Ch 30 Companionship
Day 156
December 5, 2012
In some part of the city during the morning.
?- "Walf! Walf!"
Zombies- "Huahhh"
?- "*Sneer*."
My puppy passed through them right away and went back towards me.
I point my silencer to the grenade that my puppy lure the zombies from and shoot.
*A Silence Bang*
*BOOOOM!*
All the zombies that were from the blast zones died.
?- "Walf!"
I crouch down.
Zach- "Good job, Taromaru!"
I pat his head and he wags his tails left and right looking very happy.
Then my friend came out of the fast food restaurant looking at me very angry.
I stood up.
?- "Hey, what the heck! Did I say not to use the grenade!"
Zach- "Hey, Kenji, how's the scavenge."
Kenji- "Don't fucking change the subject."
Then we notice a horde coming toward us.
Kenji- "Fuck, we have to get out of here fast."
Zach- "Taromaru, hop on me boy!"
Taromaru- "Wolf!"
He hops on my pet carrier backpack.
Zach- "Okay, let's go."
I took out my handmade smoke bomb and throw it on the ground and then shoot it as it starts creating smoke.
We quickly escape the area and went back to my old fortify base which is my home for now because I'm staying in the city.
But all of you must have been wondering. What the hell happened to me during the mall and who's this person also where the hell did I get a puppy from.
Well, shall we go back in time and find it out ourselves~
Day 148
November 29, 2012
During the time when I was about to battle the four cannibals at the mall.
Zach- "Come on, I'll take you on bitches!"
The four just looked at me.
They're ready to attack anytime but their not attacking.
Is it because I have a gun pointing at them.
Cannibal A- "Dude, he has a gun."
Eric- "I fucking know that."
Cannibal C- "Should I go and grab the shotgun?"
Eric- "Don't, he'll shoot you."
Do they know that I could hear their conversation?
Cannibal B- "Fucker, charge at him, I'll get the shotgun!"
Eric- "You shut the fuck up."
Eric- "Damnit, If only he doesn't have that gun."
Eric isn't risking doing anything that would cause him or his friend to die. He knows what I'm capable off and he knows that I won't show any mercy this time.
Then all of us notice that zombies are heading our way because of the noise I made earlier.
Eric- "*Sneer*, I got a plan, boys."
Eric- "Will let them do the work."
Cannibal B- "What if he escape?"
Eric- "Escape? Pft, every direction has a group of zombies."
Eric- "The only exit he has here is to jump from this floor to the ground floor."
Eric- "Of course, he can't since this is the third floor! Hahaha."
He laughs.
Eric- "Luckily for us, we got the monster blood camouflages."
Eric- "We should go and let him eaten alive by these things."
Cannibal C- "If you say so."
?- "I don't think so bitches."
They turn around and-
*BANG!* *BANG* *BANG*
Three of them died immediately because he shot them to the head but before the last one reacts I used the last bullet on my gun to the kill the last one.
*A Silence Bang*
He dies.
My accuracy from this gun is getting better huh.
I looked at the person who just saved me and went to thank him.
Zach-"Thank you so much for saving me."
?- "You're welcome but we got no time, we're surrounded."
?- "Do you still have those alarmed things?"
Zach- "I do but I got a better item to used than that."
?- "What?"
I open my bag and took out a handmade smoke bomb.
?- "What is that?"
Zach- "A smoke bomb."
?- "A fucking smoke bomb?!"
?- "How is that going to help us escape?!"
Zach- "Shh!"
Zach- "Just trust me, I'll tell you later why I pick the smoke bomb."
This is the special weapon I brought with me today.
I put the handmade smoke bomb on the ground and took out a lighter as I light it up.
Then It starts creating smokes.
Zach- "Listen, don't fucking make a single noise and stay close to me."
?- "A-Alright, If I died from this, I'll hunt you down as a ghost."
Zach- "I got no problem with that, now follow me."
We went slightly away from the smoke bomb as the zombies close in.
Due to the light that the smoke bomb is creating, they went closer to it, as they step on it and It's gone.
Due to the thick smoke that the smoke bomb created, they don't see us crouching down near them nor they notice the dead bodies of the cannibals or us.
Then they start scattering around and left the area after a few minutes passed by.
