Fear The Living...
Chapter one
-Octavia's Pov-
It was raining, when it happened, raining so hard we couldn't see our hands in front of our faces. It had been raining so hard that by the time Jon and my brother Seth realized there were Zombies near them it was too late, one had already taken a pretty big chunk out of Seth's shoulder and an another had gotten Jon in the neck. The rain ironically slowed after Seth and as I took care of the two Dead Bastards, Trixie ran to her step father. Jon laid on the ground struggling to breathe, pulling at his leather jacket. Seth, Trixie and I rushed over to him, tears cascading down my cheeks as I fell to my knees next to him. He struggled to say something and again tried to pull off his jacket. Seth nodded in understanding before sitting him up and helping him pull off his jacket. Jon stared at me and pushed it over to me; I took and began crying even more. He mouthed that he loved me before the light left his eyes. Seth frowned as he took both his and Jon's dog tags from around their necks, he handed Jon's to me and his to Trixie before looked at us.
"Octavia. Trixie You two need to survive this." he said; I felt the tears begin falling again as I hugged him. Trixie hugged him next tears falling down her face. "You have to find your mom, Trix. please stay with Aunt Octavia."
She Nodded and stood again, Seth gathered the guns that he and Jon had, all the amo and handed it to me. He kept a hand gun and gave me all but two of the bullets. He told us he loved us before sending us away; I shook my head refusing to leave him.
"I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE ME KILL MYSELF!" he shouted at me before shoving me away. I hugged him once more before grabbing what was left of our bags and running back to where we had parked the truck. As we reached the driver side two shots rand out, knowing that the shots would attract more of the Dead Bastards, we quickly climbed into the truck and drove off.
A half hour, after Trixie had cried herself to sleep, I pulled off to the side of the road and broke down. After locking the doors and shutting the engine off I pulled on Jon's jacket and inhaled the smell of Marlboro and wilderness, bringing with it a new round of tears.
I don't know how long I was asleep but a knock on the window startled me awake. Trixie stood eyes widen as she grabbed my hand. I grabbed my gun and waited.
"There's no one in there Gareth." someone said; Trixie sighed as they tried the door again. "just break the window."
I quickly unlocked the door and threw it open. Trixie stayed behind letting me handle it.
"You break the window, I break your neck." I snap at the two people staring at me; Trixie slid to the diver side to get a better look at the men.
"Girls like you shouldn't be out here by yourself." the one with the shorter hair said before glancing behind me to my neice; I glared at him
"We're Not!" I snapped before stopping and grabbing Jon's dog tag, "I mean we weren't."
The other one, who had what could have been a Justin Beiber hair cut smiled at me. He introduced himself as Gareth and I nodded before taking a breath.
"I'm Octavia. This is my niece Trixie" I answered; his smiled widened and pointed to the first man telling me that his name was Alex.
"we have a safe place to live. If you would like to come with us." Alex said; I glanced at Trixie who nodded; I grinned at Gareth before climbing back into my truck and starting up. I rolled down the window and shot Gareth a dazzling smile.
"Get in and lead the way." they look at me confused, I laugh. "Look we don't go anywhere without Seth's truck. Get in."
Gareth got in and Alex walked over to their truck; I followed his directions until we came to a factory of some sorts, the words 'Terminus' was written on the side. Alex climbed out and opened the gate. We pulled in and Gareth told me where to park. There were containers they were using for crops. I smile, got out of the truck and walked over to them, only to frown.
"Your over watering the Aloe." I stated looking at the dying plant. Gareth and Alex looked at me confused. "I studied to be a botanist. I know about plants, I could get everything together and we'll have food for next winter."
Gareth smiled and nodded.
"We will discus it with Mary, come let us get you some food." he said; I smiled, linked arms with Trixie and followed them through a door into a court-yard. A woman stood behind a make shift grill grilling a meat and some vegetables. I quickly glanced around wondering where the animals were. I shrugged and smiled at the woman.
"Hello, I'm Mary, Lets get you something to eat." The woman said I smiled as she went to put some meat on my plate.
"No meat please, I'm vegetarian." I said, I noticed Gareth grin, confusing me. "just some of the asparagus please."
"Me too. I'm sure the meat is amazing but when you watch a friend tear into another human being, the whole idea of meat kinda makes you sick." Trixie said frowning. I nudged her and she smiled. Mary nodded and handed our plate to us, I thanked her and followed Gareth to a table.
