When The Dead Came 2 (11 page)

"C'mon,"
Jeff yelled to everyone. Holly helped Nick out of the window, the two
of them sliding down the roof slope and hitting the ground, hurting
Nick's ankle even more that he almost cried out when Holly covered
his mouth quick to not draw attention to them. Drew helped Laura out
the window and the two of them dropped down too. The door slowly
began to break as Charles attempted to shove Lucinda away.

"Leave
me," he breathed, turning paler.

"No,"
she said, trying to grab him. He shoved her harder, causing her to
fall back on the floor.

"Go,"
he shouted at her. The zombies came into the room, the door now
destroyed, and one ran toward him and bit down on his wound. Lucinda,
laying on the floor, cried as she watched the last man she ever loved
die in front of her; she then screamed out and began to get torn into
by zombies, their rotted hands digging into her skin and flesh,
instantly murdering her. Charles, not wanting to feel the pain
anymore of seeing his loved one dying and the pain in his shoulder,
got out his gun and aimed it under his chin, pulled the trigger, and
a bullet shot out, going through to his brain and bursting out,
killing him instantly. As Jeff, the last one in the room, began to
climb out, a zombie grabbed a hold of his arm and he struggled with
releasing it. The zombie grabbed his gun and Jeff let go of the butt
of the gun, losing his balance, he fell down the roof, rolling and
hit the grass, landing on his now agonizing back. Avery helped him up
and they all began running down the street.

Out
of a nearby alley, a zombie jumped out and grabbed Nick, instantly
biting into his throat, causing a constant blood flow,"No,"
Holly cried out, trying to run back to him until Alex had to drag her
along with them. Leaving Nick to die. They continued running, when a
large horde came along. Evan, Drew, and Laura stopped, Evan holding
Laura's small hand. He tried to figure out a way around the horde,
the others disappearing from their view. Drew aimed his pistol,
firing at the closer zombies when Evan picked Laura up and yelled at
Drew,” We got to go. C'mon.” The two guys ran left, down
another street, the little girl looking over Evan's shoulder, seeing
the undead chasing them down and she dug her nails in his back. They
ran into a townhouse, locking the door behind them and ran up the
stairs to find a way to safety. Looking around, Evan put the little
girl down and spotted the air ducts, big enough for the three of
them. He managed to remove the covers on them and Drew climbed up
first, then Evan lifted Laura up to Drew, and he climbed up into
there too, pulling the cover over the opening as the door downstairs
became demolished by the hungry corpses.

The
others kept running when they found a school bus parked in the bus
zone just in front of an elementary building. The survivors climbed
aboard and Will closed the door of the bus, started it up and began
driving, making their getaway fast as possible. Holly looked around,
counting off names in her head of those that are present like how a
teacher would do for a field trip: Will, Jenny, Jeff, Keith, Avery,
Alex, Trevor, and herself. " That little girl, Evan, and Drew
are gone!"

"Don't
say it," Will cut in, shaking his head without looking at
her,"In the movies when you return to find lost friends, you
either die or come back infected. I'm not risking our lives."

Evan,
Drew, and Laura crawled through the air ducts until they came to a
room that had no zombies, seemingly a study room. The three of them
climbed out, and ran down the stairs. They ran out into the streets
and continued searching for a safer place, when thunder began
rumbling overhead again. As rain poured down some more, Drew looked
around and pointed,” there,” Evan looked across the
street and noticed a cellar. The three of them ran over to it and
Drew got out his crow bar, forcing the cellar door to open, and they
ran down in there, barring it shut. Upon going down in the cellar,
they stopped, getting their guns ready, when they realized that down
in the cellar was a few survivors from an orphanage (or group home),
kids ranging in age, and some adults. They looked alarmed.

"Don't
worry, we're not infected," insisted Drew.

The
bus drove on, leaving Ohio behind and coming into Pennsylvania. No
one hardly spoke nor looked at one another. Those left alive now were
only Will, Jeff, Alex, Holly, Avery, Jenny, Keith,and Trevor. Holly
looked from the window toward everyone else, they also looked as
tired as she felt.

