SPACE SYSTEM IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD

CHAPTER 8

Akim's pov

"M-my dad was the one who pushed my mom to the zombie," said Jake.

What? That can't be true, there's no way Mr Aiden would do something like that. Didn't he love his family? Were they in a fight or something?

" We got chased into the store by a zombie, my dad tried to fight it off while we got deeper into the store. But the zombie kept getting up, no matter how much my dad hit it with his bat; my mum hid us at the back of a small table. I watched as my dad grabbed my mom and pushed her towards the zombie, but she hit a shelf and it fell on her. My dad just stood there watching and didn't help her up then the zombie got her. " Jake explained.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, what could she have done? Was it a deliberate act? The kid definitely didn't see anything wrong with him explaining it. I felt so mad, and I was going to go confront him when I heard several gunshots and screams jolting me up. I looked by my side; the shotgun and pistol used in practicing were both here, so Richard definitely couldn't be the one making those sounds.

Thinking we were being attacked, I quickly picked up the guns, sprinting to where everyone was with Jake.

On getting there, I was struck with fear as I saw a group of people being chased towards the supermarket by a great multitude of zombies; this was even more than we encountered on the road, probably two times the amount or more.

There was obviously no escape route, and we couldn't barricade the supermarket; there wasn't enough time. Are the doors strong enough? Is it possible for everyone here to make it? Is it possible to protect everyone with my ability? Maybe if I make a blade big enough? Can I even do it? I still haven't tested if I'm immune to the bite, what if I get infected?

" HEY!! COME IN HERE!! HURRY!! THIS WAY!!"

I heard Richard shout, snapping me from my thoughts. He opened the doors for the civilians so they could come in, and then he and some men from the group tried barricading the door with nearby tables, shelves, and shopping carts.

They slowly moved back as the zombies rushed to the door, hitting it; the barricade was able to keep them from getting in until two big zombies came similar to the one that tried to topple the jeep or even bigger. Then they began hitting the doors, the barricade was getting destroyed, and they began to fall over.

The men from the group quickly started reloading their guns, getting ready for a fight.

I knew they couldn't handle it by themselves; there were just eight of them against that many, and they were definitely not going to win.

"Ah fuck it"

I looked around and saw the rest of the kids and the group were at the back, making sure no one was looking, I secretly pulled a Heckler & Koch HK416 and an AK 47 from my space storage with some crates of ammo then I called Richard and Jake over, giving Jake the AK 47 and Richard the Heckler & Koch HK416

" Where the hell did you get these" Richard exclaimed catching the attention of the other men

I still didn't think people should know about my spatial abilities; I still don't even know much about it, so it's a risk to let people know about it.

I was still in my thoughts when I heard a loud crash coming from the front of the store.

"THEY ARE IN!!!" One of the men shouted as they started firing at the zombies

Richard quickly stood up and rushed towards the men, joining the onslaught. Jake and I joined them, too, as we began firing at the zombies, taking them out one by one.

This isn't working; at this rate, all the ammo will be finished before we're able to deal with the zombies completely.

I started recalling all my fights with zombies and remembered they always stop moving after their heads get destroyed; yes, that's it, their heads. If we aim for it, we have a chance of winning.

" AIM FOR THEIR HEADS" I yelled "THAT'S THEIR WEAKNESS"

"YOU HEARD HIM, BOYS!" one of the men shouted, "BLOW UP THEIR HEADS!! "

"YEAH!!"

"LET'S GET SOME!!"

" COME ON" the men yelled.

Great, they were dying faster, more and more zombie heads were exploding by the second as we began to gain ground and started pushing forward. The big one that was standing next to the door picked up one of the shelves and threw it toward us.

" INCOMING!!!" one of the men yelled

We managed to fly out of the way in time as the shelf came flying at a very fast speed missing me only by a margin.

"Arghhhh" the muscular man screamed "I'm down it got me"

The shelf landed right on the upper right side of the man, crushing his chest and arm and making him drop the mini Gatling gun he was holding, one of the men got down to help him get the shelf off, and now our forces had gone down by two drastically reducing our firepower since the main firepower had been taken out making us lose ground as the zombies started pushing us back.

I quickly ran towards the mini Gatling gun, picking it up.

"RICHARD FOCUS ON THE BIG ONE'S HEAD LEAVE THE REST TO THEM" I yelled

We started shooting at the big one as it started throwing shopping carts, boxes, and anything it could get its hands on. I tried shooting at its arms to stop it from throwing things as it tried to protect itself using the normal zombies as shields.

" THE BULLETS AREN'T REACHING HIM" Richard shouted

" JAKE! COVER ME!" I yelled as I ran to the side of the zombie herd with Jake shooting any zombie that came close to me.

I slid on the floor, now facing the side of the big one, as I started firing on its arm and shoulder, trying to rip it off. Its left hand completely tore off its shoulders; then I started shooting on its knee, making it fall to one knee.

" ALRIGHT RICHARD, TAKE THE SHOT" I yelled

Both of us started shooting at the big one, which had very tough skin, as it tried to use its other hand to shield its head; we kept at it until its head finally blew up before it fell to the ground.

" IT ISN'T OVER YET" one of the men shouted as multiple zombies broke through the front windows and started pouring in.

These are probably the ones that were outside and couldn't get in. Now we were completely overwhelmed by the numbers, and I was sure our bullets were almost finished at this point.

" TAKE COVER!!!" I heard Richard yell as I looked towards him seeing him with a grenade as he took off the pin and threw it at the zombies that were running in.

Where the hell did he get a grenade, did he take the one that was in the jeep? But throwing it like that would definitely affect us, too, in this small space.

I quickly positioned the Gatling gun at the grenade, which was already on the level right above their heads, as I began to shoot at it, causing it to explode almost immediately after I quickly took cover.

By the time I looked up, the number of zombies had reduced significantly, and we immediately started shooting as if we were in sync.

" COVER ME, I NEED TO RELOAD!" Jake yelled, quickly reloading as he quickly joined the fight.

Everything was going so well; we were definitely gaining ground and pushing forward till we heard a scream.

" Lima?"