Speedster In The Apocalypse

Chapter: 10

Andrew and Dina carefully moved Phillip to a bench that was still intact in the hall of the mall. Dina went and came back with some water in a bowl from a nearby fountain and tore a piece of her flannel shirt to use as a rag.

She carefully wiped the blood and fluids that he had racked up on his body after his bout with the infected. And for a split second, she caught herself looking closer at the features of Phillips's face.

His facial structure was well-defined, his silver hair made him seem like a character out of a fantasy novel. Well, he had randomly appeared and saved her and her brother when they were in danger, sort of like a prince.

Those feelings, however, were unwarranted considering the current situation. The world was falling apart, and they didn’t even know if they would survive till next week. This infatuation with Phillip had to be limited, for everybody’s good.

When she had cleaned him up to a decent extent she tilted his head up and gave him some water before gently placing him down.

From the corner of her eye, she could see Andrew talking to Kaiser. His troops had returned since there were no more infected. She couldn’t make out what they were saying but she assumed it had to do with Phillip.

Just as she thought that, Kaiser looked towards their direction. Her thoughts were correct, the man was similar to Phillip.

Maybe that meant there were more of them, and they wanted to take Phillip as well. What would happen to her and Andrew? Would they come along as well?

So many questions filled her mind before they were interrupted by Andrew’s voice.

“Dina, come over here for a second.” He said tapping her shoulder. They walked over to the fountain, out of range from Kaiser and his men.

“So what did he say? Who are they?” She asked him. Andrew knew she would panic, the situation was unexpected.

“According to him, he’s the leader of the SGU or special grade unit. They go out looking for survivors and more special grades like Phillip, so they can fight the infected.”

“So they only want Phillip? What’s going to happen to us then?” Dina asked curiously.

“Don’t worry, he said that we could accompany Phillip since we’re all companions. They’re going back to their base right now, we’ll go with them and be safe there.” Andrew assured her.

“Okay okay, I understand. When do we leave?”

“In the next hour or so. In the meantime I’ll go look for more supplies while we go, okay?” Andrew said with an inexplicable glint in his eye.

He picked up the backpack that they had been carrying and walked back towards the food court alone. Dina didn’t need to be a genius to know something was wrong.

However her brother wouldn’t just leave her alone if her life was in danger, so she decided not to panic and wait there with Phillip. He had a plan.

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“What the hell kind of unexpected situation is this?” Andrew muttered to himself as he walked further away from where everyone was gathered.

His instincts could vividly tell him that those people weren’t the good guys. He couldn’t explain it, but they were bad news.

After talking to Kaiser for a few minutes he could immediately tell that they weren’t interested in rescuing them. All they wanted was Phillip and information about him.

That’s probably why they let him and Dina be. He didn’t ask too many questions because he felt that would put them in danger. Too many questions would make them a problem and seeing Kaiser's strength and manpower, it wouldn’t take a lot to Kill him and his sister.

He only said he wanted to search for food to organize his thoughts properly. However, it didn’t seem to help much as he was still at a loss for what to do.

“Okay, they said it’ll take at least 2 days to get to their base. Phillip should have recovered by then. When he does, I’ll explain everything to him and we’ll know the next course of action.” He muttered to himself.

He felt ashamed of himself, having to rely on someone else for both his and his sister's survival. But there was nothing else he could do. The playing field was no longer level so he had to use every advantage he had.

A short walk back he could see Kaiser and his men packing up and preparing to leave. He saw Dina trying to prop up Phillip from the bench before two of Kaiser’s men came and carried him.

“Hey! Where are you taking him?” Dina protested, trying to go after him but she was stopped by another soldier.

“Don’t worry, he will be safe. We will simply be transporting him in another vehicle.” Kaiser tried to assure her.

“Why can’t he travel with us instead?” Dina protested further.

“It is all a part of standard protocol. I won’t repeat mysel. Now come with me, I will guide you to our transport vehicles.” Kaiser said without a second glance.

As he began to walk, all the guards walked behind him.

Andrew met up with his sister and put his hand on her shoulder before whispering into her ear. “Don’t worry, I feel it too. Something is off here we just need to play along for now. Everything will be okay, just relax.” He said as calmly as possible.

Dina slightly nodded her head and both of them followed Kaiser and his men outside the shopping mall where they saw 4 armored vehicles waiting outside.

Whoever these guys were, they had strong backing. The vehicles had “S.G.O” boldly plastered on the sides of all of them.

Some men moved Phillip into the back of what they assumed to be an armored ambulance as there was a stretcher inside it. They placed him on top and pushed it inside before locking the doors.

Kaiser then walked over to Dina and Andrew. “We will be using his car together. Get in.” He said, gesturing to what was formerly a pickup truck.

Without much of a choice, the siblings climbed into the back of the truck. Two soldiers followed after them, sitting beside each of them.

Kaiser however got into the front seat “Let’s move.” He said as the truck began moving with the rest following in tow.

Andrew and Dina looked at themselves, and back the ambulance that Phillip was riding inside. They needed to let him know what was happening, he was their best bet at getting out of this predicament.