Attack at the mall

" How did your brother got infected?" She asked all of a sudden.

My mood changed immediately as I remembered that night.

" It was all my fault." I said sadly.

" How?"

" I forced him to go out because I wanted to play video games at my friend's place even after been told not to go out. He didn't want to go but I forced him and promised to buy him ice cream. It was his favorite so he couldn't resist and he reluctantly followed me. We went straight to my friend's house, unknown to me, my friend's mom has already been infected and he has ran away. I got there and didn't even knock and walked in. The house was deserted and we were about to turn back when my friend's mother suddenly flew out from somewhere and landed on my little bro. I was able to knock her off him but it was already too late, my brother have been bitten." I narrated.

She patted me and whispered " sorry" into my ear.

" It's not your fault." She said but I shook my head negatively disagreeing with her.

"No. It's my fault. If I hadn't forced him to go out that night then he would have been okay."

" No. If you had gone alone that night then you would have been the one infected and there will be no one to help you because your brother wasn't there and if he was there, he wouldn't have been able to help you because he was too young." She said.

Somehow, what she said makes some senses .

I smiled.

" You're right. He would somehow be confused because I never told him things going on in the state nor let him watch news too to know what's going on. And seriously, I wasn't expecting Mike's mother to be infected."

" It's okay. It's all in the past. And if you still feel guilty, then the only thing you can do now is to do anything to save your brother from getting fully infected by dropping your cowardly behavior," she chuckled at what she said. " And get the cure to save your brother."

I smiled.

" I wouldn't have agreed to join you guys if not for him. I just want to set things right. If anything bad happen to him all because of my foolish mistake then I won't be able to forgive myself." I said sadly.

" Nothing will happen to him. We will get the cure and get back to him before anything bad happen to him." She said reassuringly.

" Thank you." I muttered slowly.

" And everything that happened wasn't your fault so stop blaming yourself for it. Who knows what would have happened to you guys if you had remained indoor too." She said.

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The morning came a little bit late as no one could sleep that night because we were all out in the open and no one knows what could happen any moment.

When we are at the verge of dozing off then we would hear some sounds and then we would all wake up again.

Mark was on guard throughout that night. He would walk around the area and scan the buildings. He would listen to every movement around us to be sure we are safe there till morning. He did that non stop till the day began to break when he decided to take a break and rest while I took his position and guard everyone till the day finally break.

" You did a good job." Mark whispered into my ears as he stood up from where he had laid earlier in order to have some rest.

" Thank you." I said and smiled. He smiled back at me and began arranging his weapons and setting them back to their original positions.

After he was done, he took his bottle which had some water left in it and wahsed his face and then drank a little from it and stretched the remaining to me.

" You should wash your face too." He said as he stretched the bottle to me.

" Thank you." I said as I took the water from him.

I washed my face and drank the remaining and then throw the dump the bottle off.

The rest of the team were also awke and they were all preparing for the journey. We still have a long way to go as our destination still seems very far. No matter how many miles we walk it still seemed like we haven't even reach half of our journey.

" Alright people. We faced some difficulties yesterday which wasn't really surprising to experience in this wasteland of a city. Infact, we should expect more of that often as this place isn't a safe haven like the lab we came from. So please you all should be fully prepared for what lies ahead. And sadly, we lost a brother yesterday which was obviously a bad start but we have to remain strong to be able to get to our destination and get out of here on time." Mark addressed us as we all stood round him listening to his speeches.

" So we continue our journey today with the hope of getting to the laboratory in two days. No stopping for anything or turning back. We will get some stuffs like food and water in a supermarket few blocks away from here which hopefully will be manageable till we get out of this wasteland. Good luck." He ended his speech as we all packed our necessary stuffs and the journey began again.

But this time, I wasn't the scared Dominick anymore as I was now fully aware of what lies ahead of us and what we should be expecting in his once peaceful state which is now a wasteland.

We kept on walking till we get to the supermarket Mark had talked about earlier. The door was tightly shut and there was no other way of getting into the supermarket except if we break the door.

Mark turned to me and nodded. I go the signal and I used the back of my gun to hit the glass door creating a crack on it and then tire it apart with my feet and the glass shattered on the floor.

" Be prepared for any attack." Mark said as he led the way into the supermarket while I followed him and the others also followed us.

We all walked right in to get the stuffs we needed for survival.

I grabbed a pack of snack and tore it open and began munching on it.

" Never knew you are strong enough to tear down a door." Vera teased as she walked closer to where I was standing.

I laughed softly.

" Trust me, I'm stronger than that. Stronger than...Mark." I said.

" That explains why you can't handle a weak zombie on your own." She teased as she laughed heartily.

" I took down a mutant all by myself, remember?" I said trying to defend myself.

" But you blacked out almost immediately." She teased again.

" Guys...assemble!!!" Mark suddenly screamed as we rushed toward him to see him aiming his gun at the half broken supermarket entry door.

" They are approaching." He said.

We all cocked our guns as we aimed at the door expecting attack.

True to Mark's word, we started hearing heavy footsteps approaching the supermarket and soon the came into view. The bloodsucking human beings could be seen running toward the supermarket in their highest speed.

" Shoot!!" Mark commanded as we started shooting them before they can get into the supermarket.

" Make sure no one gets in." Mark said as we rained fire on the beasts preventing then from getting into the supermarket as they began dropping dead before they get in. Even with the way we are killing them, they still never relent as thye kept running toward the supermarket trying to force their way into the supermarket despite gunning them down before they can get into it they still kept coming and struggling to get into it by all means which still seems futile.

These zombies are the type of zombies who couldn't think as human just like the strong and fast ones. These ones are the slow zombies who only attack what they see and attack wherever they hear any noise which means they are attacking us because they are seeing us and they are hearing the sound of gunshots.

They kept on snarling as they run sluggishly toward the door while we kept shooting at them.

Despite shooting them they still kept on coming and they seems to be many and it's just a matter of time before they get into the supermarket where we are in.

" Everyone stop shooting." I said as I stopped shooting at the zombies.

" What!!. Are you insane? These beasts will eat us up alive and we will end up just like them." Juliet yelled as they kept on shooting but most of their attentions was on me.

" Trust me. They are only attacking because they are seeing us and they are hearing the sound of our gunshots. But if we stop shooting and go find somewhere to hide then they will stop attacking and go their own way." I stressed trying to explain to them.

" He's right. Everyone stop shooting and find somewhere to hide." Mark said and they all stopped shooting and went to find somewhere to hide.

I quickly locate a table and hide behind it.

" Never knew you are as wise as this." Vera whispered into my ears as she crouched towards me hidding beside me.