The shelter was large. Larger than any bunker on earth. During the construction, it became the hottest new on the social media. No one knows why the company was building it. The rooms were said to be large like an apartment. The Apocalypse would begun at August 11th of 2031.
Alessandro ordered everyone in his company to call his family to tell them that the boss wanted everyone to stay at the bunker at August 10th. Everyone accepted because the shelter was said to be the most luxurious bunker ever made. It would take 1 million dollar to stay there for a night. So a day in the bunker for free was a once in a lifetime opportunity. He also prepare first class flight for everyone who won the lottery and their family. Then the Apocalypse began.
Alessandro, Sara, Chan and the girls were sitting in the bunker room, looking at the television. The television showed monsters rising from the ground. Those monsters had four arms and they couldn't be killed at first. Many monsters also raised on the island but they had nothing to prey on. Everyone was looking at the news, unkillable monsters rising from the ground. They were glad to be here. Alessandro also put soldiers on the walls surrounding their base. They were all using sniper rifle as his order. The big sniper rounds can kill them with a single shot to the head. There were also turrets on the wall, controlled by Ophelia, the AI. They never missed a shot. The rest of the world wasn't as fortunate. Monsters were raising everywhere, killing everything. Some people survived the first onslaught.
Alessandro went to the control room and picked up the mike.
"Attention, survivors. Those who came by winning the lottery, I want to congratulate you for surviving this. From now on, you must learn how to shoot. Don't worry about ammunition. We have a factory making all of that. You'll all be given a gun. Don't worry about food and water. I have it covered. And don't worry about medicine, we have plenty of doctors and supplies here. And most importantly, the toilet still works, so there's that. If you wish to survive, meet me in the shooting room. You can ask the soldiers here, the way."
He was waiting in the shooting room, when three people walked in, one man, one woman and one 9 years old girl. They were one of the family that won the lottery.
"What is this? You know this would happen? Why not just tell everyone that it would happen?"
"Do you seriously think anyone would believe me if I told them that the world will end soon? If I tell you that yesterday, would you have believe me? I have to do everything to ensure that humanity survive. So you can either be grateful that I saved you or you can get the f**k out of here now."
"Honey, he's right. We wouldn't have believe him. Let's just be grateful to him."
"Daddy, what's happening? Why are we staying here? I want to go home."
"Quiet, dear. You can ask the question to that man."
"But daddy. He's scary."
"No, I'm not. Come here. I'll tell you what you want to know. I promise I won't hurt you."
"You promise?"
"Of course, here. Let's do the most serious oath I can take. We'll do a pinky oath, ok? That way, I can never break that promise."
"Ok."
"What's your name, dear?"
"My name's Holly. What's your?"
"My name's Alessandro, Holly."
"That's a long name."
He laughed.
"I suppose it is. In that case, you can call me Alex. Sit here for a moment, I need to talk to your parents for a moment. Ok?"
"Ok."
"So, you said, you'll give everyone here a gun? What if someone kill one of us with a gun?"
"Don't worry about that. No one can hurt anyone in here. Ophelia will make sure of that."
Ophelia appeared beside Alessandro. She had been upgraded since the last time. She can now automate everything. Someone could say that she is from 10 years in the future because she is more advance than other AIs by 10 years. People had tried to buy the code from him but he rejected them all. It would be dangerous in the wrong hand.
"Are you sure? I have nothing to worry about in here?"
"No, you have something to worry about. Just not humans. Worry about those things outside. That's why I'm giving all of you a gun and giving you special training. If everyone want to stay here, they need to train. I wouldn't force the elderly to train but they should at least know how to shoot straight. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go and teach your daughter how to survive."
"No, don't."
"Do you really want someone else to train her? She'll be train in time. They might not be as kind as I am. And what if she meet with one of them alone? Do you want her to live?"
"Just... don't be hard on her"
"Don't worry, I won't. Ophelia, call Sara here."
"Holly, I'm going to teach you how to do something. Do you want to learn with me?"
"Yes, I want to learn. What are you going to teach me, Alex?"
"Here, take this."
He handed her a dagger. "Hold it like this. That's good. Don't touch your skin with this side. You would get hurt. You can protect yourself with this. Come here everyday and I'll teach you, ok?"
"OK!"
Then he saw Sara standing near him.
"Holy shi- how long have you been standing there?"
"For about 4 minutes. What is it you want to tell me?"
"You've been training with me for 10 years, do you think you can train them?"
He gestured at the crowd.
"I'm not sure. I can give it a try."
"Nice, follow me everyone."
He lead them to a gym in the shelter. The gym was bigger than most apartment's living rooms. It was full with treadmills, punching bags and weights.
"You'll all be training here if you want to stay here. If you don't you can get out of here."
They said nothing.
"Good. You'll also need to learn how to shoot. I'll tell someone to start training you. In here, you'll train with Sara here. Don't underestimate her. Call my name if you need anything. I'll know."