?- "The fuck just happened."
Zach- "Let's go."
?- "Hey I need some explanation from that."
Zach- "That got to wait, I need to check on how's everyone is doing."
And so I head straight to the direction of where everyone is.
Kill some zombies in the way too.
When I got there, they aren't there anymore.
I'm slightly happy but sad at the same time.
Hopefully, they're safe.
?- "*Pant*...*Pant*...Hey, wait up!"
I turn around.
?- "*Pant*...*Pant*...Man what the heck."
?- "You suddenly just dashed and left me there."
Zach- "Sorry, I'm just worried about my friends that I left here."
?- "Huh, so you are in a group."
Zach- "Of course."
?- "Say, can I join."
Zach- "!"
Let's act naturally for now.
Zach- "Sure, you did save my life after all."
And he doesn't seem that bad. Not like I trust him though. If I want to trust him, I need to know him better.
?- "Cool, thanks man, I have been alone for a while though."
Zach- "Ahaha, I see. Well, my name is Higuchi Zach. Hopefully, we can be truthful to each other and be friends."
?- "!..."
That sudden realization, I notice that.
Kenji- "I-I am Kenjiro Roy. You can call Kenji for short or Roy if you want."
Zach- "I'll stick with Kenji."
Zach- "Anyway, let's find ourselves some shelter."
Kenji- "Good idea, the sun is setting down."
And so we left the mall as we went to the parking lot and hijacked a car and used it to go back to my old base.
Why couldn't I use it to go back to school right away?
Well, because of him.
Eric said he has a different objective.
He and his group can't be there for me because he clearly said he has a different objective. Which mean, their after this guy before they change it when they knew I was there and ambushed me.
I didn't talk to him at all until we reach my old base.
Kenji- "Man what a nice base."
Kenji- "Where's your group?"
Zach- "They're not here."
Kenji- "?!"
He took out his gun and points it at me.
As I did the same. Although he doesn't know that I'm out of ammo. If he fires I'm dead but let's try to calm him down a bit.
Kenji- "The hell dude. Are you fucking lying to me."
Zach- "Chill, I'm in a group, and I didn't lie about that."
Zach- "But I brought you here because I want to know If I can trust you."
Zach- "Because, I can't just let anyone in the group unless I trust them."
Kenji- "..."
Looks like he understands my intention of bringing him here.
So he put his gun away.
Kenji- "Fine."
Zach- "Thanks."
Zach- "Now right this away."
We went inside the storage room.
I light up multiple candles in the room and search for food.
Luckily I found a box of a can of beans and a box of water bottles. Did we forget to get this...Oh well.
I grab one of the cans of beans in the box and open it as I eat it.
Zach- "Want some?"
Kenji- "Sure~"
I throw a can at him and he catches it.
He took out a pocket knife and open it.
Then we sit on the floor as we eat our can of beans.
Zach- "Say, what's your story."
Zach- "Because judging from your outfit, It looks like your a scavenger."
He put his can of beans down.
Kenji- "So you knew."
Zach- "Of course, I would."
Zach- "You're wearing the same outfit as Eric."
Zach- "And, I bet you're part of them aren't you.
Kenji- "..."
Kenji- "There's no point on hiding it huh."
He finished his canned of beans.
Kenji- "Alright, I'll tell you my story."
Kenji- "I hope with this, you can trust me."
Kenji, I may look easy for you to manipulate but I'm not. Even you saved me, that doesn't matter because the only way you can make me trust you is by you telling me everything and who you really are also your action.
I may perhaps have to stay with this guy for a couple of days just so I could finally make my final decision.
I sneer.
Zach- "Hmm, will see."
Kenji- "...Okay."
He told me who he really is and his backstory.
A couple of hours later.
Zach- "So, you're the only survivor that isn't a cannibal?"
Kenji- "Right."
Appearance. Kenjiro Roy appears as an athletic skinny teen and has pale skin, moppy white hair, and red eyes. He's wearing a scavenger outfit that every cannibal scavenger use. The outfit is a leather hoodie, compound short pants, athletic shoe. He also carries a scavenger backpack which contains much stuff including his weapon.
This outfit has less protection but you're much lighter and can run pretty fast.
This is his background.
