"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
The group was unable to come to a decision and went their separate ways to retire for the night. While separating was probably not the right move to make given the current situation, The awkward atmosphere after the fight between the elderly couple and Jacqueline made it difficult for them to stay in the same room as each other.They should have resolved things as soon as possible, but Billy felt like it wasn't his place to interfere. The relationship between them wasn't something he had control over. He was an outsider, and they would most likely not appreciate him stepping in out of the blue. All he could do was wait for them to resolve things as quickly as possible.As he watched the cameras, Jacqueline asked, "Shouldn't you be getting some sleep? You've been up for a while.""It's difficult to sleep when we have so many problems at our doorstep," Billy dryly said as he searched for any strange movements from the zombies.With his back to her, he didn't notice how she winced at his
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
"What happened while I was gone?" Billy asked as he got to his feet.The elderly couple glanced at each other before the elderly man said, "Well, we were waiting for you to return. Suddenly, there were a lot of noises and shaking, so we figured we should block the entrance.""Jackie insisted we should wait, but we didn't think it was a good idea," the elderly woman said with a guilty expression."No, you did the right thing. Making you wait thirty minutes was too much to ask," he said.It was the right choice to make under those circumstances. If he were in their place, he would have done the same, even if it was Jacqueline on the other side. They had no idea how safe it would be to keep the entrance open. For all they knew, a zombie horde might have appeared at any moment. However, that wasn't what he was interested in."Can you tell me how Jacqueline suddenly appeared at my side?" Billy asked.Jacqueline immediately spoke up. "I can explain. We were barricading the entrance when a s
"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
Now that Billy had confirmed Jacqueline was fine, he turned his attention back to the zombies trying to kill them. He swung his metal pole, and there was a crunching sound as the zombie broke its nose on it. Surprisingly, he didn't manage to knock its head right off. It must have been because he didn't put his back into it. That was easily resolved with a boot to the face.The head went sailing through the air before bouncing off the ground a few times and rolling across the ground. In that time, more zombies came at the duo who fought them off. After killing the small group of zombies, they turned their attention to the other zombies. Some had turned around to come after them, while others continued to go in their original direction."Do you want to go after the fleeing ones?" Jacqueline asked."You know exactly what I'm thinking," he said before she teleported them away.This time there was no repeat incident of what happened the last time she teleported them. They smoothly teleport
"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
The next couple of days were strangely peaceful. After the incident with the zombies, Billy thought for sure that more would appear or that the giant zombie would suddenly rise up. Neither of these things happened. Instead, they were left alone, which only made Billy more paranoid. He kept expecting more zombies to appear or for some survivors to appear. It was highly suspicious."Isn't it a good thing?" the elderly man asked. "We don't have to deal with zombies or survivors trying to steal our stuff.""It's still strange," Billy said with a frown. "Even before, zombies would occasionally pass by the house to travel to other destinations. This time, there isn't a single sign of them anywhere to be found. It's like they vanished.""He does have a point," the elderly woman said. "Don't give me that look. You know I'm right."The elderly man continued to give her a dubious look as Jacqueline asked, "What do you think might have happened?""I'm not sure. The system has been silent on the