Chapter 141: 141
They are all standing on a wooden bridge that could fit two to three persons easily while it is also submerged in water though the garbage beneath is what you’ll see immediately. A couple hands are reaching out and a few are already killed and the only ones are left are the far ones or the ones underneath. Jonathan, Alex and Arthur are also there armed with long poles. They are poking deep in to the trash figuring out where the head is located and you’ll know if the hands that are reaching slowly bends down.
I whistled and they all looked at my direction.
Lois waved his hand and he walked towards me.
“Hey bro, we’ve been going at it for a while and I’m starting to like this thing! I lost the first bolt on the muck much earlier since I tied it too loosely but I’ve been hitting them clean now.” he said.
“Need more help? Where’s Jay and the others?” I asked.
“Nah, we’re good here. I remember him asking Oscar to clear a few on the 2nd road now since this place is clear now. Most of the zombies here are in the water and we only need a bit of time to clear them all so they headed outside to do a bit more clearing.” he replied.
*PSSHEW* *bolt slide*
*splash*
“Bro, what the f.u.c.k?!” Lois exclaimed.
“Oops. My bad, my bad.” Jared said.
What happened was Jared aimed for one underneath and the dirty water splashed upwards. None of it came near us but the smell it unearthed was very unpleasant.
“Okay then, I’ll leave you guys here. It’s a few more hours before noon we might go for another trip. Us four will grab Raphael’s pickup and head to my old friend’s houses. We need to bring them here first before we start Project Fishing.” I said to the group I’m with.
“Oh! To Earnest’s and the rest? Let’s go then!” Kaley said.
“Where?” Jared asked.
“You don’t remember? The fat kid though much shorter than me that I brought here when I was in highschool?” I replied.
“Bro, that was several years ago!” he replied.
“Oh, right. A couple of friends from highschool. I think just us four will be enough. Oh yeah, Kaley.” I said.
“Hmm?” she looked back as we’re walking.
“Do you have any other friends here? We could stop by to their places too if you think they could be a good addition here.” I said.
“Hmm. I don’t really have much contact of anybody around here anymore. Most of my friends are around the world too. How about you guys here? Jared?” Kaley said.
“About that, it’s hard being called an idiot if you have been telling them for a while that this thing is about to happen. I tried to though, no one seems to care. I’m not sure if any of them are alive now. Tatiana, how about your other comrades who came here? Any contact with them?” he replied then he asked Tatiana.
“We have Sat Phones too though we never contacted each other. I think they would all just report to your president from time to time or to our CO which is also there. I don’t know what they’re doing but I think I’m having the best time out of all of them.” she replied.
“Well, if they’re done, they could always come here. Though I’ll watch out if they all attack me out of the blue like you.” I said.
Kaley and Jared laughed while she pursed her lips in amus.e.m.e.nt.
We walked back to the compound and we saw Olivia talking to Marisha.
“Mom! Tell dad that I want to stay here!” she exclaimed.
“No. We’ve already talked about this. You’ll stay with us over there. Besides, your clothes are already packed.” Marisha replied.
Kaley approached them with furrowed brows.
“Mom? What are you talking about?” Kaley asked.
“Well Matthew is looking around for a house that we could move into. I think he’s near the fishing area by now. He told me he found a nice place with a small pool.” her mom replied.
“Oh, where Oscar and I found the guns.” I thought to myself.
“Mom! But why is Kaley allowed to stay here?!” Olivia retorted.
“Oh? Mr. Matthew actually agreed? He didn’t come with us today too.” I thought to myself.
“You’re still not an a.d.u.l.t, you’re only 16. We talked about this. You could always come here as you like, the place you’d sleep at will be the only thing different.” Marisha replied.
“But mom! It’s a long walk!” she replied.
“I think it’s good for you since you’re getting bulkier.” Kaley said.
“Wai- what?!” Olivia exclaimed.
“You are.” Marisha chimed.
“Didn’t notice yet? You should at least walk around every once in a while.” Kaley said.
“Manipulation at its finest.” I thought to myself.
“Argh! Fine! I’ll do it! I’ll do it!” Olivia gave in as we all gave a faint smile.
We brought the Raptor out and when we told Raphael that we would go to our other friend’s places he became excited.
“Sky! If you could, drop by Darelle’s house as well! We don’t know if he’s here or not! That guy always travels everywhere!” he shouted as I drove outside.
“So, more of your friends, correct?” Tatiana asked.
“Yeah.” I replied.
“What were they like?” she asked.
“Is she probing? Not that it matters though” I thought to myself.
“Well, Earnest is a Radiologist, Darelle is a Travel Blogger, Roi is a Real Estate Agent, and Kris is a Programmer like me before.” I replied.
“I thought you were a businessman?” Tatiana replied.
“Yeah, well life happened and I decided to just continue with the family business. It pays more now actually. Having a bachelors now is not enough to be honest. People are at most required to at least have a Master’s Degree to land a job successfully like Kris and Ken did.” I replied.
“I see.” she nodded and then we started to make a left turn after we passed the elementary school.
“Wait. Wouldn’t some of them be in the DDR Camps as well?” Kaley asked.
“F.u.c.k. Yeah, some of them might. Earnest actually works at the hospital where the DDR Camp in Meycauayan is.” I replied.
“Will he be there then?” Jared asked.
“Not sure now. But I think we need to stop by there first. Juan might be there as well.” I replied.
“Who?” They all asked at the same time.
“The guy I met at the South Supermarket. Hope he’s there.” I replied as I drove in the highway.
“Oh! The guy from where you rescued Allan.” Kaley said.
“Yeah, there’s another family too but they didn’t mention from where they are headed. The guy said that they were from the Bulacan area too.” I replied.
“And there’s another blockhead whom I know exactly where he is but definitely wouldn’t come with me. Nevermind, he’ll be safe considering all the circ.u.mstances.” I thought to myself.
“Bro, there are a few bodies outside which aren’t burned. Could it be other groups now? When we went out those weren’t there.” Jared asked.
There’s a pile of bodies near Mercury Drug where we looted before and it is actually open now and a few shops that are next to it. A few bodies are piled on the side and there’s remnants of small fights happening there when we passed by it.
“Could be, people are starting to lose resources now. But I think this group is properly armed, I think going out in the highway with a couple of handhelds is a no-no for people yet. It won’t be too long when another problem happens. I could be wrong though, people aren’t idiots. They’ll eventually learn how to fight this thing.” I replied.
“Will we start to fight other people like last time?” Jared asked.
“Yeah, but the group we took care of before definitely needed to be rooted out. We pick the people we could work with and if not, we know what happens. Not everyone we encounter could be like that place.” I replied.
“…” the group was silent.
“This is just the world is now. Well, they could be good people, we never know until we meet them.” I said.
Jared turned the radio on and aside from the looped broadcast from the government, nothing else but static is on it from the other channels.
“Bro, when do we use the radio station?” he asked.
“Soon. Haven’t gone back to that place yet to check it or even read the manuals needed. Ken even said he had no idea how to make that place work. But I checked their files before when we went for a run there. If the people working there is also at the DDR Camp, we could recruit one of them to our place.” I said.
“Oh, where are we going first?” he asked.
“To Meycauayan Doctor’s Hospital. We’ll make contact with that camp first and see if Earnest is there. If not, we’ll head to his house next with the others.” I replied.
“What was the place like?” Tatiana asked.
I then mentioned that it is a hospital the same size as the one we have back home though aside from being near to a highschool, it is next to a McRonalds, a gas station and a bus terminal. It is also composed of different sized building that aren’t connected to one another unlike at what we have home that is just a huge establishment with several floors.