Chapter 545: 545
It was close to 8:00 PM after the first hour but nothing ca into view.
However, we placed more items like high-lun flashlights atop separate stands so we could use them as a spotlight and we parked our vehicles at the right spot in case we needed to give chase or check sothing more personal. We wouldn’t even think of a getaway car because that thing would be put down, no matter what.
My group was stationed on the roof of a building inside the outpost where the only obstruction was the tower-like structure where Lawrence was lying prone. It was a place where a bell would toll on a schedule and it was now repurposed into sothing better. I could bring myself and a select few of my group to head there as well but we had more to offer compared to what Lawrence was doing.
We were in a ‘central’ area where my group could easily run or provide support to the area that needed it because we were right next to the fire exit and we only needed to climb a 10-feet ledge to get to the stairs that would lead to where Lawrence was. Aside from that, we were in the building where it was directly facing the roads where those beings would co from unless they took a roundabout route.
‘This could go on for a while…’
Every five minutes, our radios would buzz one after the other, giving simple reports from their station directly to . The reports could be anything from a stray animal scurrying about or a lanky deadhead randomly spawning, but the important thing was that everything was being relayed. A simple detail left untold could lead to more problems and if sothing needed more checking, one of our drones would fly overhead to check on the situation.
“Nothing by that court bro, just a couple of deadheads that got shot down earlier…” Lois comnted, hovering his drone back in place.
“Report it back to the group and check the battery level of the drone we brought. Keep it at an adequate level at all tis, charge it when you’re not using it. I rember it not being full when I took them.”
“Got it, bro.”
For the duration of the second hour, most of us still kept vigilant. A few have started to slightly relax or do sothing similar but a quick call from the radio would get them back on track. Telling them a quick description of what we saw earlier would get them excited and look at where it would co from though a few were adamant if what we saw would ever appear at this ti.
anwhile, Stefan and Petrov approached , “Sir, permission to go around the block.”
I was watching the feeds and listening to the radio chatter but I replied, “Sure, stretch your legs for a bit.”
“Sir,” the two nodded as they went down. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #!_15361050805034705/yeah-i'm-still-not-good-at-talking-to-people.—screams_52859740744635382 for visiting.
“How about you guys?” I looked at the rest of them.
Tatiana chuckled, “And get nagged when I’m a few seconds late for my report? No thanks.”
“He really rembers every detail,” Marina added as she turned to Tatiana.
“Yeah, and that’s not even his strongest suit.”
“Hmm? What is his strongest suit?”
“Oh~ I don’t know if you’ll see it. Maybe, just maybe.”
Tatiana was just smiling from ear to ear while Kaley and I were sending curses telepathically. I wouldn’t forbid soone to have a little fun but there was a ti and a place for that. We already f.u.c.k.i.e.d up by having a few people know of our little secret so we had to be extra careful.
Lois was already side-eyeing once his ears perked and luckily, Chris was f.u.c.k.i.n.g oblivious. However, I had no idea about Mikhail but it seed like he didn’t really care or he still had no idea about what Tatiana was talking about. Despite that, I know that he was a cool dude and he wouldn’t talk about things we shouldn’t talk about.
Ti continued to pass and it was already the third hour for the watch.
‘Is that f.u.c.ker gonna co or not?’
Our first batch of people have already switched with the ones below and only my group, Lawrence, and the ones in the hidden nests didn’t. Lawrence and my group already planned to stay up the whole night, only taking a small break here and there. However, the ones hiding in the nests would be able to switch places with the ones with them but it was up to them to decide their own schedules.
Each nest would have six or more occupants and in the case of an attack, they would only engage after this outpost took the most of the aggro away from them. It was to ensure their safety and flanks coming unexpectedly from different angles were ga-breaking. However, in order for that to happen, they should be unnoticeable so the ones we were waiting for would co for our outpost first.
It was at this ti that we saw Cyrill coming up the fire exit with Stefan and Petrov. He was already wearing the gear I prepared for him and it was a stark contrast from what he looked like this morning. He looked more like one of my team mbers and I was sure that even his dad wouldn’t recognize him.
Cyrill was wearing protective equipnt and he was equipped with an SP5, an M1911, a K-Bar Knife, and a short machete. His vest and his belt were filled with the extra mags and the other tools I’ve lent him, and everything was placed nicely.
I chuckled as soon as our eyes t, “At least you still know how to wear them.”
