Shattering Humanity-Chapter 450: "Isn’t He Supposed To Be Your Friend Too?!"

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work."

I said to myself, "This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals."

For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile. All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth? I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?’ -Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

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[Tomodachi Town]

SeiõrSnow continues to fall from the partly cloudy sky above the current island theater.

Clearly the area of the island where higher class homes were built nearest to the beach.

Confidently walking around the meteor and giant Iceman damaged residential Northern part to the quiet, ghost beach town are Saku, Laban(with her Eyelien at 2nd Stage, grey aura), behind them is Aiden, Xaaydagaay, and the company mascot, Friend.

As they head East towards the island’s center, Laban’s symbiote ability is currently keeping the scavenging group clear of any threats, she is halfway done with the current blunt hanging out her mouth.

With no signs of enemies, Friend and Xaaydagaay go around sniffing whatever catches their interest.

Walking in step next to her, the selected Yin Vessel looks at his faithful female follower before they all cross a street.

Saku: "How are we looking?"

Laban DaeMon: "There are a few Fed units staying on the beach to the South while most of those bootlickers that are on search teams have gone North.

Seems like that guy who wants my head is killing them in Herfjötur’s Seiõr grown forest."

Alone, at the back of the small traveling pack, Aiden is wearing a hiking backpack trying to spot something.

The five Takamagahara members move across the road together towards the empty parking lot of a giant shopping center.

Being the "leader" of the group, Friend sniffs at a patch of crabgrass. His curious new sidekick, Xaaydagaay, gets down on hands and knees to sniff the same shrub.

The orca’s tail hanging out of her custom stitched sweatpants wags just like Friend’s fluffy doggy one.

Saku: "Friend!

Xaay!

Come on!"

Both animal minds rush back to the front a few yards ahead of the pack.

Saku smiles at the easily budding beastly buddies as his DaeMon partner takes out her smoking apparatus and holds it out to her "God".

Saku takes it and inhales, exhaling out his nose as he hands it back between pinched fingers.

Her smokey grey aura from her alien symbiote turns pink and the love stricken witch doesn’t use her hand to take it back, but bends, kissing his hand before taking it with her moistened lips. Saku, unaffected by the otherwise adorable and "corny" sign of affection rolls his eyes at the sign of worship while behind them, the less popular Aiden blushes.

Once Laban’s head snaps back to leer at the "nerd", her grey aura returns, and the large backpack wearer tries to act like he wasn’t watching while whistling.

Laban DaeMon: "Do you know exactly what you want from here, Dr. Third Wheel?

Like I’ve said, it has been mostly ransacked by the original mountain survivors."

Aiden: "Uh, ye...Yea."

Trying to play off being the odd one out of the delinquent bunch, the genius chuckles.

Aiden: "Hehe, if it has been that’s a plus.

I mostly want to dismantle some of the stock shelves in there, along with some other things that weren’t sold inside the mountains.

I’m hoping, since we weren’t allowed to purchase most soldering or welding equipment in there, there could be a stockpile of otherwise ’useless’ apocalyptic supplies I could probably find use for."

Quietly appreciating his rival’s division member, Saku smirks with his back turned, but Laban rolls her eyes at the reasonable response.

Making the two human men and the DaeMon woman jump are the barks from first Friend and then Xaaydagaay.

Coming from around the same building is a single wild Iceman.

With no intentions of attacking the animals, the solo alien walks away from them until it spots the humans.

It charges directly for them and Aiden crouches in fear behind his body guards.

With no SunSwords available, Saku’s Anjell Eye activates, his unique Yin aura spills out, and in an instant the ice monster *POPS* out of existence.

With the coast clear, Saku deactivates his blessed symbiote and takes a deep breath of relief.

Having not flinched, Laban exhales her own puff of smoke.

Laban DaeMon: "Sorry Saki, I was focused more on what those Feds were up to, I didn’t think there were..."

She suddenly thinks about something and then she sees something else with her Nye-omnipotency ability.

Not upset with her, Saku taps on the still cowering Aiden’s shoulder.

Saku: "Let’s go, Nerd.

Why do you think we didn’t take any SunSwords with us?

I can send any threats I want to those beaches where those assholes are."

Looking around before returning upright, the genius apologizes before they return on their mission.

Laban’s eyes narrow, keeping something to herself.

Saku: "Friend!

Xaaydagaay!"

His beast minded sidekicks come rushing over and walk with their Master into the broken windowed establishment.

Inside there are clear signs of not only hysterical looting, but also dried blood close to picked clean human bones reveal a chase, struggle, and successful kill.

Overturned shopping carts, discarded clothes, trampled on food boxes strewn on the dusty, unpolished tile floor, and bat dented cash registers.

At the entrance, a ceiling light is barely hanging from one cord as the entering group avoids walking underneath it.

