Nicole huffed as she set the box down on top of another box. She wiped some of the sweat off her face with her sleeve as she took a moment to observe the boxes in front of her. All the boxes were filled with food and water that had been deposited by other people during their searches away from the base. With this amount, they wouldn't have to worry about food for a long time."Nicole, someone's looking for you," a person called out to her.Turning around, she said, "I'm coming."It must be the boss or someone high up. She really hoped it wasn't Evelyn. Nicole couldn't stand the woman. It always felt like the other woman was looking down on her for no reason other than that she was in a higher position. She would have liked to sock her in the face, but she couldn't. Nicole sighed before she spotted who it was exactly looking for her."Donald?" she said, as she couldn't believe her eyes.Donald raised a hand to wave as he said, "Hi, Nicole."They stared at each other for several moments

The next couple of days spent at the base passed relatively peacefully for Donald. Like Walter promised, he had been assigned a chaperone named Juan Jenkins. The man was quite lively and excitable. It was almost like he was dealing with a dog instead of a person. He would follow Donald around with a skip in his step. Apparently, the reason was because he had heard about what Donald could do.Donald was only able to get the man to stop bugging him about it by saying that he was uncomfortable talking about it because it was a failure on Donald's part. It was embarrassing that he couldn't fight the zombies on his own without help. The man had apologized repeatedly before dropping the matter entirely. That had been a huge relief on Donald's part, as they were stuck as roommates.If he had to listen to him nag about Donald's power nonstop, he would have snapped. He also ended up being assigned the same task as Nicole. However, he rarely saw her. Donald wasn't sure if it was because they ha

Donald wondered if Walter had done this on purpose by purposely putting him and Eveyln in the same group. No, it definitely had to be on purpose, because why else would she be stuck with him? She certainly didn't want to be with him, and it made no sense for someone of her status to be lumped with a group of nobodies. No offense was intended.He was sure they were capable people, but he didn't know any of them, so he couldn't exactly judge whether they were any good. They had to be since they didn't look the least bit afraid about the upcoming fight, especially considering where they were posted. The group was basically at the forefront. That or they were just good at hiding their emotions."So you're the guy everyone's been talking about. I'm Charles," the man said as he held out his hand to him."I'm Donald," he said as he accepted the handshake.After the handshake, the other man shoved his hand forward and said, "The name's Jesse. It's nice to meet you.""It's nice to meet you too

"Thank you for submitting your form. We will inform you if there are any changes," the woman said as she took the paper from him.Donald nodded as he got out of the line and watched as she moved on to the next person. The whole place was so busy trying to collect all the paperwork. Seeing how chaotic everything was and how the papers were slowly stacking, he wondered why Walter even bothered. Was it really worth going through so much effort just to evaluate everyone's efforts?There had to be other, better ways to go about it. This just seemed to be wasting a lot of time and effort, but it wasn't like he would be the one looking over all the forms. Also, how could they be so sure no one would lie? It didn't have to be malicious. Someone could honestly want to impress Walter and write that they killed more zombies than they actually did.He had thought about lying on the form. No one would know if he was telling the truth. However, after thinking about it for a long time, he ended up w

Nicole's words continue to echo in Donald's mind after their conversation. If she was going to set the standard so high, wasn't it basically the same as telling him to give up on the idea of leaving? Unfortunately, he had been unable to ask further about it before they were interrupted, and she took the opportunity to leave. He had considered trying to hunt her down again.However, considering his previous experiences and how their last conversation went, he determined that maybe it was best he left her alone. There was no way he was going to be able to pry any more information out of her. It was a bit disappointing and frustrating, but there was really nothing he could do. Maybe things would change in the future. For now, he had to let things lie.Things had gone back to normal, almost as if the zombie horde had never attacked. It was just another point proving how weird the place was. How could they be so calm after what happened? Sure, they had won without any harm on their side, b