Road to the past
"Hurry Billy, they are catching up to us!" Manwell yelled as he started to run out of breath.
"I'm trying, but they are to fast" Billy panted, "lets run into that wooded area, we will loose them" he said.
Manwell nodded and followed close behind, "ok so what do we do after we get into the wooded area?" he asked.
Billy paused, "um well I thought you would know what to do?" he replied as they started to reach the entrance of the trees.
"Great, I'm following someone who doesn't even know what he is going to do" Manwell exclaimed in terror as they made it into the forest area.
When they looked behind them they noticed that the mob stopped following them, at least for the time being.
They fell to the ground and started gasping for air, "ok, so we have one of two options" Billy said, "which are?" "well option one, we go back to the airport and try and find a radio, or option two, we continue heading the way we are going and hope we run into someone that can help" Billy stated.
Manwell looked at him, "that's it? that's all you got. I hate those options" "ok we could stay here and wait to be killed" "ok, option two sounds the best" Manwell replied.
The two of them sat there for a while until they heard a noise deeper within the wooded area. Billy started to walk in the direction of the noise, "Help! Please some one help" a man yelled.
Billy motioned for Manwell to follow him as he started running towards the voice.
"Why, why do you deem it necessary to go into danger" Manwell pleaded, "hey you work for law enforcement, your supposed to help" Billy yelled.
"Well yes I know that, but that was before I knew that the zombies were real! I don't want to turn out like those crazy STARS members" Manwell yelled.
Billy stopped and looked at him, "crazy? What do you mean?" he asked. Manwell looked at him, "you haven't heard the story? I will tell you letter" he said.
Billy nodded and continued towards the noise.
When they reached a clearing they saw a man fighting of a dog.
Billy readied his gun and ran towards the dog, "move!" he yelled at the man. The man nodded and backed away, "take this!" Billy yelled as he pulled the trigger.
Just as he fired the dog dodged it and glared at him and then suddenly 10 more joined him, "shit" Manwell yelled as he also got out his gun.
"Ahh I cant take this" the man yelled as he ran off, managing to lead one of the dogs away from the pack.
Billy started to fire at the dogs, but after firing 5 shots he only managed to kill one of the dogs.
"Ok well there are now only 8 of them left, we can kill them right?" Manwell asked.
Billy shook his head, "I'm out of ammo" he sighed, "great were are going to die" Manwell yelled then suddenly six more dogs joined in.
Billy lowered his weapon as one of the dogs started to run for him.
This is it, I'm going to die right here, and I will never be able to tell Rebecca how I feel Billy thought as the dog lunged for him. Suddenly he heard a shot from behind him and the dog went down. Billy watched in amazement then he looked behind him and saw a woman wearing a paint ball helmet that covered the whole head.
The woman stood there, "get down!" she yelled as she jumped in front of him and kicked the next dog that lunged for him, "Max, get Billy and his friend out of here, I will distract them" she yelled as she fired of a few more shots before she reloaded.
"I wont leave" Max yelled, "just get them to the jeep, and drive slowly, I will catch up" she yelled as she glanced back at Billy then back at Max, "they better be in one piece when I see them" she said as she turned her attention to the growing number of dogs.
Max nodded.
How does she know my name? Billy thought
"The jeep is just behind this shed" Max said as he turned the corner and jumped into the drivers seat.
When Billy got in he noticed that there was a turret gun on the jeep, but it had no bullets.
"what's the point in having the gun" he asked, "oh that thing, well when we ran out of bullets, we rigged it to fire bolts just like a cross bow, it actually works just like a gun, plus you can easily make bolts out of metal or wood" Max said as he fired up the engine.
Manwell jumped up, "sweet can I fire it" he asked, "sure no problem, we need someone to work it anyway, she needs a lot of back up" he said.
Billy nodded as he turned his attention to the back of the jeep.
After ten minuets Max stopped the jeep, "what the hell is taking her? We have reached the edge of this forest and she still hasn't shown up" Max said in a worried tone.
Billy looked closer then suddenly he saw a figure approaching them, "hey I think that's her" Billy yelled.
