Elemental Dissonance.

MBZ City, UAE 

Bilal exited the Parking lot with his new truck which he 'Acquired' using his talents. And drove off in the direction of the nearest Supermarket. Although it is the nearest it still was 2km away from the Hospital. 

So he sped up the truck to arrive there faster, as he had already spent more than 30 minutes. Now he absolutely didn't want even a fraction of a second to be slipped from his hand. Because time is of the essence right now, although he didn't know how many people had already done their preparation, he can estimate most of em would have. 

This is a golden chance for him to become someone great, to rise from a nobody to someone of power, he was f.u.c.k.i.n.g tired of being poor and insignificant. He left his home country and came here for his dream to be someone great, now that the opportunity has presented itself in front of him, how could he resist. 

He would take the future opportunity even if it meant risking his present, some would call him selfish, some would call him an opportunist. But he knows only those with great power and authority can save their asses while leaving those who didn't at the mercy of God. 

This is exactly what had happened, those with influence and power escaped into their luxurious bunkers, leaving the general populace with dust in their eyes. 

Soon in his thoughts he unknowingly arrived at the location by following the directions given by the system, it was a 2 storied shop where the upper floor was specially reserved for clothing and accessories, while the lower part was for food items and general stuff. 

Other than that he didn't waste time appreciating the expertise of the architect hired by the shop and directly went inside, parking the truck on the front gate. 

Inside he noticed there were quite some people already, looked like due to the road & Internet blockade some had become sensible and were preparing for it. Taking two shopping carts he rushed into the preserved food section and started sacking in every useful thing he can find. 

He took Canned meat, beans, fish, honey, dates and every other preservables he could find. He also took sodas, energy drinks and many other beverages. 

Bilal then entered the hardware and general store section, taking Duct tape, nails, Nailgun, Fishing line, ropes, car repair tool kit, Paints, chisels, hammers and an Emergency Axe with him. 

As he approached the cashier's counter taking his enormous heap of items, everyone started looking at him whispering and looking at him suspiciously. 

Some even said "Look, here's another one" 

"Doesn't he know the blockage would be removed in just 2 days?" 

"Better not interact with him he looks more insane than the previous ones, just look at his cart."

The cashier looked at him for a second but didn't bother to say anything and just made the bill of all the items. Bilal paid the amount using his card and left the counter. 

But it wasn't over yet, after emptying the goods in the truck he went inside once again and took this time took more than 90 gallons of water bottles in a trip of three. 

Which should be able to sustain him for quite a while he thought and dumped every bottle in the truck. 

Entering the second floor he bought himself more than 10 pairs of heavy-duty construction uniforms, 5 thick leather biker jackets, 5 sturdy jeans and 3 Biker helmets and dumped everything inside the truck after buying all of that. These purchases emptied his more than 45% of the savings, but he didn't care because he knows the paper money would have no value after 3 hours. 

He purchased all he could in this store and went inside the pharmacy shop which was located right next to the supermarket. Compared to the supermarket the store was relatively empty. Bilal bribed the cashier with some cash and bought the Non-otc drugs too for which prescription would have to be required. He bought all the drugs from the categories given by specialist and bought all the other medical supplies like gauzes, rubbing alcohol, ORS sachets and suture materials. 

Shopping all these things consumed more than 2 hours, now only 1.5 hours was remaining. Now he just has to visit the fitness shop to buy some survival equipment. Along the way, he stopped at a local garage and bought himself various car necessities alongside 40 gallons of petrol the petrol was quite cheap when compared to water in UAE, so it didn't punch a big hole in his wallet. 

The last stop of his illegal spendthrift preparatory journey was Zahid Fitness & Survival store located 2 kilometres away from his current location. Somewhat far away from the city which effectively saved him the time of separating himself from the general populace. 

He drove the truck with the maximum speed and arrived there within 10 minutes. Walking inside the store he saw various gym equipment such as treadmills, dumbbells, bench presses, weights all arranged in an orderly fashion. 

On the other side of the shop, he saw numerous backpacks, skiing gears, hiking gears, etc. So he walked towards that section with his cart and began his plundering act. Although the store was big it didn't have many things from the list. He bought himself a camo Backpack, Water purifying bottle, steel baseball bat and a sharp dual-edged knife for protection. 

But the problem was he didn't have a good weapon in his hand, disappointed he left the store buying the items. 

"System, how much time is remaining?" 

[Apocalypse countdown: 50 minutes/2 days] 

"Only 50 minutes?" Bilal exclaimed while stuffing the items inside the truck. Despite trying to conserve time as much as possible he still was only left with 50 minutes.