You Can Sleep When You Are Dead

by Gazdav

Version 2: A young inexperienced contract killer sets off to make a name for himself in Japan. Only for the world to end before he could start. With no way home and a swordswoman at his side, will he survive and create a new life for himself. Or will he have to become what he trained to be. this is version 2. AU as i will not be following cannon.

10. Chapter 10

I do not own Highschool of the dead I make no money from this it is a fanfiction and not for profit.

You Can Sleep When You're Dead

Chapter 10: Back to the Start.

The mood in the hummer, to say it at its best was crap; lower than a rattle snakes balls. We had just been run out of an area that could have been safe for some time. Saya had just lost her parents and as much as I disliked Pinky, I could understand the feeling even relate to it, having gone through that myself.

After what happened We just drove around with no aim. Even I was at a bit of a loss. Rei went to say something to Saya but got shot down with "I don't want to talk about it."

But Kohta knocked her out of it "Takagi" he commanded "keep a lookout."

"Hirano! That's." It was Rei she about to get on at him.

but was suddenly cut off by Saya "No he's right Rei, he's Right Kumuro what next?" She looked to the young leader.

"Well we still need to find our family's then your friend sensei . But first we need somewhere to go for the night."

Miss Shizuka then added "And the car is making strange noises."

At this point I interrupted. "Well… We are about 1 mile from my workshop. I can try To fix the hummer there stay a night or 2 reload and re-plan." it was the best I could think of.

"And just how are you going to fix the car…. you kill people for a living." It was Saya back to being her normal cheerful self.

"I am a mechanic. Can't very well have a cover and not know anything about it now can I Pinky." All I could think was why me why this one.

"it's Takagi-Sama." She said pissed off eye twitching again.

"No its Pinky and you know why.. Now unless you have a better idea then well I don't know." I fired back at her. I was tired, having just gone all out, in a round of don't get eaten by the them and was in no mood for stroppy teens. Just as we were about to go round two, Kohta then broke up our little spat.

"Look you two, where are low on ammunition have nowhere safe to go. The Humvee is about dead. And you two are acting like kids." He was right and I took my telling off.

"How bad is the ammunition situation?" I then asked.

"About as bad as it can get that last fight really drained us…. but I need to work it out, when we get where we are going. I vote for your place as you have weapons and ammunition there., that we need badly."

Komuro finally spoke up "Then its settled we are going to your place first as you have what we need. Tell Shizuka how to get there would you." pointing at me

"Sure take the next right." I answered looking at my map.

We arrived to the workshop late and it was getting dark, strangely there was none of them around. "Ok give me a minuet to get in and open the door, then drive the hummer over the inspection pit, the ramps won't work with no electric"

I started to head off to the ally next to the shop when I heard Kohta say. "The door is there."

"I did not use it." was my dead pan answer. "I get in and out through the roof and I don't have the key on me."

"Why do that?" he asked confused but Saya answered for me.

"So none of them can get in, its got steel doors and shutters it would take them a long time to break through. Pretty clever really." I had to admit she was actually very clever to work that out so quick.

I got back into my shop, breathing a sigh of relief, probably letting my guard down a bit too much.

I had my P90 out with its torch on. I only had 14 rounds left for it and maybe 1 full mag fro my pistol. After the Last few days of going through the better part of 480 rounds out of 522 can't keep that up I thought to myself, as I cleared the building for any unwanted guests.

I moved around the dark building scanning every room clearing the large workshop first and garbing all the inspection lamps I could carry, then cleared each room looking fro any zeds or guests, leaving a battery inspection lamp on in each to show what I had cleared. With the building clear I unlocked the large doors and opened them to let everyone in.

The hummer backfired giving everyone a fright, causing me to put my weapons in my shoulder readying myself. It really is fucked will have to look at it soon. got to be a fuel problem seeing how it is back firing.

After it was parked up the last of the occupants got out I gave some instructions to everybody. "Go through there it's a seating area. we'll sort the rest in a bit."

