Seeing John not minding too much about it, Olivia could finally relax. She knew it was completely normal for any person to think selfishly like how John did after finding out about the ladder, but she couldn't help but think about all the possible deaths of the people if she did not open it up.
She saw John in a new light, and it was not in a bad way. Even though he was reluctant about Peter opening up to everyone, he still agreed. She knew this was how everyone needs to be in the present situation, both selfish but also kind at times.
She looked ahead, and she noticed
Peter's speech about the rooftop was
ending with everyone getting ready to
make a move. Peter first segregated the old people who were a couple and let the adults after them.
Before he started allowing people to move he came towards John and asked,
"Do you want to go first?"
"No, I think it's better if I go last. Make the elderly move up quickly and meanwhile, I try to hold here until everyone reaches up in case of the zombies reaching the floor."
Peter nodded and made his way back
slowly, leading the elderly into the hallway towards the ladder. John noticed Olivia not moving and said,
"You should also get moving."
"No, I will help you by staying behind and stopping the zombies in case they
break-in."
"I think you should just go. If you become luggage, then things would be even tough for me," said John without holding back.
He didn't want anyone to cause his death. He wanted to stay back only because he wanted to fight the zombies. Instead of accepting, Olivia just smiled and said,
"Oh! You need not worry about that. I
learned some sword arts since childhood. So I should be able to take care of myself"
Olivia learned sword arts from her
childhood. It was her grandfather being very persistent to teach her a form of self-defense. She never thought it would come in help like this.
"But you don't have a sword with you."
Despite her saying all that, John still
wanted to refuse and the main reason was her not having a weapon. He could not give away the only metal rod he had with him.
"Oh! You don't have to think about that." And she walked towards one of the hallways.
Looking at her departing figure, John couldn't understand why she didn't get it. Even though John did not have much problem with leaving people alone and trying to survive. He couldn't help but persuade Olivia, who wanted to stay with him to help. He couldn't allow a life taken right in front of his eyes. He sighed at his own narcissism and tried to shake it out of
his head.
He continued to look at the few elderly taken towards the ladder with the help of some people. As he continued to observe, Olivia came back with an object in her
hand. John turned his head and was
amazed at what she had. It was a sword in a sheath.
Completely confused why she had it, John looked up. Noticing his gaze, her face formed a tinge of red while explaining,
"My grandfather gave it to me before I came today as it was my first day."
Hearing her, John was surprised at the coincidence of the zombie apocalypse happening today. He could only nod his head and try not to persuade her anymore.
But what surprised him the most was that a company which wouldn't allow mobiles allowed a dangerous object like a sword in.
"How did you get the sword inside the
company? I don't think the company would allow people to openly get swords inside the building?"
Olivia hesitated to hear his question but sighed and said, "Peter actually knows my grandfather. A few years back, my grandfather saved Peter when he was in a problem. So my grandfather made a call this morning and asked him to allow this one day. So Peter allowed bringing the
sword today."
Hearing her, John thought it was very
strange. This was very coincidental. Did her grandfather know something about what was happening today? Did he give her a sword knowing this would happen so she could be out of danger? But he couldn't do anything about all the questions in his mind.
Olivia simply smiled and sat next to him as they observed the situation.
They noticed the elderly were done and the normal people went into the hallway one by one. As time passed by the number dropped down to 5 excluding John and Olivia who remained to guard the place.
But as the last 5th person stood up to go into the hallway, the doors leading to the staircase made loud noises with zombie groans coming from the other side. John and Olivia immediately stood up and went towards the door.
Noticing only some people left, John
moved the couch nearby to form a
blockade for some extra time.
He motioned the other four to go into the hallway and Olivia to follow them.
Accepting his order, they slowly made
their way inside the hallway in a hurry.
John slowly left the coach and moved
towards the hallway while tightly gripping his rod. He noticed the couch slowly pushed back as one of the zombie's hand burst open inside from the door.
John retreated into the hallway
entrenched and noticed 3 people still left to move up. He continued to observe the door and the zombies outside applied more force as one of the zombie's upper body came inside.
Seeing half a former male's body in a
completely incomprehensible state, John was surprised at the speed of the change. He noticed his hair on the head was dry and falling off, while the skin color changed to palish brown with veins popped out on the head.He noticed the completely
blood-drenched shirt it had and knew
some people were victims of it. The
zombie looked around and noticed John near the corner of the hallway and started to groan louder and try harder to get in.
John was completely surprised as he got found out and looked back to see how many people left. He noticed it was only Olivia, and another person left to go and looked back to see the zombie rushing towards him.
He rushed back into the hallway as he
noticed some more zombies making their way in the hallway. He noticed the zombie coming quicker and reached the end of the hallway near the window.
He noticed Olivia getting outside through the window, and the zombie jumped on him. Before he could react to it the zombie's head flew to the opposite direction of the room towards the rest of the zombies making their way.
He turned his head and noticed Olivia
holding her blood-drenched sword in one hand while being on the ladder outside.
"Come on," said Olivia as she swung her sword to the side to get rid of the blood and made her way up..............
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End of the World - The Apocalypse
AçãoJohn was the only one of few who survived the Dooms Day......But they still have to face the real enemy..." The Zombies" . will John be able to survive while facing his dark past he wanted to get away from or would he lose everything once again? Thi...
