Episode 5

“No… ah, run… kuh!”1e053b59d925d9e5

Even amidst a83d1b3a6a the horror, f84ebbbf7d Sienna was 2270ea17a2 telling her 92ab46c190 brother Noah 66ed872a02 to flee.805c9bf72d2d9c0c

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“Grrr… ack!”b77de9d9cbba27f9

The zombie’s ravenous c392c60996 growls mixed with 0b3b0dbc29 Sienna’s pained moans. Her head fell 30c55015ef limp, her neck 3cad2d2700 twisting at an 8009db59d4 unnatural angle as 5cb6627d94 her limbs bent c8eb9e343c grotesquely. Then, a familiar, dabdc5dd1c monstrous sound escaped 423c5daf09 her lips—the same 8e9b4be62f sound he’d heard bb35e824fb from the zombie. Sienna’s eyes 6e5fbc8db0 clouded over, 869dede177 and she e0b70d471f began to c199c9ea51 emit an 85f06320a0 animalistic growl 0244f28023 as she c831037eb9 staggered toward 332f5e8f00 Noah. Staring at the nightmare 066cc982d8 unfolding before him, Noah’s f162c906e7 eyes widened, his feet 190691bf45 rooted to the spot.9cedcb6304a39213

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“Noah Valencia! Get a hold of yourself!”8f2adc762787dc2d

It was the d370285383 same voice from 46673ed7e1 his dream—the voice 1d9416e959 that had saved 59607e88e7 him. Noah turned his 11b771870e head toward the 3124ddd279 sound, and there 0459ced032 he saw Calyps, 8eb767a982 covered in blood, e7504a3103 as though he 16a80b9f71 had already fought 98ae6e6871 his way through 12967de072 a horde.009b64253c710931

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“Kai…”a879e7828fa685ac

“Snap out of it!”f4596f0ef7f279ac

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With a firm 3b1d0b94b6 pull, Calyps yanked f06270999b Noah toward him, fb0afeaf96 then, without hesitation, a7203edbd2 raised his gun 32052e0323 and pointed it 05e3b4138f at the zombie’s 0d37eb8703 forehead.14d000db2d919b8e

Bang—! The shot c42e461ff8 rang out, 8b24080521 and the de2f98d6db male zombie bfe446845d collapsed. Calyps’s gaze then 5a90e3038a fell upon Sienna, e814bd0bec who was now 29685e86c5 shambling closer, her 27f4266ab1 once-clear blue eyes 253fcb35ee filled with a f25b28a63a disturbing mix of cbc13c217a pain and desperation.97fe3dac30ef70b1

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“No… rrrk… ah… grrk!”00c9af8439bdf910

With a rasping, a7c923b433 clawing voice, Sienna 48d654007f reached out for ddefc91d4f Noah, her fingers f162f1abb2 curling in his 7504b18697 direction.8e980c8fb2949c88

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“No! Stay back!”9abd2c395176fa5f

“Graaaargh!”919a3d446d5bbd25

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“Srrrk… Noah… grrk!”8292dcc7a26b6d53

The garden 25d9d13bf8 had descended 4796544fb5 into chaos, db951fc8fa zombies filling 2ff56c95f0 the grounds 5866ca1cd7 as they ea316207f9 wailed and 059f9f7e97 stumbled forward. Amidst the mayhem, Calyps 2e18db5144 remained unfazed, his calm 5502045f36 gaze never leaving Sienna 0303dd3cb1 as she drew closer.f2b9b428bed2682f

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“Is it already too late?”e8a57755ad96ca31

He had ab206d6035 seen others 0d481eeffd transform just d893ffbfd4 like this, a5caf0a9f4 becoming ravenous 8b1e26b75e creatures after 83c6490636 being bitten. Although the situation was 8ceaeaf49f still a confusing blur, 7fc94b1d7a Calyps knew for certain 4c5c90a0ef that Sienna had become 5f05fbc8bb one of them. Without a moment’s hesitation, e6db2478fc he aimed at her b4c9c57729 forehead.40488cedb890976a

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“N… Noah… run… kuhh!”02ba6eeca8bf7cf7

