Surprise! I'm still alive! Yaaay…

Anyways, I've been in a hiatus for a very long time, and for anyone that is still reading this from the first day this was posted. You have my biggest thanks (I can't give you anything more than that right?)

I apologize for any misformats or typos, I have a shitty internet connection

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story


Everything For Survival

"… Is that true? Her parents knew their death were coming?"

X took a sip of his green tea that he just made, then nodded once after he gulped it down

The conversation took a heavy turn as X revealed the history between Zero's parents and Ciel's, this is all a completely baffling news that Cerveau never expected to be

This made Cerveau re-think the meaning of that 'Don't judge a book by its cover' impression

"Sort of, I mean, I don't know the details but they did tell Zero to take care of Ciel in case anything happens to them. Right Zero?" X turned to Zero, which he simply nodded in response

"So, it wasn't an accident then?" Cerveau asked

"Either that or it's the freakiest occurrence ever, I mean, being rammed by a truck from the side in the middle of the night while it's raining? That sounded like something that comes out from those drama movies" Said Bass

"We don't know for sure Mister Cerveau, but what matter is that her parents were working on something important and they know they are being targeted, this zombie attack might have something to do with it" X continued

"Who else know about this?" Cerveau asked

"All of us, except you, Miss Cinnamon and Ciel" X replied, then finish his tea in one gulp

Zero, who has been leaning on the opening of the doorway quickly glance to the side as he heard footsteps from the stairs "They're coming down"

"So, what should we do next?" Enzan asked, realizing that it's time to change the topic

"Well, we stay here until we know what's exactly happening out there" X replied, following Enzan lead

The three girls entered the kitchen, they smiled brightly at the sight of the food neatly prepared, Ciel's stomach grumbled at the delicious smell

"I'm sooo hungry! Bass give me that plate!" Roll ordered

"Grab it yourself, I'm not your babysitter" Bass replied which made Roll angrily grab it by herself

"Did you cook this Cerveau?" Cinnamon asked

Cerveau waved his hands and pointed at Zero "No,no, no, Zenjuro cook all this by himself actually" Cerveau said as he laughed shyly

"Really? This is amazing Zenjuro! Did you learn cooking by yourself?" Cinnamon asked as she grabs a plate

"Yes" Replied Zero, as simple as always

As everyone sits around the table, except Zero and X who sit in the living room since there is not enough chair, Cerveau as the oldest person leads the prayer

They eat quickly after Cerveau finished, praising Zero's food as the best food they ever taste etcetera while making a mess of the table, especially between Bass and Roll since they keep fighting over the tempura.

'Why did they sit so close to each other?' Enzan thought as he glare at the two after each bite

On the other side, Zero and X eats quietly while the kitchen stays noisy from Bass and Roll bickering and the others just laugh at them

X noticed them being louder than they should have "Hey, shouldn't they tone it down a bit?"

X also noticed that Zero is in his own head as he keep staring at the kitchen, and it was directed on Ciel who joins in the laughter when Bass managed to steal a tempura from Roll's fork

X waved his hand in front of Zero's face, which made him look toward X

"Who are you staring at? Oh, let me guess, Ciel"

Zero took a spoonful of rice "I was thinking about earlier" He said then eat the rice

"Hmm? What about it?" X asked, wondering at his friend's thought

Zero gulped down "Why does her parents choose me as her guardian? I'm a boy and she is a girl and we don't have any relation but me being their neighbor, so why does her parents trust me?"

"… Maybe because they always want you as a future husband for their daughter?" X replied, trying to tease him

Zero chuckled "Yeah right, a boy who has been abandoned by his parents while having a brother who beats people up for money? You want that kind of a person to take care of your children?"

X shrugged "As long as he is a hardworking person and always stays true to his words, why not?"

