Hol was walking ahead of Ann's group with Bret and Rubin closer to him. Well, Bret was a bit too close to him... Like really close. He is pretty sure he felt a hand touch his ass a few times, but when he looked at Bret, they just gave him an innocent look. Hol could see more similarities with Terrance when Bret did this, since Terrance just had love touching his ass to the point they didn’t care where they were. And weirdly, they kind of touched his ass familiarly...
Hol grabbed Bret's hand when he felt it on his ass and slowly pinch it while giving them a firm look. But it only caused Bret to look at him with a heated gaze that went straight down to his lower half. He wanted to scold them, but with his lover... He just can't do that. Everything about them just makes him feel so calm. He loves them so much it hurts... His dick is really suffering at the moment, fuck...
“Are you okay, dad? Your face looks a little weird…” Rubin looked up at his dad, who was giving Bret a weird look and that their face look red. He noticed that when he woke up, those two were acting differently with each other and he didn’t understand why. Were they arguing with each other? But his dad isn't being distant to Bret at all. It seems like they are even closer strangely. Rubin really can't understand adults at all.
“Everything is fine. Bret just needs to learn how to keep his hands to himself. Isn’t that right?” Hol glare at Bret but it didn’t last long after he got a cute look from Bret. He really needs to be more firm with Bret and keep up with his serious image. But maybe it's fine if they maybe hold hands... in secret...
“Sorry, sorry. I just was so interested in how fit you are. Those muscles of yours are so nice… I especially love how nice your muscles are down your body…” Bret slowly drags his eyes down Ira's body, focusing more on their ass. He hid the smirk on his face when he clearly saw the embarrassed look on Ira's face.
“Well, keep your interests to yourself. I need to focus.” Hol was worried that if Bret kept this up, he wouldn’t be able to take care of Ann and handle the primary mission of this world. He had to block out Bret's obvious heated gaze and focus on Ann, who was in the back who was glaring right at them. When she realizes she was being looked at, she quickly changed back to her usual cute expression.
As Hol went to block out Bret's stare and notice right ahead something interesting. He could see a few of those zombies attracting plants. But he couldn’t see any zombies around them. That set off a few alerts in Hol's head and he immediately stopped walking. He reached for the handgun that was to his side and looked around the area with cautious eyes.
“Is something wrong, dad? Why do you have your gun out?” Rubin got nervous when he saw his dad's expression grow grim. He looked around the area and felt confused when he didn’t even see any zombies around, but he then got concerned when he realized there were no zombies at all in this area. There should be a few zombies wandering in the background, at least. He went to get his gun out but also got closer to his dad as well.
“Something bad is going to happen, and it's going to happen soon.” Hol could feel his body tense as he waited for something to happen. He had a feeling that there are a few high-level zombies around and they are smart ones. The smart ones are always the ones you have to look out for. They don't randomly attack, they actually plan things out.
“Should we force them to come out?” Bret was around looking around the area with a serious expression. He really hated that these zombies were going to impede his new relationship. Dying is not an option, so he has to kill these zombies who were clearly hiding.
“I think we shou-.” Before Hol could say anything, a loud noise came from behind and when he looked behind, he saw Ann, who had just knocked over a few glass bottles. Ann had an embarrassed look on her face, but he could clearly see a dark look in her eyes. He had to stop himself from rolling his eyes after seeing Ann fake being sorry.
“Oh, no… I didn’t mean to do that. I got so nervous that I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings. I am so sorry…” Ann gave Ira a teary-eyed look, but in her heart, she felt so pleased with her actions. When she noticed Ira got so serious, she knew this was her chance for her plan to get started.
Hol was going to say something to her, but he leaped out of the way when something rushed at him. Hol was dodging all the attacks that were coming at him at fast-paced. In front of him was a zombie. This zombie differed from the other zombies he met before.
He could see black veins all over the zombie's body, but unlike other zombies, this zombie didn’t look as rotted as the other zombies. He could clearly see they had wounds, but if that was hidden, he would have thought they were alive.
When Hol shot at the zombie's head, it didn’t go down right away. This was concerning, since zombies usually die once they are hit in the head. Seeing this, he kept on shooting at the zombie's head until it fell to the ground. Hol walk up to the zombie who was on the ground and stomped on its head until it cracked under his boot.
When he lifted his foot, he saw something shining in the crushed head of the zombie. Reaching down, he picked up a glowing stone that was covered in the zombie crushed head bits. Hol quickly learned from Ira's memory that this was something that could help people with abilities get stronger. It is especially useful if the stone is the same as the user's ability.
But Hol frowned once he realized this is something only found in zombies level two and higher. And these types of zombies usually stick together so that they can hunt humans together. So that means there are more zombies around, but they are clearly hiding somewhere.
“This is a problem. We are being hunted by high-level zombies, but they will not attack us like how other zombies do. They will be smart about it and hunt us when our guard is down.” Hol put the glowing stone in his pocket and said this to Bret and Rubin and Ann group who came over after he killed off the high-level zombie.
“I am so scared. What should we do Ira? I don’t want to die.” Ann quickly held onto Ira's muscular arm and looked at him with wide watery eyes. She pushed her chest onto Ira's arm and went to put her head on his shoulder. If she got this close to him, she knew he would lose all reason. He would be cold-hearted if he just ignored her when she was clearly scared!
“Get off of him. You holding onto him won’t help the situation. It will only impede him fighting and you know that.” Bret could feel electricity going through his body as he felt anger and jealousy go through him as he watched Ann hold on to his man. He wanted to push her so badly, but that would be childish... But she was really making it hard!
