Fallen Leaves

Chapter 04: Let's Mosey!

Meyer groaned as he pulled the Humvee over to the side of the rode and took the keys out of the ignition. He wasn't sure how far he had driven or what time I t was, but the sun was high in the sky, it may have been around noon. Turning in his seat, he observed his; Akai sat next to him, body stiff with a leg drawn up to his chest and his shaska grasped tightly. Phil was sprawled out on his stomach, mouth wide open and snoring lightly. Hikari was curled up on his back, looking quite comfortable, holding a handful of his curly, dark brown hair tightly. Luis and Neya, despite looking like they were kicking and punching each other, looked just fine not too far from them.

Sighing, Meyer turned and slammed his fist against the wheel. The scene from the prior night replaying in his head, a whole estate was lost and they were simply ordered to run. "Dammit, we should've done something."

"Yea, because an adult and 5 teens can take down hundreds of zombies out at once, no problem." Akai spoke, staring straight ahead, he and Meyer didn't even bother to glance at each other. "All of us would've died, Kaiser."

"I get your point, Kido. But an entire family was lost back there." Meyer retorted, shutting his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose. Akai snorted and looked out the window. "For such a silent person, you're talking a lot today.

"Someone has to bring life into this world, even if it's Akai-kun." Meyer and Akai jumped at the sound of Neya groggy voice. The redhead popped up between the seats, rubbing her eyes. "So, why are you seriously here? Wouldn't some of those quiet kids go all angst from their parents having to watch over some other kid constantly and try killing them or something?"

"What? You've been reading too much manga." Akai muttered, twitching uncomfortably when Neya bumped her head against his, scowling at him. They glared at each other, growling lightly. It looked like they were challenging each other.

"You can't blame my issues on manga. Now tell me." Neya demanded. Akai glared at her for quite some time before sighing.

"You just have to be difficult don't you?" he grumbled. "They wanted me to help you, that's my reason. What's yours?"

"My…reason?"

"You expected me to be an angst kid. After all this has happened, you act like its everyday life."

"Kido!"

"That's because it will soon enough. What if we don't find what started this or can't stop it? We'll havtta to fight everyday if we wanna live."

Akai frowned when Neya smiled and turned her attention to Meyer. She hooked an arm around his neck and rested her chin on his shoulder. "Oi Meyer, do we have anything to eat? I'm starving back here." She pouted, looking around their feet.

Meyer removed her arm and pointed to the back. "So you failed to notice the box in the back." he chuckled lightly when Neya crawled over her friends to reach the metal box. She snapped it open to reveal weapons, ammo, food and clothing.

"At least we're loaded….for…a week." Hikari smiled, suddenly awake and looking over Neya's shoulder. "Oh! Can I keep the dango?" she squealed, shaking Neya. "Ne-nee!"

"Hehe, yeah, sure!"

The 'sisters' stopped giggling at the sound of something bumping into the Humvee repeatedly. Meyer sighed and restarted the vehicle, time to go. "Let's stop soon. We'll eat, check the area and hopefully get enough rest before we go. And will you wake them up, please?"

"Yes, sir!"

3…

2…

1…

"Wake up!" Hikari and Neya jumped on the only two still asleep.

"ACK!"

"You two shouldn't jump on people, neither of you are actually li-"Phil paused, rubbing his stomach when the girls glared at him. "Pft!"

"Urusai!" Neya scowled, flipping her CZE Vz83 in her hands.

"It's not like I called you fa-" Luis was cut off by a couple of hands covering his mouth. Meyer and Luis eyed the girls wearily. They gulped nervously when they smiled and walked past them to where they all heard traffic, snatching Akai along the way. "Come on, Kido-"

"-we'll go first."

Meyer and Luis sighed in relief, releasing the now smiling boy. "Are you crazy!?"

"Maybe just a bit." Phil walked away, AAC Honey Badger slung over his shoulder. He didn't even seem to notice Meyer holding back a growling Luis. "I'll only kill him a little."

