The Bastard In The Zombie Apocalypse

<Author's note: The things (racism, s.e.xism, political views, etc.) depicted or mentioned in this story do not reflect the real world and are purely coincidences. If they do, please keep in mind that they are simply for world-building and are only work of fiction. Thank you for your understanding.>

"Lyka, I don't remember saying that. Don't make me look bad in front of Daisy," the soldier said with a grin on his face.

Lyka discreetly kicked Daisy's leg and said, "Daisy, back me on this. Didn't he say last time he was going to get each of us a laptop once he goes out for missions?"

Daisy smiled and said, "I can't exactly remember. He may or he may have not."

Lyka looked at the soldier with a smile and said. "James, how are you going to impress Daisy if you can't even keep your promises?"

"The f.u.c.k, I seriously can't remember making that promise. Even Daisy isn't sure if I made a promise like that or not," said James.

"It doesn't matter if she can't remember it or not. What matters is that I remember it and you failed to deliver. And don't forget: Daisy and I are best friends and we share everything. If she's happy, then I'm also happy. If she's sad, I'm sad."

"So if you mean if Daisy and I become an item, you'll become my woman as well?" James said and flashed a huge grin.

"You pervert!" said Lyka.

Daisy smiled and said, "Oh, the both of you stop it. A customer is coming."

A brown-skinned Asian woman and a white-skinned Asian man stepped in front of the store and they both reek of liquor mixed with some other funky smell.

"Good evening," said Daisy.

"Good evening, too. One large bottle of gin, five cans of black soda, two bags of cheese ch.i.p.s, and two packs of cigarettes -- menthol and vanilla flavor, please. Thank you," said the woman.

Lyka got up to gather the items.

Daisy, on the other hand, was computing the items.

"We ran out of large bottle of gin! Only medium and small bottles left!" Lyka said from the back.

"Sorry, no large bottle of gin left, medium and small bottles," Daisy said to the two customers.

The woman turned to the white-skinned Asian man and spoke to him in crude Regisian, "Regshe regsay regno reglarge regbottle reggin. Regno regstock. Regonly regmedium regand regsmall regleft."

"Regonly regmedium regand regsmall regbottles regleft?" the white-skinned man said before cl.i.c.k.i.n.g his tongue in annoyance and then murmuring in his native language Xudonian, "Thisxh f.u.c.k.i.n.gxh stupidxh countryxh. Nothingxh everxh goesxh rightxh here. There'sxh alwaysxh anxh issuexh. It'sxh --"

"Hey you!" James said and then got up. "What the f.u.c.k are you saying, huh?!"

The brown-skinned Asian woman and the white-skinned Asian man looked at James.

When they saw his soldier uniform, the man quickly shut his mouth.

The woman, on the other hand, quickly bowed her head a few times and said in Muwinian, "I'm very sorry, sir. Please forgive him. He's just a little drunk. He didn't mean to be rude. He's not always like this. Please forgive us."

James ignored the woman and stood in front of the man.

He looked at the man's face, burning it into his memory, and then said, "I asked you what you are saying."

The man looked away.

Pah!

James slapped the man in the face and said, "I said I asked you what you were saying."

The man slowly turned his head to face James.

"What, are you angry that I hit you?" James said and then spread his arms wide open. "Come on, have a swing at me."

The woman quickly went to the man's side, yanked his arm and said in Regisian, "Li Wei! Regstop regdo regthis! Regcontrol regand regrelax regand regjust reganswer reghis regquestion! Regif regyou regdo regnot regdo regthis, regyou, regme, regeveryone regwill regbe regbig regtrouble! Regyou regwant regthat?!"

Hearing what the woman said, for some miracle, Li Wei cooled down and came to his senses a bit.

"Very, very sorry, sir. I drink too much, I drunk. Not happen again. Very sorry," he said in Muwinian and bowed.

"So you know to speak Muwinian after all, huh. Both of you, show me your IDs," said James.

They both took out their IDs and gave it to him.

James first checked Li Wei's ID.

"Li Wei Cheung from Xudonia… 32 years old… Level 4… And you haven't left the camp since you came here, huh."

Next, he checked the woman's.

"Linda Blake, Muwinian, 23 years old, Level 1…"

"I'm very sorry, sir. We promise this won't ever happen again," Linda said and bowed.

"Very, very sorry, sir. Please forgive," said Li Wei and bowed a few times.

James gave back their IDs and said, "Remember this, Li Wei or whatever your name is: This is Muwin. This is not your country. You are a guest here. If I ever see you making any problems again, I'll personally make sure that you will be put in prison or kicked out of this camp. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, sir. Very, very sorry, sir. Promise no happen again. Very, very sorry. Thank you, thank you," Li Wei said and bowed a few times.

