In a huge open space about seven hundred people, each and every one of them wore military green pants, boots and a T-shirt while on his neck there was a series of badges.
As they could not leave key points of this place unprotected, about sixty people were doing that job while the others were gathered in this place. It should be said that the others who were protecting the surroundings had accompanied Airon in his adventures before taking shelter in the city of Atlanta, and because of that they did not need to listen to Airon's words.
In front of this group formed in front of Airon, there were ten people who were the leaders of squads of one hundred people and Shane stood beside him with a serious expression. They all looked at this commander in silence waiting for what he wanted to share.
It is not known how much time passed, Airon, who was standing silently in front of all these people, tapped his right shoulder where an identification handkerchief was. "At ease!"
When Airon said that, everyone got into a resting position, spreading their legs to their right and placing their hands behind their back. After saying this, Airon pointed out, "Since society fell to that deadly virus, we all learned one very important thing, the value of life!"
Looking at the figures in front of him, Airon's eyes turned cold and he said, "Me and my squad back then were working on a covert mission to protect the CDC, but it was all in vain because the chain of command was broken."
"Me, I strived to make it all possible in a world where opportunities were closed! Maybe I met with you, taught you ways on how to survive and cope with reality. Some of you don't know me, and the only thing you should know is that I am your superior and my orders should never be judged."
"I don't know how the hell a virus could wipe out humanity, just as I failed to understand how the hell it is that we failed to contain the spread of this virus. But what I do know is that we are here, and as of this moment we are no longer fighting to survive from walkers or that virus."
Airon doesn't know how, but the words started coming out of his mouth expressing all the thoughts in his mind and conveying the message he wanted to communicate with everyone. After a moment, he touched his handkerchief again and said, "Today, we stop fighting to survive!"
"Today, you stop fighting to survive!"
"Today, we begin a fight against all odds to establish a safe path for humanity! I am sure many will not understand our vision of our future, but you must remember one thing, we do not need two orders leading the world! We will not entrust the future to a powerful group of people who only see for their benefit and leave the interests of we, the people, to fate."
"Today all of us in the community, S.C.T, are worth the same! If you want to recover that world and rebuild little by little all that we have lost, do not hesitate and follow me. I am sure that within all this darkness there will be the sparkles of the ballads illuminating our future again!"
After saying that, Airon made a military salute and shouted, "We protect the future, create the way and destroy our enemies. We strengthen ourselves under the blood of the walkers and when those enemies touch one of our own, they will suffer the rawest of revenge!"
The eyes of many soldiers were teary and those who were just receiving military training began to tremble with emotion. Everyone, without exception, felt their blood boiling and a mark on Airon was left in the hearts of all the people.
Returning the military salute to their commander, they all said in unison: "We protect the future, create the way and destroy our enemies. We strengthen ourselves under the blood of the wayfarers and when those enemies touch one of our own, they will suffer the rawest of revenge!"
Hearing what all these people said, Airon smiled coldly and did not care about anything else. Having full command of the soldiers in his community, the rest is too easy. Even if the CRM were to come knocking on their doors, it is now a community that cannot be ignored and most importantly, no one would think that three large communities would be led by the same person.
However, for now Airon knows if an organization like the CRM came to his door, he could do nothing but listen quietly to their words and if they are fair to both sides, he wouldn't mind considering any proposal offered to them.
Still, he knows that trusting is good, but not trusting is better. Therefore, he is working very hard on plans so that he will not fear in the future a community like the CRM whose motives were unknown.
Showing a satisfied expression, Airon said, "All right, fall out and get back to your work!"
"Yes, sir!"
When Airon said that, he turned around with Shane and asked, "How is the training of the new soldiers going?"
"Hmm, they are good soldiers who in the future will be the strongest weapon in the community, they have all lost something and are fighting for what little they have left. Originally no one believed they could be good soldiers until the instructors got them on the right track. Once they are ready they will be sent to the base in the city of Atlanta to experience real combat."
As he spoke, Shane turned his head and looked at a woman with a slight smile approaching them. Anna, who belonged to Jeffrey's shelter, approached and said, "I heard you had arrived ahead of schedule, how did it go inspiring the soldiers?"
"Anna, I must say it was really a simple task, they will all be good soldiers according to Shane's words. What, how did you take Shane replacing you as the leader of this shelter?" Airon asked with a slight smile seeing this woman who at first thought she wouldn't make it that far.
When Anna heard Airon's words, it made the corners of her mouth turn upward and then she looked at Shane with a smile. "I don't mind someone like Shane leading us, he has a very strong mentality and seems to know the hardships of surviving out there."
"Mmm, am I the only one who thinks they would make a good couple?" When Airon said this, he rolled his eyes and remarked, "Shane, you should consider having numerous children, don't forget we have to repopulate the world."
Hearing this, Shane looked at Anna and then shook his head, "If you're interested in repopulating the earth, you should start looking for a girlfriend."
"Hahaha, for now I have no intention of getting into a loving relationship with anyone, but it looks like you already are." Airon smiled happily as he watched Shane, someone who shouldn't be here in the first place, slowly move towards an uncertain future.
"If you keep bothering me, I'll have to go supervise the construction work." Shane put his arm around Airon and joked lightly.
"I've... Well, okay, tell me about the developing facilities around here, I haven't been able to check the information lately." Airon said returning to the main topic.
"Well, as you can see there are big pieces of land where we can take advantage to plant crops, we have water filters and not far away we can extract water even if we can't get it here."
"Yes, but the most incredible thing is that we can get power through the solar panels and store it in batteries, so if the weather fails, we will have power at least to maintain communication and have the mechanical departments powered up."
"We have departments of all types, sewing, mechanical, crops, management, administration, communications, some departments where cold weapons are modified and created to eliminate walkers."
Saying this, Anna kept silent and Shane said, "The important thing is that we started working on some special weapons and methods to wipe out large numbers of walkers, many have ideas to create sophisticated suits to protect us from bites and not get infected by the virus."
Airon, who heard that, nodded and pointed out, "The suits should be any color but black or white."
Shane, who didn't understand why color was important, said, "Don't worry, the established color is gray, but it could even be green."
"That's good..." Airon nodded and said, "Well, then I'll go and supervise the base and give some advice in the report."
After that, Airon walked alone to look around this base. The place was good and for now, the defenses will be good before the territory of this place expands.