Chapter 39 - 35: Revelations pt.2 (1/2)
(John Pov)
After a while of being held by one of my zombies, I ordered it to place me back on the table in front of everyone else as they waited for me to finish checking on Candice and how she was doing with gaining her first few followers. I was under the impression that she was very charismatic when it came to socializing, but after seeing how she was currently cowardly hiding behind a wall.
As far as I could see from the eyes of many dead birds, it was nothing more than a small group of 20 humans. Although it was only a small group of people to me to her, t was a small army, which to her was enough to kill her despite her not knowing of her own power. I found this a nuisance since she will later have to explain her appearance and her awkward clothing that I had Dixie preparing for her while arranging supplies for the survivor she would gain.
With our connection, I established a telepathic link and said, ”Staring at them won't accomplish anything other than suspicion towards you once they spot you through a window.”
My voice within her head scared her enough to make her jump with fright, making her check her surroundings for me and overbearing appearance. After a few seconds, it clicked within her head that I was telepathically talking with her since she was, after all, now apart of my undead army. She looks back at the yellow house full of people who think their undead neighbors haven't caught them because they are good at hiding and says, ”Well, you could have told me you could do that.”
”You will know what you need to know in due time until then quit a coward behind this brick wall and proceed to ”rescue” the first of my would-be followers,” I say while emphasizing the part about rescuing them as a hint to assist her. I would for her to quickly gain at least a little bit of their trust before I begin my evolution.
After a moment of gathering what little courage, she begins her slow approach to the house with her hood drench over her head and her robe dragging behind dried leaves, making them rustle. When she finally makes it halfway to the yellow house, through the eyes of one of many of the birds I have posted in trees and on the stares of fire escapes on buildings across the street, I spot the movement of curtains within the house. After noticing her, it's clear they became frightened when they spotted her making a direct path towards the front door.
It wasn't the fact that a mysterious person was approaching their place of hiding that made them scared but the fact that the person walked through the horde that I specifically placed outside and around the few neighboring blocks to ensure their entrapment was secure. Through the eyes of the person who had spotted Candice, it scared her enough to speculate that Candice was some kind of monster capable of finding them even with having seen them. I laugh a little within Candice's head and say, ”It's funny how fear and ignorance makes people irrational.”
Candice knew what I meant as it was also the same fear and ignorance that got her to the position she's in now. The same fear and ignorance that led her and her children to be saved and relocated within the fine walls of a penthouse on the 50th floor of many other condos. This wasn't the only building that I had set aside for my future followers as it was only one building of many I had planned to leave vacant and useable for them for when their number grew and for when they also needed storage space. Their comfort level wasn't on my list of priorities, but then again, their list of future complaints should be highly short with this little commodity. They'll have to get their own food themselves in the long run as lazy hand don't get fed in the apocalypse.
After what seemed like forever due to Candice's overly dramatic slow-walking, she finally reached the door and knocked three times and waited in vain as no one answered. She knocked again heard the ruffling and thumping of several individuals along the with obviously loud whispering. Finally, the door creaked open, revealing the weary and frightened eyes of a survivor still trying their best to live another second of their miserable life. It has been only a few days since I knocked the world on its a.s.s.
”Look, we don't want any trouble, nor do we have any room or supplies to spare. We don't even want to know the little trick to how you just walked past them dead right behind you. So if you can just leave us alone.” The old man said while keeping his eyes on Candices cold glowing blue eyes.
Candice wanted to tell them she was there to help them, but remembered that she had to play her role well if not want to incur my wrath in any kind form I deemed fit. She then mustered up her will to preach and threw out her doubts to ensure her success or suffer the consequences of failing. Before the man could shut the door quickly, she grabbed hold the edge of the door and said, ”If you shut this door, you doom the twenty or so people within this house of yours, if it's even yours to begin with.”
The old man eyes widen at the woman her the strange black tattoos that wrap around her hand, ending at each fingertip. Candice looks at the man more seriously than ever as he tried to forcefully pull the door shut out of fear for her. Although Candice was just barely holding onto the door while watching the man struggle shut the door, she noticed how little effort it took her to keep it open in the first place, letting her know that she was now stronger than what should've been if she was still human. This bothered her little since she knew something like her becoming something other than human was going to happen after noticing her transformation and rapid de-aging.
”I want you to be wise in your choice as you will only get one, and only one choice to finally find salvation somewhere else other than the small confines of this house. You already know that all it will take is one small slip up or accident before this house is swarmed and everyone within is shredded apart and becomes apart this massive horde behind me. So I will only make this offer once, join me and leave this place for a place far more better. Join me in the worship of the God of the Undead who shall shower you with immunity as he has done for me and rejoice in being saved by a god to be who promises to leave alive those who pray to him.” Candice preaches loudly, making the other people inside startled and afraid that she will draw the dead to them.