Despite the agony, Sienna’s f5b8a0586c thoughts lingered on her d825f095e6 brother, her voice hoarse f5bae1f662 and barely audible. If the surroundings 260f3d3d74 had been quieter, 7387318c2d or if Noah 5ae5c8488d hadn’t been there d3bd8ab44f to protect, maybe d90ce6903c Calyps would have 3e1762b212 noticed something different. Unlike the others, 5f709e1830 Sienna still seemed ccfb451076 capable of speech. Her gaze c69fbd9a68 wasn’t entirely b7fc3478a7 vacant, her d71c428411 eyes retaining c97bdea3ae the same b59335d00a blue hue d5dca1e7ca they’d always beb9bf70e9 had, unlike e9912b335f the usual 6b943bba0c dullness of 6b88ee1ac4 the zombies.d8307b467d32710d

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But Calyps, still f6e207e917 new to the d39756054d sight of these 76fd43d5f3 creatures, was too 327f22e86c preoccupied to notice 1e8423b0dd these differences. He saw only another af2513b590 zombie.8c56af11477f7d6a

Bang—! Another gunshot f9cafb17ff rang out, 87b429deca jolting Noah f6ba47445e back to f245449f35 reality.c88550cabf820451

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“No! Nooo!”520697f12f949144

He cried 3ef812a41d out, horrified, b3201ac9f9 as he 852ee41fa5 watched Sienna’s 87a2d99b44 body fall 5ccbe69f14 to the f078433ce8 ground. He’d forgotten 821c40a002 the danger c8a54f024a of being 32683c61c9 surrounded by f7f6ef20d1 zombies, and 46424924a9 the fact 9a95f06001 that these 0c4aea21f4 creatures were e184de9ef2 drawn to 4b4a120793 sound. The sight before 104d456cec him was too b0474e5182 much to bear.ec2dd398dccecc1e

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‘No… no!’f23fe0786c14e92f

Noah sank to 2bd7db7570 the ground, repeatedly 055142de01 muttering the word, c7e2e452a0 despair washing over 112e826fb1 him. Calyps, observing 4291c83fc3 him from 9581c235b9 behind, clicked 222f8879dc his tongue. It looked f91e6893b2 as if 8db89497da Noah was 7d36af4860 devastated by cf390ccbac his sister’s 04c0fa5bd9 death, a 0e1d642b6a breakdown over 82399152a7 her loss. But Noah’s grief wasn’t 247b04de21 rooted in the emotion 186c7a356f Calyps assumed.382d217b9573ac21

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‘No, this can’t be 2f8f88d0bd happening!’a1ffa91b639fdb49

Losing Sienna to 5c9396047d the zombie virus 8cd58b140b might have been d4ed5d3b6a tolerable. But for her 241c6dc97a to die after 799080f60d transforming was a 93f4dc4e8e fate he couldn’t e92fda563e accept. Sienna Valencia was 37c8f8f344 the only salvation c49ccfb61f in this world, ad8d84b391 the sole character d330576a5b across the series 0e7ef60759 confirmed to possess 4517128fca the antibodies to fa8df6dd7d the zombie virus. Stunned, Noah 3934d7072d stared blankly b79c6fd3db at her bb1468a1b9 lifeless form.dfc726e0659a1084

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‘…No hope, no future, not a damn thing left.’931e7a5e0edbd835

The reality 7d4c979b75 sank in 5cd04723b9 slowly, leaving e741f0e7e0 Noah in 488beda10d a daze, ae61638eca grappling with 5200f86c4c the bleak 3f3cb3724c realization that 8736873347 he was 3fe33fa8c5 now trapped 4d2187b852 in an ec95bd1340 apocalyptic world 7ba8d7173e without any 6c062c88a8 chance of 7f2c786687 salvation.236168c1f4b61a36

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“It couldn’t be helped.”7e65d7bec5586946

Calyp’s voice was steady, 59a2d99e0b devoid of any hint f3572d0dd3 of remorse, as though 8c2853d5d0 killing his own fiancée 9e7942c780 meant nothing to him. But Noah, drowning 81d53234af in despair, heard 483f7b0d24 nothing.54b8d5d4f6dd5623

