Chapter 3
(3rd pov)
Hours has passed as Dante kills one last chicken with his sword and starts carving meat and feathers out of the chicken. Of course...it was a messy job as the blood of the chicken would spray out of it's body as Dante would start carving.
"Okay that should be enough meat for the day." Sophia says.
"Ugh...I need a shower. I smell like raw chicken." Dante groaned as he put the meat of the chicken in his bag along with the feathers.
"Oh you'll get used to it. Besides being messy is quite rewarding." Sophia giggled.
As they headed back to the mountains, a carrier was heading to the village on the mountains.
"Shit! Carrier!" Sophia shouted.
"It's unarmed though."
"You have no idea how dangerous a carrier is without a weapon. Wait...what the-"
The carrier footsteps were slow then suddenly halts...this got Dante and Sophia on edge wondering what it was doing. Their questions were soon answered as the carrier's chest opens revealing a 14 year old African-American boy curled into a ball unconscious with wires attached in him.
"Oh shit...The carrier is releasing a kid..." Dante said rather astonished.
"We got to get him out of there." Sophia says as her and Dante went to check on the carrier and the boy.
"He's still breathing. Thank god."
"They can die inside the carrier?"
"Not really but this is the first time a kid is in one so it's a scary thing for a kid to die in there. Come on. Help me get the wires out of him. Carefully. The pain can be unbearable if the wires are pulled too fast."
Sophia says as she carefully removes the wires out of the boy. As Dante carefully removes the wires out of the boy, Harlan rushes to Dante and Sophia's direction in fear.
"Oh Gott(Oh god.)...is the boy alright?" Harlan asks with genuine concern.
"He's fine but we have to get him to shelter if we want him to be safe." Sophia says as she removed the last wire out of the boy.
"I'll take him to the clinic to get him treated." Harlan said as he picked up the boy and rushed to the clinic.
"This is the first time we have ever had a kid in our village...Christ...Mojang fucked up this time..." Sophia sighs.
"Let's hope the kid is alright..." Dante sighs.
Hours later, Dante took a shower in his diamond house as his clothes were being washed in a washing machine that Harlan made from Dante's carrier. As Dante finished taking a shower, he got on some spare clothing from his drawer and suddenly hears...the boy shouting...
"WHERE'S MY MAMA!? MAMA!? MAMA!?"
Dante felt sorrow sinking in him as he felt bad for the boy who can't find his parents. Were the boy's parents in the game as well and if so...are they safe? Sophia enters Dante's house and quickly notices Dante's sorrow...
"You heard him did you?" She asks.
"Yeah..."
"My dad is going to check in the settlements to see if he can find the kid's parents. For now...we'll have to do our best to make him comfortable."
Dante lies down on his king sized bed and sighs.
"He's lucky to have parents..."
"You don't have parents?"
"No...never knew them. Learned how to take of myself at the age 13 when I was in the orphanage. Never trusted people who tried to adopt me so I spent my life at the orphanage until I was maybe 20."
"Must be harsh."
"Nah...I was fine with that. My parents were probably assholes for all I know." Dante scoffed.
Sophia was silent for a second as she sighs.
"Anyway...dinner is going to be served in 30 minutes. Going to have some steak, Rice, and bread." Sophia says as she is about to leave Dante's home.
"That sounds good." Dante said as he head out of his home with Sophia.
30 minutes later.
Dante took some food with him as he went to his house and he sees the boy slowly eating his food. The boy seems a little distressed but he looks calm.
"You going to your home? So soon?" Sophia asks Dante.
"Not fond of eating with people. I like eating alone and some quiet."
"Just like Harlan. Well I'm not stopping you. Just curious. That's all."
Dante goes in his house as sat down on the ground eating his food peacefully as He looked out the window looking at the mountains.
"I'm starting to think this new life here may not be such a bad idea...not that I'm saying it's good either cause crazy shit tends to happen but still...it's worth a change." Dante sighed.
He goes silent for a bit and looks at the farms near his house as some chickens began laying eggs.
"What were you thinking, Mojang?" He whispered.
2 hours later at Harlan's office, Doctor Harlan began treating the boy's wounds as the boy looked sad to not see his parents.
"Can you tell me your name?" Harlan asks.
"C-Cody. Cody Martin."
"Okay, Cody. You're going to stay here until we find your parents."
"Okay...please, Mister...I'm worried about them."
"Don't worry, Cody. We are doing our best in fin-"
He was suddenly as man rushed in the office with Snowflake in a panic.
"What's wrong, Zack?"
"Zombies. A group of them...I managed to close the diamond gates on time to prevent them from invading our home. I'm going to need to call the defense team ASAP to take care of the situation."
"Go ahead, Zack."
The man, Zack, turns on the radio on the desk as Cody looked shocked to hear zombies coming.
"Zombies? Oh man...it's just like Minecraft."
"Yes. Unfortunately, Cody, we are in the game and everything you knew in that game is real."
"Defense team! Zombies are heading to our position! Prepare to open fire to scare them off!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Did you find the boy's parents?" Harlan asks Zack.
"I think so. Ezekiel told me that they were some parents looking for the boy. Cody, right?" Zack says as he looked at Cody.
"Yes?"
"Your parents are worried about you. They're safe behind the sturdy walls in the desert settlement."
"Let's go there now! I want to-"
"CODY! NO!" Harlan shouted.
This made Cody look terrified of Harlan cause of that shout.
"Sorry...I don't like seeing kids get harmed...It's dangerous at night and we have to wait til morning if we want to get you to your parents." Harlan sighs as he sits down on his chair drinking his hot coffee.
"He's right, Cody. There's a group of zombies out there and even if we get rid of them, something worse will come after us and let me tell you...it's scary. You get what I mean?"
Cody nods understanding the situation as he slowly starts to realize that this is not a game...it's real.
"Good. Now get some rest. I promise you we'll get you to your parents at morning."
"Okay..." Cody sighs.
"And don't worry. No harm will come to us so you are safe." Zack said with a smile.
Cody smiles back as he goes back to sleep while Zack sits down on a stool...
"I hope you are right, Zack. I don't want this boy suffering anymore as it is."
"I know, Harlan...but all we can do is wait until morning..."
"Right." Harlan nods.
