Oh my apocalypse [YiZhanFF]

Chapter 37 - Decisions &. Visit (Part 1)

Since Zhan and Yibo saw 9 days ago lights in the sky, which as they found out came from an airplane, the eyes and ears of all residents of the hotel were constantly directed to the sky. And indeed, the small two-engine plane has been seen 38 times since then, and by many different hotel residents.

Since it was completely unclear why the pilot seemed to fly the same route over and over again, the general sent a few of his men to follow this plane. Of course, this is not an easy task, but they still managed to find out that the pilot and two other people, a woman and a child, were living in a tower at a small airport.

After learning this, the general made his own way to talk to them and offer the three of them to move into the safety of the hotel. They gratefully accepted the offer and moved into the hotel that same day. Having a pilot who flew large passenger planes could turn out to be very useful. Therefore, everyone was happy when he moved into the hotel with his wife and 7 year old daughter.

Besides finding out who the pilot is and what his intentions are, more happened at the hotel involving Zhan and Yibo. After the hotel's board of directors and their guards had been eliminated, the task now was to find out who else agreed with the methods used by the board and shared their views. Because these could become a renewed problem sooner or later.

So, in order to prevent a spark from becoming a wildfire again, the general and Yibo, in his capacity as a police officer, began to interrogate the residents one by one. After a week, they had taken 53 more people into custody, who clearly stated that they liked what the board had done and would do so themselves.

Now that these people had been found, Zhan and Yibo had to decide what to do with them. Would Zhan and Yibo be willing to have these people shot so that they would no longer have anything to fear from them? Or could they find another solution? Because among the 53 people, there were about 30 people between the ages of 16 and 22.

After careful consideration, Yibo said, "I am against killing them all. Yes, they could become a danger and we can't leave them here. But killing them is out of the question for me. We should consider that many of them are between 16 and 22 years old. They don't have any life experience. They were still in school or college when the black creatures descended on our country. They were and are scared and fixated only on their own survival. We should try to steer their thinking in a different direction."

"And those who are older than 22 years? What should happen to them?" Asked the general.

"Well, I think we should get further investigation from these people. We should find out more about them, ask their living groups how they behaved there in the group. Whether they were helpful, could adapt and things like that. And then we'll decide about them." Yibo replied.

"I agree with Yibo. Um, I have an idea what we could do with these people. They can't stay here in custody forever. How about we turn the prison back into a jail? We could put them there under supervision and try to re-socialize them. That means teaching them to become valuable and above all, peaceful members of society. To learn that there are other ways than violence and death to survive. We do not lock them up in cells, they can move freely in the prison. But, they can't just get out of there either." Said Zhan after he did some more soul-searching and thinking.

"This is a good idea ZhanZhan. I think this could be a very good solution and we wouldn't have to kill anyone. We could give them Experienced People to show them that we can maintain and even improve our standard without the methods of the Board. We want them to see that no one will or has to starve just because we have elderly people with us who can no longer work. And they should also learn that we will continue to let people who seek help and protection come to us in the hotel and they will not be harmed by it." Said Yibo.