Hunting the Creator

Chapter 84 Bravery

It had been a week now in the store. Everything was still running smoothly; the lights were on water and plumbing was still working. Yet everyone was still in the store, too scared to leave and end up like the tattered teen in the freezer. Everyone in low spirits, unable to fathom what was going to happen next, the drop in temperature didn't help at all. The thermostat had broken when Avery had gone to check, he couldn't turn it on at all, resulting in it dropping down below to the single digits, everyone was freezing, cuddled up on each other, luckily they held heaters but half of them started to give out little by little.

"Wake up everyone, breakfast." June said in his soothing voice as everyone slowly began to walk and crouch next to the warm cooker. Recently the only solace they held was with June, his cooking was amazing and gave them comfort that they relied on the most in the morning and evening.

"Guys!" A shout from the quiet and cute ginger lingered in the grocery store, everyone turned to see him looking over the elderly couple, look up and lower his gaze in sadness.

Everyone gave a silent prayer as the manager and Shawn carried them carefully into the freezer as well.

Now there were seven customers left, and three workers.

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"I can't take it anymore! It's freezing! My baby is cold as well, we need to get out of here, at this rate we will all die!" Beatrice piped up in agitation, this time desperate for someone to think of something to get everyone out, and by everyone meaning her and her baby.

"I agree, the children can't take this temperature anymore, if we keep on with the drop of temp we'll start getting frost bite." The black-haired father said as he gave another blanket to his cute blond headed son.

"We can't leave, you saw what happened, something is out there. If you want to go out and check for yourself, you're more than welcome to do so. But for now, I'm staying here." Casket huffed as she covered herself tight and leaned against a shelf.

Then an idea was formed.

"Why not..." A low whisper of a voice sounded from Rocky. "Why don't we... Make armor?"

Everyone turned to the cute ginger, he didn't look too scrawny, if anything he looked like he did regular but not strenuous exercise. If a fangirl came along, she would categorize him as a Seke.

"Amor." Avery pondered as the teacher piped in as well.

"Armor! That's good, we can use the shelf as armor, cut it up and bind it together since they have little holes all over them!" Kenny said with a hopeful smile.

"What are we going to cut it with? This is a grocery store not a hardware store." June added, trying to feel out the mood of the group. Once he uttered those words everyone's emotions seemed to dwindle down as if accepting their fate.

"Microwaves, hammer." Casket said as her teeth were chattering.

"What?" Kenny said confused.

"Aren't you a science teacher?" Casket rolled her eyes. "The hammer can be used to mold out the shelves, to cut it we can use a microwave to melt and form it."

"Last time I checked metal and microwaves don't go too well together." Kenny cleared with a look of concern for the gothic lady.

"How do you this?" Avery said suspicious.

"My daddy's a mechanic, I'm an only child." She looked away, not meeting the eyes of anyone. "And it will only spark and catch fire if there's any jagged edges."

"But that's for metal, these shelves are steel." Avery said with a raised look.

"Well, that idea goes out the window." Casket said with a crest fallen look.