Chapter 10 - Day33~51

Day 33:

I woke up, took some food i had stocked up, and ate breakfast alone in my room before going to Lucas's office.

**

I knocked on the door and entered.

-"Hello i am here to get assigned a job."

"Oh hi, sit down.

Is there something you want to do?"

-"I want to go outside, i don't want to stay enclosed here forever."

"I take note of that but you can't get out while injured.

What did the nurse say about your ankle?"

-"Thankfully it's not broken but i should take two weeks to fully recover."

"Hmmm, ok for now you will carry out inspection rounds of the fences and kill every dead pushing against it. I want to expand outside to the playground but we need to secure the fence and in the future, we will fortify them like the gate. So, can you do it?"

-"I think i can but you need to give me my weapon back."

"Of course, the teams in charge of the security carry their weapons. I'll give you your machete it should be enough."

He got up, opened a box full of keys, and took out one.

We got to the hallway, and he opened a locker and gave me my machete.

"Take this.

Oh, and i heard you didn't come to eat breakfast?"

-"I still have some food so i'll finish these first."

"Hmm, okay."

-"I have a question, do i have working hours, or i just always work?"

"Yes you do, i took someone else for this job so you will begin after lunch to the sunset. And your colleague will take the morning shift."

-"Ok i'll take a stroll around the school."

**

I met a lot of people, children, the elderly, and adults. There are a lot of different people, that's so strange. We were only two with Lana...

I miss her.

I don't have any friends anymore, there are a lot of people around me but i can't help feeling lonely...

Maybe i just need to get used to this community.

Day 50:

I took more time to heal than the doctor expected, it seems my natural healing is quite slow.

We finished the walls on the wire mesh, we couldn't see through them anymore.

More and more people joined we are almost 200 now, that's a lot but Lucas seems to manage with ease. The playground is filled with cars and RVs.

For the past weeks, i installed a routine, i work out every other day in the morning, work in the afternoon, and read until i fall asleep.

As the library is quite small, i already read about a quarter of the books in here.

And now i have a new roommate, he is living in a corner of the library, his name is John he loves manga and reads whenever he can.

I need to go see Lucas to announce my full recovery.

I went to his office, i was startled for a minute, there was a line of 3 before the door.

He is swamped these days.

**

An hour later.

I walked him and he said weakly with a tired face.

"Hello... What do you want?"

-"I'm fully healed i want to go on an expedition, what do you need?"

"I need to sleep."

He looked at me dead serious.

"Anyway... Tomorrow we are sending an expedition to loot a town not far i'll tell them you are in."

-"Thank you, Lucas."

"I should thank you, you are risking your lives for this."

Day 51:

I woke up and got to the front door and met the rest of the team.

There were 4 of them.

Jasmine, a woman i didn't know about, Julius, and Garry.

I know some of them by name but i never talked to them.

Julius is a bulky man with blue eyes and short blonde hair, he was in the military looking at his military plate around his neck.

Garry is a strange man, he has purple hair and a bang hiding his right eye. He usually uses a sniper and stays on the roof to look for danger and secure the base.

Jasmine is taller than me and she is scary i can't help but look away when she looks at me.

The other one is a shorty with a pixie cut smoking a cigarette. 

Jasmine Called me out 

"So it's your first time out since you got here? I hope you are not rusty. 

If you endanger us we'll leave you behind."

There was a silence for a moment.

And then she left.

The woman i didn't know about handed me without a word my machete and an assault riffle with a fair amount of munition.

-"What's your name?"

She looked at me, turned her back on me, and went into a car.

Julius jumped out and said.

"Her name is Cas she is ..."

I interrupted him and said

-"And i am sorry but i never used something like this before."

"I'll teach you, hear me out ok, you aim and you shoot."

I looked at him in disbelief, he looked serious, was it a joke?

-"Ok..."

He laughed at me and said still laughing:

"That was a joke, come here i'll show you."

Then he actually showed me how to unload, reload, and use the gun.

The front doors opened but i didn't feel fear or stress. I felt something more pure, it was like i was freed. Staying holed up in a school is really not meant for me.

I got into one of the cars with Cas.

I shouldn't have got in this car, she didn't utter a signle word since we departed, and it make me anxious.

-"So, when did you arrive in the school?"

She looked at me for a second then looked at the road without answering back.

I want to bury myself in my seat right now.

**

We got out of the car and Cas took out a notebook wrote something on it and showed it to me.

"I am mute sorry, i couldn't speak before"

I let out a sigh of relief

-"So you didn't hate me?"

She shook her head.

We met up with the others.

Jasmin who seems to take the lead talks first.

"There aren't many zombies in the street but stay on your toes, death is at every corner.

We will search for a place to stay and after that, we'll make a team of 2 Julius you go with Garry, Cas you go with Alex."

I said:

-"And you?"

-"I'll go alone."

-"It's dangerous we should make a trio."

She glared at me and yelled at me

"You dare doubt my ability."

I looked down

-"No absolutely not!"

"So, after making a temporary base we will divide the town in three and loot it all, take all building tools, food, weapons, but no kitchen knives, water, car, fuel, and anything you find useful"

-"What do we do if we encounter someone?"

"Take them to the base and we'll take them back to the school." 

And so we set out to look for a suitable base, we settled for a safe barber with a metal shutter on the front.

"Newbie you come with me i will see what you are made of."

-"Oh..Okay if you want..."

Jasmin gave me the lead and we went to the back door.

Like always, i took my machete in hand.

Tried to catch any sound beyond the door.

I then tried to open the door but as expected the door was locked.

Too bad, the door will need to be barricaded.

I went back to the car to take the crowbar and went to the door.

I broke the door open which made a quick but nonetheless loud sound.

I waited a second but still didn't hear anything, i am 99% sure there is nothing inside but i'll still be careful.

I quietly walked in with a torch in my left hand, i looked in every corner of the barber. When i finished i let out a sigh of relief.

-"I liked what i saw, you are careful and aren't playing the hero or should i say the idiot who barges in to kill everything before knowing what's beyond the door. We had one like this before."

"Where is he now?"

-"I had to put a bullet through his head."

I shivered while she looked me in the eyes, i could see the conflict of coldness and sadness through it. Seemingly unmoved, but inwardly touched.

For an hour we installed everything we came with, i think we'll stay for about a week.