Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Chapter 75: 75

“Do you live near Chang’s? The Chinese guy with the big house?” I said.

Their group looked at me in shock at what I said. The man gave a bitter smile and looks at me with worry.

“H-how did you know?!” The other guy with a hat said.

“Shut up man!” the guy at back bellowed.

“Too late, I promise you we won’t do anything. Back at topic, do you live near Chang’s?” I said.

They looked at each other.

“We’d tell you if we could have a gun, please? One of ours got scratched when fighting them up close. He turned after a few hours…” the man said.

“Sorry, I don’t think that’s a good idea. I could give you protective gear instead. It doesn’t run out of bullets like the gun I have here.” I negotiated.

“We need guns man!” he said to the other guy.

“Noise attracts them, right?!” the guy in the hat said.

“We’ll take the protective gear. It’s better than nothing.” the guy in the middle said.

“C’mon man! We don’t even know them and we’re telling them where we live?” the guy at the back said.

“You think I’ll took an interest in a place with no food?” I interjected.

“…” everyone in their group.

They contemplated for a while but the man in the middle answered for them.

“Deal. We live near Chang’s though a bit further. People are still in there though we heard a couple of gunshots inside.” The man said.

My uncle exclaimed, “Hey! You said gunshots?! Let’s go there now!”

I looked at my uncle and he has a worried and disgruntled expression.

“Come with us, we’ll give you a ride. Save you the trouble of encountering a few of them on your way back.” I said.

We gave them a ride in the truck and we run through a couple zombies along the way. My uncle is driving faster than usual since his family is in Chang’s place.

“Know someone from Chang’s? I’m Jay by the way.” the man said.

“Sky, yeah we know someone from there. How many are you in your group? You guys have something secure?” I probed.

“Sorry, still can’t tell you guys. We’ve let someone in before and he stole some food. Is it a relative in there?” Jay said.

“I told you we don’t need food. Look at this truck, we’re hauling motor parts. I’m looking for the most difficult thing to find. So far, I’ve only found a few.” I said.

“Motor parts?” he asked confused.

“Good people.” I said.

“…” their group was silent but mine has a faint smile on their faces.

“You guys have a place then? Jon is my name. Do you take people then? We killed a few of them already! We could help you guys! Right, Bing?” the guy with the hat said as he looked at the guy in the back before.

The guy named ‘Bing’ just nodded and he kept on staring at Kaley and Tatiana. He just disregarded my look at him and kept on ogling at the two. One of them wearing a jacket with a hood and a facemask back-tapped him and he just snorted. The other guy looked at me with worry and I just have a nonchalant expression.

“Go ahead, try your luck. If you try anything with Tatiana, the tall blonde one, you’d be lucky to have brain damage and live. If you try with Kaley on the other hand… hmmm, let’s just say that someone will be either sweeping their teeth on the floor or gurgling blood.” I said to them nonchalantly.

The girls gave an amused expression at my remark.

“Bing, heard that? Stop it with that dirty look. We’re sorry, I’m Daisy. Nice tats by the way.” The person with the facemask said.

“Oh? Didn’t notice she was a girl.” I said to myself.

“Thanks. Name’s Sky. Don’t apologize to me, tell it to the girls here.” I said as she removed her facemask and hood. She has several tattoos on her neck and chest as she loosens the jacket she’s wearing.

“I see no problem, it’s just looking. Sky, I’m allowed to do something when they try something else correct?” Tatiana said with an even thicker accent and a menacing tone.

“Of course.” I replied.

Bing almost immediately averted his gaze while Daisy gave an amused expression. Kaley just gave me a slight elbow and she was giving a relaxed expression.

“To answer your question Jon, we do, stay with us for a while and we’ll head to your place if you want to come with us so I could assess you all first yeah?” I said.

“What do you mean by asses? Like butts?” Bing said with a confused expression.

“…” everyone else.