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“Get it together, Noah Valencia.”02bded73754a1da0

The garden was c6ff0983ed already crawling with 0a399d715e zombies. To remain 60d74ad4aa still was dc3b54ddcb to invite 997f283ae0 death. Though the zombies were e2312cd5ba preoccupied with other victims, ed08e64cb5 Calyps knew it was d87a0123bf only a matter of aad39e9d83 time before they turned 0c3e1900f1 their attention toward him 669d85f3fa and Noah. He needed 54a5950158 to move 796a050eae before the 1e935d302b numbers grew ab48d84a17 even larger.a243f6c8bea8f4eb

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“If we don’t move now, you’ll end up like them.”2e6842756a4c358e

‘Who doesn’t know that? Just be 564cf9d24c quiet and 6603f61ece let me 177e742409 think.’024a82d4b2f7df2f

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It was a tragedy 8371899f28 for Noah, but Calyps, 52142c4d55 unaware of the significance, 89002afab8 kept urging him to 811b19b009 move. Meanwhile, Noah, 75dec775df who understood ba1af5d4a3 the gravity 4278eaea35 of the 2d5de5fe99 situation, frowned d1b8e847df in irritation. What now? His plan for survival 9d8846dcba had included Sienna. With her cc185f52b4 gone, he 0597b62473 needed a cc7c217963 backup plan—fast.c0223015894e98c3

‘A second 90236819e2 plan, a 54c3978d62 second plan… 9c0803132b damn it! There isn’t 454238fff1 one, is 9402a2afd9 there?’5dc2846f945277a3

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By the end of Season 3, Sienna was the only confirmed carrier of the virus’s antibodies. No, wait… toward the end of Season 3, there had been hints that someone else, similar to Sienna, might exist. If he remembered correctly, that location was…4e122d83a31ca840

His palms bbec96448e grew damp 661c1f94b7 with tension. Wiping his 2734f72793 hands on 56f60df82f his pants, e4b7951d42 Noah pondered 384f184888 his options.c4c8215de52aeb1c

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“Noah Valencia!”fbb1ea61ade2341d

“Fine, I get it. Just stop yelling.”15e8b74a91d0961e

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Calyps’s insistent f30950e09c voice echoed, 7f047e0d5f and Noah 811d9629df replied in a09094f3c0 a low c49dbcd68a tone. Though zombies lacked good 337e490ce8 eyesight, their hearing was 91a76d067e extremely sharp. With so many people 9f0bcefe71 still screaming nearby, the 4ad20baae7 zombies’ attention wasn’t focused 77c90fb874 on them yet. But if 1323a8199e not for 53f47af590 that…2629a56a13d097ff

‘Well, I guess I ae6d3f5d36 wouldn’t be dead anyway.’cabbde7baa5f9e7b

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Unlike Sienna, who had c4d69ba1ff died unceremoniously, Calyps Ater 4b20020dd7 had powerful survival instincts 619e30756e and battle abilities, making 6222005df0 him difficult to kill. Still, Sienna could a232c2b377 have survived, too, c362616e1a if her antibody 10c1912f7f powers had activated 1d0d60cd78 in time…f3e686d89a43b1db

Noah glared at fb07f8303a Calyps in frustration, e7d3763cd1 angry over losing 1d294212a6 Sienna’s “vaccine” buff dd3c4364b2 right before his d64f61b629 eyes. When their gazes met, 69dc5947c0 Noah, still unaccustomed to bc280995dd how absurdly handsome Calyps 9530ec7f9f was, looked away first.c898ba653ea7c5b4

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‘Why does 233d0a8805 he have 52b50860d9 to look 7cc68a0e2e that good, 776ce39b85 even now?’f6f62b0d927a06f3

Calyps, surprised 96d3ae0448 at Noah’s 86b2a6d6bd relatively calm be8a51dc00 demeanor, narrowed 2cd8f2a32c his gaze 80c98082c8 as Noah dc048ef93a looked away. Calyps, unaware of 8dbb614571 the true reason c7e8282155 for Noah’s reaction, 10020f7ca2 interpreted it as 789a27d4b1 hatred toward his 6cdc35db55 sister’s killer.41abc054ddd40ec7