"Really? There is so much flaw in that logic X…" Zero shook his head lightly

"Hey, each person is different, they are divided in the good and bad category, you fall in the bad side when people see your history but you fall in the good side when it comes to your heart, so fuck logic Zero" X replied as he furiously eat his food

"…Right"

X only shook his head for Zero's weak reply, then dismisses the idea of motivating him and continues eating

After drinking his water and let the food down his throat, X continued the earlier discussion "Anyway, what should we do now? Staying here is the safest option, but not the best since god knows when this will be over. We have weapons, but bringing them to the evac center won't get us through…"

Zero nodded as he chew his food, after sighing X continued "… Even so, we don't know whether the evac went smoothly or not which could lead us waiting in the line for hours until zombies hordes up and attack us…"

"Then there are only bad options?" Zero asked, X shrugged and put down his plate

"Guess so, I think we should wait until tomorrow and check that evac over the bridge, see how things going over there"

Zero nodded then put down his plate "I need a bath" He says as he stood and walk toward the bathroom

"Yeah, you definitely need one" X said as he rub his nose

X checked around for the TV remote, after finding one in the table's drawer he turned on the TV, to no surprise the channel that was supposed to show his favorite drama now only shows a 'Technical Difficulties' screen and so is with every other channels, until he found the news channel…


"… As you can see, police officers are trying to control the massive crowd that is lining up for passage…"

Behind the female reporter, several crowds are shouting at the officers guarding the passage for those who have children, though they are unarmed it can be seen that the officers are getting unease due to their numbers

"… Police stated that every civilian that is not bearing children must wait until those who have one safely cross the bridge, this has made the crowds angry because of the unfair treatment…"

The provocateur who has been rallying the angry crowds since afternoon succeeded in firing up the crowd to breach the blockage, at this sight the officers quickly pulled out their gun in response

This doesn't scare the crowds however, since they know that lethal force are not authorized against them

An older looking police however, keen to prove them otherwise

He walk toward the provocateur calmly, his gun in hand, then grab the provocateur shoulder from behind

"Oi, all evacuees must wait properly…"

The provocateur slap his hands off him "Ha!? How long do you think we can wait here huh? Why can't we cross like they do!? Just because we don't have any children with us!?"

The crowds behind him cheers as he push the officer back

"….. We have sworn our duty to the Emperor, to serve and to protect the law abiding citizens. Our order is to keep this evacuation runs smoothly, without any interference…"

He rise his gun, and aims it straight toward the provocateur's temple

"… By any means necessary"

BANG!

In the blink of an eye, the man fell to the ground, blood slowly oozes from his holed temple

Horror surged from the crowds and the police, the crowds went frantic as they slowly steps away from the dead man

The officer who killed the provocateur returned to the blockage, not batting an eye toward his shaking underlings

With a stern voice, he yelled "Shoot everyone who dares to go through! Our order is to keep this evacuation runs smoothly!"

At their captain's order, guns were pulled out from their holsters, though they seems uncertain of this action, their fear of the angry crowds will provide the resolve needed to shoot them

However, it's not the living they should fear…

Uncanny growls can be heard beyond the dark street, and soon the sound of marching quickly closing in toward the bridge

This made everyone goes silent, when the mob of undead shows their ripped out flesh and flailing arms out of the dark…

"IT"S THE ZOMBIES!"

"RUN!"

Panicking, the crowds outside the police blockage have no choice but to run towards it, not caring about the guns aimed toward them

"Tch! Aim toward those zombies!" The commander ordered

Their aim changed toward the hordes behind the scattering civillians

"Everyone get down! Get down!"

They couldn't hear the police warning with everyone panicking and screaming, with the horde quickly closing in, one of the policeman panicked and fired his gun

The shot hit its intended target, and it causes most running civilian to quickly lie down, giving the police a chance to shoot the zombies

"OPEN FIRE!"

