Chapter 22: Survival has the last word
"Gleen, what the hell was that just now, these damn walkers stopped trying to attack us! Did you see that, this is crazy!"
As soon as they entered the building, T-dog couldn't help but voice his shocked thoughts. Now, he had like everyone else a new insight into the walkers and their characteristics.
"Wait, T-dog, we'll talk about that later since I don't know much more than what we've seen!" Glenn stopped T-Dog from continuing and turned to introduce himself to several people in the building.
Airon smiled slightly at this, if he somehow has a lot more knowledge of this world and how it works it is because he knows a lot about events in the future that he can take into account.
Now if for some reason it wasn't as it is now, he wouldn't be sure to be and move so calmly in this kind of situation. He has to be thankful that walkers don't make much of an impression on him and he is someone with a cool head.
"This is Airon that Shane mentioned earlier, the other three are acquaintances coming to take us to a much safer place, the other one in a police uniform is Lori's husband Rick." Glenn turned to Airon and introduced, "This is T-dog, Morales, Andrea, Jacqui and Merle Dixon upstairs."
Airon and Mike crossed glances, they now knew the shooter was the guy upstairs named Merle Dixon, although there was no need to ask Rick couldn't hold back.
"Did you guys shoot just now?" Rick was still a little unhappy about what happened a moment ago, after all, he and his friends almost died.
"It's Merle Dixon... He had a fight with T-dog just now, and that guy lost control. And now we're in a really bad situation." Morales spread his hands helplessly, expressing that they had no chance of getting out of this place.
Andrea looked at Airon and the others, and said with an anguished expression, "We will be able to get out of here, won't we? That was too much movement just now, the walkers should be agitated by now."
Airon walked to the main entrance and took a look. Indeed, the situation was exactly the same as the plot of the play. Although he had changed the plot a lot, it seemed that the situation now was still the same.
But he is not too worried. The plot of the play is to create various difficulties to make the way more exciting, but in reality, there are many other ways to achieve the same goal. Besides, he can get out of this place in many ways so this was not a problem.
Airon had found out two things on this trip, first was to know what happened if he was directly related to the plot group and second how things changed. "Not much to worry about, there are many ways out of this place. For now we have to resolve the unstable factors in this place." Airon ordered his equipment again and went up the stairs.
Airon slowly walked up the stairs and knew that before he did anything he needed to tidy up. He looked at Mike and said quietly, "Now we will contact the others, if things don't go as planned we will have to call for reinforcements."
After hearing this, Mike knew that the other party was very quiet as if nothing mattered, so he said nothing, just followed Airon closely.
He didn't know how things would turn out, but he definitely trusted Airon and depended on his good decisions not to make mistakes.
On the roof of the building, Merle Dixon was standing on the roof wall, shooting the walkers below one after another, still talking to himself, yelling non-stop.
When he heard the sound of the corridor door opening, he knew that this group of rookies was coming back upstairs. Merle, who didn't look back, aimed for the head of a walker. Just as he was about to fire, he discovered that his vision was obscured and the scope was blocked by something.
"Fuck! Didn't I explain it to you a moment ago? Now I'm... Fuck!"
Before Merle could say a word, Airon, who was right next to him hit with some forceMerle Dixon lost his balance in an instant and his whole body fell backwards. He dropped the gun, but Airon's movements were quick and he held it.
"What?" Merle yelled, and his anger made him feel his heart rise in his throat in an instant, then he felt two people grab him by the ankles and his upper body hit the building's railing.
When he wanted to look up, two rifle barrels were pointed at his forehead, Airon, who was standing in front of Merle, looked at this person thinking what to do.
"Don't kill him!"
"Oh God!"
The few people who followed him were in a cold sweat, and only let out a sigh when they saw that the two people who dressed just like Airon had pointed their guns at Merle.
"Who are you aiming at, put the gun down! If you're going to shoot, do it now or I swear I'll kill you sons of bitches." Although Merle's situation was not good at the moment, his mouth was unforgiving, a series of curses and the threatening sound came immediately.
"It's okay, it's all right now..."
Airon looked at Merle with a thoughtful expression, his eyes assessed him up and down and his hands held his vest while his breathing was normal. After Airon ordered his people to lower their weapons, the two withdrew and released Merle as they scowled at him.
Contrary to the expression that exhibited the feelings of the others, Airon just looked at Merle silently, as if a wolf in the skin of a rabbit was thinking what to do with its prey. Mike asked with some hesitation, "What are you planning to do boss?"
