Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 82

When Anna began to draw blood, she noticed that the color was off from what you would normally expect. Typically, the blood would have a bluish-purple tinge, but the blood in this body was bright red— even brighter than a living person’s.

"This is unlike anything I’ve ever seen," she mumbled to herself. She knew there was certainly something off about this.

"Can you show me where the other bodies are? I want to examine them as well," she asked one of the members of Alpha Team who had come here earlier.

He led Anna to the street in front of the warehouse store, where the other bodies lay. Anna bent down and inspected the other three bodies, finding similarities between them all.

"This is certainly something. I won’t know for sure until we get back and I can run a few blood tests, but this doesn’t seem like a disease," she stated, giving her initial opinion.

Once Anna finished, she, along with the rest of the members of Alpha Team, packed up and set off back to the base.

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Rayne woke up late the next morning. It was already early morning when she finally left Julian’s room and went to sleep.

Laying on her bed, she smiled brightly, thinking about her time with Julian yesterday. They had so many different topics to talk about, and she felt like she had learned a lot more about him.

She got dressed after taking a shower and got to work, busying herself in the communal kitchen area. Today, she decided to make a large amount of pancakes— some for herself and extras to freeze and reheat later.

As she finished mixing the batter and pouring it carefully on the hot griddle, she realized that it had been oddly quiet this morning. Usually, Noah would have come by for his third cup of coffee by now, but she didn’t see or hear anyone.

Shrugging her shoulders, she continued to focus on cooking, and a while later, she had a few tall stacks of pancakes. Walking over to the table, she sat down to eat her portion while it was still hot. She took this time to allow the other pancakes to cool down so that she could package them properly and place them in the freezer for later use.

"Oh, I forgot the syrup!" she said and quickly looked around before opening up her system to take out a bottle of natural maple syrup.

Just as she began to eat, Julian, Noah, and Ian came running into the kitchen.

"What smells so good?!" asked Noah, sniffing the air. Ian looked around the kitchen, spotting the steaming stacks of pancakes, and quickly walked over to fill his plate.

Julian saw Rayne sitting at the table and came over to sit beside her. "Good morning! Wow, these look amazing. We practically ran up from the lab once we smelled the delicious scent."

"Good morning!" smiled Rayne. "So you were all holed up in the lab! I was wondering where everyone went."