Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 90

Damien’s Base

Leader Ace woke up early to meet his new recruits. He wanted to set out early so that he could bring back any useful information to his boss, Dillon, making up for his mistake.

As he approached the new recruit housing area, he was pleased to see that the men he picked out were all standing outside, eagerly waiting to prove themselves.

"Okay, good. You’re all here. Let’s move out. I’ll tell you what you need to do when we get there," he said in a commanding tone.

The men all stood up straight, wanting to appear more capable in front of him. "Yes, sir!" they shouted.

Ace then motioned for them to follow him as he walked out of the hidden base. They walked for a while before they finally reached the street where the warehouse store was located.

"Okay, our mission today is to investigate and retrieve any weapons. There was a shootout here earlier, and I need to know what sort of weapon was used to kill. Two of you will search the bodies over there and bring back any evidence. The rest of you will follow me into that broken building."

The men quickly split up and began doing their tasks. Ace walked over to the old post office building where he had previously thrown the grenade and looked around.

He was certain that the person who shot his men was hiding inside this building, but after carefully searching for any signs of someone being there, he didn’t find anything.

"Hey, boss, we found these strange bullets in each of the dead bodies," said one of the men. He had a little bit of firearm experience, which is why he could tell that something about the bullets was off.

Ace turned around and looked at the three dark bullets in his hand. "Why are there only three? There should be four."

"Sir, there were only three bodies in the street. Each man was shot once. I can tell by the wound," he replied, confused.

Ace frowned. "There should be four bodies, not three. Take a look around and see if you can find anything else."

The man left after handing over the three bullets. Ace looked down at his hand, feeling the abnormal weight of the bullets. "I’ll have to bring this to Boss Dillon."

As he was examining the bullets, another one of his men came over. "Leader, we can’t find any signs of a dead person. There should be at least blood, but there’s nothing around. We even moved the heavy debris to look underneath."

Just as Ace was going to reply, another man walked over. "Leader, we found the fourth body behind this broken building. The clothes were cut off the same way as the other bodies."

"Bring me to it," he replied, wanting to verify the identity of the body. The man led Ace behind the building, where he found the body that Anna had inspected earlier.

Kneeling down, Ace carefully looked over the naked body. He noticed the needle marks on its arm. "It looks like someone was drawing blood. I’ll need to report this as soon as possible."