Chapter 123 - Situation

*THIRD PERSON POV* 

Mark sighed, looking at the soldier's unconscious body. He turned towards David and knocked his head, motioning him to treat him. As he also observed the state of the soldier, he noticed the shoulder sling and several cuts on his body. 

"So, how is he?" 

David, while still doing some examinations, answered, "Well, one thing is that he will live. But there are multiple glass shards in him which should be robed and also a case of a dislocated shoulder. I need a few things from the pharmacy. Overall, he will be ok after a day or two rest." Turning towards Mark at the end. 

Mark grunted, hearing the diagnosis of his situation. His original plan was to find the camp as soon as today and get the device quickly so that they can go back. But now their only way to the camp isn't in the best state to take them there. 

"Well, it seems like we need to find a place for the night to stay so this guy can wake up to take us there. So first let's go to a medical store and stock up for whatever you need to patch him up." Turning towards the wheel. The rest also get seated and Mark drives out of the alleyway. 

Slowly making his way, the car reaches a pharmacy where only Kevin and David get down to get some supplies. Mark looked out of the window, into the street, and noticed a sign at the end of the street showing the direction to a county. 

Mark smiled seeing the board and decided to stay in the county at night. After Kevin and David got into the jeep, Mark started the jeep once again and drove towards the county according to the directions and reached the county. 

Going through the open gate, they start to notice the open two-story houses and the zombies on the road. As Mark continued to look around and drive, they finally decided on a proper villa before stopping in Infront of it. Getting their guns and exiting the jeep, Mark and Kevin carry the soldier inside, while Suzie kills any zombies near them with her newly found superhuman strength. 

Entering and sweeping the zombies inside, they place the guy inside a room with David taking care of him. As David was doing that, Mark and the others started closing the whole house. After closing all the doors and windows, they started to search the two-story house for anything they could use. 

Mark entered the master bedroom on the first floor, looking around. He noticed a family picture of three people, a man, a woman, and also a little girl. Closing the picture, he continued to search the room. 

As he did, he stumbled on the various clothes thrown in the room and caught the wall for support. But as he did, he noticed something strange. The sound from the wall was different. It was hollow. Knocking a few times, he noticed it was really hollow with something inside it. 

Moving back, he gathered his strength and punched the wall, forming a nice fist-sized hole into it. Looking inside, he noticed it was a medium-sized safe. The others in the house also ran up noticing the commotion and saw the hole in the wall with the safe. 

Mark noticed them and grinned. He looked at Suzie and beckoned her over, pointing at the wall. Suzie understood and punched right at the wall, destroying the rest part of the wall which covered the safe. Taking out his gun, he shoots it at the lock, forming a nice hole into it. 

Opening the safe, he noticed the stacks of money, which were completely useless for their current predicament. Cleaning out the money, he finally noticed a suitcase and dragged it out. Opening the case, he noticed two neatly placed premium handguns, the Desert Eagle Mark XIX with four magazines. The Desert Eagle Mark XIX was very powerful compared to his present Beretta, which he is using. 

Mark slowly took one gun into his hands as he ran over it, feeling the nice gun which he tried before. Placing the gun down, he took out one of the magazines and noticed the bullets for the gun were actually 357 Magnum, which only holds nine rounds in a single magazine. 

He sighed, seeing very few bullets for a nice gun. He took out both the guns and their magazines before keeping them with him and throwing the suitcase away. Turning towards the rest, he gave a nod and said, "We can't use these because the bullets aren't many. We can only hold on to them for now." 

The rest nodded as they continued to search around the house for more. Mark searched closer for any hidden safes like this throughout the house. Although they found one in a guest bedroom, it was only full of cash and no guns. They noticed the sun was going down and covered the windows. 

They didn't want any unwanted attention because of the few lights they might use at night, which would cause a huge attractive factor for the zombies roaming around at night. They closed up the rooms they might use, which was the room with the soldier resting in and another room big enough for the rest of them. They also closed the kitchen as they would cook. 

Completing all the preparations for the night, Mark looked at David who was coming out of the room the soldier was in and asked, "How is he?"

David gave a nod before answering, "He is fine and resting. I removed the glass shards and stopped the blood from seeping out for now. He should wake up tomorrow morning at the earliest." 

Mark could only give a nod to it and cooked with the help of Suzie. Finding a few instant noodles and other items such as eggs and spices, they decided to simply cook up some egg noodles for all of them.