Everyone was sat in the reception and waiting room, lit by some battery inspection lamps. All of us warn out and tired from battle, it had been one hell of a long day.

I was sat with Saeko leaning on my shoulder cuddled up to me, Rei had her head was on Takashi's lap Alice was sleeping cuddled up to Shizuka, then slouched in different chairs facing each other was Saya and Kohta. Nobody wanted to talk but as always there is work to do.

First things first. "Well as nice as it is to sit here all together and stuff. We do however need to get some things done, then we will call it a night." I say to a course of moaning. "Shizuka-san there is a camp bed for you and Alice in the office there. Also you will find a large green box next to the door; it has some medical kit in it take what you need." I paused looking to Takashi hinting at him to take over. I was thinking come on kid for fuck sake man up.

He caught my looks and took over the rest. "James is right we have stuff to do who wants to get some food on." Saeko and Rei, volunteered asking where thing where. "Kohta what do you need?"

"I need somewhere to clean the guns and look at James-sans weapons and ammunition."

I answered "I'll take you to my armoury and little workshop. However please don't dry hump my leg again, when you see what's in there." this got some laughs to a now very excited Kohta.

Finishing off Takashi explained the last job. "Saya and I will come up with some sort of plan for the next few days."

With our tasks given it was time to sort out what we needed. I set off to my armoury with a very expectant Kohta I'm sure he is almost skipping in glee then as i turn around and witness the sight. Nope never mind almost he is.

0000

Rei and I were in the kitchen and employee rest room at the back of the workshop office looking through what we can cook for everyone.

"So what do you think? About ramen its quick and simple and we have what we need for it?" Rei asked me

"I think that would be a good idea filling and hot." I checked the stove to see if it would work the gas came on but the igniter did not "Have you got a lighter or match" I asked Rei who had handfuls of bits and pieces for the meal

"Err Im seventeen so no, but I think I seen one in the cupboard"

"Ok"

"Saeko?"

looking up from getting the lighter to Rei "Yes."

"Did you have feelings for Takashi?"

Wow where did that come from was going through my mind. "Why do you ask?"

"Well at the start of this you two where sort of getting close."

"I would be lying to you, if I said that I did not find him attractive. But now no I have promised myself to another for as long as he will have me. It is true when we were at the flat I found him very attractive and I would of perused him. But now may heart belongs to James.

"I know it doses but well?"

I cut her off and looked directly at her this had gone far enough. "I have promised myself to James for some privet reasons and I have no interest in Takashi-kun in that way now. Rei I see you as my sister not as a rival and I could not do that to you... you have nothing to be jealous of or fearful of from me."

She was looking surprised at me trying not to look me in the eye. I walked over to her gave her a hug and added. "You are my sister, Friend and someone I can rely on in battle. As you are a very skilled fighter with your spear, as skilled as I am with a sword; I would not hurt you in that way. He is your man it is up to you to catch him."

We were then interrupted by a very high pitched squeal. "Kohta has found the guns then" we both laughed.

"You best watch…. or Kohta might try to…. have your boyfriend away from you…" Rei said between laughing snorts.

giggling myself "You could be right."

oooooo

I knew this would happen. The little nutter was hugging me while trying to jump up and down, he was making some sort of noise that is best described, as an over excited schoolgirl who just got her first bike with pink tassels.

"fuck pal my ears." I shouted in English with a broad scots accent.

I would like to say that this stopped him. But nope, he was now going into full gun expert mode. Going from item to item, giving me a full run down of what I had. "more p90s and a hk417 this is what a lot of the special services of the UK and US are converting to.. what is this it's an L96 coooool its out dated now as it is getting replaced by the L115A3 but still a very good rifle."

I tried interrupting him, again he stopped breathing, blurting everything out. "Brother I know what I have. I did buy them and build them, to what they have now"

This still this did not work so I had to go to the last way I knew how to distract someone. So I punched him on the arm giving him a dead arm.

