50 Arriving at the Destination (1/2)
7:23 PM – City Mall Bacoor, West Wing Service Corridors, First Floor
Mark carefully knocked on the door. He knocked only once and even though it was not loud to attract the zombies, it was loud enough to startle the people inside.
After his knock, he could hear shuffling sounds and a surprised but muffled shriek. Using that knock, Mark gauged the emotional fluctuations of the two people inside. One of the two shrunk in fear while the other was also frightened but had steeled emotions and readied to fight.
As he finished his assessment, Mark nodded at Paula urging her to call out.
”Is anyone in there?”
Paula called out with a slightly loud voice and knocked on the door twice.
Hearing her shout, Mark detected the change in emotions on the other side of the door. The two inside were happy and excited as they heard a human voice which was different from what they expected.
The two inside hurriedly shuffled towards the door and opened it with fast and they were surprised to see two people armed with weapons and wearing sci-fi looking armor and helmet of contrasting colors.
Paula dragged Mark and backed several steps away from the door. Mark felt it was unnecessary but he just let her do so. When the door opened, they saw the two people peek from the side. It was a pair of male and female college students who both wore white uniforms, still the supposed to be clean and white uniforms were stained with splotches and drops of blood.
The male student had an about over a foot long hatchet stained with blood in his hand as he stared at Mark and Paula vigilantly. The female student looked really excited but the male student did not let her go out of the door.
”Who are you two?”
The male student asked in a low voice.
Mark did not speak and just looked at Paula to do the introductions.
”We're survivors who came down to get medicine. We noticed that there are people inside so we checked it out.”
Hearing what she said, the male student's vigilance lessened. In his mind, he stressed out the clues 'came down' and 'medicine'. He then asked.
”Did you two check us out to help us?”
”That depends, if you needed help, we'll do and if not, then we'll leave.”
It was Mark who replied to the student's question with a detached attitude. Mark then shrugged his shoulders after he saw Paula glaring at him.
The two students that stood by the door did not seem to mind his attitude and a nodded. They walked out of the door. The female student's vigilance was almost none but the male student maintained his caution which made Mark nod.
The male student looked at Paula and asked.
”About you just said did the two of you come from the floors above? Are there other people?”
Paula looked at Mark before replying.
”He cleared the zombies in a large part of the third floor so we set out camp there along with a number of other people.
She was not the person to steal someone's achievement so he told a bit of truth to elevate Mark's status. Mark felt it was unnecessary and sighed.
The two students looked at Mark who was donned in black armor and helmet and equipped with several weapons. With what the woman in white armor said, he was a strong person. Paula then continued.
”What do you two want to do? We still need to find medicine so you can come with us or you two can just go first to our camp.”
”You two can also hide again inside there and wait for us to come back.”
Mark added.
”Can't you lead us to your camp first?”