Chapter 2-To the Mall

7/14/15- I am currently rewriting this story and editing it. I wrote this story when I was fourteen and I have changed up my writing style since 2013.

All the zombies can from different directions; we all stood in an odd pentagon shape. We all shot at all the zombies that came in. Once all the zombies were cleared we had to get to the nearest safe room. We can die from the fumes from the fire. I walked into one of the rooms and grabbed a health pack. "I know someone is going to need this." I muttered to myself. Ellis ran passed and noticed I was in there. He coughed a bit.

"Hayden, we have to keep moving, we have to find that safe room." He reprimanded me. I nodded my head, but I don't think he understood why I came into this room in the first place.

I brought up the health kit, so he was able to see it. "I know we have to go, but maybe someone got hurt we had to something to heal them." I replied to him.

"Yeah, I guess so." He nodded his head before he coughed a bit. I came out the room and we both followed behind Rochelle. That's when we heard something like a cow like noise.

"The hell is that sound?" Nick asked us. We all shrugged our shoulders. I haven't heard anything like that before. Mainly I felt my heart beating after running for so long. "I bet Hayden knows what that noise is."

I chuckled at him, he honestly needs to get out more or something. "Yeah, since I'm somehow the smartest one here."

"You said you were 17." He shot back.

"And I am. Come on; let's just go find the safe house." I walked into the room where the fire didn't spread yet. That was the first mistake I did. This zombie with one huge arm and a tiny arm came over to me and rammed me into the wall. He started to pound me into the ground. "Just don't stand there help me, he's crushing the shit outta of me!" Nick snipped this new mysterious zombie and he died with that one bullet. "Thanks." Nick smiled.

"Just get to the safe house; I don't want to talk about it." We all ran toward the safe house and got in. Coach and Rochelle started to push the furniture to the other door. They sighed heavily.

"Hey, are you okay? I know him pounding you to ground must have hurt." Ellis asked me.

"Yeah, it did, but I'm fine." I replied blushing a bit.

"So, Ellis, when are you and Hayden going to get married?" Nick asked. I jumped off the table embarrassed. "I know you two were flirting."

"If you would shut up, it would make me have less head pain."

"Then, I should talk some more."

"Nick, stop being an asshole." Rochelle said. "Hayden, Ellis just ignore him you know he's not the nicest man on earth. I nodded at Rochelle. Then, I grabbed a shot gun and some extra first aid kits in case some got hurt.

"Are you guys ready to leave?" Coach asked us. We all nodded.

"Remember we leave on 3 not 2." Nick said and looked over to me.

"Does it even matter?" I asked him.

"She does have a point. Screw it, let's just leave." Coach said. I took out my pistols. I was going to save the shot gun for something important. Ellis opened the door and we all ran out. We killed the zombies that stood in our way.

"Oh, this looks dangerous." I muttered to myself as I grabbed a pipe bomb. "So how much longer until we get to the mall, I hope the food court is open I'm starved?"

"Ummm…. It's going to be awhile, but I know there's a gun store near here." Ellis started to say. "I think we're near the mall then." That's when crying filled the air and everyone looked around to see if they saw the crying girl.

"Sounds like Hayden when the mall closed." Nick said laughing.

"Ha ha, so funny." I said sarcastically. "Someone still alive."

"Come on, let's go in quietly." Coach said. "Everyone stay close." I walked in front of Coach. "Hey, I think she's over on the room." I opened the door and walked in slowly. "I think she's in that room."

"Hi, sweetie, you don't have to cry or worry anymore. We are here to save you. Come out of the room." I said as I got closer to the room. I sighed. I quickly and quietly opened the door. She sat their crying.

"This reminds me of my second ex-wife." Nick said. Everyone looked at him "What? She's a bit of a crier."

"Here, take my hand." I told her. She started to get angry, she stood up and had bright red eyes and she came for me. "Run like hell!" I shouted at them. We all left the room and went into different directions. She eventually caught up to me; she knocked me to the ground and started clawing at me. "Shoot at her! She's ripped the shit outta of me!" I shouted. My team started to shoot at her and was able to kill her. Everyone ran back to see how badly damaged I was.

"Are you okay?" Rochelle asked me as she helped me to my feet, but I feel to my knees.

"Not really, I feel like I'm dying."

"Finally." Nick said. Ellis elbowed him in the stomach. "Too soon?"

"What do you think?" Ellis asked him. Ellis picked me up bride style.

"So, how are you going to fight zombies like that?" Coach asked. "We can't be getting hurt now."

"Coach, I can still use my pistol." I said weakly.

"Now, we need to get you somewhere so we can go patch you." Rochelle suggested.

"You guys can do look out, I'll go heal her up." Ellis added.

"Sounds like a plan, let's do it, but I'll join up on healing Hayden." Nick said.

"I rather actually die." I told Nick.

"Just stop fighting you two. You sound like a married old couple." Ellis said. Nick and I looked at each other in disgusted. Ellis took Hayden into the room and laid her down. He grabbed the health pack and took out some rubbing alcohol. "Hayden you're going to hate this."

"What are you talking about Ellis?"

"I need to take your black hoodie and shirt off."

"You have to be kidding me! Just do it so I can live." Ellis did what she said. He carefully took both her shirt and hoodie off.

"So, are you going to die?" Nick asked me.

"I don't know you just want me dead so you don't have to see me anymore."

"Yeah."

"You are a dork." Ellis poured the rubbing alcohol all over the cuts. "AWWWWW!" I screamed. Nick looked at me saying "I'm weak" but he doesn't know how much this hurts. It hurts, but its hurts like a bitch.

"Hush-up you can cause a horde to come." Nick said. I blinked once and I couldn't see Ellis too well all I know he started to put gauze on my stomach. I started to black out. "Hay, you be all fine. You feel better?" Ellis said, but it sounded blurry and slow. And I couldn't see anymore. I would wake up in certain spot then black out again. "Go find hay safety." And every time I would partially wake up I would miss a few words it sounded blurry and it was in slow mo. I woke up completely in the next safe room.

"Where am I?" I asked. I started to get back up.

"Whoa, tiger go lay back down. Your whole stomach is badly scraped." Ellis told me.

"The room where the witch was at seems really different."

"We are in a new safe room." Coach said.

"We are?"

"Do you even remember what happened in last 10 minutes?" Nick asked.

"I mean, I heard bits and pieces of it, but nothing major." Hayden said.

"We have to be more careful, we'll stay out here for the night. We have to get back to the plan in the morning." Rochelle said.