Freddie woke up after what seemed like an eternity to him, the first thing he heard when he woke up was his mother shouting aggressively at someone. Turns out, the one that knocked him out was Gibby. He accidentally punched him in the face as he knocked exactly the same time as he opened the door.
When he felt he could walk without falling down, he stood up and walked around, looking for Carly. He first went to her room and the other rooms, she wasn't there. So he got out of the room and went to ask Spencer about her whereabouts.
"I dunno, all I remember was that she went downstairs when she heard you fall down, she helped you up here then went back downstairs to do something, " Spencer said, yawning while scratching his chest. "Hey, can you get me a glass of water when you get back up? And if you find her there, could you also tell her I need some medicine?" he asked. "I think I have a fever right now."
"Sure," came the reply. Freddie went down the stairs to look for Carly, on his way down, he heard the sounds of a gun being loaded. He went further to investigate the sounds, to find Carly sitting in the living room, loading a pistol and an SMG.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Freddie asked. "I'm loading up to get some more ammo, we're going pretty short, I just checked," Carly replied, not looking at him. "You wanna come with me? Sam and I are going,"
"Sure, but does Spencer know this?" He asked, crossing his arms. "I actually asked him first, and you know what he said?"
"What did he say?" he asked, dropping his hands. "Bring Freddie along, he can look after you while I'm resting," she answered, finally looking up. "So, are you coming or not? Honestly, Sam is pretty much enough to be a partner, it's alright i-"
"No no, I'll come with you," Freddie replied, smiling. She smiled back and said. "Cool, we're leaving in a few minutes, could you get Sam down here?"
"Okay, but first, I gotta get Spencer some water. He seems pretty tired after doing that Commando thingy he did a few hours ago,"
Carly laughed as she went on loading the guns, then placing a few of the magazines in a bag she had on the table to her left. While Freddie went to the kitchen and took a glass, then he went to the sink to fill it with water. Afterwards, he went upstairs and gave Spencer his glass of water. He gulped it down quicky and said thanks, giving the glass to Freddie, who placed it on a small table beside him and continued on.
He entered the room where Sam was, seeing her asleep. He gently pushed her to wake her up, but she proved to be a heavy sleeper, so he pushed her some more until she finally woke up.
"Rise and shine, princess heavy sleeper. We gotta go, Carly's waiting," he said, tapping his hand on the table to wake her up. "What is it, Benson?" Sam asked, rubbing one of her eyes while yawning.
"Weren't you and Carly going outside?" he said. "Yeah, what about it?" She asked, standing up from the bed.
"Well, Carly is about to leave, and I'm tagging along. So you better get yourself cleaned up and you'll miss out on all the action outside," he teased, knowing that Sam liked to shoot at zombies with her gun.
"Alright already, I'm coming. Tell her I'm going down in a few minutes, nerd," Sam replied teasingly, going to the bathroom to wash her face. After this, he went outside go to the other room in front of Carly's, taking his last pair of pants and t-shirt. Meanwhile, his mother noticed this and asked.
"And where do you think you are taking those clothes?" Marissa asked, her chin and eyebrow raised up. Freddie turned around and said. "I'm going outside to get some more ammo, we need them," he explained, turning back around.
"You are not going outside, young man. It's not safe there," she replied angrily. "But Mom, we really need to get some more supplies, otherwise we won't survive for a few more weeks,"
"You could get killed out there, there's a lot of those freaks roaming around, and you could get eaten!" She shouted, her eyes looking more menacing. "That's why we're bringing guns, haven't we already talked about this already Mom? This is not the world we're once used to, we have to grow up and adapt to what's around us,"
Mrs. Benson was speechless, her chin and eyebrow dropped. Then she sat down with her hands to her face and began sobbing. Freddie began to regret his words and immediately apologized, sitting down next to his mother.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. It's just that I really need to go, so we can live much longer, I hope you understand," he said, kissing her mother on the cheek.
