Hol was walking ahead of Ann's group with Bret and Rubin closer to him. Well, Bret was a bit too close to him. He is pretty sure he felt a hand touch his ass a couple of times but when he looked at Bret they just gave him an innocent look. Hol could see more similarities with Terrance when Bret did this since Terrance just had love touching his ass to the point they didn’t care where they were.

Hol grabbed Bret's hand when he felt it on his ass and slowly pinch it while giving them a firm look. But it only caused Bret to look at him with a heated gaze that went straight down to his lower half.

“Are you okay dad? Your face looks a little weird…” Rubin looked up at his dad who was giving Bret a weird look. He noticed that when he woke up those two were acting differently with each other and he didn’t understand why. Were they arguing with each other?

“Everything is fine. Bret just needs to learn how to keep his hands to himself. Isn’t that right?” Hol glare at Bret but it didn’t last long after he got a cute look from Bret. He really needs to be more firm with Bret and keep up with his serious image.

“Sorry, sorry. I just was so interested in how fit you are. Those muscles of yours are so nice… I especially like how nice your muscles are down your body…” Bret slowly drags his eyes down Ira's body, focusing more on their ass. He hid the smirk on his face when he clearly saw the embarrassed look on Ira's face.

“Well, keep your interests to yourself. I need to focus.” Hol was worried that if Bret kept this up he wouldn’t be able to take care of Ann and handle the main mission of this world. He had to block out Bret's obvious heated gaze and focus on Ann who was in the back who was glaring right at them.

As Hol went to block out Bret stare and notice right ahead something interesting. He could see a few of those zombies attracting plants. But for some reason, he couldn’t see any zombies around them. That set off a few alerts in Hol head and he immediately stopped walking. He reached for the handgun that was to his side and looked around the area with cautious eyes.

“Is something wrong dad? Why do you have your gun out?” Rubin got nervous when he saw his dad's expression grow grim. He looked around the area and felt confused when he didn’t even see any zombies around but he then got concerned when he realized there were no zombies at all in this area. There should be a few zombies wandering in the background at least.

“Something bad is going to happen and it's going to happen soon.” Hol could feel his body tense as he waited for something to happen. He had a feeling that there are a few high-level zombies around and they are smart ones.

“Should we do something to force them to come out?” Bret was around looking around the area with a serious expression. He really hated that these zombies were going to get in the way of his new relationship. Dying is not an option so he has to kill these zombies who were clearly hiding.

“I think we shou-.” Before Hol could say anything a loud noise came from behind and when he looked behind he saw Ann who just knocked over a few glass bottles. Ann had an embarrassed look on her face but he could clearly see a dark look in her eyes.

“Oh no… I didn’t mean to do that. I got so nervous that I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings. I am so sorry…” Ann gave Ira a teary-eyed look but in her heart, she felt so pleased with her actions. When she noticed Ira got so serious she knew this was her chance for her plan to get started.

Hol was going to say something to her but he quickly moved out the way when something rushed at him. Hol was dodging all the attacks that were coming at him at fast-paced. In front of him was a zombie. This zombie was different from the other zombies he met before.

He could see black veins all over the zombie's body but unlike other zombies, this zombie didn’t look as rotted as the other zombies. He could clearly see they had wounds but if that was hidden he would have thought they were alive.

When Hol shot at the zombie's head it didn’t go down right away. This was concerning since zombies usually die once they are hit in the head. Seeing this he decided to keep on shooting in the zombie's head until it fell to the ground. Hol walk up to the zombie who was on the ground and started to stomp on its head until it cracked under his boot.

When he lifted his foot he saw something shining in the crushed head of the zombie. Reaching down he picked up a glowing stone that was covered in the zombie crushed head bits. Hol quickly learned from Ira's memory that this was something that could help people with abilities get stronger. It is especially useful if the stone is the same as the user's ability.

But Hol frowned once he realized this is something only found in zombies level two and higher. And these types of zombies usually stick together so that they can hunt humans together. So that means there are more zombies around but they are clearly hiding somewhere.

“This is a problem. We are being hunted by high-level zombies but they aren’t going to attack us like how other zombies do. They will be smart about it and hunt us when our guard is down.” Hol put the glowing stone in his pocket and said this to Bret and Rubin and Ann group who came over after he killed off the high-level zombie.

“I am so scared. What should we do Ira? I don’t want to die.” Ann quickly held onto Ira's strong arm and looked at him with wide watery eyes. She pushed her chest onto Ira's arm and went to put her head on his shoulder.

“Get off of him. You holding onto him won’t help the situation. It will only get in the way of him fighting and you know that.” Bret could feel electricity going through his body as he felt anger and jealousy go through him as he watched Ann hold onto his man.

“Yeah… We aren’t that close and it is rather inappropriate. We are in a life and death situation so you shouldn’t be holding onto me like that.” Hol took his arm out of Ann's hold and quickly put space between them. When Ann tries to get close to him again Bret quickly got in the way and glared at her.

