The first contact 2/2
08.04.2023
Slowly everyone gathers around the dinner table
"So now that everyone is here"
"We have a gang that is causing problems in town as you may have noticed we are too few to fight a gang so today we will concentrate on finding Thalita's father, he was in the army and has good shooting skills."
John thinks for a moment and looks at everyone individually.
"So after my consideration I will go with Thalita since we are both fast and can come to you in case of problems".
"Everyone gets a walki talki, Godwin you go with Tom and Marlon, Anna you hold down the fort here with Lara and Sophie."
"Now that that's settled everyone please gear up we found not only weapons at the gun store but also two SWAT kits that belong to Marlon and Tom I have my own protectors as well as a few for Godwin, Thalita you will have to make do with leather clothing your skin must not be exposed we don't want to lose anyone just because they are careless"
The whole group gets on the bus and drives towards the city on the outskirts John and Thalita get off because they have found what they were looking for, a motorcycle MZ TS 250 with sidecar, after they have found the motorcycle Goodwin closes the engine briefly and changes the tire. Now John and Thalita head off separately from the team towards the Grand Hotel where the gangsters were spotted by Thalita.
"So Thalita what do you see"
"I see four guards patrolling in front of the hotel, every hour they change their posts with a team inside the hotel".
After the short conversation they monitor the hotel all day and make a survey.
Every hour two teams of four switch with each other around 3PM a 10 man team comes out of the hotel to get resources. Which comes back around 5pm, since John and Thalita have been waiting all this time, they use the time to catch a member of the group peeing, then lure zombies to make it look like he's been eaten. When the nine members reassemble, they discover someone is missing, search for him, discover the zombies and retreat.
"Howard, I told him to go two by two when he pees, now the boss is going to hold me responsible".
The man orders 5 members to kill the zombies and then come to the hotel.
In a house 5 minutes away Howard is sitting in front of John tied up and unconscious.
"Thalita would you do me a favor and keep watching the hotel outside, I'll talk to Howard here".
After Thalita goes out John's aura changes and he suddenly seems very murderous he wakes Howard up with a bucket of water.
Howard wakes up and is suddenly scared to death he is tied naked to a stove and in front of him sits a man with a knife he thinks quickly to get out of this predicament
"I'll tell you everything I know, just don't kill me, I'm just a little worker, I don't know what you want from me."
"Well that sounds pretty good then I guess I don't have to pull out all your nails so who are you and why did you end up with these gangsters"
"I'm uh I'm Howard I'm 25 when the apocalypse broke out I stole my food together then the boss found me and I've been working under him ever since I've been helping out with robberies and dealing drugs I've never killed anyone."
"Well then we've got that cleared up then tell me what do you know about your boss?"
"I don't know much he's only out once a week making rounds and checking everything otherwise he's always in the Royal Penthouse Suite"
"Well that's something, how often do you go out to loot and how many teams patrol your place?"
"every day at 3pm 10 gangsters go out to loot and two gangsters guard the entrance and two guard the door to the royal penthouse suite."
After this short exchange of information John knew that this man only wants to survive and not lie, but what to do with him now, from his previous experience he knows that you can never ignore your opponent let alone let him go.
"Howard now look me right in the eye you now have the decision, you can learn a year under me I will lock you in my basement and you will experience the hardest training you never want to wake up again or you can die here quickly and painlessly."