Chapter 5
Takashi: We should go . It isn't safe here and we've got to meet up with the others as well .
Haven: Agreed . They need to know what we've found out as well . . .
Rei: A transport of some kind . We need to find one .
Takashi: The zombie . . . it had a motorcycle helmet on .
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Soon, the three of them found the bike on the other side of the hill . Unfortunately for them it would only fit two people so they had no choice but to look for another vehicle . Haven felt somewhat embarrassed . He was, after all the third wheel here . In the original story line, only Takashi and Rei went through the tunnel when the bus exploded .
The zombie that attacked them would have been killed by Rei and then they would use this bike to head over to a gas station . However unlike the original story, this one had evolved zombies . As seen from earlier, if Haven hadn't been there and unlocked the mental limit, the zombie might have bitten one of them and/or killed them .
And as much as Haven and I was ecstatic to witness the actual story characters in action, we weren't suicidal enough to trust fate or luck to make sure that they would come back out of situations alive .
We had to survive, after all .
Fortunately there was an abandoned pickup truck along the same road . Unfortunately however, there was still a zombie inside . Rei made the mistake of opening the door without truly checking to see if it was safe . The zombie, hearing the noise of the door, jumped from seat and tried to bite her .
Ever since the mental limit had been broken, Haven's mental stats reached a higher limit that he would have ever even believed possible . His reaction speed, senses and even judgement of a situation was vastly upgraded .
With these increase in capabilities, a split second second decision overcame any of his thoughts and his sword was instantly swung towards the zombie neck . It's head was severed cleanly from its head before it could bite her .
The momentum from its jump, however caused it to crash into her body . After struggling to get the dead zombie off of her, she dusted herself off and muttered thanks towards Haven . He nodded politely and searched for the keys of the pick up in the zombie's trousers .
A few moments later, they got into the pick up and drove along the road towards the east police blockade . The city was a mess . Dead bodies and blood were strewn everywhere . There were broken weapons and even even destroyed vehicles littering the side of road .
When we drove past a corner, we even saw stores and houses that were lit on fire, zombies surrounding them . Soon we came across two crashed police cruisers that were smoking and practically lying in pieces .
Rei got off the truck to go check out the wreckage to see if there was anything worth harvesting, or looting .
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Takashi: Wait, Rei . There's gasoline leaking from those vehicles . Its dangerous to just go in there and loot any items .
Rei: We could use some supplies, if they have any . Stop being scared of them . After everything we've been through you think looting police vehicles are going to stop me?
Takashi: I guess not . . . Just be careful alright?
Haven: I'm sure she'll be fine .
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Haven's approval seemed to end the hesitation
I wasn't entire sure, but it seemed like Rei and Takashi were having some sexual tension . They really seemed like they both needed to f*ck each other . I guess our involvement is breaking away the progress of their relationship huh?
Rei walked over to the police cruisers and flinched slightly, seeing the dead bodies inside . After prodding them for a moment, she collected some of the items inside .
There were two handguns, and a plethora of bullets, some bloody but most usable . Haven, popped open the trunk of the vehicles to check if there were anything that seemed important and sure enough, he found a police baton .
Distributing the items, they decided that Takashi and Haven would carry the guns . After the short side trip, Rei noticed that the gas on the pickup was reaching empty . Giving out a suggestion, we drove towards the closest gas station on the way towards the police blockade .
When we arrived, there were a few zombies milling around . Haven took care of them easy enough with the sword . It looked like the plot was about to start progressing once more .
Let's see if Takashi's mentality will make a breakthrough or not .
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Takashi: This is a self service gas station . We need a card or some money to insert for the station to pump out gas .
Rei: Well, what are you waiting for? Put some money in then .
Takashi: That's the problem, with the amount of cash that I have the only things coming out of this pump is fumes .
Rei: Gosh, you're hopeless!
Takashi: Excuse me? Oh, well excuse me for not being as loaded as Hisashi .
Rei: Hisashi? What does this have anything to do with him?!
Takashi: That's who you're comparing me to aren't you?
Rei: I wasn't, until YOU, decided to bring it up!
Haven: Sigh . . . seriously? Are you really having a lovers spat right now?
Rei: W-w-what lovers!? I do not love Takashi!
Takashi: . . .
Haven: . . . Sure .
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Takashi, deciding to defuse the situation before it got out of hand raised his hand towards Rei with a gesturing motion .
