Safety

"Grandpa" the children huddled closer to Lebron who hugged them tightly. A few days has passed since he had been searching for them.

Their once bustling courtyard was turned into a pile of ruins yet they weren't there

Why would they?

With the rampage of man eating zombies and mutated animals, it was only natural they'd stay hidden

"Grandpa... your wounds" Liam pointed to the thick bandages wrapped around Lebron's wounds "they are already treated, grandpa isn't weak" Lebron chuckled

"Daddy is the strongest" Liliana said loudly earning a small chuckle from the adults

" Daddy is indeed very brave" Athena sighed as she continued to cook while remembering how Lester had fought and struggled to bring them to safety

If he wasn't there

She couldn't imagine, what would have become of them. Especially with her powers being so unstable

"How did you find this place?" Lebron turned to Lester who was busy making a fire with his wife, who was preparing dinner for them all

The place they currently occupied was a run down factory or used to be a factory

There was even a decayed corpse lying not far away

The wood they were currently using to cook was scavenged from the corpses coffin

"There were a lot of dangers on the way, we could only keep moving" Lester replied as Athena stirred the pot of boiling hot soup

The tension in her nerves was visible, the fear in her eyes apparent

"I'm worried about Leon" Lester gritted his teeth, his eyes dimmed slightly remembering how he had searched for Leon but there was nothing. Not even a shadow

"He'll be fine" Lebron waved him off and cradled his little grand daughter while Liam and Lance practiced their magic in the side

The atmosphere was warm except the underlying tension of the unknown

Dinner was soon served and they all ate in silence

Except the constant sounds of their utensils as they ate. After dinner Athena put the children to sleep on their makeshift bed while Lebron and Lester kept watch for the night

Overall they couldn't take chances

Watching the children sleep peacefully, Athena could only hope that the peaceful days would come sooner. However she knew that it all was her own wishful thinking

"Laura is out there…." Lebron stared into the starless sky with a heavy heart

"we'll find her father" Lester said positively, his heart also felt heavy

He was scared

His brother and sister were still out there

Leon who wasn't the most courageous and Laura who could possibly be oppressed by her husband's family

Damn he hated the Wilson's

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Zosia's fiery red eyes like a raging vortex scanned the barren land filled with vast darkness, there was almost no source of life yet she knew better having been in this darkness for a while

She had no idea how many days had passed as she was mostly enveloped by vast darkness

Her grip of her short blades tightened

For the past few days she had fought off a good amount of monsters yet they were almost never ending

More like they were increasing in numbers

She groaned softly clutching her aching calf which had a large ugly gash from an earlier fight yet he face held no pain

But chilling killing intent with a sense of detachment

"Where could he be?" She muttered as she slowly made to the mecha which was parked quite a short distance away

The mecha's body was badly multilated with several parts falling off

She grabbed some stashed herbs which she applied on her calf then she fished out some dry rations from her space pocket which she ate

The gruttal roars of mutant beasts echoed in the distance yet Zosia was unbothered

Her eyes even looked serene and calm without any sense of unease

Except her heavy heart, she was unfazed with the happenings around her

After eating up the dry rations she started the mecha and flew out

Having checked this spot for the past few days she was more than sure he wouldn't be here

"Hello" Ryker's voice came from the other end and Zosia sighed in relief, she doubted the call was going to go through

Luckily network hadn't been cut off yet and Ryker's number was amongst the list of soldiers to contact in case of emergencies on the Mecha

"Who's this?" Ryker asked impatiently about to hang up when Zosia's voice came through

"It's me Mrs Mors, I need to know where the accident last happened, where you lost contact with everyone else" she said and Ryker's muscles tensed

He had heard she had gone out in search of her husband and hadn't believed any of it

Yet now he was hearing it from her by himself

He glanced at the women snd children around him, whom he needed to protect

Damn he wanted to be there and bring his team to safety

"You'll have to protect the families of the others it's the least you can do for them….. now how can I get to the Zerg's nest" Zosia stated she Ryker sighed

She was right

The least he could do was protect the families of his team members

"It's tricky, there's a worn hold in between the northern planes and the western planes heading east, it's quite tricky and hidden however you need to be careful... something invisible sucks them away" Ryker warned variously and Zosia hung up after listening to everything he had to say

Her eyes scanned the vast darkness and continued to power the mecha to move forward with ease snd fluidity.

She could only hope and pray they was okay especially her husband

"Who was that?" Saoirse asked as she stared at Ryker who seemed down for some unknown reason

"How's everyone holding up?" He asked snd Saoirse sighed "they holding up good though still shaken, it's a nightmare for everyone" she sighed as she went about her task. The cave they occupied was hidden

One couldn't easily spot the cave hence for the mean time it was safe for everyone especially with the able bodied soldiers present with advanced weapons they felt safe