Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Only a few minutes had passed when I saw Chloe jauntily skipping away as she made her way towards the vehicle. And since the windows were a little tinted, she had to lean in by the passenger’s side window first to see where I was. But before she could even knock, I unlocked the door for her which she excitedly opened, and she let herself in and closed the door before looking at me a certain way.

Turns out, she asked Kaley for permission to keep me ‘entertained’ while they were busy getting their clothes tailored so we quickly made our way to the backseat as we ‘entertained’ each other.

But yeah, she didn’t know what she signed up for after she had her way with me because when I had my way with her, let’s just say she needed a change of underwear and probably some water and electrolytes—maybe even a full meal—to replenish herself. Furthermore, it was pretty obvious she lost feeling in her legs but the way she was smiling as we were making our way to the hospital was making everyone else a little regretful they stayed the whole hour inside the tailoring shop.

Mimi turned to Chloe before we exited the vehicle, “C-Comb your hair! You don’t want your mom to notice—”

Chloe shook her head but still pulled out a comb from her pocket, “I doubt she will, but alright~”

Mimi handed over her hair tie to Chloe then turned to us four, “Before I forget, the hospital doesn’t allow deadly weapons of any kind inside so you can either leave them here or by the guards. It’s your choice.”

Quinn and Tatiana spoke up at the same time, “I’ll stay here./I’m not going in there…”

I glanced at the two as I removed the visible deadly weapons from my war belt though I completely removed my chest rig, “Take care of these, alright?” then I turned to Kaley, “You coming?”

“Yep,” Kaley nodded as she began to remove the same things I did.

On any other day, I would’ve left my hidden knives in my belt, my shoes, etc. but seeing the guards were only using a piece of a drumstick to check everyone’s bags and whatnot, I decided to bring them with me just in case. They had this scanner thingamajigs by the entrances but I guess other things had more priority when it comes to electricity.

However, once Kaley pulled the hidden knife on her belt and the ones hidden in the heels of her shoes, Mimi gave me this particular glare that made me droop my head low, making me unarm myself while looking at Kaley a certain way.

And yeah, the look on Kaley’s face told me that she definitely fucked up and was definitely embarrassed but I just shook my head and dryly chuckled as I smacked her butt and went on a few steps ahead of everybody.

𝒐𝓋𝗅xt.𝗇𝓔t

The university’s hospital had seven floors and two basement floors in total, and compared to the other buildings the university had, it looked to be the most brand-new and where more of the funds were directed at because it was right next to our huge-ass gate where the two could act as ‘covers’ because let’s face it, almost everyone judges a book by its cover.

But yeah, the apocalypse hadn’t been kind to our hospital as well—the offline scanners, for example—but I noticed that the cameras were still working though the little devil in my head laughed at the thought of what could’ve happened on the patients on life support. It was one of the darkest jokes I’ve thought of in a while but I’m pretty sure that whatever was the decision made for them, the ones who kept them alive were either loaded with credits or were being bled dry every single day.

In any case, getting inside wasn’t an issue—because a lady guard was present to check Kaley, Mimi, Chloe, and the other women that would enter—but I was still given judgy looks when they saw the tattoo sleeve on my arm.

But Kaley nudged me almost immediately, wearing a faint smile, “Don’t worry about them, want me to get a small one just to spite them next time?”

Mimi followed, “I-I’d have one too but I’m scared of n-needles poking my skin…”

Then Chloe came in and whispered, “You took something much bigger, no?”

“B-Bigger? What— Oh— OH! Chloeee~! Nooo~ we don’t talk about that here! S-Stop teasing me!”

At that moment, Mimi was once again red through her neck as she tried to bury her face in my sides, but right as everyone was having a good time, Chloe went completely silent as she glanced at a familiar figure by the waiting area. Furthermore, she put up the hoodie she was wearing as she stood behind me, and she motioned for us to use a different passage that would bypass the waiting area.

I took one look at the person annoying one of the hospital staff and discovered that it was Lopez, and as much as I wanted him to lose his head just from seeing us walk in with Chloe, I figured it was a bad move at this point and judging by Chloe’s reaction from seeing him, it was a really, really bad move at this point.

