The Phantom teens

surprise at entrance 3

The apocolyps has a quick pace to it. You'd think that everything would slow down because you have nothing to do, but it's the opposite. Deadoes to shoot; friends to talk to; things to eat; staying alive in general is always on my to-do list. It's now day 6 of being in Canal Walk and it's been fairly quiet. The Deadoes just stand outside now and bang their heads against the doors. Thank goodness they aren't smart enough to actually pull the doors open, or even smart enough to realise that it's unlocked.

Now you must be wondering :"How could you be so stupid as to leave the doors unlocked?"
And my answer will be :"For survivors...dah!"

There is a big difference between Deadoes and Shredders. Deadoes are made by Shredders when the Shredders bite you and you turn into a Shredder if another Shredder spits in your face. Shredders have a bit of an attitude problem, but overall the Deadoes have fairly smooth brains. All they really know is how to put food into their mouth and how to bash their heads open on a glass door. Not such a pretty site.

The boys and I wake up at a fairly early time or else we would sleep all day which messes up our time. We set an alarm every night on an alarm clock we found in the display case of one of the stalls. We wake up at 7 every morning and start with our usual routine.

The first thing we do is search around and make sure everything is still in order and there arent any Deadoes that managed to get in. Then we go searching for food and we luckily found a vending machine full of snacks down one of the corridors this morning, so we sat and had breakfast. After that we would do our morning training exercise. We take turns setting up an obstacle course by using the rubble laying around. Today was my turn to set one up.

First I got a bunch of security guard baracades to place in front of the escalators. Then set up two paintball guns at the entrance of the weapons store and attached slings to them. Next I got gamer chairs and set those up and placed 2 stickers on a table for the boys to get at the end of the walk way that opened up to the ground floor that they had to jump over. I then closed up the gate of Woolworths, leaving a tiney gap for them to slide under. Then there would be two coloured buttons at the end of Woolworths and two passageways that split to the left and right. The colour of their paintball guns (red and green) would determine which button they press and which course they take. They would have to press the button where they will get a surprise on their course and from their they would have to use some parkour to jump over all the stalls and food packets that I left laying around, only for them to run back to the score board that awaited them at the camera room where i will be watching from. They have to be fast and they have to be smart in order to win. The looser has to clean up the course when they are finished as a punishment.

Once I was finished with the course I grabbed Gunman and Deadman and took them to the starting line where I talked them through the course but left out the surprise that patiently waited for them on each course. I left them there while I walked to the camera room. I pressed the intercom button as I got there and spoke softly into the mic as to not disturb the Deadoes that stood right outside.

"okay boys, this is how its gonna go. I want a clean and friendly race out there..."

The boys looked into the camera in disbelief and damian threw up his big muscular hands in disapproval.

I made a soft laugh into the mic and continued speaking.

"...I'm kidding, anything goes, but just know that whoever loses has to clean up the blood on the floor afterwards and it's easier to stitch someone up than having to remove blood from the floor. So make good decisions kids. Get ready to start."