The First Dragon God

Leo didn't know what happened. One moment he was being attacked by Ms Ves and the next, she was rolling on the floor and biting her hand hard, while letting out growls that continued to send shiver down his spine.

He was very confused by the series of events and had idea on how to react to them. He wanted to run and save himself but a part of him was telling him to stay and help Ms Ves.

'What do I do?' He thought to himself but no matter how he thought about it, the only rational thing for him to do right now was to run, but he didn't want to...

Even though Leo is someone that doesn't show his emotions openly, the truth is that he cares and has always cared about everyone around him.

He thought everyone at the orphanage home as his family and Ms Ves was no different. She was someone who would go the extra miles for the kids at the orphanage home.

She always work late into the night, even after everyone had gone to sleep, and some midnights when Leo comes out to do his business, he would see her still working, either taking care of their dirty laundry or something.

She's also someone kind and caring to him and the kids at the orphanage home, and it's for this reason that everyone loves her baby there.

Thinking back at the orphanage home, tears threatened to fall from his eyes as he thought of their chances of survival in this dangerous new world.

*Crack!*

A cracking sound jolted Leo out of his thoughts. He quickly assessed the situation; Ms Ves was now still on the ground, her breath loud wnd and dragged, the zombie horde outside was about to breach the entrance door.

This only brought him to one conclusion, he has to move as quickly as possible if he doesn't want to get into a situation that would mean his certain death.

He didn't dawdle as he squeezed the metal shard in his hand and slowly walked towards Ms Ves.

He took a step forward and just when he was about to take another, he heard her voice.

"I told you to run, why are you still here?" She asked with a low voice, that was filled exhaustion.

Leo paused for a moment when he heard what she said.

"Run? Where do you think I can run to, Ms Ves? Everywhere is crawling with zombies and in addition to that, the rain and snow is still falling heavily," Leo said as he took another step towards her.

"So tell me, Ms Ves, where can I run to? Where is safe enough for me to hide? Do you really think I can leave you behind and run?" Leo asked as he took another step towards her.

He took one more step and was now standing in front of her. He bent down and their face were directly at each other.

"I don't know why Ms Ves but I can't leave you behind. It would had been different if you had turned completely but you can still maintain your rationality, which means that you're still human.

I don't know how I would be able to live with myself if I should leave a human behind when those things are out there. And the fact that it's you makes it harder for me," Leo said, as he took her self-bitten arm and examined the bite mark.

He saw that the bite mark was healing at a speed visible to the eye. The torn flesh healed and closed completely, leaving behind nothing but the blood that was drawn when she bit it.

Leo was shocked by what he saw. He didn't believe that something like this was possible. The speed at which the wound healed was nothing short of fascinating and miraculous.

'I guess I'm going to be seeing a lot of fascinating things in the future.' Leo said to himself.

"I wonder why you don't always show your emotions, I guess this is the reason why, huh?" Ms Ves smiled.

Her head was in a mess right now. She didn't know what to make of the situation. She was awaken by the loud sound of someone moving a chair, and when she saw Leo, in her head, a voice in her head started shouting at her, telling her to bite him.

She found it hard to control herself at that moment and the next she knew was that she was already rushing at Leo, to bite him. And this was the reason why she told him to run.

It was very hard for before she regained control of herself but she knew that if she had caught during her first attack, she would had really bitten him and done something bad to him.

Now she didn't know how to feel about herself when she knew that she almost killed one of the children that she always took care of in the orphanage home. Not only that but the fear of losing herself again in the future and biting Leo frightens her.

But Leo wasn't going to just leave her behind. She didn't know that he could care this deeply about people and it made her heart warm when she remembered the emotionless Leo from the orphanage home.

Leo was studying Ms Ves face and he saw how the expression on her face changed multiple times. He saw how she did her best to hide her emotions but failed ultimately.

"Ms Ves, if you're thinking of how to make me leave you behind, then just know that it's impossible. Yes, you're a half zombie but you're still half human, and that human part of you means a lot."

At this point, Leo has no idea what he's saying. He felt that his lips were just moving on his own but deep down inside him, he knew that he was doing the right thing.

If what Tatiana said about zombies being able to level up, grow stronger and also possibly recover themselves was true, then it means that Ms Ves still has a change to recover completely.

He has no idea on how he's going to achieve that but he knew that he has to find a way. Besides, he needs Ms Ves. She was an adult and stronger than him. Even if he has leveled up once, it wasn't enough.

He looked at Ms Ves who was looking at him strangely, with a smile on her face and asked, "So what do you say, Ms Ves?"

There was brief moments of silence before she finally replied, "Fine. It's seems I can't change your stubborn mind. I will go with you then."

"Good. Now, let's get out of here before those guys out here break in and get to us," Leo said and pulled her up from the floor.

The two of them supported themselves and started making their way up the main staircase.

And just as they took a step forward, they heard multiple cracking sounds, followed by a loud shattering sound.

Crash!

Growl!!!

The barricaded door gave way, and the growls of the horde grew deafening. Shadows poured into the lobby as the zombies surged forward, their decayed forms moving with terrifying speed.

"Go!" Leo shouted, pulling Ms. Ves toward the stairs.

Her legs wobbled beneath her, but she forced herself to move, matching his frantic pace.

Behind them, the horde closed in, their growls echoing through the building like a death knell.