Baguio Supermarket (Feb 14,2026)
A group of 4 people were running towards the supermarket away from the zombies. Bats and his 3 companions Adrian, Bazil and Mike continuously keep banging the door with their hands and begging them to open it.
Mike said while trembling.
"Open this door now,plsss. It's not funny. We're begging you!"
Adrian gritted his teeth angrily while clenching his fists and banging the door.
"Open this f*cking door!!!"
It wasn't long until the zombies arrived, Bats and Bazil had no choice but to fight them off.
Bats shouted to them.
"Go and try to open the glass door at the back or just break it. We'll try to hold the zombies and follow you later."
Adrian's eyes lifted with joy.
"That's right, the glass door at the back!"
Mike and Adrian hurriedly run to the glass door at the back. Bats and Bazil stayed for a moment to hold the zombies and then rushed to the glass door. They saw Mike and Adrian as if they were cursing!
When they went closer to them, they saw that there were steel pipes that barricaded the glass door inside, even if you broke the glass door it will only be useless.
Bazil clenched into his baseball bat and started to smash the glass door angrily and shouted.
"F*ck you, I'm gonna kill you all once I got the chance to go inside!!!Ahhh!"
After a moment, a voice came from a speaker outside just from above the glass door.
"You're all still alive!Hahahaha!"
The 4 companions were shocked!
"Isn't that the voice of Lyca?"
"Hey, you bitch what's going on, why didn't you open the door at the front! and now you made some barricade here!"
"F*ck you! You better be ready once we got the chance to go inside!"
Bats was saddened, confused, at the same time angry and asked.
"Why Gwen? Why?"
There were three women and five men watching the surveillance footage inside. They were laughing while watching Bats and his companions were struggling and begging for the door to open. While watching, a woman grabbed the microphone and said,
"Sorry guys, we plan it all along and we were the ones who killed your other companion the one called Romel whatsoever, he sure was enjoyed by the zombies as if eating in a feast."
Then another woman said named Gwen,
"Bats, how's my acting? Did you actually believed that I had loved you? All these years, you're an idiot and still easy to get!Hahaha"
"And thank you for letting us come in to your base. With the back up power generator and with this much resources inside, we can live for at least 2 years."
The people inside continue to mock Bats and his companions and continued to watch the surveillance footage.
Because of the speaker, it attracted the zombies towards them. They were cornered.
Bazil who had his temper burst started to go berserk and smashed the zombies in front of him.
Mike and Adrian who were frustrated pulled their guns and started shooting. "Bang!Bang!Bang!"
On the other hand, Bats with a confused look unsheathed his bolo and charged towards the zombies!
After a few minutes, they were already tired. They had no stamina left, but Bazil who went berserk swinged and swinged his baseball bat even though he showed sign of fatigue.
Mike with a smile from his face while tears coming down from his eyes said,
"I hope to see you guys in the afterlife."
The other companions also smiled with tears from their eyes. The zombies rushed towards them, scratching their bodies and eating them alive but Bats with a frustrated look and tears from his eyes thought of his family,
("I'm sorry mom, dad. I couldn't even protect both my brother and sister.")
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A few moments later, Bats woke up from his bed (upper bed of a double deck) as if it was like his out of breath! He panted and panted....
"Huh, where am I?"
Bats then slowly noticed his sorroundings.
A 25 m² area with 5 double deck, 2 each from left and right side and 1 from back side, the center is where they used to cook, the front side was a door to their office.
He recognized,
"What?Why am I in our barracks office? That's impossible, we died. We were eaten alive by the zombies!"
He then checked his phone and was shocked, it was March 28, 2024.
"No wonder I was alone in here, my companions went home due to a straight 4 days holiday!"
His phone ringed, a message came. He then read it.
- Hi, good morning! Are you free this day? How about a date maybe?😊-
It was a message from Gwen,his ex when he was a freshman in college. Bats was angered just by reading the message.
"F*ck, I forgot about this b*tch! You were one of those traitors why me and my companions died! I never thought they took advantage of that situation because they knew me and my companions were Electrical Engineer and had the skill to operate the generator.Damn! I promise to take revenge piece by piece!"
He then replied.
- I'm sorry but I'm not feeling well-
A reply came by.
-Awts, I feel rejected. Ok then 🥺-
"What kind of response was that?How the sh*t was I inloved with this cunning b*stard in my past life! So disgusting, I think I'm gonna puke! Uwa!"
A few seconds later, his stomach began growling.
"Gotta get something to eat first."
As he was about to eat his breakfast, he started thinking what to do next after being returned before the apocalypse.
"There's still 8 months left before the apocalypse descends, I must first prepare a plan."
"Supplies are the most important thing. Last time we were lucky to have checked the supermarket, until they came tsk."
A few seconds later, he closed his eyes and suddenly slaps his forehead.
"F*ck, I forgot I'm still poor! How can I stock supplies if I don't have money? I'm only an Engr. in name, if only the salary here in my country is much more than a minimum wage!"
He checks his Unionbank account, it was only Php5000($100 in USD). How would he even buy supplies with that, with an increase of price in daily expenses like foods! He sighed.
"Even if I do loans, I would only get small amount or worse rejected. I wonder if there were some bank robbers out there who is in need of companions."
He felt frustrated thinking on how to get money without trouble. He thought of selling his parents's land but he still needs his parents's permission.
"My parents will not believe me if I were to tell them that there will be an apocalypse soon."
"No choice, but I'll try to do hold-up tonight. BGC will be a nice spot, full of rich kids."
He was already regretful being betrayed in his past life, this time he'll be the villain to survive.
As he was about to grab his coffee, he suddenly closed his eyes when he felt an immense headache.
A few seconds later, he opened his eyes. He was shocked by the scenery in front of him. He looked around and around but there is nothing except for his coffee in a wide empty space!
"What is this place? I was just sitting a while ago then just... I was here?"
Out of curiosity, he walked around to check if this was a dream, but it wasn't.
It's like an endless space.
"Sh*t, now how do I get out? I'm here alone in an endless space with my coffee."
He sat in a lotus position then started to think. He drinks his coffee and then remembered something.