The one who never wanted make an to effort

[P.O.V Emma]

I had to explain the situation to my superiors, who were obviously not happy, but after explaining the situation, their treatment changed a lot.

I was even promoted to lieutenant, for discovering something new about zombies and eliminating the first O-.

I wanted to refuse, since most of the credit goes to the engineer, but a high rank can help me with the girl.

And sure enough, if it wasn't for my rank she would have been sacrificed at that moment, just like the rest of the zombies in the camp.

The most I got was to be held captive to observe her behavior, without any experimentation.

It was not difficult, she is an A,B and her behavior is the strangest.

The weird thing is that she hardly moves, as if she's waiting for something or someone.

As for the situation with the engineer, no one demanded that he leave the store, most believe that he is another frustrated investigator, trying to find a cure.

And exactly he is.

He has not left since then, he has not eaten or drunk anything in these 2 days.

I'll have to send him something to eat or for sure he will die.

They assigned me a new platoon, and they sent me on various missions with them.

If I learned something from the engineer it is to completely stop thinking like a soldier, shooting doesn't solve all problems now.

Now the enemy's physical abilities and weaknesses must be taken into account unlike before.

As soldiers, we were primarily trained to aim well and shoot, taking down our target easily, that doesn't work with these zombies.

All the missions were successful and helped me to have a better reputation.

And I don't like it, I failed earlier making the entire camp infected, and still get promoted, just to find out more about these zombies.

After this is all over, I'll be retiring, this being a soldier might not be my thing.

There was a particular mission that made me make this decision.

That day we were investigating the possible sighting of another O- in the south of the state, so the tension could be felt in the air.

We found no trace of the O-, so we took it as a false alarm, but the investigation continued with other platoons.

That day when we were about to leave, an AB+ zombie rammed one of my soldiers from the side.

We were able to eliminate the zombie, and the soldier did not take very serious damage.

But, when I saw the body of the zombie I noticed something strange, I felt that I knew his face from somewhere.

And indeed she was one of my childhood friends, who was bright and smiling all the time.

And then reality hit me.

This is what I do to unknown people in each mission, to end their loved ones who only had bad luck, who were never to blame.

I eliminate them simply because the mission says so and my superiors, I don't even do it because I consider it correct.

Since that day I made the decision to retire when this is over, the only thing that keeps me from retiring now is my duty to the engineer to take care of his daughter.

It's the least I can do for him.

And so we spent two months of missions and no hope about the cure.

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After two months I went to the store to give the engineer the bad news.

Investigators no longer have an interest in the girl, she just sits waiting and without any indication of moving.

The only way to keep her alive for a little longer would be to use her as a rat of laboratory, and I highly doubt the engineer will let that happen.

So I go to the store where the engineer has been for these months.

I had to have someone send his food daily, he has never left that store since.

Being in front of the store I took a deep breath and went inside.

Upon entering I was able to realize several things.

The engineer dressed in a lab coat is emaciated and can barely stand on his own.

Everything is a disaster there are books lying everywhere, all volumes of medicine and even botany.

"How are you feeling engineer?, you should take a break" I said with concern.

"That doesn't matter, I already managed to create a vaccine" Ken said slowly and without looking at Emma.

At that I was shocked.

A vaccine?.

How could he create a vaccine in two months and without being an expert in medicine?

"It's in that place" Ken said pointing to a small corked tube.

"Engineer, are you sure about this?" I asked suspiciously.

"That's right, I tried it on myself" -Ken.

I took the little tube and started walking out of the store without asking questions.

"Sergeant" -Ken.

I stopped for a moment to hear what he was going to say.

"How is my daughter?" -Ken.

"She's fine, if this vaccine works I can make them keep her alive" I said calmly.

"I see, in that case I'm sure she'll be fine" Ken said with a small and almost imperceptible smile.