“Hah! Good one, that’s not what I meant. I’ll see if I could take your people in or not. I’m cautious like you guys as well and I would not just take anyone I met for the first time outside at this time. It’s been a week and I’m not sure how people acts now.” I said to them.

“Well, so far, I’ve taken everyone I’ve met.” I said to myself.

The road we took is a back road going on an intersection past the burger place we looted before. It’s a straight road for a mile and we need to take a right turn in order to reach the place after driving a quarter of a mile.

*screech*

We finally reached Chang’s place and we cleared a few that’s walking around though there’s a pile in one corner being invaded by flies.

“It’s fewer here than my place.” I said to myself.

My uncle then went down the truck and called inside.

“KENNY! ARE YOU THERE?!” he shouted for a few times.

A few zombies from afar are starting to look at this direction. Kaley and Jared aimed at a few of them from a few tens of meters and they fell down with each shot.

*psshew* *plop*

*psshew* *plop*

*psshew* *plop*

*psshew* *plop*

“They must really be soldiers…” I heard Jon whispering to Jay.

“The one with the sniper gun looks young though…” Jay replied.

A door opened from inside and a few people walked out.

“Pa?! You’re here!” a small voice sounded.

We saw a small kid probably in his elementary, rush outside and met him at the other side of the gate. An older lady then stepped in and dragged the kid off the gate.

“Hey! Get away from that drunken fool!” the lady shouted.

“I’m sober for 10 years you bitch! You know you lied at court! I’m taking Kenny and Hannah with me now! Take those two others you brainwashed with yourself and f.u.c.k yourselves!” my uncle bellowed.

“What is going on?” Jay asked me.

“It’s complicated stuff.” I said.

“Hey, can we go ahead for now? We haven’t eaten this morning yet. Just drive a bit forward and look for the yellow gate that is numbered 223.” He said.

“Woah, why did you tell him our address?!” Bing exclaimed.

“I think we could trust this group.” he replied.

“Good choice.” I said to myself.

“He looks more like a person we could trust than you though, big guy.” Daisy said to Bing.

“What?!” he exclaimed as the rest chuckled.

I nodded and then their group broke off with us.

Three more figures emerged from one of the houses, A skinny male with pale skin with a disgruntled expression, a female with dark skin like my uncle but petite and another female with a large forehead though she is not as tall as the first two. The last one went to Kenny’s side and held him tight with an embrace as she whispers to him something inaudible from my side. They were Cyrill, Joanna and Hannah, Kenny’s older siblings.

“What do you want dumb f.u.c.k?!” Cyrill said.

“Didn’t the court give you a restraining order? Hmm?!” Joanna said.

“I’m taking Kenny and Hannah with me, then sue me in court if you still could.” my uncle replied.

The two grew more furious and they lashed out with their mom.

“Can you even take care of the two?! You barely made a home for us!” Leslie, his wife shouted.

“Bitch?! I was always at work doing overtime after overtime. I was doing all the hard work while not being appreciated even with a proper meal. Do you even know how hard being a truck driver is?! I’d go home at the middle of the night and even a cup of rice isn’t in the pot. I’d have to do everything by myself! You could’ve at least left a cold meal in the table!” my uncle retorted.

“Overtime? Maybe on your side chick you always went to the bar with!” Cyrill shouted.

“That’s my f.u.c.k.i.n.g money I earned with my own! You’re just a f.u.c.k.i.n.g freeloader who can’t even find a decent job! Tell your whore of a mother who’s seeing who and we’ll see!” he retorted.

“…!” my cousin was stunned.

“How about me then?! I found a job and finished my studies, what did you do?! Where were you?!” Joanna then rebutted with bated breath.

I almost rolled my eyes. “That’s years of studies down the drain if you can’t figure that out.” I said to myself. My cousin Jared that’s with me has a frown on his face as he tightly held his gun. I could feel that he’s angry and ready to lash out.