Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Chapter 130: 130

*crash*

Glass shards fell and I started on completely removing it. There’re five bloody figures that got immediately attracted and started on slowly pacing towards me. They’re all wearing civilian clothing and black lines are just all around their bodies.

I backed away and waited for them to come near us before we attack them.

When the distance is right, I made three quick slashes. I cut below the armpits towards its shoulders twice, removing its arms pointed at me and the last slash bisects its head in two. Tatiana just sunk the fire axe towards the head of the one she tripped over while Jared kept on practicing what I taught him.

The remaining two was easily taken care of and I proceeded to attract a few more.

“Slow and steady wins the race. Not as exciting but that’s what it is. Better safe than sorry.” I said to myself.

The clearing process becomes mechanical but when a small pile is starting to form, we’d stop for a bit to drag their bodies to the side. I placed them next to each other and checked the items in their person.

“Bro…” Jared trailed.

“They don’t magically disappear, don’t they?” I said.

“What I mean is looting them… can we at least not loot a few of them?” he said.

“C’mon now, not that talk again. We could find a lot we could use on some of them. It beats the waste produced when burning them along with the items that they have. Ooh! Look at this bro!” I exclaimed.

“What did you find now?!” he exclaimed.

“An ROG phone, the same as mine! It’s still working!” I exclaimed.

He picked it up and started on fiddling with it.

“I thought you don’t like to take things from the dead?” I teased.

“Ever seen a hypocrite?” he tried to play it off.

I shook my head in amus.e.m.e.nt.

“No password or anything? Lucky.” Jared added.

“Heh. Probably an owner who just buys expensive stuff to flex not knowing all its features.” I said.

He pockets it and we continued to clear the zombies coming from the store.

We killed 43 that are lured from inside and when nothing seems to come from inside, we slowly brought the truck to back up a bit towards the store. We slowly proceeded to check the place and we headed for the entrance we made.

On the immediate vicinity the counters and the baggage counter are filled with a couple of bodies already taken care of and the whole area is in a mess. There’re a couple products on the floor that could be picked up along with the other baskets and flyers strewn about.

We carefully checked each corner and blind spot as we slowly move forwards. Thankfully the place is clear after checking every nook and cranny. I made a sigh of relief and when I looked up, I smiled from ear to ear.

“Why are you smiling now?” Jared asked.

When he followed where I was looking at, he shook his head in amus.e.m.e.nt.

The shelves here are about 30 feet tall, some of the products are placed over them so the process of going to the back is minimized. There was a couple of shelves that fell down but the ones that are still standing has several boxes of supplies still available which contains food and other items.

“Why are the items there not taken?” Tatiana was confused.

“Probably when it started. Everyone made a ruckus and took what’s in front of them while fending off the few trying to steal what they stole. You can’t safely place a ladder and climb that place, right? The moment that you could, this place is already full of the zombies. I’m guessing the small warehouse at the is still full as well. Let’s head there now so we could check if I’m right.” I said.

We walked towards the right of the store. There’s a huge passageway with plastic flaps hanging from it and a heavy door with a lock though an easy obstruction to get to. It’s a small place in terms of warehouse sizes but there are several boxes on palettes stacked on top of each other. Other boxes with different labels are also on the shelves and there is a ladder that is inclined which has wheels on the bottom is located. A portion of it was already looted though and it’s probably the portion when Thelma loaded the two of her trucks full with them.

“At least we don’t have to find their manifest like in Wilcon’s Depot. What you see is what you get.” I said.

“This is a lot bro.” Jared said.

“Well yes. We still make a dent to our supplies everyday. We need to keep on looting places to maintain our inventory though this would last a few months.” I replied.

I checked the other exit located at the other side and locked it just in case. I peeked through the small glass part of the doors and I surmise that this path would lead to the parking area outside where they load the trucks from before.

We started on checking each box first and I nodded. There’s still a lot here considering the circ.u.mstances. Never even thinking about it, I decided on taking everything I could set my eyes on. We grabbed the huge pushcarts first and started on loading them with boxes and boxes of food. It took us a good thirty minutes to completely fill the truck we brought up.

