Chapter 4: Sudden Death
Pain. Excruciating Pain. That's all that Katie felt as the Zombie raked her arm with its mangled hands. She felt a warm sensation on her arm and she knew she was bleeding. She knew it was like being in the water with a shark. She was going to die, but she wasn't going to lie there feeling sorry for herself. She leaned back and drove her feet into its chest. It collapsed with a disturbing crunch. She flipped over and tried to run but it grabbed her foot and started dragging it towards its open mouth. She kicked and kicked but its steel grasp had her. She was mere inches from its mouth and either becoming lunch or a zombie herself. She pictured her trying to eat her sister, Drew; tears came to her eyes. She closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable when with a resounding thud a large engine block landed on the zombie crushing it. The edge of the block barely missed her legs; if her foot had been extended it would have been directly under that hunk of metal. "I hope you weren't too scared" said a voice from the shadows. Soon a grizzly man came stumbling over the fallen corpse. He held a large sledgehammer and crushed its skull with a resounding crack.
Katie looked up and took him in. He was a tall man, dark skinned with a hefty amount of both fat and muscle on his body. He wore a black button-up shirt and jeans. He had two guns in hip holsters that were attacked to his belt. He had a black leather jacket that fit him nicely but the thing that stuck out was his eyes. His eyes were warm yet hid bitter sadness from life's past. He lent her a hand and pulled her up. He gave her a quick once over to make sure the zombie hadn't managed to infect her. When he was soundly sure that she was safe he started to walk away. Katie hesitated but followed him to see where he was going. He led her to a lift and they got in. He pressed the top button and the carriage squeaked to life as it rose from the ground. "So where did you come from" asked the man. "I was traveling with my sister and some other people when a bunch of shit happened and I ended up getting thrown from our vehicle and chased by the zombie". He nodded, they came to a stop and the doors opened up to a studio apartment. I had windows on all sides and you could see clear across most of the surrounding area. The guy got off and walked over to living room area and sat down. "The name's Leon, I've been living here for a couple years, trying to stay alive in this god forsaken world." Katie just nodded. "Guessing from how your day has been going you could use a shower, umm… I might be able to find some clean clothes for you to change into". Katie blushed; the zombie attack had regrettably scared her so much she had an accident. She nodded and head off towards the bathroom. She slipped out of her clothes and stepped into a nice shower. She let the warm water pour over her and wash the zombie's guts off of her. She took a long deserved shower and toweled off and wrapped the towel around her body and dried her hair and walked out of the bathroom.
Leon pointed to a spare bedroom, "there are some spare clothes in that room", and he walked out to the patio as she walked to the room. She walked to the closet and found a nice graphic tee and some cargo pants. She looked around and found a dresser. She pulled open a drawer and found a range of underwear that rated from E to M. She found a pair she thought Drew would like and then a bra that roughly fit her and got dressed. She walked out to the balcony and found Leon scanning the surrounding area. He looked up from his binoculars, "I think I found your friends they're over by the old exchange, I'll set off a flare to attract them over here and we'll talk. He shot off a set of red flares and soon they could see Krista and them driving towards them. Soon, they pulled into the warehouse below and took the lift up. As soon as the lift opened up Krista ran and hugged her and smothered her saying how worried she was. Katie assured her that she was ok and that she really missed her. Katie looked around but she didn't see Drew. "Where's Drew" she asked. Everyone looked down, "We found his Jeep and a bunch of zombies shot but no Drew", explained Tallahassee. "Well we need to go out there and find him". "Bad Idea" said Leon, "it's almost sunset and the zombies become great hunters when in the dark". "I don't care, if it was me in the same situation Drew would risk everything to find me and I'm doing the same".
She grabbed her pack and her rifle and was in the elevator. She saw a flash of black and white fur and saw Zeke sitting at her knees. She patted his head and hit the down button. As the door opened up she saw the Drew's Jeep, one of the guys must'ave driven it here. She let Zeke in and then hopped inside and grabbed the spare keys in the glove box. She sped out of the warehouse and swerved onto a road. She raced back to where she remembered where the Jeep had crashed. The sun was swiftly setting, and she had to find Drew quickly. She hit the flood lights and the entire block was lit up. Suddenly zombies came swarming she ran over the first few but the just keep chasing after her. She took a turn to fast and went up on two wheels. She slammed back down and killed the lights. The horde ran past her. Katie should have thought that through better. That was stupid she thought. She felt sadness overcome her. She was sitting in the middle of a dead town and the one person that could make it better was lost somewhere in this jungle. She started to turn around when a red light lit up the entire sky. Someone had shot a flare off. She sped towards the light and came to an open lot, laying in the lot was an unconscious Drew. She hopped out the Jeep and ran to him. She tried to rouse him but he was out cold. She felt his head and found a large bump. Before she realized the danger she was in someone smashed a board over her head and she landed on top of Drew. Suddenly he shifted and got up, "She really didn't expect anything did she" said a mysterious voice. "Nope" said Drew, the last thing she saw was a smirk on his face.
Uh-oh looks like Drew isn't as innocent as Katie thought. Sry it took so long college is a bitch. I'll try to update my other stories as well so stay tune. Please Read and review i love pointers