By elevator, Cecilia reached the ground floor in just few seconds.
But, as soon as she came out, she guessed the tension in the air.
She could see many people standing at the main door of the building.
While some scurrying around, carrying some dangerous weapons.
They were armed completely. Holding guns and cold weapons as if ready to fight.
Few who saw Cecilia coming, quickly looked at her with surprise, vigilance and confusion.
" You can't enter! There are weak civilians here! For their absolute safety, you're not allowed to forcefully rush in! Don't even think about barging your way through! " Anna's loud voice could be heard, as she held a sound amplifying device ( mic ).
The way she bullshitted her way through wasn't much scary, but what scary really was the hundreds of guns aimed outside.
Cecilia didn't need to guess much for what was happening.
She felt a headache coming, wondering how Alex will punish her because of her team members.
She walked with cold face and graceful posture towards Anna, feeling slight anticipation about her new Master, in her heart.
" Everyone stop! " She said loudly.
Even without sound amplifying device, her authoritative voice echoed through the area.
Everyone couldn't help but quiet down as soon as she appeared.
Anna turned around, as she looked at Cecilia as if trying to judge something.
Cecilia knowing what she was trying to imply, nodded slightly at Anna, whose face brighetend with a fanatic smile. As if she was praising someone again and again in her mind.
Cecilia seeing Anna's expression, wondered if there was something wrong with this women...
She decided to ask Alex about this later.
" Lady Cecilia, your people tried to forcefully invade the camp and terrified the pitiful citizens. If you don't give us a proper explanation, don't blame us for not showing any respect, " Anna said loudly with her sharp voice.
Her words provoking.
Even though she and Cecilia, now were sisters.
This cold and graceful women needs to know difference between a senior and junior.
Cecilia now very conscious of the intentions behind Anna's words, sneered.
" Don't worry, I'll give you an explanation. There is some misunderstanding. We of military are here for the good of civilians. We mean no harm and will only do our best to fight against the situation, holding the best of our civilians and country in our mind. Everyone can take down their weapons, " Cecilia said in an authoritative tone.
The normal people hesitated for a moment, but hearing her words felt that Cecilia was not a bad person.
For normal people in the camp, Cecilia without a doubt was lot more charismatic than Anna, who bossed them around as if they were inferior to her.
Besides that, main factor was the strength!
Cecilia's power was undeniable, just the deserted surrounding which once was zombie packed camp was enough as an evidence.
But, Alex's girls didn't feel moved.
They looked at Anna, ready to oppose Cecilia even to the death, if it was for their lover.
Anna seeing her authority being overridden, knew when to step back to avoid unnecessary conflict.
" Let her go outside, " She said.
Cecilia smiled at Anna, as if praising her for good decision.
Anna didn't like this expression, but she didn't voice any discontent.
She checked her mobile, and sure enough there was a text message from one of the women accompanying Alex.
Saying, ' Work done '.
Most likely the women was so busy getting fucked that she could hardly find a moment to tell Anna about what happened.
Outside, Cecilia brilliantly calmed down her team members and reprimanded them for their hasty decision.
" We're sorry Team Leader! " They all said in unison.
But, grudge in their eyes was clear.
Anna was completely merciless, when they tried to invade in the building.
In the crossfire, three of them had bullet injuries, while two people who went inside the building hadn't returned out at all!
" Calm down. I'll see what happened. We were wrong first to have threatened them. Their actions can be justified, " Cecilia said patiently.
" Who cares about their justification! Millions of millions have died just in Albigion! Who cares for these couple of thousands! " A man with large build and handsome face said.
Some team members frowned.
He was directly crossing Cecilia and it was clear.
He was another Stage 19 team member, named Timothy Walton.
His Walton family was some small time family, which will have to bow down to Cecilia's Hawks family even in their dreams.
But, this man had always had discontent with her. Thinking that a women was not right to lead them.
But, he always kept such thoughts to himself until now.
Cecilia didn't know what happened, that made this man so courageous and hasty.
" Every human life is a life Timothy. We're not ruffians on the street. We represent the proud military of Albigion. Even if we can't help someone, we should at least not harm our own people, " Cecilia frowned and said with displeasure.
