"Hoo... hoo..."
Swimming from the water to the top of the stairs of the train station, Airon and Alicia supported each other to the subway ticket booth.
Immediately after, Airon sat on the floor with his body almost lying on the ground, panting heavily as they watched the sky, and all his clothes soaked with water.
"Whoa, whoa!"
Seeing two strange figures lying on the side, a very shaggy white dog approached them and stretched out its tongue to lick Airon's cheek, expressing that it was no danger to these two people.
Being licked by a warm tongue, Airon opened his eyes, touched the dog's head, then looked at Alicia , who was also panting beside him, and said with concern, "Alicia, are you all right?"
"I'm fine."
Alicia waved her hands wearily and continued to lie on the floor, Airon feeling the pain in his legs and said, "We can afford to rest a little, we'll be fine."
"Okay, we can rest."
Hearing Alicia 's reply, Airon felt a little relieved and then took himself on the ground, and the violent ups and downs in his chest gradually calmed down over time as he looked at the dog that had come out of nowhere.
"Apparently there are dogs..."
Thinking about everything that happened during this period of time, Airon felt very disturbed by everything that could have happened.
The two turned a blind eye to the explosions coming from outside from time to time, and had no intention of getting up to check what was happening in the distance, they still needed to digest the exciting moment they had just experienced.
"Wow!!!"
Perhaps seeing that these two strangers were okay, whether the long-furred dog was licking or not, after calling out to the two of them a couple of times, he opened his limbs and ran outside.
Airon just glanced at this and didn't pay much attention to it. This dog seemed to be too smart to be able to live this long without an apparent owner, so he might as well be fine on his own. Well, he also wouldn't stand up due to the fact that his body right now was screaming in pain.
...
Ten minutes later.
Crunch...
Some time after resting for a bit, Airon slowly sat up beside Alicia and started to have time to check the general situation in the surroundings.
It was the same situation near the train station, except for the location away from the walkers, there wasn't much difference here.
Fortunately, there were no walkers and people here, except for some corpses, maybe it was the constant explosion that attracted all those walkers away from this place.
Seeing that there was no threat around him, Airon averted his gaze and began to check the only supplies left on his body.
They lost their two backpacks and naturally no longer had the supplies, most of the weapons and ammunition. The two backpacks should have been dragged off to some corner of which he was now unaware.
Now the items they carry have been drastically reduced so they must be counted quickly.
Two pistols, one Magnum and one Glock, several long knives, magazines of bullets and some energy bars and candy he usually carried in his pockets.
Pulling the things out of his body one by one, Airon looked at the few remaining supplies and felt that this time it was really a big loss.
Thinking of the rifles and grenades he lost, his head tilted back in bitterness. At least Alicia was able to hold tightly to her M4, which would save them from some trouble later on. Then his hand could not help but touch the left breast of his body, where there was a lighter and the wet radio he was supposed to contact his people with, and helplessness filled his face, fortunately he always liked to carry many things with his and vests with many pockets, which finally gave his comfort in this pitiful situation.
Then Airon looked at Alicia, who had also gotten up, and asked her what was left on the other side with the quiet ones.
When she discovered what was left on the other side's body, her face couldn't help but petrify, apart from the machine gun barrel and a pistol in addition to the M4 that Airon was drying, she had nothing else.
"This is too bad!"
Airon looked at the remaining supplies, stood up in pain and indignation and said, "In this case, let's leave quickly, or we may not even be able to eat for the night properly, I hope the radio works and we can get to your shelter quickly."
From the current bad situation, Alicia also knew that she felt the same, and reluctantly got up from the ground and walked away.
The two began to move towards the exit of the train station, and then picked up the steel pipes from the ground as weapons, carefully considering the possible dangers in the surrounding area.
Fortunately, when the two left the train station, they did not encounter any walkers.
Boom! Boom!
Bang bang bang!
As Airon walked out of the train station, the explosion and gunshots not far away immediately attracted his attention.
When he grabbed the binoculars and raised them, he saw the fire erupting in front of the bridge where a shelter was apparently parked.
The garrison camp of some strong community that was at the point was already in smoke, and he could vaguely see some members of that community fighting with some other people.
And half of the bridge that originally existed was long gone. From the water of the lake below, the half-exposed remains could still be seen, and the remaining incomplete parts were also slowly collapsing, falling piece by piece into the lake below.
Now Airon and Alicia finally knew why there was always a loud rumbling above their heads when they entered the tunnel.
In addition to the problems that already existed in the tunnel itself, the collapse of the bridge exacerbated the process.
"Damn, I don't know if we're lucky or unlucky..."
Covering half of his face, Airon was speechless for a moment, but he paid no attention to the war on the other side and looked around.
After crossing the street to the other side, they are basically coming northeast of Alicia 's base, and they didn't need to walk far in order to reach that stadium Alicia had talked about.
After touching his stomach, Airon just felt that his stomach was empty and said, "Luckily we didn't die buried in rubble and water. Now that all supplies are gone, let's get some food before we set out on our journey."
"Let's get going..."
Looking at the ruined surroundings, he couldn't help but be disheartened to learn that he had originally left his shelter for that reason as well, but unexpectedly things had ended up this way.
Turning his head to look at Alicia somewhat thoughtfully, Airon moved to her side and lightly nudged her with his body, pointed in a direction and said, "Look what we have in that place."
Alicia, who was a bit puzzled by the game, looked in the direction of Airon's finger when she heard his voice.
Not far away, the shaggy dog came out of a corner, with a fat pelican in his mouth. After the two stopped to watch the actions of this animal, the dog put the pelican in the serum and barked a couple of times with his tongue out.
"This dog is amazing, we'll take care of you from now on!"
Seeing that the food was right in front of her eyes, Alicia eagerly bent down, hugged the white-backed dog tightly in her arms and kept rubbing the dog's head with her palms.
Soon they found a place to rest, and the pelican, which was a forbidden bird that in ancient times used to be eaten, was on the fire right now ready to be eaten by two people and a dog. What does it matter now if it was previously a forbidden bird?
When the meat was browned on the fire, it was divided into three parts and everyone shared, and after a while not even the bones were left thanks to this shaggy dog that had approached them.
"We thank you for this meal!"
Maybe because of the wounds or because he was really tired, Airon leaned back in an abandoned chair and was silent as he thought that it had already been a day since Billy and the others died.
"Alicia, where are we going now?"
Temporarily solving the hunger problem, Alicia turned her attention to the upcoming journey and said, "It looks like we still have to avoid the front areas of where the walking horde was, so we'll go around these streets and get to the shelter."
"Don't worry, I know which way to go."
"It's okay, we must avoid being seen not only by walkers but also by people."
But Alicia didn't say much, "It would be better if we find a means of transportation, otherwise it might be difficult to walk because of your injuries.
"Okay..."
"Crack!"
"Wait here, I seem to hear something."
But just as Alicia wanted to say something, there was a sudden noise outside, and the two saw a group of figures passing by. Airon frowned and said, "Ralamente Texas is alive, more things have happened than I've ever experienced in Atlanta.... Well, sort of."