Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

On this particular floor, we were in the area where most of the elderly gathered for some social time or entertainment like playing some bingo or chess, watching a vintage film, reading or getting read a book by one of the staff, or in Mrs. Rose's case, getting read a book by June herself.

It's just that the timing couldn't be more unfortunate as one of the older residents had to pass on but to look at the silver lining, she passed on surrounded by her friends she considered family.

But yeah, an older gentleman slowly walked over to June and Mrs. Rose's side while carrying a fruit platter and his expression just turned sour when he made the realization.

"A-Angie? Angie? Oh God, no… Angie, I—"

Eden quickly made her way to the older gentleman's side then forced a smile, "Where are you looking at, Harold? I'm right here!"

The "Harold" fellow looked confused for a moment before he let out the brightest smile, "Ah— Angie! There you are! I've been looking for you! Did you know that our daughter's turning seven tomorrow? Can you believe it?!"

Eden just nodded as she walked him by the TV, "Time sure does fly fast, huh?"

Harold simply nodded with a smile, "You know, Jessica, your mother and I love you very much… It's really sad that she went on ahead of us but she's watching from above, alright? I might do it someday too but you gotta be really~ strong and— Oh, right, Angie, I have a meeting at six…"

Hearing their conversation, it didn't take long before Kaley and I made the realization, but June on the other side, had already broken down crying in front of Mrs. Rose's body. They were in one spot by the window where not a lot of people could bother them, but it also didn't take as long before a woman who I assumed to be staff walked over and had the same realization.

"I-I'm okay, Maddy— I'm t-totally okay, I—"

"Wanna bring her down with me?"

"C-Can we w-wait a bit more?"

"I'm sorry, June, we can't… You know what happened those times, right?"

"... *sniff* a-alright… I-I'll—"

Eden then came back at the right time:

"June, I'm so sorry, I—"

At that moment, June just jumped into her sister's arms for an embrace as she tried her best to cry without making a lot of sound. All Eden could do was hug her back as this Maddy gal pulled on the locks to Mrs. Rose's wheelchair.

But yeah, she gave them a bit of time as she waited if June would come down with her—and long story short, we used the elevator to get down with them and made our way to their backyard.

I would've greatly appreciated how bountiful their vegetable garden looked but the place we were going for was the incinerator further out, away from the resident's eyes.

Since Eden was still holding June in her arms, I took it upon myself to help Maddy with the incinerator, but once I pulled out a knife just to be 100% sure Mrs. Rose wouldn't rise up while we were preparing her pyre of sorts, June just grabbed on my arm with a difficult expression.

"NO! WHY WOULD YOU— WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING HER IN THE— WHY?!"

"JUNE!" Eden exclaimed as she tried to pull her off me, "Stop! You know what happened to Mr. Hendricks and Sister Maella?! This is why!"

"B-BUT—"

"NOT BUTS—"

I waved them off as I put back my knife, "I'm sorry we had to meet like this, June, and to Ms. Maddy too but umm… This is something necessary to avoid further accidents… I don't know Mrs. Rose but I think anyone wouldn't want their loved ones get hurt by them, right?" ṚаΝΟᛒΕs̩

June started to tear up even more, "B-BUT—"

"Also, this is gonna sound morbid but if she means that much to you, I think you should do it."

"H-Huh? D-Do what exactly?"

I shook my head with a bitter smile, "You were also holding a knife, right? That bookmark on your pocket, I saw you holding that earlier…"

"...!" June never looked so surprised as she was still struggling with everything that was going in her head, "I-I— Mrs. Rose is— *sniff* I— S-She really loves books! I—"

I nodded respectfully, "Is that right?"

"A-And she's really kind to me!"

"I'm sure she is."

"She said she really loves my hair e-even if it's the total opposite of her hair color!"

"It does look great…"

"..."

"Umm… I don't wanna rush you or anything but… You know…"

"..."

"June?"

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"...do it…"

"Hmm?"

"I-I'll do it…"

"We'll just be right here, alright? Your safety's still the priority here…"

"I-I understand…"

At that point, June slowly made her way to Mrs. Rose's body and she kept a tight grip on this very thin blade that looked like a bookmark due to the ribbon hanging down by the small handle, but as June said more things to thank Mrs. Rose for what she had done for her, I noticed that Mr. & Mrs. Dewey received the news of her passing and came down with the old man.

And as they noticed our presence and June standing in front of Mrs. Rose, they made sure to not make any noise until it was all over.

"T-Thank you for everything Mrs. Rose… I'll never forget you…"

In a very gentle motion, June raised the tip of her blade, pointed it at the back of Mrs. Rose's head, and pushed slowly.

June was clearly shaking from the first inch and she took several deep breaths as she pushed it deeper and deeper. She was definitely bawling her eyes out the moment she pushed it all the way in and she wrapped her arms around her and cried out the pain.

"June…" Eden muttered as she wiped her tears with her sleeve.

With that said, we gave June all the time she needed since Mrs. Rose's body was cleared but after ten minutes or so, she eventually let go and helped me put the lifeless body into the incinerator.

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