21 Fight! (1/2)

1:00 pm, Afternoon of the second day of the zombie epidemic as the scorching sun shined upon the city of ”dead”...

Leo and the rest are currently standing at the front yard, with backpacks brimming full of items that they scavenge earlier this morning, while Tom and three brothers looked at Leo excitedly anticipating something while Austin had a confused face looking at their expressions ”Are we leaving this place? And why are the four of them has expressions like something big is gonna happen to make them look excited?”

”Is everyone ready to leave?” Leo looked around and laughed a bit when he saw their varying expressions from excitement, confusion, relief and joy.

”Yeah, we're ready boss!” John yelled with clenched fist, full of excitement.

”Stop yelling, you fool!” Joe slapped the back of his brothers head which Josh snorted back.

”Hey you two, stop causing a ruckus!” Michael said.

”Kid, let's go already. I can't wait to see my wife and daughter” Tom said smiling and the joy in his eyes can't be hidden, even though only a day passed since being separated from their families but for them it feel like a year for them, like soldiers coming from the battlefield.

”Wait, what? We're leaving?” Austin finally figured why they are gathered here with all their things.

”Yes, we will be going to a far more safer place than here” Leo smiled at them.

Laura had an anxious looked on here face when she heard that they are leaving this place which for her and family has already considered a sanctuary, a place where they truly felt safe for the first time in a while.

”T-this” Austin didn't what to say and just as he was hesitating to say something, the others interjected.

”Austin, you shouldn't worry I'm sure that place is far more safer here”

”Yeah, brother. Are families also went there yesterday just a few hours before we saw you guys”

”I know that you're worried about the safety of your family buy I'm sure that place is safer than and you might have already noticed that our gate wouldn't last soon with the continuous banging of these zombies” Joe patted him on the shoulder while pointing at the gate on the verge of collapsing and at the other of side of the gate was a huge swarm of zombies who can't wait to feast upon.

”Have you guys been there before? How do you guys know that it's safer there than here?” Austin still wasn't convinced.

”This..w-well” the guys looked at each other, not sure what to say. After all, they haven't seen the place yet. They only know that the place is safer than here, mostly because of what they saw before, a new high-technology capable of transporting people on the other side of the world.

Leo seeing that they can't answer, smiled and interjected ”All you need to know is that my place is safer than here, I can confidently say that if I claim that it's the second safest place here on Earth then no one would claim they are first”.

”Or you guys can just stay here and you can keep your things”

”This...Alright, we'll come with you guys” Austin hesitated a bit before immediately agreeing, knowing that he won't be able to guarantee his family's safety all alone.

”Good brother/kid!” Tom and the rest patted him happily,even though they only knew each other in less then a day, all of them are already became familiar with each other since the simple party last night.

”Are we going then?” Austin said as he started to walk slowly towards the gate while nervously gripping his new weapon, an ancient battle axe, something he unexpectedly upon from an old house that was treated as an ornament while they were acting bandits earlier this morning which cause envy among the rest when they saw it, of course they immediately about it when they heard that Leo would get them better weapons soon.

”Hey, where are you going?” Michael stopped him by his shoulder.