Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Matthew was about to barge into Lois' room but we heard Olivia's voice from the opposite side.

"What are you yelling for? I'm here?" Olivia came from the side of the road while Zeus and a little puppy were following her.

"Wut- YOU!" Matthew exclaimed as he turned to Lois.

"Woof!" Zeus immediately rushed up to me while the little one was circling around Olivia, trying to grab her attention.

"What? You think she'd actually do that? Dads these days..." Lois shook his head, feigning disappointment.

We started to chuckle as Matthew lost it once more but we soon settled down after bringing the rest of our equipment and items used to their designated position. The casings that were separated from the rest of our bullets were placed in the workshop for sorting while the rest of the ammo left was sent back to my armory. The .22 rifles I lent them were also given back to me but I placed them near the pile of guns that we still needed to clean thoroughly.

'We're still far from finishing this pile because of having a little too much fun… Well, if we just cleaned them and stopped swapping out parts we'd be done already...' I thought to myself.

"Hey, you're coming with?" Kaley called out to me, carrying a clump of clothes and a towel.

"Oh, yeah. Just a sec." I replied, heading to my dresser.

"I already prepared your clothes by the bed." Kaley gave me a smile as she pointed to it.

"Thanks! I'll make sure to scrub you thoroughly!" I exclaimed, giving a cheeky smile.

"Hmm~ Of course, you will..." Kaley giggled as she turned around and we went to the bathroom for a 'quick' shower and maybe a soak.

When we came back to our room, it became customary for us to carry at least our Maxim 9 with a leg holster and a couple of extra magazines but we would sometimes conceal carry it under our jackets. Aside from that, my katana and her wakizashi would never leave our sides plus a fixed blade knife for utility purposes. Each one of my group would do the same just in case shit happens so we would at least be with something.

"Wanna head down?" I asked Kaley.

"They're not calling for us yet, right?" Kaley replied.

"Wanna do something first?"

"Not really, I just want to hand around here for a bit more."

"Sure."

"Thanks."

Kaley and I just lied down on the bed while playing music on her phone until Rin knocked on our door after a while.

"Come in~" Kaley spoke up.

"Guys? The food is ready. Wanna head- heh, what are you two doing?" Rin said after opening the door and looking at us lazing around with our feet in the air.

Kaley and I just chuckled then we flipped over to wear our shoes. Tatiana seemed to be at Daisy's place once more but we weren't even surprised that she was first in line at the table filled with food.

We had Adobo once more but this time, boiled eggs were added to the pot with roasted potatoes. Everyone was having a casual conversation with each other and then the meeting started right after.

"U-Umm, we just finished erecting another greenhouse inside Woodlands while the people from the DDR Camp just had their first harvest of vegetables from their own gardens. They made use of the school's gardens to plant some lettuce and a few vegetables that grow fast but now they reserved a plot for tomatoes and cucumbers." Charlotte started.

"We made more fruiting bags for the mushrooms to grow onto and I even thought some of the people from both outposts to make some. Our harvests are almost used immediately but a portion of them are always reserved for canning. We are slowly increasing our stocks of them and they are properly labeled with the dates they were manufactured in." Amanda added.

"Thank you, Derek?" I said after looking at the file they gave me.

"In my case, there wasn't much action taking care of animals but I guarantee you that they're always taken care of. I've been teaching people my ways but I'm learning from them as well. Well, we have a goose we're about to butcher but the kids named it so… I think that's the only trouble I'm facing." Derek chuckled, scratching his head.

'I guess peace was never an option.' I laughed inwardly.

After a few more reports, Oscar gave a more detailed breakdown of what happened with their run. He wasn't sure about the exact number of supplies they brought back but Rin already put them on the file on my hands. Aside from the essential items, they managed to bring back a few working vehicles at home base that only needed fuel to run but they're sent to Anthony's place to be checked thoroughly.

"Are they set for tomorrow? The president and the rest?" I asked.

"Yeah, they might come in the early morning or noon depending on their circumstances but they're really coming. Iskoh might come as well." Oscar added.

"Iskoh? Really?" I asked.

"Well, Iskoh and Rod will be heading straight to the Manila North Harbor while Avalos and Honassan will be heading straight for us with a few helicopters. After they're done with that place, they'd be heading straight for this area but I'll meet them with my own group because they don't know the places we've blocked." Oscar explained.

"I see..." I trailed, nodding a few times.

"Wanna come with me, kid?" Oscar suggested.

"Sorry, but we really need to take care of that DDR Camp. Remember the people I told you we encountered? They might stumble upon that place and take everything for themselves. If you could, try and contact Avalos and Honassan if they could come here a little bit early so I could tell them part of my plan to take that place. Those two would be crucial and the rest of Tatiana's team coming as well." I replied.

"Hmm, I will then. After this meeting." Oscar sat down.

"So, let me hear this plan of yours." Matthew chimed in.

"It will be a little different now because the rest of the president's soldiers will be busy but we'd still achieve the same result. The only drawback is that it would take more time than usual because we would only be able to take a few people with us. We can scratch making that place as an outpost for now but we'll be able to take home all of their equipment once we're done with them. Here's what we'll do..." I brought out a drawing board as I started.

I showed them the footage taken by our drones as I slowly built up the DDR Camp in Monumento from scratch. I was marking each room with items to be taken from and some places still unknown to us. Each floor, room, building was highlighted and I pointed out places we should hit first and places we should have a group taking care of anything that comes running.

The plan was kinda straightforward if I should say so myself but it wouldn't reach this point if we didn't prepare the stage ourselves. I have written down the names of the people coming with me and I answered each of their questions regarding their roles. The only ones left without instruction will be our pilots and the rest of Tatiana's group that would be coming with us.

"That's… that's doable or should I say… too easy to do." Matthew nodded his head a few times.

"That's two days of prep and a lot of materials used. We could say that we're already taking over that place for the third day now." I replied.

"Didn't the plan for the Valenzuela City Hall took much longer? Shit, I kinda want to join you guys." Oscar asked, half sure of what he would do.

"Well, that place we had no way of scouting inside. We need to prep for everything that might come our way. That place was already tagged for the most part but we should still be careful about the places my drone wasn't able to enter." I replied.

"What if those guys come again?" Cynthia asked.

"We'd only say one warning and that's it. They'd be endangering our lives if they mess up our plan and I don't have the time to receive help from the help we wouldn't need in the first place. Besides, we'll see how would they traverse the walls we made." I replied.

"So, the faster those pilots come here, the faster we could execute the plan? How are we gonna take into account the rest of Tatiana's team? This would be the first time we'd be with them, right?" Jared added.

"Artem and the rest? Hah! They're hardy fuckers, if Rod didn't like the kid as much he wouldn't let go of them! I heard a few stories from Rod himself and you'd be surprised." Oscar started cackling.