“So, lady, you need help? Well, have no fear! The Brotherhood is here!” [Jason]

“Hell yeah!?” [Gary]

“““HELL YEAH!””” [Brotherhood]

The six individuals who called themselves members of the Brotherhood and Ladyhood were getting excited again after seeing Jessica.

“T-thank you, but I-I don’t need help anymore!” [Jessica]

The glasses-wearing woman, though a bit scared, quickly denied them.

“As you can see, Ryner already got me out! He killed all of the zombies!” [Jessica]

“Well, damn, that’s awesome. Where did you burn the bodies to keep them dead? Nah, more important than that, you’re not safe, not here out in the streets. Come with us. We’ll take you to the Brotherhood.” [Jason]

Jason said and pointed behind him.

“It’s a bit of a trek, but we know the route and some safe places where we can spend the night if the sun sets.” [Jason]

“Ohhh, spend the night…” [Gary]

“Stop it, Gary, you’re giving us bad ideas!” [Taj]

“Too late, bro! My mind’s in the gutter and it’s beautiful!” [Tommy]

“Hold it in, bro! She’s definitely a Diamond-Class!” [Tucker]

“Damn it! Being Gold-Class really sucks right now!” [Tahir]

While observing the young men squirming and wrestling with their inner turmoil, Ryner glanced at Jessica from the corner of his eye. Hunched over, she was holding her hands together in front of her chest. A ghastly pale expression was on her face.

“I kind of want to see the Brotherhood.” [Ryner]

“!” [Jessica]

When he muttered so, Jessica looked at him in disbelief and distress.

“What do you think?” [Ryner]

“I-I don’t… Want to…!” [Jessica]

“Sure.” [Ryner]

She fearfully expressed her desire to which he simply and quickly acknowledged.

“That’s what she said. So, just tell me where your base is and I’ll come visit another time.” [Ryner]

“… Now that won’t do, man.” [Jason]

Jason scoffed. His friends stopped making noise.

“You see, we were told to search the city for supplies AND for survivors. To build up our forces against the zombie apocalypse and all that.” [Jason]

He said with a smile as he thumped his chest with his right hand.

“So, we need to bring back some zombie-killing brothers and some beautiful people. Not the oldies and the weak, but the fast and furious!” [Jason]

“I’m not beautiful.” [Ryner]

“I didn’t say, nobody cares if you’re beautiful, dude!” [Jason]

The leader of the group shouted, sounding exasperated.

“Beautiful men should die.” [Gary]

Gary took the chance to add his opinion.

“““Hell yeah.””” [Brotherhood]

Everyone agreed with him.

“Cool it, G, T-bros!” [Jason]

“““Who are you calling T-bros?!””” [T-bros]

“Whatevs! Look, if you were alone, maybe it’ll fly. But, now that we saw such a mighty fine gem of a lady, we need to at least bring her back. If we don’t, our top dog will find out because he ALWAYS finds out and then we’re the ones who’ll be in trouble! So, could you please, follow us?” [Jason]

The Brotherhood silently stared at the black-haired man that had an odd, white eye. Each person was no longer joking around. They were tightly holding onto their weapons and giving off an aura of coercion. Ryner, under their pointed gazes, casually dropped his duffel bag, grabbed Jessica by the wrist and pulled her behind him.

“Yeah, no. And I’ll beat you up if you try to take her by force.” [Ryner]

“… Then I’m sorry, dude. Ladies before bros.” [Jason]

Jason lifted his handgun and aimed at him. He pulled the trigger. The loud, explosive noise of a gunshot resonated in everyone’s ears. The muzzle flashed brightly for an instant from the ignition of the gunpowder. The bullet flew towards its target’s chest like an invisible arrow. However, it did not hit. Ryner blocked it using the side of the head of his sledgehammer that he had placed right in front of him.

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“… Wait… Whaaaaaa…?!” [Jason]

That unanticipated move left Jason and his friends in shock, their mouths agape. It caused them to freeze up long enough for Ryner to hide behind the closest car on his right with Jessica in tow.

