Having obtained the car keys, the two did not hesitate.
They walked quickly out of the reception room, grabbed a car remote from the iron box at random, and followed the two crisp “chirp-chirp” sounds to find the car belonging to the remote.
Brian told Sarah to stay alert to the surrounding environment.
Although he didn’t know why the car keys had been put together, judging from the location where the car keys were placed, it was highly likely that the people who lived here would return, so they had to hurry.
He opened the driver’s side door and plopped inside, but he couldn’t get the car to start no matter what.
Looking at the dashboard, he discovered that the fuel tank was already empty.
“Damn it, why is the fuel tank empty!” He hurriedly got out of the car and tried the remaining keys, only to find that the fuel tanks of every car here were empty, which left him speechless.
No wonder these car keys were put together; it turned out someone had siphoned all the fuel out of them.
But what puzzled him was that there was a Gas Station right across the street, so why siphon the fuel from these cars?
Brian sighed helplessly, opened the car door, and said, “Sarah, I’m going to the Gas Station to get a can of fuel, you…” But before he could finish his sentence, he turned his head and discovered that Sarah was holding her hands high, and standing behind her was a little girl with blonde hair, pointing a shotgun at her back.
This startled Brian, and he reached for the pistol at his waist, but at that moment, a cold voice from behind stopped his next move.
“Kid, you had better not do that, otherwise you will definitely regret it.” Hearing the voice that suddenly appeared behind him, Brian’s body froze in place, knowing that he had been far too careless this time.
Now he dared not act rashly.
Although he didn’t know if the person behind him was bluffing, judging from the shotgun in the girl’s hand, the person behind him was likely holding a gun as well.
After all, in the “free” country of the United States, obtaining a gun was really not a difficult thing.
Brian didn’t dare to risk his life either, so he raised his hands high and said, “We are just passing through, please don’t hurt us.” “Back up, go to that open space over there, and face me.” But the person behind him did not answer his question; instead, he told them to back up to the open ground on the side.
The situation was dire.
Brian and Sarah exchanged a look and slowly backed away, hands still held high, until they retreated to an open area in the Parking Lot and stopped.
Opposite them, the figure who had been standing behind Brian revealed his true appearance.
It was a middle-aged man around thirty years old, holding a hunting rifle and wearing a cowboy hat.
He said to the blonde girl bOsborn and Kellyeside him, “Kelly, go search them.” “Oh.” The blonde girl named Kelly, who was holding the shotgun, responded, slung the shotgun on her back, came up behind Brian and Sarah, searched everything on them, and checked their bodies to confirm if they had been bitten.
When she saw the bandages wrapped around Brian’s hands, she asked nervously, “What happened to the wound on your hand?” Looking at her nervous expression, Brian knew what she was afraid of and answered truthfully, “It was scratched by glass shards.” Hearing this, Kelly breathed aOsborn and Kelly sigh of relief, but still lifted the bandage slightly to take a look.
After confirming the wound, she took the items and walked back to the middle-aged man, saying, “Alright, the things are all here, and they don’t have any bite marks on them.” The middle-aged man affectionately patted his daughter’s head, looked up at Brian and Sarah in front of him, adjusted his cowboy hat, and said with a hint of apology, “Sorry, kids.
Although I know this is wrong, but…
we have encountered many things in the past few days, so please understand.” As he spoke, the middle-aged man placed the pistols, daggers, and other weapons confiscated from Brian and Sarah onto a car nearby, then lowered the hunting rifle in his hand and introduced himself.
“My name is Osborn, and this is my daughter Kelly.
Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you.
I saw that you came down from the highway.
Where are you from?” Seeing that the other party really didn’t seem to have any intention of hurting them, Brian breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the middle-aged man who called himself Osborn and said slowly, “My name is Brian, and she is Sarah.
We escaped from Austin and are planning to head to Dallas.
We stopped here because of our car.” “Escaped from Austin?” Osborn frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the riddled car at the intersection not far away, and asked with some confusion, “Then what about the bullet holes on your car?” “…” Hearing this question, Brian fell silent.
