"What happened?" Jacqueline asked."What can you tell us?" Billy asked.It took her several minutes to explain what she could remember. After the awkward talk that had taken place, she had wanted to avoid Billy. It was difficult to look him in the eyes. She had gone off to explore the rest of the house, even though she had already known the whole place like the back of her hand. That's how she ended up in the basement.What she didn't expect was for a secret passage to appear when she coincidentally leaned against a part of the wall. When she said that, Billy and the elderly woman stared at the old man with judgmental eyes. The elderly man didn't bother trying to defend himself. There was no way he could defend against the fact that Jacqueline could easily find and enter the secret tunnel.She had decided to check it out and make sure it was safe. Billy would have rather she immediately got him to help her check it out, but he understood where she was coming from. If a place she had n

Billy traversed the tunnel undisturbed. There were no new zombies for him to fight. It seemed that the giant zombie might have stopped them from getting in. That made sense given its huge size and how it had blocked Billy's path earlier. At least there was one piece of good news from all this. He continued until he saw something blocking his way.It didn't take a genius to realize it was the giant zombie. He grimaced as he observed the thing with his ax ready. There didn't seem to be any eyes or any visible sign of where its face could be. Could it be a headless zombie? It wouldn't surprise him, but that meant cutting off its head or bashing its brains out wouldn't do the trick.Suddenly, something shot out towards him. His quick reflexes prevented him from being impaled on the walls of the tunnel. The tunnels shook from the impact, and he stared at the massive tentacle that had tried to kill him. This was way too different from what he was expecting. He had been imaging the zombie hi

"Are you ready?" Billy asked as he strapped another knife to his body.Jacqueline nodded. "I'm good to go."The elderly couple stared at the armed duo with worry and concern written all over their faces. They had eventually relented after Billy and Jacqueline wore them down, but they were still worried about what would happen to them once they got outside. While the duo would be fighting for their lives, the elderly couple would be waiting in the safety of the house."We'll be fine," Jacqueline said as she tried to comfort them. "I can handle myself."Unfortunately, the elderly couple didn't seem to remember what happened not too long ago, with her being knocked unconscious in the secret tunnel. Considering everything that happened and their age, it wasn't surprising that it slipped their minds. Well, Billy hadn't forgotten about it, but he wasn't going to remind any of them about it."I'm counting on you, Jacqueline," Billy said as he placed a hand on her shoulder."Don't worry. I'll

"If you say so," Jacqueline said as she selected that option."Wait. Aren't you going to think about it a little longer?" the elderly man asked.Jacqueline shook her head. "I trust Billy's judgment. If he thinks the second option is better, then I'll go for it."Billy stepped in to explain his reasoning. "While being able to go farther would indeed be beneficial, it currently doesn't help much in our current situation. We are no longer in danger, and we have all the necessary supplies in this house. There's no need for her to have to travel far from this place.""That's true," the elderly man said."However, if there is an emergency, it's important she is able to transport multiple people at once. It would be better if she could take all of us at once if the need arose. That way, she doesn't have to make multiple trips, but it seems that isn't an option. She can at least cut down on the number of times she needs to teleport by one," Billy added."Well, it does say I can add another pe

"Then I'll just go find some zombies to kill and upgrade my power," Jacqueline said.Billy quickly intervened and said, "You're not going to go out on your own. It's dangerous to head out by yourself.""Then you can come with me," she said.Instead of saying anything, he grimaced. He understood her feelings. It would be hard for her to leave them behind after everything, but they had already made it clear what their feelings were on the subject. Billy was certain that even if she did go out and manage to upgrade her power, they wouldn't let her take them with her. It would be a wasted effort.Well, it wouldn't exactly be a wasted effort. Upgrading her power could be useful for the future, but that wasn't something to be thinking about. Billy could see that Jacqueline had realized he wasn't going to back her up and looked ready to explode over the topic. He had to defuse the situation quickly before something that couldn't be taken back happened.Fortunately, he didn't have to do anyth