sex and killing them during it. They then do a ritual that causes their bodies to reanimate and fuse together making a monstrosity. They then repeat the process until they get a monster that's large enough to do what they want.

What a monstrosity like that was doing here was beyond Destev, but she couldn't focus on that right now. What she needed to do was kill it before it started slaughtering people. As it ate people it also ate their souls, Destev wasn't sure but if this Scarlet Chimera was still connected to its master's but if it was then after it devoured enough souls, they would be able to sacrifice it and the souls to summon something much worse. She quickly shot it a few times to get its attention; she then turned to David who was backing away in horror at the sight of the monstrosity.

"David! Burn it! Burn the monster!" David and Amanda quickly got one of the mop torches ready to light, though Amanda was having trouble to light it. Destev growled in frustration as the Scarlet Chimera was getting closer to her. She tried shooting its eyes but every time she did a new eye just grew on a different part of its body. Destev knew she was wasting her time as this creature was given some power from the Abyss, but she didn't know what else to do. Then the biker guy came to the rescue by slicing off one of its arms with his knife; he then stood beside Destev. She was shocked at his bravery but smiled as she found another human worth of respect.

She then grabbed one of the bags on the stack on the wall, raised it up, then slammed it down hard onto the Scarlet Chimera. This unfortunately didn't do much as Scarlet Chimera was still active and thought some of its arms were broken; it just pushed the bag off of itself. Then finally Amanda got the mop on fire, so David ran over to the Scarlet Chimera and quickly started torching it. The Scarlet Chimera quickly started thrashing around while screeching in pain. Thankfully as it was running around while on fire it was scaring away the Scorpion-Flies and Pterobuzzards that weren't dead yet. However, it was quickly starting a mess, as it burned, it started falling apart leaving bits of rotten burning flesh everywhere.

People were screaming in horror and trying but failing to get away from the Scarlet Chimera. One unfortunate soul even got grabbed by the Scarlet Chimera. Ollie shot at the Scarlet Chimera forcing it to let the guy go but they were still on fire and burning like crazy. Finally, the Scarlet Chimera ended up right in front of Billy who was still being held by Hattie. Both of them were silent and horrified by the Scarlet Chimera, however what made Billy scream was when one of the non-flaming hands grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer.

"Mommy doesn't love you... little bitch!" Billy started screaming as the Scarlet Chimera laughed at him and was only seconds from eating him. But then David started hitting it with the broken handle of the mop pushing it back and making it fall apart even more.

"AAARGUH! YOUR WIFE IS DEAD AND BURNING IN HELL YOU DUMB FUCK!" David stopped as he looked at it in shock and stopped hitting but Destev quickly stepped in with an axe tearing it down a lot faster.

"AAHHHGUUUH... You're going to end up like your father... Overdosing and alone! Hahahaha!" Destev then slashes it a few more times with the fire axe killing it finally as what remained of it burned to a crisp. Destev then walked off only to see Mrs. Carmody being confronted by a Scorpion-Fly. Since things were calming down Destev smiled and watched her, watching this bitch get stung and die should lighten my mood, she thought to herself. However, after saying a prayer the Scorpion-Fly left her alone and flew towards Destev instead. Destev frowned, grabbed the Scorpion-Fly in one hand, and the stinger with her other hand. She then ripped the stinger off and crushed the Scorpion-Fly's body, while glaring at Mrs. Carmody.

Destev then went to the front of the store to check up on things and sighed in relief as there were guys putting a board up to stop the Scorpion-Flies form getting in. However, her calm was interrupted when David grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Did we get them all? Are they all dead?!"

"Their gone David, their gone! We did it, they're gone."

"She was right..." David and Destev then turned to see a woman standing next to Mrs. Carmody.

"She was right they came and killed more people just like she said they would. You said we were safe so long as we listened to you, and you were wrong! You both were wro-" Destev then raised her gun and pointed it right at the woman.

"Lady, I already told you I don't give a shit what happens to anyone in this fucking store. Everyone involved in my mission is dead so frankly none of you are my priority anymore. So don't fucking cry to me when some of your dumbass friends die."

"You-" Destev then pointed her gun at Mrs. Carmody.

"You really think I won't? Say something and find out, bitch!" Mrs. Carmody wanted to say something, but she knew that Destev wasn't bluffing so she turned away and remained silent. David and Destev both sighed, David got back to work helping everyone while things were slowly calming down.