"You can't kill him a little!"

"Oi, Kaiser! Lu-chan!" Hikari called out, waving to the pair. Meyer didn't let go of Luis as they strode over to the group. Back pressed against the building walls, thy shuffled into the alley and crouched down at the sound of gunshots and screaming.

Up ahead, a bunch of cars were lined up, drivers honking and shouting for the next car to hurry up. A gate was blocking them and men in uniform yanked a family out of their car. From where the survivors knelt, they could see the man and woman were bitten. They screamed as they were pushed toward a pile of nude and dead bodies. The child, screamed at them to stop but was knocked back by an officer.

"Stop it! Don't kill my mommy and daddy!"

"Umi!"

I love you…

"Damn you've gotta be kidding me. It's a good thing I never liked the fuzz." Neya mutter, standing up straight and tucking the gun into the waistline of her pants. "Kari-chan, what do you think? About 45 for 20?" Hikari looked confused for a moment before grinning and nodding, taking a bow from the quiver and pointing the Barnett Wildcat C5 upward.

"Yeah, I've got it!"

"Meyer, long way around? Straight through full speed, don't take out too many?" the blonde nodded and stood to walk away.

"Just this once."

"Yeah, follow right after, Kari-chan. Alright, c'mon." Neya smirked as Hikari released the arrow. The arrow soared through the air until it went right through an officer's wrist, making him release his gun and hold onto the bleeding appendage, screaming in shock and pain.

"What the hell!?"

"Sorry 'bout that." Neya walked out from their hiding spot, waving to the cops. A few aimed at the redhead who smiled innocently. "So watcha doin' here? Surely ya'll got something better to do, right? We do and you're in our way."

"Address yourself!" one shouted, turning his attention from the family to the boss. Neya's eyes met the father's, the man nodded and stepped closer to his wife.

"I've never liked authority, especially cops, but I like Meyer. Papa liked Meyer, but he didn't like cops either, said a bunch of ya didn't follow what you enforce yourselves." Neya huffed, walking closer despite the red dot on her chest. "Papa said ya'll made Ma go crazy, locked her away in the crazy ward."

"Stay back!" the officer closest to her shouted, clicking off the safety. He growled when Neya reached under her hoodie, hand wrapping around something. "I said stop!" he yelled, this time firing his gun.

Time seemed to move slowly as the bullet left the barrel. The boys ran out from the alley, Phil grabbed Neya and forced her to the ground, before weaving through the officers and taking the little girl. Akai cut through the firearm and into the officer's forearm as Luis aimed his 1911A1 45. Tactical and pulled the trigger twice, one bullet to the left bicep and one to his right kneecap. "Now!"

Time sped up, Akai running to running the man and his wife, he pushed them toward their car and ducked when bullets started flying. The Humvee suddenly came speeding down the street, speeding around other vehicles and officers trying to get out of the way, then it flipped onto its side wheels. Akai managed to dragged the parents back to that car as Phil started it and moved out of Meyer's way, Luis latched onto Neya and leapt through the open hatch of the black vehicle just before it landed it on the other two wheels and broke through the gate, closely followed by the white Ford Flex-driven by Phil.

The officer lie on the ground, bleeding and smirking. He reached into his pocket with his good hand and pulled out a handheld transceiver. "Stage one successful. If all goes as planned, you shall have them all to yourself sir."

"And you call me heavy. Geez, you should lose a few." Neya grumbled, rubbing her ribs. She looked up when she heard no response, only to be smacked over the head. "Ow much!? What was that for!?"

"Being reckless and being the only boss dumb enough to go up to a bunch of armed policemen." Luis answered, ignoring the puppy eyes sent his way when she was pulled into a headlock.

"Meyer."

"…"

"Kari-chan!"

"…"

"Where's Phil when I need another hero!" Neya shrieked just as the vehicle stopped and she was pushed out onto the hood when Phil and Akai stood, glaring at her. "S-s-so! How's that family?" she scrambled off the hood to check on the saved family. She slowed down when she heard groaning as bloody handprints were smeared on the windshield and the little girl stumbled out.

