lobal Lo

ouse on the outskirts of the city. Elena had paid six months of rent upfr

g a massive loading dock that could accommod

de the warehouse, her laptop glowing in the dim light, placing order after

roceries. She bought

zen beef, pork, and chicken. She bought 10,000 gallons of cooking oil, 50,000 box

oading dock, the drivers looked at the massive order, th

ver asked, looking around the empty warehouse. "W

large, sealed rolling doors at the back of the warehouse. "Just unload the pallet

hrugged. "Su

k-wrapped pallets of rice onto the concrete. Once they finished, the

ped up to the pallet of rice. She placed h

i

o-ton pallet vanished into the in

r to the next pallet of

t of cooking o

the entire staging zone

in his tracks. He looked at the empty concrete, then looked at the

ered to himself, shaking his head in awe. He handed Elena the

ic. As long as no one was looking directly at her, she could a

repeated. Truck after truck arriv

nly half full, and she was moving on to the most

extreme-cold parkas. She bought 10,000 pairs of insulated snow boots, 5,000 sleep

was time f

ght fifty high-powered compound crossbows, 10,000 carbon-fiber bolts, fifty machetes, tactical tomahawks

long orange shadows across the warehouse floor. Elena was signing

gear to survive the en

a fr

ith broad shoulders clad in a dark, scuffed tactical jacket. A jagged, faded scar cut through his left eyebrow, g

driver. He moved with the sil

instantly calculating. In her past life, she had l

oice cool and dismissive. She turned back to the driver,

low step closer, his eyes scanning the ma

are buying summer clothes and planning beach trips. You're buying enough Ke

dead in the eye. "Elena. And if you're done profi

most imperceptible smirk. He wasn't off

ned and walked out of the warehouse, his f

ttle faster. There was something about him.

n materialized in her vision, flashi

in

ial Individual detect

nnin

Maleeka

: Awakened (F

Level:

nce or eliminate immediately. Do not

slightly as she stare

ken

red prepper. He was li

e man who just walked out of her wareh