A week into The End and things have gone from bad to worse. While most of us are trying to reach a "safe-zone" the rest are trying to hold onto our sanity. And sorry to say, I'm on the insanity side. But the world's falling apart so why fight it? Because it's not over yet.
In case you couldn't guess "I'M BACK!" and with a better format...
Z-Day+7= L. ast O. rchestra pt. 3 (Lying Obviously)
"I am so tired of this." I sigh to myself placing one of my pistols to my head. I've had the same dream every night since I left the group. It's more like a nightmare, where even though you know exactly what's going to happen you find yourself wrapped up in it over and over again. Takuya's dad is a zombie, Livi gets bitten and wants me to be the one to 'help' her, Takuya and I argue and he ends up taking the shot. In the dream, I always tell him 'It'd be better if I did it.' If I had shot her than no one would've had to live with the guilt since I was going to die too (one way or another).
It's been three days since we got separated. It's been so long since everything started going on. Hell, Lavish doesn't even talk to me anymore. I reminded myself removing the gun and instead looking at my reflection in the silver Colt .38 Super. How the hell did I end up all alone in this place anyway? "I did the right thing, right?"
"Guns still kill things you know?" Hailey said making fun of my choice in weapons.
"True but if I pulled a gun you kids might get scared."
"Shut up." She responds pretending to pout.
"Sorry but do you have anything I could clean his face with?" Livi asked. Smiling, Ms. Orimoto stood.
"Sure, I think there are clean towels in the bathroom."
"Oh, don't worry," Livi says also standing. "Down the hall, right?"
My body tenses and I begin to shout. "Livi don't-" I hesitated at what seemed like a loss for words.
"What's going on?" Aya asked.
I, then, turned to her and said something that only she could hear while Livi continued onwards. "I just got a really bad feeling. I don't know why but-"
Cutting me of Aya says "It'll be fine." She doesn't understand what I mean. My instincts are supposed to be the best. Since I had no way of explaining it to her I just put my hand on one of my Super .38s and waited. There was also the sound of a creaking door but I assumed (and hoped) that was Livi getting the towels. That assumption only lasted about two seconds before I heard a scream.
As everyone's heads turned I was already pointing my gun across the table to the hallway she went through. We watched as she backed into our view before being lunged at by a zombie in a suit. After falling to the floor Livi pulled her gun and takes a shot. It just missed but was diffidently enough to get the rest of us going. I line up one of my guns to take a shot but running on pure adrenaline Takuya gets in my way while running to Livi. Before I could even take the shot, the corpse was kicked off its target. I was glad he was smart enough not to go for his gun; the force was liable to kill them both.
The scare was short lived as Takuya took Livi away from the corpse before it could stand and since no one was in immediate danger I put my gun away and Aya re-killed it with one of her knives. "Livi, are you alright?" Hailey asked approaching her as Livi sat held by Takuya.
"Yes, I'll be fine." She answers after doing a quick look over of herself. "Thanks Takuya, you really saved me back there."
Takuya remained silent, staring blankly at the suited corpse. Seeing what he was looking at Livi tapped his shoulder lightly, drawing his attention away from one of the now many dead bodies in the world. "Don't mention it. It was ju-"
"I'm so sorry." Takuya's mother cried apologetically. During her cries she held her daughter in a way that kept the body just out of Rin's sight. "Takuya, I honestly thought he left and I didn't know he was infected."
"Ms. Orimoto this is not your fault." Hailey says before directing her voice to Takuya and I. "What happened, I thought you two had searched the house?"
"It was," Aya claims. "I checked after those two. The doors are good."
"That's because he didn't break in." Takuya says making a realization that I also came to. He must've been 'dead' in the house.
"When I got to the bathroom the door behind me opened and he attacked me." Livi explained. "But nobody got hurt so does it matter?"
"He died... in the guest room?" Ms. Orimoto mumbled to herself. From what I can gather they had been separated for a while but the mournful expression on her face... It was no doubt the cause of a short but powerful morbid mentality passed over me. "Takuya, I'm so-"
"Please!" Takuya shouts, making sure to cut her off. "Don't apologize to me or anyone else. There is no way this could be your fault." Takuya says before directing his mother's attention to the child in her arms. "Besides, she needed him the most."
As we all began to settle down from our most recent zombie attack we began to hear a few bumps from the back of the house. "I know this may be a 'touching moment' for some of you but let's get back to reality." Aya says pointing a knife to the darkness outside the window. Slowly our group began to approach the window, myself in the lead, arm outstretched with a candle in hand.
At first, all that was visible was the moon off a few reflective surfaces. "What do you see?" Ms. Orimoto asked only an instance before a hand appeared on the glass. Fuck. Fuck. Fu- I was unable to finish my swears before the glass broke and the corpse grabbed my arm, pulling me to the window and causing me to drop the candle. It was a woman, who unlike the other undead, was not very decayed and oddly enough she looked a bit like Livi. As the zombiefied woman's jaw dropped I pulled a gun with my other hand. Not caring whether or not the shot made noise I fired my gun straight into it's head. The very second my hand was free I backed away. As the mindless moans and groans became louder I reached for the candle again but Takuya pulled me away as more decaying arms came through the window.
"Are you alright?" Hailey asked.
"Yeah, I probably didn't want to see what's out there anyway." The corpses continued to reach in the direction of our voices even as the small flame beneath the arms lit their sleeves.
