Zayn and Angie cuddled up in the corner of the room, out of everyone's sight, as they were covered in thermal blankets. The soldiers then divided the time for their night watch and rest.
"Do you think there is a perfect woman out there, my friend?" Tom asked softly while looking at the cloudy night sky.
"I don't think such a woman exists. Nobody is perfect." Rick shook his head.
"Hm, yup. I agree with that. Even our boss's wife is no exception. She may have an angelic face, nice curvaceous body, silky white skin, wonderful eagle eyes, and long beautiful hair. She may be the perfect girlfriend, but she has lost her voice and almost can't do anything without our boss. It will be disastrous if she hasn't been claimed by our boss because her beauty will only invite danger for herself." Rico sighed as he inhaled his cigarette.
"Yeah, I do agree. Sometimes I feel she's too beautiful to be real. She's also so caring and loving, but only to Zayn, our boss."
"Geez, that gives me goosebumps. I heard rumors that our boss's wife has made some of the perverts in the base impotent and infertile. Anyone who bothers her receives the same fate."
"Oof, you make my groin ache."
"Our boss should take better care of his wife or she might be snatched away by those old ugly bastards."
"Tch, it really spoils the mood. Those ugly gastards can do nothing, but become parasites. Surprisingly, some of them are higher-ups who just rule their hearts out without having to jump into the battlefield."
"They can just go and die! Anyway, friend, what is your ideal woman like?"
The soldiers on the night watch talked about each other. Their main topic was women, then their ideal woman to their beauty preferences. They even exchanged hot rumors regarding Zayn and Angie.
Several people at various levels of power have approached Angie in an attempt to snatch her from Zayn, but all of those attempts ended tragically. The troublemakers were either punished by Zayn or Angie would crack their nuts with no mercy.
Some people were afraid of Zayn's crazy invention, but some people were still trying their luck to snatch Angie from Zayn.
"They might already be hated by some people and those idiots might get their revenge. If that happens, what are we going to do?" A soldier asked confusedly.
"Let's see the situation. As stupid as they are, I believe their brains aren't always in their crotch." Rick snorted and laughed with the others.
They tried to keep their voices down, but their conversation was lively. The rain then fell, drenching the dry ground.
"Ugh, shit. It's raining and cold. I need to pee right now. Does anyone want to go with me?" Tom stood holding his stomach.
"Are you a child? Just go pee yourself. The bathroom is over there, and clean water still flows from there." Rick waved his hand.
"Well..." Tom rushed to the toilet because he couldn't take it anymore. It was pretty dark, but he brought a flashlight for some light.
As he was peeing, he remembered that Zayn and Angie shared the bathroom. What were they doing in the bathroom together? His thoughts went wild as he was familiar with adult content.
Yet, he suddenly had the hairs on his neck standing up, and he felt shivers. He felt like he was being watched from all directions by something.
Ghosts never existed, but why was he feeling scared for no reason?
*Gulp*
Tom gulped his saliva as he broke into a cold sweat. His urine still flowed, but he wanted to leave this creepy bathroom immediately.
When he looked to the side, he found a cracked square mirror. A terrifying creature was standing next to him, staring at his little Tom with its razor-like teeth wide open.
"!?" Tom screamed inside. He looked around, but there was no creature nearby. Fear crept from the tips of his feet to the top of his head. "A ghost? Oh no, please don't bother me..."
Tom again looked at the cracked mirror, but nothing was there. Why was he getting bullied but not Zayn and Angie!?
Tom just wanted to get out of there. However, he found the scary creature suddenly appeared out of the darkness. It crawled from the ceiling and came right in front of his face.
"!?" Tom was scared shitless. His eyes rolled up, and he immediately fell unconscious.
It was already a few minutes since Tom went to the bathroom. Rico and the others felt something was odd because Tom had been in the bathroom for so long.
"Hey, why is Tom taking so long? Did he beat his meat because of our conversation earlier?" Rick asked in wonder.
"Want to check there? Maybe, the door is locked and he can't get out?" Rico scratched his head with an awkward smile.
"Well, he's probably just enjoying himself with his hands. You can go check him out." Rick waved his hand.
"All right." Rico then took two people who wanted to check on Tom in the bathroom.
When they got there, they found Tom lying on the floor, smelling of urine and wet pants.
"Damn, he peed in his pants, slipped and passed out? Is there anything more embarrassing than this? Pfft..." A soldier muffled his laughter.
"Hmm..." Rico felt a little confused, then rubbed the back of his neck. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't spot the reason.
It reminded him about what Zayn did before getting into the bathroom. Almost everything that Zayn did had a logical reason, even though it was rarely asked. Thus, he apologized and politely excused himself to the empty air before pulling Tom out of the bathroom. Maybe, there was a ghost guarding this place.
This confused everyone, but the tale soon spread throughout the squad regarding Tom's embarrassing incident.
"..." Tom had nothing to say. He was publicly executed and the subject of ridicule until morning came. Due to what happened last night, he couldn't sleep peacefully.
"Hm? What have I missed?" Zayn woke up and found the soldiers were making jokes about Tom.
"Well, it's nothing. Just a cat afraid of ghosts." A soldier waved his hand.
"Oh, well. Good morning, let's have breakfast and get back into action. We're going north today. Hmm, nice sunny day. Did it rain last night? I wasn't aware." Zayn nodded and took a deep breath. He then woke Angie and immediately got ready to leave.
Due to the rain, there was no movement of zombies or monsters around the old villa. Zayn's entourage left the place with a different story.
"Thank you for the place. We need to go now." Zayn raised his hand and farewell, then closed the door.
After that, he and his entourage left the vicinity. Their destination was the north because Zayn wanted to visit a big city before going to the town where the cheese warehouse was.
After traveling for about two hours, Zayn and his entourage arrived in a city. There was no more signage, but it was easy to tell their current location.
The amphibious car at the front abruptly stopped, shocking the others. All the vehicles immediately stopped in the middle of the road.
"Wait, why did we get to New York? I thought we didn't go that far north?" Steven gasped in shock.
"What do you mean, Captain Steven? You are the one leading the entourage and we are taking an alternative route to avoid the zombies horde. I thought you did bring us here because Boss Zayn wanted to do a trial run in a big red zone city." Rico was confused.
"New York? What's with the city you mean? It looks like a big city with lots of zombies and monsters to me. So, it's a suitable place for my advanced field test." Zayn asked via walkie-talkie. He felt nothing was wrong with the city in front of them.
"Haven't you heard the news? The great base of New York was destroyed two months ago. Most of the people died, and some others fled to various places. Our New Jersey underground base is one of their escape places. Many powerful monsters live in New York. If City X and its surroundings are red danger level five or above, then New York is already level four!" Steven exclaimed with a hint of fear.
"I was wrong to take the alternative route. Let's turn around now. You can do your follow-up field test at Edison, Princeton or Trenton. It's still much more feasible than New York." Steven voiced his command and asked the driver to turn around.
"That's fine if you want to turn back. I'll still go to New York because I really want to meet the powerful monsters. I want to test my potent formula agaisnt them!" Zayn clenched his fists as he felt excited.
"Are you crazy!?" Steven coughed a little and shouted.