Hails of bullets quickly put down the zombies on the front row, thanks to the automatic weapons that most police carried the horde's advance are slowed down, with most of them are tripping over the dead zombies in the front

About half a minute later, the fire stopped, the Special Armed Taskforce's guns were emptied almost simultaneously. Only two police officers keep the zombies checked as the SATs are reloading their gun

Lucky for them, the zombies are mostly limping their way toward the barricade, providing enough time for the police to reload their gun

However, it's only a matter of time before they ran out of bullets, and there are still a hundred row of undead marching towards them


Back at Hirondelle's house…

"Damn… things are looking bad there…" Said X

"… Where's that reporter? Did she fell or something?" Asked Bass, sitting on the couch's armrest

"Probably, the camera guy are probably too occupied filming things" Roll commented

"This means that we need another option, that bridge will fall to the zombies sooner or later, anyone got any ideas?" X asked as he look toward each other faces

The others stay silent, X sighed as he continue watching the TV

"We can go to my father's house"

Everyone turn their heads toward Zero who just came out of the bathroom, wearing only a towel on his waist which led the girls to freely stare at his… features

Bass abruptly stands up "I'm not going to that assholes house!"

X turned toward Bass "Why not?"

Bass crossed his arms "That guy is the last old guy I ever want to see on this damned world! I'm not going there!" He yelled again

Zero sighed as he wipe his hair with a smaller towel "Fine if you don't want to, you can stay here by yourself. Because I'm sure that our father's big and high walled mansion would be a very promising place to stay for the rest of us"

"I- I can fight those-"

"Do you think this is a movie? You will die before you even know how to fight those 'things' by yourself" Zero cutted

Bass glared at Zero… And Zero glared back, they went into a staring contest for a few seconds, until Bass just grunted and sit at the couch

"O…k, so where is your father's house Zenjuro?" Cerveau asked

"Quite far from here, it will probably take 2 hours on foot from here, minus those 'things' that are waiting for us"

Zero glanced at the girls for a second, realizing that they have been staring at him for a while, Zero went upstairs to put some clothes

"So, there is that, we can use that Humvee too" X said

"That is if, Zero's mansion is still safe, shouldn't you guys contacted him?" Chaud said, looking at Bass

Bass yelled at Chaud "I told you I don't give a fuck for that asshole! Ask that blondie!"

"Hey what's with the temper? I only-"

"Alright enough" X cutted off, Bass merely scoffed then turned his view away from the others

"We will go there by tomorrow at 8, questions?"

Ciel raised her hand

"Yes Ciel?"

"Chaud is right, we should contact Mr. Albert first"

X rubbed his head "Well, Bass can I explain it?" X asked, looking at Bass

Bass stays quiet, X can only sighed and turned toward the others

"… The thing is, neither Zero nor Bass have his number, athough he is a very wealthy man he tends to call people through different numbers, he probably change it daily" X explained

Roll raised an eyebrow "And how do you know that?"

"It's in the internet already, I think it's in an article called 'The secluded scientist, Doctor Albert Wily' or something like that"

"You know why I hate that fucker?" Yelled a voice everyone are too familiar with

Everyone turned toward Bass, who is already standing "He doesn't give a fuck about me! Or Zero! He just drop us at an apartment, telling us it's better that he live alone and just left us! When I were 12! All he did was giving us money every month to pay the rent but he never even call us even once since then! It's like… Like-"

"He didn't want us…"

Everyone turned toward Zero, now wearing a yellow T-shirt and brown pants, resting his back on the wall and crossed his arms

"… Don't cry Bass" Zero said, then snickered at Bass embarassment

"Wha- No I'm not!" Bass retorted, and reflexively wipe his eyes

Zero breathed deeply and looked down, his chest feels somewhat heavy whenever his father comes in mind "So that's that, our past with our parents are our matters to handle. Though we don't know how he is doing we are sure that our father is still alive, so I agreed with X plan" He said with a stern voice

X stands up "Alright then, it's settled, now everyone get some rest. Me, Chaud and Zero… And Bass will stay on the watch"

"Ahh can I stay up too?" Cerveau said while raising his hand "I'm not tired yet"

X nodded "Sure, just don't force it, go to sleep if you feel like it"

"I'm gonna look at that Humvee" Roll said as she walk toward the garage "Can you help me with it Mister Cerveau?"