***

A few hours had passed and Destev was watching the outside along with Dan and the others. The fact that there were Mimics and Scarlet Chimera wandering the streets was not a good sign, it meant the Foundation was losing control of the area. Though the good news was that there were currently no more anomalous monsters in sight. Nothing familiar or unfamiliar, just gone, so for now they were safe. David then showed up with Ollie so Destev, Dan, Mike, and Mr. Brown all gathered up to talk with him.

"Hey, how are things?"

"The last of the bugs left a while ago. Dawn is coming up. What's on your mind?"

"It's Joe, if we don't get him something soon, he'll die."

"He'll need painkillers at least but all we have is liquor and aspirin. But the pharmacy next door has Silvadene."

"Woah, woah, Woah! Ollie, you can't actually be talking about leaving, can you?"

"We should also think beyond that, we need to get out of here, permanently."

"Why? We got plenty to eat."

"But what about when those things come back, and I mean the strong ones like that Mimic or that... that thing that spoke." Everyone then looked at Destev in confusion.

"What the- why are you guys looking at me? I don't know what it is... It's called a Scarlet Chimera. It's made by a cult."

"... People made that thing?"

"Well, people who are possessed by an ancient evil god of evil, hate, destruction, and sex but yes." Everyone looked at Destev with wide-eyed horror and confusion.

"... What? I thought civilians appreciated it when the government’s honest with them." Destev just sighed at them while they were still processing the horrific nonsense she was saying. However, Amanda ended up breaking the silence as she walked toward them, seeming shaken by something.

"Guys, it's Hattie."

***

Destev actually helped this time with wrapping Hattie's body in carpets and putting her in the back with the others.

"I don't know how long she was laying there like that next to us, I thought she was sleeping."

"She took the coward's way out." Everyone looked at Destev shocked, Amanda in particular glared at her in disappointment. Destev noticed this and just shrugged, David sighed as he was already used to Destev being rude and uncaring about everything.

"Alright look, I got my four-wheel drive, it's out there."

"Wait, you're talking about leaving."

"Well, we should hit the pharmacy first, gotta bring back supplies for the injured. I mean, if we don't Joey is going to die, and we can't let that happen. But after that, my cruiser can hold eight people. I say we drive south as far as the gas can take us. Try to stay clear of this mist." Everyone just looked at David in either silent shock or skepticism.

"That's it? That's the plan?"

"That's what I got."

"Yeah, no offense David but your plan is shit." Amanda just sighed at Destev as she tried to get back into the conversations.

"David, remember what we saw happen to the military outside, they had rifles and explosives, yet even they were wiped out."

"No listen, they were on the street beyond the parking lot. That's over 200 feet. I'm parked half that distance."

"Oh yeah, we can definitely make it there, just ask my buddy whose corpse is currently rotting outside!"

"Besides! Who knows how far this mist has spread! It could be the entire eastern sea border!"

"For all we know it could be the whole damn world. Wouldn't make us any less dead." Everyone remained silent, even Destev she couldn't deny that things weren't good. She even remembered what the soldier said in morse code: Containment failed. Spreading too fast. No Help Coming. Destev always thought the Foundation was humanity's last hope but what happens when even they couldn’t succeed. However, Destev was shot out of her train of thought when Dan started talking again.

"But how would we even make it, we have one gun with... how many rounds?"

"10."

"Okay, 10 rounds. Want another reason to leave? Mrs. Carmody. She's got her very own Jim jones and I'd like to leave before people start drinking the cool aid."

"That's right, the more things fall apart the better she's going to look."

"Ah, no! People won't buy that, she's clearly nuts! Look a few people maybe but-"

"No 4 people, she's preaching to them now and by tomorrow she'll have 4 more. Then when those things come back, and they WILL come back she'll have a whole congregation and then we'll have to worry about who she'll sacrifice to make it all better. Who do you all think she'll pick first?"

"Well, she won't be a problem if she's dead." Everyone looked to Destev as she loaded her gun and smiled at them all. However, she stopped smiling as she continued to remain in awkward silence.

"... Okay never mind! We'll save that as a plan B."

"Destev! You're not killing anyone!" Destev just glared at Amanda while she glared back.

"It's not bad to have that as a plan B though. Especially since David's right." Amanda then looked at Dan in shock while Destev nodded in agreement.

"You don't have that much faith in humanity, do you?"

"None whatsoever."

"Damn right, humans lost their right to have faith in themselves the moment Hitler and Stalin rose to power."

"I don't accept that! And how dare you compare the rest of us to those two monsters! People are basically good! My god we're a civilized society!" Suddenly David cut back into the conversation after Amanda was done talking.