"Than you Gareth." I said; he nodded and walked off.
We had been at Terminus for months when things got strange, I was asleep in my truck wrapped up in Jon's old leather jacket. A scream rang out and I grabbed my gun; I glanced at Trixie who was still sleeping. I followed the scream to find Alex killing a young woman, gasping, I stepped back only to bump into someone. I turned to come face to face with Gareth.
"I really wished you hadn't seen that Octavia." he said; her eyes widened.
"What the hell is going on here?" I snapped, tears filling my eyes. Gareth sighed and wiped away a stray tear.
"You have to stay calm." he said. I nodded and he smiled slightly before continuing. "during the winter we ran out of food."
he stopped and I froze; they ran out of food. What did that have to do with Alex killing the gi...OH MY GOD. I gasped when it hit me.
"Oh god." I said jerking away from Gareth; he frowned.
"Its only people who threaten out way of life here." he said; "you can't say anything Octavia."
I looked up at him suddenly confused on why I was still alive. Sure I didn't do anything life threatening but I spoke my mind a lot, stepped on some toes.
"Why didn't you kill me or Trix?" I asked Gareth smiled.
"Because you don't eat meat. And I wouldn't allow it sweetheart."
I looked at him confused and he chuckled, I went to ask why but before I get the chance he laughed and cupped my face pulling me into a kiss. Inside I was screaming for him to stop but I knew that if I pushed him away he might let Alex kill Trixie. So I did the logical thing. I kissed him back, he smiled and pulled me closer. Alex cleared his throat and we broke apart.
"You can't tell anyone Octavia." he said; I swallowed and nodded.
"Who would believe me, Lex?" I said. "and besides some of the people in Congo believed that eating their victims heart made them stronger."
Alex and Gareth stared at me shocked.
"What I watched a lot of history and discovery." I said before heading back to my brother's truck, once in the safety of black truck I locked the door and broke down in tears. Why did everything good have to turn so bad?
Things got a bit better; I pretended that watching them eat every dinner didn't bother me and if I let a face slip people just assumed that is was because I was a vegetarian. I never told Trixie what they were actually eating, I hated keeping it from her but what she doesn't know won't kill her. I was given permission to go out on runs by myself to find things for the garden, in which I took Trixie with me not trusting the people of terminus anymore. She never complained; she liked getting out. We were on a run when we found the person that would help me fulfill my escape plot.
There were two men huddled around something, we started in the opposite direction before we heard a girl scream out. I pulled out my machete and crept up behind them. Trixie screwed the silencer onto her gun and followed close behind.
"hey fuck face." I said, they turned and with one swing buried my machete in the taller one's head. The shorter man raised his gun to shoot me but the girl kicked him in the gut making him double over in pain. I pulled my Machete from the first guys head I go to swing it again but the man fell to the ground. I looked at Trixie who lowered her gun and sighed.
"sorry. I didn't think you had enough time." She said; I nodded and looked at the blond.
"thank you so much." the young blond said smiling. Trixie smiled and shook her hand as I wiped the blood off of my machete before telling them to grab the guns. They both nodded as I walked into the store; she joined me a couple of minutes later. "I'm Beth."
I rolled my eyes and began looking for things to help with the garden.
"I'm Beatrix, but everyone calls me Trixie." She said with a wide smile glad that she had someone her age. "That's my aunt Octavia."
I grabbed some plant food, putting it in a cart and went to search for other things I could use.
"you wouldn't have happened to come across a redneck with a crossbow did you?" she asked, I shook my head no as I threw in some feminine products.
"Nope." I said popping the 'P' "Look beth, the place where I stay is a unique place. Trust me when I say you need to say you're a Vegetarian. Also we're going to say your my cousin."
Beth and Trixie looked at me confused.
"Trust me Beth. You'll want to stick close to me." she nodded and we began putting the stuff into the back of the truck.
"Is this one of the things i'm better off not knowing Aunt Tavia?" Trixie asked as she tossed a bag soil into the bed. I nodded and she frowned slightly.
"do you think my group will find me?" Beth asked; I frowned Hopefully for them they don't But I don't say it out loud.
"We'll look for them while we're out getting stuff okay?" I promised, not knowing that two weeks later, Beth's group would find us.
there's chapter one, i hope you enjoy it.