"Sure" He replied and followed Roll

"Hang on both of you" X stopped the two girls, Cinnamon and Ciel "Can you two sleep here?" He pointed at the couch "We will watch outside from the foyer upstairs"

Cinnamon and Ciel looked at each other for a second, then nodded at the same time

"Alright, then it's only the two of us in this room?" Ciel asked

"Yeah, go upstairs if you need anything" X replied then walk upstairs

Bass and Chaud followed after X, Zero decided to clean the dirty dishes in the living room

Knowing Zero's intention Ciel picks up the glasses while Zero picks up the plates, when all the dishes were taken Cinnamon wipes the table

"It's alright Miss Cinnamon, let me clean it" Zero said and offered his hand toward Cinnamon

Cinnamon shook her head lightly "It's alright Zero" She said, but she quickly covers her mouth afterward, realizing she calls him by his nickname "U-umm, can I call you Zero?" She said, trying not to strain her voice, and it made her sounds meekly

Zero chuckled while shooking his head lightly "It's fine, it's not like the name was used to ridicule me. In fact I'm glad that you call me that" He said with a smile

For a few seconds, Cinnamon didn't respond, her heart silently took the charming smile happily, which results in her brain unable to respond correctly. Because this goes against her principle 'don't have a crush on your students', but she is not THAT old to like her students either, if they are tall and good looking then she can't help but to 'check out' that guy (secretly) and she is fully aware of Zero being popular among the girls so she often pass through his class just to see him study.

Basically Zero is a hot guy who rarely put a smile, but when he does you can bet that any girl would fall for it

After that thought Cinnamon rubbed her cheeks to cover her blush, because she is so sure that her cheeks are beet red right now

Lucky for her, Zero didn't get to see that, as he already went to the kitchen and wanting to wash the dishes, but as he enters Ciel have already beaten him to it. Zero frowned as the water from the sink sprays more into Ciel's apron than the dishes, she is never really good with housework

So Zero decides to do it himself, but Ciel refuses and shows a white ceramic plate toward Zero "See? It's clean!" She says giddily

Zero frowned again at the very… very tiny speck of stain around the plate's edge, still it's not like they will be using it again so he let it slide

"Alright, but let me rinse it?" He offers

Ciel nodded "Sure, here you go!" She give a plate covered in soap, Zero took it and turn the faucet toward him, gently rubbing along the plate's edge with water streaming through his fingers

"Zero..."

"Hmm?"

"Do you think that we... can make it?"

. . . . . .

Zero put down the plate he rinsed, letting out a deep breath that almost feel like a sigh, even he is unsure what to answer to that, what happened to Milan impacted Ciel tremendously, though it has less effect on Zero he still thinks that surviving out of this mess is nearly impossible

But saying that won't make anyone feel better, and it's his job to always reassure Ciel that things will go fine... Well, at least that's what he think his reponsibility is

"... Sure, why not?"

Ciel's eye widen for a second, silently saying 'That's it?'. She then put her arms on her hips "What? Why not? Well anyone can answer that aren't they?" She retorted, now glaring at him

Zero snickered "I don't see any reason of why we should doubt our survival out there, do you want to keep being alive? Because you're basically asking when are we going to die"

Zero looked Ciel back, then lean his face closer to hers "We will make it, because i will make sure of it"

Ciel moved back a little, once again surprised by Zero, she has never faced him that close to his face "I-is that so? That is a huge gamble" She said, smiling awkwardly

Zero leaned back "I never back down from my words with you right?" He replied, his eyes looked at her briefly before returning to rinsing the dishes

Ciel stood silently, contemplating what Zero just said, then realizing that he is right, he never broke his promise to her and himself

She giggled at that, she remembered one time when Zero gets a low mark in his math test back when he is in middle school and she is in the same grade as him

She then showed off her perfect score from the same math teacher, then mock Zero for such low mark. Zero doesn't even retort but he simply said 'I will beat that by next week'

