Earth Warriors (Undergoing Revision)

Chapter 38 - Souls Set Ablaze

At the same time as the mission starts, there is a handful of things going around in the enclosed cart holding the governor. Inside the cart, it's a large room holding some newspapers of current events, as well as some canisters for Zlocan weaponry. Outside the room, there are four Zlocan guards, with two being males, and another two being females. All of them observe the long hallway divided into concrete walls, with several interconnecting hallways that lead to other rooms, each carrying enough gear and supplies when they need some rest after a long night. Others carrying weapons, supplies like oil canisters and such. At the end of the hallway is a door, the only door that is available for two of the four hallways.

As for the room itself, it's highly lit, with fluorescent lights, illuminating a large room with a very large table. There are eight chairs, with a large screen and a podium at the end of the room. There is a handful of personnel inside as well, seven humans to be exact, with one being none other than Jason Garreth himself. He is accompanied by men with crosses as tattoos in their arms, one even having the black sun in the neck. Another figure, sticking to a dark corner has masculine figure in it, wearing what looks like a long and black trenchcoat with dark shades. The figure has short brown hair, sticking to single strands as if it's parted in the middle, as well as fully bearded. There is a pistol resting on his waist, with a knife on the other side.

As for the center of the room, is a man held captive in what looks like a box, with glass windows. He is in rags, with wounds and bruises all over him, even showing a few cuts and deep scars. Blood drips out of the corner of his mouth, staining the cloth he has in his mouth. With graying short hair and collared shirt, Joseph Seung's fortunes have never been that unlucky for him.

One of the guards tap into the box, as he raises his head to look at the one attending him. The guards has a smirk on his face as he holds a machete.

"Hey Jason, Mr Chink is awake!" he exclaims as he laughs.

"Keep barking..." Seung whispers with all the strength he has while breathing slowly. Jason walks near the box as he inspects every aspect of him.

"Unfortunate, unfortunate," Jason mutters, staring at Joseph through the box. "This is unfortunate, Joseph. I thought you were more than this. I tried to give you a chance to become a person of my own, but you had to mess it up." He exclaims.

"Because I refused to sell out to you...?" Seung mutters as much as he can.

"Yes, because you refuse to do anything that benefits me. All of your kind are nothing but backstabbing simpletons, and you had the wrong time to be one benefitting the traitors.  I should have expected this from you, Joseph," he says as he unfolds his arms, gaining a grip on his fists.

"But! I have a place for you as well!" Jason exclaims as he taps on the glass, gaining a smirk from the guard holding the machete in front.

"I can make this quick for you, if you know what I mean. I can make you a part of the propaganda purpose for the Zlocu, where you will show everyone their greatness and how they're the true saviors of Humanity, especially us. You would be an asset to our cause, Joseph. A lot of people here are afraid of the threat of the enemy, and we could use someone like you to quell those fears, right?" he asks.

"What's in it for me...?" Seung asks.

"You live," Jason says before pointing his fist to his arms crossed. "And you will serve our cause. Understand?"

"You expect me to side with you and your kind?" Seung grumbles, to which Jason chuckles.

"We're not all bad, you know! In fact, we're on the same side, aren't we? You're just a small fish, but with our help, you can become a larger fish in the pond!"