People

Noel's footsteps lightened and her breathing became as silent as the surrounding. Her eyes scanned the shops around, looking for the source of the noise, by then, another sound entered her ears.

"Damn! Someone eliminated the zombies around here!"

"Shh! What if it's a mutant zombie just declaring territory? We must stay cautious."

"People?" Noel's steps stopped for a moment before continuing to go to the source of talking.

"What mutant are you talking about? Look at the knife wounds on that slashed neck. Did it look like a dumb mutant zombie can do?"

"Oh, humans did that? They must be powerful considering this mall was infested by a lot of zombies. To be able to eliminate this large number must mean it was a powerful group or just a too-powerful individual."

"Dude, we are the most powerful group there is in this city."

"Then, an overpowered individual."

"That's boss."

"Hey, we'll never know."

Noel observed the group on the first floor while hiding behind a huge ruin on the second floor. The open rooftop became her source of light.

'8 people. 7 men, 1 woman. They all feel strangely strong. But not enough to defeat me or kill me.' Noel became relaxed.

Noel turned her head and planned to ignore this group and go on with her day, she was about to when the man leading the group talked out loud.

"Stop hiding."

"Eh? Boss, who are you talking to?" The woman in the group asked, looking around the mall.

"I'm counting to three. Appear or face the consequences."

Noel clicked her tongue and stayed still on her spot, waiting for the 'consequence'.

"1..."

Noel rolled her eyes.

"2..."

Noel crossed her arms.

"3..."

*Bang*

Noel rolled away from the long metal thrown in her direction.

'A spear? I didn't see that on his hands.' Noel murmured to herself.

Her pretty purple dress became disheveled and even torn because she rolled.

She stood up, faced the group with a grumpy face, and growled out in frustration.

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"I was kind enough to let you people in my territory, but you dare attack me?" A girl, with pupils as purple as her hair and dress, grumpily said while holding a cleaver.

Trevor's group became silent at the girl's sudden appearance, not expecting a little girl to appear at all.

"Hey Quinne, is that a girl?" Kielle pointed at the figure frowning down at them.

"Are you blind? Yes, that's a girl." Travis slapped the pointing hand of Kielle.

"This is the first time I'm seeing a beautiful girl in the apocalypse." Kielle placed his hand on his chest, acting like a love-struck fool.

Amira slapped the silly man on the head, "Are you saying this girlfriend of yours is ugly then?"

"Ow! Ow Ouch!"

"He deserved that."

"Yeah."