Chapter 3
I woke up the next day. I wanted to see the sun. The sky was red. A dark blood red.
I got up and realized that Sandra had left. Thank God.
Walking along the street, I noticed some Smokers were sitting around talking. Feeling bored, I went to talk.
"Hey," I said, "what you guys talking about?"
"Battle plans," one of the Smokers replied.
"We gonna jump the Survivors when they come through here." another added, "Get all of them at a time."
"Do you know how many there are?" I asked.
"No," they all said in unison. Shit, no plan if there are more. What do I care? I'm not part of-
"You are going to help," said a fimilliar voice. Billy.
"The hell you doing here," I heard another voice ask. Kieth.
"What's it to you?" I answered coldly.
"Where is our whore?" Kieth asked.
"No idea," I answered.
"You screwed her last."
"No, I refused."
"OK," Billy said, "I'll believe that!"
"So when does this all go down?" I asked.
"Tonight," the boss Smoker said, "when they come through."
Later that night they came. One was a younger boy in yellow with a BullShifters shirt on. Another was a man in white with a blue under shirt. The last one was female. Rose.
"Hey," I said, "let me take the girl. She's the Cryer's mother."
"Okay," Kieth said getting into position. The survivors rounded a corner and fired at a small horde. I remembered something. I could speak human.
"I can talk in human," I said to Kieth.
"Really," he replied, "Go for it then!" I leaped up a building and said, "Hello Rose, remember me?" This was funny because Rose looked up and said, "Wha-What the hell!?" I leaped behind her and said, "It's me Xane. You know 'Easy Xane'?" By this time she turned around and looked at me.
(ROSE POV)
When I turned around to see a Hunter talking to me saying it was Xane I was about to fire but a Smoker took away my gun and held it in his tounge. Ellis and Nick were trapped by Smokers that were not attacking.
"Xane?" I asked timidly.
"I know where Sandra is," the selfproclaimed Xane said.
"Where the hell is she?!" I yelled, "Did you do anything to her!?" He said something in Infected talk and said to me, "Nice ring she had. Too bad she took it off last night." WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!? HE DIDN'T!!!!!
"I know about you cheating on me Rose," he said. Fuck, he wasn't supposed to know! "Sandra told me."
I was on the brink of insanity
(XANE'S POV)
With that last sentance I knew I hit a nerve. How? She ran twords me in a fit of blind rage. I dodged her and slashed her back lightly as she ran past me. She fell down in pain.
"Don't fuck with me Rose," I said.
"Kill me now," she muttered. No problem. I picked her up and reached my claws into (yes into) her chest. She gasped and blood dripped out of her mouth. I ripped out a few ribs and dropped her. "You ripped my heart out Rose. Now it's your turn!" I shoved my claw-like hands back into her body. I grabbed her heart and pulled it out. I left her standing up with no life. She slowly fell to her knees and then fell face flat on the cement.
"Let the others go," I said. The infected obeyed and let Ellis and Nick go. We ran off.
Once we got back to the vantage point I said, "No jokes about being sadistic OK? She just pissed me off." Kieth patted me on my back and said, "Well Xane! You're finally becoming a Hunter!" We laughed and drank some drink. Amazingly, we could all drink with outspilling on ourselves. The drink was tangy. Maybe it was the innards of a Survivor that died awhile back. Strangly, I didn't care. It tasted decent so I drank it and realized, 'I have no reason to be human. I killed who I thought was my love. Sandra is a crazy ass horny bitch. Not to mention a Witch. I had no reason to go on. Maybe I should give myself up to-'
"That was your fiance wasn't it," Kieth asked with a grin on his face.
"No," I replied, "just a bitch ass whore that I thought I loved." In my heart. I know I still did a little.
"Well," he laughed, "you just made your first kill! How zit feel?"
"Pretty damn good Kieth." Then a shot rang out as a Smoker sitting with us went limp and fell to the ground in a puff of smoke.