And he did, and not by next week but the next three days! Surprising her and his own class

Since then she thinks twice of mocking him again, from then on Ciel understand that Zero is the type who can do eveything, as long as he puts his mind into it that is

"Yes, you are right, however…" Ciel raise her ring finger "… Don't let yourself get hurt while trying to protect me or anyone else because you are…"

"… Important" She mumbled while averting her gaze from him

"What?" He asked, moving closer to her

"Just…" She pauses, taking a deep breath then looked straight at Zero "Just don't get yourself into danger for me"

"Alright, I will try, but I won't guarantee it" He replied with a solemn tone then went back to rinsing the dishes

Ciel can only sighed, feeling that Zero will do the opposite of what she just said


Upstairs, X and Chaud are currently checking out the guns they have, a collection that is a wet dream for any gun nerd

"Does Cerveau's friend never thought of what to do if the police decided to search his house? These guns are illegal right?" Chaud asked

"Probably not, because you must bribe the law to get these in the first place" X replied then pulls out one of the rifle's magazine

"So he is either rich or… Really know his way around politics and the law"

X nodded at that, they say that everything can be done if you have the money, but for violating the law you must have the money or know some important people working for that law. He himself is an example for that, there is no way a country's defense force would accept someone as young as him into the military if it weren't for his parent having an important position in it

"Anyway, now that we have these, it should be slightly safe to venture outside" X opened a blue colored box labeled with various logos, but the one stood out is the number '5.56'

"What do you think?"

X looked toward Chaud, giving an inquisitive expression toward him

"What do you think about this? ALL of this…" Chaud asked, looking at X seriously

X stayed silent for a few seconds as he slid the bullets into the curved magazine one by one, he looked outside the window for a moment, noting that the moon is shining brightly tonight

"… A fiction that comes true… No one in this world are prepared for this, which is why we are hiding in this house in the first place. The government, the military, defense force… None of them had ever expected this, which leaves them in disarray even though they are doing as best as they can to protect us…" X stopped for a moment, the magazine he held is fully loaded, he put it near the rifle then took the second magazine for the same gun

After putting in the first bullet, he continued "… And uhh, that leaves us to fend for , I'm guessing only a few people are crazy enough to think that they can survive without the military"

"Us you mean?" Chaud asked while grinning

X moved his arms toward the back of his head, then straighten it up along with his back "Yeeep"

Chaud looked at the guns scattered around them, then took the smallest one, he lifted it and aimed it toward the wall with one hand, he closed his left eye and aligned the iron sight against the empty target

'It's quite heavy' He thought, concerning its small size, and it's difficult to keep it steady with just one hand

"… Say, X…"

X looked toward Chaud, he is still targeting the wall, with both of his hand now

"How did you join the JSDF?"

X raised his eyebrow, now that he think about it, he never did tell anyone the reason

"Uhh, not 'join' but 'train' with them. Anyway, it was nothing really special about it, my mother knows my hobby of weapons and such so when I was at the second year of middle school, my mother took me to one of JSDF training camp, the Fuji training school…"

"Fuji? Near Mount Fuji?" Chaud asked

"In the foothills, yes. The soldiers are really fun to be with and not as strict as I thought of them to be, but still disciplined, especially my instructor, the first time I met him he yelled at me saying that he doesn't care about me being the son of my mother. Then I said 'As long as you don't hate me for being who I am' to him, it took him a minute to realize what I meant by that, then he said 'We will see'. You can say a lot of soldiers in my barrack respect me for that…"

"Hmm, then I guess you had a lot of fun there?" Chaud said while smiling

X chuckled "You can say that, I mean, my dream literally came true! After all the harsh training I get to know that being a soldier is not all about gunning your way out of a battle, being a soldier means to follow orders and always watch the back of your allies…"

"Yeah, that's why they said there is no such thing as a one man army"

