Chapter 17

Captain Levi arrives with his squadron two hours after the Lambert squadron, when the sun was already setting, as Levi had tried to delay the return as much as possible, but as he saw that neither Judy nor Ivan returned, he decided to return without them, as could not endanger the entire squadron:

"I see you failed in your mission, Captain." says the general in a serious tone.

— Yes, sir, it looks like the zombies got there before us, but we didn't totally fail, we managed to rescue a child.

"Was there a casualty, Captain?" For I see that soldiers are missing. asks the general mockingly.

"I don't think so, I'm short of two soldiers, but because we got separated, and I don't think they got the order to go back, they must have gone out of range of the radio signal, but I think they'll come back."

"I hope so, Captain, as I see the missing soldiers are your two right-hand men, Judy and Ivan, or am I wrong?"

'No, sir, that's right.

Beta says slyly:

— Don't lie Captain, because I sent one of my soldiers to follow that Judy, and we discovered something interesting.

Captain Levi, startled, but avoids showing any emotion:

"What do you think Captain Beta discovered?" says Levi coldly, as if he has nothing to hide.

— Hours, don't pretend to be innocent, your soldier, Judy, was experimenting with a zombie, she's probably a geneticist.

"Is that true, Captain?" says the general in an energetic tone.

—I can't tell you, sir, it's been two or three days since Judy hasn't been a partner with me in the field, because I'm training Miss Luna, if she was really doing that, I don't know.

“Okay, Captain, but I'll have to detain you for investigation, and for the time being your squadron will be in Beta's care, and your guest as well.

Beta laughs victoriously, who was achieving what he wanted to do, which was to demoralize Levi, soon no one would want him in charge anymore, and this would just be a forgotten hero. And soon he would be able to find out who the person immune to zombies was and he would murder him, he would finish what he had gone there to do, so that he could quickly get out of that nightmare and return to his base in the future, and rescue his family.

Captain Levi replies:

“General, I prefer my guest to be in the care of one of my soldiers.

— Denied, I don't know which of your soldiers is involved with this, for now they are free, but they will all be investigated. — the general gives the command and two soldiers from the Lambert team, who handcuff Levi and take him.

Luna, realizing the situation, tries to tell her everything, but Levi looks at her with a serious look and shakes her head, and she tells herself. Beta takes her by the arm, leading her to her apartment, and she was so shocked and worried about Levi's situation that she followed him without reacting.

Meanwhile, Levi was worried that they would find out about Luna's immunity, because he didn't know what they would do, he was afraid of losing it for his carelessness, he should never have let Judy, do those researches, but he couldn't give Luna like that, since they had already killed his beloved once, he couldn't allow them to kill her again, as he would defend her while in prison, he thought as they took him to his cell.

Meanwhile, in Beta's apartment, when they arrived, he asks Luna with a victorious smile on his lips:

"Tell me girl, what did you and Captain Tiny do when no one was watching?"

“We didn't do anything. says Luna furiously, with tears in her eyes.

— Hora don't be silly, I can do anything better than him, after all I'm younger, and stronger, if you please me I can be nice to you. Beta says.

"I would never please someone like you." she says in disgust.

— What is it about this little captain that everyone admires him?

“He's a brave person, and he's killed a lot more zombies than you can imagine, saving a lot of your soldiers, and a lot of other people. Unlike you who seem to have been after fights all the time since you got here, always trying to harm someone.

Beta laughs sarcastically:

- I?! Don't you think he's too old for you? I'm just doing my duty\, your little captain knows we can't hide the geneticists\, because because of one of them\, we're in this situation\, for carrying out illegal experiments\, and without order from the elite\, which would give due security to everyone.

- Like this?

— Oh! Your little captain didn't tell you, did you know that due to a geneticist just like your little friend Judy, humanity is in this situation?

Luna looks on in disbelief. Beta continues:

— Let me explain, a virus appeared in the year 2020, which devastated humanity, many died due to this virus, but it was nothing compared to what this geneticist developed, she did experiments without support, or any government authorization in a laboratory basement, and created a virus worse than what existed, it is not known how, but it disappeared, and her friend Doctor Mike, trying to finish her friend's experiments, transformed the virus into the mutation that you are seeing...