"I know, Freddie. But I'm just so scared to lose you, you're the only one I have left," she replied. "I promise that I'll come back as quick as I can," Freddie said.
His mother finally agreed to let him leave, but on the condition he should come back before sundown. Freddie agreed and said goodbye, and then he left.
He went downstairs to see Carly and Sam waiting by the door outside. "What took you so long?" Sam asked.
"I asked Mom to let me go with you guys, she said yes," he replied, checking his pistol if it had some remaining ammo. "Do we have any spare magazines there, Carly?"
Carly looked into the bag and took out a magazine, and passed it to him. "Thanks. Are the walkie-talkies charged? We're going to need them,"
"Yeah, they are. I put it in the bag," she replied, pointing to the bag. "Okay, everybody gear up and let's go," he said, going out of the room.
He carefully looks into the next hallway, checking if there's any zombies, he finds nothing and signals the other two to follow. They go on the elevator and get to the ground floor, but when they get to the ground floor, there was a group of zombies in front of the elevator.
"Shit! Close the door!" Freddie shouted, frantically kicking off the zombies as they tried to claw their way in. Carly quickly pressed the close button and began kicking zombies off and hitting them with the butt of her gun. When the doors finally closed after what seemed a long time., they all sighed in relief.
"That was close," Carly said, wiping off the sweat off her forehead. "They're probably more than we expect, and news flash, we have another thing to do. We need to clear all of those Z's before they manage to get upstairs," he said.
"When exactly will we be doing that?" Sam asked, while leaning on the wall of the elevator. "Right after we get back, but we'll have to use melee weapons, so add that to what we're going to have to look for later,"
Carly and Sam agreed with his plan, then they got out of the elevator and took the stairs. While on the way down, Freddie asked a question about their scavenging mission.
"What kind of guns are we going to look for?" Freddie asked, looking at Carly. She looked at him and said. "Well, we'll probably need more of those shotguns and SMG's, that's what they're called right?"
"Yeah, that's right. And can we make some more time and look for food and clothes? I really need a new pair of pants and underwear," he said, pointing to his clothing, which was noticeably dirty.
Carly noticed his dirty clothes and said. "Hmm, I think you're right, but we'll probably take a few more hours to look for clothes in the mall. Is that alright with you?"
"Uh, sure. I think I can spare a few more hours," he replied, raising his thumb. "Okay, now all we have to think about left is: Should we split up, or not?"
The trio stopped in their tracks to think about it, only a few steps away from the door. "Well, we could spilt up, but our chances of making it out is probably thin,"
"Maybe we should've taken Gibby with us," Sam suggested. "The big guy could be useful."
"If we did take him, then who'd watch over Gibby and Freddie's mom?" Carly replied.
Sam looked at her and said. "Good point," she then proceeded to open the door and go out. "Speaking of Spencer, we should get him some medicine, he thinks he has a fever or something," Freddie added.
"Okay, now let's go, we gotta hurry, otherwise those Z's would catch up with us," Carly said, then they ran for the entrance. Freddie stepped outside first to make sure that the road outside was clear, then he told the other two to get out.
When they were sure the coast was clear, they walked forward to the local pharmacy just a few blocks away for Spencer's medicine. One of them tried opening the door, but it was locked, Sam quickly broke it with a hit from her gun.
"You're lucky that door didn't have an alarm," Freddie said. "Shut it, Benson," she replied coldly, then moved forward. Freddie began making faces behind her back as he followed, causing Carly to giggle. Sam began to look on the set of pills that was on the shelf behind the counter, she went inside and took a closer
"Okay, there's some pills for diarrhea, cough, insomnia. Ah, here it is, head aches," she said, taking two boxes of the pills and putting it in the bag. "Alright, now let's head on to the mall," Carly said, opening the door.
They walked on to the next few streets, while taking out a number of zombies along the way. After a few minutes of taking down zombies, they finally reached the mall. But as Carly and Sam were entering, Freddie stopped them.
