Disturbance

For ten minutes, Liam-31 ran as fast as he could to discover the location of where the scream he had heard came from.

In a city as ruinous as the one he was currently in, a group of people who somehow were surviving here was unlikely, as most common people do not have the resources or weapons to defend themselves against the creatures. 

Looking up to the sky after running for ten minutes, he had noticed smoke rising from the sky west of his position, which led to a group of homes lined up row by row. 

Liam-31 had to expect the worst, as another blood curdling scream echoed through the city.

In two minutes he met himself at the front of the houses, with no signs of people around. The trail of smoke began to disappear into the sky, as Liam-31 went to search around for survivors from whatever creature had attacked them. 

Entering into the households of the neighborhood, he noticed that they were not destroyed, the items in the house out of place, rather that they were clean, as though people were still living inside of them. There were still no signs of human life to be found, but it was clear that the people who had lived here were there for quite some time.

It wasn't until the next house he entered did he discover what had happened.

As Liam-31 opened the door to the entrance of the house, he was met with terrible amounts of blood lining the walls, as the dead bodies of two people sat leaning against them, their stomachs ripped open, revealing the horrible mess of whatever creature decided to make them their meal.

It was a horrible sight, their guts scattered across their lap, as their blood leaked from their stomach, still fresh.

Going up the stairs of the house, Liam-31 was met with another dead body, laying on the floor of a room as a massive puddle of blood pooled around them. Knowing that the creature could still be found in the area due to the recent screams, Liam-31 cocked his shotgun as he prepared to enter into the next home.

Slowly opening the door, he could see the faint hint of light from the room upstairs, as the room he had entered was dark, as the furniture was tossed around and destroyed. 

Each step he took creaked as he made his way up the stairs, finding the location of the light source, he entered one of the rooms upstairs, as he was met with a hopeful discovery.

A survivor, breathing heavily as blood dripped from their body.

"Are you okay?" Liam-31 approached the survivor, a man, around the age of 50, who stared down at the floor unresponsive, until he finally looked up towards Liam-31 with stress in his eyes.

"He... threw me against the wall, he was trying to get... my wife, who was trying to run away... she's dead..." He said, his heavy voice stopping him from being able to talk correctly.

"What was it that attacked you?" Liam-31 asked the man.

"One... of us." The man said with disbelief, Liam-31 could notice his eyes twitching.

"What do you mean?" Liam-31 questioned the man.

"He... joined our group three days ago, he looked beaten... and bloody. We fed and tended to his injuries... he was just another survivor in our eyes... we should have known, I, should have known." The man said with desperation, coughing up blood as Liam-31 supported his body.

"Are they still here?" Liam-31 asked the man, before another scream could be heard outside the house, seemingly only a short distance away.

Grabbing Liam-31's hand, the man, who looked as though he would die any moment now, looked him straight in the eye.

"Please... save my people from that thing. A terror... unimaginable... this world... has become... hell..." The man spoke his last words, as his eyes curled into his head, his grip on Liam-31's hand coming loose, his lifeless hands falling to the floor. 

Pushing the man's body against the wall, Liam-31 stood up from the ground, his heart beating a thousand miles as his breath began to waver his ability to think."Sanity levels increasing. Rest is recommended." ANTI urged Liam-31.

"Not right now." Liam-31 responded, as he heard another scream, this time coming from the house straight across from him.

Like a cheetah chasing its prey, Liam-31 sprinted towards the house. He barged open the door with the stock of his shotgun, as he aimed around the house, which was completely destroyed, blood everywhere as the bodies of three people were scattered around the room.

Liam-31 did not have time to grieve their loss as he continued his way up the stairs, the sound of screaming louder and louder as he prepared to push into the locked door.

With all his might, Liam-31 kicked the door, ripping it from the door frame as it crashed down, leaving Liam-31 with the sight of a man's stomach being torn to shreds, and the body of the man who was to blame.

The man, whose body was covered in blood, turned around to face Liam-31, as he saw the uncanny face of something that was not human. 

The creature roared with killing intent, as it lunged forward, its left hand transforming into a blade, thrusting upwards towards Liam-31's stomach.