"Argh" he loudly proclaimed "what was that for?"

"You where wigging out on me. We have things to do you can play later."

as I began the tedious task to reload the empty magazines from the last few days and load the other weapons. so we will have something to use as the others are getting cleaned.

"For tonight, we will strip down what was used in the battle. Cover them in oil, to cut into what is now baked on carbon, then give then a clean them in the morning what do you think."

"I would rather clean them now" was his answer as he started to take apart the AR-10 hybrid.

"That may be so, but we are all tired and I don't want to miss something, lose parts plus we don't have the best light right now."

"Your right we have time I suppose." He was looking a bit rejected so I thought I would cheer him up.

"How about you take a start cleaning them all, then take note of what you need from here and tomorrow I will let you loses on what you want. I have a hummer to look at."

"That will be AWESOME." As he fist pumped the air around him.

Laughing at the boys comment then turning around to let the kid loses in the candy store thinking to myself; he'll sleep tonight.

I had stared on the hummer to diagnose what was up with it. My expert opinion was; its fucked very fucked. I had found a collapsed wheel baring probably from hitting the bus, some leaking injector pipes and finally a leaking fuel lift pump again from some of the hard hits and landings its it had taken from nurse Duke's of hazard Shizuka. This is going to take me at least a day if we can find the baring I had some fuel pipe, O-rings and olives for he other problems.

"Is it the electronics after the EMP." it was Saya catching me off guard as she was talking nicely to me.

"No the electronics that are in this are not for the engine, but other things that are not fitted like a GPS and radio."

She looked to me a bit confused "So how does it work then? If there is no Electronics to run the engine?" Ok now I am scared she wants to learn from me.

"the engine is the older V8 naturally aspirated so it uses mechanical means to power itself other than a stop solenoid and glow plugs, There is not much in the way of electronics only timer relays and there almost impervious to an EMP. So its running and that is because when they were first designed, the cold war was still on. So the us army planed for EMPs. what is broken thou I can fix" I explained to her.

"However the problem we have, is the leaking fuel pipes fuel pump, that caused the misfire. I can fix that with what I have here." then I gave her the bad news "but the big problem is the wheel baring it will need a replacement that we don't have. It was probably broken from some of the landings its had." it was about as bad as it could be.

Saya then asked me "do you have a phone book?"

Looking it was my turn to look confused "Yes in the office. Why?"

She huffed at me "So I can find a parts supplier near here. I would rather have this car than not I don't fancy walking around the city."

"I got to admit that is some good thinking you had there." I said to her actually quite impressed.

She then smiled at me "well I am a genus you know Campball-san."

"Yes you are and its James." I then said to her.

"only if you call me Saya." she answered happily.

"Well I'll make you a deal. I'll call you Saya, but if you piss me of its pinky." I tell her with a big smile on my face.

She then gave me a look of fuck you "Fine..." she huffed out. Slapping me on the back she then left for the office. But I stood up and stopped her, thinking back to what my uncle said to me.

"Saya if you ever want to talk about your parent's then I'm here."

Saya tuned back to me with some fire in her voice "Why? What would you know about it?"

I could understand that little outburst. "I was an orphan by the time I was 10, so I kind of know."

Stopping what she was going to say she changed her mind "Thanks."

"Any time." Turning back to my work she stood there watching me a little more before going to look for the phone book.

Later that evening, we sat or stood around my work bench to the ramen that the girls had made and starting to take about the next day or two. Tomorrow was going to be a day to look for the part for the hummer Saya had found a part supplier about half a mile away.

The mood had defiantly cheered up from this morning even jokes where told.

After the meal it was time for sleep and every one slowly parted ways, until it was just Seako and I.

"We had best get some sleep." I said to her with a yawn and stretch.

"Yes I can't say I am looking forward to the floor though." she then added looking around to find a spot.

"Who said we have to rough it." Telling her with a wink then Taking her hand, leading her off to the back of the

workshop I picking up a large bag from the things I had unpacked a few days ago.

