Chapter 5 - 3 - First Mission

Time: 11:30 at night

Location: Base "Infinity"

Teka and Rikka were having a good chat sitting on the sofa, they both had a backpack and inside it a change of clothes. Akizuki was the only one who didn't have any more clothes, so he had to keep his high school uniform on. Akizuki was alone, in front of the mirror looking at his reflection in detail.

"I'm hungry" - Akizuki mentions, although it seemed as if Teka and Rikka weren't listening. Akizuki slowly approaches them "Hey, aren't you hungry?" Teka nods and looks at the basket with the fruits in it. "Yes, I'm very hungry but I don't like vegetables" Teka says, while Rikka thinks the same. "We can go get more food!" Rikka responds, as he jumps up from the couch to get up and raising his right arm.

Teka nods and imitates Rikka's same pose, both staring ahead. Akizuki starts to get scared and nervously approaches them: "B-But... It's dangerous to go out at night, or so Connor said..."

"Will you listen to someone you don't even know? Pathetic" Rikka mentions with a slight mocking laugh, as she runs to the exit with her bow and with Teka behind her. "Come on Aki, it'll be great to be able to smash zombie heads!"

"But if Connor realizes that we're not here, something bad could happen..." - "Nothing will happen, let's go" Teka responds to Akizuki, so the three of them leave the base even though Akizuki is not 100% sure. After a long walk, they arrive at what appears to be an abandoned pizzeria, Teka and the other two hide in some bushes. The place was full of zombies, there were many and the slightest noise could attract everyone's attention.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Says Rikka, as she leaves the bushes and runs towards the pizzeria, Teka tries to take her by the arm to stop her from continuing. Rikka trips over a stone falling to the ground, hitting her nose which begins to bleed. The zombies sniff out the scent of the girl's blood, to which they quickly see her alongside Teka and Akizuki. Everyone runs towards the boys at full speed.

Akizuki picks Rikka up, and in the process Teka beheads several zombies with her iron sword, somewhat heavy. The three begin to run around the zombies, in order to reach the back of the pizzeria, finding an emergency exit. They enter through there and find several boxes of untouched pizzas. The strangest thing is that they were still hot. Teka runs to one of those boxes and opens it.

"Woah! Look at this! Stay hot!" Akizuki upon hearing Teka, quickly grabs his arm and pulls him towards him. "Hot? It means someone was here and warmed it up ..."

"Don't be an idiot Akizuki. I don't think there's another survivor" Rikka says, as she grabs a piece of pizza and then takes a bite. "Well, we're not sure about it." Taking advantage of the fact that the pizzas were hot, and that at first glance they did not seem toxic or something similar, they take some boxes and return to the base, trying not to attract the attention of the zombies. The boys make it, they arrive at the base with three pizza boxes, which were no longer so hot, they open the door and the first thing they find is Connor, with Nora behind him. "Where the hell were they?" Connor asks, with a murderous look.

"A-Ah ... Hello Connor!" Teka says very scared, like Akizuki and Rikka. Teka places his hand on Connor's shoulder. "How's your day going? Haha" Connor removes Teka's hand slowly without taking his eyes off him. "I just asked you a question ..." Akizuki sees Nora, who is behind Connor. Akizuki thinks. (So, she didn't fall asleep and saw how we had escaped, and she told Connor everything) Rikka raises her voice "WE GO FOR PIZZA!" Teka turns to look very excited, then slowly looks at Connor. "Well yeah but ... Do you want some? Haha" Connor snatches the three boxes from them "Sure, thanks for the food" adds Connor, as he walks towards his bedroom eating a slice. Teka frowns and sits on the couch with her arms crossed "Nora, surely you told Connor that we ran away, didn't you?" Rikka asks, quite furious at the blue haired girl.

"That's right, it was me" says Nora, very seriously. Then Teka and Rikka begin to claim him, with some extra insults. Akizuki stands in the middle of everyone and with a nervous laugh tries to calm the situation. "Hey, calm down! Keep calm, there is no reason to go to the extreme of insulting" Teka and Rikka go upstairs to go to sleep, still angry. The lights go out and Nora watches Akizuki. "I didn't want something to happen to them, that's why I did it" Akizuki's eyes light up, then she gives him a smile. "So you care about us?" Nora blushes a little, looks at the ground and shakes her head. "Why would I? They are a trio of nobody" Nora climbs the stairs quite nervous. Akizuki laughs lightly, but that laugh quickly fades