“Take off your backpack, lay down flat on the ground and stay quiet.” [Ryner]

He told her and, though scared, she swiftly complied with his instructions and stayed prone on his right.

“DUDE! YOU BLOCKED A BULLET!!” [Jason]

“Yeah, and it slammed the sledgehammer into my chest! That hurts, you know!” [Ryner]

Crouched low, he answered Jason’s surprised yell as he took off his backpack, zipped it open and retrieved his revolver.

“Ohhh, we totally could use you, but… Ladies first!” [Jason]

“Yeah, not bros before ho-geh!” [Gary]

“Shut it, G! Taj, you’re up!” [Jason]

Upon his leader’s order, the one called Taj approached the car with his gun aimed at it.

“Sure thing, Jay. Because real bros don’t gang up on a single dude when we’ve got GUNS! No, that’s not the popular man’s way! Real bros go for the kill alone! THIS IS THE WA-!” [Taj]

BANG

Taj got shot in the head, died and fell on his back.

“Oh hell naw!” [Jason]

The five remaining Brotherhood members flinched in fear, but quickly ducked and ran for cover.

“YOU HAD A GUN!?” [Jason]

Jason yelled while sitting behind a car.

“Yeah, but I’m running low on ammo, so that’s your only warning shot!” [Ryner]

“Headshots are NOT warning shots, dude! and THAT was a dumb thing to say!” [Jason]

The dark-skinned man leaned out of cover and shot continuously at the car where Ryner was hiding, puncturing its body.

“AHHH YOU HIT JESSICA!!!” [Ryner]

“OH DAMN, REALLY?!!” [Jason]

“No, but you might if you continue firing blindly! You think cars are bulletproof?!” [Ryner]

“THIS MOTHERF-! FLANK HIM, BROS!” [Jason]

The five young men spread out, running from vehicle to vehicle to stay out of sight. To make sure that their target stayed still, they began shooting at him, but avoided hitting the car. As such, Tommy, Tucker and Tahir pulled out their semi-automatic pistols that they had tucked in their pants behind them to lay down suppressive fire. The sound of five handguns loudly firing at irregular intervals from five different positions could be heard.

“Wait, all of you have guns?!” [Ryner]

“Hell yeah!” [Jason]

Jason replied to Ryner’s question while putting a new clip of magazine in his pistol.

“I only found one so far! Isn’t this unfair?!” [Ryner]

“Every Gold-Class brother gets an available handgun! You should have joined us, dude!” [Jason]

“I’m platinum!” [Ryner]

“It’s not a real class!” [Jason]

Even as he complained, Ryner was keeping track of the movements of his enemies by the noise of their gunshots. So, without looking, he raised his right hand holding the revolver out of cover and fired.

BANG

The bullet penetrated the chest of Tommy, who was approaching his left.

“… Bro…” [Tommy]

He stared incredulously at his wound, coughed and went limp. Falling on the pavement, he clutched his chest as blood spilled from his injury and slowly pooled around him.

“HE GOT TOMMY!” [Tucker]

Tucker screamed in wrath and grief while in the middle of reloading his gun.

BANG

“… He got me…” [Tucker]

Tucker weakly said as he fell backwards after similarly getting shot in the chest.

“““…””” [Brotherhood]

Seeing how accurate Ryner was, the last three Brotherhood members stopped firing. They each opted to keep their distance and hide behind a car.

“Are you kidding me, bro? He didn’t even look at them!” [Gary]

“This is bad! This is really bad! I’m the last T-bro!” [Tahir]

Although Jason was internally panicking like Gary and Tahir, he stayed quiet and waited for a few moments. During that time, Ryner had retrieved from his backpack a bundle of kitchen knives that were wrapped up in a cloth. Furthermore, he took the glass bottle that was in the side pocket of Jessica’s backpack and the lighter in his pocket.

