77 Information about Military Shelter (1/2)

”So… you're still breathing old fart.” I said as I looked at him from the door.

He looked at me and let smiled despite the numerous bandages and plasters surrounding his body ”I could say the same to you boy. I'm surprise you've still cut off a limb or two while swinging your toy around.” He chuckled at his own joke before he went into a coughing fit to the point where I almost considered patting his back. Almost.

”Hopefully you'll die in a similar coughing fit and then I won't have to see your ugly mug of a face any more.”

”Don't worry. I won't give you the pleasure of dying so early in the game.” He chuckled in a raspy manner and for a moment, I feared that he would go in a coughing fit once again. But thankfully, no such thing happened.

After that a silence fell over the room but it was the comfortable type.

”So… what the fuck possessed those fools to use their guns in the middle of the day?” he asked in his raspy as he looked outside the window.

His room was on the top floor of a rather tall building so he got a rather beautiful view of the town.

When I didn't reply the room descended into silence once again, broken occasionally by the sound of shooting in the distance.

”They don't have a competent commander.” I said. It was the truth.

Gaurav was… well, he was in no shape to command. Jasvinder must have just returned a few minutes before me. Upma, I doubt people would follow a 11 year old girl. And Rahul. God knows where Rahul is at the moment.

”Don't have a competent commander.” He spat on the ground and looked at me ”And where is that dumb brother of yours? Is he busy shagging one of those pretty girls in the back of some car.”

I felt my eye twitch at his blatant disrespect of my big bro. No one had ever disrespected him like that. At least not in my presence.

It was… a novel experience.

Thankfully he didn't mean anything by it.

”Who knows.” I said with a smile and tried to imagine him in such a scenario. It was not a pretty picture.

Gaurav chuckled at my response.

”So…” he said as he looked at my attire ”What's with all the blood. You tripped on some corpses or what?”

”I'm learning from Jasvinder about hunting. He's… very good at it.”

”That sissy brat with no respect for his elders. Remind me to spank him sometime in the future.” He said and we both shared a laugh at my new mentor's expense.

”You went on a hunting trip with that?” he asked as he looked at the plaster on my right hand.

I shrugged in response ”It doesn't hinder me that much.”

He had a strange expression on his face. ”You're a stupid brat, you know that.”

I shrugged once again. ”Maybe. But I'm still in a better condition than you.”

He started chuckling once again before it turned into full blown laughter which ended in him in a coughing fit and me massaging his back so that he doesn't die in an embarrassing manner.

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After a long talk with Gaurav, went out to search for Rahul and Neha.

But the sight that met me outside was once again of desolation.

'Where the hell is everyone now?' I thought in irritation. I caught hold of one of the few people walking around in the streets and asked him where everyone was.

”They… they're at the… the mechanic's sh… shop.” He stuttered in fear as I went past him.