MLPH C3, P3- "The Truth"

"The Truth" is the third Part of "Miracula Luxia: Patient Hope" 's Chapter III. It was released 31.05.2020.
== Plot ==
Jared and John meet the person who is the reason why all of the undead have swarmed the world and are trying to kill its residents.
In order to make the world a safer place, they have to defeat him. However, this will prove to be a dangerous (as well as very tedious) task for both of them.
Whether they will survive their meeting with the maddened Professor or not... is left within their hands.
== Story ==
Jared looks at the professor angrily.
"What are you doing?! There are undead out there. We are just trying to help you folks survive! Release us right this instant!"
The professor laughs maniacally and shakes his head.
"No. You're too dangerous to be left alive."- He says- "Not after what you've done to my dear children."
Jared raises his eyebrow.
"Children? Were some of those undead up there your children. Or... "
The professor stops him.
"No, you fool! All of the undead are my children! And you are slaying them! You heartless monster!"
Jared gasps.
"So you are the one who is behind the attacks of the undead hordes. You are the one who is commanding them!"
The professor grins as he realizes that Jared has found out who he really is.
"Yes. That's right! I am the one who is behind those attacks!"
"Why?"- Jared asks him- "Why are you doing this?!"
The professor smiles.
"Why, the reason for my motives is very simple. There are way too many people in the world. There is a lot of danger. And that is why people like me think of different ways on how to make the world's population less than usual. We cleanse the world from the trash that is known as the human race. Only the worthy remain. The rest will die and join my endless horde of ravenous undead!"
Jared shakes his head angrily.
"How could you even say that? Every life in this world matters a lot. And you are slowly taking them all away. Don't you have any shame?! Don't you realize that people have families that they need to protect? And don't you know what you are doing right now is not right?!"
The professor shakes his head.
"People made fun of me. They forced me to run away. They laughed as I fled into those sewers. And now I laugh as they run away from me and my children!"
Jared shakes his head.
"Well, it might have been some people, but what did everyone else do to you? Why do you want to hurt everyone?!"
"Because they all must suffer in some way. And I think that there is no better way than an invasion of undead."
He turns around.
"But there is not time left for me to talk to you. It's quite nice, but I have to move on with accomplishing my ultimate goal- defeating all of the fools who wronged me one year ago."
"In the meantime... "- He turns to his assistant, the same man who knocked both Jared and John unconscious and brought them here- "Could you please show our dear guests how their lives will end?"
The man nods.
"Yes, sir."- He says and opens a nearby door, releasing a single zombie.
As the undead slowly shambles towards Jared and an unconscious John, the professor and his assistant watch silently.
After a few moments, they get bored and decide to leave the zombie to decide the two boys' fate.
"Come on, John! Wake up!"- Jared tries to wake up his friend as the zombie slowly gets closer and closer to them, ready to feast on their flesh.
Realizing that John is not going to wake up soon, Jared decides to take this matter in his own hands. He tries to find a weapon to free himself and protect his friend from the undead being that is trying to kill them.
Just as the zombie is about to attack, Jared manages to find a rusty knife on the ground.
"This will work!"- He says and tries to reach for it.
His fingertips are close to the knife's handle, but not close enough for him to be able to grab it.
The zombie bends and growls as it looks at John.
"No!"- Jared yells and quickly grabs the knife.
Without wasting any more time, he rapidly cuts the ropes that tie both of them.
As John falls on the ground, Jared approaches the zombie and attacks it. After a few moments of struggling against it, he manages to stab it in the head, putting it down for good.
That is the moment when John finally wakes up.
"Oh man."- He says- "What... what happened?"
Jared shakes his head as he looks around.
"Some crazy professor captured us and left us to die down here."
John raises his eyebrow.
"You mean Professor Baltimore? He's one of the smartest people in this country! He told us that he's going to develop a vaccine against the zombie virus, but disappeared not long after that."
