Chapter 55: Strange Survivor
It had been several hours since his last contact with Anna, and Marco was growing impatient... Entry into Jyor’s atmosphere followed by the landing of such a ship shouldn’t have taken so long...
He was about to use his communicator to contact her, even though he knew the risks... But he decided to wait and check Anna’s room to see if he could find anything that could help him in this situation.
Entering Anna’s room, Marco swallowed hard as he caught the lingering scent of her, looking around carefully. He had helped her build this place, and she had been quite strict about many things that seemed simple...
There was a painting of a simple landscape; Anna had been quite strict about the position of the painting with her bed and the window. At the time, he thought the painting was something important someone had given her, but when he asked, she said she didn’t know who had painted it.
Marco soon reached a desktop computer near her bed, but when he turned it on, he couldn’t figure out the password. Frustrated, he finally gave up and walked down the building’s floors, deciding to check if the survivors at his base needed anything.
"I think I’ll be leaving soon. Does anyone need anything?"
"We have almost three hundred survivors; our only need right now is the limited space in the building," replied an old man named Ronald.
"With so many survivors, we need more food, right?"
"No, we’re fine too. We looted everything nearby and still have a large stockpile from the food drive that took place here. If the worst happens, we can consume the contaminated monsters, since they won’t affect us after the alteration Madame Anna made."
"But the taste and texture are still very bad. We should try to find more meat."
"There’s no need, sir. After the trauma they experienced at the start of the apocalypse, many people have avoided eating meat..."