"I know you would've wanted to see them before they turned, but it was too late. And it was pretty hard to hold them back while driving." Phil spoke from his perch, joined by Hikari and Luis.

"What now, Ne-nee?"

Neya remained silent, taking the gun from her waist as he gaze never left the child. She aimed at the small girl, shaking a bit only calming down when a larger, tanner hand wrapped around hers and pointed at the girl's head. "Really gotta go through with this, don't we?" she sighed as Meyer nodded.

"She may be a child, but she's been infected like the rest. She will hunt others down and infect them. Killing them all one-by-one could be a big help to the world in the future." Meyer murmured.

"Do you think she'll be happier, you know…unanimated. She won't starve every day? Or suffer? She'll really be in a better place this time?" the parents crawled out of the car.

"Of course, they all will."

"I'm glad to hear that." They pulled the trigger, shooting the girl in the head and killing her immediately. Then they shot the parents, never loosening their grip until they were sure the family was really dead. "They look happier already."

Meyer stepped back, taking the gun from Neya. The girl stared at the family silently, head tilted to the side. "Can I do something? It won't take long, I promise."

"Take all the itme you need." Meyer walked back to the Humvee as Neya grabbed the father by the shoulders and began dragging him to the side of the road, having a difficult time. She stopped, looking up when they body got lighter. Akai nodded and they carried the father together. They set him down, one arm spread out and the other crossed over his chest. Next they carried the mother over and set her on his open arm, she faced him on her side. Akai stood back, allowing Neya to carry their child herself, she set her between their parents. "They're happy huh?"

"Neya?"

Neya turned to her companions, rubbing her eyes despite the blood on her hands. "You guys can't leave me, okay? You havtta promise me!" the others watched as she seemed to struggle with her thoughts for a moment. "You havtta promise not to die. We'll make it out alive so we can go to school together and play together when all of this is over! Don't leave me in the hell this world has become!" Neya squeezed her eyes shut when a small hand rested on her head. Hikari smiled up at her.

"We're family. That means we stay together, nobody gets left behind." The small girl grinned.

"I think you just said what the General always tells us. Just not military style." Phil and Luis stepped up.

"What kind of family would be, leaving each other like that, Crybaby-Neya." Phil chuckled. Neya pouted as she rubbed her face almost fiercely, until she felt another body pressed against her side.

"Mamacita, we can…" Luis leant down to whisper in Neya ear. He was slapped harshly and left to rub his cheek while Neya pulled Hikari back to the Humvee.

Phil raised a brow. "What did you say this time?" he narrowed his eyes when the loyal raven haired boy smiled and followed the girls. "How did I get myself into this?" Phil muttered, staring at his friends.

"I've been asking myself that all day." Akai groaned.

"Oi! Watcha waitin' for!?" Neya called out. "We've got a long way to go! If ya really wanna get this damn nightmare over with, we gotta get our asses in gear!" she grinned, pointing toward the setting sun.

"Yeah!"

"Fine."

"Let's mosey!"

Done in….what a week? It's been raining a lot since I posted the last chapter, so I haven't been in the mood to type it until now, still raining though. I made it up with over 2,000 words thought, hehe! I've been writing everything out in a notebook, I take longer looking between the book at screen, but I like crossing stuff out.

So who knows where I got "Let's mosey!"? My bestie gets annoyed when I say it, she hates where I get y favorite words. Gives me another reason to do it thought!

Anyway, I think I'll look for one or two more characters to join. Gotta find two more people for All I've Ever Wanted first though. I'm trying to keep up with both and update regularly. I want them to have a max. of 20 chapters, so I'm going to try to keep coming up with something and not get a writer's block! I'm stuck on where I left off in Let's Survive, I may try brining the cast from LS into FL.

Thank you for reading!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

I will hopefully update soon!

Have a nice day!

Bai Bai!