Even though she was always cold, she had her own principles.
Unless needed, she didn't mind staying away from paths that were frowned upon.
But, also it wasn't like she didn't mind dirtying her hands sometime.
" I understand... " Timothy said with a straight face, but it was clear that he was ready to oppose Cecilia on next point he got.
" Good. I'll see, what happened to our two team members now. Besides, those who want to freshen up, you can follow me. We'll be staying here for tonight and will take all of the survivors back to the Unison High camp. "
" Then our mission here can be said complete, " Cecilia said as she looked at the female members of the team.
It certainly wasn't comfortable for these female members here outside.
So, these women didn't mind taking a fresh bath or something.
They felt lucky to have a female team leader, who looked after them like this.
Otherwise other team leaders might have just lumped them with those sweaty men in their teams.
But, besides that Timothy once again voiced his 'concern'.
" Team Leader, it is not easy to carry thousands of people from here. You should also know that even the Melbourne is tight on military resources, we certainly can't waste such resources over protecting these people, " He said loudly.
Cecilia frowned, " I'll take responsibility for that. Just do what I say. "
" Please don't mind me team Leader, I was just reminding you, " Timothy nodded.
But, inwardly he was sneering.
From the start of the week, he was looking for ways to get the Cecilia's position.
And just now, he had gotten information from some of his family channels that, Hawks family was almost wiped out.
Now, without Hawks family's support, he didn't think that Cecilia was worthy to dance on his head.
The women like her, should only stay in between his legs!
He already had a tacit understanding of some team members who supported him.
With his Walton family's support, when they returned to the Melbourne he was bound to get promoted!
" Timothy... " Just then a hand on his shoulder woke up Timothy from his dream.
" I'll be going with Team Leader then... " The short haired women said as she looked at Timothy gently.
She was Vienna, Timothy's current girlfriend and another Level 19 team member.
Timothy also gently smiled, as he touched the side of Vienna's face.
Even though this women wasn't stunningly beautiful and didn't have a great background, but she was very well liked by Timothy.
The reason was simple. Her fighting prowess.
She might look gentle now, but in face of zombies she was fearless. And was one of the first ones in team to reach Level 19. Actually even before Cecilia!
In fact, even in military most people hadn't reached Level 19, one should know that was while fighting zombies relentlessly.
The reason was that, they didn't like to fight on front line. Because, the chance of infection was very high in frontal fights.
But, Vienna was a very strong minded women alongside a fierce fighter.
She was actually the one who had helped Timothy level up to Level 19 just a day ago.
Looking at her face Timothy felt slightly regretful, otherwise if she was half as beautiful as Cecilia he might have taken her as his wife.
But, still he didn't leave any gaps in his actions, as he said, " Take care of yourself. If you need something, you can tell me. "
Vienna nodded and then looked around.
Seeing no one paying attention, she shyly kissed Timothy's face.
Timothy laughed at her bashful action feeling sweet in his heart.
He then sent her off while returning to his friends, who were arranging a makeshift tent around their vehicles.
" You have got a sweet wife there pal. "
" We just started dating man, " Timothy laughed at his friend's jest.
" But, she's sexy as fuck when she kills zombies. Donno, how good it feels to press down a heroic women like that, " Another one of his friend said.
In his circle, it wasn't a secret that Timothy was leeching off Vienna.
But, of course his friends didn't feel disgusted at his behavior. Just jealous that they weren't able to hold those thick thighs before Timothy.
Well, with their pitiful backgrounds seducing a women like that was difficult, so they just joked and laughed with their friend.
Timothy also laughed and boasted a little bit, continuing their friendly chatter while working.
Meanwhile, Cecilia brought all female members for the bath and refreshment.
The two team members caught by Anna and others were safe, with slight injuries so she had send them back to her team.
" Team leader... Team leader... I saw on the internet that this building has a huge pool in its top floor's penthouse, " A jubilant female member said to Cecilia.
Actually, in private Cecilia was quite close to her female team members.
She had cultivated this relationship subtly in last week, knowing full well that being a team leader might be easy. But, holding onto the position was hard.
