Saeko was checking around the room. Apparently, this place was also some sort of warehouse, as she found a couple of small stocks of several types of medicine. Shame we had no bags with us, so we could not really take anything...not that it mattered much for me at the moment...because...i was...uhh...

(Did that just really happen?... Maybe i passed out after i crashed into the window...and a corpse is actually chewing on my face right now...)

I take a quick glance at Saeko before lifting my hand to my face...and give it a strong pinch.

(Ow, f...Yep...definitely not dreaming...so that means...)

I shake my head, put my balaclava and mask back on and then jump off the table...

(ARGHH...come on...no time to be a little fucking princess...got shit that needs doing. You can be all flabbergasted later.)

"Naier, it seems there aren't any of them wandering on the other side of these windows, i think we could leave from here." Saeko speaks up as she checks the windows on the far end of the room for...the fourth time?

"Yea, but first, i need to find a weapon. I'm almost out of bullets...only two left in the handgun...and the shotgun is empty. Wonder if there's anything in here that i can use to poke corpses to death" I say as i walk up to her and look around.

"I don't know if you will find anything useful...i searched around the room and saw nothing that could be used as a weapon...all the drawers that are on the right wall have bottles and other types of medicine. The rest of the room has nothing even worth mentioning...and the corpses were unarmed" She replies as she turns around and scans the insides.

"Ok. So, then..."

"Don't worry. i'll deal with anything that will try to get in our way." She cuts me off as she turns to me and smiles.

"Well...i can't sit back and let you do all the work now, can i? " I say as i keep looking at her.

"But...you can rely on me...i want you to...rely on me." Saeko responds as she turns her sight towards the window.

I raise my hand towards my head and point at the ceiling as i open my mouth...but... i couldn't think of anything to say...

"And how am i supposed to have a comeback for something like this?" I ask as i let my hand drop.

Saeko just closes her eyes and laughs lightly though her nose before turning to me.

"Fine...until i find something, i'll stay behind you." I say as i fold my arms. Saeko responded with a nod, and a smile.

"So, let's get out of here?..." I 'ask' as i give the other side of the window one last check before opening it and jumping over to the grassy ground on the other side.

Straight ahead of me now was a concrete fence wall. To my left, i could see the road that connected to the front part of the clinic. To the right, a path that led to the back of the building. Another road was there, after what seemed to be... a small park?

"We need to go left to end up on the road we used to arrive here...but the front was overrun with corpses...let's go check how bad it is, if it's too crowded, we go from the back." I say as i turn to Saeko.

She nods and starts walking towards the front. Her hand resting on her Katana.

We didn't actually have to reach the end of the path to start hearing corpse moans...and the moment we reached the end...

"Yea...no. Judging from how many corpses are flocked on the road we need to take?...I'll say our group made quite the commotion while leaving." I whisper as i look at the overrun road that was straight ahead and to our left.

"Back then?" Saeko whispers without turning to look at me.

"Yea" I answer as i pat her shoulder and turn around.

We then walked all the way to the other side, and upon reaching the end, we checked the location.

"There are a bunch of corpses that seem to crawl towards the clinic, probably drawn by the noise. They are quite spread out though and are all still in the small..uhh...park? It has no trees what so ever, just a grassy field and some paved walkways...i do see a couple of cars near its end though. Still, we should be able to run past the corpses...and the road behind them looks clear...huh...i expected more corpses to be around...but...ehh not complaining."I say as i stare at the corpses that kept shambling towards the clinic.

"After we run past them and reach the street?" Saeko asks as she turns to me.

"Hmmm...we need to turn either left or right...then make a turn on the next intersection so we can end up going in the opposite direction from where we are going now. The mall is more or less a straight line from the clinic...so it won't matter which turn we take" I answer as i turn to her, she replies with a nod.

And so...after we spend a couple of seconds looking at each other, until it started to get awkward. We slowly sneaked out of the 'corridor' and started walking towards the small park.

I then also realized why there were not so many corpses walking towards the clinic, or at the street behind them...as there was a crapton of them already clawing at the clinic's back wall...thankfully they were fairly far away and didn't seem to pay any attention to us. I give Saeko a glance and motion her with my hand before breaking off into a sprint.

We bolted forward and headed straight towards the road ahead. Saeko quickly run past me and effortlessly cut down a couple of spread out corpses that were in our way.

