Fixing the water pump

Chapter 13

Crack!!!

The door was forcefully opened and Marc Lee warily held the crowbar with both hands as he enters the room. It is as big as the house of Mint Wayne and from the looks of it, a woman owns the house. He noticed some decorations and a large picture of a beautiful girl in her early 30s in it.

He roams around and then noticed two figures moving inside the bedroom.

Marc carefully approaches the bedroom and slowly opens the door. From where he is, he noticed a man and a woman and both are naked.

The man has half of his shoulder torn and one of his arms is missing, while the woman is holding that arm with a tight grip.

Grrr!!!

The two seem to have sensed Marc's presence as they turn in his direction.

Marc did not hesitate to take a step back and waited in front of the door.

The first one to step through the door with an opened jaw is the female zombie.

Whack!!!

The crowbar easily punctured the female zombie's skull and she immediately fell lifeless on the ground.

Marc did not bother to remove the crowbar as he grabs a knife on his side and quickly plunges it into the lower jaw of the incoming male zombie.

With those two moves, he is able to take down the two naked zombies in the bedroom. He immediately noticed that bedroom is filled with blood even the bed is soaked with it which has already dried just like what has happened to him.

He quickly dissected the head and takes out the zombie crystals in it.

After he clean up the room and threw the bodies down, he began checking for supplies.

"This house is far better than mine… I guess that is what you can do with more money…" he thought as he found it a bit bigger.

He suddenly found a drawer that seems to be locked by a key.

Using the crowbar, he forcefully yanks it open and what he saw surprised him.

Inside that locked drawer there is a small black box.

"What is this?" he curiously muttered as he opens the black box.

Then what he saw inside surprised him and scared him for a bit.

"This… this is a handgun…" he muttered.

The gun is a gloc19 with a silencer on the side and extra two magazines full of 9mm bullets.

"This gun should not be permitted in this country… Why does the owner of the house have it?" he muttered as he quickly closes the bag and then put it in his backpack.

Then suddenly, he noticed upon taking the box that inside the drawer under it are four more boxes filled with bullets.

This has shaken Marc's mind as to the real identity of the woman. In his curiosity, he began to scan the whole house for anything strange, and true to this conjecture, he found two more handguns inside the house.

"Is… Is she a spy from another nation? Or an assassin?" he thought as his mind began to imagine what kind of person was the woman.

He is not sure if the female zombie is here, but there is a possibility that she is because the zombie is in her flat.

As he scanned the room and found nothing more interesting, he walked out of the house and then headed back to the 4th floor.

He then unloads his stuff from his backpack and then looks at the already steaming hot food prepared on the table.

Mint Wayne has already prepared their meal and is already sitting calmly with a slight smile.

"Tomorrow, I will be able to fix the water system of this apartment building…" he promised as he saw her smiling.

"That would be nice… It's… It's been a while since I've taken a bath…" she said shyly.

"Yeah… Me too…" he nodded.

After the meal, Marc busied himself drawing up the plan on how he could fix the water pump in the basement area.

"The problem is that the door is busted by the brute zombie… Maybe, I have to fix the door first before I could freely turn on the water pump…" he muttered.

Then he began to recall the size of the door. From there he was amazed as he could even begin to calculate the correct size of the basement door.

"Hmm… It is the same size as the doors of the emergency stairs… Hmm… Maybe I can remove one of the doors of the emergency exit and then put it in the basement…"

He began planning how he could do such a thing, and then he remembers the 5th floor's busted emergency stair door.

"If I could fix that, then it would be a good substitute…" he muttered.

With that in mind, he quickly took action.

It was already nighttime when he finished removing and fixing the 5th-floor emergency exit door.

After preparing the things he needed for tomorrow, Marc Lee went to bed.

"Are you… going out tomorrow?" Mint suddenly asked while she lies on the sofa.

"Yes, I will be able to fix the basement door and then after that fix the water pump…" Marc explained.

"Then… be careful…" Mint said.

"Okay…"

Marc feels a bit warm upon hearing her words.

The next day…

Marc double-checked his plans and then goes through his tools.

"Fix the door, connect the water pump to the inverter with zombie crystals, and go back…" he thought after checking everything.

Marc takes the holster which comes in the black box and puts the handgun in it.

When Mint saw this, she suddenly feels a bit scared.

Seeing her reaction, he showed a faint smile.

"I found this gun at the opposite house next to yours…" he explained.

"Oh… Hmm… I thought the female owner acts a bit weird… She is quiet and I would always feel chill whenever I am with her in the elevator…" she suddenly commented.

"By the way… Do you know how to use a gun?" she asked curiously.