Keith
rested his head against the windw, staring out at the scenery,
ignoring everyone else. Alex rubbed his temples before resting his
head against the seat, his arms crossed over as well. Jeff sat alone,
his legs outstretched on the seat. Avery stared down at her wounded
hands, bits of wood still lodged under the skin and dried blood.
Trevor looked out the window before shutting his eyes. And Will
continued staring ahead, under his eyes becoming dark from lack of
rest.

Not far away now, they
could see the Appalachian Mountains as they began to drive through a
town.
Passing
by zombies, the group of undead previous townsfolk began chasing the
bus,a few managing to catch onto it. They started to bust the windows
and reached in at them, Jenny screaming out in fear when one grabbed
her hair. She jerked away, falling out of the seat she was in, her
hair messed up in the back. Aggravated that there was no end to this,
Will opened the bus door while still driving and he grabbed Holly by
the arm, keeping one hand on the wheel.

"What
are you doing?!"

"Jump
out and run," he shouted at her. Holly shook her head, afraid to
attempt the jump," Alright," he told her and he shoved the
teen out of the moving bus. Holly, letting out a scream, began to
roll down a hill, trying hard to find something to catch on to so
she'd stop rolling. Jenny went to the front of the bus,"
Jump,"Will told her, turning his hazel eyes toward her. Jenny
nodded and jumped out, also rolling down the hill, hitting her left
leg on a tree. As he looked ahead, he tried to stomp on the break
pedal, but didn't do so in time; the bus crashed into a turned over
semi truck, the bus falling over on its side, making the survivors
fall against the left side as the bus began sliding, crushing the
zombies that had been holding onto the left side of the bus. Once it
became silent after three minutes, Alex struggled to get up and he
looked around, trying to regain his sense of balance. He looked at
the others, seeing Will was now dead, glass shattered into his face
and neck as part of him was now out the windshield. Looking around,
he spotted the machete that Jeff had with him and he picked it up
with the few weapons he found. He looked for any signs of survivors,
but appeared no one else was moving.

He
looked over at Keith, his eyes were shut as blood dripped from his
mouth, a large shard of glass protuding from his stomach, bits of it
also in his face and neck. Alex swallowed, checking Keith's pulse,
but not feeling one. He moved back, smelling the air suddenly, the
smell of gas and smoke. And then he shook Avery instantly, feeling a
pulse.

"Wake
up Avery, we gotta get out of here," he smelled the air once
more," hurry, the bus is going to explode if we don't get out of
here." Avery, weary, finally moving and coughing, pulled the
duffle bag strap up more on her shoulder and he pulled her out of the
bus, leaving everyone else behind. They began to run toward the
mountains, away from the bus and semi.

"The
others," she mumbled.

"They're
dead."

"Keith
is still in there,"she argued, her vioce scratchy from the
smoke. Before she could finish her argument, both the bus and semi
exploded, causing Avery and Alex to drop down in the ditch. Avery
looked over at the large fire, feeling like she was at her wits end.
Alex grabbed her arms.

"C'mon,"
he said," we can hide in the mountains.” The two survivors
ran through the grass toward the mountains for sanctuary.

When
Jenny came to, she was laid out near a pond, she sat up and slowly
stood, feeling her body hurting from the jump and constant hits
against trees. She looked around, seeing she was alone and she
couldn't figure out where she was now. She felt delusional. Jenny
looked everywhere, gripping her hair, ready to start screaming for
help. Looking over at the pond, she walked over to it with a limp,
sitting near the water and using a little to wet her face. Out of
nowhere, near the center of the pond, a figure jumped out of the
water, covered in mud and moss.

Jenny
screamed and attempted to back away from the water, thinking it was a
zombie. She picked up a nearby rock, almost the size of a golf ball,
and threw it, hitting the figure against the face. It screamed.

"Stop
it," the voice yelled at her. Jenny stared at the figure, and
realized it wasn't a zombie.

"...
Holly," She said, frowning at her. Holly climbed out of the
water, flinging mud and moss off herself," You're still alive."