So, these team members were quite relaxed following Cecilia around as if she was their big sister.
" Just say that you want to visit it Sona. Team leader will take us there for sure, " Another team member mischievously added.
" You little girls are really a headache. Don't make it hard for the team leader, shoo shoo, " A mature team member sighed while smiling.
Since she was slightly older than these other girls, she liked to act elderly.
Other girls accustomed to this proud behavior of ' I'm your elder, respect me ' laughed.
Their smiles carefree and joyful.
" Okay okay. Stop testing me. I'll take you to the pool. But, we'll have to share it with some people. Is it okay? " Cecilia smiled.
" Yayy! Okay! "
" Our team Leader is the best! "
Girls laughed happily.
" Don't be happy. first get a nominal bath and clean yourselves here. I'll go ask the in charge here for the pool, " Cecilia said as she brought the her team members to a large bathroom on second floor.
" Ah. Okay! Team Leader, please also ask for some swimsuits! "
" You little girl. Don't keep demanding. "
" Pout* Pout* how will we enjoy the pool without swimsuits... "
Cecilia left the bathroom amidst the laughter of her team members, who were completely different than their serious selves before.
No one will imagine that these team members had actually only become acquainted a week ago, but their life and death journey had brought them close together.
Cecilia was also a reason, as she had become a connecting link for them at the start. After just a slight push they became friends quickly.
Just when Cecilia came out, Anna was standing right outside as if waiting for her.
Behind her was a tall women dressed in black, looking down at Cecilia in intimidation.
" Hi, Cecilia. Or should I call you Lady Cecilia? Or Madame Cecilia? " Anna asked with a haughty smile that didn't reach her eyes, while crossing her hands.
She was clearly looking down on Cecilia!
And this was legendary bullying attempt!!
" Since we're on the same side. Just Cecilia will be fine. But... "
Before Cecilia completed her words, she directly struck.
And in just a moment, Anna was pinned to the wall on the side, while her hand was held by Cecilia forcefully.
"... I don't like that bitchy look in your eyes, " Cecilia completed her words.
" You!! "
" Don't yell. You don't want others to see you like this right. Pinned to the wall like helpless cunt. Where will be your dignity then? " Cecilia mercilessly struck, making Anna quiet.
But, Kate who was just now shocked to even react at Cecilia's speed now reacted.
Unfortunately, her actions were like child's play in Cecilia's eyes.
She let Anna go and turned around to dodge Kate's hand.
At the right moment, she slapped it down and struck Kate right in her solar plexus.
" D-Damn... " Kate cursed as she went to her knees, feeling pain.
" Hmph. At least get some levels before coming to bully me. Not like it will matter to me, " Cecilia laughed as she helped Anna stand up again and straightened her skirt.
" How dare you... I'll tell Alex about your actions, " Anna said with angry expression.
Others might think that such a threat was very childish and ineffective, but for Cecilia this threat was certainly enough to make her nervous.
No doubt. Anna and this other women had joined Alex before her and Anna even had the top-dog position, which meant she was favored by Alex.
If Anna said something bad about her to Alex...
Even it was just a fleeing comment...
and if Alex became displeased with her....
Cecilia shuddered at just a thought.
But, she made a confident expression, " Are you 5? Don't you have some dignity? "
" No. I don't. I'll make sure you get punished by Alex. Just wait you bitch. See, how I make Alex dislike you, " Anna said confidently even while being held by the collar.
" You wench... " The threat certainly was powerful, as Cecilia visibly faltered.
Anna feeling proud, moved away from Cecilia.
' what team leader, a cow like you will also be played by me, ' She sneered inwardly.
" Now. Now... If you don't want us to do what you want us not to do, then call me big sister from now on, " Anna said.
"... "
" What the fuck. I didn't hear you. "
" Don't push your luck... "
" I'm going to Alex. He certainly won't let you hitting me pass for our loving relationship, " Anna turned away.
Kate who had stood up, also snorted at Cecilia.
" I'll tell Alex... " She threatened.
Even if she was naive. Kate knew what holding grudges meant.
She now held a grudge against this bitch who had slightly smaller breasts than her.
" W-Wait.... B-Big sister.... "