“Yeah, thanks for this…”
“You took a bath, at least? And where’s the pseudo ghillie suit you’re always wearing with Borris?”
Cyrill was taken aback as he defended himself, “Wha- br- I did! It’s hard to take one if you almost broke your rib from you two! I still have the suit, I’ll wear it in so cases…”
“Cheh, you’re lucky I only used my arm for that punch. If I twisted my whole body…”
Cyrill took another step back, clutching his sides, “I get it, I get it. I know you held back and I promise I’ll rember it for the rest of my life…”
Lois added, “I only used around 10% of-”
“No, you didn’t!” Cyrill exclaid.
Strangely enough, the three of us began to talk with one another even if Cyrill was still a little bit reserved. He might be still feeling guilty about the things he had done before and in all honesty, he should. The thing we did with him earlier was just a foolish attempt of ripping a bandaid abruptly in one swing but in our case, the bandaids covered our whole body.
“So, you an to say that you’re supposed to be in the sa squad where Jared is when you’re still going to school?” Tatiana asked.
Cyrill just nodded but I continued, “Not exactly but that was the plan. This motherf.u.c.ker just suddenly got kicked out from high school and the rest should be self-explanatory. He just hanged out with the wrong crowd without our notice and his downward spiral started. We blad ourselves at first because we didn’t notice it but we stayed vigilant from then on. When this f.u.c.ker roped in Rus-”
Cyrill cut off, highly embarrassed, “B-Bro… I think they hear-”
“What? Heard enough? We already dealt you with so physical pain, have so emotional pain at least! Oh! That reminds , there was this ti we saw him trying to pawn off these copper wires he stole from this-”
“The f.u.c.k did you know about that?!”
“Wasn’t listening? I saw you stealing them right after the typhoon brought them down so I told the cops on-”
“IT WAS YOU?! WHAT THE F.U.C.K?!”
“THOSE WERE THE POWER LINES CONNECTING TO MY HOUSE, YOU MOTHERF.U.C.KER!!! DID YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET WAS TO AT THE TI?! I WOULD’VE SHOT YOU THE MONT I SAW YOU HACKING THEM OFF!!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET POWER TO MY HOUSE AND THE FEES I HAD TO PAY?! HUH?!”
“I WAS STARVING THAT TI!!!”
“YEAH!!! I F.U.C.K.I.N.G KNOW!!! YOUR DAD WAS TOO!!! Trying to feed the rest of you… That was when you’re still mooching off of his hard work, rember that? Wait, I’m sure you rember that differently. You’re losing weight on drugs while he’s losing weight trying to save every penny he could…”
Cyrill was taken aback once more, “I…”
“Your mom has been telling you and your siblings that Unc Zardon has been spending all of his money on his ‘chick’ rather than all of you. It beca like that when he got fed up but in the beginning, it wasn’t like that at all…”
Cyrill got silent as he was looking down then Lois interjected, “Way to bring the mood down, don’t you think?”
“Yeah, I’m still not good at talking to people.”
Our small group on the roof beca silent for a few monts and it was only broken when the series of reports started flooding my radio once more. Lois and Chris started flying their drones once more while Cyrill was still standing at the sa spot, looking down on his feet. It was never my intention to bring up sore spots but I could never let so things go.
I just stood up and approached him, “Punch .”
Cyrill raised his head in confusion, “What?”
“Punch .”
“Wha- Why?”
“You don’t want to? See how clean this face looks? Punch .”
“I-”
“PUNCH !!!”
I looked at Cyrill dead in the eye as I got up in his face and started shoving him. His look of sha had already dissipated and it was getting replaced with aggression as the veins on his forehead started to appear. The mont he balled his fist and aid it on my face, I took it head-on much to the surprise of everybody. However, I also balled my fist and sent it on the sa spot he did to .
Cyrill toppled over as he fell on one knee, giving a look of disbelief.
“WHAT THE F.U.C.K?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID TO PUNCH YOU?! WHY DID YOU PUNCH BACK?!”
“Duh, self-defense.”
“SELF-DEFEN- WHAT?! THEN WHY DID YOU- WHAT?!”
I rolled my eyes and said sarcastically, “I told you, I’m still not good at talking to people.”
Everyone around us couldn’t comprehend what just happened but the two of us just started laughing. I offered a hand so he could stand up but the jolly atmosphere imdiately changed.
Explosions ca one after the other and blood-curdling screams ca from the far distance.
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