Chapter 301 A Joyful Apocalypse Part 4 (2/2)
Felix barely felt the touch of Hannah's arun had aiously, and the safe was off It had never failed him before This had been the first time
”It's not all over We just have to find a way out of this We can't do it if we give up” Hannah muttered in Felix's ear as she squeezed her arms around his torso
Unfortunately, her words didn't have the effect that she had hoped for, and before she could react, Felix had already grabbed the handgun that was in her holster, and pulled it out He then pushed the girl aith his shoulder, and pointed the gun at his head ”This is the only thing left to do” He said apologetically in between sobs Then Click One more time, Felix had failed to take his own life
”What are the chances?” ers that the apocalypse had brought to their life, they had been forced to adapt They had soon learned how to take care of their weapons, and how to keep theun fail in that tie that one of their guns had failed, two in a roas absurd
It had taken all of Felix's courage to pull the trigger twice, and now that he had failed a second tiround
The rest of the group looked at their co what to say
The silence was so deafening that they could hear their own breathing, and in their mind, every second was a step closer to death
However, a question which cae's mouth distracted them from their state of ave the on to ”Why is it so quiet?” He asked as his eyes narrowed, and lips curled up al
This question thundered in thetheir desperation to disappear, and for more question to pop into their heads
”Yeah, why is it so quiet?” Asked Josh before once againhis head closer to the door
The very moment Josh's ear touched the metallic door, the handle bent doards, and the door was pushed open Behind it was Daniel His clothes were perfectly clean, and not even a drop of sweat could be on his face Just cal to close the door, Daniel entered the store and walked towards Felix He then sat on the floor right where he was sitting a couple of rabbed the dish of canned beans that the group had given to him earlier
”SHUT THE DOOR!!” Screa that the door had been left wide open However, there was no response to her order Josh was standing paralyzed in front of the door with eyes and jaw locked
Except for Felix, which was still shocked by the failed suicide atteroup ran towards the door What they saw later, hit them harder than a slap to the face
The alley connected to the back of the grocery store was filled by corpses just like they expected, and yet, none of theround Their numbers were in the hundreds
”Did you do this?” Asked George to Daniel while the rest of the group stepped out of the store, and walked down the alley in shock
While not being able to say a word, nor to explain how soht that was pressing down their hearts had been finally lifted, and their will to survive had coer than ever
”Check the end of the alley See if there is a route we can take that isn't full of dead ones” Said Hannah while looking at the clean cuts that parted these corpses' heads froe had said, Daniel gave a second taste to the beans he had been given earlier, and for the second time, he was unable to s them Beans were a common food in his planet too, and this canned version was nowhere near as appetizing as the worse home that Daniel had no intention of responding to his question, George turned to look at Felix, and said ”You better coe's words were finally able to shake Felix out of his shock, and convince hiround He couldn't understand why everyone had left and they hadn't died, so he decided to listen to George, and walk towards the door
However, as soon as he stood up, Daniel appeared in front of hi Daniel disappear and reappear in front of felix in an instant was a shock to George, which muttered ”How H-How did you” His surprise was short-lived, as Daniel pointed the gun at Felix's head and ?!” He asked orry before turning towards the opened door, and shouting ”GUYS! GET BACK HERE!!”
In a matter of seconds James, Hannah, and Alex walked back into the back of the shop
”It's alright The gun is jammed” muttered Felix to his co Felix's words, Daniel pointed the gun upwards, and put pressure on the trigger SPA! A bullet was exploded by the gun without a proble a shi+ver down Felix's back which doubled down the un back at hiun roll around his finger until the grip was pointed in Felix's direction
Felix took Daniel's action as a rude way to give hirabbed the gun, it stuck tightly to his hand, and he was unable to let go of it At the saun moved to the side of his head
”I AM NOT DOING THIS!!” Shouted Felix in panic
After the barrel of the gun was lined up with his head, his index was finally released, and he was able to er in order to avoid pressing it by un off of his head
As the rest of the group looked in worry, a single word spoken in the planet's native tongue had come out of Daniel's mouth That word, was 'Shoot'