I walked towards the man who Lena had pointed out. I looked around my surroundings and caught a glimpse of a shining light. I looked to the nearest roof top and saw the tip of a gun sticking out. I looked around at the other roof tops and saw more gun tips pointing out of no where. I stopped in my tracks wondering what was going to happen next.
"What is it?" Jacob asked.
"I think this was a set up," I replied in a low voice. "Take cover under something quickly."
I turned my head to see the other's behind me. I soon felt a sharp stinging pain in my upper left shoulder. They were aiming for the head, I thought to myself. The single gunshot was quickly followed by several others. People that had filled the street began panicking and running around crazily. The bullets filled the street, hitting random people. I heard their cries and screams, but was left un-phased.
I slowly hide myself amongst the crowd and backed out of the way. I walked inside the first building and ran up to the rooftop. The shooters have no clue who they're dealing with. I finally made it up a the three story building, and carefully walked on the rooftop. I made as little noise as possible. I saw the gunman with his gun pointing over the rooftop. He was wearing a black jacket and used the hood to cover his head. He also had on black pants.
I stopped inches from the man. He stopped shooting and placed his gun down beside him, probably to reload. He saw my feet, and glanced up to see my face. I smiled at him and grabbed his head. I quickly forced his head to turn sharply causing his neck to break. He didn't have time to scream before his death.
I dropped the head beside my foot. I slowly walked towards the ledge of the rooftop and looked down on the street. Most of the people were gone, but dist was everywhere. I saw a few dead bodies, and some wounded by bullets. I looked up to the rooftops, most of the guns were gone now. This was a set up, they were planning on us being here.
I looked back at the ground, trying to find my friends. I saw them huddled around a body on the ground. I swallowed hard and decided to see what was going on. I walked down the stairs and back into the street.
Jacob walked over to me. His face looked more serious and sad than it had before.
"What happened?" I asked.
"They killed Ellen and Brittany," he said in a low and saddened tone.
"How? I didn't think we could die again."
"They were shot in the head. Apparently we can still die like the regular zombies do."
"I see. How are the others taking it?"
"Not to well. We're all grieving in our own way I guess."
"Yea,"I responded,"but this grief will quickly turn to hate. They're going to demand blood soon." I paused thinking for a second. "What happened to Lena?"
"She was shot to, nearly killed. Whatever happened, I don't think she knew about it. Or else she would have taken off."
I nodded and walked over to the others. I tried my best to comfort them. I was surprised how Leland was able to uphold himself. I still couldn't get used to his new manner of life. I stood in front of the two dead bodies. I knew this meant war, but who were the ones we were going to go after?
"We need to bury their bodies, and have a funeral. Do you want to do it outside or inside of this place?" I asked. I did my best to try and keep my composer. I figured it'd be best to save my grief for later.
"Let's go outside of this place. I can't stand these humans anymore," Janice said.
The others nodded in agreement. I picked up Ellen's permanently dead corpse. The thought sent chills down my spine. We could still die like the regular drooling zombies outside. That means we're no better than they were. I felt the sting of the gun shot in my neck. I came inches from death, perhaps even less than that. This really was a cruel twist of fate for us all.
The funeral was more than depressing, it was frightening. I closed my eyes trying to remember when I was still among the living. Being an outsider was much better than this new life. It might appear a perfect life, being immortal. Having extreme strength, and the mind power to back it up. But it's nothing more than a tragic existence. Even now I ask myself, why do I keep on living.
After the funeral we walked out in the ruins of this city. We found a large office building, it looked like it was about to collapse. The building didn't bother me, or anyone else. We stayed in the ground level mostly. I stayed outside the building, sitting on top of a car. I tried to get my thoughts straight. I managed to fall asleep inside of a car.
A few hours later I awoke to an interesting surprise. There was a group of people standing in front of me. They were humans. I recognized a few of them from the safe town. I wondered how long it would be until the zombies found them. I carefully got out of the car and walked towards the some what large crowd of people.
"What are you all doing here?" I asked.
"It was a set up," the man said. He was in the front of the group. "We all knew about it, but didn't believe it would come true."
"Hm, you people are weird,"was the only thing I could think to say. "How did you all know about it?"
"Sue and her father had been planning this for a long time. This hideout had become the ultimate last step, but that is about to fail as well. This post was built by the two of them, and their minions. However there were some people who were brought there by accident."
"So, why are you here?"I asked.
"Because we want to help you," he said.
This is truly getting more than bizarre, I thought to myself. The last step he said, but this was quickly becoming the last massacre.
