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~ZombiesXBrainzz~
Chapter 3
*One month before the infection*
Its been one week since the power went out, my sister was losing her mind and annoying everyone about it, I sat in the dining room, playing cards with my mom, "How's the quest for turning on power?" I asked as she walked into the kitchen, "Shut up." She grabbed something from the cupboard and walked away, "I'm guessing not good." My mom smirked and picked up a card, "I don't know what she's complaining about, I'm fine with not having any power." "Yeah, but your sister is different..." "Ain't that the truth." I rolled my eyes and we continued to play cards.
*Present*
"A-Aria." I was speechless, my sister actually survived the zombie apocalypse,
"The one and only." She smirked,
"I thought you that you were-"
"Dead? Yeah, I thought the same about you, so I left my group to come see if you were okay, and I guess you're doing fine."
"I am." I said sternly,
"Well, now that we're here I guess we can get to the safe house." Coach said,
"Watch out there's a hunter!" She pointed her gun at Darcy,
"Woah, woah Aria it's me!" She pulled her hood off,
"Darcy? You're infected!"
"No, I'm a carrier, not completely infected, like my friend Max, he's a smoker." She gestured to Max,
"Well... This is a um... Pleasant surprise."
"Don't judge." Darcy said in a defensive tone,
"I wasn't." Aria snapped back,
"Girls, calm down, let's just get to the safe house." Gina said in a calm voice,
"Right, safe house." Aria said.
Rochelle led us toward the safe house, Aria followed close behind, and of course the guys stayed behind, except Nick, he was standing next to me, "So... That's your sister?" He asked,
"No, it's my evil twin from outer space." I said sarcastically,
"Not funny." I looked over and noticed he was staring at my sisters ass, "You're a sick bastard!" I punched him, "Go hang out with the others."
"Okay okay."
"And if I see you looking at her again I will kill you." He nodded and fell back with the others,
"Damn girl." Darcy said,
"What?"
"I thought you said your sister was a bitch."
"I did, but I still look after her."
The sound of crying filled the air, "It sounds like Sophia when she doesn't get her way." Aria snickered, I couldn't yell at her for saying that because she did know me, "It does not!" I growled,
"That's what I said." Nick said,
"Shut your pipe hole Nick."
Aria laughed, "Wow Sophie, you sure have made an impression in the world of zombies."
"What ever." I grumbled.
Rochelle walked down the street, "Guys, I think someone cut us some slack."
"Why do you say that?" Gina asked,
"Look." Rochelle pointed at the witch, who seemed to be walking away from us,
"Talk about a blessing in disguise." Aria said, "Let's not get our hopes up just yet." I said as a little more rain started falling. Slowly the witch walked away and we went up the stairs to the safe house.
Aria pulled her bag off her shoulders and opened it, "Damn I'm low on supplies." She grabbed a few first aid kits, some adrenalin shots, and a couple bottles of pills,
"So did you make it through this by yourself?" I asked,
"Nah, I had a group of my own, nice people they were, but when Bill, our leader, died we kinda just lost hope. We were trying to get to the Keys but ended up abandoned on a bridge. Zoey told me that a group of survivors passed by and one of them looked like me, so I followed your guys' trail and I guess I got ahead of you." She shrugged like it was nothing,
"You could have been killed!" I exclaimed,
"But I wasn't." She smirked, "And that's all that matters."
I sighed, "Why did you want to find me?"
"You're my sister, and just the thought of you being alive made me kinda hopeful."
"You hopeful that I'm alive? Good one, seriously though, why did you come after me."
"I am being serious." She gave a very serious look.
Darcy eyed her suspiciously, "She might be lying Sophie."
"Shut up Darcy, I'll kick your dupa." I said, Darcy backed off, everyone seemed to do the same, I sighed and walked off to the ammo pile.
A pair of arms wrapped around me, I leaned my head back onto Ellis' chest, "You seem a little tense." He said,
"Nah, I feel fine... My stomach hurts a little but it's nothing." I reassured him, he smiled at me.
We walked out the safe house and into the open, "We have to go through a sugar mill?" Aria asked, looking at the dilapidated structure in front of us,
"Ducatel Sugar Company, yep it's a sugar mill." I said, reading the faded letters at the top of the building,
"I wonder what surprises await us in there?" Darcy said sarcastically,
"Only one way to find out." Rochelle replied going in, we followed close behind. She took us through a single office room and out a back door where heavy machinery laid,
"Shh, you hear that?" Aria asked,
"No." Just then there was the faint sound of crying in the distance, and the roar of thunder,
"Great, crying bitches and rain." Darcy muttered,
"We gotta hurry on outta here if we want to beat the storm." Coach said, taking lead again.
Rain fell down harder than before, "I don't think we'll be able to beat the storm." I said,
"We'll have to try." Just then he stopped dead in his tracks,
"Coach? What's wrong?" Gina asked,
"I don't think the storm is our biggest worry."
"Why no-" he cut me off by pointing forward,
"Holy shit." Ellis said as everyone looked.
Ahead of us were about a dozen, if not more, crying witches walking around, "There's no way we're going through that!" Nick exclaimed,
"There is, but we'll have to be careful." Aria said and turned off her flashlight, "Follow me." She ran ahead,
"Aria wait!" I ran after her,
"Let's just go." Nick said and soon everyone was behind my annoying sister.
Darcy caught up to me, "I could take care of them." She said,
"Not by yourself!" I exclaimed,
she looked at all the witches that we were sneaking past,"... You're right, there's no way Max and I can take them down... What do you think Max?" He shook his head, "Yeah I didn't think so either."