"Well sure as long as the lights are on, and you can call 911 but you take that away, you throw them in the dark, you scare the shit out of them! No more rules! You'll see just how primitive they can get."

"Exactly! You scare people badly enough you can get them to do anything! They'll turn to whoever can come up with a solution regardless of how batshit insane it is." Amanda was getting tired of everyone thinking negatively about humanity to the point they were agreeing with Destev of all people.

"Ollie please, back me up here?"

"I wish I could, but as a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room and we'll start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?" Destev quickly started laughing at what Ollie had said.

"Hahaha! You know the most fucked up part! Humans did all that to keep a natural order! To distract everyone and keep them sane! But it got so ingrained in people that they went insane anyways and started killing each other regardless! Which led to, dramatic pause, Hitler and Stalin!"

"My god you're unbelievable."

"No, it's fucking unbelievable that humanity survived for as long as it did. Be thankful that people like Dan, David, and Ollie have brains. Even if they are a fucking minority." David was starting to get annoyed with Destev as well, so he jumped back into the conversation again.

"Look no one needs to decide anything right now, but first thing is first the pharmacy, that will be our test run." Destev nodded while David left to get ready, Amanda glared at Dan and Destev again before leaving herself. Soon everyone else eventually left as well.

***

Destev was making sure her gun was clean while David and the others got ready. The ones who decided to go were David, the Biker, Ollie, Bobby, Irene, Jim, Myron, Dan, Destev, and Mike. They tried talking Mr. Norton and a few others came but they all refused, though it was for the best; smaller groups travel faster. Once David was done saying goodbye to his son and gave Amanda his car keys, everyone quickly gathered at the front of the store. Unfortunately, Ms. Carmody and her flock were there as well.

"What are you all doing? Especially you David! Are you so impatient to make your son an orphan?!"

"My boy is none of your concern. As for everyone else, listen up! We're going to the pharmacy to get some medical supplies! Also there might be some people over there that need help!" Everyone quickly started panicking and protesting to the very idea of going to the pharmacy.

"People please! We're not going to take any chances! If anything happens, we will come back here right away!"

"Then you'll bring us to the attention of the fiends of hell!"

"She's right, you make them notice us! Why can't you people just leave well enough alone?"

"Lady, is this what you call well enough?"

"Hey look, you wanna stop us, then explain to Bobby why we're not bringing painkillers and medicine for his brother."

"Yeah! I'm going, even if I have to go alone!"

"You'll die out there, young man!"

"Like you give a shit!" Ms. Carmody glared at Destev who smirked at her with a smug expression.

"And you do? The daughter of the devil?"

"I thought I was the devil with an angelic face? Man, you fucking Christians can't make you your minds, can you?" Ms. Carmody, then turned to David again.

"Can't you see she's manipulating? Are you so blind that you would follow her to your death?"

"It was my idea Ms. Carmody."

Then it's your held down pride that will kill all these people and the good people in this store just as this good lady said. Do you all want that to happen?" Everyone started agreeing with Ms. Carmody to which Destev just chuckled to herself as Ms. Carmody kept preaching. However, Destev started laughing when Irene threw a can of peas that hit Ms. Carmody in the forehead.

"Shut up you miserable buzzard!"

"You bitch!" Ms. Carmody tried to run at Irene, but Destev then pushed her away into the wall of dog food to which some of her followers helped her.

"Stoning people is perfectly fine, they do it in the bible don't they?!"

"Haha! I like this lady!" Destev was smiling, while Irene started glaring at her with disappointment.

"I'm glad you find this funny, Ms. Destev. Why don't you lead the way as a showing of appreciation." Destev liked Irene being confident, so she just smiled and bowed.

"Of course." Irene was about to follow but then she noticed Jim standing behind her.

"Jim Brondan. I had you in school, didn't I?"

"Yes ma'am, you taught me and my sister Pauline."

"Hm... A pair of underachievers, why don't you follow right behind Ms. Destev."

"Uh... Yes ma'am." Destev chuckled when she heard that, so she turned around and winked at Jim while he grumbled in annoyance and fear. David was just about to get ready before he looked back at the store and saw the three military men still there.

"Hey! Army boys! Do you wanna help or not?"

"Yeah, I'll go." Jessup followed the group while the two other soldiers tried to stop him but he just took his military coat off for them to keep.

"Alright that's everyone right?!"

"Wait just a second David, hey morons!" Everyone then looked to Destev in confusion.

"When we get back, and we WILL come back! You better not lock the doors on us because if you do, I will break it down and ALL the other windows making sure both we and every other thing in the mist comes in here and kills you all! Got me?" Everyone ended up looking at Destev in horror but also in silence which annoyed her.

