Their fight was going quite well. Toyin used to majority of his power to hold down a single Eater, while Mariam faced the second one.
Her fighting style was a bit choppy since she was inexperienced, but with the constant protection from Toyin, and using her spear to keep the thing at bay, she avoided getting any injuries while slowly damaging the Eater.
Finally she was able to trip it, Then circling around it, she cut both leg tendons with her spear.
Thus the Eater couldn't stand up anymore and started trying to crawl towards Toyin who was in front of it.
She finished it by piercing it's heart from behind. Eaters had two main weak points, Their brains and their hearts. Despite becoming something so different, their bodies still had some of our human weakness.
She and Toyin then focused their attention on the second eater. Acting as a backup for this round, she let Toyin fight this time.
He used his wooden club to target the things limbs, breaking an arm and a leg, before smashing it's head in to end the battle.
"Looks like they're done over there, let me finish up" I said before looking to the broken Eater in front of me. I'd broken all the limbs and the incapacitated it so I could watch their fight and aid them in the case of an emergency, but it seemed that was unneeded.
Pulverising the head with a stomp, I walked over to them.
"Nice fight" I said
"Thanks, I hated it when it started but now I'm happy we had those 2 weeks of training." Mariam replied
"Me too man, I'm glad I didn't quit" Toyin added
"That's good you guys, but if we're done here, let's get a move on" I said.
On a side note I'd noticed that I could barely feel the energy from killing the basic Eaters anymore. Maybe they were just small fry Now that I'd gotten stronger huh?
The battle had taken 4 minutes so after another 10 minutes of walking we finally got to the place.
Taking out the key from my backpack, I opened the door and the putrid smell almost knocked me back.
The body of the owner that I'd left here had already started to rot. It was all bloated and leaking some disgusting fluids.
This time we'd have to throw it away before it created any viruses to contaminate the place.
We threw up several times trying to get it out of there but we finally completed the task. Just doing this made us more exhausted than fighting those Eaters.
After that we started filling the carts with food we were taking back to the base. We all made sure we carried equal amounts of different things(food, seasonings, cleaning supplies E.t.c)just so in case we had to leave a cart or two behind, we wouldn't end up with just rice or just the seasonings with no actual food to eat.
"Wish this was a good haul, what made you keep the key to this store Zaheer" Mariam asked me
Toyin and I looked at each other
"was it rule 5 or 6?" I asked
"Nah it was 4"
"Yeah I remember now" we talked while Mariam just looked confused at our conversation.
Then we turned and replied together,
" "Rule no 4, always have a hidden stash of food" "
".....?!"
"Toyin and I were amateur Apocalypse preppers before this began, we'd created a set of rules we felt could help our survival.....although I've forgotten most of them" I explained sheepishly.
Mariam looked at us for a few seconds bursting into laughter.
"If it was before this, I'd call you both a bunch of weirdos, but your 'rules' might just increase our chances of survival"
"Not 'might', Definitely" Toyin replied seriously.
When we were ready we set off. One of our objectives had already been achieved, the second thing we had to look for was a good vehicle. Unfortunately since we couldn't find a very suitable option, we had to settle for a Hilux truck. we found by the road. It had a good speed and was pretty sturdy. The only issue was the noise it made, I had no doubt that eaters a kilometer away could hear us so we had to get home with as little noise as possible.
Mariam was the only one of us who knew how to drive so she took the wheels.
"Hey Mariam, could you teach me how to drive sometime?" I asked
"sure" she said with a smile "but only if you start calling me Babe from now on"
Looking at her I couldn't help but chucks at her antics.
"Sure thing Baby boo" I said
So while she explained the different functions of the car, we were almost home.
Getting off the car, I moved to open the gate before noticing that even though my key turned and 'opened' the gate, it didn't budge.
I already had a bad feeling, so i immediately shouted to the others
"Stay here you guys, and be on guard. Something's wrong"
then I went over the Fence with a single jump.
Slowly walking to the room, i was on guard. Something
was wrong but I just wasn't sure what.
Walking into an open space at the middle of the building I saw someone I wasn't expecting.
"David??" i said
It was David the bastard and at his feet were Abdul and Sandra, tied up and beaten.
What the fuck is the meaning of this David?!! get your legs off my friends right fucking now before I break them!!!
I said angrily before moving to attack him.
"Stop right there Zaheer" he said smirking before putting a knife to Sandra's neck,
"You wouldn't want this pretty girls blood painting the floor now would you?
He knew my weakpoint and the fucker had grabbed onto it tightly. I wouldn't endanger my friends with my own actions So i stopped and backed up.
"Why the fuck are you doing this man??"
"well yknow it's mainly coz its fun, and also coz I've hated your guts for a fucking while"....