Mimi looked concerned, “What’s wrong? Oh, it’s just your dad, right? He’s just here to see you—”

Chloe replied with a completely dismissive tone, “I don’t wanna see him right now, no. C-Can we just— We can walk inside the emergency room since Mimi’s with us then there’s a door there that would lead to my Mom’s office— W-What are we doing here again?”

I replied, “We’re here to see your mom actually—”

“Wait, why?”

I just shook my head as I held her arm with one hand and placed my arm on Mimi’s shoulder then moved forward, “We’ll talk on the way, your bitch-ass dad looked like he hasn’t slept a wink… If I could just leave him here I could but there’s consequences—”

Kaley followed while she was covering Chloe’s frame with her body, “Quick! Quick! He almost saw us!”

In any case, we quickly made our way to the emergency room and we were easily let in because they saw Mimi with us, and we easily passed two more doors before we were in the clear and in one of the main wings of the hospital.

It seemed to not be as busy as I thought it would but Chloe quickly made her way to one of the nurses she recognized and I could hear most of their conversation.

“H-Hi! I’m—”

“Chloe, what are you doing here? Looking for your mom, Dr. Lopez?”

Chloe had never looked so demure, “Yes, actually… I-Is she busy or—”

“You’re in luck, she just finished her rounds and is probably in her office.”

“G-Great! Oh, has she eaten yet? She’s pretty tired, right? H-How much are those cinnamon rolls and—”

The nurse just smiled at her gently, “Just get one for you and your mom, no worries. Mrs. Edna baked them, a little stale but it’s still pretty good! You can heat them in the microwave in her office.”

“C-Can I make her s-some coffee too— Wait, she should sleep… Can I make her some tea or some hot milk or something first?”

“Of course, dear. I hate to leave you on your own but I gotta see this patient—”

“O-Oh! No worries! I’m with my friends! T-Thank you!”

“Oh? Alright, then. See you later, Chloe. Bye~”

At this point, we eventually loomed over her and helped ourselves to the “free” food offered to us but I started to ruffle her hair as I was smiling at her. But yeah, she instantly tried to move away from me but since her hands were full, some of the strands were covering her face as she was cutely glaring at me.

“W-Why’d you do that for?!” she exclaimed as she tried to fix her hair by blowing on it helplessly.

I chuckled, “You really love your mom, huh?”

“N-No, I don’t…”

“If you say so~ Just don’t get mad for too long. You only have one mom in your life, remember that…” I said solemnly.

“O… O-Okay…”

At that moment, Chloe was a little taken aback by my words and my expression but she motioned us to follow behind her while she was carrying a plate of pastries and a warm cup of milk. She looked rather happy that her mom finally had some time to rest and she even peeked through the small glass partition before trying to open the door with her butt.

In any case, I took it upon myself to open the door as slowly as possible, and from the way Chloe and Mimi were acting, it seemed like the person sleeping soundly on the sofa was Dr. Lopez, Chloe’s Mom.

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But yeah, it had never been quiet at this point because now, we were just watching Chloe’s Mom sleep and it was bordering on being—no, it’s super creepy. And I did have some business with her but I’m pretty sure that not only Chloe and Mimi but also Kaley would get mad at me if I tried to wake her up.

So we ended up watching her sleep for several minutes.

‘Chloe definitely got her looks from her Mom though… Thank the fucking divines…’

However, it didn’t take long before her pager jolted her awake, and she almost fell flat on her face as she tried to look for it, but she turned it off after looking at the small message it had. It looked to be something minor, judging from her expression, but everyone could see the tiredness in her eyes and after that, she tried to massage her back as much as she could reach by her shoulder.

‘Why’s no one speaking?’ I thought to myself as I glanced at Chloe and the rest.

But at that point, Dr. Lopez got up and slowly stretched without noticing us and she walked over to her table and pulled out a “device”, a certain device made of silicone that was powered by batteries for “massages” and some “probing”. But once she licked the tip of it, turned it on, and was about to go “downtown”, all hell broke loose.

Chloe was red through her neck and eyes so fucking wide as shouted at the top of her lungs, “MOM! STOP! W-WE’RE HERE!”

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”