Chapter 16

Upon arriving in zone K, they are divided into two teams, the search team, which would be divided to look for supplies, and a rescue team, which would be divided in search of survivors, Captain Levi and his squadron being more experienced were in charge of the rescue, divided into pairs, and entered some houses, looking for basements, secret rooms, and other places that the survivors could be hiding, until

Ivan with his partner, found the body of three people in a house, and heard a child crying and some zombies trying to reach the place where the crying came from, they kill the zombies, and will help the child, who was in a compartment behind a wardrobe, with false bottom:

"Are you all right, little one?" asks Ivan's partner.

— Yes, plus my parents and sister, are they okay?

— I'm so sorry, little one... Let's play, about something. — Ivan removes the scarf from his partner's neck. “I'm going to blindfold you and you have to trust me, you can't take the blindfold off until you say so, okay?

The boy nods his head:

“Good, boy. — says Ivan, trying not to show that he was sad to see that boy who would be another orphan in the skyscraper.

They leave the area, and go to the meeting point where it was safer:

— Now you can take off the small blindfold. says Ivan.

His partner reports on the radio, on the frequency that his squadron used, because Levi didn't trust Beta, that's why he had separated his team into pairs, while one used the frequency they spoke with Beta, the other used a different frequency to report:

— We found the survivors, but only one was alive, unfortunately.

“Great, where are you soldiers.

'At the rendezvous, sir.'

— We'll go to meet you, don't leave there. Levi says.

When they arrive, Levi immediately asks:

- Everybody is here?

"Captain, Private Judy missing, sir." Ivan replies.

— Ivan, we know where she is, go find her, and tell her that we are already returning, I will try to delay our return as much as possible.

At this moment the radio is listened to, of the frequency of Beta.

"Captain Tampinha, are you there?"

Levi responds, in a very bad mood, but coldly:

— Say Captain Beta, I'm listening

— We found a bunker full of food, we are filling the backpacks, as soon as we finish we will return to the skyscraper, I hope your team was successful in the mission.

“We're still looking for survivors.

"I hope you find them, alive, it would be bad for your reputation one more failure."

“Don't worry about me, I'll be fine failing or not.

He turns off the radio:

"Go quickly Ivan, the sun will start to set and we'll have to go back."

— Yes, sir, I will do my best to return sooner.

Ivan goes to Judy's laboratory and finds her asleep, and with two zombie bites, as he approaches, she wakes up and tries to bite him:

— Sorry, Ivan, I was bitten, I can't control myself, I managed to handcuff myself before I lost control, get out of here, it's not safe here anymore.

“How long have you been bitten, Judy.

"You didn't listen to me, go away." - She screams taking a nearby object and throwing it at Ivan

"No, Doctor, I will not abandon you.

— I will transform soon, kill me, because I don't have the courage for that.

"No, Doctor, I won't do that, I can't.

— You heartless soul, don't you pity me? - says Judy crying.

"Doctor, how long have you been bitten?"

“About three hours ago.

— You didn't completely transform, maybe we still have hope, what did you do?

— I applied a small dose that I still had in the freezer of Luna's blood.

"What if we bring her here, and apply her fresh blood?"

— No, you didn't listen to me, it's not safe here anymore, someone from the Lambert team, is an infiltrator, and discovered this place, it won't take long, for the infiltrators, to come here, and start investigating, everyone, you You must notify Captain Levi that I have been discovered, and that he must deny knowing about me being a geneticist, and having any connection with me other than being a soldier.

"But Judy, you're damning yourself, how are we going to find a cure without you?"

— Don't worry, you will find a way, trust the captain, if they discover that the captain is trying to find a cure for the zombie virus, they can kill him and then, yes, we are all doomed.

They hear noise, footsteps, outside the laboratory:

"See that door over there?"

She points to a huge iron door that looked more like a fridge door than a fridge:

— Take the card that is in the first drawer of the desk, pass the sensor and leave here, immediately, close the door when you pass, so no one will be able to follow you, it will take you to an underground passage, always follow the paths on the right, you it will take you to zone S, from there go to the skyscraper, now leave and don't come back here.

"But Doctor...

"Get out, or they'll get us all."

Ivan obeys and does what the doctor had asked. Leaving there, but refuses to kill her.

When he arrived in zone S the last ray of sun was already setting, he would have to fly high, because he would have to use the flashlight, this type of flight was risky, because it used up more battery, he didn't know if he would have enough, but he would have to risk it .

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