The 6 companions were talking then Gwen went towards them and interrupted.
"Uhm, excuse me. Aren't you all Bats's companions?"
Romel noticed and remembered her,
"Yes, yes. Aren't you his ex girlfriend?"
"Ex girlfriend? You know her Romel?" Bazil asked.
Gwen replied,
"Yes, but we're getting back soon so... What's going on? I noticed they seemed to be your families. Is something wrong?"
PM-Sison interrupted when Romel was about to reply,
"Nothing's wrong, we're here on a vacation hehe. If you may please excuse us, we'll go to our rooms first."
(Bats told me that we mustn't get in touch to someone else once we arrived here. I don't know what he meant but he told us about the outbreak. I'll trust his words.)
They started to go to their rooms when Gwen accidentally heard from a kid from them.
"Mom, is there really going to be an apocalypse?"
"Shhhh, there's no such thing as that. Close your mouth or else someone will hear you."
Gwen furrowed her brows,
"Huh? Apocalypse?" the she went back to her room.
Investigation Department (2:00pm)
Interrogation Room,
"Good afternoon Mr. Bats. Thank you for coming. Now let's get to the main topic."
"By any chance, do you know about the incidents happened the past days?"
The detective asked,
Bats replied with a nonchalant expression,
"I do know about those incidents Sir. May I ask what's in it on me Sir?"
"A manager from a shooting area told me that you were insisting on buying a gun but he said that buying guns in a shooting range area is prohibited. Is it true? Why is that?"
"Yes Sir. I did try to buy gun but he told me it is prohibited so I stopped asking him. The reason behind is about the rumors of a new group terrorist."
"In case something goes wrong, I must be prepared on facing them."
"Your reason does satisfy me but..."
The interrogation lasted an hour with the detective's disappointed face. They don't have a reason to let Bats stay for long.
Bats left with a smile and satisfaction on his face. He directly went to the big warehouse he rented in secret where the 5000 tanks and 50 sacks of each seed he bought in advance are. A smile appeared on his face when he saw all plans were going accordingly.
After 2 hours, he went back to the hotel.
When he was in the hallway, he felt a hug from his back. Bats's eyes widened in surprise. But then, his eyes became cold when he heard a familiar voice.
"I missed you. Why were you not replying my messages? Don't you know how I was worried?"
Bats forced himself to get out of the situation, looked at her coldly then slowly walk towards his room leaving the confused Gwen.
(This, this spare tire left me without even reacting on me?)
Gwen was so frustrated that she kept banging on Bats's door.
"Hey, what the f*CK was that? I took initiative to get close to you because I still like you yet you reply like this?"
She kept banging and banging the door, she even faked crying to let him pity her but Bats didn't care about it.
(The time is not ripe yet. It's only right if you will be killed by those walking corpse like you did in my past life.)
Dec. 04, 2024
They started departing as soon as the sun rises. After 2 hours of straight driving, they now entered Bats's village.
The moment they entered the entrance and past through the tall bamboos they were mesmerized from what they saw. Faces peeking were seen by the window of the bus. All their eyes showed astonished by the scene.
"Wooooow, look dad. There's a tall building hidden in this village"
"A solar plant? That's awesome!"
"There's also livestock animals and a small farm!"
"Those walls look sturdy!"
Bats smiled,
"Welcome to your new home!"
Adrian, Bazil, Mike and Romel walked out from the car,
"Hey Bats, do you own this? I never knew you were this rich!"
"You even have a solar plant, this is insane."
"Damn! You must have really prepared for the outbreak didn't you?"
"I can't believe what I am seeing."
After a while, the villagers welcomed them. They helped them carry their laguages to their assigned rooms. Following that, Bats held a meeting with his 6 companions, 5 elders from his village, Ricardo, and his father.
"I assume that all of you must have already watched the news. I know that all of you are curious of how I know about it in advance and also this fortress that I had built as if I was fully prepared."
"But it is not yet the time for telling you how I know. Instead, put your trust on me."
"..."
"..."
"..."
After an hour and a half, the meeting ended. The solar plant was given in charge to Bats's companions due to their expertise. The farm and livestock was given in charge to the elders and his father. The security measures were given to Ricardo. All of them started picking and dividing the available manpower needed for the different tasks.
The front side has the entrance at the middle and a farm outside. On the right outside the wall is the solar plant, on the left outside the wall are the livestocks.
And at the back will soon be used to expand the farm.
Bats was also surprised at that time when he saw the livestocks. He never thought that his dad prepared such things while he was gone. Though food wasn't a problem for Bats, he had so much stock on his Space Store that can feed thousands of people and can last hundreds of years. He even filled the cabinets and refrigerators of each unit.
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Days passed by in a blink of an eye.
Dec. 09, 2024 (10:30am)
As soon as the emergency notice appeared on their phones, some people began to panic but some didn't as they already heeded the letter Bats left at the supermarkets he hoarded. The social medias began to explode, the group chats who were once inactive began to be active.
-Is this really happening?-
-Hey guys, do you have foods left? Good thing I bought and stocked for at least a month.-
-Whoever left that note must have been fully prepared.-
-It's scary out here. My neighbor started attacking me. He almost bit me.-
-Sh*t! I don't even have food to eat. Is it safe outside?-
-My relative abroad told me that it's completely chaos outside. Good thing he was rescued by the military.-
-It's over. The end is coming. Even the whole world is affected by these outbreak.-
Bats's Fortress
The people inside were talking as they are checking their phones.
"I can't believe it. The outbreak really reached our country."
"Good thing we followed Bats or else we wouldn't know what would have happen to us."
"My classmate told me that his father turned into those like biting people."
"Dada, it's frightening out there."
Bats's companions were also in shock seeing the situation. Ricardo was also stunned when he was watching the news. He felt ashamed when he suddenly remembered laughing about what Bats had told before.
"It's not the time to feel ashamed. I must focus on making the security measures of this fortress safe." he whispered to himself.
Meanwhile, Gwen was fidgeting her legs while biting her nails again.
"Alex, let's go buy groceries outside. I'm afraid we didn't stock enough. Let's call the others also."
Alex was trembling in fear,
"Ok, ok. I'll call them."
After an hour, they got to the nearest supermarket. They saw crowded people pushing each other. They had no choice but to rush inside. It was already dark when they returned back to the hotel.
"This were the only groceries we got. This will last at least 2 weeks. The convenience stores we looked were closed."
"Try ordering online if someone is willing."
"How about we eat twice a day?"
"Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!"
"Don't worry the officials are sealing the boundaries of this city to avoid the virus from spreading here."
"How about we stack tap water just in case?"
"Yeah, good idea. Dexter and Dwight go back to your room and start stocking tap water. Same as you Maryjane and Stephanie. The rest of us will go outside and look for places to buy supplies."