Chapter 21
"Are you guys okay? ", Claudio asked incredulously.
"of course, why would we go in there if we weren't sure we were going to get out in one piece"
I responded sarcastically.
He didn't say anything else, he just went back to the room at the end of the corridor, when a woman opened the door, probably his wife.
Name: Laura Gonsalves
Status: curious, nervous
Talent: medium
Deaths: (1 / 4 )
It appears to be a simple middle-aged couple, they appear to be around forty years old.
From what I'm hearing from that room, there are two other people, maybe children.
The woman even seemed nervous with us.
"Sorry to ask, but we saw you go in there with the monsters and leave without any problems, I would like to ask... let's pay, but can you help us by getting food?, today was market day"
"I will ask two questions, depending on the answer I will help or not"
After exchanging a look with her husband, Laura responded.
" you can ask "
"first are you alone? "
This time she responded almost instantly.
" We are not "
"Second question, after the food in the case of us helping you runs out, what are you going to do? "
"I… I don't know"
Now you must be wondering why, considering helping them, and in the place where I settle, I will need more people to take care of the place, even if it is to do the simplest tasks.
This is where these people fit in, why them? A simple family is the easiest to control, if they step out of line I threaten a member of the family and the others return to line, and also if it doesn't work I kill them all and that's it.
"I would like to meet the other people with you before deciding whether to help you, is that ok? "
When they entered their room, I spoke to Maria and Talita.
"I want to see what you think of them"
Maria: "I have nothing against them, do you want them to come with an agent? We're going to need help where we're going"
Talita: "I didn't feel uncomfortable with them"
"If I don't feel anything about other family members, yes, I will propose that to them"
Maria: "Talita and I are going to see what the room we're going to spend the night is like, we trust your decision", she said, looking at her friend asking for confirmation.
Talita: "yes, let's go ahead"
Shortly after the girls enter the room next to the stairs, I see, in addition to the middle-aged couple leaving the door, another couple of teenagers come out.
"This is my son David and his girlfriend Danieli"
Name: Davi Gonsalves
Status: scared, nervous
Talent: medium
Deaths: (0 / 4 )
Name: Danieli Sampaio
Status: curious, nervous, desperate
Talent: high
Deaths: (0 / 2 )
The girl is talented, she's just not very blessed in terms of her face (ugly), the boy's definition is average.
"I have a proposal for you, if you don't accept we will still help you with the food"
"What would this proposal be? " the father of the family responded on behalf of everyone.
"my friends and I are going to the city limits to settle in, I don't see the city getting safer in a short period of time, we're going to need help, I want to invite your family to come with us"
" and… can we respond tomorrow? "
"No problem", I was about to turn around to enter the door next to me when.
Laura: "Sorry to ask, but where do you come from? "
"from the center in the commercial area"
"It's worse there than here, right? "
"much worse, here there are only initial zombies, in the center there are already some more evolved ones"
The lady remained terrified in silence, the son is just listening to the conversation in silence, the son's girlfriend is even shaking.
Claudio: "they... they... get stronger?, I saw a neighbor who was very strong being torn apart as if it were nothing, and you're telling me that they get stronger? Haha ha ha"
It felt like it broke.
"Just like them, we too can become stronger, think about the proposal I mentioned and then we'll talk more"
I entered the door and closed it behind me.
I've already given them enough information to think about, when they think about my proposal they'll be more inclined to accept, because they saw that we were able to kill the zombies quickly.
When I looked at the room where we are going to spend the night, I saw that it is divided into a living room/kitchen and three doors, one on each side wall, which are bedrooms, and the last one in the corner is probably a bathroom.
I saw that Talita was already sleeping in one of the rooms, Maria was making pasta in the kitchen, she used a bottle of water from her backpack.
I have to find a place with plenty of drinking water to settle in, I was forgetting that.
I turned on the television to see what the authorities are saying about what is happening, we've been through it all and it's still the first day so it's still time to have some form of government, even if I don't trust them.
On television it shows the president with a person in an army uniform next to him.
"President, do we know what happened with this disease outbreak? ," a reporter asks.
"our researchers are analyzing it, but for now all citizens of the nation must go to the garrison bases in their cities that will be displayed on the map in their local broadcasts after this announcement"
It's normal for them not to know, and even if they do know, I don't think they will be informed.
Maria hugs me from behind.
"anything useful? "
"no, just the nonsense that always happens in apocalypse movies and novels, to go to a government base"
"I seemed like a script programmed for them to follow"
"I think they're lost, but it's hard to blame them"
"true, come and eat and much more will satisfy your hunger"
" thanks "