Chapter 6: Resting

I decides to remove my uniforms when it past midnight. I assume that we already arrive at the depot around this times, so it's my off duty times.

This cargo jacket made from dyneema fibers that i wear are not the most comfortable thing to wears when you want to relax.

I am very grateful that they made stab proof jacket for their employee even when we are not even allowed to leave our trucks outsides of the 'Alley Ways' depots.

It's a good thing for them to care about their employee safety, especially right now since we are stranded in the era where pointy stabbing sticks are popular weapon.

I am very grateful to have that as my uniforms right now.

'Today was very strange day. It was started by a strange light, then suddenly we get lost in the middle of the forest that should not exist anymore. And some hour after that we run over horde of strange monsters and meets a local settlement.' I though to myself as i relaxing my body.

I closed my eyes and started to think about all that happened today.

What exactly those monster anyways? They look like some sort of deformed humans. Or should i say they look like Orcs, those famous fantasy monster written by Tolkiens.

They definitly looks like Orcs, but unlike those fantasy Orcs nowadays that still looks manly and cool when illustrated. Those monster are very far from that.

Their wrinkled and hairless grey skins look like the skins of sphynx cat that are now extinc. Combined with their muscly body and hunchback postures those features makes them look very disgusting.

Their disgusting face with big unpropotional pupil in their eyes will give nightmare to everybody that see it. I cant believe such creature existed myself the first times i see it. What a fucked up world we are in right now.

I though about Ivanna that time as i though about those monsters.

" So Ivanna can get really that scared, huh." I murmur to myself.

Not long after that, i started to close my eyes and enjoying the peaceful night before fall to my slumber.

I can feel someone my bodies shaking lighly. Then i can hear someone calling me. It's a woman voices, who is it that calls me. It's been a while since i hear woman voices waking me up.

'oh right it's Ivanna.' i thought as i regain my consiousness.

" hmmmph... morning, did you get a nice sleep..? " i greet her as i try to wake myself. my voices are still heavy as i just wake up.

" yeah i do, but just take a look at the windows right now Mr.Jeff. " she answered with a little bit raspy voices. It's seems she just wake up herself.

I take a look at the windows to see what Ivanna want me to see. When i take a look outside, the situations is normal just like before i sleeps.

" What wrong outside? The situations were safe, there is guards guarding by the campfire and all..." i ask.

" Well it's 7 A.M right now sleepy heads. Nevermind, just wash your face and begin our discussions." She said with a little irritated tone.

I get up from my seats and do as what she said to not worsening her mood.

Long story short, i begin to explain my plan to her. She asked about my plan in detail so we both know what to do if the situation looks bad for both of us. We talked about an hour before we wrap it up.

The sun is still not showing up even after our discussions is over. There is a moment of silence that happen after those discussions ended.

In this past 2 weeks both of us are rarely talked to each others. So, it's guarantee that this situations will happen.

" So how about we have some breakfast? I am pretty starving right now." i said to break the silence.

" I will even cooks for you." I adds.

" Aw, how sweet of you. Though putting canned food on the pan hardly called cooking, thanks anyway Mr.Jeff." She said sarcastically.

" Oh you doubt my cooking skill huh. You can bellitle me after tasting what i made." i talk with confidences.

" Well i wont put my standart too high, so good luck." She replied. It's seems like her mood are better right now.

After that i head to the back cabin to cooks.

Today recipe will be canned tomatoes and sardine soups with garlic powder, white paper, dried bay leaf and chilli powder. Those four ingredient are the secret of my recipee. This soup will be very good paired with dried breads that we had.

I call Ivanna to come to the back cabin when i done cooking. Both of sitting on the floor while enjoying our meals together.

" it's surprisingly goods, what did you adds to this canned food." She ask with surprised face.

I jokingly said it's a secret legendary family recipee from west europe villages. We had a good mood going on when we had the meals.

It's the first time for both of us to had a meal togethers. It's also the first time i had meals together inside the trucks with my coworkers.

Me and my late partner Mr.Kim only had meals together outside work hours. We cant eat together like this because one of us will always be driving.

" how much do you think the difference between our world and this world?" ask Ivanna suddenly after we finish our meals.

" i dont know, but i hope it's not that much." I answered.

We decided to do our own thing after the meals. Ivanna started by cleaning and checking her Uzi and her electric pistol.

Her Uzi are just your standart self defenses guns made in China. While her electric pistols have blunt non-lethal bullet that electrified and can easily knock out a person. Both of those guns are provided by 'Alley Ways' for their drivers.

Right now both of us has total of 320 lethal 9mm bullet in totals. 80 bullet loaded in both our Uzi and the other still in the 4 boxes that we had.

We also had 60 electric bullet that can be reused as long as it's dont get badly damaged. We had 10 bullet each inside our electric pistols.

I decides to activates the solar panels that the truck equipped with after i done with my preparations. it will charge our batteries as soon as the sun comes out.

The Solar panels are placed on top of the cabin roof and covered by dyneema plates while not in use. All i need to do is push the button and those plates will move away, exposing the solar panel that take half of the truck roof.

It's need a whole 8 hours to charge 1 batteries of the trucks to full if we use it. the truck itself has 2 batteries that can run 5000km each when full with average speeds of 200km/h.

Taking a whole 8 hours to refill 1 batteries is pretty underwhelming since usually it only take 30 minutes to charge both in the depot.

Right now we only have 1 batteries with 28% left that have possible travel estimation of 1400km. The other batteries already reached 0% and also need to be recharged. So wheter we want it or not, we need to stay put at least for a day.

The sky begin to bright up at 11 A.M when the morning comes and we already long done with our preparations and now just playing with our phones. We both decides to wait for Mr.Aihan on our front seats.

After waiting for some times we see Mr.Aihan came out from the gates with some curious peoples from the settlement.

Both of us decided to get out from the truck to greet them after seeing them unarmed.