Change Plans

>Sheloah's POV<

Tiningnan ko ang Sniper Team at dahan-dahang tumaas si Sir Erick sa tabi namin. "Lucky our team made it alive but we are the ones that will protect all of them," sabi niya sa aming lahat at nakita namin na nandito sa lahat ng ibang groups. 'Yong iba nawawalan ng isa o kaya dalawang members and Sir Erick sighed.

"Sir, we need to change plans," suggest ni Tito John sa kanya and Sir Erick nodded.

"Plan B. Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 will stick together. Groups 5, 6, and 7 will stay together. Groups 1-4, you take group 1's route going to the meeting place. Groups 5-7, take the route of group 6 going to the meeting place. Sniper Team and Strike Team will remain together and take the lead in the main route," explain ni Sir Erick sa bagong plano at lahat kami tumango bilang sagot.

Kami dapat ang mauuna dahil habang papunta sila papunta sa meeting place, kaming Sniper Team pupunta sa deck para atakihin ang mga zombies malapit sa kanila. Ang Strike Team naman po-protektahan ang Sniper Team dahil may tataas na mga zombies papunta sa deck kung sakali.

"Is everyone here with us," tanong ni Tito John at walang sumagot.

"Hintay na lang po tayo ng 30 seconds bago tayo umalis," sabi ko at lahat sila tumingin sa akin. "Baka may mga makatakas pa at pwedeng sumama sa atin," dagdag sabi ko pa at tiningnan nila ako pero naiintindihan nila ako.

"Okay… prepare things needed before take off. Reload your guns, equip your weapons thoroughly," utos pa ni Tito Jun at lahat na sila nag prepare bago kami umalis.

"Shoot, shoot, shoot them down… kill them all now. Bang, bang, bang, bang… life is but a dream," kanta ni Ashley habang nire-reload niya ang sniper rifle niya.

Ang tono niya parang Row Your Boat na nursery rhyme at bigla kong naalala ang High School of the Dead na anime. Medyo napipikon ako kasi parang ine-enjoy pa ni Ashley ang nangyayari ngayon at ang iba naman masyadong seryoso at natatakot. He seems over-confident.

"Let's go," deretsyohang sabi ni Sir Erick at lahat kami bumaba. They went in their own groups and now we are ready for take off.

Tinignan namin ang isa't-isa. "It's now or never. Best way is to run than to attack. You might become bait yourselves," sabi ni Tito Jun at lahat kami nakatingin sa daanan sa harapan namin.

"Good luck and keep safe," sabi naman ni Tito John at lahat na kami tumakbo paalis ng NLEX, papunta sa sarili naming rota papunta sa meeting place.

Maraming nahakarang na kotse so we mostly climbed up the cars and continued running. Kasama namin ang pilot at nasa gitna siya ng Sniper at Strike team. Our priority right now is to keep him safe because if he dies…

We will all die here.

Tiningnan ko ang area namin at pansin ko na ang ibang grupo pumunta na sa route nila papunta sa meeting place.

Nilapitan ako ni Kreiss at tiningnan niya ako ng seryoso. "Don't be too risky now, princess," sabi niya sa akin at inirapan ko siya.

"Focus on the job, Kreiss," sabi ko sa kanya and he just smirked at me and looked ahead while we're all running towards our meeting place.

Marami na nga ang nawala sa amin kanina. May nawawala parin bas a amin ngayon? Sunod-sunod na ang masasamang nangyayari sa mission naming ito. Hindi namin talaga maiiwasan ang mga masasakit na experience tulad nito. The world is indeed cruel despite its beautiful life.

It will always be an endless cycle of cause and effect.