Chapter 90 - Eiji POV Black Rain (Pt.1) (1/2)

Eiji stumbled groggily to his feet. His ears buzzed with an unnatural drone, pressing into his temples with bearable pain.

An astringent stink of an unexplainable kind overpowered his senses that caused him to wobble on the spot.

He felt feverish from the sudden rush of hot and cold chills over his body. He hugged his arms to retain his heat. He glanced about to check on the others.

Tyne was sprawled on the ground near his feet. Unharmed on the surface and unconscious.

”Kei!” Sean wailed on the other side of him.

He crouched low, hugging to the good part of his damaged arm. He was shivering; skin clammy and his body going through irregular spasms.

Eiji stood and stared at him. His mind still processing the fact.

”Sean!” He dropped to his knees before him when he realized the damage.

”No... Kei... Find him!” Sean pleaded. His face streaked with tears and soot.

”Your arm?” Eiji gasped at the sight of Sean's forearm pustulating and blistering.  His shirt had been burned into his skin, so it was impossible to remove the material without causing further damage.

”For…get me. Kei!” Sean pleaded. ”Please!”

Eiji nodded and stood to check the fields behind them.

His heart paused; breath suspended in his throat as he saw burnt fields levelled and still smoking.  The ground was unnaturally desecrated into soot and ash. Warped and misshapen tree corpses ran down towards Hiroshima City.

His heart resumed an uneven pace, along with a shortness of breath at the sight of the city.

”It can't be.” He gasped at the smoking, almost indistinct distant view of what should be Hiroshima.

It was gone?  No! That was impossible!

”Eiji?” Tyne groaned as he stirred to consciousness and wobbled to his feet.

”Sean!” He reacted to the sight of the man's third degree burns that was still burning by the pustulation of the exposed skin area.

”KEI!” Sean continued to cry pitifully and in pain.

Tyne frowned, confused. His heart raced erratically, unsure what was going on. He stood to see what was keeping Eiji rooted in place.