X pointed at Chaud and nodded solemnly "Exactly, every soldier have their own role, but since I wasn't included in the Regulars they only teach me the basics of weaponry, formations, communications and mapping coordinates. But even the basics can still make me sleep like a rock once I touched my bunkbed, the first time I woke up, I was drenched from head to toe thanks to my instructor, since the rest of my team woke up but I didn't. But that is the first and last, it's not hard to get used to everything there, as long as you have the will to change yourself that is"

At the end of his story, the magazine he was filling resounded with a click, he then inserted it toward the rifle and pulled the side port toward it's rear end, the sound of metallic friction inside the rifle proves that the rifle haven't been maintained for a long time

He put the gun aside, then picked up another magazine for the same gun "Oh, I also skipped my graduation ceremony since my mother pulled a lot of strings to let me graduate school without even attending it for a year"

Chaud nodded twice, suddenly reminded of the rumors that X doesn't even went through the third grade of his middle school , not that he cared about it though

He pressed the button near his pistol's trigger, the clip fell afterward, hitting the floor with a loud 'thunk!'

Chaud inspected the clip, eyeing it from each side, after noticing that it's empty he asked X how to load it

"That's a SIG so the bullet should be .357 caliber, search the locker for a box with .357 written on it, or bullets with .357 written around it's bottom"

With that Chaud proceeded to the locker, searching for the said box and bullets, there are some bullets neatly placed at the locker's door but it's too big to fit in a pistol, then there are several boxes of it, with varying colors, after sorting each one Chaud found three boxes with .357 written on it

"Is this it?" He asked, X turned around then nodded "Yeah, just slid it toward the magazine until it's full"

As the two are filling every magazine they find, Bass came in, with a binocular hanging around his neck

"This I a lot of guns" Bass chirped, looking at each gun around the two boys

"Yep, going to pull an all-nighter to fill these things" X replied, still focusing on the magazine he is filling

"Where did you get that?" Chaud asked, pointing at Bass neck

"This? In a drawer downstairs" Bass replied

He opened the door toward the foyer, to his surprise the city is still bright, the electricity wasn't cut off at anywhere. Still, several smoke towers are spreading across the city and occasionally, he can hear groans and screams coming from far away. Chaotic as it was in the morning then

The house they resided upon wasn't that high, Bass can only see the towering building around the city's central, the rest are covered by the two story houses around him. In front of the house is a slightly bigger road stretched far toward another house, very far, about 300-400 meters?

To the left and right side is where most houses are clumped together, and annoyingly there seems to be more of those zombies around that area rather than the road in front of the house

Bass zoomed toward the zombies around one by one, their skin is not as gray as the movies depicted them, and all of their bodies are torn apart, but somehow still manage to move around. Their eyes are only looking upward, and their mouth are always opened with dried blood smeared all over it

Bass proceeded by checking the houses around, almost all of them didn't have lights turned on, he counted only 4 houses have their lights turned on and they are all far away from them

As Bass were occupied with scouting, Zero entered the bedroom "Is this all?" He asked, then sit on the bed

X nodded, then pointed at a handgun beside him "Try using that gun, see if you will like it" He ordered

Zero looked toward his direction, it's a small, grey colored gun. Zero grabbed it, then aim it towards the wall

"These are enough for everyone" Zero said as he inspected the gun he is holding

X nodded again "Yes, but not everyone can use it, I will say that… Ciel, Cinnamon and Cerveau will take a long time to be comfortable with a gun"

Zero pulled the chamber, a bullet sprung out from its right side, at this X quickly turned toward Zero, then breathed in relief to see that it was nothing

"Careful, that is one of the rarest gun to went outside of its country" X said, then continue refilling the magazines

Zero didn't respond, he picked up the bullet, ejected the magazine, insert the bullet back then insert the magazine and finally, pull the chamber again

Zero put it away, then walk toward Bass, he noticed that Bass expression is quite serious

"Hey, what are you-"

