Chapter 188：Too Late

Sheloah felt happy and nervous at the same time. She was happy that she was with her mom, and she was nervous because she might be harmed. As much as possible, she wanted her mom to be safe.

They were about to finish filling up the cart when her mother suddenly looked at her. "You'll push the cart while I take a look around us," she said and Sheloah shook her head in disapproval.

"No. You push the cart and I'll watch our backs," she said and her mother giggled slightly.

"Then I'll be under your care for the meantime," she said then she smiled at her daughter.

Sheloah looked around as the two were walking slowly.

There were a lot of zombies who were now looking at them suspiciously. The others were even about to approach them.

Sheloah smelled herself and noticed that their scent was almost gone. Sheloah was alarmed so she went close to her mother then whispered.

"Mom, no matter what happens, just keep calm," Sheloah said then her mother looked at her.

"Why? Is something the matter," she asked, feeling something was off.

Sheloah ignored her so she helped in pushing the cart going to their destination. Erick and Jun noticed the two were speeding up slowly and realized that something was wrong.

Sheloah's mother looked around and noticed that the zombie's attention was on them. This made her panic, making her grip on the cart tighten. Sheloah was quite surprised when their speed suddenly doubled, angering some zombies around them.

"Mom, calm down. We can do this," Sheloah said, trying to comfort her mother but this made her mother worry more as she pushed the cart faster than before. "Mom, calm down, we're getting their attention!"

Sheloah's mother did not stop her feet and strength. She kept pushing the cart, making the other zombies chase them. Sheloah felt hopeless since the disguise was no longer working.

Suddenly, one zombie jumped in front of them, making Sheloah's mother scream, attracting more zombies to them.

"Mom!"

Sheloah got her katana hanging on her back quickly and slayed the zombie in front of her. The others who were already with Jun and Erick started shooting the zombies around them.

Kreiss and Geof rushed in with their katanas and protected Sheloah's mother, letting her stay in the middle.

"Get the cart. Now!"

When Kreiss shouted, Jun rushed in and got the cart and ran going to Erick. Tyler was with him to shoot the zombies around them.

Veon and Shannara were in place, shooting the zombies near them as Sheloah, Kreiss, and Geof killed zombies with their katana.

"Hurry up! Prioritize your escape," Erick shouted as he unloaded the cart and filled the pick up car.

"We can't! They're too many!"

When Geof said this, Erick relayed the situation to the sniper team waiting outside to come up with an emergency plan.

Sheloah was attacking a zombie when suddenly, one from behind her jumped on her, making her fall to the ground.

"Sheloah!"

Her mother shouted and Sheloah realized that she was running towards them in an attempt to attack.

"No, mom! Stay back!"

Sheloah shouted desperately as she struggled to protect herself from the zombie on top of her. Kreiss and Geof noticed what was happening but due to the group of zombies in front of them, they weren't able to rush in for them to rescue Sheloah.

"Damn it! Shoot the zombie on Sheloah," Kreiss shouted and Veon shouted back.

Jun rushed in when he noticed his sister rushing over to Shelaoh.

"Yan, stay back!"

But she ignored even her brother. What is in priority right now is her only daughter… her one and only daughter.

Yan, Sheloah's mother, hit the zombie with the stick she found on the ground. This made the zombie look at her and attack her.

"Mom, no!"

But they were too late. Everything happened too quickly.

The zombie bit Yan's neck and this made Sheloah stand in a daze.

Her katana fell from her hand as her hands trembled from the scene she just witnessed. Her mother was bitten by a zombie and in just a while, she will turn into one.

"Mom… no."

Her whole body started trembling as she thought of her mom turning into a zombie. A zombie with no memories. A zombie having no sanity. A zombie having no mind. A zombie having no feelings.

Tears escaped from Sheloah's eyes and Jun saw how the situation unraveled in front of him as well. He stood still, with his gun in hand.

"Yan, no!"

Jun struggled with his feelings but he knew he had to protect his niece, too. He tightened his grip on his gun and focused on killing the zombie who bit his sister, killing the zombie in just one shot.

"Jun, take Sheloah away," Sheloah's mother said and Sheloah violently shook her head, unable to process what was happening in front of her.

"No, no, no! Mom, don't say that!"

There were tears escaping from Jun's eyes but he focused on shooting the zombies around his sister and niece. He was about to approach them, but he was suddenly surrounded by a group of zombies.

"Shit! Erick, I need help!"

Erick rushed in with his M16 and started shooting zombies from afar. Geof and Kreiss did their best on killing the zombies around them so they could rush in and get Sheloah. Veon and Shannara, on the other hand, stayed in their position but Veon felt the rush to rescue Sheloah right now.

"Tsk… Kreiss, get Sheloah. NOW!"

Kreiss heard Veon shout but he just grunted in frustration.

'Can't you see that I'm doing my best here!?'