He didn’t know whether he should tell the man in front of him about this matter or make up a lie to gloss over it.
After hesitating for a while, he decided to tell the truth.
“There was Military presence near Austin.
They blocked the highway exit, preparing to clear out the entire infected area.
We rushed out before they were ready.
The bullet holes on the car were made by their rifles.” “What?” Osborn and Kelly were both stunned when they heard this.
They looked at each other, their faces full of astonishment.
Watching the expressions of the two, Brian knew they didn’t believe him, so he recounted their experiences when the plague broke out, the screams they heard in the morning, how they rushed through the blockade point, and the process of accidentally obtaining the record sheet.
After listening to Brian’s account, Osborn still found it hard to believe.
He was a former Army lieutenant.
As a Soldier who once served the United States, he found it hard to believe what The Boy in front of him was saying, so he asked, “Where is that record sheet?” Brian was slightly stunned, pointed to his car, and said, “It’s in the car.
You can go get it yourselves.” “Kelly, go get it!” Hearing Brian’s answer, Osborn subconsciously called out his daughter’s name, but didn’t hear a response for a long time.
Turning his head to look, he found that she had already run into the car to search for it.
Seeing this, he shook his head and gave a helpless, bitter smile.
A moment later, Kelly came running back, hopping and skipping, and handed the things she had found to her father.
“If you run off without a word again, watch out, I’ll spank you.” Taking the items from his daughter, Osborn pretended to be angry and scolded her, raising the clipboard in his hand as if to hit her.
“Blehh—” Seeing that her father seemed to really want to hit her, Kelly quickly ran to the side and made a very funny face.
Sarah watched the intimate interaction between the father and daughter, her eyes full of envy, but when she thought of her own father, her eyes became dim.
Brian, who was beside her, saw her like this, walked over to her side, and gently patted her back, hoping to alleviate her sadness.
Osborn watched the interaction between the two kids in front of him silently, and slowly began to lower his guard.
He looked down at the operation sheet in his hand, but the line “Indiscriminate clearance of the infected area” caused his expression to change abruptly.
If he was only half-believing at the beginning, then after seeing this operation sheet, he completely believed it.
He was all too familiar with this type of form; he didn’t understand why the Government would issue such a crazy order.
With a grim expression, he put away the operation sheet.
Osborn temporarily suppressed these thoughts in his heart.
After all, he was still in the infected area, and even if he knew about these things, there was nothing he could do.
So he had to tell his old comrade still in the Military about this matter as soon as possible.
Focusing his attention back on the children in front of him, he picked up the things placed on the car and walked to Brian.
From the conversation just now, he could feel that this was a very smart and independent boy, and judging from his subtle physical reactions, this boy was always thinking about protecting the girl beside him.
Osborn had always had a good impression of people with such precious qualities and was willing to trust such people.
In this terrible time, wanting to easily trust others was really a difficult thing, even if the other party was just a young boy.
Handing the things back into The Boy’s hands, Osborn explained softly, “Sorry, because we encountered some bad things a few days ago, we are now very wary of strangers.
I am really sorry for treating you like that just now.” “It’s okay, I understand.” Having regained his weapons, Brian felt slightly more at ease and expressed his understanding, because if it were him, he would have done the same thing.
Even if he confirmed that the other party was not a bad person, whether he would have returned the Firearms to the other party, to be honest, was not certain.
But he was still a bit puzzled as to why the other party was so wary of the two of them.
Osborn looked at The Boy with a smile, pointed to the RV in the corner, and said to him, “The things you just told me are very important.
We happen to be planning to go to Dallas too.
How about we go together?” “Huh?” Hearing the invitation, Brian was a little stunned.
You were just pointing a gun at me, aren’t you afraid of me taking revenge?
But then he thought about it and realized that this didn’t seem like a bad thing.
Although the remaining journey was only two or three hours long, no one knew what the road ahead would be like.
After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and accepted the other party’s invitation.