Chapter 107: The presumptions of a superhuman.
Under president Ceaser’s instructions, Lugard and a few men were on a supply hunting mission. They were currently searching the closest malls supermarkets to the White house.
"Check the grain aisles first." Lugard shouted to everyone as they made entry into the first large supermarket. "We need rice, wheat, oats, millet....whatever the fuck looks like food. Just pack it. We have only thirty minutes so move, move, move."
He did not want to delay Janet any more than necessary. She was outside, keeping the rain away from the cars and the entrance to the mall. Lugard did not know how long her powers would hold up. There was still much they did not know about this superhuman thing.
If Janet fainted or run out of energy, they were screwed. As he thought about that, he tilted his head and thought that maybe being stranded in this mega supermarket was not such a bad thing.
It had survived the meteors, there was probably water inside. There were worse places for one to be stranded than there.
However, he realized that he had made assumptions too quickly. Half of the supermarket was nothing but empty aisles. Some food had been spilled on the floor and it was rotting. The inside ranked of urine, the place smelled disgusting.
There were a few people camping there and they introduced themselves as the employees of the supermarket. The soldiers ordered them to back away with guns.
"Pack everything that is remaining here." Lugard ordered.
An old man that had been a security guard for the supermarket for years took a brave step to confront Lugard. "You cannot take all the supplies and leave us here to starve, at least take us with you." There was a forceful urgency in his tone.
In response, Lugard grimaced in revulsion and turned a gun on the man.
Whimpers and cries of fear came from the other survivors. Janet made way into the supermarket and used a small blast of water to disarm Lugard.
As she was pulling the water back into a bottle that was in her left hand, Lugard put away the weapon. With the superhuman watching, he had to play the part of the good guy.