Chapter 440 - Hey dude, hes here. - The Wall? (1/2)
”Oh, I'll take my group to drive outwards to the main road to check if a similar incident happened in other places. Well, we'll check the backroads too but we'll traverse the places that are important that it stays unobstructed.” I replied.
”I see, that's good. Cathy, I'll only be gone for a few. I'll be back by dinner, okay?” Mauricio looked at Cathy.
”S-Sure… be safe!” Cathy lightly waved.
It didn't take long for the other groups to drive outside of our base and my main group was the only ones left behind. I was casually sitting on one of the chairs and the rest of them were waiting with me. However, Jared's expression slowly turned different because he had no idea why we were casually wasting time.
”B-Bro, are we waiting for Lawrence? You called him, right?” Jared asked.
”Hmm? Lawrence? No, he'll be staying in that outpost for now.” I replied.
”So… what are we waiting here for?”
”What? You don't know who? We talked about it at the meeting. Everyone here knows this, right?” I looked at the rest of my group and they all nodded.
Zeus even barked in mockery because of something so simple. By his side was an extra set of gear for our new member and he would growl every time someone approaches it.
”Wait, I took a piss and- nevermind, who's coming then?”
I was about to answer when I heard Allan's voice on the radio.
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*bzzt*
”Hey dude, he's here.”
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
”Great, send him over here.”
*bzzt*
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After a few moments, a man in his 30s with a fresh new crew cut came into view wearing military fatigues. He had nothing on his person but he slowly approached our group with a solemn expression. He looked better than the last time we saw him and I was surprised at how fast he bounced back. Someone with physical prowess was great to have in a group but someone with great mental fortitude was someone I would prefer because it was something harder to obtain or you need to be innately born with it.
Jared was finally enlightened about who it was and why there was an extra set of gear that Zeus was guarding carefully.
My main group now was composed of myself, Kaley, Tatiana, Jared, and Mikhail. There were some floaters like Lois, Cynthia, Russel, and even Lawrence that I would sometimes bring with me but this guy was someone I was planning on adding to my roster permanently.
He was someone that we found in one of our runs stuck inside a jail cell for a few weeks and was about to die but we came at the right moment. He was receiving proper treatment to get right on track and he was visited daily by Marisha to check up on his state of mind. Long story short, he passed with flying colors and I'm interested in what else he could do.
”Sir.” the soldier greeted me.
”Ibarra, you sure you're good to go?” I asked.
”Yes, sir. I'm good to go whenever.” Ibarra promptly replied.
”Good. I have a welcome package for you. It's something a little more above than your standard-issues but you'd get used to it soon enough.” I said then I looked back at Zeus after introducing everyone.
Zeus looked at me briefly then he barked at Ibarra. After that, he placed his paws on top of the equipment I prepared, telling Ibarra to pick them up.