Billy stared up at the apartment complex. It was quiet, but he couldn't be sure if it meant that the others had successfully hidden themselves away or that they had been found and killed. Glancing back at Christina, he grimaced. She would be dead weight if he brought her in and there were enemies around, but he couldn't just leave her outside. Others would take notice of her presence.With a quiet sigh, he whispered, "Follow me. Don't do anything else. Don't even speak."Christina opened her mouth to speak, but she quickly covered her mouth with her hands. Making eye contact with him, she nodded her head. He had been worried there for a moment. At least she could quickly catch on to what she could and could not do. The duo made their way into the building and quietly went up a floor. So far, there have been no signs of anything wrong.Nothing had been moved, nor were there any markings to indicate that there had been a fight. However, that wasn't enough to tell him that they were in t

Billy grimaced. He debated on whether he should go and check on the noise she was talking about. She might have been too high strung and was just hearing things, but there was a possibility she wasn't. He couldn't rule out the possibility that someone was following them and was prepared to ambush them when their guard was down.With a sigh, he said, "I'll go check. Don't move."Leaving her behind, he peeked outside while using the door as a cover. He made sure to move as carefully as possible to avoid detection. However, he couldn't see anything out there that would indicate there was someone spying on them. Well, they could be doing a good job hiding themselves. After scanning the area a little more, he determined that there was nothing for him to see.He retreated back to see Christina anxiously waiting for his return, and she asked, "Did you see anything?"Shaking his head, he said, "There was nothing."That answer didn't reassure her, as she quietly said, "Oh."Instead of trying t

The kid's warning came too late, as they could hear shouting in the halls. The guards cursed as they shoved Christina forward and went to check what was happening. She collided with the ground with a hiss. The kid had stepped back to avoid being crushed beneath her as he stared at her with wide eyes. Christina scrambled to her feet as she tried to undo her restraints.While she was trying to break free, the kid looked around as if looking for something. Joshua had to get out of there before Billy found him. There was no way he could forget the man who had taken him in briefly before abandoning him to die. It was obvious why he was there, even though he never told the woman in front of him. Billy was really going to kill him.Joshua refused to let that happen. He still hadn't found his little brother yet. The men here had taken him and Jacqueline hostage. That was all the information he was able to get out of the guards. The boss made sure they wouldn't know anything about them. Even i

Billy stared down at the corpse, feeling no satisfaction. Even though he had gotten revenge, it didn't change the fact that Jacqueline was dead. She wasn't supposed to die, but his negligence caused her death. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried to come to terms with what had happened. With her gone, should he continue this run? His only partner was dead. He didn't consider Christina as an equal.The chances they would last until the zombie user was dealt with were slim. He couldn't trust her to have his back. Going at it alone might be better. However, he would have to drastically change how he operated. The base he had chosen was too hard to protect by himself. Even with Jacqueline, it was a big space. They were supposed to eventually expand, but he couldn't see it happening now.Christina stared anxiously at Billy's back. He hadn't said anything for a while, and it was making her worried. Would she be his next target? She almost glanced down at the body, but she managed t

"How are we going to do this?" Jacqueline asked. "Are you going to do the same thing last time?""If you're talking about whether we will still go to my house, I don't see a reason to change something that's been working. However, the timing might be off since I've already changed things," Billy said as he considered what happened before.Billy had just quit his job, which was a huge divergence. In his previous lives, he had still kept his job, even if he did run off right in the middle of it in one of them. He wasn't sure what they would do. His wife and her family hadn't known much about what happened while he was at work, but the people in charge might contact them about him quitting.In that case, there was a possibility they would confront him once he returned home. There was no way to know until he actually headed there. As he considered what their plan of action should be, the duo had continued walking out of the building. Once outside, he had settled on what they should do, bu