"What is that?" Saeko asked quizzically.

"Watch." I rip open the bag for something to unroll it was the memory foam mattress for my apartment." I was going to take it home the next day but then This happened, so I never got the chance."

Saeko had a big smile on her face now. "That is good at least we will have some comfort. but what of the others?"

"I told Kohta how to move the chairs in the waiting room into beds and gave them enough blankets, so they should be ok."

Digging around some more bags I found a sheet and quilt for us. Then some clean clothes for me throwing a large t-shirt to Seako "To sleep in."

"I know how I would rather sleep." she then said with that mischievous smile again.

Looking back up at her as I made the bed, I was tempted but not with an audience. "Pity we have guests."

"Very much so" she replayed. as she begun to get changed.

We had got changed and were now in bed Saeko cuddled up to me "tell me of your home" she asked.

"hmmm"

"Your home… I do not know much about you my love and I would like to learn more." she whispered into my ear.

Ok I will tell you some things. "I was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife Scotland. My family live in a small village called Falkland it was a village that was overlooked by the Lomond hills. I had many years of happy living there until my parents' death. I do go back to Scotland as much as I can, but now… well looks like I will not be going home again." I then started to tell her about how I was brought up, playing in the Forrest and streams near my home. I stopped just as I got to my parent's death.

"What happened?"

"Saeko I'm sorry I just don't talk about it."

Saeko was looking a bit stunned at my reaction "It still hurts I see."

"Very much so." was all I said on the subject. Knowing that I would probably never fully come to terms with it.

"What of your other life, the secret one?"

It was lucky the lights where off, as she would of seen me roll my eyes at the question. "What do you want to know?"

"Have you ever regretted what you have done?"

"No… but you need to understand… that I never took on a job that I deemed as innocent people… I only took on the hits against the corrupt and the very dregs of society so murders rapists drug dealers/handlers and others like that. But the number one rule was no children."

"That is comforting to hear, that you would not kill for no reason or the wrong ones tell me of one of the... what do you call them."

"we call them Marks... But if you want to know then I will tell you about the Cut Leader Mathew Harris, or as he had his followers would call him Mathew of the reborn soul. He was the leader of a cult that had the belief that all our souls belonged to an alien spices call the Chosen and only through him could you reach the next plain of exesitance. He would take the vulnerable in society and warp their fragile minds, so that they would do anything for him including mass suicide.

Unfortunately he took the daughter of a client of mine and brutally sacrificed her after multiple rapes as an example to others that tried to leave with her. the family at first tried everything to jail the man. But he got of on some technicality probably paid off the right people. The clients left with no choice then approached my employers and I accepted the job.

After about 3 weeks research on the mark, Studding his pattern of life, so I knew when and where he would be most vulnerable and what sort of protection he had. Then look for the weaknesses of that protection. the research proved Getting closes was not an option as he had round the clock guards, but he did like to go jogging every morning on his own following the same route. So to kill him I placed several home made claymore mines out on his running route, made of some Tupperware tubs, some explosives that I had a fixer get for me and filled them with scrap yard confetti. This was then put onto a command wire that was 300 meters long so I could detonate the devices at the correct time catching him in a three way cross fire. He did not survive justice to a family was done"

she looked at me with a strange look that i had not seen before "So that is what you use to do? more revenge killings, for those that could not get justice?"

"hmmm for the most part yes...well any way, for the moment that life is behind me. So what about you Saeko?"

"I will tell you tomorrow as it late." She answered sleepily and stifled a yawn "Good night and I love you." she then curled up to me tighter and closed her eyes.

"Night and I love you to." I then kissed her forehead.

As I watched her sleep, my mind started to wander, Dam why did I tell her that story. Was I going to give up on what I do? Well for now yes, as right now surviving is a bigger concern. In the future however? Well I'll just have to see what that will bring. But if the new world is anything like the old people will still want revenge or things taken care of it is just human nature.