(I feel like i'm playing a game with cheat codes with her around...)

I chuckle to my self as i run past the fallen corpses, the abandoned cars and into the street, where Saeko was waiting.

"Left or right?" I ask as i reach her.

"I don't think that plan is going to work Naier" Saeko responds as she turns to me.

"Huh, why?..what is the...oh crabs..." My own question got answered the moment i looked at the streets to my left and right...

Other than that that they were both crawling with corpses?...I guess the fact that there were a buttload of crashed and abandoned cars on both streets limited our mobility...too much for my liking...

"The road ahead is clear...even though it seems to be an uphill road, so i can't really tell what might be behind it..." I say as i look behind Saeko.

"We don't have much of a choice to do we?" She responds as she tilts her head slightly, i nod and point at the road ahead.

"Alright, same deal, straight...then left or right on next the intersection." I say as i start walking and turn to look at Saeko.

And so, we both start running up the hill, which was...well...empty.

(Guess all the corpses got drawn to the clinic...)

The moment we reached the next intersection which was actually on the top of the hill, the first thing i noticed...was the sea, that was straight ahead of us on a downhill road...and...even more negative results...

"Ohh come on..." I groan as i look at the toppled big rig that was blocking the right road...the road to the left led downhill...and was clear...but...

"I can see the next intersection on the left road...and it's..."

"A clusterfuck" I cut off Saeko as i look at the distant intersection...i guess that's why the left road was clear too...everything must have gathered at that intersection. Crashed cars, corpses, toppled poles...that intersection had it all...

"Uhh...how about a seaside walk?" I say i glance at Saeko before turning towards the road ahead.

It was a straight line towards the street that was next to the beach...about two intersections in distance. It did have a couple of corpses roaming about, but nothing like the fuckfest that was the left intersection.

"I didn't take you for the romantic type." Saeko responds with a slight smirk.

"Normally now i should say something in the likes of...'stick around, I'm full of surprises'...but yea, i'm not." I say as i tilt my head and turn to Saeko. She just chuckled.

"Well i don't see any other way" She says as she looks at the downhill road. I nod and we start moving again.

(We keep going further and further from the mall...but...uhh...i'm not complaining, not when i have Saeko with me)

I give her a quick glance as she kept running next to me.

"After we reach the split by the sea, we go right. The left intersection was a mess, so all we can do is try the right side now" I say as i keep running.

"And if the right is a no go too?" Saeko asks.

"We keep going till we find a clear one" I respond without looking at her.

And so, a couple of tumbling corpses later we reached the seaside road and turned right...and instantly stopped.

"You know what...I'm not even surprised anymore." I say as i raise my arms and look at the corpses that had blocked off the street.

"The beach looks empty." Saeko responds as she looks at the beach that was below us to our left.

"Yea...i can see a couple of stairs a little further off, we go down and walk past the grouped up corpses then walk back up to the street again." I say as i point at a staircase that was a couple of meters away.

With that, we run to the stairs and pretty much jump down before running straight towards the sea.

I stop take a look around after we picked up some distance from the street and then turn to Saeko.

"I can't see a single corpse...guess nobody thought of running here?" I say as i turn to look at the clogged road behind her.

"Works perfectly for us, doesn't it?" she responds.

"Yea...come on, i don't feel like running on the sand." I say as i motion her with my hand and turn to walk towards the left. Saeko nodded and started walking next to me.

And a couple of minutes later.

"In the end, we ended up on a seaside walk after all" I say as i chuckle, Saeko responds with a giggle.

"Still...i never realized we were so close to the sea..." I turn to look at the calm ocean to my left as i continue speaking.

"Me neither" Saeko responds. I turn to her and tilt my head.

"Really? Not normally from around here?" Saeko shakes her head after hearing my question.

"No...and...between my studies and my training...i didn't have much free time to take leisure walks" She responds.

"Hmm...i guess...we would all still be in our own little worlds, was it not for the outbreak" I say as i turn to look at the sea again.

(And my world...would probably be a prison)

"Our...worlds..." Saeko lowered her head slightly as she spoke.

"Say...if you do not mind me asking...what did you do before the outbreak?...Helping people film their guns aside..." She asks as she turns to me.

"I'm not sure you would want to know...trust me, very anti-climatic" I respond as i turn to her, she just kept staring at me with that 'tell me' expression.

And after she kept staring at me for a couple of seconds...