"And you," James said as he turned to Linda. "You're a disgrace to us Muwinians!"

"Sorry, sir," Linda said and bowed her head.

"The both of you scram! I don't want to see your faces ever again!"

"Thank you, sir," the duo said and bowed before leaving.

After the two left, James went back to the bench and sat down.

"I know that this isn't the right thing to say. But I think you did the right thing. Although we didn't understand what he was saying, you could tell from his tone that he was insulting us," said Daisy.

"Ugh… These arrogant foreigners. If this was the south, these foreigners wouldn't dare to be this arrogant because the locals would've immediately been dealt with the first sign they start to misbehave," said Lyka. "But on a side note, I must say you were so cool back there. I think just developed a crush on you because of that," she said and smiled.

James gasped and said, "Are you telling me that all this time you didn't have a crush on me?!"

"Dummy!" said Lyka.

Daisy, on the other hand, just let out a soft chuckle.

James smiled and said, "Anyhow, not all the foreigners here are bad. They're just people like us -- there are good ones, bad ones and ones that are in the middle. In fact, I have a few foreign friends myself. It's just our luck that we bumped into one that was a bad apple and was also drunk."

"He was drunk?" said Lyka.

"Yeah, the both of them actually. They reek of liquor and had some funky smell on them," said James.

"I smelled it too," said Daisy.

"But still, don't you think it's so arrogant of them to behave like this? They're visitors and yet they dare to act like this. If it were my choice, I'd get rid of all the useless foreigners. Our country is poor and we're already dealing with so many problems. And given that we're now in a zombie apocalypse, the last thing we need is to add more problems like dealing with arrogant foreigners like that one," said Lyka.

James shook his head and said, "That's something you should never ever do no matter what. Just know that there are also Muwinians in other countries. If we treat the foreigners here badly and word gets out, we would be putting our fellow countrymen in other countries in danger."

"But aren't there many brown-skinned Asians in other countries being treated badly as well even before the zombie apocalypse, especially in white-skinned Asian and brown-Caucasian nations? There are many videos online and even reports. And plus, who's to say that Muwinians aren't being mistreated in other countries right now, especially now that there's a zombie apocalypse?"

"So you want to fight fire with fire? An eye for an eye? Is that it? That kind of mindset will only breathe in more hatred, an endless cycle of hatred. Someone has to be the bigger person. And plus, why would you lower yourself to their level? Aren't you an educated person?"

Lyka became silent.

"James has a point, Lyka. Sometimes you can be too emotional," said Daisy.

"Okay, okay. I will admit that what I said was wrong. But don't you think that he might come back to get revenge? I mean, our store is just right beside Block C where the foreigners are at. And just like you said, foreigners are people like us too -- there are bad ones, good ones and the ones in the middle," said Lyka.

"Now that you mentioned that, I think you also have a point. I'm now starting to get worried too," said Daisy.

"I know, right?" said Lyka.

"Don't worry, in my 2 years as a soldier I've met a lot of people -- good and bad, loudmouths, people who just happened to be killers because of circ.u.mstances, and just hands-down straight-up killers. And based on what I've observed from that person, all I can say is, he won't do anything bad. Trust me, I've met actual hands-down straight-up killers before. Once you meet them and they let out this… Uh… some kind of a murderous intent, even without words, just with their eyes alone, the way they look at you, you'll know right away in your gut. Trust me, that Xudonian was just a bad drunk. That's all."

"But still, what if? Can you guarantee that? And plus, things wouldn't have turn out like this if you didn't confront him," said Lyka.

Daisy didn't say anything and just stared at James.

"I promise you he won't. Like I said, he was just a bad drunk. That's really all there is to it. Don't worry, I'll report him to HQ later so that they'll keep an eye on him. So the next time he tries to do something stupid, he'll be arrested immediately and be tried at court to be accessed to whether he's fit to continue staying here in Fort Yano or not. And plus, you know that I always visit here during my free time to talk to you guys so there's really nothing to worry about."

"Okay… Thank you, James…" said Daisy.

"Thanks I guess…" said Lyka.

"Haha~ Damn, that was such a heavy topic. So… It's almost 8:00 pm and your shift will finally end. Let's go to the central to grab some food and drinks. My treat. There's also a comedy show at the gym which will start at 8:00 pm. It'll sure be fun."

"A comedy show? Who's performing?" said Lyka.

"It's --"

"You there," a male voice suddenly said.

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