That night when Eagan got home, his grandmother was waiting for him and his nanny Nina. The grandmother, worried about her grandchild working even though he had everything, awaited him to return home with his dinner readily prepared. "Glam, I'm home," Eagan called out as he entered the house "How was your day? Was working stressful? Can you do it? I told you I'd add to your allowance if it weren't enough! Why did you insist on working? You look so tired," His grandmother complained as she looked at him. He kissed her on her forehead and answered her questions. " My day was fine; work wasn't stressful, it was fun, and I can do it; you don't need to add to my allowance. I gave more than enough already. I'm just working on getting more experience." " Still..." Eagan cut her off " I promise I'm ok, and I'll quit when it starts affecting me... I'm hungry. You won't starve your grandson, will you?" His grandmother giggled and led him to the dining room to eat his meal. She watched hi

Beep! Beep! EMERGENCY ALERT A NEW TYPE OF VIRUS IS SPREADING FAST AROUND THE HOST. IT IS ADVISED THAT THE HOST VACATE EVERY PUBLIC AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; CONTINUOUS STAYING IN PUBLIC AREAS MAY CAUSE THE HOST TO BE INFECTED. He got a red notification from the system, which is a severe warning. He'd usually get a blue or purple alert, not red. The sudden information about the virus spreading around him changed his mood, which was noticeable to his co-workers. "Are you okay? is everything fine at home?" Dave asked He contemplated whether to tell him the reason behind his mood change or look for another reason 'Should I wait for the government to announce or tell them?' "THE SYSTEM HAS NOTICED THE HOST IS IN A STATE OF INNER TURMOIL AND ADVISES THE HOST TO TELL HIS CO-WORKERS ABOUT THE VIRUS AND WHETHER IT IS UP TO THEM TO BELIEVE OR NOT "Thank you " The preparation for dinner was going on, so the restaurant hadn't opened to customers yet. " Hmm... I need to tell you all somet

"Your parents would have been proud of you If they were here" She held his hand tightly, her face and voice full of sad emotions, he swallowed the tears building up in his throat and replied "You always told me they're watching over me." "Of course, they are... I converted all the assets belonging to myself and your parents to money, you'll probably not need them during this time, but you'll need them once all this is over. The base can house ten thousand people at most, it has farmland for raw food and life stocks, and there are people there who have been taking care of everything; leave Nina to supervise them once you move in. I talked to Becca; she'll move into the base as a doctor, and one last thing. Nina isn't human; she's an AI." Eagan looked surprised; the lady he had lived with all these years wasn't human. Is this a joke, or was he just not attentive enough to notice? " Are you being serious? You told me she was an orphan you picked up!" The grandmother sighed and shook

" There's a supermarket around that corner to the left; hopefully, we'll stop there to get some resources; it hasn't been looted completely. We'll be divided into five groups, and each group will be led by one of your trainers; one group will be on the lookout for intruders and zombies while two groups will go into the supermarket to gather resources, and the other two will go into the surrounding houses to check for survivors " Adam instructed. Everyone got assigned to their groups of four persons per group and stepped out of the bust to carry out the mission given to them. Matt, a Trainer, leads Eagan's group, and the members are Eagan, Shannon, a lady who worked on the farm on the base, and Nick, Eagan's co-worker. Their team was assigned to check the building opposite the supermarket for survivors, and as they got close to the building, someone shouted from the upper level. "Hey! Please help! Please help us!" It was a blue-haired boy waving his hands frantically through the wind

" I never knew Festus taught you how to shoot," Adam comments as they shoot at the zombie covering the survivors to safety. "Huh? you know Uncle Festus?" Eagan asked, surprised that Adam knew his uncle, but 'it shouldn't have been too surprising as uncle Festus was also involved in the building of the base,' he thought " Of course, I'm very familiar with him. After all, he was our trainer alongside Marcus .... You might not know this, but everyone you met on the base had nothing when we met your grandmother; she gave us a place to stay and a purpose to live for ... and in return, we promised to serve you till our last breath." Eagan felt touched by the confession made by Adam and was stunned for a few seconds. " I'm sorry ... I didn't know anything ... I was just informed about all this on her dying bed, and everything seems new to me, and I'm just barely holding on." " It's a promise she had to keep; your parents made everyone promise that you'd have a normal childhood and you wo