Zero was cutted off when Bass handed over the binocular "Take a look" he said

A bit curious, Zero took the binocular, Bass pointed toward a row of houses to his right, once he adjusted the binoculars to fit comfortably around his eyes he shifted it toward Bass direction. A group of zombies can be seen heading toward somewhere. Their march seems longer for each streetlight passed as the others that were wandering around quickly joins the group, slowly adding to their numbers from a few to at least a dozen

Zero scanned the road ahead of them, looking for any anomaly around the road. His view kept on shifting to the left, and it went quite far from the marching group of zombies, but then his view abruptly stopped and quickly shifted back a few meters

There is a man, his walk is fast but staggering, for every step he make he let his left leg handle the most of his weight than his right leg, and he is bringing someone with him, his left arm seems to be dragging someone that can barely keep up with him

'His kid?' Zero thought, it's just an estimation since whoever he is bringing along are very short and covered by the house's wall

'Must be trying to hide from 'them' ' Zero thought again, he looked back toward the zombie group, about 4 were added to their number so that makes it… 15 of them. They are still far from the wounded man, but if the man gave up on his current pace then it's over for the two of them

Zero locked his sight on the wounded man, until he went into a house to his right, at that moment a tiny figure was revealed, as they rushed to the door Zero finally gets to see the child he was bringing.

A girl… A little girl with a long, blonde hair. A foreigner? But that wounded man is definitely Japanese

The man motioned his hand toward the little girl, and the girl released the man's arm and just stood there while the man knock on the door abruptly

The man kept on yelling and begging for whoever's inside to open the door, as expected that attracted the zombies in the area. Minutes gone by and there is still no response from the resident of the house, and zombies are getting closer toward them, Zero are beginning to sweat, the tension he felt are almost unbearable, if that door didn't open soon then the both of them are done for!

Seconds later, the door suddenly opened, but then the next thing happened made Zero cringed

Just as the door lid opened, the owner of the house quickly thrust a spear toward the wounded man's chest, the stabber's face showed that of a very terrified man, and the people behind him seemed to be his family! But that attack is definitely intentional

"What the fuck!?" Zero cursed, then wiped the sweat streaming down his cheek

The man fell on his back, and the house owner closed the door, not even taking a second look at the little girl

"What's going on?" Bass asked, but instead of getting an answer Zero threw the binocular toward him

Zero ran inside then grabbed his wooden sword, X quickly stood up and asked Zero what happened. Zero only glanced at him for a brief moment then ran outside toward the foyer, and, to everyone's surprise he jumped from the foyer and landed on the street

"Zero what the hell are you…"

X didn't manage to finish as Zero are already running at full speed away from the house

"What's going on Bass!?" X yelled, pushing Bass shoulder

"I don't know! I saw some zombies grouping together and told him to take a look at it! But then he just went crazy and jumped off!" Bass replied, matching X loud voice

X took the binocular from Bass hand "Where?" He asked again, Bass quickly pointed toward the zombies

X zoomed at Zero first, he kept running and ignored every zombie he passed, and when he turned on a corner X scanned the road ahead of him. His eye widen at the zombies marching slowly, it's suicide trying to fight them!

Looking at how they grouped together, X realized that these zombies are chasing something, and most probably someone. He scanned ahead again, and stopped at a house that has its lights on

There is a little girl there clutching on a… unconscious man with blood around his chest…

"He…"

"He what X!?"

X put down the binocular "He is trying to save a kid, but he have at least a dozen of zombies standing between him and that kid, and there will probably be more zombies once he reached that girl" He said, staring toward Zero's direction solemnly

Without wasting anymore time X went inside while saying "You two are coming with me, we are going to save Zero"

X took a rifle on the floor and its magazine, he inserted it then grabbed several more

'Why does fearless people tends to be suicidal?'

I'm unsure if I want to post this rushed out story, but this is the only chance I get before the back of my mind lures me to change the plots again and changed it to an entirely different story which eventually, made me redo it all over again.

I won't post the next chapter shortly, I'm simply too busy with life. Again, thank you for reading my story!