14 Enemies are Bound to Meet on a Narrow Road

The scream woke everyone at the Gate as they looked around blearily. The men in black hoodies froze. Taking this time, Aida quickly subdued the three men. "Who are you people and why are you trying to go through my bag?" Aida spoke in a demanding tone, garnering everyone's attention.

She purposely lead with these words to remind everyone to check their bags. One by one, the people at the Gate checked their bags and realized they were missing things.

The outrage began. "Hey! Where's my phone?" "Where's my battery pack?" "Where are my chips?" "Why can't I find my underwear?"

"..."

Despite kneeling on the floor, none of the hooded men were fearful. Rather, they threatened the crowd instead, "If you all don't let us go right now, prepare for your funerals."

Aida tapped her chin thoughtfully as she watched on. They must have some confidence in the Boss they mentioned earlier.

Right on cue, two familiar figures showed up. It was Blondy, the man who stopped them when they first arrived at the airport, and Mark, the sexist coworker who doubted her ability to survive in an apocalypse. Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.

A sneer began to form on her face. Birds of a feather indeed flock together. The glint in her eye was seen by Ace who was now completely alert. He shuddered and sent a silent prayer to her new victims.

Blondy was wearing a mask which covered his face, but his blonde hair was still recognizable. He raised his gun and pointed it at the crowd, "Everyone shut up!"

Then directed his gaze towards the hooded men who were clearly his allies. "Get up and bring that girl."

It looks like Blondy still hadn't given up on the idea of harassing her. This made her job a lot easier. Before getting up, she made sure to shoot a look over to Ace to warn him not to make a move. She didn't want him to ruin her fun. Ace, who had become accustomed to Aida's habits, sat down and prepared to watch the show.

The hooded men roughly pulled her along as they picked up all the items they stole. When they arrived before Blondy, he smirked, "Bet you never thought you'd see me again huh cutie?"

Mark also chimed in with a greedy and lascivious look on his face, "Hehehe Boss, after you get a taste of her, can you pass her over to me? She was my coworker and I had been eyeing her for a long time. I can't wait to break that cold, aloof facade."

Blondy casually waved his gun, "Sure, sure. You can do whatever you want, the world is ending anyway. No one will miss one insignificant girl even if she's pretty."

With that, the group walked away towards a different Gate. During this entire time, nobody at the Gate made a sound or attempted to resist. They did not protest when Aida was forced to follow these criminals despite knowing what would happen to her if she landed in their grasp.

Luckily, Aida had already gotten used to human nature and was not in the least bothered by the situation.

Little did she know, her self-proclaimed servant quietly packed up all their items and was quietly following behind. He was lagging just enough that the men wouldn't notice him.

Their walk was neither a long nor short one. Turns out, they situated themselves in a different wing that was supposedly shut down, which is why Aida hadn't encountered them when she did the walk through for food and water.

When they arrived at the new Gate, there was one person sitting as a guard with a gun in his hand.

'6 is easy,' thought Aida. She just needed to wait for them to get close enough to the 6th person before doing anything to ensure that neither of the guns would hit her. She had the element of surprise as none of them took her seriously at all. They truly thought she was just some helpless girl.

The guard walked over casually, whistling, "Wow, that's some good quality product. Good catch Boss."

Blondy responded, "You like her too? I'll let you all have a taste of her after I'm done."

"Tsk, bunch of garbage." It was time to act.

"What did you say?!" screamed Blondy who reached out to slap her.

Before he reached her, she had already moved right in front of him and grabbed his gun. Using the gun, she shot the other guard, while simultaneously stabbing Blondy in the heart.

Then she did a front roll and landed where the other gun was dropped. Picking it up, she tucked it into her pants to free up her arms and attacked the three hooded guys. She efficiently killed them with a direct stab to the carotid as she did in the hotel lobby.

All this happened within 30 seconds of the guard coming up to them. She looked over and was surprised to see Blondy still half alive. His mask had dropped to the ground, revealing his face that was red with fever. He had become infected as well.

"I... won't... let... you... live that.... easily..." Blondy said with difficulty. By all rights, he should have been dead, but it appears being infected means having a stronger life force as well.

With all his energy, he spat blood onto her face. Aida immediately shot him through the head, he was truly dead this time. Then Aida turned to Mark and smiled eerily at him. Her murderous aura combined with a face full of blood made her look fiendish.