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Narrow Escape [001

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This story takes place right after Andy, Tammy, Scarlett and Doyle narrowly escape the clutches of the infected with the help of Doyle's helicopter flying friend. After getting into safe ground, the man instructs Doyle to meet him in the stadium for a quick pickup-and-go.

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The air was thick and musky with the slight smell of burning steal and wood caused by the earlier night bombings on London. Smoke filled the sky, covering over the sun and worsening the already poor moods of all Scarlett, Doyle, Tammy and Andy. The sound of feet hitting the pavement echoed loudly throughout the empty street along with the heaves of labored breathing. Fear lingered and the strong stench of death floated through the dark alleyways and roads, leaving an erie and alone feeling.

"Ok you guys your doing good!" Doyle praised urging the small frightened and tiered group of people across a long darkened street.

Scarlett hung heavily at his side still limping from the shot taken to her left upper thigh during their escape of section 1. Her arm draped tightly around his neck and heaved quietly as small beads of sweat trickled down the sides of her face. He tightened his grip around her waist and picked up the pace a few notches.

"Just a little faster ok."

She simply nodded and kept her gaze forward, determined to reach their goal. Doyle looked back for a moment to see that Andy and Tammy, thank god, were still behind them keeping the pace with no problem. As he was about to regain his stance something cough him in the corner of his eye. A quick flash or torn clothes and the unforgettable red blanket of dark red blood draping it's recipients. Things, creatures, Infected. They screamed a horrible sound as they came charging blindly behind them.

"Run!" he yelled, "Run now!"

Tammy looked back and screamed seeing again the monsters that were chasing them. Speeding up, she grabbed the arm of her younger brother and dragged him along with her forcing him to run faster, passing Doyle and Scarlett. They turned a sharp right and another left hoping and praying to loose the things chasing them, but with no such luck the battering of heavy footsteps coming faster behind them stayed in perfect pace. Stalking, coming.

Turning another sharp left, the four came to a dead stop as for in front of them came a great wall of thick smoke, oozing down the street at a snails pace.

"No!" Scarlett cried, "Kids don't!"

"It's gas!" Doyle chimed.

Turning, he spotted a rundown silver mini van parked on top of pile of bodies.

"The car!" he ordered them, "Get to the car!"

Running for their lives, they reached the van. He puled at the door handles.

"Fuck! It's locked!"

"I can't get in, I can't get in!" the two kids panicked.

Then, Scarlett, who was on the other side of the vehicle managed to open up a door and jumped inside unlocking the other entrenches. "Get in!" she screamed.

Just then the infected came around the corner. Doyle took up his gun and immediately began to shoot. Suddenly he heard a scream, turning he saw Scarlet on the ground being dragged away into an alley way by an Infected.

"Scarlett!" Tammy and Andy screamed.

Turning quickly Doyle shot it once in the chest then ran to her side hoisting her up by her arm.

"Did it bite you?"

"No." she replied out of breath.

"Did any of it get in your mouth?"

"No now come on!"

He looked up to see the kids sitting in the car screaming for them to hurry, but there was no time to reach them. They were to far to get to them in time and already, he could see the group of military men in beige Hazmat suits and gas masks coming around the opposite corner carrying long gun like weapons.

"Blowtorches SHIT!"

He took hold of Scarlett arm and dragged her back.

"Theres no time!"

"But we have to get Andy and Tammy! We have to-"

"Theres no time!" he repeated.

"Go!" he screamed to the kids, "Go now!"

As if time had slowed, he watched as Andy screamed beating the back seat window with his small hands, yelling. Tammy jumped into the front seat and looking back to them once, floored the gas and the car sped off around the corner and out of sight. Scarlet threshed and screamed for the kids in his arms but Doyle kept a firm hold on her as he dragged her toward the near storm drain on the side of the road, leading down to the sewers of all London.

"Come on!" he old her.

"But-"

"They'll be fine, now come on!"

Just then voices came floating from the end of the alley way. "Hey look!" one said. They advanced. Doyle pulled up the cover of the drain and helped Scarlotte jump down. As soon as she was in, he stood and jumped in feet first, narrowly missing the jet stream of fire and gas rushing past the top of his head. He hit the sewer floor with an 'Umph!' and quickly stood taking hold of Scarlotte.

"Are you ok?" he asked her heaving.

She looked up to him wiping a wet strand of hair our of her face and nodded with a short 'yeah.' He sighed with relif. Suddenly something landed on the ground beside them. Doyle looked to it.

"Oh fuck..."

"Grenade!"

The two ran for their lives down the narrow sewer drain praying to God, just praying...

BOOM!

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I was inspired to write this story because for a very long time, I've been a HUMONGO fan of 28 Days Later and the series. After watching the sequel, 28 Weeks Later, I thought it was missing LOTS of stuff and was in need of a little improvement (not to mention the fact that they killed off my two most favorite characters!!!! D: ). You see, there were these two secondary characters in the movie, Scarlett and Doyle, two very important people who in all, played a HUGE part in the plot, only down side, Scarlett get's beaten to death by an Infected and Doyle, he get's set on fire and well... burns to death so being me, I WAS PISSED. What can I say! I'm a sucker for relationships! and these two defiantly had something going on, I could feel it!! So really, all this story is, is how I thought the movie should have played out you know... ok you don't know... yet, but yeah. True, it is an Alternative ending, but I kinda cut Andy and Tammy (the original main characters) out of the picture. They don't die so don't worry! They shall live! but just don't really show up 'till the very end of the story ''' Yeah I know I'm cheap. Well, I hope you like how the rest of how I thought the movie should have went!!