Merle seemed to feel bad and his attitude immediately softened.
"All right, all right, you win! I won't say anything else."
"Now will you stop talking, I guess we should keep shooting?"
After looking at Merle with eyes that would make even the most passive person uncomfortable, Airon drew his gun.
"No no!"
When everyone thought the trouble was going to end, Airon pulled out a pistol without a silencer and fired into the sky without hesitation.
"Bang!"
"Damn it, you're crazier than me!"
Merle stretched out his hands to cover himself thinking the next shot was going into his body, but Airon's actions stopped immediately.
"I don't like violence, I hate the red color of blood and I also hate getting dirty."
As he spoke, Airon picked up the shell casing from the ground and walked towards Merle. Not caring about the stares of the others, Airon handed him the bullet casing.
"In this new world, I decided to give two chances to one person, you have wasted the first chance on my part. I think you are a person who knows how to adapt well, like a wolf taming his cave you should also know that when a bigger and stronger predator comes towards you you should keep quiet and follow orders."
Merle looked at Airon with a smile and sneered when he finished listening to Airon's words. But Airon didn't react, he looked at the pistol in his hand and handed it to Merle.
When Merle looked at the gun in his hand, he was silent not knowing what to do, he knew that the gun in his hand had bullets in it and right now he could shoot the idiot in front of him in the head.
Mike's eyes sharpened but he made no move, everyone held their breath but very few understood the meaning of Airon's movements at this moment.
Rick who was standing next to him knew it, two chances and Merle had already spent one, this was the test Airon was giving him and if Merle is such an idiot as to try to shoot Airon then there was no doubt he would be killed.
"Alright, I won't shoot you!" Merle lowered the gun and stood up from the ground, all indicating that he was already a threat but then moved his hand towards Airon.
Looking at the situation and being prepared, Airon reached out his hand and held the barrel of the gun preventing it from firing a shot and then raised his right knee and struck.
"Paf!"
The gun Merle wanted to hit was stopped by Airon and the gun fell to the ground.
The right leg landed lightly to the ground, and as soon as he kicked the ground, his body turned and his left leg flew towards Merle.
Merle is also very experienced in fighting. Seeing that the gun was kicked, he didn't think to pick it up. Instead, he pulled out a dagger from behind. The dagger stabbed and attacked towards Airon!
Turning his body moved slightly to avoid Merle's knife, Airon turned his left hand into a fist and accurately grabbed the wrist that held Merle's knife.
Merle e only felt a pain in his wrist, and then his whole arm twisted behind him.
"How..."
Merle, who was in pain, released the slack in his hand, and the knife fell to the ground, and Airon kicked it away.
In just a few tens of seconds, all the weapons in his body were confiscated by the person in front of him, Merle felt a little bad, to the point of begging for mercy, but he found that as soon as the other party let go, he withdrew without looking at him anymore.
Airon Darcy picked up the gun on the ground and holstered it, looked up at Merle and smiled as he said, "Merle, sure we are, let's get to know each other better, my name is Airon!"
Merle rubbed his wrist and looked at the man in front of him. He was very strong but not skilled. From the fight now it could be said that the other party was very capable. Even if he had no special training, he had been fighting outside with people of all kinds for a long time and there were very few opponents who could stand up to him.
At this time, all his attacks were guessed by the opponent. Realizing that this person cannot be provoked, he changed his mind instantly. This is also an important reason why Merle Dixon has been so successful for so many years. It is very important to judge the situation he was in and act according to plan.
At this thought, a big smile instantly appeared on Merle's face, he took a step forward, stretched out his hand and said in his mouth, "Dude, are you Airon? Why didn't you say so before? I heard a lot about you in the camp, I knew you were coming to take us to your shelter, how could I attack you?"
"Hypocritical bastard..." Airon thought with a slight smile. From the moment he saw the drama, he could see that Merle was a wild and unruly person, with no clear distinction between good and evil, and a born survivor.
Airon knew that this man's nature was not evil, compared to his younger brother Daryl, he has experienced more beatings in life, so he is strong in the face of strangers.
If a person like him does not seek death for himself, his survival ability is very strong, he will do everything to survive, whether it is exploiting others or being a demon, but it is hard for him to truly give himself to a person, in his eyes the strong dominate this world, there is no such thing as respect or morals, survival always has the last word.