It was in a battered and destroyed city, four figures could be seen sneaking through the streets carefully as they maneuvered through demolished shops and packed roads."Empty again, shit those raiders didn't even leave a little bit for us" Rash complained as we searched a convenience store only to find it empty, it had been ransacked to the bone, this was almost the 10th store we had searched and up till now we didn't have any luck."Well I have to say that I didn't expect much" I replied with a sigh as I observed our surroundings while thinking over the events of the past few days since we left the hospital, we had been updated on how things would work now, to summarize it all, if we wanted to survive we had to get stronger to protect ourselves from the varying threats to our lives and to get stronger, we can either kill the creatures around us to level up or enter a dungeon, if we beat the dungeon then we level up, we don't then we die, that's what was happening presently."Growl"
"Woah okay slow down a little and let me understand what you just said, you mean that we've gone back to the time of one of if not the most notorious serial killers in existence" Rash said in disbelief as his mind absorbed the information he was receiving."Yeah in summary yes" I replied calmly."How are you so calm, do you understand our situation now? We are going up against someone whose identity is unknown up till date, someone who kills then sends a letter to the press saying that he just killed someone, I mean who does that, it's so fucked up when you think about it" Rash said with a look of confusion, his mind was jumbled at the moment that he couldn't think straight."Well, one of the first things they teach you in the army is that in every situation, you must remain calm and analyze your situation before jumping to conclusions" I replied."Wait you were in the army?" Rash asked in surprise."Yeah I was, how do you not know this by now?" I asked in disbelief."What do you mean
“Listen to me, I think there’s been some sort of misunderstanding here, I’m not the reaper, why don’t you just drop your gun and let’s talk things out” I tried to bargain with the man whose eyes glinted in anger.“You really underestimate my intelligence, that’s exactly what the reaper would say in this situation, I can’t believe that you thought that this would work” The man chuckled as his gun wrapped around the trigger tightly like he was about to shoot, I was thinking of what to do when.CLICK“Drop it” Rash’s cold voice sounded as the nozzle of his gun tapped the back of his gun.“What?, there are two” The man said to himself in confusion.“Dominic…” Christina shouted in worry as she and Tasha arrived.“I said drop the gun” Rash said as he pressed the gun harder against the man’s head.“Hmmp, why don’t you drop your gun or I’ll shoot your friend over here” The man said as his gaze wafted to the side for a split second but that was enough for me as I ducked to the side, and rolled
I opened my eyes as I drowsily sat up and quickly closed my eyes before opening them slowly for my eyes to adjust to the light, the first thing I saw was Rash standing in front of the window staring outside with a serious expression, seeing this I unconsciously grabbed my gun thinking there was danger and the noise drew the attention of Rash who grinned as he turned to me.“You finally up sleepy head, I was starting to think you were dead” Rash joked as I got up and wiped my eyes before staring outside where I recognized the figures of Roger and some other people with a few familiar faces from the previous night.“They’ve been there for almost 30 minutes, just standing there” Rash said after seeing my actions.“Grab the guns and wake the girls, we’re going out” I said with a frown as I walked back and picked up my gun as I counted the remaining number of bullets, we needed to conserve our ammo because we didn’t know what the future held for us.*****************************************
“Because of the recent activities, we’ve stuck to sleeping in small groups so you guys will be staying here, if you need anything someone will be outside to attend to you, I’ll leave you guys now, when you’re ready you can come downstairs and I’ll introduce you to the rest” Roger said with a smile after leading them to a huge room before he left.“Hmmp, attending to us? More like watching us, I don’t think we should trust them, Dom, I’m telling you” Rash said with a look of annoyance.“I think he’s right, since we don’t know whom we can trust at this point, we should try to act amicable but keep an eye out for any suspicious activity” Tasha suggested with a nod after hearing Rash.“Hmm, something feels off about this whole thing, I keep having this bad premonition like something bad is coming” I said with a deep frown, I couldn’t shake off this bad feeling like something big was approaching.“It’s probably since you haven’t, you know drank any blood since that day” Rash joked.“Rash!”
“It’s you” I said in shock as I stared at the figure before me trembling in fear.“Please don’t kill me, sob” A little voice sounded from the figure who then started sobbing as I suddenly realized that the gun was still pointed at him.“Oh no no I’m not going to kill you, don’t cry” I quickly placed the gun back as I stared at the child crying in front of me, when I first entered the room, I wasn’t able to recognize the figure because he was crouched but now I could finally see the full appearance of the figure, it was a kid maybe 10-11 years, he had brown hair and blue eyes which were clouded as tears fell from them, he was wearing a red sweater and it was actually because of this that I had recognized him, he was among the kids I had seen when I first arrived.“I’m sorry if I scared you, I just…I was just startled that’s all” I said while taking a step toward the frightened kid who retreated in fear, seeing this I tried to think of a way to make the kid feel okay.“Oh, hey look I ha
“I need to speak to Roger now” I said to the guard that was standing in front of the door which led to the conference room.“I’m sorry but they’re currently having a meeting so they can’t be disturbed” The guard said with a look of disdain on his face as he waved his hand in a motion to say ‘shoo’.“Hey, now you listen you little…” Rash started and was about to blast the guy when I stopped him.“It’s okay Rash, I guess we know who’s working with the reaper now” I said as we turned to leave.“Wait what do you mean?” The guard asked with a frown, his interest piqued.“Chuck is it? Yeah so I just discovered a key clue that could help us catch the killer and I was about to share it with the others but since you’ve decided not to grant us access, it means that you might possibly be a partner to our neighborhood killer, I’ll be sure to chip in that point the next time I have a chat with Roger, come on Rash let’s go” I said with a shrug as I turned to Rash with a wink.“Yeah I’m sure he’ll b
“WHAT! How dare you accuse us” Henry exclaimed angrily as he stared at me.“Your behavior seems suspicious, you sure you’re not the killer” Rash said suspiciously to Henry who glared at him.“I dare you to say that again” Henry said coldly as Rash got up ready for a showdown. “Hey just calm down, listen Henry as much as I would love to praise you and overestimate you for being the killer, I’m sorry to say but you are too dumb to be the killer, the killer would never be someone as stupid as you” I said with a smirk toward Henry who with each word got more and more furious, he was about to blast when suddenly a crackle of laughter sounded which caused everyone to pause and turn towards the source in shock.“Hahahahaha, I’m sorry for that, I’m sure you have your reasons for suspecting us, and with all you’ve brought forth, your actions are justified but if you suspected us, why did you tell us all this even while you know that the killer may be among us” Max asked after his hearty laugh