Day 10
Yesterday, i wasn't feeling well so i didn't do much.
Today i felt better so we got to loot in the closed apartment.
The 13th floor is no good for now as there is 2 zombies inside so we decided to go for the 9th and 8th floor today.
We head out at 9:00 all geared up.
Lana take the lead and we start to go down step by step, floor by floor
On the 9th floor there is no zombies inside.
We quickly looted this place but below we heard a lot of noise we think there must be zombies.
So From the 14th to the 4th, in the 8th and 13th there is some zombies.
For now as we still have enough supply we decide to not rush it and go back up.
I think we need to muscle up, so starting now when we are safe enough we will do a bit of exercise everyday, we don't have any equipment for now but we might find some in the future so for now we just use the ground and our bodies.
We need to strengthen our body but also our mind so, from now on, we'll meditate and exercise as our morning routine.
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Day 14
For a while we didn't get out, we just did our morning routine, and let time run, chasing boredom away by playing cards, talking or reading.
I became much closer with Lana as there is only both of us, at least we go along well, or this would have been hell.
I learned a lot of things about her and the people she cared about, she is 27 so slightly older than me and she used to work as the director of the human resources department of a mid sized company.
I wanted to make molotov but as its dangerous if not done well, i searched in our now quite enormous, collection of book, mostly post-apocalypse one to see if there is a molotov fabrication scene really detailed.
Sadly i didn't find anything so i tried my luck.
And i wasn't disappointed, after some trial i managed to make one by putting a piece of tissue soaked in alcool around the bottle's cork.
Trembling of excitation I hold the cold bottle in my left hand and light the tissue for a test.
FOUSH
All of the tissue light up in an instant
Feeling the heat wave hit my face i throw it out with full force below on the street which is now less populated than before, we can see the road now.
A look at the bottle flying up and falling down like it's in in slow motion, filled with expectation and excitement.
Then i come close to the ground and almost invisible to the naked eye this high.
And it managed to make a little fire that went down quickly.
-"Yes!"
"Good job Alex this will be useful outside."
-"Thank you for your help too, i wouldn't have been able to without you."
Day 15
8:00
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"Today will be the day we get to the first floor."
-"Yes but i don't know if we can get out of the building , the ground floor will surely be swarmed with zombies."
"Yes, we should try to escape the city to go to the countryside."
-"Hmm, i don't think it would be possible, i think we should make this building our base and explore the city and clean it little by little."
"But there is too much zombie here"
-"Maybe but in a city we'll have more chance to encounter people or find food. And this building is relatively clean so it make for a perfect base all in height."
"But! It's not safe here, we would have peace of mind in the countryside!"
-"Well... If you want you can just leave alone."
She flinched and angrily walked out.
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10:00
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Lana is reading a book on the sofa, flipping pages aggressively with a frown.
Ahh
I messed up
Embarrassed and hesitantly i call her
-"Lana...?"
"..."
So cold!
Knowing, she wouldn't talk to me for a while, i leave the apartment and get to the 13th floor to clean it to vent.
I am agitated, more than ever, this is strange, a dispute shouldn't come close to the outbreak.
Feeling the good cold touch of my dressing bar i open the door, silently and close as slowly and quietly as possible.
In the stair, i think again about this dispute, so meaningless and about maybe going with her plan.
But maybe not the country side like where there is a house every 15 mile but a village with thousands of inhabitant, would do.
Of course, i should have though about it before, there will be enough supply for a while and less zombie. And less zombie mean there might be more survivors.
Before the 13th floors apartment, i think about the couple who lived here, always arguing but never leaving each other.
Really persistent... so much so that even in death, they are still here.
I open the door in a careless way and run toward the tall and thin husband who look like a twig.
My footsteps slam against the floor, echoing like a thunderstorm. The zombie doesn't see me. I reach it before it can react.
I aim for his head, but the bar slides off, stabbing into the side of his neck instead.
I try to pull it out.
It won't budge.
Stuck.
Blood overflow from the wound and it goes straight to my face.
-"Ah!! My eyes."
I panic and take some steps back while wiping my blinded eyes to try and see in front of me but fall on my butt.
But because of my scream the zombies are coming and i can't see.
I hear its footstep, it's sound is like amplified and echoing in my mind.
one step...
two step...
three step...
And it stop but know i can hear the growling much clearer.
I manage to see with one of my eyes, my whole vision is covered by its face trying to bite mine so in reflex i punch him in the face.
CRACK
I would have liked this to not be the sound of my hand but his skull, but i am but human.
-"Ah Fuck! My hand! You are harder than you look"
Without hesitation, because there is no other weapon, i pull out my gun and i hastily shoot with one hand in it head in the forehead.
BANG
My head hurt, my ears are ringing. My vision is getting blurry
Its head bursts open, and its body fall on me.
But then looking over his shoulder i see his wife coming to the party.
While still dioriented i try to get him out of the way but there is no time so i grab the gun who slipped from my hand and i try to shoot at her.
But there is multiple of here, my vision is blurry and i see her thrice.
BANG
ceiling
Shit
BANG
ceiling
I can't die yet. Not like this. Not before making up with Lana.
BANG
body
Lana
My sight get farther and farther away, my thoughts become incomprehensible and letting go of the gun who hit the cold floor my vision goes black and i start to lose consciousness.
Just before blacking out i hear
"No!!"
BANG
"Alex! Al..! ..ex!"
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15:00
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I wake up and look at the ceiling with multiple holes in it.
I hope it doesn't show on my floor.
I stand up and look around
Two bodies stacked on top of each other, the smell of gunpowder intertwined with the smell dried blood.
I have a small headache, but i am mostly fine.
Her arms crossed Lana greets me
"Sunshine.
Are you alright?"
-"Yes , thank for saving me."
While talking i see her angrily walking towards me and
WHAP!
Before i can react she slap me.
I didn't see it coming
-"Why?!"
"Because you are an arrogant idiot who came here knowing there was a threat, just for the thrill of it!"
…
-"I was indeed stupid, i should have aimed better with the iron bar and killed the first one smoothly and there would have been no problem"
"Uh, you don't see the problem do you? I am not angry because you failed your thrust. I am angry because you went here when it wasn't necessary, and alone. And for what?"
She is right, i was stupid, it's unlike me, i never did something so stupid.
-"Lana... I am sorry, really."
"What the hell would I have done if you died? We're supposed to be stronger together, remember? You said that 'number is strength' didn't you?"
-"I was out of my mind because you were mad at me and i didn't want you te be angry at me."
"..."
She turn around and continue
"Whatever.
Take a shower you are soaked in blood and the smell is even worse than the sight!"
-"Wait...
Truth is, i was scared you were gonna leave me. And i would be really lonely.
I was alone before, and I managed. But now... now it's different. If I'm left with just my thoughts again, I don't know what I'll become.
It scare me to think of what i could turn into... what i could have been if i had not met you."
With a face showing pity and understanding.
"I understand, that's also the case for me, that is why we should leave this city, its too dangerous we should go on a farm and cultivate our own food in a corner of the earth almost unpopulated.
Wouldn't that be the dream?"
-"That would be a dream. But we don't live in a dream.
How about we compromise, we leave the city and go to a village, there is still enough infrastructure and maybe even surivors, it would be much less dangerous than here.
I'll miss our base here though."
Smiling subtly
"Hmm, i see your point its a good idea"