Chapter 65 - You hoarder! - Gun Run (1/2)

The usual formation is that my uncle is in the front since he has the shield while Dong and Mark are on his side ready to strike when the opportunity presents itself. Kaley and Jared are our shooters while Tatiana independently moves to assist in any way possible.

”Hey bro, can we just use the crowbar next time?” Jared said.

”It's noisy when it breaks and I'd like to keep the padlock for future use.” I explained.

”You hoarder!” he joked.

”Yes. I. am.” I said with a smile as I opened the gates.

Kaley and I went inside since we're the only ones who know what type of medicine to get first. We took all the antibiotics first while we took an equal number of bandages, antiseptic ointments, rubbing alcohol, paracetamols, painkillers, antihistamines, vitamin supplements, decongestants and everything that could fit in our bags. We grabbed a few plastic bags from the store and we placed more inside. We closed the gate again and I placed the padlock in since there are still more to be taken inside.

We killed a few along the way and it's almost noon when we came back.

”Right on time guys, lunch is almost ready. It took you a few more hours than earlier though, anything happened?” Oscar said while on top of the catwalk.

”Well, we just got lucky on the first run, we stopped by a few more shops and killed a lot more zombies on the way here.” I said.

We unloaded it again and Rin was kept busy recording everything though Demi, Derek's daughter was assisting her now.

The guys have fortified the fence by reinforcing where the chain-link fences were connected. They have started on building the fence on the other side and it is much wider than the one built here.

Our small basket of trinkets is now increasing in numbers and is starting to make a pile.

We gathered in the pool area and we ate lunch with everybody. Today my aunt made fried chicken with a side of mashed potatoes and coleslaw eaten over rice. The smell of the chicken makes my stomach grumble and I immediately headed to the plates with Kaley so we could eat after working diligently.

”Something American! There's still rice though…” Oscar said while I laughed.

”You'll never remove rice from our meals old man, we even eat potatoes with rice, what do you expect?” I said as I poured gravy over my rice.

”Oh, that is a faster way of eating, pouring it in rice to remove the dipping motion, correct?” Tatiana said.

”Never thought of it like that, we just do this since we discovered gravy though.” I said as everyone nodded.

”How come we don't encounter gun shops here though?” Kaley asked.

”We're on a special location actually. We're in a big city but we're also in the outermost edge of it. Most of the shops being built here is for the civilians to gather and make this their settlement so that the population would stretch in the edges and not get clumped in the center. That's why we have a lot of food and water to loot more than guns. The closest sporting goods here is located on the next city after Caloocan City which is after ours, Valenzuela City. However, Oscar and I know the guy who owns one of the shops there.” I explained.

”Can we reach him though?” she asked.

”I've only sent an email to him but he never responded.” I said.

”Oh! The guy with eye patch?” Oscar said.

”Yeah, there're several more shops there but it's gonna be a long ride, probably two hours in a normal day. Besides, there's still a lot of places to look into like police stations and other houses. However, if the time comes that we'd need more guns or ammo, we could stop by their place using the armored van or the HUMVEE that Tatiana brought here. There's still the SUV but Raphael is working on it.” I said.

”Kid, isn't there a few isolated ones in the Bulacan area?” Oscar said.

”Those illegal ones? We could go there too but it's a shady neighborhood. We need to be packing if we go there. However, we could get gunpowder in some of the factories near it. We'd definitely need a lot of those when cast our own bullets in the future if we ever start to run out. I still have the reloading equipment here and an ample amount of resources to make them. Although, it would take a while before that happens.” I said.

”Wait! How about that old lady who tried to seduce us near the funeral home?” Oscar said.

I got chills when I remembered that place.

”What?! What is that place then?! I need to hear that story!” Kaley exclaimed.