"I said get me?!" Soon everyone in the store nodded out of fear, David just grunted as he was getting annoyed at how aggressively dangerous she was. Though thankfully she was done with her speech as she looked at David and nodded to show she was ready.

"Alright, then we're all ready, right? Single file, let's get this over with." David opened the door and Destev walked out into the mist without fear. Though the others followed with more hesitation while looking around hoping not to see any monsters. As they all got out of the store the people still in the store were quickly panicking to close the door. Destev scoffed at them as she kept walking forward to the Pharmacy. Bobby noticed this and grabbed David's shoulder carefully to get his attention.

"How is she so calm? I don't get her."

"Heck, I don't either. She's kinda on the crazy end but thankfully not as far as Ms. Carmody. Hey, turn off that light, lets save the battery." Everyone holding a light turned it off as David said, leaving them blind in the mist. Though with Destev leading the way it wasn't much of a worry, especially since, unknown to them, her sight was enhanced. She was able to see clearly through the mist and could even hear vibrations clearly allowing her to tell what was in front of her. As such they were able to get to the pharmacy in a quick and orderly manner. However, upon getting to the pharmacy Destev and David quickly noticed that the front door was open, and the inside was barren.

"Fuck, they left the door open!"

"You think something got in?"

"No, I think several things got in. The question is, are they still here?" David walked up to the comics and took a few for his son.

"Let's just get what we need and get out of here."

"Okay, the medicine is over there." Irene led the way to the medicine and the group followed as quietly as they could. However, halfway Jim ended up hitting a metal shelf with his crowbar.

"Don't do that!"

"Sorry!" Destev grunted at Jim, but she continued to where the meds were and jumped over the counter to get to the meds.

"What are we looking for?" Ollie started naming drugs they needed, though as he started listing them, he was getting loud.

"Sssh!"

"Sorry, check the fridge, it should have more advanced anti-biotics, the one Bobby's brother needs." David went to the fridge to check while Destev kept to the very back to look for other medicine they might need. She had trouble recognizing most of it as she was more used to Foundation medicine which was more complex and less numerous as regular medicine. She ended up mostly just grabbing whatever could be best presented as medicine.

"Hey guys?" Everyone then turned to Dan in confusion, he was far away from them which made Destev worry since he was close to a part of the pharmacy they hadn't checked yet.

"Hurry it up, I hear something." David and Ollie quickly but carefully ran up to Irene to give her the bags while Destev ran to her side while carrying her own bag.

"What?"

"I don't know, something fucking weird."

"What are you doing?! Get away from there and come here!"

"Sssh!"

"God damn it, seriously, come back. We got the drugs, let's just leave already!"

"Okay, sorry you're right let's go." Dan and Jim were about to head back but suddenly they heard a little girl crying. Everyone felt chills up their spine as they heard her walking toward them. Destev got out her pistol and so did Ollie as the two of them quietly went to Dan and Jim to see what was heading towards them. Sure, enough it actually was a little girl walking toward them, she was wearing a white nightgown covered in blood and her hair was long and black covering her face. Once she noticed them, she ran back into the darkness. Destev, Dan, and Ollie knew better than to follow her but Jim ran after her forcing them to follow to stop him.

"Hey kid, get back here!"

"Jim you idiot! Get back here!" They ran only a short while before Jim stopped after losing the girl. Once they did, Dan smacked Jim on the back of the head.

"What is wrong with you!"

"But- But she was a little girl! We couldn't just leave her!"

"You moron! We're in unknown territory! You could have led us all into a trap!"

"Oh come on I... I... Oh god..."

"What?" Jim pointed up to show Dan, Ollie, and Destev all the bodies in the ceiling all of which were covered in thick spider webbing. Jim was panicking, which was quickly annoying Destev. She knew they had to get out of there, so she was about to grab him by the collar of his shirt and drag him out. However, one of the bodies grabbed him making him scream in terror, David then showed up and saw the man was the MP from earlier.

"Help... me..."

"Fuck! Help me get him down!"

"Screw him David, let's get out of here!"

"No, we need to save him and get answers!" Destev grunted and helped David trying to tear the guy down, but the spider silk was strong. Jessup showed up with his knife to help cut off the spider silk, but it was so strong and so sticky that even a knife couldn't cut it all.

"I'm sorry! It's all our fault! It's all our fault!" Destev looked at the MP in shock and grabbed him by the throat in anger.

"What are you talking about?! You said you knew nothing!"

