Paige grabbed the last of the infected by the head and slammed it into a nearby car. With the head destroyed, the body dropped lifelessly to the blood drenched pavement. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and continued down the street. She had her pistol at the ready and her senses heightened, just like she always did nowadays. As she scoped down the street, she spotted a gun shop. It was her lucky day, better guns, more ammo, and maybe even some food. She searched silently for about ten minutes (and found a multitude of useful supplies) before she heard yelling. Not zombies screeching, but actual people yelling. Quickly she reloaded her gun and glanced out the boarded up windows. A small group of four people, three of them with only blunt objects, were running as fast as they could towards the gun shop, zombies on their heels. Paige reacted instantly and kicked the door open allowing them to pile in. After they were all inside, she turned to the door and started to shoot the remaining zombies and to her surprise, a young man, turned to shoot alongside her.
When all the zombies were gone, Paige shut and bolted the door. She then turned to the young man and nodded her thanks. "Where'd you all come from?" her cool gaze never left the man's face. "That doesn't matter, I'm Leon S. Kennedy." Paige then turned to glance at the other three. "Names Paige," she reloaded her gun and looked back to Leon. "You their leader?" she jerked her head towards the cowering bunch. Leon followed her gesture and shook his head lightly. "Just working together to survive." Paige scoffed. She didn't like this guy so far. He was calm like her but he "took in strays" as she put it. "They'll only slow you down," she whispered as she climbed the stairs and tried to open the door at the top. As she began to kick at the door, trying in vain to knock it over, Leon came up behind her and touched her shoulder. "Let me help." Paige simply shrugged. At the same time as Paige, Leon turned toward the door and simultaneously they kicked. The door went flying off its hinges. Paige looked at Leon with a skeptical glare. "Thanks," she whispered silently, hoping he wouldn't hear her but she soon learned that his senses were also on alert because he replied "Your welcome," just as quietly.
One Hour Later
Everyone had a gun and extra ammo, Paige and Leon carried a large hunting knife and a plethora of grenades along with theirs. Paige was ready to leave and started off when Leon had stopped her. "Hey, wait up. Okay?" she stared into his eyes and could see that he was concerned about her. She finally sighed and nodded. "Hurry it up," she turned and waited at the broken windows with her arms crossed. After Leon had double checked to make sure everyone was ready to go, Paige led them out of the building and down the street. Despite the burning cars, the place was deathly quiet. "Leon, get up here!" Paige could feel a disaster close by. Leon complied and quickly ran to her side. When he reached her, he glanced at her face. Although her face didn't show her apprehension, her eyes certainly did, and Leon could tell something was wrong. "What is it?" he began to scan the area and noticed how unusually quite it was. Suddenly Paige stopped and looked around franticly. "Do you hear that?!" Loud screams began to echo through the street and the ground beneath them began to shake wildly. The three behind Paige and Leon ended up falling to the ground. Paige and Leon had their guns pointed toward the noises and were in a defensive position. Before they could react, a large truck came flying through the air. Unfortunately, it landed right behind Leon, crushing the three people and killing them instantly. Leon turned towards the wreckage while Paige watched for more projectiles. No more came and neither did their source. Paige finally relaxed a little and turned to Leon who was shaking his head sadly. "They escaped the infection to end up dying like this." Paige shrugged and turned to leave. "Hey!" Leon sprinted to her side and adapted to her stride. "I'm not letting you walk around this hell hole on your own! You look young and you're alone, that's never a good combination." Leon watched her face closely. When he mentioned her being alone, she had what looked like pain and sorrow in her eyes but those quickly turned to anger. "For you information, if you MUST know, I'm 21." She never turned to Leon, her eyes stayed straight ahead. "And yes, I'm alone. Everyone died…if you hadn't noticed." She gestured to the scene around them. Leon chuckled and grabbed her arm, forcing her to face him. "Well, I'm not dead Paige. And I'm going to protect you." Paige's cold gaze faltered for a moment but then quickly went back up. "Whatever," she turned to leave once again. "If you wanna follow me, I don't care. It's your damn life." Leon sighed but smiled as he watched her walk in front of him. Finally he had someone to call "partner" again. Hell is always better when you go through it with someone else.