172 Incoming Danger (1/2)

Day 6 – 8:04 PM – E3 Expressway, Parañaque, Metro Manila

One meter thick, sixteen meters wide and a hundred meters long…

That was how large the structure was in front of them blocking the entirety of the less than a hundred meter expressway. The whole structure was made of pure concrete along with its metal foundations. Aside from that structure that used to shelter that actual toll ticketing booths underneath it, there were also a large number of abandoned vehicles that littered the place. Even under the large structure, there were a lot of remains vehicles that were crushed by its weight.

There were three lanes of the toll area that was free of vehicles and the vehicles outside those three lanes were seemingly pushed aside. It had just meant that before the structure collapsed, there were people that passed this place. After shortly investigating the area, they concluded that the people that passed by should be the convoy led by General Perez' son 1st Lieutenant Rafael.

They were sure about that because they also received that report and the bullet casings that were left scattered in the area had serials belonging to the military. The soldiers were also sure that the collapse of this structure happened just recently considering how much dust could be seen in the surroundings. There was even a lingering smell of concrete in the air despite not closing in towards the collapsed structure.

”Should we call unto Bay City for assistance?”

Captain Dela Rosa suggested to Major Lopez who was beside him. They looked at the structure and around the area to see if there would be any alternative routes they could take. To the east side of the expressway, there was a small emergency road that should only be accessed if there were emergencies at the expressway. That same road now was filled with abandoned vehicles. The dump trucks had no way to push those vehicles aside as there was no extra space to push the vehicles to. That was how narrow that road was. They could remove the vehicles one by one but it would surely take a lot of time to do so.

Past the safety barriers of the expressway, the west side was a forested slope directly connected to Manila Bay while the east side was a highly forested block. Breaking the safely barriers on either side was not plausible either. Going back and finding another route was not possible either. The nearest roads going the same direction were all two lane streets. Those narrow roads would disrupt the formation of the vehicles and a lot of areas on the convoy would be vulnerable to attacks. It was because the narrow roads would prevent the military vehicles from moving freely.

Calling for assistance from Bay City was all that they could do.

Bay City was still more than four kilometers away from this place. If they could hold their ground till the assistance arrived, they should be able to find a way to deal with the collapsed toll plaza.

***

Mark wore a backpack filled with magazines that had just been filled by everyone inside the vehicle. While Mark and the others were fighting outside, the work of everyone inside was to fill in the empty magazines with the right ammunition. After they left the heavy traffic area near Zapote, Mark started to pack up the filled magazines into his backpack and took out several guns from the back of the vehicle.

When the convoy stopped, Mark finally stood up with three guns hanging on his body. None of them could understand what their leader was going to do with all that weapons and ammunition. The last time some of they saw him do that was back then when he retrieved his things from his house facing thousands of infected alone.

Melissa looked outside, Anna and the others who thought the same also looked out of the window. The place was rather empty and the soldiers and police were already dealing with the infected around the place. Why was Mark preparing this much?

Not saying anything to them, Mark walked out of the vehicle. Mei followed behind him and Odelina on the driver's seat did the same. As if sensing something ominous, the two little girls did not want to get left behind.

Stepping outside the vehicle, what Mark did first was to look at the sky and unto the southbound lanes of the expressway. The moon was already shining above them illuminating the whole place. However, this only made Mark frown even more. He them made his way to the back to unchain the motorbike from the back of the vehicle.

”Gege, is this the place?”

Mei asked while looking around. Odelina was doing the same. Remembering what Mark told them last night, their hearts were pounding with nervousness. He told them that everyone would die once that monster he saw in his dreams appeared. If it was before, Mei would not be afraid of dying but she felt that it was different now. She did not want to die anymore.

To their dismay, Mark did not speak but nodded in agreement.

He had no way of seeing the whole environment in his dream due to the circumstances and the flames that surrounded the place. One thing he was sure however, was the red bus on the right most lane of the southbound half of the expressway. It was the same red painted bus that he leaned his back on as he watched everyone being slaughtered one by one.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Nevertheless, Mark kept on feeling that something was not right that he had to glance at the moon every now and then.

The moon was already shining at the center of the sky. In his premonition, by this time, he should be already in his life and death struggle. Before he was almost squashed to death, the last thing he saw was the moon at the center of the sky.

”It's late.”

Mark muttered. Actually, if it was like this, most people would already rejoice that the disaster seemed to have passed already and nothing happened. Still, he could not shake off the foreboding feeling.

He looked at Odelina and took out a phone and told him a combination of numbers.

”Master, what is this for?”

”Open it. There is only one non-system default application installed there. Every two hours, that application will request for a password and you have to input the numbers I told you. While the password is not inputted, the application will lock up and if the password is not given for another hour, the application will delete its data. Remember that unless something happened to that phone, you have to keep it from deleting the saved data.”

”Why?”

Odelina was confused.

”The content of that data is something the scientists in Bay City will surely want. I'm sure you can use that to exchange for something important from them. Keep that phone and if something unexpected happens and all of you need the aid from General Perez or from Captain Dela Rosa, you can use that phone in exchange for their help.”

Odelina remembered what her Master said with great importance.

”Master, are you sure this will work?”