Everyone stopped, I didn't realize it and ran into Nick, "Watch it." He grumbled,
"Calm your man tits." I retorted. He rolled his eyes, "Where are we?"
"Inside a room dumb ass." Aria said,
"I can see that."
"Then why'd you ask?"
"Guys can we just get out of here?" Gina piped in,
"Right, out this door." Aria went ahead.
As we emerged deeper into the mill, more and more witches appeared and the rain wasn't letting up any time soon. My sister led us up a conveyer belt, "We'll have to jump off." She said and proceeded in doing so, Darcy leapt off, Max following behind her.
The others followed and left me and Ellis up there, "I'll go first, then you jump and I'll catch ya."
"Okay." I agreed,
he jumped down, "Okay Sophie, jump!" I usually didn't mind jumping from high places and being caught, I was a flyer in cheerleading, but I also had three other people down there to catch me. Ellis wasn't a base, or a back spot, but I'm sure he had the equivalent strength of three scrawny girls, so I jumped. I fell about fifteen feet before I felt a pair of strong arms catch me, "Told you I'd catch ya." He smiled,
"I never said that you wouldn't." He sat me on the ground,
"C'mon I have a feeling we're almost there." Aria said. We followed behind her, I suddenly got a massive cramp in my stomach and collapsed,
"Sophie!" Ellis rushed over to my side,
"I'm fine." I said, trying to get back to my feet,
"No you're not, you're hurt."
"How do you know? You're not a doctor."
"Sophie just let him carry you, it's no big deal." Gina said, I sighed and let Ellis pick me up.
The rest of the group went ahead, Ellis stayed back, "Are you feeling okay?" He asked me,
"I'm fine." I murmured, "And I don't need you to carry me around every time I have a cramp, it's probably a girl thing." He went silent, I thought it was better that way.
The crying was getting on my nerves, it was worse than Aria's complaining! We walked into an open area, "Ooh shit." I said as Ellis sat me down, there were witches everywhere!
"There's no way we can get through this without disturbing them." Gina said,
"And I don't think Max and I can take them on our own." Darcy said.
Aria looked around and got a look on her face, the look she only got when she had a dumb idea in mind, "Aria... What are you-" she ran through the witches, all of them growling at her, "Aria!" I called after her. She made it into the abandoned building across the yard,
"Alright, let's go... Be careful though." Rochelle said.
After we got past the witches we met up with Aria, "You're an idiot." I said to her,
"I'm smart, there was no way you could have gotten past them going slow." I would have argued with her logic but she was right,
"Let's just get the hell out of here okay." I went up the stairs.
We walked up to an elevator, "Well, its a good thing we have a large team." Nick noted,
"We have no choice but to alert the horde don't we?" My sister asked,
"Yeeup." Nick said,
"Get ready." I said as I pushed the button.
The elevator made a terrible screeching noise, "Damn thats louder than I thought." I said, covering my ears and stepping back from the edge. The zombies started coming toward the source of the noise (which was us), they crawled up the side of the building, up the stairs, and it seemed like they came from everywhere! A hunter sounded close, "Oh no." Darcy and I said at the same time, I didn't need to see her to know it was Bianca.
"Sophie look out!" Darcy shoved me out of the way as a hunter flew at her, both were sent flying into the cane field,
"Shit, Darcy!" I exclaimed and got up, both were gone. I looked over and saw Nick helping Aria up after being attacked by a smoker, Max was helping Ro and Coach, and I couldn't see the others. "Ellis!" I looked around,
"Sophia?" He came out from behind a wall and ran up to me, "Are you okay?" He asked,
"I'm fine, you just gave me a heart attack." I said,
"Sorry."
The elevator stopped, "Come on guys lets go." Nick went into the elevator with Aria, we followed, cramming inside. On the ride down the elevator was quiet, "I... Think we exceed how many people can fit inside this thing." I said, struggling to move,
"No kidding." Nick said, I looked over and saw that he was squished against the wall, I couldn't help but laugh.
The doors opened and we all shoved out, "My arm fell asleep." Aria said, shaking her arm, "And I think someone stepped on me."
"Quit complaining, we still have one more ride up." I said. There was a small shed off to the side of the field, "Nick and Aria, check the shed for supplies." Coach said,
"Uh... Okay." Aria said and they went into the shed,
"I think this pipe leads us out of here, I saw the gas station on the other side if the field when we were up there." Thomas said,
"Good, then we can get the hell out of here." Rochelle said. I looked over at Max and saw that he was sad, probably because of what happened to Darcy. I was sad too for my friend, who knew if she killed Bianca... Or if Bianca killed her.
The thought made me shudder, Ellis grabbed my hand, "You okay?"
"Yeah... It's just..." "Your friend, I know." He hugged me,
"Where the hell are Nick and Aria?" Coach asked,
"I'll go check." I said and went to check the shed.
When I opened the door I was instantly scarred for the rest of my life, Nick and my sister were making out in the shed, I slowly closed the door, "What are they doing." Gina asked,
"One can not unsee the things that I have just saw." I shuddered,
"Are they having sex in there?" Rochelle assumed,
I gagged, "No but they're making out!" I shuddered again and stepped away from the shed.
Coach went to go in there, "Coach no!" I exclaimed, he stepped in,
"Hey what are you-" Nick was cut off and was thrown out of the shed, into the mud,
"We can't afford any delays you two." Coach said, stepping out of the shed, Aria following behind, "Get the gas first, then you two can do what ever you two want."
"Fine." Nick sighed.
We followed the pipe out of the field and to a main road, "There's the gas station." I said,
"Thank God." Aria said we walked in,
"Look, there's a safe room as well." Gina said and went ahead to the safe room. I shrugged and followed her in, the others followed behind me.