System Of The Undead

Chapter 51: New Zombie Discovered!?

Sam tortured John but for some reason, John seemed to bite his tongue the moment he knew that he was with Bella.

This was a different type of resolve, one that Sam hadn’t seen previously but he wondered why John was so dedicated to keeping this information to himself.

Sam knew that there was a lot he was missing and he had to get to the bottom of it before it was too late but if he did too much, then there was a chance that John would go into shock.

Sam didn’t know if John’s partner was the one he was referring to, these were clearly the people that Bella had spoken about.

One was dead, the other was captured so Sam was expecting one more person, he knew that if they were as skilled as either Max or John then he had nothing to worry about.

Sam sat on the bed, looking at the bloodied John, who was passed out, lost in thought.

"What should I do next? I do hope that everyone is okay..." Sam had bought time for them because he had single-handedly taken down two out of three and he was certain that this third person would prioritise John’s safety because he would see Max’s corpse in the police station.

John’s eyes opened, he looked exhausted and in pain but he didn’t look like he was about to give up.

Sam knew from experience that no amount of torture would make him speak.

John looked right at him; Sam sighed, getting to his feet as he walked to John.

John closed his eyes as he expected another round of torture to begin but he felt something wet drip into his mouth.

John opened his eyes to see that Sam was giving him water to drink but he wondered why he was doing this considering that he was an enemy to Sam.

"W-Why?" John asked, trying to understand why Sam was doing this.

"I don’t know but I know you won’t tell me what I want to know by torturing you," Sam responded bluntly.

"A-Are you going to let me go?" John questioned, he was hopeful that Sam had a change of heart but that was highly unlikely.

"We will leave Bella alone! I fucking promise man," John pleaded but Sam’s gaze didn’t change.

"You misunderstand me..." Sam said, pausing as he reached for his back.

"You’re a threat and I can’t let you go. You killed your partner right in front of me so that takes away any chance of you being loyal. I’m also aware of the gun you have strapped in your shoe, the gun you will use to kill me the moment I cut you loose." Sam said, brandishing a combat knife or specifically, the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife.

"W-Wait! We can fucking talk!" John blurted out but Sam was done talking.

John had his chance and anything that came out of his mouth right now was potentially a lie.

Sam wasn’t going to gamble the safety of his people on that but another person was coming so he would have another opportunity to press for information.

Sam placed the knife right at John’s jugular, John was afraid to die but Sam didn’t care.

"Who is Bella? I will only ask once..." Sam said to which John gulped.

This man was the real deal and John knew he had to buy some time, it wouldn’t make a difference telling Sam what he wanted to know if he was dead.

"I will tell you everything but can I eat first?" John asked, hoping to lighten the tense atmosphere.

"Hahaha! Of course, silly me," Sam joked and John laughed in unison because he thought his plan was working but John’s laughter was soon replaced with a shrieking scream.

Sam had severed two fingers on his left hand.

"I did say I would ask only once," Sam warned and John began spilling all the information he needed.

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Bella had managed to draw the zombie away and her plan seemed to have worked.

She could return now, the zombie was nowhere to be found.

But then she felt a hand grab her shoulder. Bella immediately turned but the hand soon wrapped around her mouth.

Bella was frightened but she calmed down the moment she saw that it was Jason but what was he doing to her, he crouched down with her.

Bella noticed that he was a lot stronger than he remembered.

She had so many questions but Bella realized why Jason did what he did.

She was walking right into a den of zombies, Jason only knew this because of Chronos.

He thought it was another prank that the AI thought he would find funny but he couldn’t risk it.

He had to start taking care of Bella and now was the perfect time to start.

"I got you, I got you, Bella..." Jason reassured her as he slowly removed his hand from her mouth.

"I will explain everything later but we need to leave, that zombie isn’t like the others," Jason warned her and Bella wondered how he knew about the zombie.

She had questions but she wanted to follow his lead, she wanted to give trust a chance.

Bella noticed that the zombie was around, he was hawking over them.

Jason knew that they were ill-equipped to handle this zombie right now because they didn’t have any decent lighting. After all, it was dark and from what Chronos told him.

This zombie could inflict damage from range and he didn’t know what effects the fluids would have if it made contact with their skin.

Bella noticed these features but she thought nothing of it. Chronos was right about the threats that lay ahead.

If he was even a second later, Bella would have been swarmed but this gave them the leeway to escape the looming threat; something told him that this zombie wasn’t the only one that had a unique form of evolution.

"This isn’t looking good..." Jason thought to himself.