"Other than the training and the gun thing?...i...uh...stayed home and played video games...that's it..." I say as tilt my head, Saeko just kept looking at me, seemingly thinking of what to say.

(Well...that's what i did before i arrived 'here'...so i guess it's not a lie...as i didn't have much time for gaming after i realized where i was...)

"In the end, it took a zombie outbreak to make me leave my room and talk to people." I say as i laugh though my teeth, Saeko just smiles as she closes her eyes and laughs lightly through her nose.

"So...You didn't go out much?" She asks.

"Much? if i didn't have a reason to leave the house, i didn't leave the house" I answer. Saeko just looked at me without responding.

"Disappointed?" I ask. Saeko snaps out of what she was thinking, she then shakes her head as she lifts her hand and shakes it as well.

"Ohh, no no. I just... didn't expect you to be an indoors type..." She replies.

"Well...i am...was...am? Can't really tell anymore..." I tilt my head from left to right as i speak.

We kept silent for a couple of minutes as we walked down the empty beach, the corpses on the road staying ever oblivious.

"It's funny you know...if this didn't happen...i probably would never have met any of you..." I say as i keep walking. Saeko just glances at me before looking at the ground.

"Y...yea..." Was all she said, her eyes still looking at her feet. I glance at her...and take a big breath

"I mean just think about it...Saeko, esteemed kendo club leader and winner of the Kyoto Kendo Tournament...caught kissing with a shut-in whose surname is pronounced wrong by half the school staff." I say as i hold my back my laughter, raise both arms and spread them like i was showing off a billboard.

Saeko lifts her head and looks at me with a raise eyebrow...until...

"Khh...sorry, sorry...i know this is not something i should joke about but...you looked down in the dumps and couldn't think of anything better..." I say as i turn to look at her.

She says nothing. Just...looks at me and smiles...Then moves closer and passes her arm around mine, locking it between her arm and...uhh...breast.

I decided to just keep my mouth shut...as i had a feeling that anything i might have said now...would have ended up with a trap question.

(...I could tell her that i killed Shido and Tsunoda...but...i don't want her to believe that i accepted her because i've done worse than her...i would still have accepted her no matter the case...the fact that i killed these two...had nothing to do with this...it does make for a good trump card though.)

We kept moving down the beach like that for some time...to the point that we had moved way past the clustered corpses. We could move back to the street right now...but there was something that caught my attention. A house down in the distance, i could see a path that led all the way to the sea from it and it ended with what seemed to be a small cement dock. The house itself was surrounded by a tall fence. And...yea...having Saeko lock my arm like that, i obviously wanted this to last as much as possible, so why would i want to go back up on the corpse infested streets?.

"That house in the distance, with the small dock...if it's clear let's take a break there before we go back into running in the streets." I say as i point at it with my free hand. Saeko nods as she looks at where i was pointing.

The house was three buildings in distance, so it did not take long for us to reach it. Once near, Saeko let go of my arm as we checked at the back gate that led into the house.

"Locked, and i don't see any corpses inside," I say as i look into the house's back yard.

"Think there are survivors inside?" She asks as she looks at the closed windows, curtains obstructing the view inside.

"If there are, they are doing a really bad job at fortifying this place." I say as i pass my arm between the steel pickets and press on the gate's handle. The gate opens effortlessly.

I walk inside and motion Saeko to come inside with my head. The moment she walked in i close the gate and pull the handgun.

"Let's do a quick sweep on the perimeter, then check the insides." I say as i lift the handgun.

I move straight ahead, while Saeko went to the left to check the other side.

(This place has its own garage...this...could be perfect for the Humvee if it's clear.)

I think as i keep moving. By the time i reached the front gate Saeko had also reached the front, she nodded at me before i did the same. I then turned to look at the house's main entrance.

(Huh?...the door is half-open...)

I point at the door as i look at Saeko. She nods and starts moving towards it. With my gun pointed at the door, i also move towards it.

The moment we reached it i gave it a light kick and moved aside. Yet, nothing happened...the insides were as clear as they could be...from here at least. As the only thing we could see was a small hallway that led to an open room that had a big table set in the middle. I give Saeko a quick glance, and with a nod, we move into the house.

The moment we stepped in, i scanned the insides.