"No
shit," she said, still hurting from the roll down, and from the
rock that hit her. She fell down about three feet from Jenny, still
trying to get all the mud off her face. Succeeding by a little, she
sat there, looking around,"We should find a safe place to hide
out before those bombs are dropped."

"Yeah,"
Jenny agreed, nodding. They both stood up,"but where should we
go?"

"Remember
that town we went through before we were thrown off the bus?"

"You
were thrown,"Jenny corrected," I jumped."

"...
Anyways," Holly continued, ignoring the 15 year old's
remark,"when we were passing through there, I saw one of those
businesses that sells shelters like sheds, and bombing shelters,
tornado shelters. We should go there."

"It's
overrun last I knew."

"Doesn't
matter," Holly said, sweeping her arms out," I don't want
to die from getting bombed;" she stopped walking and looked at
Jenny,"we should go find the others first though." Jenny
shook her head.

"We
can't, earlier, when I hit the bottom down here, I heard an
explosion,"she paused," I don't think they made it out
alive after that." Holly just stared at Jenny and began fearing
that they were the only two left alive now. She looked up the hill
and nodded, refraining from crying.

"Let's
go then," she said after a moment and they began walking up the
hill, choosing their steps carefully so they wouldn't fall back down
by the pond. They reached the ditch and began walking back to the
town, taking a moment to witness the now ruined bus and semi truck.
Debris had blown everywhere, and even though the explosion happened
earlier, they could smell flesh still cooking. Before feeling sick to
her stomach, Holly ushered them to continue walking, trying hard not
to look back.

Over
in Labrador City, in Canada, the remaining world leaders had been
gathering for plans on what to do, working together to end this
pandemic. The only country leaders left alive being Japan, Africa,
U.S., Russia, Canada, Israel, Italy, Romania, Pakistan, Korea and
Germany. The rest haven't been heard from in awhile. The 11 country
leaders gathered in their meeting room in an underground facility up
on a hill, trying to plan the next move against the zombie virus.

"We
need to do something,"Japan's leader insisted,"this is
larger than any pandemic."

"Our
soldiers are becoming more scarce ever since it began,"added
Korea.

"And
our militaries are running low on ammunition,"cut in Africa,
showing the concern on his face along with the frustrations,”this
whole thing is just sickening. It's beginning to mutate with other
illnesses. Ebola, malaria, cholera.”

“Bubonic
plague,” cut in Pakistan's leader.

"There's
really nothing else we can do," the U.S. leader said after a
short pause," we only have camp Pendleton on the west now, the
other military base that had been up and running in Pennsylvania
hasn't been heard from since last month. The only solution left is to
go with plan #2."

"Are
you sure about that,"asked Russia," there are still many
living people out there."

"There's
nothing else we can do," U.S. said glumly," they're
multiplying out there."

"He's
right," added Pakistan," half of the middle east has
already turned, and those surviving are rushing into mountains. All
of our safe camps are gone."

"So
has most of Germany," spoke Germany's leader.

"Most
of my people have left to the Carpathians,"said Romania,"they're
hiding out there, but if the undead don't kill them, then the
freezing cold will."

"My
wife and children are at sea still," Italy said, adjusting his
glasses," I told them to never come to land. What will this
bombing do to them?"

"If
we don't do anything now," Israel said," then we will all
be dead too."

"How
long do we have exactly?" Asked Canada, looking at everyone.

"Two
days, maybe four," U.S. Answered," we must decide now."

The
climb up the mountainside hadn't been easy for Avery and Alex, each
climb hurting Avery's hands more as the wood bits pushed into her
hands more; but finally, Avery and Alex reached a safe place. They
walked into a mountainside cave and sat down, the outside light the
only source for them to make sure there were no wild animals in there
with them,” Stay here,” Alex told her, Avery just
nodding, while Alex checked further in the cave. When he returned, he
sat down across from the last person of his original group. "
What now?" Asked Avery, still shaking from the wreck earlier,
causing her body to be in pain, attempting to pull out the splinters.