251 A Bloody Request, For a Place to Start Anew (1/2)
Day 38 – 8:11 AM - Moutain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon
Mark panned his eyes at the people in front of him.
Killing people, he was not new to it. At the very start of the apocalypse, the government collapsed and the laws of the country lost its importance. Lives of people became cheap due to various reasons and a person killing another was not new.
He did not mind if these people killed others. What he minded was for what reason they killed.
When Mark asked that question, he immediately knew who among them had their hands stained with blood. It was also not hard to distinguish who were those that killed for their desires and those who killed for self-defense. He was an Empath after all. He did not need overly troublesome measures like psychological tests or lie detector tests.
Unexpectedly, one of the fluctuations indicating that he killed someone came from one of the children, the boy from the two siblings.
'Interesting…'
Looking at the boy, it seemed that he was just nine or ten and his sister seemed to be just seven. The sister was currently hiding behind the brother while the brother was looking at Mark without any shred of fear. Rather, his fear was all suppressed by his resolve to protect his sibling.
Even though he was just a child, his resolve already gained him and his sister the entry to his base.
”You two, come here.”
Mark called the two.
The couple that was taking care of the two children seemed to panic since they could not fathom what Mark called the two children for.
After being called, the sister seemed to hesitate but the brother gently pulled her and walked towards Mark.
”Your names?”
”Marcus.”
”C-Chesa.”
Mark asked their names and the two answered with contradicting expressions. He then looked at Marcus and asked.
”Who did you kill before?”
Both children were surprised. Chesa could not help but tighten her grip on her brother's clothes. Marcus however inhaled and calmed himself.
”Our father.”
This answered surprised everyone. Who would have thought that his young child had killed someone before? It seemed that even the people in the group knew nothing about this.
”Why?”
”To protect Chesa and mother.”
”And your mother?”
”We don't need her.”
Marcus showed hate in his eyes. Chesa then hesitatingly interjected with a very small voice.
”Mother abandoned us.”
It was a story even before the outbreak for sure.
”What if something happens to your sister?”
Mark asked with a stern voice.
Hearing that, Marcus' countenance changed and his eyes became fierce. As if he was tearing the person he was looking at from the inside. It was the eye of a predator.
Then, the two children felt a hand on their heads. Both of them were surprised that Mark was patting them.
”Huey.”
”Boss.”
”Take these two inside first.”
”No.” Marcus interjected. ”Aunt Martha and Uncle Joaquin are still here. We can't just leave them.”
”Alright. Let's just make the others enter in one go.”
Hearing that, everyone from the group outside sighed in relief. However, Mark suddenly spoke.
”Don't be relieved yet. Not all of you are going to enter.”
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A man spoke but Mark ignored him. Mark then pointed at the three families, the four women and the three weak hearted men.
”All of you I called. Wait in front of the gate.”
They all did not say anything and just walked. The girls however were looking at eight men that were left behind with eyes filled with grudge.
”What is the meaning of this?! Why are we left out?!”
It was the bald man that asked. He was furious but the confusion in his face was apparent. His men was scattered among their group but all of them were separated from the others by Mark.
”Well, I don't need criminals in my base after all.”
”What do you mean? If you are mentioning criminals, then what is that boy?”
One of the men yelled and pointed at Marcus.
”And all of you! After we protected all of you all this time, we will be left out here?”
The man also yelled at the others. However, the same woman that tried to speak earlier when Mark asked the bald man the first time yelled back.
”Protected? You say that you protected us?! What kind of joke is that?”
Tears started to flow in her eyes.
”You animals treated us as cannon fodder! You all used us like toys! Phillip… You bastards killed Phillip…”
Mark looked at the girl.
”What's your name?”
”A-Althea.”