"Before we go in, we have to decide on who's going to look for what. I'll go look for the guns," Freddie said, looking at the other two. "Good idea, Freddie," Carly said, smiling at him.
"Okay, I'll look for the clothes then, I'll make sure to get you some tighty whities," Sam said teasingly. "And maybe I'll go into the supermarket and go nab some more food." she added further. "I'm going with Sam," Carly said, as she moved closer to her.
"I'll go for the food instead, you girls just head on to the food court, I wouldn't want Sam to eat all of the food BEFORE we even get out of the mall," Freddie joked, but Sam didn't care.
Now that they have all agreed on where they would meet after their respective duties, they entered the mall and went on their separate ways. Freddie went left to the Sports and Leisure center where the gun shop is, while Sam and Carly went right to the clothing section.
Freddie was the first to get to his destination, he began looking for the gun shop in it, until he finds it near an emergency exit. He goes inside to see what's inside, it was a flight of stairs leading down to the parking lot, where a lot of abandoned cars was left behind. He tells himself to use that exit if zombies enter the mall and they get surrounded.
He enters the gun shop, taking a large gun bag he finds on the counter. He sees that the gun shop is nearly out of guns, a sign that numerous others have taken it's supply, the only guns remaining were a pair of handguns, a semi-auto shotgun and a M-16 rifle.
He takes all of the guns, putting it in the bag one by one, then he takes 3 boxes of ammo for each gun. Freddie was about to leave when he sees a reflection of light on the glass behind the counter, he goes back in and looks under the counter. There, he finds a large revolver, he doesn't know what it's called but he knows it's real powerful.
"I know who'd like this gun, I do," Freddie said as he replaced his pistol with it, while thinking of how strong it would be. Then he carried the bag and left, heading towards the supermarket to pick up some food.
Meanwhile, Carly and Sam were looking for clothes to wear in the Ladies department, while looking for a cart that they could use to place the clothes in. After they had finished looking for clothes in the Ladies department, they went on to the Mens department to look for clothes for Freddie, Spencer and Gibby.
While they were looking for clothes, Sam asked a question. "Hey Carls, do you know what size the guys are?" Carly stopped her searching and turned to face her.
"Well, I know Spencer's a size 27-30, but I don't know about the other two. Maybe a 24-28 for Freddie and 29-33 for Gibby," she replied, turning around to search around some more.
Moments later, they finished the job and placed the clothings neatly in a bag they took from one of the stalls. As they were making their way to the food court, Sam couldn't help but ask, so she asked Carly.
"Ever wonder where the zombies are in the mall, Carly? We haven't seen one since we got here," Carly looked at her and said, "You're right, I have a strange feeling that those zombies are just here somewhere. Oh look, there's the food court," she said, pointing to the double doors.
Sam went to the door and opened it, but she was surprised at what she saw, numerous zombies were roaming in the food court. She made a quick but quiet step away from the door, but she suddenly step on a piece of glass and it broke, causing the zombies to look behind.
They began to give chase, both girls run while firing their guns. They go up to the second floor but the zombies manages to keep up, Sam decides to stay so Carly can run ahead and find Freddie. She runs into the fire exit and goes down, so she can go to where the gunshop is. She gets there but Freddie wasn't there, she suddenly remembers that he was supposed to go look for the food.
Carly immediately runs out and goes to the supermarket, she begins looking for Freddie as soon as she gets there, running up and down the aisles. She finds Freddie in the bread and biscuits aisle, gathering the remaining bread from the shelves and stuffing it in the bag.
"Freddie!" She shouts, running to him, hugging him as she reached him. "Whoa, what's the matter Carly?" he asked, surprised that she was excited to see him.
"It's Sam, we need to get back to her. She's up on the second floor, holding off all those Z's," she said, her voice full of concern.
