95 The Splitting of the... Large Horde (1/2)

Day 3 – 2:35 PM –Molino Boulevard, Bayanan, Bacoor City, Cavite

The convoy had already left the gas station and at about fifty meters away from the gas station, every single person inside the cars was looking at the left side of the road. It was the location where the explosion occurred several minutes ago. What they could see was a large number of burned bodies with two still burning trees in the middle. Everything within the ten meter radius around the trees were charred and burned.

The police who remembered what Mei said to them could not help but swallow their own saliva. It was good that they had been warned or the consequences could have been grave. They did not even want to imagine what could have happened if they shot that fat mutant infected near the convoy.

This scene was nothing to joke about and yet, the person who was the root of this scene went back to them like he just did some exercise.

Inside the MB Sprinter that was leading the convoy. Melissa and Charmaine were staring at Mark with incredulous expression.

”Big Brother, You did all this right?”

To Charmaine's question, Mark who was tuning one of his radios to the frequency the police behind them was using just glanced at the scene outside and nodded while shrugging his shoulders.

”There were too many infected chasing me that time. I had no choice.”

Charmaine felt irritated at his expression. She did not know that Mark was really feeling tired at the moment and was not in the mood to talk too much. Since this morning, too many things happened after all. If he could actually sleep at this time, he had already done so.

Unexpectedly, it looked like someone noticed his accumulating fatigue.

”Gege, you can rest if you want to.”

Mark faintly smiled hearing that and shook his head.

”Maybe, later.”

However, it seemed that Mei was not taking a 'no' for an answer. She pulled Mark towards her and made him lay down on the sofa and at her lap as a pillow. Mark who was feeling tired was caught off guard and did not manage to resist. The two women in front of them were speechless at the scene. The two of them were there sitting but the couple in front of them kept on flirting.

”Gege, you should rest.”

Mei said in a stern voice leaving Mark with no way to decline. Knowing that, Mark did not say anything and just let Mei do what she wanted. She them removed his helmet and started to gently caress his hair. As Mark was looking the opposite direction of Mei, he could not see what her expression looked like.

It did not take long for Mark to slowly close his eyes and fell asleep. Mei did not know that she just found one of Mark's weak points. This weak point was the reason he fell asleep easily. The proof of this was because it was hard for Mark to fell asleep easily even if he was tired since the emotions of other people that he was continuously absorbing was actually keeping him from sleeping deeply. Right now however, he comfortable slept with Mei's help.

Melissa and Charmaine who witnessed the whole thing looked at each other and understood each other's meaning. They both fell silent and did not disturb the two. It was because of the satisfied face Mei was making while watching Mark sleep on her lap and caressing his hair.

The rest of the way fortunately went smoothly. There were a few roundabouts and bumping on the way but it could still be considered as smooth since the numbers of danger they could encounter in the time of apocalypse were enormous.

***

Everything was white and Mark could see two shadows waving at him. He could not see their faces but he could hear their voices saying gratitude and goodbye. The voices were familiar and he was sure he knew them. However, he could not remember for some reason.

The shadows soon walked away after saying a few sentences to him. Strangely, he could not speak. He wanted to ask who they were.

”Ge…”

”Bi…”

When he could not see the shadows anymore, he could hear two females' voices.

”Geg…”

”Big Br…”

He tried to listen closer,

”Gege, wake up…”

Mark opened his eyes. He could see Mei's worried face looking above him.

”Mei'er what's wrong?”

”Big Brother, you're having a nightmare.”

It was Charmaine who answered his question. He looked towards her and saw his younger sister kneeling in front of him. She also looked worried. Behind her, he could see Melissa also watching his situation.

He lifted his body up and sat beside Mei under their gazes. Mark noticed that he was actually drenched in sweat even though the air-conditioning of the car was on. Looking at their worried faces, he spoke.

”Don't worry, I'm fine.”

He patted the heads of the two girls. Their worry finally eased.

”How long did I sleep?”

”About 15 minutes I think.”

Melissa answered his question. Mark looked outside.

”15 minutes, Charm, we're not there yet?”

”There are a lot of cars abandoned in the middle of the road. We're already past Citta Italia now.”

”I see.”

Looking outside the window, Mark could see the familiar vacant lots used for farming. Their destination was already close by. The only problem he expected would be the possibility of encountering a huge number of infected since they would go to an area where four malls was actually located near each other. Before the apocalypse, competitions between companies owning mall franchises were very high. This was the result that could be found in many places in the Philippines.