Chapter 121 Code White

Walking out of the jeep, I first carefully took Alissa in my arms and then started moving towards Myla and Caroline. Both of them were first happy as they looked at me, but when their eyes reached Alissa, their eyes turned worried as they ran towards me.

"How is she?!" Caroline asked with a worried face as she checked her pulse and Myla observed her with her senses as she spoke,"is she still with us?"

While Caroline asked for health, Alissa asked if she had turned or not. And the answer to both was,

"She is fine. She should wake up in a while."

[32 minutes : 14 seconds]

"Is that so?" Both of them spoke with relief in their voices before Myla asked,"what happened there? Jeff was freaking out a lot. He said that the strange energy was going all over the place. Though, a few moments later, he said that it had completely changed its nature before vanishing completely."

Caroline, who was there, joined the conversation as,"We concluded that the fight was over and I guess you should be coming back soon. Though we were going to wait only for about another hour and then move towards the lab ourselves in case you didn't arrive."

I smiled at their worried filled faces before speaking,"I guess I worried you both a little. Let's get in for now. I will tell the whole story inside," and they both nodded as we went inside the building.

-Click!

The door opened, and we went in only to witness

"Drop your weapons!" a young guy of about 18 was shouting as he took Clara in her arms with a gun to her forehead. While Jeff and Shawn were just looking at that guy with a confused expression.

As for Clara herself, she was eating the popcorn she held in her hands without really worrying about the situation.

'If I am correct, Clara is directly under Myla, who is a Sergeant Major. Doesn't that make Clara a First Sergeant? Is that guy an idiot?' I thought as I observed the situation, trying to find popcorn around. Looked a bit interesting, honestly.

"Miller, what's the meaning of this?!!" The one who got excited over this scenario the most was William, of course, as he looked at that guy, Miller, with a betrayed face.

"William. You are back! Answer me this William? What's the meaning of this? They have food and yet they aren't sharing with us. Aren't we giving them shelter with us so that they can survive? Why are they taking the food all for themselves?!!" Millar spoke as he looked at the military people before turning at William.

William was confused by his behavior while the others just looked at the scene, wondering what was going on. Myla and Caroline were observing me while William kind of felt lost at what to do.

"You got a hypocrite with you?" I finally spoke, as I looked at William with an uninterested gaze.

"I am not a hypocrite!!!" that guy shouted as he looked at me. This easy to trigger? What is he, a kid?

I used [Inspect!] on him and I found that everything was more or less normal for him. I guess the apocalypse ate at a bit of his sanity and his logic became a bit twisted? Or perhaps he was like this before and the apocalypse was making him showcase his true colors?

"Is that so? Then tell me, please. If you are so worried about the food so much, then why not go out and find some food for yourself? That shouldn't be so hard, no?"

He looked at me with a glare as he spoke,"you want me to go and die out there?"

"Then what do you think others will give you food for? It's not like you can protect them if you can't even kill a zombie or so, nor do you have any specific ability that you can provide them in the apocalypse," I spoke as I moved towards him one step at a time.

"My father is a magistrate. Currently, I am weak, but if I get to meet my father, surely he will listen to me and I can return the favor," he spoke with a glare. If I hadn't dealt with hypocrites like them on a daily basis, perhaps I would have believed him a little.

'But the wide grin behind his worried glare is too easy to see,' I sighed on the inside. My eyes turned half closed as I took a deep breath and William's expression began changing as he observed me,

"He is beyond saving… William. Kill him."

"Huh? What are you-"

-Splash! And William killed him without any hesitation as his expression changed from confused to serious. He looked at me with his hands stained with blood and he asked,

"Anything else, brother?"

"Nope… I am sorry, I broke my promise…. But I guess you will survive more by being ruthless in this messed up world than being naive," I spoke as I looked at William. It hurts my heart, but it is what it is…

"It's fine brother. I might be naive but I am not a fool. I saved him because he looked desperate back then. If I knew he was like this, I would have left him behind," William spoke with a smile on his face before asking,

"Are you okay, brother?"

I nodded at him as I answered,"yeah. I am fine. Just… those memories resurfaced a little."

I saw Caroline keeping her hands on my shoulder and Myla too, looking at me with a worried face before someone else spoke out,

"Now I finally remember who you are!!!"

Shawn spoke as he stood up with his eyes widened in realisation. It was as if he couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at me.

Jeff and Clara were a bit shocked to see what had just happened up until now, but when they saw Shawn's reaction, they observed him with an even more confused face. Shawn spoke out loud,

"Jeff, Clara, do you remember the Valentine's Day incident that occurred 5 years ago?"

Clara was the first one to speak.

"Yeah… I know. Anyone who doesn't know about this incident in this country must be living under a rock."

"What about it?" Jeff asked.

"Then you must have heard the two names… Code Black and Code White," Shawn spoke as goose bumps occurred all over his body and he observed me.

I could see a sense of a bright spark in his eyes.

Jeff spoke out first,"yeah… what about it?" as his eyes looked at me. He more or less has figured it out, and I sighed again as I slowly put Alissa down on the floor.

As for Clara, she was still confused as she looked at Shawn with slight confusion,"the two people who killed an entire army of terrorists by destroying the entire Fontaine Building? The ones who saved the entire nation as that building held information to devastate the entire nation. Why are you bringing that topic? Didn't all the people in that building die and no one survived?"

"Not all of them died," I spoke out as I helped Alissa against the wall before continuing,

"Your higher ups know about it but I guess they kept it a secret…Code Black was devised to utilize half of the people to set up bombs and kill the terrorists. While Code White was devised as an escape plan to make sure everyone survives. While Code Black succeeded in killing all the terrorists in that building, Code White could only save about a dozen people on its own."

This time, even Clara realized a bit about my identity.

"Because of the fucking military, who couldn't listen to my advice. Those greedy fuckers that watch over the nation, couldn't even distract the terrorist for mere 5 minutes… Code Black… my childhood best friend, the elder brother of Alissa Rosalyn, Leeway Rosalyn, had to die as 'Hero of the Nation' " I spoke with a glare in my eyes as I looked at Clara.

William just looked at me… he was one of the survivors too… so he understood me more than others…

"You are…" Clara spoke with her eyes widened as she looked into mine.

"The coward who ran away with his tails between his legs. The man who couldn't save even 20% of the people he needed to save. The guy who left his best friend behind… your other 'Hero' of Valentine's Day. I am the one who you call…Code White," I spoke as I looked at Clara.