CHAPTER XXXVI
Late at night......
A house on the west side of Locke Town is where the task force rests, except for those on night duty.
In the evening, the team members enjoyed food and wine. At night, the weary crowd slept deeply.
"Come on! Drink! ”
……
One of the team members even talked in his sleep, and even Task Force Leader Parker fell asleep completely.
Everything seemed quiet and peaceful, but at that moment the silence was shattered by a small sound.
The sound came from the gate, as if someone outside was picking the lock.
"Click!"
There was a crisp sound, and the door was opened from the outside. The person who opened the door first pushed the door open a gap and probed in to observe the situation in the room.
Then he retracted his head again, and quietly opened the door completely. A man with blond hair crept in, followed by a middle-aged man with a scar on his face.
Scarface walked into the room and waved his hand outside the door. Then seven or eight more people came in, each with a firearm, and they didn't look good.
The last person to enter slowly closed the door and locked it from the inside.
"Scarface" stares at the sleeping task force, a sinister smile on his face. He glanced back at the "little brothers" behind him and made a "up" gesture.
The others, after receiving Scarface's instructions, quickly went into action. This time, however, they were no longer "sneaky", but instead strode around the entire task force, pointing their guns at the heads of the team members.
It is unknown if it was because the task force was too tired or because they had drunk too much, but the group's actions did not wake them up. Parker, who had always been cautious, seemed to be woken up and slowly came to his senses.
But as soon as he opened his eyes, he was shocked by what he saw. Instinctively, he reached for the gun, but the cold muzzle of the gun was pointed at the top of his head in the next second.
Parker had no choice but to clasp his hands behind his head and stare coldly at the man standing opposite.
"Go! Wake up the rest! ”
"Scarface" turned his head and motioned to the person behind him to wake up the person who had not woken up.
One brother turned and ran to the kitchen, and it didn't take long for a basin full of water to be served. He took the basin and threw it at the four men, and the rest of the water was poured on the other two.
The team members who had been doused with water instantly came to their senses and looked around with a confused expression.
The team members didn't have a chance to figure out what was going on, and they were restrained like Parker.
"Big brother!"
"Scarface" took the other one and escorted Corey and the vice-captain out of the inner room. Previously, Captain Parker arranged Corey to the bedroom inside for safety, and the vice-captain also moved into the bedroom with him.
But at this time, Corey and the vice-captain were both tied hands and feet and knelt on the ground.
"Who are you? What do you want to do? ”
Parker didn't know who the gang was, and he didn't know why they were doing it. He could only ask tentatively, trying to find out the purpose of the gang.
"You don't need to know who we are!"
The leader "Scarface" found a rocking chair and sat on it. Instead of answering Parker's question head-on, he smiled and said something inconsequential.
"No matter who you are, release us as soon as possible!"
Parker saw that the gang was not ordinary survivors, but a group of dangerous people. He didn't want to provoke them, but he couldn't afford to lose.
"Don't you understand where you are now? What qualifications do you have to offer me terms?! ”
Far from being intimidated by Parker, "Scarface" is "pressing hard".
“…… Let's have a good talk, shall we? ”
Parker was expecting to push back the other party with momentum, but it didn't work. His brain spun rapidly, and he finally chose "peace talks".
"Talk? How to talk about it? ”
Scarface looked at Parker with a mocking look on his face, his body leaning back in his chair.
"Let's make a deal...... I can accommodate your request, provided you don't hurt us! ”
Parker sat up straight, glancing at Corey blankly as he spoke.
This detail happened to be captured by "Scarface", and he laughed "haha" twice.
"Looks like you're right!"
"Scarface" reached out and pulled the blonde man squatting next to him into his arms and patted him on the face. The blonde man looked embarrassed and didn't know if he should be happy.
"Ahem! Introduce yourself! My name is Stoker and I'm their boss! ”
"Scarface" Stoke pushed the blonde man aside, straightened his collar and cleared his throat, then said solemnly.
“……”
Parker was stunned by Stoke and didn't speak.