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Rei: What is it? Why're you raising your hand for?
Takashi: I need some money . Could I borrow some from you?
Rei: Oh! Er . . . I sort of . . . left mine with my bag . . .
Takashi: Seriously? And you had the gall to call ME hopeless?
Haven: Guys . . . that's enough . Takashi, follow me into the station . Rei, stay out here, scream in anything happens .
Rei: What . . . are you going to do?
Haven: I'm going to go check if there's any cash we could take from the register . Takashi, help me look for supplies .
Takashi: Sure .
Haven: Then lets go .
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We made our way into the store to look for anything useful . The ground was littered with food stuff and some blood was splattered about the floor as well .
Takashi walked over to the register and raised his bat into the air .
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Takashi: I've always wanted to do this .
Haven: Huh?
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He turned around just in time to catch the swing of the bat smashing into the register . Within a few hits, it broke .
Sheesh . Takashi was quite vicious, wasn't he?
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Haven: . . . well, lets get the cash and go . I'm sure Rei's probably wondering what the hell we're doing now .
Takashi: Hold on, we should get some food to eat on the way . I haven't had anything to eat since lunch today . Im starving .
Haven: Good call, hold on let me j-
Rei: Aaah!!
Takashi: Oh no, Rei!!
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In the original timeline, when Takashi and Rei used the bike to head towards the gas station, a man ambushed Rei while Takashi entered the store to look for money . He was a person who turned slightly insane at having to kill his entire family when they turned into zombies .
And sure enough, just as we exited the store, there he was, holding Rei Miyamoto captive with a knife under her chin . On the man's face a lascivious expression formed .
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Rei: Get Off Me!
Takashi: Rei!
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Before Takashi could rush out, however, another man came from the corner and pointed a gun at Haven, rendering him unable to move .
Well now . . . that's a problem .
There was only supposed to be one man . Adding to the fact that this guy has a gun?
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R1: I wouldn't do that if I were you . Come any closer and I'll slit this b*tch's neck .
Takashi: Wait! Don't . What . . . what do you want?
R2: Heh, aren't you a dandy son of a b*tch? Drop the bat .
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Takashi hesitated for a moment but complied in the end, glancing at Haven to see his reaction . He wondered if Haven had a plan to get them out of this situation in one piece .
Haven looked back at Takashi but couldn't really think of a plan that he could put to use . They were in a situation which he wasn't prepared for .
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R1: Thats a cool weapon there kid, where the f*ck did you find a f*cking sword around here?
Haven: (frowning) That's none of your business .
R2: Oh really?
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In anger, of being blown off by someone he was threatening, R2 pulled the trigger of the gun he held .
Bang!
The gun shot rang out and struck against Haven's shoulder, successfully piercing through the entire appendage and exiting out the other side .
The force of the bullet brought him to his knees as he clutched his shoulder and screamed out in pain, trying in vain to stop the blood from spewing from his wound
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(Haven's pov)
You know what's funny? About 4 months ago, I was a regular nerdy teenager . I wore baggy clothes and had a general lack of interest in sports . My school, as great as it was, for some reason didn't particularly care about bullying .
I suppose you can guess by now, I was a prime target . Nerdy guy who looked weak as f*ck? Check . Brought money to school to spend? Check . Had no friends to help him? Check . So, I was bullied . They stole my lunch, beat me up, broke my phone, even flushed my books down the toilet .
People that saw me getting bullied, did nothing themselves . They thought, hey, I don't wanna be like that guy so I'm just gonna get out of here . Soon, I was ostracized by even my peers, choosing only to talk to me when absolutely necessary . I went to the teachers in the school about my problem but they couldn't really do anything without proof . The bullies, when they found out what I had done, Beat me up even harder .
Silently, I accepted my fate . Until of course, the day I started hearing a voice in my head . He called himself Erin . He explained to me that he was a reincarnator that gains all the memories and experiences of his host when they die . Then he shifts through void energies and travels to a different plane of existence and eventually enters a new host . A true immortal . One that will never die no matter how much time passes .
At first, I believed that I was going bonkers . I thought that my bullies must have finally punched something lose in my head, causing me to develop this odd new personality . That mindset changed, however when he started streaming some of the memories of his previous host into my brain . Memories of martial arts . Unfortunately that didn't really help me become a martial master straight away . It felt, sort of like a television . I could watch it, but not exactly have the point of view experience that comes with it .
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