We'll be starting a bit after the girls get bit.
Enjoy.
"I'm gunna turn soon." Riley stated, as a trail of blood trickled from her lips.
"Just hold on a little longer.. please." Ellie said, as she held her best friend in her arms. "We're suppose to lose our minds together."
"Ellie, I don't think-"
"Riley!" Ellie yelled, as the tears welled up in her eyes. "Don't leave me. I.. I don't want to end up alone." The tears began to roll down the younger girl's cheeks, leaving little dark circles on her friend's clothing.
Riley nodded, fighting back a painful groan as she began spitting up more blood. "I'll try."
"Why am I not turning? Why the fuck am I not turning?" Ellie thought as she looked down at her bite mark on her arm.
"Ellie.." Riley choked out. "You need to leave."
"I'm not leaving you."
"If I.. t-turn before you.. I'll..." Riley muttered, as her body gave an involuntary twitch. "I want you to be safe.. from me."
"No..." "Ellie, please. Make.. this easy for me."
"I can't just leave you!" Ellie shouted, looking down at the girl in her arms.
"You have to!" Riley shouted back, accidentally spitting small specks of blood across the younger girl's face.
"There's no way I'll-" Suddenly, Riley fell from Ellie's arms to the cold damp concrete floor."Riley!" The older girl began to spasm and twitch uncontrollably. Blood was flowing from her mouth and her eyes were turning a sick green color. She screamed in pain as the infection took full control of her body sending her into a series of convulsions and throes.
Ellie backed up until her back hit the wall as she watched in fear. She wanted to do something, anything. But she stayed there, paralyzed. She watched, the tears streaming from her eyes, until her friend's body became still.
"Riley..?"
...
"Riley..."
Ellie pulled her knees up and began to sob. The girls jeans were now tear stained and wet. "We.. were suppose to go together."
...
"Come back."
...
Slowly Riley's body began to twitch once more. It climbed to it's feet, it's arms hung limp at it's sides.
Riley's sick eyes stared straight at Ellie. "Riley." Ellie said cautiously. "It's me, your-" The creature lunged at her, swinging it's fists and clawing as it yelled and groaned in what sounded more like pain and fear than anger and hunger. Ellie was qickly forced to the ground. "Riley!" Ellie screamed. "It's me! It's Ellie!" The infected creature was clearly trying to hurt her.
To kill her.
"I'm sorry." Ellie said, as she kicked Riley's body hard in the stomach sending the creature stumbling backwards, giving Ellie just enough time to sprint to the door.
She pushed past the door, looking around for a place to hide. Along the wall were a series of crates and boxes, Ellie quickly dashed behind one and pushed both her hands to her nose and mouth, trying to stop herself from crying and breathing too loudly. "Shut up Ellie! Shut the fuck up or your best friend will rip you to fucking pieces!"
As the creature began walking down the hallway, Ellie pushed herself up against the wall, trying to make herself as small as possible. She wanted to hide in the darkness, at least until she turned. "I just need to wait it out. I'll be with you soon."
The time ticked away slowly. Ellie watched in silence as her friend's body was now standing just down the hallway. Ellie sat in the shadows for a while more, just watching, letting herself shed a few more silent tears from time to time. Riley appeared to be crying too. She certainly was making a lot of noise and Ellie began to wonder if it would draw other infected to them.
"What if people show up?" Ellie thought as panic began to sink in. The thought of some random person coming in and shooting Riley was too much for her to bare.
"I need to find you some place safe." Ellie thought to herself as she looked at Riley down the hallway. She began looking around for something she could use. Just across the way she spotted an empty bottle. Luckily, Riley's back was turned to her, so as long as she remained quiet, Ellie thought she could make it over there to snatch up the bottle and return to her hidding place, and that's just what she did. "Alright, now what?" Ellie wondered.
The young girl began slowly making her way down the hall. She peeked into the room closest to her. "No good." Ellie thought seeing all the shattered open windows. She moved on to the next door. This store wasn't any better due to the front window being smashed. As she was examining the room she noticed the sign on the counter read "Buddy's Butcher's Shop" and behind that counter was a heavy looking metal door. "Maybe there?" Ellie thought, as she snuck into the shop, being careful not to make a sound.
"I'll be back for you. I won't leave you."
Ellie made her way to the counter and silently creeped around it. "Employees Only" Read the dirty yellow sign hanging from the heavy metal door. Ellie looked into the small room. There were no windows and the walls were all a shiny silver color. There were hooks on the ceiling and several metal shelves lined the walls. "This'll do." Ellie thought as she examined the old yellow post-it note she found on the ground. "Set temp to -5."
"What the hell does that mean?" Ellie wondered.
The redhead looked back out in the hallway. Riley was still there, groaning.
"Alright." Ellie whispered clutching the bottle. "Here goes nothing." Ellie crawled into a cupboard underneath the counter and tossed the bottle into the little room. It shattered and instantly Ellie heard a loud scream and the sound of feet getting closer and closer to her. Suddenly she saw Riley's feet run past her and into the silver room. Ellie quickly stood up and slammed the door shut. She could hear Riley screaming on the other side of the door and once again her emotions got the best of her and she fell to her knees with her back against the door.
"I'm sorry, Riley." Ellie said, crying into her hands. The young girl sat there listening to her friend groan and scream and claw at the metal sat there for what felt like forever, just running her fingers over her bite before she fell asleep. Ellie woke up as she felt her body being lifted off the floor.
"What the fuck?" Ellie yelled as she kicked and screamed at the man who was holding her.
"Ellie!" Yelled a dark skinned women as she came around the corner.
"Marlene?"
Hey guys, thanks for reading. The next chapter will be done soon. Please leave a comment and let me know if there's anything I could put in to make this story better.
I have a plan for this fic, but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks again.