《ROAD TO SALVATION》|| A Sweet Home Fan Story

Episode 15: Another Battle

Dae-shim's POV

Jayhun and Jisu were shocked at the possibility of there being more survivors in the building.

As we explained more into detail, they listened carefully, taking in our words as we spoke. Jayhun sighed before looking at Jisu.

"If there ARE survivors in this building, the farther we go down, the more likely we're going to run into them." He mentioned, causing me to nod at his words.

"I think the best option, for now, is to wait until we find more people. Someone is bound to know something about outside, that's for sure," I stated, causing Jisu to also nod, but before she could get a word in, Jayhun suddenly came to a halt.

He stared ahead, causing the rest of us to follow his gaze.

Blood.

The stench of iron was strong. I can smell traces of it through my gas mask.

"Let's just pass it.." Jayhun mumbled, breaking the silence.

"I can smell the blood from here." She gagged, suddenly turning to face Hyun and me.

"Hey Hyun, Dae-shim, watch our back in the way down." She commanded, causing Hyun and me to nod as we continued to follow them down the stairs.

Passing the 10th floor, Hyun moved closer to me and whispered, "Excuse me... Are we really going to pass by the 10th floor? There may be some useful supplies."

"More useful than our own lives?" Jisu asked rhetorically, causing Hyun's words to fall silent.

"We shouldn't go in anyway. It's not worth the risk," I said, agreeing with Jisu.

This caused Hyun to only sigh, before nodding and staying silent.

Suddenly, Jayhun stopped near the bottom of the stairs in shock.

Just in front of us was the dead body of a man.

I slowly crept down, carefully waiting for the sudden beeping to start.

"The detector isn't reacting. He's not a monster," Jisu pointed out. I was relieved that this man was dead.

"It doesn't look like he's been dead for long. He's still warm," Jisu said as she approached the man. This made me tense up a bit.

"Dear Lord..." Jayhun trailed out of worry.

Jisu rummaged through the man's clothes and found two items.

"Nice, I found a charging cable. Hey, a chocolate bar. Sweet," she said before taking out a wallet. "Hm? What about this...?"

I frowned at this, "Jisu, you shouldn't be taking that. It's stealing."

"Don't worry, I'll leave the wallet with him," Jisu promised.

"No... that's not what he meant..." Hyun tried to decline before Jisu tossed the charging cable at me and the chocolate bar at Hyun.

"If you guys don't want it, give it back to him," She stated plainly. Hyun and I looked at each other, uncertainty on our faces before letting out defeated sighs since we had no other options and placing the items in our pockets.

It felt... wrong. This man was alive not that long ago and we're suddenly looting off his body to survive.

"Now you're just as guilty as us." Said Jisu, standing up as she looked at us.

"That was kinda mean," Hyun mumbled, causing Jisu to roll her eyes a bit.

"If being mean is what it takes to survive, I can be a lot meaner." She admitted, before suddenly tensing as she quickly looked at the opened the door.