Z APOCALYPSE

CHAPTER 18: Fault

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Just by looking above the skies, most of them could already tell that there will be a strong storm coming in our direction. A couple of days of clearing the yard and dumping the dead bodies outside the fence is all it takes to mark the place as their own.

With the storm coming, they could also figure out that winter is not that far ahead of it judging by the strong winds coming from the south and the frequent raining seasons.

"He could have now seen even the tiniest way to get the zombies in right now," Kris muttered looking at Chanyeol who's checking the field metal screens.

"He hasn't eaten a single meal since yesterday," Luhan mumbled as he try to eat peacefully in the little amount of food they have.

Taehyung searched for Baekhyun and he saw that the male is guarding the main gate of the prison who's sitting above a rolled burnt prison bus that blocked the gate.

"Baekhyun needed to eat too," Taehyung mumbled as he leaned on a water container.

"They've been putting their lives upfront too much just to make sure all of us are safe..." Xiumin spoke too, grabbing his knife and some ripped tomatoes. He stood up and walked towards Baekhyun.

"Hey, Chen give this to Baek." Luhan handed his own meal for the night. "They need this more than us." He mumbles as he wiped his lips with the back of his hand.

Only the sound of the crickets and the cracking of firewood was heard under the starless sky after the conversation.

"I'll get Chanyeol to eat even just a little also. We all need to save energy for the next few days. We need this. The kids need this." Tao spoke as he eyed the three children sleeping on Taehyung and Kasper's laps.

Seungjae, Seoeon, and Seojun. Everyone had their own story to tell...

Their parents had probably been long dead by now. Tao happened to be passing by the town they are in. He happened to scavenge supplies in a kindergarten that seemed to be untouched by the other scavengers. Tao killed the now undead teacher and the poor dead kids that roamed the single classroom. Upon collecting kid instant goods in the cabinets of untouched lunch boxes, he saw the one huge cabinet that had paper pinned on its wooden doors.

'Three kids inside. Please save them. -- Mrs.Sue" It reads. Probably the one who wrote this was the zombie he killed in a female teacher's attire. He pried the doors immediately and so he got welcomed with three unconscious kids cramped in there with empty water bottle, opened snacks and a flashlight. After realizing that they're alive, he didn't think twice to get them out of there before the dead ones will.

After that, Tao started taking the responsibility to take care of them, protecting them from the dead. After a few more weeks, Kris found them in a weak and hungry state. And so Kris joined and helped them as the one being stronger and much bigger man.

After a few months later, that's when they encountered Chanyeol's group.

Tao stood up from the ground as he approached Chanyeol to convince him to rest and call it a day.

"We should be ready for the coming catastrophe. We'll never know what it'll cause us." Chanyeol spoken. The rest of the group piled in around a fire in the middle of the grass.