Luna, upon hearing her friend's name, is surprised, but tries not to show it, but Beta is smart the way he is:

"Do you know this doctor?"

- No. — says Luna apprehensively\, because she didn't know what she would do if she knew that this doctor was her.

"So Miss…Luna, is it?" he says, holding Luna's face and squeezing it to look at him.

— Yes... — Luna says, scared, afraid he can read in her eyes, what was going through her head, because she was terrified, of herself having created that virus in a way.

— I wish I had found this doctor before, because that way I would kill her, and avoid all this, but unfortunately, I still haven't had the opportunity, I would kill her very slowly and painfully, because I witnessed my parents and brother becoming zombies, and I had to kill her. them, because of this damn virus, and then feed it to the zombies. he says, letting go of her face sharply.

Luna to imagine, the situation turns your stomach:

"Sir, permission to withdraw." she says, shuddering at the thought.

"Okay, if you want to sleep in the room with me, we can go now…"

"I would never sleep with a man like you." says Luna, scandalized.

"Like me, huh?! And I'm like, tell me?

“You are repulsive.

“Look, there are plenty of women who would give anything to spend a night with me. - he says laughing, taking off his shirt, and throwing it on a chair

“But I'm not one of them.

“Hmm, interesting, I like tough women. says Beta mockingly.

Luna was furious, and at the same time scared, Beta, seeing the apprehension in her, burst out laughing, and said:

— Don't worry, I won't do anything to you, I've never forced any woman, and I won't do it now, I would only do it if you wanted to. — so he goes into the room and returns with a pillow, and a blanket. "Here, settle down on the sofa."

He locks the apartment door, removes the key and takes it into the bedroom with him. Luna, settles down on the couch, but sleeps badly at night, as she was thinking about what they would do with Levi.

Meanwhile, Ivan returns and learns of Captain Levi's arrest. As soon as Ivan arrives, he is arrested and interrogated about what he knew about the soldier, Judy, by the general:

"So tell soldier, did you receive orders from Captain Levi to cover for this criminal?"

"No, sir, I got lost from the squadron, and I didn't listen when the captain ordered us to turn back, but why is Private Judy being considered a criminal, sir?"

“Because I was doing clandestine research, but I'm the one asking the questions here, soldier.

"Yes sir, sorry sir."

— When did you realize you were alone and should return?

— I realized I was alone, when I found the area where we landed with the aeroitems, and I tried to call on the radio with no response, sir.

“Well, what do you know about the soldier, Judy?

— Sir, I don't know anything, because when we went out into the field, we always split up, sir, after supplies, keeping to the radio area.

"Okay, interesting, if you know the damn radio, how did you get out of it soldier?"

"I was distracted, sir."

"What soldier were you distracted by?"

— With a group of zombies, I had to go around by land, as I had little energy, just enough to return, and I ended up leaving the range of the radio.

“Okay, okay, but you will also be detained, as well as your captain, until we finish the investigations, because we managed to capture Private Judy alive, and we will make known who her accomplices are. — he signals to a soldier to take Ivan to prison.

Luckily, Ivan is next to the Captain, and since they were students in college, they developed their own code similar to Morse code, to communicate on test days, and in the navy, when they were recruits together, they improved, because if one day they needed communicate without being understood, they could easily, he passes what happened to Judy in code, and said:

“Captain, Judy, she was bitten, and Luna's blood was applied, the last time I had contact, she wasn't a zombie yet, and it had been a few hours, I believe she was captured, told us that her laboratory is not safe.

Levi responded in the same code:

— Thanks, if something happens to me, get Luna out of here, and take her to my old house, outside the city, the basement code is my birthday.

“Don't worry, Captain, Judy won't give us away.

— I know, I don't worry about this, but using her as a guinea pig, if Luna's blood works, or if they try to find out where the vaccine came from, to cure Judy...

"Do you think they can get there, in…"

— I think, that's why I want that if you manage to get out, find a way to take Luna away, and try to find out where the portal is so that she can return to her time, then go to Atlanta in our old school, break into my old closet, and throw the capsule into the portal, then pray for it to work and the portal closes.

"Okay sir, I'll do my best.

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