To my left, a couple of meters away, i could see a door under a big widescreen tv, probably leading to the garage, over the table behind a closed curtain was a relatively big sliding glass door. To my right, i could see an open wall kitchen to the far end of the room, next to it a staircase, followed by a wall that run all the way to where i was standing. That wall also had one door in it, along with several painting portraits.

"Whoever was here, wasn't short on cash." I say as i look around the room.

There was no sign of struggle anywhere, guess they left when shit hit the fan?

"I will go check the upper floor." Saeko says shortly after as she moved towards the staircase.

"I will check the two doors on the first floor, then join up with you" I respond.

With that, we split up...and...i got to admit...

(I know she can handle her self...but...uhh...yea i'm worried...but she won't do anything stupid now...i hope...God, if i start getting clingy now...ughh...everything with a limit Naier...everything with a limit)

I shake my head and head to the door that was to my left, under the giant tv. Opening the door i find my self in the garage.

Other than a small workstation that had various tools on it to my left...there were two things that caught my attention. A big ass jeep...and a wooden boat.

The jeep looked like a silver Maserati Levante, shaded windows and all...so i guess i was right, these people must have been rich...which made it all weirder...as the boat was a small wooden one, no engine, just paddles. It was well preserved and on a trailer that was linked up to the car.

(What's with the boat?...If the people here were decked i would expect that they at least had a zodiac...but...uhh...a wooden boat...near the sea...)

My thoughts got interrupted by the sound of something 'bumping' into the car. I instantly aim my gun at the car and stare at it. After staring for a while i kneel down and check under the car.

(Clear)

I get up again and scan the garage.

"Uhhh...Mantis drops organic polymer..." I say with a relatively loud voice...and seconds later, another bump, coming straight from the insides of the car.

I walk closer to the car and try to see inside.

"Fucking tinted windows, ain't that supposed to be illegal or something?" I groan under my breath as i move to the front of the car.

Thankfully, the front windshield was not shaded, so i had a clear view of the insides now.

"Well...that explains the bumping..." I say as i look at the zombified people in the car.

A well-dressed man and woman were on the front seats. The man, who was on the driver's seat had a small part of his neck missing on the right part, the woman had a small bite mark on her left arm...and...i could see a small kid on the back moving about, next to it...uhh...the remains of another kid?

"Guess being rich ain't gonna help ya if your own kid comes after you." I say as i move towards the boat and lower the gun.

"Still...why a wooden boat people?...At least get something bigger, ain't you rich?" I say as i turn back to look at the car, obviously, i got no response...other than the bumping.

I turn to leave the garage, closing the door behind me.

"Next, the door next to the stairs." I say as i pass by the giant table in the living room.

Upon reaching the door, i ready my gun again and grab the handle. I then swing the door open and make a quick jump back, pointing the gun towards the open door.

(Empty...expected as much...but not being careful is equal to suicide, i'd rather look like an idiot and stay alive)

Still...i did take a quick glance around me to make sure Saeko did not come back down before moving into the room.

That room...well it looked like a study. I could see an expensive looking desk on the far end of the room to my left, the wall ahead of me was made up of windows, with the curtains all closed and the wall next to me on my left, a long bookcase.

I walk up to the bookcase and pick a book, the sign of the medical cross on it. I then put it back and pick another...a medical book again. I repeated the process a couple of times...same result.

(Hmm...one of the two here was a doctor?)

I think as i leave the book in my hands on a stand next to me. I then look at the room again, my eyes stopping on a wooden door behind the desk.

Waking up to the door i again grab the hand and ready the gun. Swinging the door open i sidestep while moving backward and stare insides of the new room.

(Ehhh...a bathroom...well...it could have some medical stuff...but we just left a shit ton of that crap in the clinic)

I shake my head and turn around, giving the room one last glance before leaving.

Upon entering the living room i move towards the stairs to my right. Going up the stairs i find my self in a rather big corridor with five doors, two doors on each wall to my left and right and one door straight ahead, three of the doors were open. I walk to furthest open door that was to my right and peek inside, Saeko was there, looking at dresses that were inside a wardrobe.

"Umm...i think monsters usually hide under the bed" I say as i point at the double bed next to Saeko.

Reacting to my voice she closes the wardrobe and turns to me

"These people...must have been pretty wealthy, everything in here is rather expensive" She responds.

"Ohh, i know. You must see their car, could give our Humvee a run for its money...didn't save them though" I say as i turn to look back towards the stairs.