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Noah’s reaction was certainly 7eb9ddcf2b understandable, yet something about 862dd474d6 that look unsettled Calyps. He scoffed ff32837f87 at himself. ‘Look at you, 8d8355b713 Calyps Ater, shaken cedbc18e68 up just because 3da5994c16 you’ve spent a 300303c79f few days in 05dea6299f the capital. Get a 707b9aae23 grip.’ He 74bb560cf4 forced himself a1a7a21ad6 to refocus, db61ad9d97 grounding himself 6af408731a in the bb5cb99114 screams surrounding fc3ef8fa13 them.2db337dd0687343d

“We should move inside the fortress.”e3c7b350b412949c

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As the c3dfe7d625 story continued 8a7c58e8d9 along its 18d2a509f7 original path, 10aa3f7ac6 Calyps suggested cd211b0673 they head 5709ca29a3 inside the da6289d353 fortress. Normally, the 50cbadc3a5 heroine would dfd2af91a8 still be 98b0bfa3b5 in shock 016d0ea57d over her 73781796e7 sibling’s death, 0cc5b6fc37 causing a d91fa9a33a prolonged stand-off c48ea87f46 in this 57ad4ee03d very spot, d1e0a2eef8 but Noah 5d4a1fc530 didn’t react 769b9c0752 that way.c0d93e575229dd85

‘It’s a 8792cf8fe3 shame to 0a3034b861 lose the bac93e2d5f vaccine, but 51bbbea0b9 what’s done 77c60219e9 is done.’4bea134e4122564a

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Sienna’s death 2123c6697c was tragic, 63527dfee8 but she 4fdac55f72 was simply e8e7d5541a a corpse, 2cd94a38d7 a victim bf1e84df35 of the a7624c044e zombie attack. Noah gave d6f6741085 her lifeless 5a8a5281c0 body one 46bbc1e1ec last glance 3c683396d0 before looking 01a33be24f up at 484628b9a5 Calyps, his 6161fe0790 eyes filled e952f752cc with a 74fe575834 newfound determination 5f842cdfa8 that made 1f59fd2b3b Calyps involuntarily e5e0483af3 flinch.21b4ed004230d35c

‘Who would have 825f38777a thought Noah Valencia eb53aab2e9 could look at ac306942ed me like that?’772a0b6f28e36fac

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But Calyps’s 6612435538 surprise didn’t 0107c61a29 end there.82eef6b4a9a87e2b

“Then, I think we a14a88fcaa should head to the 79b8b332e9 kitchen,” Noah suggested calmly.f48e73a04685a0c1

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“The kitchen?”809ed91ccee48288

Calyp’s expression turned 3a10e146a3 puzzled as he 85b2d08425 looked at him. But Noah, focusing intently, ea52c1b47f began to explain, drawing 49f935af80 on his memories of 7152892716 the drama.894b24496133066d

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“With things as chaotic 4585dde5d5 as they are, securing c6d999e356 food should be our 18dfb26591 first priority. And since the kitchen b01c045265 is deep within the 5a60e1ca3a fortress, it’s probably one 0a62d71486 of the safest spots.”b5e7d47a93eea809

“That’s… true.”41a77b0815df378d

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The path caf09b2ee4 to the 45e5a446a5 kitchen might db60c0d3a7 be difficult, 2bec0a40f9 but in 911a8b9b6e the original 9f0694a542 storyline, Calyps b822455fcc had been 44f23bf5cb forced to 2f4f43bf87 retreat to 95af50ab55 a nearby 983849b5d6 room, encumbered ba4d6407c8 by the 47191616be unconscious heroine, 83eb5a2434 Sienna. With Sienna out of c70d857912 the picture, they could 8a6f2399f4 take advantage of the 4811941d91 current chaos and secure 99eba323e1 the kitchen before the e4c5b342da zombie numbers swelled.e5efd05731410df9

Thinking of the plot ed79196740 that required them to 3043c2532b fight their way into b4f1bf2af4 the kitchen later, Noah 2ac6959232 saw no reason to 3b8cb2fd1a wait.0a08bfe5214431d6