Before we leave the place for a second run, I told everyone to gather everything from the front end to the warehouse first.

“Why? We’ll still come back right?” Jared said.

“Yeah. But what if other people came here? We cleared the place and everything is ripe for the taking. We should at least secure what we have. The items here is ours by right since we’re the ones who killed all the zombies here and the owner of this place is at our residence.” I explained.

*bzzt*

“Sky, there’s people from the gates of Woodlands looking at our direction.”

*bzzt*

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“F.u.c.k.i.n.g knew it. Change of plans. Kaley, go with uncle back home with the truck and bring Mark and Dong. Make them bring the closed truck from this place and the truck where Jay’s group brought the animals. Ask Thelma for the keys of their truck and come here quick. Leave that truck there and let the other people unload it. We’ll stay here and watch our haul.”

*bzzt*

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“But!”

*bzzt*

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“Just do it. Trust me.”

*bzzt*

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“Okay…”

*bzzt*

“Jared, go to the rooftop of this place so you could have a view of everything that’s happening.” I said.

“Sure.” he replied as he went for the stairs.

Tatiana, Matthew and I went to the driveway and we watched the truck leave with Kaley and my uncle. I could see in the distance a few people from Woodlands’ heads protruding from their gate. I just crouched down casually while I stared at them.

“Know those people?” Tatiana asked.

“No.” I replied.

“Are we gonna fight them?” Matthew asked.

“It depends on them. Us staying here is just a strong front and a way for me to observe what they would do. It’s almost two weeks, they could be starting to run out of food or something. Let’s see if they would make contact or just stare at us.” I replied.

“You mentioned that their place extends up to the covered court, correct?” Tatiana asked.

“Yeah. That place is huge. Large houses and plots of land. Might have to ask Ken later to check their place with his drone to see their situation inside. They could be an ally or an enemy. We never know until we make contact.” I said.

*bzzt*

“Bro, I think they’re leaving.”

*bzzt*

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“Oh? They’re just looking then? They could be more well stocked than we thought. Well, people who live there are loaded as f.u.c.k.”

*bzzt*

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“Could be.”

*bzzt*

A few moments later I saw the 6-wheeler that we took coming into view and slowly turning to the gas station but it suddenly stopped and went towards us. I could tell that it’s loaded with different types of building materials that we could use at home. However, most of what I could see are metal pipes that I used as a frame for the truck that we are using though much smaller in diameter.

“What are you guys doing here? Where’s the truck kid?” Oscar said from the driver’s side.

I then told him the short story and he looked up to see if he could spot Jared.

“We’ll wait with you then. We never know what might happen.” Oscar said.

Oscar went down and he carried his shotgun with the suppressor. I saw Matthew looking at it and Oscar saw that as well.

“Cool, huh?” I said to Matthew.

“I didn’t say it’s cool or anything…” he trailed.

I got small goosebumps.

“It looks cool but it’s looking a bit bulky like this.” Oscar said.

“Oh yeah, old man.” I said to Oscar.

“Hmm?” he said.

“Did you pick up the shells that you used? I’m gonna start on reloading on our ammo. We still have a f.u.c.k ton but I don’t want to have a pile that would take a few days to finish. It’s a few hundred now of different calibers thought I’ll start with the 5.56s and the 9mms first before anything else.” I said.

“Oh! I asked the others to pick them up for me. You could use the dies I have for my shells if you want.” he said.

“I could but I already have everything for every caliber that we use.” I said.

“HAHAHA!!! Good job kid!” he exclaimed.

“What are you guys talking about?” Matthew asked.

I then told him and his eyes lit up in excitement.

“Can you teach me?” he said.

“You could watch first. Wait… I suddenly have a great idea. I found the perfect person to help me later.” I said while I smiled in amus.e.m.e.nt.

“Me?” Matthew said innocently.

“No. You don’t even know the basics.” I rolled my eyes.

“Who kid?” Oscar asked.

“Rin.” I smiled from ear to ear.