Chapter 5 Activating Combat Mode

• Ethan's eyes dilated and his heart throbbed as he thought of his two friends whilst she was talking.
• "...there is no need for you to go in and you should be thinking of joining us in gathering the crop produce from all six districts, Ethan. At least you are going to stand a chance of feeding more better than the others here because you are working for the government. Besides my mom is part of the governing body of Lysbia, we therefore have immunity, though not because she is a parrhesia-dauntless but that we are playing a major role in the food business." She gasped after she was done talking, believing she has convinced him enough with such detailed explanation.
• "What about the little children they promised to take into the capitol hill should they be able to pass the awakening process? Or are you trying to tell me that the test they promised they were going to run in D.C. united was all a lie?" He asked with a puzzled look on his face.
• "Look, Ethan, believe it or not, but then, when the government tells you to stay put that everything is under control, that is when you should run. Go in there at your own risk and see for yourself." She dared him.
• "How do you even get to know so much?" He asked doubtfully.
• "My mom never spoke to us in person, I don't know why but she left us a written note to let us know as much as she could tell of what's going on inside those walls. I like you already from the moment I saw you, I wouldn't want to stop seeing your face around." Isabell Wells said conclusively and got up to attend to incoming customers, leaving him to ponder on the things she said.
• Terranova: "didn't I tell you she likes you?" The systems voice brought him back from wallowing in his thoughts.
• Sigh* "enough already. I'm out of here." Ethan mumbled, wiped his lips with the serviette on his tray and left the eatery without saying goodbye to isabella. She was busy afterall.
• Piercing alarm blaring//Commotion// entire district in trepidation*
• Ethan's body quivered in a split second immediately he heard the city alarm which reminded him that it was time to find a hiding place because the bioactivated killer beasts were about to be unleashed. It usually takes five minutes from the time the alarm blared before the beasts get to district five where Ethan lives. Luckily for him, he was in his street, he swiftly initiated a sprint towards sharon apartment because he did not see a need to use a taxi from Deer Creek Diner which was five blocks away.
• "Ethan, hurry up!" Sissy exclaimed from her second-floor window in Sharon's apartment building the moment she witnessed Ethan sprinting amidst the tumultuous crowd, darting haphazardly in a state of chaos and confusion. Ethan at first did not quickly savvy why Sissy was that loud until he approached the front entrance only to discover that the gate leading to the staircase has been shut by two male sheriffs and behind them was the landlady.
• "Where do you think you are going to? You either pay up your rent or die out there!" The landlady ranted, her hands on her waist and a puffed up gesture, she never listened to anyone inside the building though they immediately started pleading on Ethan's behalf.
• "C'mon Valerie, I have the money. Open up men!" Ethan pleaded urgently, his voice quivering and his hands trembling as he desperately shook the gate.
• Ghrrrrrrrrhnnn!!! Came a deep, guttural growl accompanied by bared teeth that resonates with power and intimidation, indicating aggression and hostility. Ethan stood still instantly, even as the eyes of the people before him dilated. He came to the brink of infinite awareness that a beast was behind him. He slowly turned around to face the beast: a terrifying object of true horror, standing at least 10 feet tall and weighing several tons. That was his very first time coming face to face with this monstrous beast.
• Terranova: [threat detected....]
• [Assembling aggressiveness]
• [Activating combat mood]
• "No, Terra! What are you saying? There's no way I am fighting this thing!"
• [Initializing pro-activeness]
• "Ethan, run!" Sissy and the majority of the neighbors raised their voices, but Ethan found himself unable to move as he entered a dormant state due to ongoing internal system operations.
• ...Terra I need to run, what are you doing to me?... Ethan vocalized his thoughts internally, refraining from uttering any words aloud to prevent appearing as someone who had lost their sanity upon nearing the brink of death. Ethan fixed his eyes on this beast bearing the scars of augmentation, sinewy muscles intertwine with gleaming metallic sinews, enhancing its strength and endurance to unprecedented levels. Jagged, razor-sharp spines protrude from its spine, creating a menacing silhouette that casts long shadows in its showing up as the daylight dims.
• [Initialization complete]
• [Host malevolent; unleash now]
• Terranova: "Ethan clench fist now!"
• The minute Ethan heard the resurgent system's command, he responded without questioning it and suddenly became one with the system at will. Ethan could feel his arms energized with unusual strength he could tell it was no ordinary flesh as usual. Instantly, fear was absent from within him as he charged towards the beast in the same moment it sprinted towards him for to launch an attack. The beast roared revealing its fangs while stretching forth it's claws, echoing through the air, striking fear into the hearts of those who beheld the scene of combat. It soon appears even when the unparalleled aggressive and savagery blow from Ethan's sudden iron fist smashed this fearsome beast to the ground, striking its fangs, causing them to be firmly embedded in the ground. Ethan then leaped, mounting on the head of the beast stoutly and intrepidly, ready to strike its head when it swiftly lifted its razor-sharp and pointed tail, powered by its lookalike spine and pierced through Ethan's left arm, the severity of his injury caused his blood to gush out uncontrollably.
• [Host incapacitated, revamping... ...failed sequence... The host is unable to function... Shutting down...]
• Ethan tumbled from atop the creature as his gaze faded, and the beast yanked its tail away from his left arm. The creature persisted in its attempts to extract its fangs from the earth while vigorously shaking itself.