"What?" Jacqueline shouted before slapping a hand over her mouth when she saw the look Billy was giving her.Billy then turned his attention back on to the old man and asked, "Why should we?"The old man scoffed. "Isn't it the obvious answer? All I'm going to end up doing is slow you down. Rather than be the reason that you guys die, I would prefer if you just go on without me."While the others pushed the old man to reconsider, Billy considered his words. The elderly man wasn't wrong. That was exactly what he had been thinking just moments before. Honestly, the best solution would be to leave him behind and keep moving forward. It wasn't anything personal. In the current state of things, being realistic was necessary to survive.However, Billy also knew that the others wouldn't accept it so easily, not with how close they were. If he even tried to suggest it, they would probably jump down his throat and refuse to even consider it. Rather than try to convince them himself, he was goin

As soon as the duo entered the building, Billy quickly shut the door behind them and shoved a piece of furniture up against the door. Then he signaled for them to hurry upstairs as quietly as possible. Since they still had no idea what attracted the zombies, they could only hope they were drawn by noise and not smell. The group slowly made their way upstairs and entered one of the rooms with a window.While Jacqueline and the elderly woman made sure not to get too close to the window, he carefully made his way to the window. Making sure to stay out of sight, he peeked outside to catch a glimpse of the zombies. The horde lumbered through the street below them, and he was uneasy at the large numbers in front of him. They wouldn't make it out in one piece if they were to face them.Fortunately, none of them seemed to care about entering the building. They continued down the street without giving the building they were in a second glance. However, he didn't look away in case that might ch

It was silent for some time before Billy finally heard footsteps approaching their location. They were so faint that he wouldn't have been able to pick up on it if he wasn't completely focused on listening for them. He made sure to slow his breathing so he wouldn't give himself away as he prepared his gun. With the way he was positioned, he couldn't see who or where the person was.The only thing he was sure about them was that it wasn't the zombies. The zombies wouldn't be careful about not being heard. That was something only a person could do, unless the zombies suddenly gained intelligence. Billy grimaced at the thought. He really hoped it wasn't the latter. The last thing they needed were intelligent zombies.All he could do was wait for them to come into view and take them out or leave. The footsteps continued to come closer and closer, only to suddenly stop. He strained his ears, hoping he would pick up on something. Unfortunately, he couldn't hear a single thing. The person ha

Billy stared long and hard at his old home. It had been a while since he last went there. How long had it been? He couldn't recall, but it had been quite some time. As he got closer, he observed the area. The place was a complete mess, with a few lingering zombies that he recognized. The people inside had been completely unprepared for the zombies that had suddenly appeared.Strangely enough, he didn't see his wife or her family anywhere. It seemed that they had gotten away or that they might be lurking somewhere in the house. Well, it didn't matter much to him. He was only there because he was after his things, still inside the building. Normally, he would have avoided this place, but things were different this time.Since he lost his headstart, it limited what he could do. Without Jacqueline by his side, he couldn't head to the elderly couple's home. He didn't think they would be willing to hear him out without her. Besides, it was very likely that the zombies had already gotten to

Billy cursed. This turn of events was quite unexpected. Losing his system and power would be problematic. It would mean that he wouldn't be given any notice about the waves of zombies and would only have this one chance to make it to the end of the zombie apocalypse. He absolutely couldn't allow that to happen at all costs."Stripping me of the system and power is going too far. Didn't you say we get assigned a system and power? You never said you could take it back," he said.[The system reserves the right to revoke privileges.]He could see he wasn't getting anywhere with the system and wracked his mind for a counterargument. Billy wanted to say it wasn't a privilege, but he would have to prove how it wasn't. Not everyone got a system or power. It was something given to them based on some unknown qualification. Without knowing more about how it worked, he couldn't really present a decent argument.Then, in that case, he asked