Chapter 7 (2/2)
“This is…” he said hoa.r.s.ely, “my last one, which I've planned to use on myself if the time ever comes.”
Zhou Rong put the bulled into his rifle and loaded it. Then, he stepped forward to embrace the brave soldier.
Each of their team members followed suit to say tearful goodbye to him. Chun Cao was shaking violently. The special soldier patted her on the back, and gave a brotherly kiss on her forehead. After that, he finally pushed her and turned to face Zhou Rong with tears in his eyes.
“Thank you for the past few years, Rong Ge.” He smiled, wiped his eyes, and continued, “Send me to my last journey.”
Zhou Rong closed his eyes and lifted his trembling hands, putting the gun's barrel on the soldier's head.
”…… Goodbye, ” he whispered.
There was a dead silence for a while, until finally, the shooting sound resounded in the garage.
The crowd's restlessness was subsided in that moment, like boiling magma which has yet to explode and was surpressed back into the ground. The panicked survivors looked at each other. Then, another woman moved forward hesitatingly, her bloodshot eyes were full of tears as she said: “I … I’m a bit scared.”
She asked, “Is there another bullet?”
She looked very young, with makeup-covered face and messy hair. She seemed like a new office worker.
Zhou Rong buried his face in his palm; during this fleeting moment, his usually rigid and strong shoulder looked like it could collapse at anytime.
Chun Cao hesitated for a bit before slowly began reaching to the back of her waist. However, before she had the chance to take out her gun, someone from her side suddenly approached the young woman.
…… Si Nan? She thought in surprise.
Si Nan stood still in front of the girl, then asked in a low voice: “They have no more bullet, can I help you? I promise it will be quick.”
The girl was a little scared and disoriented, “but I…”
“There will be no pain,” Si nan said.
Under the eyes of all the people there, Si Nan lifted his hand to clean the dust on the girl's face, and wipe the eyeshadows that had been ruined by her tears. Then, he combed her hair neatly. folded her collar and took away the dirt from her dress. His action was gentle, like a gentleman who was serving his princess.
The girl’s body trembled as she tried to hold back her sobs. Si Nan opened his arms and hugged her, asking, “What’s your name?”
”…… Zhao … Zhao MaioMiao …
”MiaoMiao,” Si Nan whispered in her ear,” Don’t be afraid, you look really beautiful.”
The girl swallowed her sour tears, smiled, and forced out an “Yeah!” .
The next second, she felt something hit the back of her neck, and then… nothing. Before long, her body immediately went limp.
Si Nan held onto her lifeless body before slowly putting her down on the ground. His gentle movement made it seem as if the girl was merely stuck in an eternal and warm sleep.
”…… Any others?, “Zhou Rong looked at the crowd and asked once again, “Are there any others? Move forward by yourself.”
No one spoke, no one moved, a think silence covered the place. After a long while, Zhou Rong nodded at Yan Hao. Yan Hao took out the car key, and was about to enter the minibus when Si Nan suddenly said: “-Stop!”
He turned to look, a middle-aged man was trembling as he walked toward the car. Si Nan stepped forward and pulled him out of the crowd, saying coldly: ”You were also bitten. ”
“I didn’t! I.. I… ”
Si Nan grabbed the man's hand that he had hidden behind his back and brushed his cuffs open. The wound on his arm had already started festering, it was emitting a thick foul stench.
“This is not an infection, I haven't been bitten, this, I was cut by a gla.s.s! That's why it was bleeding! ”
Si Nan pushed the man to the far corner and told Yan Hao: “Go to the car's door.”
The man flew into a rage and screamed: “You will pay for it! Son of a b.i.t.c.h! You mustn’t die easily! ……”
Si Nan ignored all his angry curses and observed untill all the survivors had entered the biodiesel-car and minibus. Then he turned to the man and asked: “You want to do it yourself, or should I help you?”
The man threw a punch at him, which Si Nan avoided easily. However, the man took that chance to break free of Si Nan's hold, turned around, and run. Upon seeing him heading in the direction of the staircase's door, Si Nan immediately reacted and shouted out: “Stop-”
Zhou Rong slammed open his car's door, and exclaimed: “Si Nan! Get on the car!”
Si Nan, like an enraged leopard looking at its prey, started to went after the man. At the same time, Zhou Rong stepped on the accelerator, the car's tires created a sharp friction on the underground parking ground as it rushed lightning past, before braking stop in front of Si Nan!
Zhou Rong leaned out and seized him, using his iron pliers-like strong hands to grab Si Nan's waist and caried him directly into the driver seat!
“Let him go!” Zhou Rong roared: ”Come with me!”
The bullet-proof biodiesel car performed a neat drift, and with a raging speed, it crashed into the garage's door!
As all of them were b.u.mped around, Si Nan caught a glimpse of the rear view mirror from the corner of his eye. He saw that the middle-aged man had opened the staircase's door, and the living-dead which had previously been blocked behind it were rus.h.i.+ng out, heading to the minibus.
But they were too late. Yan Hao had closed car's door, and started driving away. It hit and crushed a few zombies into the bottom of the car, before finally following the biodiesel armored car into the street!
The last scene he saw in the mirror was of the man being drowned amidst the undead. Si Nan closed his eyes, feeling like his throat was being clogged by something hot and acid, making him unable to even speak.
Suddenly a hand reached out to his head, and he was pulled over focibly into Zhou Rong's embrace by the man himself: “Don’t think about it, okay.”
With his head burried in the warm of Zhou Rong's st.u.r.dy shoulder, Si Nan finally nodded after a moment of silence.
“We are speeding to the city at the north, we must leave this place before dark.” Zhou Rong punched the steering wheel with one hand before saying in a heavy voice: “After three hours, the B-Military region will launch a nuclear bomb to clean the T city, we don't have much time.”
Unedited, will be replaced once my editor is done with the chapter. So, pardon the mistakes please, feel free to tell me if you find any!
One more coming tomorrow, and then I’m done with Undead for this week! Yay! 0/
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