He looks around and sees what is really happening in this hidden laboratory.
There are vats which contain "living" zombies within them, as well as a wide variety of chemistry equipment, intended to research the zombie virus and help its spread among the civilians.
"So this is what he's been up to."- John says- "Dirty traitor."
Jared nods.
"Yes and he wanted to kill us, because we were a threat to him."
John raises his eyebrow.
"It looks like our recent good deeds have affected the undead count in the city and that's why he wanted us gone."- Jared continues.
"With us gone, he can continue wrecking havoc among the living and scare them away from the city. And slowly make them less and less."
John sighs.
"It's a shame that we have to deal with him. He used to be such a nice person. How unfortunate that he went mad after he was treated badly by everyone in the town."
He grabs his gun from a nearby desk and tosses Jared another one.
"Come on. Let's help those innocents out and hunt this dirty worm!"
Jared nods and leaves with his friend.
Just as they leave the lab, a mechanical voice pierces the darkness:
"Prisoners have escaped! Self-destruction in 3... "
"2... "
"1... "
Jared and John get away just in time and watch from a safe distance as the lab completely falls apart.
"It looks like the professor left a trap for us, should we try to escape from the room."- Jared mutters- "Well it looks like that his plan did not work. How unfortunate."
"Indeed."- John says as he opens the trapdoor that leads out of the sewers.
As they get out, they see that the city is infested with undead once again.
Jared recognizes some of his fellow comrades from before they entered the sewers as some of them.
"Dear God... "- John says- "It looks like our friends didn't make it."
"I'm so sorry, Jared."
A tear rolls from Jared's left eye. He wipes it off.
"Now isn't the time to be weak. We have to continue fighting. With or without our friends, we must bring that crazy person to justice! Right?"
John nods reluctantly.
"Yeah. We... we must."
Jared nods.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hunt him down, in the name of justice!"
The two of them run forward, killing the undead that stand in their way without hesitation.
After running around for what looks like a whole eternity, they finally find the same man who trapped them in the lab below the ground.
"There he is!"- Jared yells- "Get him!"
"Aw, come on!"- The professor says and tries to run away.
John shoots at him. One of the shots lands in his ankle, forcing him to stop for a few moments.
However, just as the two boys close on him, he whistles and a small band of undead emerge from a corner to fight them.
The professor runs away, laughing as he does.
"Fools! Fools, I say!"- He says as he slowly disappears into the mist.
John tries to fight the undead.
"Go!"- He tells Jared- "Don't let him run away!"
"No, John! I can't let you fight them alone!"- Jared responds.
"Just do what I say. Bringing him to justice is the most important thing right now. And you shall be the one who wll make it happen."
Before Jared has the chance to respond, more undead begin to swarm them. John manages to shoot some of them, enabling Jared to get away.
"Come on! The world depends on you!"- He says- "Don't you dare let it down, you hear me?!"
Reluctantly, Jared manages to get away from the increasing band of undead, leaving John behind, but not before taking one last sad look at him.
"Everything will be okay, my friend. Everything... will be... okay."- John says as he continues to bravely distract the zombies.
Jared manages to catch up with Professor Baltimore.
"Surrender, you criminal! This is your last chance!"- He yells as he points his gun at him.
The professor laughs maniacally.
"As if! So long, sucker!"
He whistles and another small band of undead tries to attack Jared.
However, Jared quickly kills them and sets his sights on the professor. As he is about to hide behind a corner, the boy grabs a sharp rock from the ground and throws it at him.
And, before the professor can flee to safety...
*thunk* 
*CRACK*
The professor is now on the ground, unable to get away.
Jared approaches him, weapon drawn.
The professor looks at him, seeing how determined he is to kill him.
"Why can't you let an old man do whatever he loves?!"- He says.
Without saying a word to fuel his madness, Jared smirks and points his gun at the professor's forehead.
"It is over, you madman."- He says stoically- "Your reign of terror ends here. And now."