CHAPTER 4

The skyscraper was a massive 102-story building that non-elite humanity lived in, this building had been sealed off the first ten floors to prevent zombies from entering, as well as the adjacent buildings that contained bridges to interconnect. with the main building, and any survivors that were found would stay in one of these quarantined buildings. Which was not the case for Luna, as she was under the care of one of the best warriors in the skyscraper, so she was going to stay with him in her dorm.

Captain Levi met her in sickbay:

"Is Miss Luna all right?" - asks Levi coldly, to Ale, who was at the door of the infirmary.

— Yes sir, they already did, the dressings and she doesn't have any mu... — says Ale.

“Shut up, let's not talk about this here. - Captain Levi interrupts him, before he could finish the sentence.

“I'm sorry, sir.

— Thanks Ale, you are discharged, from now on, she will be under my care.

- Thank you sir.

Levi enters the infirmary, and finds Luna, sitting on the gurney:

"Come on miss, I'll take you to the cafeteria for something to eat."

— I'm not hungry, and I won't eat until none of you answer my questions, soldier, you didn't let me say anything to the orderlies.

— I gave orders, that nothing was said outside my squad, so he was just obeying my orders, now come on, I'll take you to eat...

"I told you, I won't eat until either of you answers my questions." - says Luna decidedly.

“Okay, then let's go to my dorm, I'll get you something decent to wear, and I'll answer what I can of your questions.

She gets up from the stretcher where she was sitting, and follows Levi to his dorm:

- In between. says Levi coldly opening the door.

Luna enters a little apprehensive, and is startled, because when they talked about a bedroom she had imagined a room with one or two beds, but what she saw was a modest apartment, with a white room containing three black armchairs, a square coffee table made of wood in the middle of the armchairs, a white and black curtain, two sliding doors, one was probably a bedroom and the other a bathroom, and a kitchen that contained industrial furniture, was elaborate in the American style, interconnected with the main room:

"Sit down and make yourself comfortable, I'll get something from my room so you can get dressed, and since I didn't want to go to the cafeteria to eat, I'll fix something for both of us, and you can ask your questions after you've taken a shower. " and put on something decent, because I'm a man, and it's not fitting for you to stay like this, here - says Levi coldly and without emotion

He enters his room and takes a uniform that belonged to the mysterious girl in the photo, removes and keeps in the back, in a drawer, the velcro that contained her name and surname, the uniform would fit Luna, as the two had the same type physical, takes an extra boot he had, and goes back to the room and hands them to Luna:

— Wear this here, it'll have to do for the time being, the boots are for you to wear for tomorrow's training, I took care to put on a pair of socks.

“Thank you Captain.

“You don't have to call me Captain when we're alone, just call me Levi.

- Yes sir.

— You're not a soldier yet, don't act like one.

Luna lowers her head and is silent, enters the door he had indicated, takes a shower to clean herself, avoiding wetting the bandages, and puts on the uniform he had given her:

- How am I?

Levi was in the kitchen making something for both of them to eat, he looks at her, but quickly looks away, blushing, but tries to stay neutral and responds coldly:

“ Looking like a soldier, except for the loose hair.

"Now will you answer my questions?"

“Okay, you can start. says Levi, not stopping what he was doing.

— What year is it? Well, I didn't find anything to suggest it.

- You do not know?

"I don't know, I don't remember much.

"What year do you think it is?"

— In 2027.

— You really are not from this era, we are 29 years on from the year you think you are.

- That would be?

“The year is 2056.

"So I traveled back in time?"

"Apparently so."

"Aren't you surprised?"

“Why would I be surprised?

- Why? Hours\, because I traveled here.

"And what's so surprising about that?"

“If my friend’s theory about the wormhole is right…

“Wait, I won't do what you're thinking.

- Why?

— Because each thing and person has its time, and what has already happened cannot be interfered with, you are an anomaly in time.

— You're speaking as my friend, do you happen to know about time travel?

— Yes, I knew someone who was interested in this subject, because he had experienced it, and this person explained to me about the wormhole, and portals to parallel worlds, but a rule that should not be broken, he always said this to me, never if you can change the past, it may end up making the present worse, because even if I travel to the past, at some point I will have to return to my place, because timelines cannot be changed for a long time, and temporal anomalies, have right time to end, especially if it already exists in the timeline for whatever it is, because if by chance I bump into me from the past I could end up causing even worse chaos, because a paradigm will happen, in time and space, at least that's what she said , but he also said that some things were just theories, as he said there were several probabilities, the first being that the person from the time I traveled would merge with the traveler, the second is that one would cease to exist, at that time being replaced by the traveler…

— Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore, because even listening to my friend, I could never understand how paradigms work, and isn't it now that I'll be able to understand, I just want to know how the world ended up in this chaos?

"You mean about half of humanity being turned into zombies?"

- Yes.

