Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 186

Chapter 186: The Quick Getaway
Julian left to meet with Noah and Ian while Rayne walked around and stored all the important items in the apartment, like weapons, IDs, and anything related to Julian.

She wanted to throw Damien off their trail as much as possible, so she removed anything related to him from the apartment while adding more feminine items around.

After finishing inside the apartment, she got dressed and hurried out to her SUV.

Downstairs, Samantha and Layla walked out in time to see Rayne quickly running away from Julian’s apartment.

“Oh good, looks like my brother finally kicked her out. See, I told you everything would work out,” smiled Layla.

Samantha felt her heart flutter. She thought that Julian had had a change of heart after seeing her earlier.

“Come on, let’s go back inside. I’m willing to bet that he’ll come back begging for forgiveness any minute,” laughed Layla.

The two girls went back inside where it was warm and waited for Julian to return.

Julian was currently next door speaking with Noah and Ian. He told them about his suspicions that Damien was using his family to find him.

“When you put it that way, it makes sense,” said Ian. He also had his suspicions about why they would only now go out of their way to seek Julian.

Julian told him about the plan to relocate, twisting the story so that when he and Rayne went out earlier, they found a bunch of new RVs in a rural town.

Coupled with the RV they already had from their trip to City R, they should have enough temporary living spaces to hold everyone.

While Julian and Ian discussed the details, Noah couldn’t help but think of Ella. He really didn’t want to leave her, especially if the danger from Damien’s men was approaching.

Julian noticed his lost-in-thought expression and asked, “Noah, what’s wrong? You look troubled.”

Noah looked up and frowned. “Boss, can I bring Ella? I don’t feel right leaving her and her family behind.”

Julian smiled knowingly. If he were in Noah’s position, he wouldn’t be able to leave Rayne behind either.

“Yes, go deliver a message to the Sotos. You can explain the situation to Reginald. He already has a basic understanding. Tell them to only bring the essentials. Rayne packed a lot, and we’ll be fine for the time being,” instructed Julian.

Noah quickly stood up with a small smile on his face. He wasn’t sure how Julian would feel about bringing extras with them when he initially asked, and was relieved when Julian agreed.

“I’ll go now, excuse me,” he said and ran over to Ella’s place to inform them of the situation.

Julian turned to Ian. “Have everyone in Alpha team ready to leave in one hour.” One hour would give Rayne enough time to set everything up in the rural town.

He looked out the window, hoping nothing bad would happen to her on her journey. This would be the first time they split up, which made him feel a little uneasy.

Rayne quickly made her way to her SUV and drove out of the base. Having just recently visited the mountain, she had a good idea of how to get there, making the trip easier.

She was also thankful that they had plowed the main highway while they were driving previously. This made the roads much easier to navigate.

A few hours later, she finally approached the mountain where their future base would be. She took a quick look out the window at the forest below.

Although she had cleared a huge area of trees, she was happy to see that from this angled top-down view, it was still very difficult to tell that there were missing trees.

The rest of the forest was thick with trees, hiding the clearing she made completely.

She continued to drive up and over the mountain along the main road until she reached the small town she was looking for.

When she was initially looking for potential base locations, she had noticed that there was a small town not far from the mountain.

This town was very rural, with only one main street where all of the shops and important buildings were. The rest of the streets were small residential areas, with a few small apartment buildings.

Rayne looked around as she drove through the town, feeling like this town was very cute. She was looking for a good, hidden spot to begin placing the RVs.

She drove down one of the small side streets until she found a small two-story motel. From the outside, it looked very old but well-maintained.

“Skinner Mountain Motel,” she said, reading the sign out loud before driving into its parking lot. It seemed this town was named after the nearby mountain, with many of the stores’ names including ‘Skinner’.

After parking, she stepped outside and walked over to the main reception building, looking to see if there was anyone around.

The door was unlocked, so Rayne walked right in, holding her gun out for safety.

She searched around thoroughly but found no signs of people living here.

After walking around some more, she searched the reception desk to see if she could find the keys to the units.

She searched the desk and all the nearby drawers but couldn’t find any keys. “I wonder if the owners took the keys with them when they left?” she mumbled.

But just as she turned to leave the room, she found a small metal, wall-mounted key box. Her eyes lit up, and she opened her system panel to take out a small handheld cut-off tool.

She carefully sawed through the metal, exposing the keys that were neatly hung on hooks in an organized manner.

Each key was labeled with the room number and hung in ascending order. Rayne quickly reached out and pulled all of the keys off the hook, storing them into her system.

She decided to quickly check out the motel rooms to see if they could work as lodgings. Having everyone stay in these rooms would be ideal so that she wouldn’t have to explain where all the high-end RVs came from.

She entered the first room and was glad to see that everything looked to be in decent shape. The windows were intact, and there seemed to be no major structural damage.

The only downside was the very outdated interior. All of the furniture and fixtures seemed to be original to the motel and looked very worn.

She tried flipping the light switch out of habit, but unfortunately, there was no electricity. She walked over to the bathroom to check if there was running water, and to her surprise, there was!

The water was freezing cold, so it would need to be manually heated for bathing, but at least the toilets could be flushed!