Saeko stayed quiet for a couple of seconds.

"You found the owner of the house?" She asks

"Yea, inside the car, corpsified. Think one of their kids got infected and then turned inside the car." I say as i turn to her again. She responded by staying quiet.

"I also found a small wooden boat." I add up.

"Small wooden boat? Are you sure it was theirs? they don't look like the people to have such a thing" She asks again.

"Yea, don't ask me...maybe they liked passing their time rowing the sea in a dinghy boat like the rest of us plain people." I say as i shrug...Saeko responds with a chuckle.

"Normal people row the seas in dinghy boats? I didn't know that" She responds as she tilts her head slightly with a smile.

"Ehh, probably? Never rowed a boat in my life. Come on let's check the last two rooms" I say as i turn around. Saeko nods and follows behind me.

The next room ahead of us was a kid's room...and honestly, i could not tell if it was for a boy or a girl...it looked...plain. No toys what so ever, it did have an expensive-looking computer and another double-sized bed though...shame the computer did not work, must have been quite the beast.

The last room?...turned out to be another bathroom...

"Well think we are in the clear." I say as i walk towards the stairs.

"Yes, the house seems clear, so we stay here for some time?" Saeko asks.

"Taking a break sounds nice...and i want to check the study again, it was full of medical books, might find something helpful." I say as i look back at Saeko.

Yet before either of us could react, i heard a loud growl...coming from my stomach...reminding me that i have not eaten for...well..quite some time now. Saeko just...stared at me.

"I'm going to the study..." I say as i turn around walk down the stairs.

(Jeez, thanks body, next time ruin the moment by making other weird fucking noises.)

As or a response, my stomach made another low growl.

(Maybe i should check the kitchen for something while i'm at the study... the truth is, i have not eaten for a day or so...)

And so i went to the first floor, stormed the kitchen and stole two carrots...yea...carrots, and headed back to the study.

I then must have spent half an hour or so looking at books.

(Hmm...interesting...)

I slowly bite down on the second carrot as i leaned on the expensive boss style chair.

(...Indeed...very interesting...this must be the sixth book i tried to read...and i still don't understand jack shit.) I shut the book and lean back on the chair.

(But they could be helpful for Shizuka...hmm i should check for a bag...gamble it and take the ones that look the most fancy.)

I get up and throw the two carrot stumps in the trash bin that was next to the desk.

(Yea, let's do that, the jeep in the garage might have bags in the trunk.)

Yet...the moment i opened the study's door...something else caught my attention...and nose...i was smelling...cooked...meat?

(The hell?...I'm going delirious? didn't realize i was THAT hungry.)

But i soon realized i was not...smelling things. Saeko was in the kitchen, in what i suspect was a male long-sleeved buttoned shirt. Her hair tied up to a ponytail as she stood over a gas-operated stove. On the table behind her two dishes side by side, i could already see some cut vegetables on the plates.

Probably hearing the door closing behind me Saeko turns to me.

"Food is almost ready, you might want to take off your gloves and jacket...and the mask..or you can somehow pass things though it?" She asks with a smile.

"Huh...what...who...what..huuuuhh?..." I tilted my head. Saeko just giggled.

"The fridge here is pretty good, everything inside was still cold, and i found this gas cooker in a shelve...soo..." She turns her head back to the cooker, looking at the sizzling meat on the pan. I...just scratched my mask.

(Well...she did find out that i was hungry...but still...I'm moved.)

"Uhh...why are you wearing...that?" I ask as i keep staring at Saeko.

"Hmm, my clothes were a little dirty so i tossed a shirt over them, that way i won't get anything on the food by accident." She responds.

"Makes sense...well uhh...i will check the garage for something then go to the bathroom..." I say as i turn around and enter the garage.

The moment i got inside i went to the trunk of the car and tried opening it, the trunk did not budge.

"Huh...figures..gonna need the keys...or breaking the glass." I speak to my self as i look at the tool rack.

On it, i could see several screwdrivers, some saws, a blowtorch and a crowbar. The last two things seemed interesting. The blowtorch could easily start fires, the crowbar?...i had corpses that needed dealing with.

I grab the crowbar and go to the front door, giving in a knock.

"Sir do you know how fast you were going?" I say as i look at the window, as i could not see inside i waited for a bit, until i saw a face bumping against the window.

