360 The Impossible, Reunion Between Two Friends in the Middle of the Apocalypse (2/2)

”Don't worry, those guys there are different from the ones chasing after us. Also since they live here, they might know where the blood bank is. That will save us a lot of time searching.”

”I see. But how are we going there?”

She asked once more. The school field was brimming with infected. Anyone would ask that question.

”There's a way though.”

Mark smiled.

***

Leaving the Mei, Odelina, and Spera together with the three girls back in the Medicine Faculty, Mark, Karlene, and Edzel made their way towards the large building to the east side of the school.

As Mark had said, there was a safer way towards that place and it was on the roof of the walkway at the southern side of the school field. This covered walkway was not only connected to the building but also extended towards the furthest sides of the school and to the main entrance several hundred meters away from their location.

While running on the roof, they were, of course, detected by the infected on the school field. The infected started roaring aggressively as they raised their hands in an attempt to reach the three that was two to four meters away from them. It was a futile attempt for the infected. Still, both Karlene and Edzel could not help but swallow their saliva seeing how many infected were there at the school field. Even a needle would have a hard time to fall unto the ground.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Mark shook his head. If there was no one watching them, he would bring Mei and the three girls instead but as they had to keep the act, he chose this arrangement. Not only that he made it look like that he was wary about communicating with the survivors on the other building but he also made it look like that they never noticed the scout tailing them since they left the supposed non-combatants on the building.

”STOP!”

A male voice was heard when they reached half of the distance they needed to walk on the roof of the walkway.

Mark was not surprised by Karlene and Edzel immediately went on a defensive stance.

Three looked at the flat area of the roof of the building and there were six people there armed with guns and staring warily at them. Three of the six were even pointing the guns at them with a bit of hesitation on their minds.

”Karlene, you do the greeting.”

Mark whispered.

”Why me?”

”Because of the girl on the roof, look.”

Mark answered mysteriously.

When Karlene turned to the only girl among the six, she was confused. She could not recognize the person since the girl's face was rather dirty and it seemed that she had not taken a bath for a very long time. However, the way the girl looked at her was full of unbelievable shock, too shocked that she even dropped her pistol without knowing surprising the others around her.

Before anyone could speak another word, the girl on the roof rushed forward.

”Lynn! What are you-?!”

A boy that seemed to be the same age as the girl shouted in surprise and tried to grab the girl. Unfortunately, he was late. None of them was able to react as the girl jumped down from the roof of the building to the roof of the walkway. Even though it was about a two-meter drop, she seemed to be fine and did not even create a sound as she landed on the metal roofing.

As she ran, she was already sobbing.

Since a stranger was running towards them, Edzel could not help but raise his gun but before he could do so, a hand pressed his assault rifle down. Edzel could only look at Mark in confusion.

”Read the mood, will you?”

Hearing that, Edzel turned to the girl once more. He was too wary about the people with guns that he did not notice the lack of aggression from the girl.

On the other hand, Karlene was also stuck. She could not help but find the girl familiar but she could not recognize her due to her current appearance. Before she was able to think clearly, a warm but rather smelly embrace enveloped her body.

”Karlene! I'm not dreaming right?” The girl sobbed with tears creating a clean trail on her dirty face. ”Right? This isn't a dream... Right?”

The girl asked repeatedly not knowing what else was to say. The world had already turned into a huge nightmare, it would not be surprising if she was dreaming.

Karlene on the other hand froze. Tears also fell from her eyes before she could even open her mouth.

”This voice... Analynn? Lynn... Is this... really you?”

Karlene pushed the girl away and held her face. She even rubbed the sticky dirt on the girl's face just to be sure. As the tears had softened the dirt, some of it was wiped away.

”No way...” Karlene voiced as she finally confirmed the crying face she held. ”Lynn!”

Karlene let go of Analynn's face and gave her a tight embrace.

Even though there was a large number of infected just a few meters away, their aggressive roars and growls could not overwhelm the joyful cries of two girls that had the reunion that was almost impossible to happen now in this world.