Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Emergency?
“After spending a blissful day at the beach—swimming and tanning—Rayne and Julian decided to start making plans to head back home.”

Rayne rested her head against her hand while scrolling through her system panel.

“How big do you think the RV should be? Not too big right?”, she asked Julian.

“Yeah, I think something smaller and more compact would be less eye-catching and easier to drive. But also big enough to support the people traveling and storage for the goods”, replied Julian.

Rayne flipped between a few options. The first one was a very box-like shape. The thing she liked most about it was its 2 bedroom design. Instead of having one large bedroom with a single large bed, it had two smaller rooms with two twin beds each.

The other option she was considering was a slightly larger RV that was fully equipped with solar panels and a lot of storage space. The downside was that it only had one very large bedroom.

“If you can’t decide, why don’t you take them both out and look inside? It might give you a better picture”, suggested Julian, seeing the struggle in her eyes.

“Great idea!”, her eyes sparkled and she gave him a grateful look.

She stepped outside and took out a copy of both RV’s. Almost immediately she crossed off the box-looking RV.

It looked like a futuristic van, with silver glass-like panels covering all sides.

“Pfft! HAHA”, laughed Julian as soon as he saw it, “I can’t believe something like this even existed. Where did you get this?!”

Rayne looked away, “Well…I may have gone to one or two car shows….after hours”

Julian nearly rolled over laughing. “Oh my goodness! Haha! This just keeps getting even better!”.

His hearty laughter caused Rayne to smile. She shook her head looking at him, “Come on, let’s check out this other one”.

She stepped inside and was pleasantly surprised at how spacious everything felt. The walkway space was very wide, wider than the hot tub RV they were currently staying in, even though it was smaller overall.

“Oh I like this”, said Julian as he stepped inside.

He walked to the bedroom in the back and nodded, “I think this one will work perfectly. There are so many storage areas, it’s perfect for what we’re looking for”.

Rayne looked around, “You’re right. I’ll just swap out this huge beg for smaller ones. That way three people could easily sleep in here.”

Having settled on the RV, Rayne and Julian packed everything back up and hopped back into the SUV to head back to base.

As they approached the mountain, Julian pulled over to a remote spot along the highway so that Rayne could hop out and prepare the RV.

She took it out of her system and replaced the beds and a few other pieces of furniture with ones that made more sense for the caravan.

She also took this chance to fill the interior with bags of various coffee beans, hygiene supplies, clothing, and a few other things.

In the undercarriage storage compartment, she placed multiple large containers of gasoline. Since the caravan will spend most of the time on the road, keeping the car fueled was very important.

After she finished, she took a seat in the driver’s seat and followed Julian down to the familiar forest path.

As they pulled into the settlement, Rayne expected to be swarmed with people as usual, but she only saw people frantically running around the place.

She quickly parked the RV and ran out, trying to figure out what was going on.

Julian met her outside, “Do you know what is happening? Why is everyone running around?”

“No, but I’m about to ask. I hope it’s nothing serious”, said Rayne, walking towards the houses where most of the people were gathered.

Rayne noticed that the house where everyone was standing around was Anna’s and Judy’s place. Her heart raced from the anxiety. She picked up her pace to see what had happened.

Spotting Ella in the crowd she ran over, “What’s happening? Did someone get hurt?”.

“Oh you’re finally back!”, said Ella, grabbing Rayne’s arm, “Laura went into labor! She’s inside now.”

Rayne’s anxiety shifted to excitement, “What? Really?! Oh, how exciting!”

“What’s exciting? Is everyone okay?”, asked Julian. He had just arrived and was curious about the crowd.

“Laura’s having her baby!”, smiled Rayne. She looked excitedly at the door. Nurse Judy asked that everyone wait outside so they didn’t crowd the house.

Julian let out a sigh of relief, “Oh good. I thought someone got seriously injured. Hopefully we’ll meet the new addition to our settlement here soon. It will be nice to have multiple kids running around”, he said looking down at Rayne with a certain kind of look.

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Noah walked over after he found Julian in the crowd. “I was just coming over to fill you in on the situation, but it seems that Ella beat me to it”.

Ella smiled, reaching up to touch the pearl pendant of her necklace.

“Yes, iit’sgreat news. We also came back with good news”, said Julian, motioning to the new RV parked among the other vehicles.

Noah grinned, “Good news indeed. Your luck is as good as ever”.

“What can I say? I’m simply blessed”, boasted Julian. He secretly pinched Rayne’s butt, causing her to blush.

“Mhm. Mr. Blessed, I also have good news. I found some more than eager volunteers for the caravan. One of them even used to be a door-to-door salesman. He said that he longed to travel”, reported Noah.

Rayne clapped, “Oh that’s wonderful! Things are moving along smoothly! It’s only a matter of time before they can set off!”

Just then, the sounds of a screaming baby came from inside the house.

“Oh my goodness! The baby arrived!”, Ella cried out, turning her attention to the door.

Rayne’s eyes lit up, “Yes, and by the strong screams, it sounds healthy!”

A few minutes later Nurse Judy opened the door with a big smile.

“The baby is born! It’s a healthy, beautiful baby boy! Both mother and child are in good condition!”, she announced to the gathered crowd, “Please give the mother a few days of peace before visiting. Thank you for your consideration”

The crowd cheered! Everyone was happy with the wonderful news.

Mila stood at the front, wiping the tears from her eyes. She felt like it was only yesterday when she gave up her portion of the meal so that Laura could sustain the baby.

Hearing the wonderful news that everything went well and that they were both healthy made her overflow with emotions.

Brandon placed his arm around Mila, “There is hope for us after all. A new generation is born”.