"The city?" I frowned, a little skeptical. From what I heard, the city was one of the places that was crawling with more zombies in a single block then there was in a small town. I couldn't understand why Alastor wanted to head there.
"Yeah the city, why? Is something wrong?" He asked me, confused. I was stunned by his obliviousness.
"Are you trying to get us killed? The city is the one place where I won't go!" I scowled. Alastor sighed,
"It won't be that bad I promise, besides, I can protect you." He tried to reassure me, failing spectacularly.
"I don't need protection." I huffed, quite offended. Alastor, apparently realizing his mistake, quickly tried to correct himself.
"I didn't mean it like that!" He tried to explain, but I cut him off.
"Right. Whatever. Here's what's going to happen. I will go back to my friends, and you can go wherever you want. Even if the place is a death trap." I said with a firm tone, not having the energy to let him fight back. Alastor, the dumbass, didn't catch on.
"It's safer if we travel together though..." Alastor weakly protested. I huffed, honestly. This felt like a moment in a cheesy romance novel, we've only known each other for a day and yet this idiot already got attached.
"You literally want to walk straight into a death trap. What do you think this is, an apocalypse novel with you as the main character? This is real life Alastor, and you only get this one to live." I scolded. Alastor finally relented,
"Alright. But I at least want to accompany you back to your base!" He offered. I sighed, I could afford to let him have this I suppose.
"Alright, then lets go." I said, standing up. He looked shocked,
"Wait, we're going right now?" He blurted out, looking like he couldn't believe what I was saying.
"Yes right now. If you think I'm going to leave my friends to fend for themselves without me there to ease the burden, then you're dead wrong." I explained, looking at him as if he was an idiot. He sighed, before gathering his weapons and helped me down.
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It took awhile, but we soon reached the Walmart. However, something seemed... off about the entire area. I knew Alastor could tell as well. It couldn't be another hole right? I'm positive that Ace had fixed it. Cautiously, I moved aside some boards and entered the base, motioning for Alastor to follow me. Once we were inside, I carefully put the boards back. Then I took the chance to look around. Dead silence.
"Ace? Luki?" I called out, but I received no response. I prayed to whatever deity was out there that everyone was alright. I couldn't lose the only family I had left. Not when I didn't even know what happened to mine in the first place.
"Feral, I don't think it's safe here. We should really leave." Alastor whispered, trying to pull me outside.
"You don't understand! C.C? Trauma-Chan? Is anyone still here?" I called out again, desperate for an answer. But I once again received no answer. I started to get frantic, but before I could take things farther, Alastor covered my mouth.
"Be quiet Feral. Something isn't right, and we don't need you attracting attention." He scolded. "Besides, if what I think is true, they're probably on their way to the city themselves."