"Shouldn't you report yourself too?"
Stoke put away his smile and looked at Parker seriously.
"My name is Parker, and I'm the captain of the Navy Task Force!"
Parker didn't want to reveal his identity, so he had no choice but to be reluctantly spoken.
"It turned out to be ZF's people! Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”
Stoke guessed from the task force's attire that they had something to do with ZF, and he was actually testing to ask.
After speaking, Stoke suddenly stood up, walked up to Parker, grabbed his hand, and forcibly shook his hand.
Parker refused inwardly, but it didn't show it on his face. He could only pretend to smile and nod stiffly.
"Let's get down to business!"
Stoke shook hands and sat back in his chair. He looked at Parker as if nothing had happened.
Stoker's attitude changed so quickly that Parker couldn't figure it out.
"I think you know about the "confinement zone" in the northern city, and I want to take my brothers to take refuge in it. But it was rejected, and I wanted to ask you to take us in! What do you think? ”
"Scarface" Stoke pointed to the seven or eight people standing behind him, and put forward his own conditions.
"I promise you! But you have to make sure you don't embarrass us! ”
Parker knew that the "lockup zone" hardly accepted outside survivors, especially such a dangerous group. But in order to delay time, he had to agree first.
"Don't worry, don't worry! I'm not done yet! ”
Stoke waved his hand, signaling that he had something to say.
"When we get to the "confinement zone", you can't send anyone to keep an eye on us! We can go wherever we want, and we can do whatever we want, and you must not interfere! ”
Stoke stood up and continued.
"Yes, but you can't cause trouble!"
Parker has good things to say, but in his heart he thinks about how to deal with this group.
"I don't believe you! I can see that this man is important to you, so he has to come with me. I'll give you back when you get to the "confinement zone"! ”
Stoke shook his head and helped Corey to his knees. He tightened the rope that tied Corey to it and pushed it to his brother.
"What do you want him to do? I said it, I promise you! ”
Parker saw that Corey had fallen into Stoke's hands, and he immediately became anxious to stand up.
But before he could fully stand up, he was pressed back by the person behind him, and this time the muzzle of the other party's gun was directly aimed at his eyebrows.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it easy! ”
Stoke removed the muzzle of the gun and pressed his hands on both of Parker's shoulders, motioning for him to relax.
"I can only do this to prevent you from playing tricks, don't blame me!"
Stoke said to Parker with "regret", then made a gesture.
The door to the house was opened, and Stoker's two younger brothers came to the crowd carrying a corpse. The dead body lying on the ground was none other than Sean, the task force's scout.
At this time, Sean did not have any wounds on his body, but there was a shocking wound in his throat. He had apparently had been unknowingly cut his throat, and his blood began to slowly turn black.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Parker realizes that the body is his scout, and his emotions are instantly out of control. His eyes turned red and he roared at Stoker.
"Shhhh Hush! ”
Stoke had expected Parker to do this, so he covered his mouth with his hand to keep him from making a sound, while holding out a finger to his mouth.
"The other person who was with him was thrown by my people to feed the zombies, if you don't obey......"
Stoke whispered into Parker's ear and made a "throat-cutting" gesture, threatening Parker not to do anything stupid.
"Understand, just nod!"
Stoke covered Parker's mouth to prevent him from speaking, but allowed Parker to nod.
Tears welled down in Captain Parker's eyes, and he was sad to the extreme. But for everyone's safety, he closed his eyes and nodded.
"That's right!"
Stoker let go of Parker and sat down on the ground next to him.
"That's it! Hurry up and rest, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning! ”
Stoke rested on the ground for a moment, then ordered the others to rest.
The group took all of the task force's weapons and tied them together.
In the end, Stoke left only one man to guard the task force, and the rest went to sleep. And all the people in the task force did not rest, sitting around Sean's body.
Everyone didn't speak, and looked at Sean silently. The vice-captain took a white cloth and covered his body......
"I'll get your revenge!"
Parker trembled and clasped Sean's already cold right hand tightly with both hands, and swore a poisonous oath in his heart......