“We have to figure out how to draw these zombies out. While they are smarter than other zombies they still aren’t smart enough to ignore their urges. Their weakness is bloodlust so we have to make them think they have us trapped so that they will come out to attack us.” Hol knew the only reason why that zombie went to attack him was that they assume they could take him down because he wasn’t completely focused anymore.

“For now we have to stick close to each other and not do anything that could get us killed. We have to work together if we don’t want to die.” Hol still felt tense at the zombies who were clearly hiding away. He could feel their hungry gazes on the group but he couldn’t figure out where they were.

“Should we keep walking ahead and wait for the zombies to attack us?” Bret didn’t like to think Ira could die by these high-level zombies. He just wanted to hide Ira away and not allow him to get hurt. He couldn’t allow that to happen again…

Bret's eyebrows furrow at that thought. Ira never got hurt in front of him but for some reason, he knew that wasn’t true. For some reason, it felt like they were hurt before and he couldn’t do anything to protect them. Bret felt a headache appear suddenly and his vision went dark for a second.

“Bret, are you okay?” Hol quickly held onto Bret who suddenly got pale and almost fell. He felt concerned at how cold they were and was worry it may have to do with the zombie bite from before but he knew Rubin healed the bite.

“Sorry… I just felt lightheaded for a second there. I am better now.” Bret gave Ira a small smile and nuzzled his head into their firm chest. From the corner of his eye, he could see Ann with an ugly look on her face and he felt smug at this fact.

“Fine but make sure to stick close to me.” Hol stopped holding Bret close to his chest but still kept an arm around their shoulder. Hol ignored the hard stare he was getting from Ann and just focused on making sure nothing happened to Bret.

Ann looks at the backs of Ira and Bret with rage brewing in her eyes. She never felt so betrayed before and she wanted to make them suffer like she is suffering. So she decided that everyone here at the moment had to die so that she can start over.

As the group got closer to the zombie attracting plants Ann quickly stopped at it. A man she didn’t bother to learn the name of looked at her with concerned eyes and went to say something to her but she ignored him. She took out a lighter from the dress she was wearing and burned the plant.

“What?! Ann are you fucking crazy?! Now the zombies are going to be on our ass!” Grady was shocked to see what Ann just did. He couldn’t understand why this sweet-looking woman would do something so fucked up. But when he looked at Ann's expression he didn’t see the kind woman from the few days, it was a cold woman who was giving him a disgusted look.

Ann didn’t say anything to the group of men and ran away from them. She knew there was a hidden car nearby that originally she and Ira would have escaped together in but seeing how he was treating her it was obvious she wouldn’t even bother to help him.

“I didn’t think she would do it right away. I gave her more credit than she deserved.” Hol looked at the back of the quickly disappearing Ann with an indifferent look on his face. He never thought Ann would have acted so stupidly but this will help him out.

Hol could sense the high-level zombies quickly approaching them and he took his arm off of Bret's shoulder. He rolled his shoulder as he got ready to face off against the high-level zombies who were quickly approaching.

“I can help out as well. Don’t do anything dangerous by yourself.” Bret stuck close to Ira as he got ready to use his abilities with Ira's ability. He didn’t really care much that Ann tried to kill them. It would just give him a good reason why he had to kick her out of the base.

When the high-level zombies appeared at once Hol quickly cut one of the zombies into many pieces with his wind. Bret burnt one to a crisp with their lightning ability. It was rather a fast and brutal takedown of these high-level zombies. Just because it was going well Hol didn’t let down his guard. Getting cocky would be his downfall.

After a few minutes, all the high-level zombies were dead on the ground. Some were cut into pieces and others were burnt to a crisp. In the middle of these dead zombies were Hol and Bret who were casually fixing up their clothes.

“Well now that is taken care of let go back to the base and watch Ann work her sob story. I can’t wait to see how she will tell her story to her base.” Hol couldn’t help but smirk as he thought about how Ann would try to gain the sympathy of the people of the base and how she would look when she realized they were still alive.

“I just love how devious you are. I wonder if you are like that in bed as well~” Bret could help but snuggle up to Ira and rub his face into their shoulder. He couldn’t help but fall more in love with Ira. What a smart man he was dating.

Everyone was looking at Ira and Bret with shocked eyes. They still couldn’t believe they took down so many high-level zombies by themselves and now they are flirting over the dead bodies of the zombies.

Rubin was the only one who was looking at them with shining eyes. He was so happy that his dad was dating Bret. That means he gets to have a second dad now! And his second dad is as strong as his dad. This is so cool in his eyes.

“Well, now we have to go back to my car and drive back to the base. We can take our time. I want Ann to really sell her act to the base.” Hol wasn’t concerned with Ann. The more she lies to everyone in the base the better for him.

Now he will just take him time and find some more supplies to bring back to the base. He can even get started with his research on finding the cure for the zombie virus.