48 Embarking onto the Mission (1/2)
6:42 PM – City Mall Bacoor West Wing, TechZone
Mark and the three girls strode back to the store Reyah was in to check on her daughter's condition before going out. Mark and Paula were already wearing armors and fully equipped with weapons and a sports backpacks.
When they entered the store, Bernard and Calvin were also there. The two men looked at Mark's group with stern expressions and approached them. Bernard then asked.
”You young'uns are going to find medicine for her?”
”Just me and Paula, Mei and Ange are going to stay.”
”Just the two of you?Isn't it dangerous?”
”No, well just sneak along the way and avoid attracting zombies too much. Its more easier to do that with fewer people.”
Bernard nodded hearing what he said. Then, Mark continued.
”Still, we need two more people to guard the stairwell after we clear it of zombies.”
”Then, Fernan and James should be able to do that.”
”No, I need James to guard my things on that store so we should get another one.”
”Alright.”
”By the way, I want to ask you two for help.”
Calving raised his eyebrow and asked.
”Help for what?”
”Mei and Angeline will be staying here, if possible, immediately assist Angeline if something happens.”
The men's brows knitted hearing what he said.
”What do you mean?”
”Nothing much, just what I said. Angeline already knows what she needs to do and you two just need to assist her.”
As Mark did not want to elaborate further, the two men did ask anymore and nodded.
Mark approached Reyah who was wiping her daughter's body with a wet handkerchief. Sariya's fever was still high and her temperature was still rising but it was not as fast as before. It should give them enough time to go down, find the medicine and run back. Mark assured the mother once more and left.
Mei and Ange would stay here in the TechZone but they still insisted on accompanying Mark and Paula until they enter the stairwell on the west side of the mall. Bernard and Calvin already found Fernan and another employee, who was familiar with Mark. It was the woman who was together with James when they got shut out from the TechZone. Apparently she was also the one James found that knew about what kind of medicine they needed to find.They also followed together with Mark's group.
When they went out of the store, Mark saw James going their direction when he was just to look for him. He had two phone-like gadgets on his hands.
”Boss!”
”You have good timing. I'm just about to look for you.”
”Is that so? You need me to guard the store again?”
”That's right.”
”No worries Boss, I'll guard it with my life!”
Mark rolled his eyes at him.
”Oh, right. Boss, here.”
James handed the phone-like gadgets to Mark. Mark and Ange's eyes lit up after he received the gadgets. The gadgets were actually two-way radios!
Mark knew this model. It should be the BF-F8HP radios made by Baofeng.
”Boss, I figured out that you will need this so I brought it from the store that we just pried open. I already configured so it's ready to use. The batteries aren't fully charged though.”
”You know how to configure this?”
James scratched his head.
”No boss, I don't. I just followed the manual.”
”Alright, thank you. I'll leave the store to you again.”
Mark and his group parted with James who was going back to guard the shop. It did not take long for them to reach the double door leading to the stairwell which was nearby the backdoor of the arcade center. Along the way, they saw some employees cleaning the corridor and mopping the blood on the floor. They also tested the radios which made Mark satisfied.
Mark gave one of the Radios to Ange making her beam with a lively smile.
”Remember not to contact us using the Radio unless it's an emergency.”