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Chapter 15 - FREELANCED

"Jake!!, Jake!!...., tsk where the hell is this guy?" Jim thought running ahead of Ellie and Cecil while searching for Jake but what he sees gets him troubled Jake stood still stareing at five infected tearing apart a huge infected, one like he has never seen before.

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(TWO DAYS LATER)

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"how's he doing?" Ellie asked driving the car they were in down the highway

"Still unconscious, he really exhausted himself didn't he?" Cecil replied staring at Jake who was laid on the back seat with jim, they were in a camper a car they found right after getting Jake off the floor at the supermarket

"I don't get it, what exactly did I see while running to meet him" Jim thought his focus on Jake, why were there infected attacking another infected, and why didn't they attack Jake?" Jim thought he could barely remain calm, he already knew something wasn't the same with Jake since the infection spread, but this was a whole other story and he needed answers one that he would never get if Jake remained unconscious

"Ok, I think is about time we switch....., I'm exhausted" Ellie said getting off the driver's seat while Cecil took over, they had been at this for two days and they were yet to find anywhere suitable to rest as there were infecteds at every single place they had tried taking a stop, moreover they needed resources, due to the commotion back at the supermarket they had barely packed anything and most of the resources they found were damaged so they took little

"Anyone got any idea where we are?" Ellie asked

"No, unless we got someone who's able to read a map" Cecil replied

"What do you mean 'READ A MAP'?" Ellie asked

"I kinda happen to come across a map back at the supermarket" Cecil lied, it was so obvious as she seemed to look a little nervous whenShe said it

"Stop lying Cecil I saw you steal that back there" Ellie argued

"No, I didn't steal it, let's say I borrowed it for a bit " Cecil lied again

"Anyways, we can tell our location with this, if we can find someone able to read it" Cecil ended the argument with this statement

"Let me take a look at it, I think I can read it" Jim requested taking the map from Ellie who took it from Cecil's bag

"We're just seven kilometers from the next town it's not that far, would've given a full detail about this town, the length and all that if I had a compass but..., let's say that'd be for later" Jim read watching the car speed up down the highway while still avoiding the left behind and destroyed cars.

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Some minutes past noon after they arrived at the town, it was a small town one could tell by the looks of it, Probably filled with the infected too but that was something they had to figure out later on.

"Ok, I and Cecil will search around for a store, get anything we can need, stay here just in case he wakes up *points at Jake*, and watch over the car, we don't know if anyone may try to steal it" Jim planned, he was starting to act like a leader and was boosting his confidence as well

"If I had done this sooner, those children wouldn't have died" Jim thought blaming himself for the incident back at the school gym

"C'mon, let's go already" Cecil called while Jim followed.

"Guess we'll be having our own little time here" Ellie joked stareing at Jake who still laid unconscious, relaxing her back against the front seat she noticed something odd on Jakes neck, it was a mark, a mark she damn knew too well and would recognize anywhere she was, it was a bite mark, although she was sure it was a bite mark she had to confirm it herself for certain if it was so she got up her seat slowly stretching herself enough to stare at the mark but before she had done this Jakes became conscious

"What the hell are you doing?" Jake asked stareing at Ellie whose face was just above his

"I asked a question Ellie" Jake asked again getting no reply the first time he asked

"Nothing" Ellie replied heading back to her seat her chin rosey red

"Damn...., where are we?.., how long was I out?" Jake asked taking a look around to find a himself in a place he didn't recognize

"And where are Jim and Cecil?, are they ok?" Ke asked again, from the looks of it he had a lot of questions in him and needed answers luckily Ellie helped him with that.

"So you're telling me we stopped here to get resources cuz for some reason we couldn't get enough from the supermarket?" Jake asked

"Yes" Ellie responded, she felt relieved he was but also uneasy after seeing the mark on his neck

"I've got a request for you?" Ellie said

"What is it?" Jake asked he knew Ellie well, she was observant that's for sure and if anyone would have seen the mark on his neck that'd be her, he knew this and had already used his regeneration ability to cover it up

"I saw something on strange on your neck, if it's okey with you can I just confirm it isn't what I think it is?" Ellie requested, he knew was going to say that

"Ok then" Jake replied letting Ellie check if what she had seen was really what it was but she found nothing on his neck which was strange because she would have sworn she saw something there a minute ago

"So??" Jake asked

"Well it's nothing, maybe I was just seeing things" Ellie smiled taking her seat while patiently waiting for him and Cecil to return

"Current stats" Jake thought stareing at the platform in front of him

USER: [JAKE ROGUE]

STRATUM: [25]

RACE: UNDEAD HUMAN

BITES: [1/5]

SKILL: [UNDEAD, UNDEAD TAMER, DEADLY GAZE]

ANTI-SKILL: [UNDEAD WANDERER]

SIDE EFFECT: [MOTIONLESS]

UC: [50/150]

"Motionless?" Jake thought

"Come to think of it, I couldn't move using the new skill..., so that's motionless huh" Jake smiled stareing at the skill he had gotten

"This is gonna make undead hunting a whole lot better than it used to" he laughed within.

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