— No one knows for sure, the only thing that is known is that it happened somewhere in the Amazon, with a wormhole hunter, he was the first to transform himself into a zombie in the middle of an expedition and bit some of his friends. his companions, apart from those he killed, and those zombies that formed from him, bit some animals, which returned to bite humans, when it was discovered, about this virus that passed through a bite, and that the person completely lost reason , not having more clarity of what he was doing, it was too late. A report was found from one of the researchers who were on the expedition, so we know, but this is military knowledge, and it's secret, I gave him what I could, now what exactly happened for him to transform, nobody knows.

"What was this researcher's name?"

— There was no name on the report, the only thing we know about, is what, was found in the expedition's things, a diary written in a code, and a syringe, with traces of something that seems to be a vaccine, but that we didn't get identify, because the ampoule broke being contaminated with zombie blood, the only person who understood the diary to start decoding it was killed, and this diary was archived in the skyscraper's archive, but few people have access to that sector.

"The person who could decode, died of what?"

"Well, let's eat." - says Levi coldly, trying to avoid answering, served two plates, and took them to the table in the living room, trying to cut the conversation.

“You said you would answer my questions; what did this person die from?

— I said I would answer whatever I could answer, but there are answers that I cannot give you for sure because I don't know, and even if I did, I couldn't give you, because they could cause one of the paradigms I spoke of, and perhaps alter the past, and there are things I don't want to change, because I don't regret having met her.

"What do you mean, you mean me or this person?"

“Both of you, now eat,” Levi says coldly, without emotion.

"Did you know her?" Tell me her name, or at least the researcher's name.

"I can't say anything more than what I've said, and even if I do, I've already told you everything I could tell you, and I'm going to warn you not to say anything, about the zombie bite, about you being immune, about being a traveler. " of time, or it will end up in a laboratory being dissected, or drained.

— Why do you think that?

— I've already told you everything you need to know, now be quiet, because I like to eat in silence, you need to be strong so that Judy can come and collect some blood samples to study, and see if she finds an antidote, for these zombie viruses.

— I can help too, I'm a geneticist.

— No, you won't meddle with that, you'll put yourself at risk, Judy, you have your lab, hidden, and no one notices her, now you're new here, and you're under my protection, all eyes are on you, and if they find out that she is a geneticist, she will be killed, as they only accept elite geneticists here. Don't worry, Judy will do everything possible to find out why she is immune, and will try to take advantage of this information to create something, that will help humanity, and please eat in silence.

Luna is upset, not being able to help with her profession, so she eats in silence as the captain had ordered her, when she finished she gets up and goes to the sink to wash her dishes, Levi gets up a short time later, and puts the dishes in the sink , taking the opportunity to hug Luna from behind:

“ What are you doing? she says in surprise, trying to turn to him.

—Stay still, and don't move, let me stay like this for a while, I won't do you any harm, let me smell your perfume for a while, in silence. Levi says into her ear warmly, holding her back to keep her from turning to him and seeing his face.

Luna is immobile and tense with that situation, feeling that man's strong body hugging hers, and feeling his breath in her hair, shortly after Levi returns to his usual coldness and says:

— Don't worry about washing the dishes, or doing any housework, I have soldiers who will do that for me, you will train with me starting tomorrow, as General Lamier will not accept anyone who is not useful in some way here.

"Captain Levi, what was that just now?"

- It was nothing. — says Levi\, avoiding looking Luna in the eyes — and I already told him to call me only by my name. — answers Levi without showing emotion — get ready\, because in a little while Judy will come here to collect some blood samples.

— Levi, what happened just now, it was something, you hugged me so warmly, as if you knew me, as if you missed me.

" I already told you it was nothing." Now it's up to you to believe it or not. Levi says sharply, and a little nervously.

"Levi, where am I staying?" Well, I heard that I'll have to stay in one... - Luna says, seeing that it wouldn't do any good to ask about what happened, but she also felt something, as if she'd been waiting for that hug for a long time.

“You'll stay with me, you won't go anywhere without me, because I won't lose you this time. says Levi, interrupting Luna.

"What do you mean you won't lose me this time?"

At this moment, someone knocks on the door, interrupting the conversation. Levi answers the door calmly:

“Enter Judy.

— So Captain, our friend still hasn't submitted any changes? says Judy excitedly.

"No, and by the looks of it, it won't change." says Levi coldly.

— Great, I'm super excited, we're one step away from finding something to immunize humanity.

— Captain, don't think you'll escape answering me — says Luna, curious and nervous at the same time, going after Levi, because she was avoiding answering his last question.

“ Judy, stay with her while I check the grocery list. says Levi, coldly ignoring Luna.

"Don't worry Captain, you're leaving her in good hands." says Judy, and then turns to Luna. Come on, let's start taking some samples.

Levi leaves, to settle his affairs, but, in fact, he was trying to avoid Luna, he couldn't get emotionally involved, because he knew that at some point he would have to return to his time, and that getting involved would be difficult for both of them when they said goodbye, he preferred Though it was only difficult for him, he was keeping his distance for her own good.

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