So sorry for this late upload Dx school kicked me off! Well anyways, here's the next chapter~ I don't know how i feel about this one, but i guess it's a start. I will do my best to upload once a week, during sunday, monday, or tuesday. If it's later, you can tell I was being a lazy bum xD But anyways, thanks for waiting, and let's get on with it!
Yang grinned as the bike sputtered to life, but suddenly, as the garage door fully opened, the rumbling of the engine halted. Everything went quiet save for the groaning of the horde of Grimm wandering the street.
The roaring of the engine, combined with the steel garage door moving, created quite a large noise, and in seconds, the horde of Grimm had rushed the garage, aiming to make the two their next meal.
Yang didn't even have time to react. As soon as she heard a scream, and she didn't know who screamed, but that sent her running to Weiss, grabbing her by the waist and throwing her over her shoulder, hastily opening the door back into the house. The Grimm pursued them into the kitchen, some moving faster than others. The blonde passed the living room and retreated back into her room, slamming the door shut and locking it. After dropping Weiss onto the floor, she pushed the bunk bed she and Ruby shared in front of the door, barricading it. Her heart raced as the Grimm banged their fists on her door, threatening to break it down.
"Y-You dunce!" Weiss hissed quietly, her voice was shaky with fear, and her azure eyes glared daggers into the back of a certain blonde.
"Geez… I'm sorry! Get off my case Ice Queen!" Yang half-yelled, half whispered. Backing up from the door. The banging getting louder and louder.
Weiss couldn't believe how calm Yang was acting considering their situation. But when she realized that the blonde's legs were trembling, her suspicions were confirmed.
Yang collapsed on to the hardwood floor beside Weiss, the banging seemed endless… each one threatened to break down the door. She wanted nothing more for the banging to stop.
"Y-Yang… I think they've stopped now…" Weiss whispered after what seemed like an eternity.
But Yang still heard the thumping noises, but it was different. The noise didn't come from the door, it was from her own beating heart. She slowly began to relax, taking slow and deep breaths to steady her heart.
The two girls spent a few minutes of awkward silence, just seeming to just listen for any signs of more Grimm. They knew they were still inside the house, their groans was evidence of this.
"Well… this bites…" Yang said quietly, breaking the silence. She turned to the heiress and gave her the biggest grin she could muster.
"Did… you just… make a pun…?" Weiss asked in disbelief, staring back at the blonde. Maybe she really was an idiot.
"Oh please Ice Queen, I was just trying to lighten the mood…" She whispered, a slight sense of annoyance in her voice.
Weiss just shook her head, wincing slightly as she moved her leg to get into a better sitting position.
"So what now? We can't just wait here for them to decompose, you left the food and water outside!" She groaned.
"I don't know… geez…" Yang sighed, standing back up. She moved over to the window and slid open the blinds, peering out at the lawn. Before her, around twenty of the decaying dead were shuffling about.
"I guess… we could distract them somehow, like maybe…." Yang looked around her room, scanning it. "Maybe I could throw my alarm clock?"
The heiress looked up at the blonde. "What?" Her mouth slightly open with disbelief.
"Yeah, I'll just set it to ring then toss it, out this window." She shrugged. "I never really liked it anyways. Time sure does fly by quickly. I mean, it's about time that I got rid of it." A grin spread across the brawler's face.
"You are insufferable. Absolutely insufferable. But… I assume that just might work actually." Weiss gave it a thought, knowing loud noises attracted the Grimm.
Yang sighed and sat back down beside the white-haired girl. "So… wanna… talk?" She suggested.
"About what?" Weiss questioned.
"Oh things, like… I don't know… our plan?"
"Well as far as I know, we're supposed to get to Vale Harbor without getting eaten, and you're supposed to take me there."
"Hm… we'll have to escape the neighborhood and cross the bridge to get into the city… then head to the harbor… though it's too long to travel in a single day..."
"Well that's fine, I don't think the virus spread to Atlas yet... Right?"
"I don't know Ice Princess. But let's hope their fancy technology kept them out."
"Oh believe me, not even a fly could get into Atlas without being searched."
Yang sighed softly. "Let's hope you're right."
Suddenly, a shot rang through the air, muffled by the closed room.
"What was that?" The heiress asked. As soon as she said that, more shots were heard.
"I think someone is shooting them... Hopefully that will get them out of here..." The blonde responded, pressing her ear against the door and listening closely. "The Grimm are leaving... They're after the sounds."
The gunshots continued, it seems there were a variety of weapons, some guns were quick to fire, others made loud, single shots. The two concluded it was a group of people trying to escape, but which way were they going? Toward Vale, or toward the outskirts of town?
"Well… only one way to find out…" Yang sighed softly. Her hand wrapped around the doorknob, slowly twisting it.
"What are you doing…?" Weiss asked. She had an idea what, but she didn't like it. "You aren't leaving me here alone are you?!"
