Chapter 22
Phoebe gives the three bags of blood she has prepared to Ron, Emily, and Mina, reminding them:
"Preserve it well, take it out when thirsty. That blood is my sister's blood, if you use it sparingly, it will last for more than a week. I can't come here often but if I can, I'll come here to give you blood, so don't worry."
Mina sobbed hugging Phoebe and said, "Can't you go? You stay here with us, didn't they say that as long as we're obedient here, we won't have to worry about food?"
Emily pulled Mina away, she said, "Mina stop whining, if Phoebe didn't join us as Vampire hunters, we wouldn't be here."
Phoebe got up, closed the door and drew the curtains, then sat down on the bed and asked in a low voice,
"Does anyone know your true identity? Or did you tell anyone?"
Emily said: “No one knows!”
Phoebe looked at Ron and Mina nodded as well, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Phoebe had always been worried that someone would find out the true identities of these three children and she, if that happened, Phoebe, Ron, Emily and Mina would all die even though they didn't harm anyone.
Phoebe looked at the clock, there was not much time left, she reminded the children:
"You must remember not to let anyone know your identity, do not show things that are different from a human being. If we want to survive, we must. Ray and Lina remember not to run around or be naughty, don't skip meals, and don't be picky like before."
Ray and Lina obediently nodded.
Time is limited, so Phoebe has to hurry back to her place, she promises to visit them on the next leave, then bring lots of food. And now try to survive, that's the important thing.
Each group of people can only stay in one room, in a room less than 17m2, the sleeping space is cramped. Times are difficult, so no one wants to accommodate more people in the room other than their loved ones.
Ron carefully stored the three bags of blood in the small refrigerator by the window, looking at the amount of blood in the bag enough to see how much Phoebe had to work, she had to practice day and night, before two days of leave left. I drew my own blood and put it in a food bag to wait until today to bring it to my brothers.
Lina, the youngest girl, burst into tears when she saw Phoebe had to leave, causing the other children to cry hugging her tightly, not wanting her to go, Phoebe was very sad because she had to leave, this time she will only be able to leave after six months. come visit them. In the camp, it is not allowed to communicate by phone or any other technology.
But the organization allows them to send letters, but only once every three months. Before being sent out, the letter was read by the manager there, if he didn't like it or the letter mentioned hard training, it wouldn't be approved.
Phoebe only dared to write about her brothers' health when she wrote each time, besides not mentioning too much about herself, partly because she didn't want her brother and sister to worry, partly because she didn't want to be hurt. supervisors left her mail.
After adopting those five children, Phoebe taught them general knowledge and how to read and write, but perhaps out of the five only Ron - the oldest, and Mina could read and write fluently, Emily. less, but the two children, Ray and Lina, were too young to read the letters.
Soon, Phoebe's team had to go out to find items, and food and fight the Vampires, facing her own kind she showed no mercy for them because it was the Vampires who made their lives. everyone was turned upside down, how many painful deaths, and people during the past two years after this riot happened that almost destroyed everything.
Phoebe and her teammates sat on a truck, the driver took her team to a neighborhood, this place was once splendid, now so desolate and dilapidated, there is no life in this place, It was cold, the wind whistling past Phoebe shivered. The team's mission is to check this neighborhood to see if anyone is still alive and save them, collect food and valuable items, and if there are Vampires, immediately kill them.
Her team has 15 people, divided to find everything, because they are just inexperienced rookies, so the organization allows 3 people to go together.
Phoebe's teammate is a seasoned hunter who will be able to rescue him if anything happens. The recruits who had undergone training to become amateur hunters had not yet reached 100, so the organization wouldn't let a needless death.
Phoebe and Enda looked around, all of them bought a very large canvas bag, to hold the items they collected. The place Phoebe and Enda went to was a small grocery store, she was happy because she thought that there would certainly be many items that could be used.
But when Phoebe and Enda stepped inside, they were both surprised because it was empty, everything was destroyed as if there was a terrorist in this place. There was a lot of dried blood on the floor, everything inside was horrible, canned goods were opened and littered on the shelves and floors, and electric lights and shelves were broken. ruined, so are the windows, everything is terrible.
This place gave off a stench, because of her strong sense of smell, she had just entered the store and took a breath to feel some peace because there were no vampires around this place, but the terrible stench coming from the place. This made Phoebe get goosebumps, it made her sense of smell want to be destroyed on the spot, Phoebe quickly covered it with a piece of cloth.
Phoebe exclaimed, "Oh, that's disgusting."
Enda observed what was inside and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his body, he grimaced and said: "This place is so devastated, everything is almost destroyed, the smell here is terrible I don't know what we have Can you find anything in here?”
Even though it was daytime, it was not only deserted in this place but also very dark, because the electrical system was destroyed nearly a year ago, so things like grilled sausages, chicken, fish... were all broken and rotting, maggots in a humid, dirty environment proliferate. Phoebe looked at the filthy creatures, her stomach rumbling with the urge to throw up all the food she ate yesterday. Because of her strong sense of smell, Phoebe had to cover it with a black cloth, but that did not lessen her disgust for the place.
Phoebe and Enda split up to quickly find items and food that could be taken away. Phoebe was quite disappointed, she thought places like this would have a lot of takeaways but most of the things in the store were destroyed.
Phoebe got a few boxes of dried fish intact, and two boxes of butter. Enda got the bottled water intact and several cans of pork. Remaining full of broken or dirty things that could not be eaten, the two of them also found some irons that they thought would be useful if forged into sharp weapons.
Enda looked at the pile of things they both found, he said: "There is nothing left for us to take here, now we must erase the traces and go to other places with more items."
Phoebe nodded, she tied the bag and said, "We have to collect valuable items back to the base as much as we can."
Phoebe and Enda are done, they have to erase their tracks because Vampires have a very good sense of smell, Phoebe can hide her scent like Enda as a human cannot.
She and he continued to another place, after three hours of searching everywhere together, she and he could also fill the black cloth bag. Food and supplies they earn, when returning to another team will have the task of sorting everything to fit the needs of the whole base. If the item is collected more and more, people will not have to worry, but if it is not possible to find useful items, it is possible that the relatives of the rookies - who do not have the ability to fight will have to starve and no one wants that to happen to their loved ones.