Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse! Chapter 109

Chapter 109: 109

Kaley’s group returned with Jay’s group and Jay approached .

“Who was that guy on the roof?! Kaley said he was always there since this thing started? How?!” he exclaid.

“Yeah… It’s a long but a boring story, it’s very anticlimactic. He’s a good shot though.” I said.

“Yeah! He is! Every howl he made a zombie would fall down! How co we never noticed him before?!” he added.

“Hah! You’d be surprised if you et him without holding a gun. I think the food’s ready, let’s eat yeah?” I said.

We had lunch while I asked about what happened earlier.

“Oh, we started to sweep the houses and the abandoned ones have varying degrees of supplies that we could take. The left side from your old house was pretty easy and we found a few cans of food there. One of them even has a small store there and we got a lot of food items from that place. We mostly got food though, no guns, dicine or water. Oh yeah, what’s that huge wall at the end after the stream though?” Kaley said.

“It’s the wall separating us from ‘Woodlands’ it’s the huge community with huge houses strewn about. It extends up to the covered court we where we placed the shooting targets. It has huge plots of land but I surmise there is still people there but a few are watching their gates. The guard who was there before was not watching the place and sobody must’ve taken charge at the place there.” I said.

“Oh! When we went to rcury Drug? Think we could get the people there on our side?” Kaley asked.

“We’ll never know until we go there. Maybe in the future, the open spaces of land there could definitely help us. The only problem with that is its entrance is close to the highway. Jay, what happened at your side?” I asked.

“While they were on the left side, we went to the right which you guys called the 3rd road. We cleared most of the ones roaming around but we never ventured past the tight alleys. There’s a lot more houses there and I think I saw a path that leads to a wooden bridge that connects to more houses that are atop wooden poles.” Jay said.

“Hmm, I’ll give you more guns later to take of them. It’s dangerous in tight spaces. Oscar?” I said.

“I got a lot of dicine from the pharmacy and the dental clinic near the DDR camp. You’ve used the PVCs that we got and I went to the DDR camp to get that drive from their CO. Any place we could go next kid?” Oscar said.

“Ken is still rifling through the files that they’ve given us so here’s the plan this afternoon: Jay, I’ll give your group a few guns and I’ll entrust you with clearing the alleys there. Ask Rin to give you a few of those tirs from the market that I got. Don’t be hasty on going in, the key is waiting. Give a few minutes of continued ringing before you head inside, it’s much better to fight them in the open rather than a tight spot. Stay level headed at all tis and always rember to always strategically retreat.” I explained.

“Okay, what does that an?” he asked.

“A fancy word for running away if it gets too troubleso. Your lives are more important than killing all of them there, we could always go back to clear them but we cannot save you all if you got infected, yeah?” I said.

He nodded and I handed the both of them a .38 Special and a Maverick 88.

“Those guns would be better if you got caught in a tight space. Have sothing in close quarters and sothing to push them back. Always check your back and make sure you have a backup plan. But always try to kite them outside so it’s much easier to deal with them.” I added as they got ready.

As for our group, I told them that we would also be bringing Oscar’s group with us. We’ll be heading to PLV, Jared’s old school, and to the Police academy next to it.

“Why are we going there kid?” Oscar asked.

“Couple of reasons: First, there are mobile and dental clinics next to that school and if we’re lucky, we could also snag a fire truck from the fire station next to it. There’s also those electric jeepneys which are parked there. It would be nice for the old folks here if we could get ahold of few. In the police academy, we could get a few guns if they are still there and I would like to grab sothing from there.” I said.

“What?” he asked.

“Their servers. We could use the information inside to get more information on people and we could use the hardware for what Ken has been cooking up.” I explained.

“Oh, we could match the people from their files there if they are in the camps, right?” Kaley chid.

“Yeah, that’s about it.” I replied.

We all suited up and I saw Matthew carrying his shotgun going towards us. I tapped him and said, “Are you sure you want to go outside once more?”

“What do you an?” he said annoyed.

“You know what I an.” I replied.

“I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my daughter.” He said with a cold look.

“Then stay here, you’re not ready.” I replied.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. You’re not the boss of , why would I listen to you?!” he bellowed.

“Dad! He knows what he’s doing.” Kaley exclaid.

“Right, I haven’t told you yet. I run this place and what I say is final.” I replied.

“What’s wrong about protecting my daughter then? Huh?!” he shouted.

“Then you’ll leave us all to die then? Stay here if you’re thinking like that.” I said.

“…!” he stopped even though he’s about to say sothing else.

“You’re in a group now. We just don’t go sacrificing anyone here. Let get this straight, you’re not wrong about protecting her. But I go outside there thinking of everybody and everybody there thinks of . I want everyone to move as one and not have outliers since it will jeopardize everything. I don’t plan to go outside there with you thinking that.” I said.

“What do you want to do then? Don’t get wrong here, I know that we’re in a group but I would prioritize her if I get to pick between all of you.” he said.

“Let tell you sothing, nobody died on since they follow my instructions. I’m thinking about everyone’s safety while you’re thinking about who to prioritize when shit goes down. What I want you to do is the sa thing we’re doing for everyone. Protect everyone and leave no one behind. If you’re fine with that, hop in then, we’re losing ti.” I said.

Tatiana seed to rember my words back then as I saw a faint smile. Matthew was deep in contemplation but he rode the truck with us.

“Bah! You’re the one making us lose ti kid! Don’t mind this kid, he ans well, he just feels like he needs to establish so sort of order with us. He’s a control freak, excuse him.” Oscar said while laughing.

“Well call what you want, I just don’t want any surprises. I’d like everything to be in order. No one is dying at my watch.” I said.

“See? Control freak. Hah!” Oscar exclaid.

“Dad, don’t feel bad, he says those things but he always puts himself on the front. He’s more selfless than you think.” Kaley comforted.

“I’m not feeling bad! I’m just… having sothing in my eye or sothing…” he stamred.

“W-wait. Is this old man a tsundere?! Oh dear lord… please no…” I said to myself.

I was with Kaley, Tatiana, Jared, Mark, Zardon, Dong, Oscar, Matthew, Nicole, Jo and Lois. We 12 rode the truck outside the fences equipped with our weapons. The loadout is as follows:

Sky Ishiyama – Main: IWI Tavor Secondary: 2 Glock 19s lee: Katana

Kaley Payan – Main: AR-15 Secondary: CZ P-09 lee: Wakizashi

Tatiana Smirnov – Main: Benelli M4 Secondary: FN Five Seven lee: Combat Knife

Jared Pano – Main: Winchester M70 Secondary: Glock 19 lee: Trench Knife

Mark Goad – Main: Mossberg 930 Secondary: Berreta M9 lee: Fire Axe/ Combat Knife

Zardon Minac – Main: None Secondary: Glock 21 lee: Riot Shield/ Extending Baton.

Dong Iyan – Main: None Secondary: Berreta M9 lee: Machete

Oscar Goodman – Main: SPAS-12 Secondary: 500 Magnum lee: Combat Knife

Matthew Payan – Main: Remington 870 Secondary: Colt Anaconda lee: Machete

Nicole Pano – Main: None Secondary: Glock 26/ Walther P22 lee: Butterfly Knife

Jo Iyan – Main: None Secondary: M1911 lee: Machete

Lois Pano – Main: 10/22 Secondary: Glock 43 lee: Kukri

“We’re bringing the cavalry eh?” Oscar said.

We all wore protective gear and we all have extra magazines for our ammo and a few throwables. We rode past the gas station and the DDR camp and after a few minutes, we passed Wilcon’s Depot as well. There is still a lot of them on the way and we couldn’t see any people outside.