At the end of Billy's story, the elderly woman was the first to speak. "That's quite a tale. It's hard to imagine all of that happening.That was the kind of reaction he had expected from Jacqueline. Of course, she had to prove herself different and accept it without batting an eye. Now the question was what the elderly couple would do now after hearing Billy's abridged version of what happened. Would they decide that he was just making things up and ask him to leave? Would they take him seriously, like Jacqueline did?"In fact, it sounds complete nonsense," the elderly man said before getting elbowed into the side by the old woman."What the old coot is saying is that he can't believe it either," she said.Her answer wasn't much of an answer. It still didn't tell him what they intended to do with the information he provided. Were they going to accept him or not? Unable to take it anymore, he decided that he should take matters into his own hands instead of waiting for their judgment.
"So, what's your plan?" the elderly woman asked as Billy took a seat at the table.Billy wasn't surprised that she jumped right to the heart of the matter. "I've already told you about what happened, so we will need to prepare for the events that will happen.""But how are you sure they will happen?" the elderly man asked. "Things are already different, right?""While it's true that the events aren't always the same, the system always stays the same. The information they give us doesn't change," Billy said.The elderly couple looked doubtful as Jacqueline asked, "You mentioned that I was able to obtain a power and system, but do you know how I did it?"Shaking his head, Billy said, "No, I don't. You didn't get it in the other lives, so I'm not sure what the exact criteria is for you to obtain your power."Jacqueline looked disappointed. "It would be handy if I had my teleportation power. We could accomplish so much with it."He quite frankly agreed. It was such an amazing power that c
Billy thought they had prepared well for what was to happen. After all, there wasn't much they needed to do after barricading the house. Training was a must, and making sure they were armed to the teeth was easy to do. They didn't have to worry about supplies, and they had someone to always check the cameras in the security room, so why was he receiving this message from the system now?[The second wave has started.]Normally, this wouldn't have bothered him. He had seen it before in his previous lives. It was standard procedure for the system to give prior notice when a new wave started. His problem was the timing of the message. In his previous lives, the system had warned them about the second wave not long after the first wave. It was about, maybe, half an hour. It had been a few days.Jacqueline hurried into the security room and said, "I just received the message from the system. No what?"He took a deep breath before saying, "Don't panic. It's good that the second wave has fina
With neither side willing to budge on the matter, it was a standstill. Technically, there were more people in favor of going out to kill the zombies. However, only two people's opinions mattered, which were Jacqueline and Billy, since they were the only able bodied people in the group. The elderly couple had to rely on them to do most of the work."Billy, we won't have to go far. We can just attack any zombies that pass by," Jacqueline said, trying again to convince him to see her side.Billy sighed. "Jacqueline, no matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to change my mind about it. We shouldn't recklessly fight the zombies, hoping you three will get a power. You should be realistic."Jacqueline wilted. "I know, but I don't want us to be a burden on you. I already know that we aren't much help to you without a power or system backing us up.""The elderly couple has already provided us a place to stay, and you have already done more than enough," he said.She gave him a doubtfu
Billy groaned as he cursed himself for being right. He had thought that everything had been resolved after their conversation and that they would have more time to deal with what they had discussed. Of course, the world decided to screw him over. How else was he supposed to explain away the fact that a very familiar pair of faces were coming down the street?Fortunately, he was alone in the room, so no one else knew about the two kids that gave him and Jacqueline grief in previous lives who were walking down the street. Since they were moving slowly, he still had some time to think about what he should do about them. While they were alone this time, he wasn't sure if it was a good idea to step out and kill them.There was no way he could leave without being noticed. With the whole place on lockdown, the only way he would have been able to leave was if he deactivated the security. That would immediately notify everyone that someone was trying to leave, which was no good. He would have t
Billy gave her an unimpressed look, and Jacqueline asked, "What?""How do you intend to do that exactly?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow."I don't see the problem," she said.He sighed before saying, "We will still need to talk to the elderly couple to ask them to deactivate the security system or at least inform them."Her mouth opened slightly before her expression turned sheepish, and she said, "Yeah, I mean, I know that, but it's not like we have a choice. Besides, it's not like we're telling them we're going out to kill the kids.""Then are you suggesting we let the kids into the house?" he snapped.Even though he didn't intend to be short with her, he couldn't understand why she thought it was a good idea to let the kids into the house. He had already informed her about what happened the last time they decided to show kindness to the kids. She had even agreed to take them out in a previous life. Why was she insisting on rescuing them?"Oh," she said as if a lightbulb went off.
"It looks like we were unable to save them," Billy calmly said.Jacqueline nodded. "It's unfortunate, but someone bitten by a zombie isn't safe to be around."Billy's eyes noticed the bite mark on one of the kid's exposed arms. Now no one can try to say they were monsters for killing them. Anyone in their position would agree that it wouldn't be smart to let someone bitten by a zombie roam free, even if they were a kid. It could even be said that they were merciful and put the kids out of their misery."What should we do about the bodies?" she asked."We should just leave them. We don't have time to handle them," he said, reminding her of their strict deadline.She nodded before they hurried back to the house. Neither of them gave a single glance back at the bodies. They had already confirmed that the kids were dead, so there wasn't any point in checking on them again. The duo quickly entered the house and closed the door behind them. The elderly couple's expression fell when they saw
Billy immediately zoned in on what Jacqueline was pointing at, but he couldn't see anything unusual. However, just because he didn't see anything didn't mean that Jacqueline didn't. He continued to observe for a bit, with nothing happening. Jacqueline fidgeted at his side, obviously concerned that he hadn't said anything about what she had seen."Can you tell me what you saw?" he asked."You didn't see it?" she asked instead.He shook his head and said, "No."She frowned before saying, "I thought I saw something moving towards the bodies.""Well, either you're mistaken or something scared them off," he said.Billy wasn't sure which he preferred. Well, that wasn't quite right. He would rather it be the former than the latter. At least with the former, he would only have to deal with offending Jacqueline, who he didn't think would begrudge him for his thoughts. If it were the latter, what had scared the person away? Did they somehow know someone was watching and wanted to wait until no