"This is bad." Aya stated, slightly backing away from the scene. Bad? How, we all know fire can clear groups of them. I thought, watching as the zombies already mindless movements became even duller until it fell to gravity. I didn't see the problem until the flaming body lit the curtains. ...Oh.
"Everybody out of the house!" Takuya orders while smoke began to fill the room. Olivia and Ms. Orimoto both grabbed their children and were the first out. The rest of us followed out shortly after. When the group had all stopped cold after reaching the porch and looking past them I could see why. There were more zombies coming from the other side and leaving our only option as running off the property and straight into the ocean, which we wouldn't do for obvious reasons.
"What should we do?" Livi asked. Shit, I know what to do. I thought before feeling the heat at my back. But it's really gonna suck.
"Aya, you told me to 'ask next time', right?" I asked in reference to our event a few nights ago. "Well, can have one more?"
She turned to me looking slightly shocked (which I'll admit was understandable). "What, are you kidding!? You mean right now?" Aya asked. With her movement it was obvious Aya thought there were more important things going on. "Wait, you're about to do something stupid aren't you." All I did was smile while she shook her head.
Overhearing our conversation Hailey turned back to us. "What're you two talkin-" In shock she stopped mid-sentence as Aya leaned into me pressing her lips to my own. The kiss lasted longer than a normal one (not that I was complaining) which was perfect since it'll probably be my last. Though it felt like she asking me something.
'Why are you doing this?'
'Isn't it obvious, I want you to live.' I reply somehow causing her to pull away. When we separated Hailey instantly came back to her senses before I could wonder what I just did wrong. "Do you two even know what bad timing means?"
"Yeah it's how I'd describe this fire." I said before running through it.
"D! What're you doing!?" Takuya yelled. Ignoring him I continued, they were all going to find out what I was doing soon enough. I made it to the back door and let off a few shots as I fought my way to the side of the house. Though I knew I was going to die anyway I still made sure not to get bitten since I didn't know how it'd affect the group's survival.
After getting a few feet away from the house and making sure the others were able to see me I set off my plan. "If I had to guess I'd say there are about seventy of you mother fuckers!" I shouted from atop a random car. "You zombies didn't hear it from me but I've got friends over there! Not that any of you are smart enough to understand..." I sigh shooting a few more. As I yelled the others turned to me, watching me under the full moon.
"Damian what're you-" Takuya began to yell but I see Aya place a hand over his mouth and whisper something. I watched a short conversation between Aya, Hailey, and Takuya. At the same time Livi and Noah were watching me, sadness obvious in their innocent blue eyes.
For a second I thought of going back, worrying how they're going to feel after I die. Maybe I should... Shaking my head I wiped those thoughts from my mind. It's too late to punk out now anyway. I claim looking at my brain-dead audience. "Judging by the lack of yelling back I guess you guys figured it out!" I figure looking back to my friends. "I was wondering if any of you might be able to ya know, ice me!?" I add placing a fake smile over my face.
They only stared blankly at me so I chose to explain. "I'd rather not become a 'mindless fright night cliché', ya know."
Still nobody reacted; Aya even went as far as turning away. I didn't want to force anyone into it but (though I hate admitting it) I was too scared to kill myself. "C'mon Takuya, show me how that training back at Hailey's house worked out. After you take the shot run! Then the beach side is as clear as it'll get!"
By using his name I was able to force a reaction, Takuya raised the barrel of his shotgun while Ms. Orimoto, Rin, Noah, Aya and Hailey (who was being pulled by Aya). Just as I began to think I was finally going to be put down a hand appeared on the barrel of the gun, Olivia's hand. She pushes the barrel down then she and Takuya engage in a short conversation. I don't have all day here. I thought before feeling the car lean behind me. I only got the chance to turn halfway before I got grabbed by a corpse. "If someone doesn't kill me right now I swear you guys'll regret it." I yell, using my anger to push the zombie away from me and off the car.
"Damian!" Livi yelled drawing my attention back to her. Moonlight reflected off of her pistol which was aimed at me, something I never thought I'd be glad to see. I closed my eyes and heard "I'm sorry." As she squeezed the trigger. I heard the bullet fly through the air, barely missing me as it lodged its self into the skull of a zombie that then fell before me. When I re-open my eyes I saw Takuya and Livi moving to the beach. Knowing those two they weren't abandoning me but deciding to meet up with me later.
...Shit. I cursed to myself before jumping off the car roof and using a zombie's head as a spring board. After leaping into, then pushing through a group of deadmen I began running, sprinting to a narrow alleyway. "You know, you two might be the only people crazier than me."
If I survive this I should write a book on how an alley can save or take a life. I sarcastically thought reaching into the book bag I received back at Hailey's. "Great, I forgot Takuya was carrying most of the food." I said pulling an empty food container from my bag. "Fuck it, I was getting bored of this safe house anyway." I claimed, hopping off the crate I was sitting on and moving to the door of the shipping warehouse.
Remember my hint 'for those of you wondering how I'll continue it when I'm dead, think gold.' Well what's the elemental symbol for gold? AU, which (to me) means Alternate Universe.
Next chapter we'll check in on the others. But from whose point of view? ...Seriously, I'm asking you guys. If I don't get an answer I'll have to flip a coin or something.