Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 114

Chapter 114: The Search Continues
After getting changed into a clean shirt and boxers, he climbed into bed to lay beside her.

Rayne quickly shifted her body so that she was practically laying on top of him. She allowed her hands to wander across his body until the sleep finally took over.

Julian watched her slowly begin to fall asleep as he played with her hair. A few minutes later he heard her quiet breathing, indicating that she had fallen asleep.

He felt like he could finally relax after being so aroused. Although the situation was incredibly difficult for him, he was glad that they had made some progress.

He continued to gently play with her hair until he felt his own heart rate return to normal. About an hour later he finally fell asleep, holding Rayne in his arms.

The next morning, Rayne woke up with a dull headache, realizing that she was currently embraced by Julian’s strong arms.

Scenes from the previous night flooded her mind, making her feel mortified by her behavior. She quickly turned around to see Julian’s sleeping face.

She took a few minutes to enjoy his sleeping face and warm embrace. Her eyes traveled down his chest to where a part of his shirt was lifted up, exposing his lower abs.

Unable to hold back, she carefully took her finger and poked him, not realizing that he had woken up.

“Didn’t get enough of a feel last night?” Julian asked in a deep voice. He had woken up as soon as he felt her movements.

“Julian!” she exclaimed. “I’m so sorry about last night. I don’t know what came over me. I’m—”

“Shh, you’re fine,” he smiled, placing his hand gently on her face. “You didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not upset or hurt. If anything, I’m happy I got to see this new side of you.”

Rayne blushed, nodding. While she had the excuse of alcohol, she knew that her actions were her own. She wasn’t so drunk that she couldn’t control herself; she knew what she was doing.

“Thank you, Julian. I know I must’ve made it hard for you,” she said, looking up at him.

Julian looked at her with a wide grin. “Yeah, you definitely made something hard.”

As Rayne was about to bury her head in the blankets, Julian leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.

“No need to hide. You can do whatever you want to me. Come on, let’s get dressed. I think the others should be awake by now,” he said, smiling.

Rayne felt the warmth and happiness bubble inside of her. She quickly leaned over and pecked Julian on the cheek before jumping out of bed.

This time, she didn’t order Julian to look away as she changed into an identical set of clothing to what she wore yesterday. Changing clothes too often would be suspicious, as many people only had a few sets of clothing in total.

Julian who was frozen from the small kiss she left on his cheek was once again battling with his inner demons as he looked at Rayne’s naked back while she changed.

“Girl, you’re going to drive me crazy, aren’t you”, he groaned, feeling the stiffness between his legs return.

Rayne quickly got dressed, giggling at Julian’s distress. “Here, I’ll give you a few minutes if you need them”, she joked and ran out of the room.

After Julian got dressed, he walked into the living room to see Rayne drinking a cup of coffee with Lenny.

“Morning! Did you sleep okay?” asked Lenny, bringing over another cup of coffee for Julian.

“Yeah, I slept great. Thank you for letting us spend the night,” replied Julian, accepting the coffee.

The three of them sat down in the living room, taking a moment to enjoy their coffee while waiting for the morning grogginess to pass.

“So what’s on the agenda for today? You guys going to look for that scientist?” asked Lenny.

Julian placed his mug down on the coffee table, making sure he used a coaster. “Yes, the group leader and the rest of the team are in an empty apartment on the second floor. I’m pretty sure the plan is to head over to that government lab you told us about to look around.”

“What if you don’t find him? Will you be staying longer?” asked Lenny.

“No, I believe we’ll be going back to base regardless,” answered Julian.

Lenny nodded. “Okay. Then I’ll spend my time packing my things into the car. I know where the government lab is, so I’ll head over there to meet up with you in a little bit.”

“Okay, sounds good. See you then,” replied Julian and got up to leave.

A few minutes later, Rayne and Julian made it to the apartment where Kia and the others had spent the night.

“Oh, good, you’re here. We need to get going,” said Kia after opening the door.

Rayne noticed that Percy and Kenzo were also awake and sitting in the living room.

“Okay, everyone. We’re going to make our way back to the van the same way we came. On the way back, we will loot as many supplies as possible from the supermarket we cut through yesterday. After that, we’ll drive over to this government lab that these two suggested searching,” announced Kia.

The group quickly assembled and walked out. Kenzo nervously looked around the minute they stepped out of the apartment building, clearly still affected by what had happened yesterday.

“Ah, it’ll be okay, man. We’ve got a scary, buff woman with us and another one who can shoot,” said Percy as he placed his arm around Kenzo’s neck.

Kia rolled her eyes at Percy’s comment and continued forward towards the back end of the supermarket.

As soon as everyone entered, the nervous energy surrounding the group shifted to excitement. Percy, Kenzo, and even Kia quickly walked from shelf to shelf, filling their shopping carts with as many supplies as they could.

Rayne walked around with Julian, placing anything she didn’t have into her system. Julian also pushed a shopping cart around so that they could fit in, but the items inside were mostly those that Rayne duplicated.

Thirty minutes later, they all made their way to the van, filling it to the brim with supplies. Kia found a marker in the supermarket and labeled each person’s bags/boxes with their names.

“Okay, let’s head over to the lab to find this guy. The sooner we find him, the sooner we can get back,” said Kia as she turned on the van.

The way to the lab was straightforward. Lenny had given Rayne and Julian instructions on how to get there, saving the group time.

The lab was a modern-looking concrete building that was surrounded by a large fence.

Thankfully for them, the gate inside was left open, allowing Kia to drive right in. After parking the car right in front of the entrance, Kia was just about to open the door to get out when Percy jumped out of his seat and pointed at something on the ground below.

“Holy shit, is that a python?!” he screamed, pointing at a massive snake on the ground.

Kia hadn’t noticed it at first because of the way it was laying motionless in the shade, but after Percy pointed it out, her face paled.

Rayne also buried her head into Julian’s arm. Although she couldn’t see the snake from where she was sitting in the van, she was still terrified. Snakes were one of her biggest fears, and she wanted nothing to do with them.