While Billy didn't find anything useful, he at least was able to confirm that the place was secure. There were no zombies or other survivors lurking around any corners. It was a pity that there wasn't anything for them to take, like food or medicine, but they were already carrying heavy bags, so perhaps it was for the best. Once he was done looking around, he returned to check up on the others.The old man was already back on his feet, and Billy asked, "Are you ready?""Ready as I can be," the elderly man said.Billy nodded before turning his attention to the other two who reluctantly nodded. No more words were passed between them as the old man headed for the door. The others watched as he slowly made his way back out. As he walked away, the others kept an eye for the shooter and other possible threats. Nothing got in the elderly man's way as he continued to walk away.He disappeared from view, and they strained their ears for any gunshots. IT was dead silent. Of course that didn't m
As soon as the duo entered the building, Billy quickly shut the door behind them and shoved a piece of furniture up against the door. Then he signaled for them to hurry upstairs as quietly as possible. Since they still had no idea what attracted the zombies, they could only hope they were drawn by noise and not smell. The group slowly made their way upstairs and entered one of the rooms with a window.While Jacqueline and the elderly woman made sure not to get too close to the window, he carefully made his way to the window. Making sure to stay out of sight, he peeked outside to catch a glimpse of the zombies. The horde lumbered through the street below them, and he was uneasy at the large numbers in front of him. They wouldn't make it out in one piece if they were to face them.Fortunately, none of them seemed to care about entering the building. They continued down the street without giving the building they were in a second glance. However, he didn't look away in case that might ch
"Hold on. Stay with us," Jacqueline said as tears fell from her eyes.Billy didn't say anything as blood continued to pour from the wound. The bullet must have hit something vital with the large amount of blood they were seeing. He was beginning to think that the chances of saving the old woman were close to zero. Even if they did patch up the wound, the chances of it becoming infected were extremely high, especially given her age.The old woman coughed before saying, "Give up on me.""What? Don't talk like that. We'll patch you up," Jacqueline said.The elderly woman grabbed one of Jacqueline's hands in a vice grip and said, "Jacqueline, listen to me. We all know that I won't make it."Jacqueline sniffled as her hands shook. "No.""You two need to get out of here before it's too late," the old woman said. "Just go."Jacqueline continued to shake her head in denial and muttered no repeatedly. There was no way she was going to willingly leave the elderly woman behind. That was clear to
It was silent for some time before Billy finally heard footsteps approaching their location. They were so faint that he wouldn't have been able to pick up on it if he wasn't completely focused on listening for them. He made sure to slow his breathing so he wouldn't give himself away as he prepared his gun. With the way he was positioned, he couldn't see who or where the person was.The only thing he was sure about them was that it wasn't the zombies. The zombies wouldn't be careful about not being heard. That was something only a person could do, unless the zombies suddenly gained intelligence. Billy grimaced at the thought. He really hoped it wasn't the latter. The last thing they needed were intelligent zombies.All he could do was wait for them to come into view and take them out or leave. The footsteps continued to come closer and closer, only to suddenly stop. He strained his ears, hoping he would pick up on something. Unfortunately, he couldn't hear a single thing. The person ha
"Jacqueline, you need to get us out of here," Billy snapped."I don't understand what's going on," Jacqueline said."This isn't the time to talk. We're going to die at this rate if you don't get us out of here," he said.For a moment, it looked like she wasn't going to be able to get them away safely. Suddenly, her expression hardened before they disappeared and reappeared elsewhere. He stumbled as they hit the pavement. Billy quickly recovered and saw that they were not far from the house filled with zombies. In fact, they were only several feet away.Billy grimaced at how close they were. He would have preferred that Jacqueline sent them farther away, but it couldn't be helped. They would just have to run until Jacqueline could teleport them again, they escaped the zombies, or they found a place to hide. In the back of his mind, he noted that the old woman's body was ignored by the zombies.From where they were, he couldn't tell how she died. The
Billy stared long and hard at his old home. It had been a while since he last went there. How long had it been? He couldn't recall, but it had been quite some time. As he got closer, he observed the area. The place was a complete mess, with a few lingering zombies that he recognized. The people inside had been completely unprepared for the zombies that had suddenly appeared.Strangely enough, he didn't see his wife or her family anywhere. It seemed that they had gotten away or that they might be lurking somewhere in the house. Well, it didn't matter much to him. He was only there because he was after his things, still inside the building. Normally, he would have avoided this place, but things were different this time.Since he lost his headstart, it limited what he could do. Without Jacqueline by his side, he couldn't head to the elderly couple's home. He didn't think they would be willing to hear him out without her. Besides, it was very likely that the zombies had already gotten to
Billy's wife stared at him like she had never seen him before. A small part of him was gleeful at the look on her face. However, he was mostly done with her. In fact, he had been done with her for a while now. The fact that he was willing to even allow her to stick around him, despite everything she had done, was only because he couldn't be bothered by her.He turned his back on her just as she shouted after him, "Billy!"Ignoring her words, he continued onward without giving her a second glance back. She continued to call after him as he hurried out of the place. With no zombies getting in his way, it wasn't very hard for him to leave and think about what he should do next. He scanned his surroundings to make sure he wouldn't be caught by surprise by some zombies.Seeing that there were still no zombies, he frowned before picking a direction to walk in. He barely made it a few steps before he heard his ex wife's shrieking voice. Billy pretended not to hear her as he continued walking
Billy cursed. This turn of events was quite unexpected. Losing his system and power would be problematic. It would mean that he wouldn't be given any notice about the waves of zombies and would only have this one chance to make it to the end of the zombie apocalypse. He absolutely couldn't allow that to happen at all costs."Stripping me of the system and power is going too far. Didn't you say we get assigned a system and power? You never said you could take it back," he said.[The system reserves the right to revoke privileges.]He could see he wasn't getting anywhere with the system and wracked his mind for a counterargument. Billy wanted to say it wasn't a privilege, but he would have to prove how it wasn't. Not everyone got a system or power. It was something given to them based on some unknown qualification. Without knowing more about how it worked, he couldn't really present a decent argument.Then, in that case, he asked