I saw a group of survivors on the cctv. What I saw was a family of survivors, 3 of them, a girl who is around 10 years old, a boy that is around 14 years old and their mother, she's... pregnant?
Looking the way she walks, it seems that she's about to give birth, that's why they are coming to the village...
I took my rifle with me and spied on them, they settled they way in a house, lucky for them this village is cleared, but they are well coordinated, even for a kid they help their mother well.
They got inside a room into a house a bit far away from the main road, the mother starts to give birth, looking at them, looks like the mother can't live anymore, she can't deliver the baby without cutting procedure, the boy is panicking, the girl outside don't know what's going on as she is assigned as look out.
I can't stand this, I show myself up, going through the window, "Who are you!?" the boy said and quickly took his pistol to point at me, "I'm here to help. You can't deliver that baby successfully yourself."
Strangling the mother, talk, "Since you know where we are and didn't kill us, you just want to let us be and want us to leave after, right?" Bullseye
"Correct," I said. The mother and son looked at each other and nodded, I checked their condition, and it's worse than I thought, "Hey... save the baby at all cost, even if you have to kill me," the mother said
"I can do that, but how about your son and daughter?" I asked
"Those aren't my son and daughter, but I treat them like it. Those two are siblings that we found while traveling with my husband, please..."
"...promise me, protect them and my baby, I beg you," she said desperately. Even though she's already strangling, she still cares about others.
"Ethan, promise me, survive at all cost, okay? protect your siblings and my baby..."
Ethan, the boy's name, is crying but still acting tough, "Sob, sob, Yes... I promise I will do everything to protect them," he said, crying
"Thank you..." The mother then looked at me and nodded, signaling to do my thing, I looked at Ethan, "You would want to go out. " He looked at her, and she nodded, "I trust you with her..." and he left the room.
After hours of the procedure, I came out to the room, carrying the baby, the two are looking at me as I shake my head, his sister burst into tears, making the baby cry, "Here, take her" I said and give the baby to Ethan.
"Where are you going?" he asked
"I'm gonna dig a grave for your mother," I replied
They were in silence as they watched me burry their mother, it's about to get dark, I introduced myself and so is them, the girl's name was Ana and they were found by woman earlier and her husband they were policemen.
"I will let you stay with me, only if you do everything I said, when I said everything I mean everything, when I told you to kill, kill, you understand?" I said
Determine they nodded, I'm still cautious towards them, but I need man power, I let them in on my base and let them rest in the bunker, lucky for them that I have milk powder, it's good enough for at least 2 months, there are also baby supplies that I didn't take on the village since it's not useful to me.
I let them rest first and eat, they eat a lot it seems that they weren't able to eat that much since they were traveling, 3 days passed and they are doing whatever I asked them to, because of them I'm making double the progress.
Ethan and I are doing our thing on the base while Ana and the baby are sitting on the control room watching the cctvs.
Again, unexpected happened, Ana came rushing to us, telling us that their father is back, they call them father and mother since they were like a parents to them since the apocalypse began.
We came and met him on the main road, he's wearing tattered clothes, having only one foot and barely surviving.
"Thank God both of you are okay," He said
The two of them told me their story the other day, a horde came to them unexpectedly, and their father held the horde of himself while they escaped.
"The baby... so she didn't make it..." He said with a sad face, I can see that he's masculine, but thin, maybe he's on his 40s?
"And this man is?" He asked
"He's the one who saved us, the one who helped us give birth to your baby, father," Ana replied
"I see..., thank you," he said
"Do you remember my rule, Ethan?" I asked
"..., yeah?" He asked
"Kill him," I said
"What!? Why!? mister, his our father! you can trust him!" Ana said loudly. The baby then cried.
Ethan becomes silent, and pointed his pistol to his father, "I'm sorry, father, but I made a promise to mother, that I will survive no matter what, that I will protect them both no matter what happened, and this man here has the power to protect us... I'm sorry," He said coldly without even crying, just a cold stare.
His father smiled, "I understand, with my condition now I can't protect you... It looks like I'll be joining your mother soon. You did well both of you, and I will let you handle the rest now, Ethan. Also, thank you for saving my family," the father said, accepting his fate.
The pistol are pointed straight to his father, both of his sisters crying, and his father accepting his fate, he pulls the trigger with the intent to kill his own father.
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The gun shot eerie to the place.
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At the last second before Ethan pulls the trigger, I change the direction of his hands to avoid shooting his father.
The scene made everyone silence, I smiled, "You all passed," I said