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Drinking my coke while walking in the middle of running zombies. They didn't see me, they can't even smell me. I am invincible in their eyes. I don't know if I gonna cry at this moment or what, but what I know right now. This is our chance. We finally have a chance.

They open the door for me once the zombies are not in sight. I can see clearly in their teary eyes the success I made. The success we made. Yes, this is our success.

We immediately send a message and contacted Terry about the good news however it's been five hours now but Terry still didn't answer.

'Do you think the safe zone is already infected?'

I look at him and it made the Italian doctor shut up, cause if I have the power to kill someone using my eyes, he'll be dead right now.

'I'm just trying to look for any possible reasons--'

I harshly snatch the phone from him then move away because I don't think I could control myself if he won't stop talking.

'Hey, Gerry--'

I don't know what happened but my hand form as the ball then it connected to his face. He groans in pain, falls down in one hit and everyone came to stop me.

'If you don't have something nice to say better shut your f*cking mouth!'

'Hey! Enough! Gerry calm down! What's wrong both of you!'

I run my fingers on my head trying to control my anger but it wasn't helpful because of the continues tune on the phone that makes me more irritated. But I think the lieutenant figure it and she took the phone from me. I didn't miss when her eyes throw a disappointed look. I suddenly felt a shame on what I've done.

'I'm just trying to come up with any reasons why Terry didn't answer any of our calls, good or bad it still possibilities that we need to consider'

I close my eyes to control my temper because I have this urge to punch his face again. If wasn't for the lady doctor in front of me, I'm sure the latino will be on the floor again.

'Okay, Gerry I do understand what you feel, Your family are in the safe zone so do we. But we don't want any false hope and just disregard the possibilities. You know we don't what it too.'

'Hey, Terry answered.'

The lieutenant immediately gives the phone back to me that I gladly accept. The tension suddenly change.

'Terry why took you so long--'

'Gerry let me speak first.' His voice was raspy and tired. I know he is busy but I don't like this kind of vibes.

'We did receive your message and spread the news to other countries as fast as possible but--'

'But what?' I trail. At this moment my knees are weakening, the fatigue I have is spreading in my body again.

'I'll be frank to you Gerry, We are too late. The Government issued an order for a nuclear bomb and they starting the cleansing before you even got there. Southeast Asia is no more on the map as we speak, They throwing the bomb using the satellites. All nations agreed. We can't stop it.'

'Terry we already found--'

'The undead are adapting.'

'What do you mean adapting?'

'We received a report from China right after we sent the message that came from you. They said in the report, The undead are starting to eat the people with illness once they don't have a healthy living to eat. They are also adjusting like a normal species to survive in any environment. China is the 10 country that vanishes on the map.'

While Terry is explaining my eyes unconsciously look at the door and notice it was unlocked and slightly ajar.

'Lock the door!' I yelled.

The first to respond to my call is the Latino doctor. We both look to each other after barricading it. He gonna say something but suddenly the undead started to bang the door. They almost manage to open it but thank God we still manage to stop them.

However, I notice the bleeding arm of the Latino, the look on our eyes are reciprocating each other. He immediately runs away from us and locked himself in the other room.

Questions are flooding in my ears but I don't have the energy to answer any of them. I think my surrounding keeps on spinning. What should we do? How about my family? My family

'Terry! Tell me, my wife and my girls are with you! Tell me?!'

'Sorry--'

'I don't want to hear your f*cking sorry Terry tell me! Where's my family!?'

'To be honest, I don't know. We lost each other inside the safe zone. Riots started when the nuclear holocaust links, people start panicking and they revolt then slowly the safe zone is no longer safe from the undead. We have orders to go as deep as soon as possible cause 36 hours from now, they will drop the rain in the seven continents.'

'What!'

'They going to clear all the undead in instant by a nuclear blast.'

I think all my energy vanish in me while hearing Terry. This much worse than the undead spreading on the surface of the earth. All my effort suddenly becomes in vain. Until I notice the Latino doctor.

I checked my watched. Still counting in my head. Aside from the colour of his left arm that has been bitten and the violet veins on his left face, left eyes that turns red but regardless of all of it. He is still sane crying on his own.

'He turns slowly.'

'I notice too. It's already 5 mins but he still not turning completely to be undead' The lieutenant added also observing the doctor.

'But we can't erase the fact that he is turning into undead! The disease probably slows it down.' The lady doctor also added.

'What if we could adapt in their nature.' The lieutenant voice out my thoughts.

'Yeah, what if? Is that even possible doctor.'

'Are you both crazy?! You want to become one of them?!'

'Yes! No! Okay, I'm thinking what if I inject myself a small amount of their saliva or whatsoever, that will slowly turn me into undead but I still have the capacity to think on my own! Was that possible?'

'You are crazy Gerry--'

'Yes! I am. Do you think a nuclear blast will gonna save us all? We both know even though they succeeded to eliminate all the undead, do you think the earth will be habitable? 60 to 70 years from now the earth will not be suitable to live in. Can the supplies be enough to accommodate all the survivors? When everything beneath and underneath is contaminated with poison.'

Silence succumb to the surface. I can see in her eyes the answer I want.

'You mean this is the end.'

'End or not, my family needs me whether I am undead or not I need to see them no matter what doctor.'

She closes her eyes and nods slowly.

'Then let's both become undead, Gerry.'

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