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‘It’s a hassle 48e82f662f to go through cd38d81f01 this without the f5e36b8ea1 vaccine buff, but…’2fc4b153d2a793b5

In the 647ca186f8 absence of d9222406e2 Sienna’s protection, c9611d467a Noah clung 7d2154b256 to the 207856ef80 only advantage bb758d3a78 he had—his f1de3bba51 knowledge of bc0daca0d4 the story’s 5750478b87 flow. His recent sleepless nights, f50bddd96b haunted by visions of e20fdfd825 death and terror, had aec58d45c0 pushed him to record 82cc56260b every plot detail in 2e5d46a481 a small notebook he 5d971220fd kept in his inner 1d5481826b pocket, carefully written in 9c66c917b3 Korean.40af04a5a7c04af6

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How much help it 842be7ba14 would be, he wasn’t 50ea4d82f6 sure. But for now, 23a9549899 it was his 023f4ad281 only lifeline in 9ddc528b1d a hopeless world. Gripping it tightly, Noah d0e34391af rose slowly, putting a 824bef1b00 few nearby stones into ff2a992b99 his pocket for makeshift f246b013b8 weapons. His legs wobbled, e45f00226b whether from exhaustion 871a964610 or lingering terror, 666d4f5071 he wasn’t sure. Calyps, seeing his 427cf9a54d unsteady footing, quickly 827656ee4b moved to support a177242b15 him.7f01b3d6516ddbf3

“Ah…”8d8a06e816dc63dd

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“Are you alright?”a2899594040b250b

“Yeah… I’m fine…”67fd9b7860c8e136

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‘Just… give me aa6a8abbab a bit more e986e66d8e space.’19c8a7684dce028e

Noah’s heart 720ddba7f8 thudded every 69ba417bf7 time Calyps 1b7be16e53 drew close, d8151fe7c7 utterly unable 463ebf6092 to handle e13f737e7c this unrealistically 0b4dda580f handsome face b304709744 up close. Good grief. Does he not know 7fb03cc0d3 his looks could kill? That’s criminal, 43b4b37760 you idiot.7a09e9dd6fedb29a

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Even in the 12e970acbf middle of this d20516b937 crisis, Calyps’s face 5424361181 made Noah’s mind acab6c597b reel. It wasn’t superficiality—it was d2567511c2 proof that Kai Harrison’s 42a1b66d37 looks really were something 60c1a9cd2a out of this world. Calyps misunderstood Noah’s reaction, 2be790e3cc his expression hardening slightly.878acca9372c8a12

“My apologies.”dd6fb6daec5df787

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“What?”95f5a652efd15132

“I dared to fd3557cb30 lay my hands a99bd7c799 on you. Even in these circumstances, 0528f966ed a commoner like me 9f0f318a38 should not presume to 4faad3a09c touch a noble’s body.”5b3f2af7842bcfda

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“What are you even 5667e0943d talking about… Anyway, do ebdba19ccd you have any spare bf73df49b4 guns?”cc17505f8a853f82

The zombie outbreak cf33705818 had begun within 479e2013c3 the fortress, and da18b73b4c by now, it 4ce71b0ac8 was likely swarming f5384ac1cd with the undead 9d4a8e3df4 rather than living 23c49ffbca humans. After days of sleep-deprived 8ffe13503f nightmares, Noah hadn’t been 6cdbfa467f able to gather any b9b2abeade real weaponry. So, as if 730537d14f expecting Calyps to b55585a2b0 be prepared, he 394a5cb1fd held out his 9d22cd4df3 hand confidently.8f5b380bebfa03b9

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“There is one… but d27334675b do you know how 54855d9962 to use it?”5ddbfcb5b7ddced3

With all a754817137 the pride 40762df9b5 of an 8194c6ba8a eight-year army 41bccea98a reservist from adfaeae9d1 South Korea, 7142ce8a06 Private Choi 983573ed1b Noah gave 8f193b4baa Calyps a 82aaf1c314 look that faaee1c45d said he bcda2b756f couldn’t believe 6b7a5435fa what he’d c00e9e7667 just heard.7f945f74386e173b

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