"Don't worry ice princess, even if I go… it's not like it would matter right? I mean we did just meet…" the blonde said with a smile. She opened the door, stepped through, and quickly closed it. "Ha… who am I kidding… it would matter… Ruby… mom… I have to see them, and make sure they're okay…" Her legs shook with every step, and her heartbeat increased as before.
When she moved into the living room, it was empty, save for two zombies standing around. There was blood and entrails littering the kitchen and living room's hardwood floor.
She silently moved to the nearest one which was standing near the black couch, the Grimm had a hole in its shoulder and was missing flesh in a few places. The smell was putrid, and Yang did her best not to lose her stomach. The Grimm an older woman wearing a yellow dress, and Yang hoped it wasn't someone she knew. The other Grimm in the kitchen was a male, wearing a green polo and khaki shorts, it's chest torn open, and the shirt a darker green around the wound.
With one swift movement she kicked the back of the Grimm's leg and watched it crumple to the floor. "It's… not human anymore… it's not human!" She muttered to herself, bringing her right knee up over the Grimm's head, then slamming it straight down, driving her heel into it's face, a sickening crunch could be heard from beneath her.
Yang gulped, trying to calm herself down. It was her second kill, and she still couldn't get used to the feeling. When she killed zombies in her games, she felt joy, like she was winning. But now, she feels only sadness. This was a person, with a family.
The blonde didn't have any time to think. The crunching noise was picked up by the other Grimm, and as if in a frenzy, it dashed toward her with inhuman speed. She steeled herself to fight it, but as soon as it tackled her, she went flying with it. They both slammed into the hardwood floor. With the wind knocked out of her lungs, she struggled to push it away. Her hands managed to grab its neck, and was holding it back, as it snapped and growled at her. Yang finally took a few gasps for air, and brought her knee up to her chest, the sole of her shoe against its stomach as she pushed it back with her foot, causing it to reel back and fall over. The blonde gave it no quarter and stood up after it, growling as she slammed the heel of her foot right down on the bridge of the Grimm's nose, it's skull giving way to her stomp, caving in.
She panted, surrounded by the two undead. They were stronger than she had anticipated. But she knew if she stopped here, there would be a risk another one wandering inside. The gunshots outside had subsided, so that either meant they went into hiding, or … the Grimm had them.
Standing back up, Yang approached the door to the garage slowly, trying to steady her breathing with every step. She peeked from the door frame, and the garage was clear. However, when she looked toward the street, the view was horrendous.
The Grimm were tearing apart a bunch of men, ripping their flesh and eating them. The sight caused Yang to dry heave, her hand went to her stomach in reflex. Once the heaving subsided, she walked toward her bike, and opened up the seat, grabbing the bags she had stored there and shouldered them. With her backpack on her back, the athletic bag in her left hand, and the wooden bat in her right, she returned to the house, trying to put the scene behind her. Literally.
Weiss curled up, bringing her knees to her chest and hugging them. She felt so useless. Her ankle wouldn't hurt as much anymore, but it still gave her a shock if she moves it. Her silver eyes closed, and her thoughts drifted to the blonde. "Please be okay…" She whispered. The heiress stifled a tear. Her thoughts returned to her family, her mother, her younger sister Winter, heck, even her dad. What if she never sees them again?
The door burst open after what seemed was an eternity, and Yang looked at her. "O-oh… what happened?" Weiss asked.
The blonde shook her head and handed the heiress the athletic bag, kneeling down to wrap her arm around the other's waist, and lifting her up, giving her support. "How's your ankle?"
"It's fine… I think I'll be better in a day or two…" She sighed. Weiss leaned against the idiot and hopped on her left foot, the athletic bag slung across her shoulder. "Is it clear…? Where did all the people go?"
"It's fine… and the people… they… must have ran for shelter… realizing there's too much of them…" Yang replied, moving towards the kitchen. If luck would have her, they could sneak past the Grimm while they were busy with their meal.
"Oh… Are you…" Weiss trailed off as she eyed the corpses on the floor, and her stomach lurched when she saw and smelt them. "O-oh gosh… that's… nasty…"
The brute just chuckled. "Well Ice Queen, you didn't have to bash their heads in."
Weiss just jabbed the girl in the side with her left hand, since her right held on to the idiot. "Geez, just get us out of here you brute."
Yang walked into the garage, then helped Weiss get in beside her. Most of the Grimm were still occupied with the group of men, seeing as there was a few of them, and others simply wandered. The bridge to Vale was to the left, and hopefully, they would be able to catch other survivors.
"What… are they eating?" Weiss asked, her silver eyes staring at the horde.
"Let's go… they're busy and won't go for us if they're still eating…" Yang urged, not wanting to stick around.
As they exited the garage, the sunlight finally hit their eyes, blinding them for a bit.
"Now begins… one Weiss cold journey… oof!" And another jab has met its mark.