"Let's go then!" He said, grabbing Carly's hand as he runs out of the supermarket. While running, he notices that zombies were slowly filling up the place, he runs faster so he can outrun them, but he and Carly gets cornered nearby.
"Well, I guess it's time to try this gun out," he whips out his newly-acquired gun, then he fires it, blowing up two zombie heads in one blow, his hand barely managing the high recoil. "Awesome, let's go Carly!"
They go to the staircase, as well as the numerous zombies that were gaining on Sam, who was shooting the zombies in the head. He begins firing at the zombies to lessen their number, Carly does so as well. Eventually the zombies were thinned out, giving Sam enough space to run through.
"Thanks for the save, Freddie," she said. "Don't mention it, now let's get outta here!" Freddie runs for the emergency exit near the gun shop, but he finds it with a number zombies. He tells the other two to fire, which they do. Once the zombies were eliminated, he runs to the exit, but not before he hears a shout.
"Wait! I think I hear someone!" he said, stopping to hear it clearly. "Come on, Freddie! There's no one else here!" Carly said, insisting that they leave now.
Freddie was about to leave but he hears it again, this time much more louder. He turns around to see a family of five running towards them across the sea of zombies, he immediately fires at the zombies to give them some room to move through. Once they made it, they immediately run to the exit and go down.
When they got to the parking lot, they all rest for a bit. Then the father of the family approached Freddie and the others. "Thank you, you don't know how much we owe you," he said. "No problem, sir,"
"Now, I need a place to stay, me and my family has been staying in that mall since it started, so I was wondering if you have any place for us to stay in. Do you?" he asks.
Freddie wonders if it would be a good idea if they let another group stay at the plaza, it's okay if they let him stay since every room is pretty much empty already, so he says yes. They begin walking back to the plaza, taking the street they took hours ago, but they are forced to go through an alley when they see the road that they normally go through was filled with zombies.
They arrived at the plaza a few minutes after sundown, and the zombies at the entrance were no more, Freddie goes to the counter and takes one of the keys for one of the rooms upstairs, then they go up the elevator. Carly and Sam go in while Freddie leads them to their room, a few rooms away from theirs.
"Okay, this is where you will be staying at, here's the keys, here's a gun for protection. If you need anything else, just knock," he said with a smile, then he leaves the room, but the father stops him.
"We haven't met yet, so I would like to introduce ourselves. I'm Owen, this is my wife Annie, and these are my children," he allows his children to introduce themselves.
The oldest of the three stepped forward, she was wearing a jacket with a green shirt and jeans, she looks like she's about Freddie's age. "I'm Layla, nice to meet you," she said, putting her hand out, which Freddie shakes.
The second stepped forward, he was wearing a blue t-shirt and a pair of shorts, he was about 12. "Hi, I'm Tim," And the last stepped forward to introduce herself, she was a kid about the age of 5-8.
"I'm Janet," she extended her little hand to shake his hand, he extends his and shakes it. "Okay, now that we know each other, I hope that you can cooperate with everything around here, from the zombie clearing to food hunting,"
"You can trust us on that, we'll do anything just to help out," he replied. Freddie leaves after saying goodbye, going back to Carly's room. On the way back, he hears shouting and crashing from the 2nd floor of her apartment, he instantly runs and gets to the room. He opens the door with a gun in his hand, ready to take down whatever created the sounds.
End.
Time to answer a question I got from the Reviews.
Here's the answer for the Guest.
The answer to your question if animals can be infected as well or if there's even a few left in the world, the answer to that is yes. As long as they're alive, they can be infected, but if they live that long. I'm pretty sure that carnivorous animals would tend to become zombies more than herbivorous ones. And I'm sure there's probably a lot of animals left too, but some of them will already be zombies or they could be in hiding, but I'll probably add a zombified animal later on.
If you have any more questions, feel free to send me a PM or post a review, but I recommend just PM'ing me. I'll be posting the answers on the next chapter like this one. Anyways, see you guys on the next one, bye! :)
