The group had made a decision, and it was to head back to the Reborn group, which was run by Sarah Bain, one of the two creators of the zombie apocalypse. It was one of the safest places for the group currently, and on top of that it was the place that would most likely help them find the whereabouts of Zain.
Getting there was no easy task though, since they would have to travel through multiple territories. As time went on, zombies of higher stages were being seen more frequently, but it also meant that the group could also grow stronger.
As they travelled through multiple areas, they defeated the high stage beast with their teamwork, and with the crystals they continued to absorb their power through the technique that Zain had shown them.
All of them could feel themselves getting stronger, this included Skittle as well. He too was able to absorb crystals, so he increased his strength and power even without Zain's use of the system.
Before arriving at the Reborn group, they wanted to be as strong as possible, that way if they did need to use force or use their powers they would have a chance to escape.
"Here we are." Pink said, standing in front of the Reborn gate. The infamous sliding door, the only way in and out to the facility.
"Man, I really hope they just let us in with no trouble." Dab said, staring up at the camera, they hadn't moved forward enough to be caught on the camera just yet. All of them felt a little uneasy.
Taking a deep breath, Kun was the one that went ahead, and the rest soon followed. Now they knew they could clearly be seen on the camera.
"This is Kun!" He shouted. "We have returned with no intentions of conflict, Zain is currently not with us, we just wish to talk."
The group waited in silence. They were waiting for someone to speak on the other side with a microphone as they had done in the past, but instead the door started to slide open.
"Wait a second, do we go in?" Kelly asked. "What if it's a trap, what if the whole Reborn group is waiting for us. They could have even more people than they did before we left."
"That's just a risk that we have to take." Skittle said, and this time he was the one that went ahead, and the rest stayed behind him.
Entering the long white hallway, they could see at the other end, there was Sarah and standing by her side was X and Sid. The two strongest and closest members of the Reborn group.
However, when looking at Sarah, her expression was that of a soft smile, for some reason she always had this welcoming aura around them.
"It's nice to see you are back here again, it's a shame that Zain isn't with you." Sarah said. "Back then, I wish I had time to explain myself, but I never got the chance. If you come in, maybe we can talk again."
The five looked at each other. It didn't seem like a trap, and if it was, Sarah was an incredible actor. The thing was, that might have been the case, afterall she had kept the secret meetings with the demons underwraps.
Either way, nearly the entire group took a step forward and continued to follow Sarah. Not much had changed so they all knew where they were heading to, and it was the private lab.
When they entered inside, they looked around to see if there was anyone that was hiding out of sight, but it didn't seem to be the case, and when staring out of the glass window that would look at the main area underneath them, they could see that the Reborn zombies were high in number.
'At least it doesn't look like Sarah has given up the Reborn Zombies to the demons.' Skittle thought.
"What did you expect to see, no zombies here?" Sarah jokingly said, seeing the reaction of everyone.
The two groups stood on either side of a large work top table. It was wide enough to the point where one even if they stretched, wouldn't be able to reach the other side. One group stood on one side while the other group stood on the other.
They both thought it was better this way just in case it became more hostile.
"I don't know your situation with Zain, but I can understand all of your reactions that day full heartedly." Sarah said. "Which is why, with you returning today I have no malice against any of you.
"I just want to have a chance to explain myself. As you know, the truth is I have been talking to the ones that we know as demons. I know their power, and I know ours as well, and I believe that if both sides fight, then there will be no winner for either side of this.
"If all of us die trying to save ourselves then what are we fighting for? At the same time, of course I know we can't trust the demons whoel heartedly, which is why the negotiations had been taking a lot of time. Because I need to know for certain that everyone is safe, that includes the Reborn Zombies and humans."
From her words, Sarah had good intentions. She was trying to solve this where everybody won, but the real question was whether or not that was possible, or if it was just a dream.
"But how… whatever deal you make here with the demons, how can you get the military and the outside world to agree, they would never agree to letting even us zombies roam free, with this infection in our blood." Kun said, having worked with the Reborn group and military before he knew what they were like the most.
"Because I have something that both the demons and military would be interested in." Sarah said.
Just as she was about to say those words, an alarm went off in her base. X quickly rushed at one of the terminals and turned on the screen showing the cameras that were outside.
Here they could see a Reborn Zombie by the door covered in blood.
"What's the situation?" X asked.
"Quickly open up, they're coming, they're coming!" the zombie urgently shouted. "It's the Zombie Hunters, they're attacking the town, they're coming for us!"
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