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Chapter 3
Nothing.
There was no one there.
Not even a full three days ago, the streets had been filled with the blood and screams of their neighbors and others as people went crazy. Now the entire neighborhood looked as if it had been deserted for weeks. They didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. And it unnerved them so much more.
With a tentative step, they made their way out of the house.
The family looked out at what used to be their neighborhood. Now they couldn't tell if it was ever a family friendly the short time that the family had been inside, the neighborhood had turned into a ghost town. There was no one around!
Random debree littered the streets. There were cars crashed into each other, walls and even toppled over. Lincoln even caught more than a few red stains in his eye that he was sure was blood. But no people.
Where are the bodies? Lincoln wondered.
It seemed his older sisters, and some of the younger ones, had noticed something was off as well.
"Where do we go first?" Lana asked.
Lisa opened her mouth only to close it. She hadn't actually thought on where they would go, just that they needed to go. Now she felt foolish, having berated Lincoln for his intelligence not to long ago.
Wordlessly, they began walking out onto their front yard, waiting for anything to happen. Honestly, the waiting was probably more agonizing than fighting.
"I saw something!"
Nine sets of eyes turned towards the direction that Leni pointed. The Yates house. They were still as they waited in complete silence, minus Lily's innocent baby motions and gurgling.
They waited in tense silence, waiting for something to happen to give them motive to act, it did. The Louds locked eyes with each other to be sure that each of them had seen it, they had. It was the briefest of motions, but they were sure that they had saw it. The curtains had moved, just enough for someone to peek out and hide.
"I-It could be the wind." Lola offered.
"Unlikely." Lisa answered, gaining their attention. "I highly doubt that it ist one of the...infected." Lisa spoke, trying the term. "They aren't the type to hide, if the previoush daysts actions and today's results are any indication."
"Well...let's leave them." Lola offered.
"We can't do that!"
"The Yates are our friends!"
With a majority vote, they decided to check on their neighbors. They began to tighten their grip on their weapons. As one, they nervously made their way towards the Yates home. If they were fine, they could help them. If it was the crazy people, then...they'd decide from there.
"Oh well, looks like no one's home." Lola spoke with false sadness. "Let's go." Her words were ignored.
"Hold on." Leni spoke as she rummaged through her hair.
The Louds watched as their sister Leni pulled out a hair clip began to work on the door. They were less curious as to 'how' she had learned such a skill and were stuck on the 'why'. Though since it was obviously coming in handy, as it was likely to in the future, they decided not to dwell on it.
With a click that seemed to echo louder than they would have liked, the door opened.
Lynn was the first to act and took a swing at the attacker. Lincoln blindly fired the gun. A body hit the ground.
? ? ? P.O.V
"Was that a gun shot?" A rough voice spoke aloud. "Someone's having a party without me?" He asked in a mock offended tone. "Oh, I am going to-"
That was as far as he got before his head was cleaved from his shoulders. It was almost comical watching as the body taking a few steps before falling over, blood pouring from the wound like soda from a bottle.
"You're going to do nothing." Another voice laughed. "They're mine!"
? ? ? P.O.V
"Did you hear that?" Someone asked. "Sounded like a gun shot?"
"Do you think it was one of those crazy people?" Another asked.
"No." A lady spoke. "One of them would have emptied the entire clip in someone. I think it's a regular person."
"Well we need to get them." The final voice spoke firmly. "Now!"
Loud P.O.V
"Don't hurt us!" Mrs. Yates shouted from her knelt position.
She had rushed to the door as soon as she saw it open, trying to slam it shut. Only for someone to swing something at her making her instinctively take a step backwards. As soon as she heard the gun shot, she dropped down onto her children to cover them from any bullets.
"Momma!" The youngest Yates cried.
"J-Just take what you want and leave!" The mother begged as she held her children. "Please."
"We're not robbing you!" Lynn stated.
"Yeah, we want to help!" Leni spoke. "Right, or like, are we robbing them?" She asked her brother. "Because Mrs. Yates has some nice shoes."
Many of the Louds face-palmed at their sister's oblivious nature. Though, that moment of randomness seemed to be enough to steer the Yates from their fear induced surrender.
Looking up, the Yates could see their neighbors the Loud family.
"Y-You're not here to hurt us?"
"No."
The Loud siblings had expected the Yates to relax, or even be suspicious. Instead, the family began crying.
Lisa stepped forward. "It's imperative that you inform ush of what happened sho that my shiblings and I can aid you ast besht we can."
They watched Mrs. Yates continued to sniffle less and less until she finally got herself under control. Well enough to talk to them at least.
"W-We were having a normal day, then that-"
-FLASHBACK
"Honey, what's going on out there?" Mrs. Yates asked as she heard the noise, it sounded like a disaster.
