Stronghold In The Apocalypse - Chapter 278: Have you killed before?

“Understandable, state your names”

Alex cut him off, and Rick was clearly annoyed as he just stared with the edge of his lips slightly twitching.

“Names”

Seeing that the people before him aren’t talking and were just looking at each other, Alex pushed the woman in his hands towards them while saying, “Now, names”

With their eyes that already adjusted to the dark properly, Rick looked around him and sensed that no one wants to take the initiative, so he lightly took a step forward and said, “Rick Dimes”

Soon after him, the man with Asian features said, “Glenn Dree”

Followed by the woman that Alex took hostaged earlier and introduced herself as, “Maggie Dean”

“Tara Masterson” replied the chubby but gorgeous looking woman.

The woman with white hair and probably the eldest among the group introduced herself as, “Carol McBride”

“And I’m Tyreese Coleman”

Introduced last by the dark skinned man while holding a machete in his hand tightly.

As the people before him slowly introduced themselves, Alex accessed a large amount of data stored inside his brain. Soon, the information of the people standing before him slowly appeared before his eyes in holographic virtual pages that only he could see.

“Rick Dimes, a police officer from Georgia, but was on a leave for vacation in Hawaii when the outbreak took place. No outstanding criminal records, and was a competent cop, and has a wife and a kid”

“Glenn Dree, a mechanic, graduated from a community college, but he ended up working as a pizza delivery guy. No criminal records”

“Maggie Dean, born and raised in a farming family, attended college but never graduated. Records, destruction of personal property”

“Tara Masterson, from Atlanta, enrolled at Atlanta police academy. Rap sheet, none”

“Carol McBride, from Florida, married to an abusive husband with one kid. Rap sheet, none”

“Tyreese Coleman, from Atlanta, former NFL player and a car salesman. Rap sheet, none”

‘It seems like I encountered a pretty interesting bunch’ Alex thought while looking at the information of the people from Rick’s group.

Alex was able to access their information because he had stored all of the files of every US citizen back when they were in Washington. It was one of the conditions when they traded weapons with the US government, which the latter immediately obliged when it was requested. After all, it wasn’t really that important anymore when their homeland is facing its ruin.

It wasn’t only the USA, but also the entirety of the United Kingdom. Every citizen’s information was stored inside Alex’s brain and inside Gideon’s database, the A.I that serves Leo.

This is one of the reasons why the colonies rarely faced internal problems as every citizen was strictly screened for all of their information before they were allowed access inside the colonies or become pioneers for new ones.

For those people with the worst criminal records like intentional murder, rape or the any of the worse things that a person can do, such screening was a nightmare for them as it prevented them from entering a safe haven.

And for those with records of thievery, robbing or just any petty charges, they were given a slight leeway in the condition that they are able to kill fifty zombies by their own hands, and only will they be given safe passage, but still under watchful eyes.

Alex looked at them, opened his eyes and finally asked them the most crucial question, “Have any of you killed people before?”

“We did”

“Rick!”

Glen was about to give a roundabout answer, but he didn’t expect that Rick would beat him to it, it would have been fine, but he actually answered the question truthfully, causing him to yell at him in bewilderment!

Hearing his answer, Alex laughed and said, “Good that you’re at least honest, is this all of you or are there others?”

Alex didn’t let them answer as he immediately added, “Bring them over immediately, we’ll bring you guys with us”

“Is that it? You’re just gonna bring us like that?” said Glenn, as he was confused and doubtful with how Alex had easily decided there and then that he would bring them with him, especially when knows that they had killed others before.

Alex was already walking away from them when he heard Glenn’s inquiry, so halted in his steps and looked back, “Yeah, I don’t really mind if you want to cause trouble, but I highly doubt that your group would be alive after that”

“So instead of being doubtful of me, why don’t you go get your friends so we can finally start moving?”

Rick looked at his friends and said, “Glenn, Tyreese, Tara, Carol, go get the others. Maggie and I will keep a lookout here”

“Alright”

And so Glenn and others immediately made their way back inside the building while Rick looked towards Alex disappearing into the dark.

Soon after, they once again heard the sound of the engine from earlier, and Rick and Maggie finally saw what it was, a large customized apocalyptic looking tipper truck.

Rick turned his flashlight on and looked at the monster that gave off the feeling that it was a modern war beast, like a predecessor of the War Elephants that were used in ancient times.

“Rick, isn’t that…Morgan’s truck?”

“Yeah, it is. Is he with them?”

Maggie was shook when she saw the familiar vehicle, and Rick also couldn’t believe it and he even thought that Morgan, a friend of theirs, had already joined this group before them as it has been a while since they had traded with him, but that thought was soon shattered when they heard the following words.

“You know the owner of this truck? We found this a couple while ago, well, not me, but Sir Alex”

The door opened, and they saw Trejo slowly coming down the vehicle with a smile on his face.

“And also, do you mind? Please turn that off, we don’t want others knowing where we are”

Rick quickly switched off the flashlight as he also didn’t expect to make such a beginner mistake and was slightly embarrassed.

“Where did you guys get it? Is Morgan with you?” Maggie immediately asked him as she was concerned about their friend’s well-being.

“Morgan? I don’t know who that is, but-”

“I didn’t see anyone when I found this vehicle, and I assumed it was abandoned so I took it with me”

Sarge didn’t even finish his words when Alex appeared from the other side of the truck and cut him off.

“In fact, it was covered in a large blanket and was clearly not used for a long time when I found it”

Doubtful, Rick stared dead at Alex and said, “Impossible, are you telling me that Morgan possibly died? He has supernatural powers, so I doubt there’s a lot out there that can kill him”

Trejo raised an eyebrow and said, “He’s a mutant? Though being one doesn’t make you invincible”

“Why are we leaving in the middle of the night?”

“Will it be safe?”

Just as they were talking, Glenn and the others finally came back, and along with them were a group of twenty or something people, from kids to elderly.

“Daryl is still injured though, is it fine to move right now? Can’t we wait till tomorrow?”