"Hmm? Ah, yes… It was part of my military training… and then I worked at a gun shop before…"

"Wow, you… you know a lot of things…"

"Well, I've been living alone ever since I run away from home. I may not have gone to a formal college, but I have read a lot of books and took a lot of jobs to improve my actual skills…" he said proudly.

After preparing his stuff, Marc carried the large door to the second floor.

He was a bit amazed at his strength as he did not even break a sweat carrying the part metal door.

Upon reaching the 2nd floor, he carefully opened the door and peeked inside.

Sensing that nothing is amiss, he opened the door fully and carried the replacement door through.

He soon traces his steps to the other emergency exit door.

"I should clean those corpses on the 1st floor of the emergency exit…" he thought as he found it a bit of a hassle.

Soon, he was able to walk out and discovered that those two-legged scorpion-like zombies are gone.

Marc did not hesitate to quickly go to the basement.

He soon found that the basement is empty.

So without hesitation, he takes out his portable power tool and then quickly attached the door. Every now and then he would look around him and prop his ears to listen for any sounds.

It did not take long before he was able to fix the door and walked inside while closing it.

"Whew… That was a bit tensed…" he muttered as he wipes away his sweat.

Before fixing the water pump, Marc decided to walk deeper into the basement. He then arrives in front of another door. That door leads directly to the parking lot.

Even though it is dark inside the basement, his eyes could miraculously see anything in it.

It was like he could see everything in black and white.

Unknown to him, his eyes would glow silver when reflected by a light whenever he is in darkness.

Marc did not check the underground parking lot and just go back to the power generator. He uses a flashlight to clearly illuminate his surroundings.

Soon, he was able to remove the power cable of the pump and then inserted it into the inverter.

After assembling everything, he looks at the switch and heaves a deep sigh.

"If my calculation is correct this is enough to power the water pump…" he muttered.

"Well, here goes nothing…" he muttered but before pressing the button, he once again checked his things on the ground.

Seeing that everything is already in his backpack, Marc presses the power button.

Swoosh!!!

The sound of the water pump suddenly echoed inside the basement. It startled Marc, but he quickly looks at the vent atop the large generator.

Without hesitation, he quickly jumps atop the old-looking power generator which is as tall as him.

He then waited for anything that would happen next.

Soon he could hear some banging on the door which he just fixed.

"So there are still zombies coming from that direction…" he muttered.

Then not long later, he heard some banging coming from the direction of the door in the parking lot.

Marc then decided to turn off the water pump.

As the water pump's power was cut, he could not clearly hear the banging sound coming from both the doors.

He grits his teeth and decides to do a clean-up of the zombies.

As soon as the sound died down so does the banging sound coming from the doors.

"Let's start with those from the main entrance of the basement…" he muttered as he prepares the crowbar and a knife in hand.

The crowbar is his main weapon and the knife is for backup.

He carefully listened and soon could hear the zombies leaving. They are slow, so he patiently waited.

When he could sense that none are left in front of the door, he slowly twisted the knob and peeks through the small slit.

From there he saw a few zombies with their backs exposed to him.

A glint of killing intent appears in his eyes as he quickly rushes out of the door and then swings the crowbar towards the nearest zombie.

Crack!

Without any suspense, the zombie fell to the ground. Marc has already known how much force he needed to use to destroy a zombie's head. So he was able to remove the crowbar easily.

Then his knife quickly stabbed at the back of the head of another zombie, making it fall to the ground.

He did not stop there are there are four more zombies now turning their heads in his direction. He quickly jumps and throws the crowbar at another zombie which directly skewered its head.

Then he looks at another one and threw the knife even before he could land.

Puchi!!!

The knife is inserted directly through the eyes of the zombie.

With practice movement, he rolled on the ground and spring back up hitting the nearest zombie which throws it on the ground.

As soon as he stood up he has already drawn the handgun on his side.

By this time, Marc's heart is already pumping like crazy and everything in his surroundings is moving really slow.

With a quick movement of his body, he was able to point the silenced pistol directly toward the head of a zombie.

Ptaff!!! Ptaff!!!

He squeezes two shots and then turns around to squeeze another two shots at the zombie on the ground.

Ptaff!!! Ptaff!!!

All four shots were aimed at the zombie's heads.

After killing the six zombies, Marc's movement has returned to normal and he began to pant a little.

"This skill is making me spend a lot of my stamina…" he muttered.

Then he suddenly noticed that a few zombies are running in his direction coming from a corner.

"The two-legged scorpion zombies…" he muttered with a slight smirk on his face.

He removes the magazine and quickly reloaded the handgun.

When the inverted zombies saw the human, they all shrieked and rushes toward their meal.