Bumper Yates Sr. took a look outside through the window and paled at what he had saw. It seemed that people were rioting in the streets. A few of his neighbors, but mostly people wearing a strange design on their face. Was it some kind of gang, a cult, or just a group of fanatics causing mayhem?
"I don't know honey." Her husband answered without his usual smile. "J-Just take the kids upstairs and hide in the closet."
His wife wasted no time in ushering her children up the stairs to hide.
They had just closed the closet door when they heard bamming on their front door. After a few strikes, they heard what was likely the door breaking down as the intruders broke in. Then they heard their dad yelling, the sound of something smashing and then more yelling. And...laughter?
"What're you doing?" Beatrix asked her brother. "Dad told us to hide in the closet."
"Get back here!" Mrs. Yates ordered.
Bumper Jr. wasn't one to disobey his parents, but this wasn't normal. Things were very bad, even if they didn't know what was happening. He felt as if he needed to be there, in case his dad needed him. At least, that's what he said as he left the closet.
He had made it to the stairs where he saw his dad holding some people at bay with one of his golf clubs. They were unarmed, but smiled as if they weren't worried about being struck. That had made them uncomfortable.
"Get out of my house!" Their dad shouted.
"Come and join us!" The intruder demanded to the family. "Or don't! More fun when you run!" He stated as he began walking to the steps.
Beatrix and Bumper weren't delusional to see their dad as invincible like most kids, they knew their dad was a pretty meek guy. Not a coward, but they and their siblings had never really seen him stand up to anyone, not even their mom.
But when he stepped up, boy, did he really step up.
He swung the golf club faster and harder than they had seen a professional do. Guess he had more at stake than glory, the lives of his family.
The golf club made a loud, wet crack as it connected across the intruders head. The Yates siblings half expected to see it fly off. Watching some bloody teeth fly out helped increase the idea. The intruder gave an almost comical full body spin before he collapsed to the ground.
The the other guy rushed their dad and...and-
"Dad!" Bumper shouted as he ran to his father.
-FLASHBACK END
"Then I blacked out." Beatrix stated, sounding ashamed of herself. "I-I do that some times, when stressed or-or-too scared."
"It's okay dude." Luna spoke.
"When I woke up, dad was gone." Beatrix continued. "S-So was Bumper."
There was an uncomfortable silence that passed between the Loud family.
"D-Do you know something?" Mrs. Yates asked.
Lisa P.O.V
"From what I gather, there ish an infechtion going around." Lisa explained.
"An infection!?" Mrs. Yates exclaimed in horror.
"Yesh." Lisa answered. "My older shibling caught a glimpsh of your husband and..." She paused, even her less than standard social graces recognized that she should choose her words carefully. "He'th infected."
It was the best that she could do, the truth without any gory details. Though it didn't make her feel any better when the family began tearing up.
"W-What about Bumber?" Beau asked.
"We don't know."
"Um..." Beatrix spoke up awkwardly, but looked as if she was struggling to find her words, so she pulled up her pants and showed her leg. There was a bandage that she removed to show a bite mark that looked to be healing. "You said infection, right?"
Now the entire family was on edge, if was bitten, then she could be infected.
"We have to destroy her brain!" Lana shouted as she hugged her twin.
The Yates recoiled at the declaration.
"She's not a zombie!" Lisa clarified as she moved closer to examine the wound. "We actually don't know how the infection ish shpread other than blood to blood contact."
In fact, they only knew the barest minimum of the infection itself. That it causes people to go insane, and it worked only on humans. Lisa's presentation showed that they were compatible with humans through blood to blood contact but she also stated that it was mutating. She never had a chance to see if there was any other means to pass on the infection, like saliva or sweat.
Now she felt like a fool for searching for only They honestly had no idea of how truly dangerous that was, just that they should be terrified.
"When did it happen?"
"W-When all of the people started going crazy." Mrs. Yates answered. "We found her unconscious with the bite mark."
That was three days ago. Lisa thought. Was a bite not a form of transfer? Lisa wondered. It's been three days and she shows none of the signs of the infected. It made her wonder how long the incubation period for the infection was.
"We sthould...reclean the wound." Lisa advised.
Mrs. Yates smiled at the kindness, her patchwork had been rushed. She never did clean it, now she could check on her daughter properly.
"No need." A voice spoke.
The sound of a gun going off was all they heard before Beatrix recoiled before falling limp. A smoking hole in her head, just above the right eye.
The scream Mrs. Yates let out was so painful that one would think she had been the one who was shot.
"Stop that noise, you're going to bring more of them!" The stranger ordered.
"Shoot him, Lincoln!" One of his sisters shouted.
"Put the gun down son!" The man ordered.
Lincoln had the gun aimed at the intruder and only one thing kept him from shooting the man. It wasn't the fact that he was wearing a police uniform or the fact that he was aiming the gun at him. It wasn't even the fact that he killed Beatrix Yates in cold blood and the man wasn't even infected.
It was the fact that there was an infected person right behind the stranger.
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