Li Jiefan and the man stared at each other for period of time. Studying each other. The man was tall, about 186 centimeters tall. He had long-ish black hair that feel that almost to his eyes. He was dressed in straight legged jeans and a black graphic tee-shirt, two necklaces were hidden under his shirt and he had an eyebrow piercing. He her looked over with serious, cold eyes. He analysed her and then looked over at the door, trying to see what was more worth the effort, taking her down or running.The moment Li Jiefan realised that he did not want a fight she put her hands up. His eyes followed her hand closely as she put her knife back into her bag. He copied her putting his hands up and hooked his bat back onto his bag.
"I just want two power banks." Li Jiefan said putting her hand down." My name is Li Jiefan." She told him tentatively, trying to de-escalate the situation.
The man's gaze stayed firm," I want some parts for a pc ."
" Okay, so I am going to take the power banks and I will leave you alone to get the parts that you need."Li Jiefan said firmly but calmly.
The man nodded and walked a few steps down, rummaging through the shelves.
Li Jiefan focused on the shelf behind her and took down four power banks, making sure two where pink, and stuffed them in her bag.
She turns around to leave but stops in her tracks as she saw the man's shirt ride up a bit as he reaches for a box and on his left hip she sees a mark, a clover mark. Li Jiefan's eyes widen in surprise and she stands there in confusion for a few moments. She wakes up just as he turns to leave the store, " Hey you did not tell me your name."
The man looks back at her with a blank faced and askes," Did I offer?"
Li Jiefan looks surprised at his response and follows him out as he continues walking," No, but isn't it the polite thing to do?" She needs to know more so she must continue the conversation.
" I don't particularly want to be polite," The man says as they walk into the hallway," And why are you following me, don't you need to go back to your partner?"
" Oh, so you are too cool to care about being polite." Li Jiefan says mockingly ignoring the question about her partner and continues," But can you be polite enough to tell me what that clover tattoo you have is for."
The man stills for a fraction of a second, " Now why are you looking at my naked torso, I didn't know I would encounter a creeper."
" Well we are alone in an abandoned mall and the goods were on display." Li Jiefan says with a smirk.
He snorts and a small smile slips out," My name is Chi Muyang Creeper."
Li Jiefan smiles back, " Well that wasn't to hard was it?"
Chi Muyang was walking to a clothing store which was further away from Chen Liechu but Li Jiefan needed to know more.
" So I am guessing that you are so cool that you came to a mall in an apocalypse?" Li Jiefan asked looking through the racks." Did you come here to skateboard, get inspiration for a gothic horror?" Li Jiefan looked over at him in shock," Oh my gosh, you came here to write poetry didn't you?"
Chi Muyang looked back at her, he lost his smile but he did not look as cold as he had earlier." No, I was already in the mall, I only write my poetry in cemeteries unfortunately. Why don't you tell me why you are here Creeper?"
Li Jiefan hummed and replied," I came for some supplies, I was staying in a rental home so we didn't have much."
Chi Muyang nodded and grabbed a few jackets off the rack, " So you are not only a creep but a trespasser too."
" Okay, cool guy its not like you are any better." Chen Liechu said moving to the sit next to the cashiermwhile she waited for him to finish.
" Now why don't-" Chi Muyang stopped talking the instant they heard the groans.
Li Jiefan immediately got down from the table and looked over at the door, another groan came.
" Did they get in?" Li Jiefan whispered walking closer to the man and taking her knife out of her bag.
" They might have." Chi Muyang said as he grabbed the bat off his bag and walked closer to the door with Li Jiefan following him.
The creatures came out from behind the corner, Li Jiefan estimated there to be five of them, luckily the sun hadn't set yet, though it was going to soon.
Chen Muyang pulled Li Jiefan inside the store and reached up at the gate to lock the store but she stopped him," Stop! I need to get my friend."
" We have enough food, The smart decision would be to stay here and wait the zombies out, your friend will be fine." Chi Muyang replied trying to move her away from the door.
Li Jiefan pushed him away, opened the door and ran out, she was not leaving Chi Leichu to "figure it out" on her own.
" Wait." Chi Muyang said, trying not attract the zombies but abandoning the store and running after her.
They were near an entrance of the mall where the zombies seemed to be attracted to all the noises they were making and the doors opened automatically at the movement.
Li Jiefan ran down the hall towards the home good's store with Chi Muyang on her heels. Li Jiefan ran into the store and called for Chen Leichu.
"What's wrong?" Chen Leichu asked walking out from behind an aisles.
Li Jiefan grabbed her bag off the floor next to a display bed and said," We have got to do, zombies got into the mall."
" Why can't we stay here and who is he?" Chen Leichu asked running to her friend's side, taking her bag and getting ready to leave.
"We are on the bottom floor and have made a lot of noise, if we want to be safe we got to go up, and he is the other person in the mall." Li Jiefan answered walking past Chi Muyang and up the stairs next to the store.
The moment Chi Muyang stepped up the first step a zombie ran past the staircase, aiming for him but missing and slammed into the wall next to the staircase. The sun had gone down.
Li Jiefan pushed a startled Chen Liechu up the stairs ahead of her but couldn't push Chi Muyang up, he wouldn't move until she did.
The groans of the zombies had turned to screeches and they seemed to fade as the group climbed up the stairs but as Li Jiefan got to the top of the second set of stairs Chi Muyang pulled her back and a zombie slammed into the wall in front of her. Li Jiefan acted quickly, grabbing the zombie's arm and flipping it over her shoulder and down the stairs behind her. Chen Liechu grabbed her arm and pulled her, making her start running up the stairs again.
Zombies evolved and the zombies at this time did not have the ability to climb stairs yet making higher floors safer than ground level floors.
The group kept climbing the stairs, at this point the mall had grown dark and was only filled with the high-pichted screeches of zombies. The screeches felt like they where coming from all directions, echoing through out the building and to Li Jiefan, it was terrifiying but she kept her breath steady and continued climbing.
They finally reached the top floor, " I think the security room is our safest bet." Chen Liechu said pointing to the big door across from them.
" Or the clothing store, it has more hidding spots." Chi Muyang said. Chen Leichu walked closer to the the store," The door locks unlocked and it will have surveillance covering the entire mall."
Li Jiefan was about to agree with her when she saw something at the corner of her eye gunning for her friend.
" Chen Liechu!" Li Jiefan yelled running towards her pushing her friend out the way. The zombie was coming at her at full speed leaving her no time to get out of the way and the zombie no ability to stop. The zombie and Li Jiefan went flying backward. Li Jiefan felt a herself hit a barrier and the barrier break and the next thing she knew she was falling.