"Now What's Rules 5" °||Rayllum||°

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Callum had slowed down to a walk now, and was already at the dormitories, on the top floor where his father's room was. Callum grabbed the rusty handle, and pushed opened the door slowly, and peered inside.

The room was mostly dark, since the light curtains covered the window's, and it was getting much darker now. His father's room was pretty empty, only having a king sized bed, a small desk, and that was pretty much it.

Callum walked inside, and over towards the bed. As he got to the side of the bed, he bent down on to the floor, and looked under it. There, as Harrow had said, was a hand gun, just laying there. Callum looked at the weapon for a moment, taking in the sight of it, before hesitantly reaching out and grabbing it.

Callum pulled it out from under the bed, and held it in his hands carefully. The gun in his hands was a silver grey color, and felt cold to the touch. It was also heavy in Callum's hands, but not as heavy as he remembered when he first held a gun.

The boy examined the gun, and made sure the safety lock was on, which it wasn't. Not wanting to fire the gun accidentally, Callum did the responsible thing and put the safety on. Once satisfied, Callum looked back under the bed, looking for the ammo Harrow spoke of, but found non.

A bit confused, Callum stood back up, and looked over towards the desk. Maybe it was in there in one of the drawers? Callum walked over to the desk, and opened the first drawer and to his look, he found the ammo he was looking for.

Callum put the gun through his belt where it sat comfortably. Callum held the handle of the weapon around to make sure it was secure, which it was. Satisfied, Callum reached for the boxes of ammo, and held them in his hands.

As he held them, Callum couldn't push the sinking feeling away that was in his stomach. He just couldn't comprehend that he had to carry a weapon. The only time he ever got to hold a gun was when this whole outbreak first started, when he first came to the safe zone. It was mandatory that everyone knew how to use a gun.

Callum remember his mother being the one to teach him. He remembered as he held the heavy weapon in his small hands, and his mother instructing him how to use the gun, telling him step by step how to turn on and off the safety mechanism. How it's important that if he ever in countered an infected, that he should always aim for the head.

Callum left the bedroom, and down the hallways back towards his and Ezran's room that was on the second level of the building. A few people saw him on his way down, and when questioned why he was carrying ammo, Callum would just say, "Harrow requested it", and left it at that.

Soon, Callum reached his shared room, and pushed the door opened with his shoulder, and was surprised that Ezran was in the bedroom, on the floor and playing with his new toy and some of his old ones.

"O-oh, hey Ez, what are you doing here?" Callum questioned. Usually, Ezran would be out, playing by the stream at this time, or would be making his way back by now. Ezran looked up to Callum when he asked him the question. "Well, I wanted to play with the Green Ninja, and was scared that if I brought him to the stream, Bait would eat him".

"You mean that weird frog thing that you named?".

"Yeah him".

Ezran then caught sight of the small boxes in his brothers arms, and gave him a curious look. "What are those?".

Callum looked down at the boxes, and walked passed Ezran and towards his bed, setting the boxes down. Ezran stayed silent, waiting for Callum to speak instead of pressuring him with questions. After a moment, Callum turned back to Ezran and sat down to his level on to the ground in front of him.