Noticing Laban currently focused on whatever her Eyelien is showing her, Saku decides not to distract her and activates his Anjell Eye once again, same Yin aura.

After a quick check he deactivates it, making his black with a white streak aura simmer out.

Saku: "Okay, we should be good. Looks like there are no Icemen in here, and none are close enough to worry about."

Laban DaeMon(mumbling): "*grumble* *grumble*...Yang Vessel... *grumble*"

Saku: "Huh?"

Laban DaeMon: "Nothing, my Saki.

Just talking to myself."

With both a skeptical side eye AND raised eyebrow, Saku decides to let his faithful ally’s current attitude slide without pressing her.

He turns to Aiden and points at the same watch he was given inside the Sister Mountains.

Saku: "You have 30 minutes, Nerd. We’ll meet back here then, and if you aren’t back, we’re leaving you."

Aiden nods and makes his way, walking over and around the mess that has been left.

Laban takes the small roach of a blunt she has left and flicks it to the ground, stomping it out.

Laban DaeMon: "The fire alarms probably still work in this shit hole." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Saku: "Good call."

With a whole new sniffable area to discover, both Friend and Xaaydagaay start their own investigating while staying in close proximity of Saku and Laban DaeMon.

Instead of following the same isle path as the wondering brainiac, the two delinquents take a right a walk passed the automatic checkout area.

More blood streaks, destroyed racks of candy, as well as other "last minute items" are stepped on.

Moving on they get to the superstore’s pharmacy.

The overhead cage separating the two sides of the counter has been previously cut through with power tools.

Full and empty prescription bottles are littered on the counter and on the floor.

As they pass by Laban squats down and reads the prescription labal.

Laban DaeMon: "Hm..."

She casually twists open the white lid to the orange bottle and pops three pulls of whatever was inside.

She looks at Saku and with a rattle, holds it up to him in a display of thoughtful offering.

Laban DaeMon: "...Amphetamines?"

Saku(shakes head): "Nah, I’m good."

The DaeMon druggie shrugs off the rejection and pockets the rest of the ADHD/ADD medicine.

Passing by the orthopedic section of the store, boots/shoes, foot medications/powders and gel inserts line the shelves.

Approaching the sneaker section both Saku and Laban look at the wall displays that survived the past three years.

Laban’s eyes widen as she spots something in the superstore and she rushes over to a wall of shoes displays. Various stylish, colorful, basketball sneakers, all size 9, are either on the ground or still sitting on small glass shelves.

Grabbing the single display shoe she examines it and grins from ear to ear while looking at her Saki.

Saku: "What?

Why are you looking at me like a dork?"

She holds out and reveals the black high ankle sneaker, but the simplistic design has a familiar white streak starting at the toe all the way up the center to the top of the tongue to the footwear.

Laban DaeMon: "Can we get these as matching shoes, Saki?

Please, please, pleeeeeaaaaassseee!"

Lightly blushing and not making eye contact with her, Saku turns his nose up.

Saku: "What the Hell are you prattling on about?

If you can find a pair for yourself go ahead, but I don’t need new shoes yet."

The love smitten, unnaturally born woman puffs her cheeks in adorable frustration, and Saku finally sympathizes with her.

Saku(sighs): "Fine, if you can find a size-"

Laban DaeMon: "11!

I know all your unique sizes all over your body, my Saki."

The lustful lady’s eyes begin wondering lower until the emotionally coy young man puts a hand over her face.

Saku: "Alright, I get it!

Just, go check the back stock while I transmit bags of dog treats back to the Ganji stockpile for Friend and Xaaydagaay."

With an excited smile she does as she’s told and with a hop, the love cursed DaeMon scurries over to the doorway to the back stock where all the actual pairs are kept.

Looking over at his two trust companions, he shakes his head with a chuckle.

Saku: "Well Xaay, if you like Friend’s dog food you’re probably gonna love the treats he likes too."

Xaaydagaay: "*click!* *click!* *purrrr!*

*Rrrrruff!*"

Saku: "I’ll take that as an enthusiastic yes."

Before he can take two more steps their is a sudden large crashing noise and from somewhere inside the abandoned store, something crashes down through the ceiling.

Saku: "What was that!?"

Both Friend and Xaaydagaay begin barking in the direction and with a new pair of kicks on her feet, Laban comes running from the stockroom.

Laban DaeMon: "What the fuck was that?!"

Aiden: "Ahhhhhhh!"

Saku’s expression goes directly to fear and he activates his Anjell Eye, a Yin aura.

Saku: "Shit!

God damnit, Katsu!

Isn’t he supposed to be your friend too?!"

The blessed Yin Vessel begins charging towards the direction of the yelling nerd. His possé follows as another crash comes through the building rooftop, as a "blue missile" into the smoke and dust filled superstore.