"Is everything alright?" Rick asked, looking at Lisa. "I think we need to go on foot from here." Lisa turned back to meet the gazes of Jack and Rick. "Why?" Jack asked, feeling a little scared. "Why do we need to go on foot?" Rick asked, leaving Jack at the rear end. "Do you see this?" Lisa showed Rick a part of the map. "We need to go on foot so that we won't attract any hordes when going. Also, we don't want to make the same mistake we made when we went to check the hospital out." Rick nodded and looked at Jack. "We might need to set out on foot from here on. Don't worry, we are going to be fine," Rick said with a smile, noticing the look on Jack's face. "Have you gotten any message from the system on what to do next? We can't just continue living in this shithole." Lisa said, grabbing her backs and things. "I haven't. I think the last message I got was when we were giving out an SUV van. That was the last time it reached out to me." Rick replied Jack looked at them and was lost.
Lisa and Rick circled the back to have the men surrounded, but the squeak sound made by Jack had them turn back. "Slowly, don't flinch.". The man said to Jack "They have me!" Jack shouted, making Lisa and Rick stay put. Their weapon was collected, and they were tied together. A man seated by the fire looked towards Lisa and Rick as they were tied to the tree in front of them. "What should we do with them?" One of the men asked, walking towards the man. The burning fire crackled, revealing his face. "Bring them to me." He ordered Rick, Lisa and Jack were immediately untied and brought before the man. "We are not going to hurt you. We just wanted a place to pass the night, and we would be on our way at first light." Rick looked at the man without being asked anything. "It doesn't look that way to me. It looks like you are going to kill us." The man replied that he was eating part of the roasted rabbit by the fire. "I was going to kill you. The world is a mess right now. Either you ki
Lisa removed the cloth Jack had tied around his neck, and she saw he was bitten. "He is bitten." Lisa spoke slowly and walked away. Rick looked at Jack and felt sorry for him. "When did this happen?" he asked, looking at his face. "Yesterday night, the zombie had bitten me before you came over to rescue me." Jack said he was coughing. "Am I going to become one of those things?" Jack said it with a scared face. Rick nodded and looked at him. "What do you want me to do?" "I can't become one of them. I need you to put me down before I do." Jack made Rick promise him. The two agreed, and Rick looked at the men they had tied down. "I am going to release you all now, but if you try anything funny, I swear to the gods I am going to kill every last one of you." He said it with a stern face. Jack and Rick untied them, and they continued their journey with Lisa. I'm in front of them. The journey was a little boring, with each crew member minding their own business. Jack looked at Rick each
Jack felt his bones snap as his memories began to fade away. He knew he was becoming a zombie. He wanted to take Rick's gun as he shot himself in the head, but it was too late. The gun fell from his hands, and he snarled gently. His eyes were becoming whitish as he became a zombie. The snarling sound of the horde woke Rick up. A system message immediately appeared right in front of him. [SYSTEM TASK: REACH THE SAFE ZONE BEFORE TONIGHT] [SYSTEM REWARD; REUNITE WITH FAMILY] Rick looked back and saw that the zombies were gaining in on him. He immediately tried to reach for his gun, but then he saw it on the floor, right in front of Jack. "Pass me the gun, Jack." Rick whispered, not trying to draw the horde to themselves. Jack looked back, and Rick was frightened. He had turned and was just eating a seat antelope in front of him. Rick jumped to his feet as he kept hearing the firing of gunshots. He knew he had to leave the forest and find Lisa. The zombies came at Rick as he took a s
Rick tried to stall for some time as he kept praying the zombie jack should come in their direction. "I was just following orders as you would if you were in my shoes. Nothing personal, man." Rick said this with his hand up in the air. "You had my life in a mess, and now I am going to take yours." Patrick said he was about to shoot Rick. Jack's snarl got closer, and Patrick looked back to take a shot at him. Rick rushed at him, making him miss his target. He immediately had him pinned down and kicked in the gut. Jack snarled towards Rick, and he pushed him at Patrick. Rick locked the door as he heard the loud noise of Patrick being eaten by Jack. Rick knew the world they lived in was either you were killed by the zombie or your fellow human killed you. He wasn't going to allow any of them. He was going to show humanity and rescue his family. He remembered the system had given him until nightfall. Rick wondered what might go wrong if he couldn't make it to his family that night. He
Rick caught up with Lisa, his mind racing with a thousand thoughts. The group moved in silence, the weight of their recent losses and the urgency of their mission hanging heavily in the air. Rick's heart pounded in his chest, every shadow and rustle in the forest putting him on edge. He couldn't shake the image of Jack, once his friend, now reduced to a mindless beast. He pushed the thought aside, focusing on the path ahead.Lisa led them through the dense underbrush, her movements precise and purposeful. Rick marveled at how she seemed to glide through the forest, almost as if she belonged there. He remembered the days before everything fell apart, when Lisa was a doctor, saving lives with her skill and compassion. Now, she was something entirely different—a blend of humans and something more, something stronger.As they moved, the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows and painting the sky in hues of orange and purple. Rick felt a sense of urgency gnawing at him. The saf
Rick looked at Mark, and he could hardly believe it was him. He was looking more handsome than ever. The two men hugged themselves as they looked at each other. Rick was awfully rough, and his beard was unshaved. "What about my wife? My child?" Rick looked at his friend. "Do you plan on seeing them like this?" Mark asked, looking at his face. "What is wrong with me?" Rick looked at himself and back at Lisa. "You don't plan on going to see your family like that. did you?" Lisa asked, squeezing her face. "And why are you having your face covered?" Mark asked "She isn't feeling too good. She doesn't want to spread the flu." Rick defended. "What flu? Is she having the bite?" Mark asked, taking a step back. Mark immediately ordered one of the men to seize Lisa. "No, she is fine. It is just cold. She would be fine with proper medicine." Rick replied, looking at Mark.There was suspense in the air as Mark and Rick looked at themselves. "Don't you trust me anymore? I said she was fine." R
Rick looked back at Mark as he stepped gently up the staircase. He gazes up each time to see if his wife is peeping or waiting for him. Rick remembered the last time he saw her and held his breath. The noise and sound of the siren echoing back in his head as if it were yesterday. He looked at the door separating him from reuniting with his family, and he took a deep breath. Rick held the knob and pulled it down. He saw his wife gently seated on the couch before him with a magazine in her hands. He stood gently looking at her and didn't know what to say to her or do. " Dad?" A boy around the age of ten squeezed his eyes as he stared at Rick, who was lost. " Jeol." Rick said back, not believing to see his son standing before his very eyes. Jeol sprinted and ran into his open arms, asking Rick's wife to turn and look in the direction of where Jeol went. Martha almost fainted when she saw Rick standing in front of the door. She held onto the table beside her as she looked at Rick, thin