"I would like you to get out of the car and walk in a straight line sir." I pull the doors handle and using it as cover, i quickly open it and stay behind it.

The corpse almost jumps out of the car and lands on the floor with a growl. I close the door and walk up to the corpse.

"Nope, that ain't walking, sir." I bring the straight point of the crowbar down on the back part of the corpse's head, before pulling it back out and leaving it on the tool table.

"...ok...keys." I say as i turn around, open the door again and take a step back.

Inside, the woman was trying to reach me, her hands extending towards me. The seatbelt was stopping her though. The little one on the back seat was also trying to get to me, from the gap between the driver's seat and the driver's door, though only one of its hands was sticking out.

I grab the small hand and pull it before slamming the door shut. A loud crack, and the hand then got bent in a direction it normally should not.

"Sorry bout that" I say as i open the door again and take the keys out of the ignition switch.

The moment i turned around, the door that led to the living room swung open, Saeko barging in, sword in hand.

"What happened?! Are you alight?" She asks...or well...shouts as she looks at me..before looking at the corpse on the floor...then at the dangling hand next to the driver's seat...and then stares back at me.

"I needed the keys?...oh and i found a weapon." I say as i lift the key and jiggle them with one hand and grab the crowbar with the other...Saeko just sighs as she lowers her head before looking back at me.

"You scared me." She says as she stares at me.

"Sorry..." Was all said as i moved away from the door, Saeko just kept looking at me.

"Saeko...i made a promise to you, didn't i?...I won't be going anywhere for as long as you need me...a man must never go back on his word...right?" I say as i walk to the trunk and turn to her.

Saeko's eyes went slightly wide as she stared at me before smiling and turning around.

"Sweet talker." Was all she said before leaving the garage, closing the door behind her.

(Am i?...But i really meant it...)

I think as i open the trunk...and my brain instantly told me that i had to focus on what i was seeing.

"Holy crabs, these people were repaired..." I think as i take the bags out of the trunk and close it, so i would not end up having a second meeting with the small corpse.

"Let's see..two hicking backpacks and three large duffle bags" I kneel down as i speak and open the first duffle bag.

Clothes, jewelry...high heel shoes...make up...and some uhh..pink proof that the husband did not pay enough attention to somebody on the bed.

"Really?...my disappointment...is immense..." I groan as i keep searching the bag, but in the end, i found nothing...nothing that i needed at least.

I grab the duffle bag and toss it aside, then open the second one.

This bag had books, some tools like scalpels inside another bag and other medical equipment like disinfectants and the such.

"Hmm if the doctor decided to take these books...then they must be the good books...right?..." I take the bag and push it to the side, in the opposite direction of the bag i tossed before, and then open the last duffle bag.

This one, had a good amount of gas canisters inside, along with what seemed to be a gas stove with three burners.

"Ohhh, now this is something." I say to my self as i keep looking inside.

And soon, i also found another treasure in there.

"Ohhh...wait a minute...this looks like that expensive Canadian water filter i found in the net before the outbreak...it costed...like five hundred dollars?...Supposedly it was designed for military use...talk about a lucky break" I broke into a grin as i shoved the bulky cylinder back into the bag with the gas canisters and pushed it next to the bag with the medical equipment.

The two hicking bags did not have anything worthy of note...or well...they had a couple of bottles of water treatment pills and some hiking gear, like ice picks and parts of a tent. Ok maybe calling them not worthy of note was a bit stretched...but after finding that duffle bag with the water purifier and the gas canisters, the rest didn't seem to have that much of an impact on me.

"Could i use the ice pick as a weapon?...hmm...with the way it's build though...it looks easy for it to get lodged inside a head and stay there" I shake my head and get up as i look at the bloody crowbar on the tool table.

(No need to fix what ain't broken, the crowbar is good enough for now...Alright, bathroom time)

Right before i managed to open the door, it opened by itself, Saeko appearing behind it.

"The food...is ready..." She says as she glances around before staring at me...i think her face was...slightly flushed?

"Hm, i was just done, i will go to the bathroom to clean off my gloves and arm guards..." I say as i nod, Saeko smiles and nods back before turning around.

"And be ready to carry some stuff to the Humvee before we go back to the mall" I speak up as i walk next to her.

"Found something good?" She asks as she turns to me and tilts her head.

"Good...is a mighty understatement" i replied with a grin as i kept looking forward.