Chapter 28: Uncovering I

'How is he so strong? He has to be atleast Level 7 or maybe Level 8, I mean that was a door made of steel.' She went to the search interface and searched for his name on it.

Scanning through the lists, her eyes darted to his name. Selecting it, she froze momentarily after seeing it.

[Profile Picture] 

Username: Just_Cooked

Level: 15

Mutual Friends: 0

About: Bring it on, I'm ready.

Tag*: God-of-war(179), Insurmountable(142), Close-Combat-Master(367)

-You are in the same room-

"You got to be kidding me!" She blurted out surprised. 'L-level fifteen! This guy?!'

"What's the issue?" he said raising an eyebrow.

"Couldn't you have done this first? It would have saved us a lot of trouble." She asked.

"Nah! I wanted to let you cook. I am just a support character, I know my limits." he said with a shrug.

'Men! They act humble then show off and act humble again. I know your type.' she thought eyeing him up and down. 

"Well, thanks anyway, I guess. Keep your guard up though. I am not sure what we may see up—Hey!" While Tina was trying to warn Just_Cooked, he already ran off up the stairs.

She ran up the stairs, her eyes glanced through the room she entered until it landed on Just_Cooked. He had is leg crossed and was sitting on the sofa. "The TV isn't working, maybe we should use that machine you made to power it." Just_Cooked said after pushing all the buttons on the remote.

Tina's eyes twitched. 'How can someone be so carefree? I know it's a game but at least take it a tad bit seriously.' she thought annoyed. 'Well, with that level and those tags, it's understandable why he is so nonchalant.' she remembered his level. Getting to level 10 was already difficult, now this guy is in level 15. She was still reeling from shock.

He stood up from the chair and began looking around. He began to enter and search every room, every closet and every nook and cranny of this place. Any door that was locked, he busted through it with a single punch.

"Well, at least he isn't useless." she walked to a window near the TV and peered out of it. She began observing the situation, trying to track the zombies movement. It was mostly haphazard.

'Huh… that's weird.' She just noticed something. A zombie mistakenly knocked down a trash can. Immediately, all zombies within a 20 mile radius bombarded the trash for a full three minutes and then disbanded. Tina observed this happening over and over again.

"Ummm…" Tina came up with a plan.

'I can't use elemental skills in a survival game but anything else is alright. Plus, I have a stealth skill and JC has the Tenebris Veil. JC is at level 15, that means that bullets can't harm him talk less of zombies. But if they bite him, that will turn the tides. Well, we don't have a good enough reason to leave this place so—'

"I found something!" She heard a voice say from a room. It was Just_Cooked voice.

"Oh! Coming." Tina ran over. Upon entering, she saw Just_Cooked holding a book with a lock.

Rumble! Rumble!

"…"

"Looks like someone is hungry." Tina smirked at him.

Rumble! Rumble!

"You way saying?" Just_Cooked retorted hearing her stomach growl also.

Her cheeks became a little pink. "Well, it's already the third day, around 30 minutes have passed in real time, my energy bar isn't really high also. Okay, let's eat in the game first and then we'll eat in real life, then we can figure out what to do with that book." She said quickly.

"Okay. Let's eat the perishables first." Just_Cooked went down to the garage. He opened the freezer there. "The food isn't much, just one can of beans and one bottle of water. I will need to warm this also, I think I remember how she made the fire…" Just_Cooked talked to himself as he took out the remaining food. He then proceeded to unplug the freezer from the machine Tina made.

Click!

A gun was pointed to the back of his head. Just_Cooked froze.

"Kenny, you son of a *****. Put your hands up and turn around slowly." The person said backing away to put distance between them.

"A'ight, chill." Just_Cooked kept his hands up and turned around slowly. He saw a man in a black stealth suit. His black hair was a mess, there were bags under his eyes.

"Have you seen what's ******* going on outside? Bro! You sent me out there when a ******* zombie apocalypse was going on and to do what, to kill a man. Guess what, I tried, I ******* tried but that ****head won't just ******* die. He turned into those mother*******, they ganged up on me all of them. I kept firing at them but they kept chasing. The only thing that got them were headshots. I ran, I hid, I suffered all because you couldn't take the fact that your cousin had fallen in love. Heck, I got bitten by those **** things. I know I don't have much time left, but I wanted you to be the last person I killed as a human before I turn into those beasts." the man readied the gun. "Good bye, Ken"

BOOM!!