Chapter 5 - First Kill - Reaching Home (1/2)

”Are you saying we won't see them anymore?!” She's looking very upset and very close to burst into tears.

Before I say anything, Kaley hugged her tight and said, ”He's just looking out for us, I also brought a picture of us too, see? I think this will fit in your wallet.” She pulls up a small picture of them when they were much younger and handed it to her sister. Olivia kept quiet and took the picture, then she carefully placed it in her wallet.

She walks up to me and said, ”I'm sorry for yelling, and um- thanks.”

I patted her head and said, ”No worries.”

”I'm not a child you know!” she shouted and she became lively again.

Kaley facepalmed and said, ”So what I got packed are a couple weeks of clothes, a few blankets, cans of food, a few candy bars, a pack of coffee and tea, a gallon of water, my M70 rifle, the pistol you gave me, a box of ammunition for the rifle, two flashlights, a couple packs of batteries, a few personal hygiene products, all the medicine supplies from the cabinet, my laptop, my phone, my power bank, my chargers, my wallet and my keys to this home. I hid a few supplies where the rifle was placed.”

”That's great.” I nod approvingly and then I looked at Olivia.

”Umm, I too brought a week of clothes, my phone, my charger, my pocket Wi-Fi, a few snacks and this!” she raises her hand and what looked to be a small stun gun is on it.

*crackle* *crackle*

She tested it a few times and she gave me a grin. ”Cool, huh?”

I raised an eyebrow and gave a faint smile.

”It's cool but it won't be able to do anything to those things.” I said to myself.

”We need to bring the frozen products and other stuff in your refrigerator or in your pantry that might spoil. We're going to turn off the electricity here with the main switch. Last thing we want is your house burning down, we leave a few cans here for your parents when they come home, just in case.” I told them.

”Oh! We have a generator here.” Kaley mentioned. ”I think we have a few containers of gas here somewhere.” she went to the back of their house.

I saw their generator with three gasoline containers beside it and said, ”This is good, but we have solar-powered generators at home, we could leave the generator here for now but we could take two cans of gasoline and leave one for your parents. The generator seems full and it could last for a while if they use it when the power goes down, let's go now.”

We head outside and we started to place the bags at the back of the ambulance. I opened the door and there's a lot of tools here that could definitely be of some use, it has a stretcher, a wheelchair, an oxygen tank, a few IV drips and even a defibrillator along with a few other medical supplies.

”Looks like we hit the lottery.” I said to myself.

As we are about to finish packing, a door swung open from next door and a figure started to walk out erratically which managed to catch my attention.

”Recognize that guy?” I pointed to the figure walking outside.

”Hmm?” Olivia looked behind at the figure.

”Wait, don't come near him.” I said to Olivia as she takes a step forward to take a closer look.

”I think it's Mr. Tan, I remember him trying to push the homeless guy off Mrs. Tan earlier. I saw him get bandaged by one of the Medics.” she said to me.

Time seems to slow down. I noticed Mr. Tan from the glass window of the ambulance door began to turn his head violently and picks up speed towards us. Kaley is in the middle of getting the last bag, walking towards the vehicle while Olivia is in the middle of the vehicle walking towards the guy. I noticed that Kaley saw the guy too. Olivia is in the middle of me and him and I cannot get a proper line of sight since the door of the ambulance and Olivia is blocking my view. I pulled out my pistol and I walked diagonally, away from the vehicle to avoid grazing Olivia.

*BANG*

However, I saw a flash of light followed by a loud bang, the next thing I saw is Mr. Tan sprawled sideways on the ground. Kaley took the first shot; I saw her running towards Olivia and holding her tight. I walked towards the guy and saw it slowly stand up.