"I lied, I'm sorry! I thought they would kill me if I told the Foundation! They wanted what you had!"

"What?! What did they want?!"

"The- The power! The power to go to other worlds! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have helped keep it a secret! I'm so sorry! Augh!" Suddenly the MP started seizing like crazy forcing David, Jessup, Destev, and the others to back away from him.

"Oh god, I can feel them! I can feel all of them!" The MP ripped open his shirt to show the thousands of spider eggs pulsating right underneath his skin. Destev was grossed out while everyone else was horrified. Suddenly the little girl showed up again, only she wasn't alone as other people started showing up. David and the others were confused but now Destev was the one horrified. The little girl pushed the hair off her face to show she had strange symbols engraved on her skin similar to the other people. Destev recognized those symbols and knew it only meant one thing.

"Sarkites!" One of the Sarkites screeched at her so she shot them in the face. The little girl ran up to her and grabbed her leg trying to stop her while another Sarkite grabbed her hand to keep her from firing the gun. Ollie tried to help but suddenly the Grey Widowers started showing up everywhere forcing Ollie to try to shoot as many of them as possible. David was about to help but then a Grew Widower shot some silk at him, it quickly landed on the floor and started burning like acid.

"Don't touch the webs! They burn!" Destv heard this right on time as a Grey Widower on the ceiling saw her and shot a strand of silk at her. She quickly kicked her leg up forcing the little Sarkic girl to take the shot. The man grabbing her hand must have been the father because he started screeching in anger at the sight. Destev used the opportunity to get her arm out of his grasp, slap him across the face with her pistol, and finally shot him with it. The little girl ended up surviving the silk burns on her back and started crawling on the walls like a spider alongside the Grey Widowers. The father survived as well despite being shot in the heart, crawling into the darkness of the pharmacy.

David saw this and knew that now wasn't the time to make decisions on common sense. So, when he saw the little girl crawling on the ceiling he raised his axe and stabbed it into her back making her screech in pain again and climb deeper into the nest. Suddenly another Sarkite got on top of David and started scratching him, but Bobby stabbed the Sarkite in the face with his makeshift spear.

"Gaaah! What the fuck is wrong with these people?!" Another Sarkite showed up and pushed Bobby over one of the counters causing a bunch of Grey Widowers to surround him and start eating him alive. David was horrified by Bobby's screams but soon they were drowned out by the MP's screams as he started tearing out of the webs in pain. He suddenly fell to the ground and his body fell apart, releasing hundreds of baby Grey Widowers into the Pharmacy. Jim screamed like a maniac as Destev grabbed him and David to run. Mike tried to follow but one of the Sarkites grabbed him, bit his face off and threw him to the Grey Widower babies to eat.

Destev wanted to shoot him in the face, but the Grey Widowers kept firing acid silk at them, so she had to keep dodging them. The best she ended up doing was shooting him in the leg at least keeping him from following them. However, as they got to the front of the store the little Sarkic girl was back, now covered with strong Grey Widower silk and having two large Grey Widower standing beside her. Thankfully Irene stepped forward in time with a can of hairspray and a lighter allowing her to burn the girl and the two spiders. The three of them screeched in pain as they ran around slowly setting everything on fire.

The growing fire provided just enough of a distraction on the remaining Sarkites and Grey Widowers allowing the group to escape. However, once they make it to the entrance there is a massive Gray Widower there waiting for them. Ollie ran out of ammo, so Destev stepped forward to shoot it with her last shot but even with half its face blown off it glared at her in anger. Thankfully Dan charged forward with a pike and stabbed it into the Grey Widower's head still not killing it but allowing him to lift it up and throw it far away.

"Ugh! Damn fuckers!" Everyone then ran back to the market as the last two Sarkites and their army of Grey Widower's ran out of the pharmacy after them. Though they stopped halfway to glare at them and then back at the pharmacy which was still burning. Destev looked back to see the Sarkites and Grey Widower's going back in to save what they could. She sighed in relief as she led the group the best she could back to the store.

***

Once they got in Myron and the others were quick to open the doors and get them all in. Jim immediately fell to the ground and started crying, David went to his son, and Destev just stood beside the glass and took a breath. She looked out the glass to be sure the Sarkites didn't follow them.

They were safe but this was still bad, the Foundation had lost control and most likely so did its allies. Now the Cults of the world and other hostile Groups of Interest were rising up from the shadows and taking control of a new blind world. Destev let herself slide down and curl up into a ball, for the first time in her life, her faith in the Foundation was starting to break.

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