“Yeah… We aren’t that close and it is rather inappropriate. We are in a life and death situation, so you shouldn’t be holding onto me like that.” Hol took his arm out of Ann's hold and quickly put space between them. When Ann tries to get close to him again, Bret quickly got in the way and glared at her.
“We have to figure out how to draw these zombies out. While they are smarter than other zombies, they still aren’t smart enough to ignore their urges. Their weakness is bloodlust so we have to make them think they have us trapped so that they will come out to attack us.” Hol knew the only reason that zombie went to attack him was that they assume they could take him down because he wasn’t completely focused.
“For now, we have to stick close to each other and not do anything that could get us killed. We have to work together if we don’t want to die.” Hol still felt tense at the zombies who were clearly hiding away. He could feel their hungry gazes on the group, but he couldn’t figure out where they were.
“Should we keep walking ahead and wait for the zombies to attack us?” Bret didn’t like to think Ira could die by these high-level zombies. He just wanted to hide Ira away and not allow him to get hurt. He couldn’t allow that to happen again…
Bret's eyebrows furrow at that thought. Ira never got hurt in front of him, but he knew that wasn’t true. It felt like they were hurt before and he couldn’t do anything to protect them. Bret felt a headache appear suddenly, and his vision went dark for a second.
“Bret, are you okay?” Hol quickly held onto Bret, who suddenly got pale and almost fell. He felt concerned at how cold they were and was worried it may have to do with the zombie bite from before, but he knew Rubin had healed the bite.
“Sorry… I just felt lightheaded for a second there. I am better now.” Bret gave Ira a small smile and nuzzled his head into their firm chest. From the corner of his eye, he could see Ann with an ugly look on her face, and he felt smug at this. He wanted to do more, but the situation was a serious one, so he held back for now.
“Fine, but stick close to me.” Hol stopped holding Bret close to his chest but still kept an arm around their shoulder. Hol ignored the hard stare he was getting from Ann and just focused on making sure nothing happened to Bret.
Ann looks at the backs of Ira and Bret with rage brewing in her eyes. She never felt so betrayed before. How dare they get with each other? They are both men! She is an attractive woman! So many men want her to look their way. How dare they make a fool of her like this?! Ann felt something in her snap and all her plans went away. She just wanted to hurt them.
As the group got closer to the zombie-attracting plant's Ann quickly stopped at it with a dark expression on her face. A man she didn’t bother to learn the name of looked at her with concerned eyes and went to say something to her, but she ignored him. She took out a lighter from the dress she was wearing and burned the plant. She burned a lot of them, so she was sure a bunch of zombies would appear.
“What?! Ann, are you fucking crazy?! Now the zombies are going to be on our ass!” Grady was shocked to see what Ann had just done. He couldn’t understand why this sweet-looking woman would do something so fucked up. But when he looked at Ann's expression, he didn’t see the kind woman from the few days. It was a bitter woman who was giving him a disgusted look.
Ann said nothing to the group of men and ran away from them. She knew there was a hidden car nearby that originally she and Ira would have escaped together in, but seeing how he was treating her, it was obvious she wouldn’t even bother to help him. He can just die with that piece of shit, Bret, and his useless son.
“I didn’t think she would do it right away. I gave her more credit than she deserved.” Hol looked at the back of the quickly disappearing Ann with an indifferent look on his face. He never thought Ann would have acted so stupidly, but this will help him out. He wasn't even that worried about what Ann had just done. Everything was fine because he knew what he had to do to deal with the zombies.
Hol could sense the high-level zombies quickly approaching them and he took his arm off of Bret's shoulder. He rolled his shoulder as he got ready to face off against the high-level zombies, who were quickly approaching. The surrounding wind was slowly getting stronger, but he did nothing yet.
“I can help as well. Don’t do anything dangerous by yourself.” Bret stuck close to Ira as he got ready to use his abilities with Ira's ability. He didn’t really care much that Ann tried to kill them. It would just give him a good reason to kick her out of the base.
When the high-level zombies appeared at once, Hol quickly cut one zombie into many pieces with his wind that he was powering up. Bret burnt another one to a crisp with their lightning ability. It was rather a fast and brutal takedown of these high-level zombies. Just because it was going well, Hol didn’t let down his guard. Getting cocky would be his downfall.
After a few minutes, all the high-level zombies were dead on the ground. Some were cut into pieces and others were burnt to a crisp. In the middle of these dead zombies were Hol and Bret, who were casually fixing up their clothes. Hol was always checking in with Rubin. They were scared, but felt relaxed after being comforted by him.
“Well, now, that is done with... Let's go back to the base and watch Ann work her sob story. I can’t wait to see how she will tell her story to her base.” Hol couldn’t help but smirk as he thought about how Ann would try to gain the sympathy of the people of the base and how she would look when she realized they were still alive.
“I just love how devious you are. I wonder if you are like that in bed as well~” Bret could help but snuggle up to Ira and rub his face into their shoulder. He couldn’t help but fall more in love with Ira. What a smart man he was dating. He couldn't wait to fuck this man until the inch of their life.
Everyone was looking at Ira and Bret with shocked eyes. They still couldn’t believe they took down so many high-level zombies by themselves and now they are flirting over the dead bodies of the zombies.
Rubin was the only one who was looking at them with shining eyes. He was so happy that his dad was dating Bret. That means he gets to have a second dad now! And his second dad is as strong as his dad. This is so cool in his eyes. Also, his dad's eyes are so soft when they are looking at Bret. This is obviously a good thing for his dad!
“Well, now we have to go back to my car and drive back to the base. We can take our time. I want Ann to really sell her act to the base.” Hol wasn’t concerned with Ann. The more she lies to everyone in the base, the better for him.
Now he will just take his time and find some more supplies to bring back to the base. He can even get started with his research on finding the cure for the zombie virus.
