Billy observed their surroundings as they entered the house. The interior was decent, despite what he had imagined when Jacqueline said the elderly couple was living alone. It wasn't as perked up as his wife's house, but it wasn't in disarray considering there were only elderly people around. They must have a cleaning service that did the bare minimum."Sit," the elderly woman said as she pointed to the couch. "I'll make us some tea.""There's no need, ma'am," Billy said as he raised a hand up to stop her.Jacqueline, who had been ready to protest, shut her mouth as the elderly woman said, "Call me, granny. That's what Jackie calls me."He glanced in Jacqueline's direction and saw her sheepish smile before saying, "IF that's fine with you, grandmother."The elderly woman waved him off. "Granny. Grandmother makes me feel so old.""Of course, Granny," Billy said with a nod.While he didn't see the difference between the two words, he didn't see a reason to point it out when they were th

"That's the last of it," the elderly man said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.There was a cracking sound, and the old man bent over as he pressed a hand on his lower back. Jacqueline rushed from her place by Billy's side to check if he was alright. Billy watched the scene for several moments before turning his attention to the elderly woman walking towards him. It looked like she had finished her part too."Is it normal for him to hurt his back so often?" Billy asked as he raised an eyebrow.She scoffed. "Strangely enough, it doesn't. Apparently, it only happens when we have visitors."Billy recalled the elderly couple saying that they didn't have any visitors except for one person. "So he somehow only hurts his back when Jacqueline is around?""It appears so," she said with a nod.Jacqueline and the old man joined them as the old man said, "You better not be talking behind my back, you old woman.""Oh, shut up, you attention seeker," the old woman said, setting off another a

Billy left the dining room with mixed feelings. He hadn't expected that the elderly couple had mistakenly thought they were dating. He was pretty certain neither of them had done anything to make the elderly couple think they were, and Jacqueline wouldn't tell them a lie. It had taken a lot of convincing before the elderly couple were finally convinced.Well, it didn't really bother him that much. Whether or not they were in a relationship wouldn't change things. He wasn't going to get shy or embarrassed about it, unlike Jacqueline had. He supposed it was because she was much closer to the elderly couple than he was. They did treat each other like family. At least the misunderstanding was resolved.Entering the security room, he took a seat to check the cameras. He instantly saw something that caught his attention. The zombies weren't acting like their usual selves. They were slowly surrounded by the building. This wasn't something they had done before, or at least it wasn't something

Billy entered the tunnel despite the elderly couple's concerns. They couldn't just leave it alone in case something was really lurking in the tunnel. His eyes peered into the darkness as he held onto his knife and short metal pole. He unfortunately couldn't bring a gun with him. It was just too dangerous to try to use it in the dark in an enclosed space.Jacqueline could be there. He didn't want to risk shooting either of them. That didn't leave him many options to choose from. His weapons couldn't be too long, or else he wouldn't be able to properly swing them in the small space. He would just leave himself wide open. On the other hand, weaposn with a small range would be problematic when moving in the dark.He really should have gone to get a flashlight, but he forged on ahead anyway. Straining his ears for any sounds, he continued walking forward. There were no sounds other than his own footsteps and breathing. However, he didn't let his guard down. A zombie could pop out of nowher

Billy had already expected that to happen and immediately attacked with his metal pole. He didn't have to worry about it getting caught on the walls, and it landed a direct blow to the head. In an instant, the zombie was down for the counter. It was a bit anti climatic and unusual. That shouldn't have been enough to take the zombie down, and he eyed it warily.It didn't make a move, so he poked it with his metal pole. The zombie still didn't move, even though Billy kept nudging it. After a couple minutes, Billy determined that the zombie wasn't playing dead and that he had gotten lucky with his hint. Somehow, he had landed a fatal blow. Stepping over the zombie, he proceeded down the tunnel, ready to fight more zombies.He only made it a couple of steps before he encountered a sudden surge of zombies rushing towards him. With a grimace, he swung his metal pole and stabbed the incoming zombies with his knife. This time, it wasn't as easy as the previous zombie. One blow wasn't enough t