“Yo, Ryner!” [Jason]

The dark-skinned man called out to him.

“Yeah?!” [Ryner]

“Are you out of bullets yet?!” [Jason]

“Uhhhh, nooo?!” [Ryner]

“… Are you sure?!” [Jason]

“… Yeeaah?” [Ryner]

“… He’s out of bullets!” [Jason]

Jason said to his friends.

“G, Tahir, rush him!” [Jason]

“What?! You don’t know if he’s still got ammo! It’s too dangerous!” [Gary]

“Yeah, bro! And WE’RE the ones running low on ammo!” [Tahir]

“Staying here for too long is what’s really dangerous and we’ll find more bullets later in a gun shop! But, we won’t find another Diamond-Class chick like her again! When was the last time we got close to a lady like her?! Think about the lady!” [Jason]

“That… That’s right! The lady!” [Gary]

“The big-breasted lady!” [Tahir]

“The lady with the big, round butt and the nice, tight waist!” [Gary]

“And those fleshy thighs in stockings and garter belts!” [Tahir]

“And that deep cleavage and those huuuge bouncing boobs!” [Gary]

“The lady with the super erotic body!” [Tahir]

“The erotic office lady!” [Gary]

“Say, are you guys done? We can hear everything and Jessica’s getting really creeped out.” [Ryner]

Following Jason’s encouragement, Gary and Tahir worked up their courage once more, though Ryner’s voice interrupted them just as they were getting lost in their fantasies.

“This time, since we lost three of us, I’m sure our top dog will understand if we try a taste first.” [Jason]

““OHHHH!!!”” [Gary and Tahir]

“Now rush him and I’ll support!” [Jason]

Their leader strongly declared and all three reloaded their guns.

“For the lady!” [Jason]

““Hell yeah!”” [Gary and Tahir]

“Hell yeah?!” [Jason]

““HELL YEEEAAAHHH!!!”” [Gary and Tahir]

Filled by an unstoppable bravery, an unquenchable light dwelled in Gary and Tahir’s eyes. They charged at their foe’s position from both sides, attempting to flank him. In their vigor, they failed to react in time when Ryner threw a glass bottle that had a piece of white cloth like a rag sticking out of its opening. Moreover, it was lit on fire. Jason, who saw it from behind, instantly recognized it.

“HOOOLY MOLLY!” [Jason]

The Molotov cocktail crashed near Gary’s feet and shattered into pieces. The whiskey inside splashed out and was set ablaze, momentarily creating a small puff of flames.

“AH, HOT! HOT HOT HOT!!!” [Gary]

Gary shouted and started running around in panic since his clothes caught fire.

“AAAHHHH!!! AAAAHHHH!!!” [Gary]

He failed to put out the flames on him, so he threw himself on the ground and rolled around, screaming. Tahir hesitated for a second when he saw that his friend was taken out, but he continued his charge. Then, jumping on top of the car, he confirmed Jessica’s position and aimed his handgun at Ryner, who was facing him with a sledgehammer in his right hand and a kitchen knife in his left.

Both of them attacked at the same time. Tahir fired a round and Ryner threw his knife. The bullet, that was about to penetrate his head, was intercepted by the head of the sledgehammer. As a consequence, Ryner ended up getting hit on the forehead by his hammer that was pushed by the force of the projectile. Meanwhile, his culinary tool flew through the air and sank into Tahir’s left eye, making him drop his pistol, tumble and fall off the car backward.

“… Ah! AAAAGGGHH!! AAGGGHHHHHH!!!” [Tahir]

He shakily stood up and, as if he finally realized that there was a knife stuck in his eye, began howling in agony.

BANG

Ryner, who was holding his handgun, shot him from behind in the head, ending his life. The body collapsed face-first in a pool of blood.

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Item of interest

Molotov cocktail:

* A breakable bottle of flammable liquid and a rag lit on fire.

* A type of incendiary weapon.

* Waste of perfectly good whiskey.