Chapter 27: The Mysterious Sibling Pair: Part 4 (2/2)
”Sorry...” She apologised.
”For what?” He asked.
”Freezing the path up... There was a chance you could have gotten stuck down there with them... I thought you could climb up from outside but if you hadn't then because of me you would have-”
Gray interrupted her as he said.
”Nope, you did great. If you hadn't we would have all died as they would have reached the roof.” He replied, patting her with his clean hand on the head as he did so. ”More importantly, we need to go check on the kids, waiting up there.”
Gray glanced back, at the bottom of the staircase, the figure of quite a hefty sum of zombies could be seen, frozen. From seeing such, Gray could tell that she had truly waited until the last moment before freezing the path.
After getting a closer look, he also noticed that cracks were slowly progressing on it. The horde was simply too big, even more were entering the apartment from the streets.
As durable as it was, the ice wasn't going to last.
Without saying anything, Aurora slowly nodded.
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The four regrouped on the roof. Just as Gray had expected, the kid had dealt with the very last flying zombie.
Others were probably on their way, but this apartment wasn't the only one producing sound in the city, so it was unlikely that they had much to worry about.
Gray and Aurora, carried the hiking bags which had been left on the top of the staircase. It held all their things, meanwhile the young boy was still holding on tightly to his sister.
Gray was surprised by his determination, the kid looked no older than ten and yet his will was nothing like his age.
As the cold wind blew by and the rain drops splashed against their faces, their figures could be seen standing on the edge of the apartment building.
'A platform big enough for four. A two by two horizontal should be enough, if they stick close.'
”Does your sister tell you where the refugee is?” Gray asked.
The young boy took a few moments to think about it before replying. ”Yeah... She pointed in that direction.”
He pointed south.
”Do you know what it looks like?”
He shook his head. ”She does.”
Gray nodded.
”Alright, stick close to me, otherwise you'll fall. Time your jump as I do, understood?” Gray asked.
Aurora, nodded and so did the young boy after adjusting his sister on his back.
”Good, let's go.”
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Although things were going smoothly so far, a typhoon approached, one which no one could have predicted.
As mutations gathered throughout the continents, new war was dawning.