His name is Kenjiro Roy, a third-year high school student from my school, age 18. Of course, that would make him my senpai but he didn't win my respect yet at all. Plus I like calling him by his name instead of being formal.
He joins the group before it became a cannibal's group. They do say don't judge a book by its cover. Of course.
He told me that group wasn't like that at all until a new person took in charge when the old leader died from a bite.
And as you guess it that leader is a cannibal, so he let everyone be like him as their new rule and many more changes.
He did tell me some people tried to go against him but they died in the process because this new leader has people on his side that carry guns. So, pretty much the rest just go with the flow and serve him.
The only person who still against him is this guy, Kenjiro.
Not long ago, he tried to destroy his own group. Well, let's just say a community of cannibals.
But someone caught him, so they brand him as a traitor. Luckily he escapes but they send out scavengers like him to chase after him.
And that's how he ends up in the mall and why Eric's group are there too.
He also told me how he got the idea to destroyed the community.
He showed me a letter, that letter is from one of the girls which gave him the courage to make the decision to destroy the community and leave to join a better group.
Zach- "And how can I tell you didn't just make up the whole thing just so I could trust you…"
I'm an asshole alright, but strangers like him unless it's a kid like Ruu, I need to be one and be very strict.
He looks pissed off but he calms down.
Then he took out his gun as he points it toward his left hand.
*BANG*
He shot his left hand, It starts to bleed.
In pain sensation, he looks at me.
Kenji- "*Haa*...*Haa*...Will...this...be enough?!"
His action really surprised me. To shot himself on the hand just to let me trust him.
Nice play.
Zach- "...You."
I smiled.
Zach- "Okay, I trust you."
I think I don't have to spend with him for a couple of days just so I could make my final decision.
He told me everything that I wanted to know and shoot himself just to prove he didn't make up the whole thing.
Zach- "You got bandages for that, right?"
Kenji- "*Haa* *Haa*...Y-Yeah...fuck it hurts."
Kenji- "On...my bag...I have a medkit."
Zach- "Alright."
He even let me touch his bag. Heh, I'm really impressed with your action Kenji.
I search his beg and found many useful things, such as ammo for my gun, also so many medical supplies and tools...is he a doctor perhaps?...no, let's not go there yet. For now, let's not touch anything and get the medkit.
I don't want to leave a bad reputation for him after he has done all that just so he could make me trust him.
Zach- "I'll treat your left hand."
I gently grab his left hand and see the bullet wound.
Damn, he can't use this hand for a while because of this wound. It might take months for it to heal.
Now I genuinely feel bad for not stopping him.
Zach- "You're crazy you know that."
Kenji- "H-Heh, as long my action wasn't worthless."
Zach- "..."
For some reason, why do I feel he has an alternative motive when he said that.
Kenji- "Since you trust me now, can you do me a favor."
I looked at him seriously.
Zach- "You bastard, I knew it."
I take it back, I don't feel bad towards my action anymore.
Kenji- "Sorry, but hey at least you have a reason for doing this since I shot my left hand."
Zach- "Tch, tell me the favor after I treat your left hand."
Kenji- "Thanks."
I smiled because he really got me there.
He tricked me by doing him a favor but he already got the consequences by shooting his own left hand. What a guy.
Once I finish treating his left hand. He began to tell me the favor.
Kenji- "Could you do me a favor and help me destroy my old group."
Of course, his going to say that.
Zach- "You know, we're just killing people who are trying to live this hell hole."
Kenji- "Yeah, but their bad people!"
Zach- "I know what you're saying but their still human who wants to survive till the bitter end no matter what."
Kenji- "Even I already told you how bad they are you're going against it."
Zach- "Who said I was?"
He looks surprised.
Zach- "Of course, I'll help you. They post a threat to my group survival."
Kenji- "But earlier, you were…"
Zach- "I'm just reminding you that what we're doing isn't good either."
Zach- "And are you prepared to take another human beings life just to survive."
He sneers.
Kenji- "Fucker, what do you take me for, a pacifist? I just killed Eric's group a while ago just to save your ass."
Then I smile.
Zach- "Good, that's what I wanted to hear."
Zach- "Now, do you have a plan?"
Ch 30 Companionship End
