Ark 3 - sweet sweet end

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They arrived back at the base a few days later completely exhausted. From the initial fifty people only five remained and those that did survive were battered and bruised. They all looked like zombie's themselves when they staggered into the office of the chief, Zhao Yang taking the lead. Xu Dan, who had regained conciousness somewhere along their trip, was silently being held upright by Nian Zhei's strong grip. 

Shu Ning tiredly rubbed his temple as he walked over to the couch, plopping onto the soft cushions and barely containing a moan of pleasure from the soft texture. He gestured Zhao Yang to take the seat next to him and when the man complied he scooted closet to rest his head on the other's shoulders. The rest of the humans just dropped down where they were standing.

Taking pitty on the pile of humans on the floor the chief called for some doctors to take care of their injuries. Shortly afterwards a group of casually dressed physicians strode through the door, poking and prodding the barely mooving individuals on the ground. As soon as the human's skin gained a more healthy color did the chief finally ask the question he had been dying to ask.

"What happenned with Xu Dan's arm?"

 "Oh. He was trying to get Zhao Yang and myself killed by the zombie queen but instead got attacked by her. She must have ripped off his arm and eaten it. I already treated it as best I could and I also gave him some of the vaccine."

The chief's expression clouded over by Shu Ning's casual words and his mouth tightened into a thin line. Looking at the solem boy being held captive by Nian Zhei a conflicted look passed through his eye's and he dropped his head into his hands, completely worn out in seconds.

"That is bad. Very bad. Someone like that should be either killed by my hands immeadiately or given to the zombie's to be taken care off. But there is the problem with his abilities. His healing skills are the only advantage we have over those undeads. With Xu Dan dead we can not be sure humanity will survive the next year. I really don't know what to do now."

"Sir, your worries are understandable. I don't want him to die either, that's why I saved him. There must be some way we could make use of Xu Dan's abilities without endangering ourself with his presence. Give me some time to come up with something. Together with Hu Jin and some other people I should be able to create something usefull."

The chief looked sceptical at that but because he did not have any ideas himself he relented in the end. He gave one of the doctors a sign to take Xu Dan away to be treated before dismissing the other human's in the room to get some rest.

"Shi Wei. I'll keep Xu Dan tranquilized for now so that he can not escape again. Make sure you come up with something soon, otherwise I will have no choice but to kill him, alright?"

"Yes, sir."

He gave a slight salute towards the chief and then slipped out of the room together with Zhao Yang. The latter moved in closer to him, hesitatingly slinging one of his arms around Shu Ning's waist as they walked down the streets. A gentle kiss was placed onto his hair line and when he looked up he was met with the man's soft expression. Smiling at the other he raised onto the tips of his toes and placed a tender kiss onto the male's lips, drawing back before either of them could turn it into something more passionate. 

"Let's go home. Our child is eagerly awaiting out return."

The next few weeks Shu Ning met up with Hu Jin and a few technicians to tinker with some electronic devices. As it was impossible to draw out someones abilities just with machineries, he unfortunately had to give up more of his system points to buy a small silver ring from the store. This small band would be able to store a large amount of energy inside of it and transforming it into a blue pill. 

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