Roxy
A week ago
The wooden door looked like it was put in a million years ago, but nevertheless I jerked the knob quickly, crossing my fingers behind my back. Unlocked.
"We're in!" I squealed.
Jane and I ran inside and slammed to door behind us. We had finally made it. The trip here had been horrible. Moving from building to building, having to fight those… things… the whole way. We were both glad that we had finally found a spot to rest for a while. I just wished we could have waited for Dirk and Jake. I felt horrible for leaving them there alone in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. But it was okay, they might have been on their way by now anyway. And there was no way the two of them wouldn't make it.
Jane was leaning against the door panting. She had a long scratch down her leg and a couple on her arms, but nothing too serious. Most of my scratches were on my arms, but I had a cut on my cheek that had only just stopped bleeding.
"So… now… what?" Jane asked in between breaths.
"I don't know," I admitted. I sat down next to her and looked around the house.
It was full of antiques, and everything looked untouched yet used, like life had been going on as usual for whoever lived there until it just froze and all the people disappeared. It would have passed for any regular house if it wasn't for a window by the door, that was boarded up with decaying wood and had bits of glass scattered on the floor. When I first realized we were on a more populated version of Earth, I had been so excited. I thought that I would finally get to see what the world was like before all the crazy alien apocalypse stuff happened. But the sight of houses like these only disappointed me. It was all too familiar: just another home left in an instant. Another family gone.
I felt a tear in the corner of my eye. Jane slid down the door to sit with me. I wiped my eye, but she could still tell I was upset. "Don't worry Roxy. We can figure something out, and the boys will be here soon so they can help us", she assured me. But I could hear it in her voice. She was scared too.
A/N: This chapter and the next two are really short because it just worked out that way. Some chapters are written just to get an idea across and can't be expanded too much, as much as I'm trying to. Trust me, there will be muchlonger chapters coming up. Today and the next time I update (which should be Wednesday), I'll upload two chapters to make up for that.