127 The Couples Reunion (1/2)

Day 5 – 7:03 AM – Paradise St., Queens Row Area A, Bacoor City, Cavite

While Mark, Rollan, Mei and Abbygale were at backyard of Rollan's house, an owner type jeep arrived alerting everyone else outside of the potential danger. As the whole place seemed to be devoid of the infected, all of them were cautiously wandering outside while not going too far from the car. When they were looking around, the whole place was really empty. That was why they were shocked after hearing the sound of a vehicle approaching and immediately retreated back inside their vehicles.

When the incoming vehicle arrived, what they saw was the women and children scurrying towards the vehicles with only Odelina and Carlo left out to defend in case that the people that came were dangerous while Emika was also ready to assist from inside their family vehicle.

Under their cautious actions, several individuals alighted from the jeep that stopped several meters away.

”Who are you people, what are you doing at our house?”

Woman that alighted from the front passenger seat bellowed.

That question made Odelina and the others bewildered. If this was their house, does this mean that…?

Before anyone was able to answer, a voice came was heard coming from above the wall.

”How rude, we came all the way here to bring home your boyfriend and not to get shouted at.”

Everyone immediately turned towards the wall next to the two groups and saw someone sitting over the wall. While Odelina and the others were able to feel relief, the people on the opposing side were shocked. After all, none of them managed to see how or when the person sitting on the wall got there.

The most shocked however was the woman who just shouted before. Of course, she was able to recognize the person who she was looking at.

”Mark!”

The woman beamed in to a smile bewildering the members of her group. Nevertheless, it seemed that these people were not here to steal or do something against their group. Furthermore, it seemed that she was familiar with the person on top of the wall.

To the woman's call, Mark did not reply and just looked behind the wall.

”Geez, can't you hurry up?”

”I'm not an abnormal like you!”

Mark spoke to someone making the woman bewildered but hearing the voice that replied made her start to tear up. She then remembered what Mark said after she shouted. Then, there was no doubt that the familiar voice was her…

”Dhie!”

The woman bellowed seeing another head pop up over the wall.

”Nhie!”

Rollan shouted seeing the face of her girlfriend. Then, he slipped while climbing and his head disappeared once more. ”Nhie” was how Rollan addressed her girlfriend Nikky while she addressed the former as ”Dhie”. These names were pep names the two always called each other.

Mark hurriedly grabbed the arm of his best friend that was about to fall down and immediately pulled him up. After being pulled over the wall, Rollan did not wait anymore and jumped down the wall and hurriedly embraced his beloved person. In the state of the world right now where the chance of meeting your beloved people was nil, the emotions of the two overflowed as they embraced each other.

While the couple was doing their business, Mark proceeded to help Mei and Abbygale scale the wall. Mark even started to wonder how Mei was able to climb up this tall wall to get inside. Abbygale was one thing but Mei…

As Mark and the two went down from the wall, the dramatic reunion of the two seemed to turn into a comedy instead.

”Ouch! AH! Nhie! Let go! My Back!”

Rollan bellowed as he tried to get out of his girlfriend's embrace by reflex. The two hugged each other too tightly due to their emotions but Nikky forgot the current state of her body and exerted too much force than Rollan's body could handle. Their loving embrace turned into a spinal lock all of a sudden.

Hearing the bellows of her boyfriend, Nikky paled as she hurriedly let go of Rollan. The latter, after being freed, fell down on the ground kneeling while clutching his back. Nikky who was the perpetrator squatted beside Rollan and carefully patted his back with a sorry expression.

Everyone who was watching the two became speechless. Just what was this couple up to? Was it to make them cry or make them laugh?

”Sorry Dhie…”

Nikky earnestly apologized to Rollan.

”I'm fine Nhie. But how are you too strong?”

Rollan sat on the ground as he spoke. It seemed that his legs became jelly due to the pain that suddenly assaulted his back.

”I, I don't know how to explain this either.”

Nikky replied with a bitter smile. She only knew that she fell unconscious after getting into safety and she was already like this after she woke up.

”Really Rollan, you're asking that question? What's the point of me explaining about it before if you're going to forget?”

Mark spoke while approaching the two with Mei and Abbygale beside him.

When Mark spoke, the attention of the members of Nikky's group was turned towards him. Their eyes lit up upon seeing Mei's appearance which made her shrink back and hide behind him. Mark also saw that but since all of them were just looking at her with admiration, he had no reason to reprimand them.

Rollan on the other hand had his eyes staring at Nikky after hearing what Mark had just said. That strength she had just used was too abnormal. Remembering Mark's explanations before, Nikky could either be a Mutator or an Evolver.

RAAR! GRRR! GRRRAA!

Rollan was about to ask Nikky about it when they suddenly heard loud growling sounds coming from the direction where the fence gate was located.

”You two should continue your reunion later.”

Mark said to the couple while looking at the direction the growls were coming from. He then turned towards Nikky.

”Is there a place where you are staying?”

”There is.”

Nikky nodded.

”Then, bring us there.”

”What's with the hurry? This place is safe.”

The woman who was driving the jeep interjected.

CLANK! TING! TAK!

They then heard the sounds of metal snapping off.

”Are you sure about it?”

Mark asked her making her face red in embarrassment. She had just said that it was safe here and they heard those sounds. It was obvious that those sounds were produced due to the fence gate being torn down.