- Come on, beauties! Everything is yours!

These words caused a real sensation. Two dozen girls, by the light of a single lantern, rushed to sort out and right there, not even particularly embarrassed by my presence, trying on clothes. I myself walked around the hall, slowly choosing the things I needed. I took several sets of underwear, high army-style boots, a dark turtleneck with a closed neck, sweatpants and a jacket. On top of all this, the hunter's summer camouflage suit "Kamysh" and a hat to him with a mosquito net. I put a sleeping bag in a voluminous backpack, hung a roll of “foam” on the side. In the first approximation, I was equipped normally for the trip.

While the girls were getting dressed, I walked up and down the floor. He found it and, without the slightest hesitation, immediately broke the window with the clock. I chose and put on my favorite quartz shockproof watch with a compass and screen backlight. For a long time I was looking for something like a hunting rifle store. It seemed to me that earlier I saw such a store here near a large department with fishing rods and spinning rods, but now for some reason I could not find anything that looked like a firearm. I found only pneumatics and crossbows. Crossbows at first interested me, I even twisted one in my hands, but regretfully hung it back - cumbersome, uncomfortable and, most offensively, for some reason there were no bolts for the weapon. I opened several boxes and crates, but found no crossbow arrows at all. I did not go through the rest of the mountain of boxes and packages and moved on. Almost immediately I came across a whole rack with tents and stopped for a long time, choosing. In the end, he immediately chose five of the lightest tents of a dull color and with difficulty dragged this prey to the girls.

Meanwhile, in the clothing pavilion, the fitting and sharing of trophies had already escalated into a girlish fight with squeals and pulling out the hair of competitors, and therefore my urgent intervention was required. What is most surprising, the most controversial was the division of bathing suits, as well as flashy sports jackets.

- Are you going to the parade or to the beach? - I was surprised and even somewhat confused at the sight of lemon-yellow and ultramarine jackets of my companions. “You won’t make it to the boarding school alive in such bright clothes, so take it off immediately!” We have to go around cities and normal roads, through forests and swamps, and at the same time we need to remain invisible to flying hunters. So choose comfortable waterproof shoes, loose clothes, take a set of warm clothes for the night, put on such camouflage suits over all this, ”I pointed to my equipment. “Besides, each of you needs a sleeping bag to keep you warm at night. I saw sleeping bags further along the corridor, but there are very few of them, not enough for everyone ...

My speech was interrupted by the appearance of a girl whom I left to collect things in backpacks. She was visibly scared.

- There was a guy there. Wondering what we're doing here...

Having ordered the girls to stay here, I went to deal with the night guest. Near the backpacks scattered in the corridor and a pile of boxes with shoes, an unfamiliar large man of about forty really showed up. He was so drunk that he could hardly stand on his feet. But at the same time, he behaved defiantly arrogantly, shouted at the girls, insulted them and cursed through the word. At my appearance, the stranger raised his eyebrows in surprise:

- And who are you?

“I’m a shopkeeper,” he lied without a drop of doubt.

- What kind of (censored) watchman are you?! I myself (censored) here (censored) watchman! And I haven't seen you before!

“Go sleep,” I lightly pushed the brawler towards the exit from the floor.

- Don't tell me (censorship), watchman! Now how (censored) you! Come, (censored) to whom they say!

The drunk stepped forward and swung his fist, but I just took a step back. The drunken man lost his balance and almost collapsed, resting against the wall. I lightly pushed the enemy in the chest, and he fell on his back. And while the brawler drunk in zyuzyu was trying to get up, I took a folding knife out of my pocket and threw out the blade with a click. The peasant still managed to get up and now stared blankly at the knife blade illuminated by the beam of a lantern. The brute thought with obvious difficulty and stepped back, slowly raising his hands up. But at the same time he said threateningly:

- Upstairs on the fifth floor is my friend, Kolka. There (censored) a lot of my friends. But (censorship) Kolka has a machine gun. So, watchman, you will not live! You're a corpse, (censored)! Don't go anywhere. I'll (censored) be back soon! And, watchman, (censored) to you!

With an unsteady, winding gait, the thug headed for the exit, shouting curses mixed with curses at me. When he disappeared around the corner of the corridor, the frightened girls surrounded me:

“Victor, we need to get out of here!” Hurry to run before he returns with his friends!

I folded and put away the knife. My hands were shaking a little, well, I'm not used to such adventures. But in front of three defenseless girls who saw me as the only protector, I could not show weakness. Therefore, gathering his courage, he said in a firm voice:

- You have ten minutes. Take these backpacks, all your shoes and run to the others. You need to quickly pick up your clothes for the trip and have time to change.

I looked at the clock. Glowing hands showed twelve minutes past one. Something I strongly doubted that a drunk who was barely standing on his feet would wander to the fifth floor to call his friends. Rather, on the contrary, he will go down to the first floor, pour alcohol on his resentment. But even if he goes for help, his friends are likely to be in the same drunken state and are unlikely to quickly gather. However, sooner or later, one should still expect the appearance of dangerous guests. And by morning, I had no doubt of this, the shopping center building would be full of marauders. It's night now and people are afraid to go out. But with dawn, residents will rush to the shops to collect food and things. Fights, stabbings and bloody showdowns will inevitably arise. So we need to get out of here before dawn.