Chapter 94 - Let’s go back to basics, shall we? - Blank Check (1/2)

”I made one before by using some play-sand and plaster. It could melt a few metals but not steel or iron.” he said.

”Hmm, okay then. Try to make one for now so I could see what it does. Ask Oscar about the materials and he will give you all that you need. Kindly make it at the scrapyard... wait, how is it powered then?” I asked.

”Whatever you want. Wood, coals or gas, I prefer to use a propane tank so we could replace it easily when we start to make something bigger. I plan to make something as huge as a bucket first to show you.” he explained.

”That's good, do you need more people to help you?” I asked.

”Uhh, not for now. My dad and cousin will do for now while my wife helps with the other household stuff.” he said.

”Alright. Kaley, Tatiana, Zardon, Mark, Dong and Jared on me. We'll bring the truck and go get a few water tanks and generators. It's a few miles past the DDR Camp. Get ready in a few minutes.” I said.

”Okay, Jay, Bing, Jo, Aubrey, Jonathan, and Nicole on me. Wait a minute, I'll grab some gear for you.” Oscar said.

We filled the vehicles with gas and we suited up. I handed them extra magazines in case something happens and we head out.

”I miss you already guys.” I said as I laughed.

”Me too, we'll finally get some peace and quiet.” Jared said as the group chuckled.

”Yeah, Oscar is fun to be with but we always go in guns blazing. It's fun to shoot guns but he never has that finesse that you have when we go on runs.” Dong said.

”Yup, he's definitely a loud guy.” I said.

”It's like the difference of a pirate and a ninja.” Mark said.

”Well to be fair, he's really old. His bones would creak out if he started on sneaking around and jumping over walls.” I said while smiling.

”That is true, being old is a bitch sometimes.” my uncle said.

We started to drive in the highway while we talked casually. There were no signs of people outside, only zombies littered the streets. We finally reached our destination and we saw the stores. There's a few dozen in front of it so I drew my katana first. They backed me up and I dived in.

There were three in front of me so I brandished my katana immediately.

”Let's go back to basics, shall we?” I said to myself.

*slash*

Southeast to Northwest.

*slash*

West to East.

*chop*

Finally, North to South.

They fell after the quick encounter and I looked back and they are also busy. We're in a spear formation where Tatiana and Mark are on my Southeast and Southwest While Kaley is behind me followed by Jared, Dong and Zardon.

I controlled the pace in which we are going. We reached the store after a few minutes of killing a few and I immediately headed for the locks as they made a semi-circle at my back.

”Oh, I finally found another difference, we're pretty quick with Oscar while we're a bit slower when we're with you.” Jared said with a laugh.

”Hah! I'm extra careful, that's why. Focus there yeah?” I said.

I finally opened the gate and we drove inside then we closed the gate after. There are several types of tanks here ranging from plastic, metal and glass. There's different shapes and sizes and I immediately checked inside if there were people inside the office.

There was none in here and all I saw aside from a few paperwork inside was a set of keys for a truck that they use to deliver some of them. It's a 6-wheeler truck though it does not have the horizontal bar that bisects our truck in the middle.

”Do we take this truck too? We could definitely use it back home.” Zardon said.

”Yeah we'll use that to haul more containers. Take those rectangular plastic ones first that could fit 50 gallons and load all it could carry in that truck. Tie it firmly when you stack them so it doesn't get thrown off.” I said.

”What do we place here then?” Mark asked.

”Place the 100-gallon ones and choose the polyethylene ones. Forget about the metal ones for now since they would rust over time. Let's get the easiest one to load first and we'll load the metal ones and the glass ones at a later date.” I said.

”Polytele-what?” Dong said.

”The plastic ones, sorry.” I explained.

”Speak the common tongue bro, we're normal people here.” Jared said while laughing.

”Heh, fill everything up, we'll come back for the generators later.” I said.