Manwell aimed the gun at the figure and Max looked threw some binoculars, "yes it is her, but she is in bad shape" he said.
Billy glanced at him, "what do you mean, is she hurt?" he yelled.
Max nodded, "she is limping, and there is still some dogs chasing her" he said.
Billy watched as the came closer and within seconds she was almost behind them, "drive, drive, drive" she yelled as she jumped in the back, gasping for air.
"What the hell took…." Max was cut off by a horrific shriek, "I was cut off… by some… crimson heads" she gasped as she held her right side which was gushing blood, "man I hate those things… its bad enough I had to fight them by my self at the mansion, but now they actually have brains" she yelled.
The woman ripped of her helmet and gasped for more air. Billy's eyes widened.
"Rebecca?" he said, "yep, the one and only" she said as she grimaced.
"are you ok" Billy asked as he placed his hand over her wound. Rebecca smiled at him, "don't worry about me, I have had much worse" she said.
Even though she smiled her eyes told a much different tale, "You could have told me that you were the one behind the mask" Billy said.
Rebecca laughed, "when, before or after the dogs devoured us, trust me I would have but we didn't have time" she laughed.
"Rebecca, what are crimson heads any way?" Billy asked. Rebecca pointed to the group that was chasing them and Billy saw what she was pointing at.
It looked like a zombies, but its skin was a crimson color and its eyes were yellow, its finger nails were long like claws, "wow they are fast, and you had to fight these by yourself" Billy asked.
Rebecca nodded, "yes after we parted I went to the mansion, but alpha team wasn't there yet, so I was alone for hours while searching for my team, not to mention before I was running from zombie dogs and I lost my weapon when I tripped on one of my…." Rebecca stopped for a seconded, "teammates hand" she finished. "Cant you drive faster!" she yelled, trying to change the subject.
Billy looked at her still as strong minded as ever he thought. But as he looked at her he noticed a great difference, here eyes were older looking, and there were some slightly visible scars on her face.
He frowned what happened to her look of innocence that she used to have he thought as he remembered her back when they first had met.
Suddenly he was brought out of his thinking state when he heard Rebecca yelling.
"This is Rebecca to base over!" "becca this is base we copy over" "we are almost at base, open gates in T minus 10 seconds, and prepare to close when we pas the gates, we have a hot groups after us over!" Rebecca said as she put the radio down.
"so where are we going exactly" Billy asked. Rebecca smiled, "to our hide out" she said, "we made a makeshift in an underground parking garage" she said.
As he looked ahead he saw that there was a big building, "is that it" he asked. Rebecca nodded as she sat on her knees. Suddenly they reached the doors and they opened and Rebecca jumped off the jeep and started firing at the on coming mob.
Once the doors started to close she looked behind her, "close these doors and open the back door, I will lead this group away from the base ok" she told the people at the gate.
They nodded and closed the door, "what is she doing" Billy yelled. Max laughed, "she is protecting everyone, if they find out that we are here they will try to break in, and we can afford that" he said.
Billy looked up and saw at least 50 people sitting around fires. Everyone was laughing and children were playing every where.
"Rebecca, she has been risking her life to save every person she can find. She was the first person that started finding people, actually she was alone but then she started to find survivors, and by the time she reached 30 she was protecting them by herself. Until she ran into me and a group of officers, then we decided to help her" Max said.
Billy smiled, "Little miss do it herself" he laughed.
Suddenly max's radio went off, "Max this is Rebecca over" "hey becca, where are you over" "I'm cornered in a building, it will take a while so close the back door up until I call again, I don't want the back door open and unprotected……." suddenly there was a crash and the line went dead, "Rebecca! Rebecca do you read me!" he yelled.
"Hurry do as I say… close the back door over… god that hurts" she whispered as the line went dead.
Max looked up, "Close the back doors now, that's an order from Rebecca" Max yelled. Billy grabbed him, "you cant do that what happens if she tries to get through and she cant?" Billy yelled.
Max looked at him, "have faith in Rebecca, she will find a way, but in the mean time she is right, if the back door is open, we leave everyone in danger, and she wishes for their safety over her own" and with that he walked away, leaving Billy alone by the jeep, along with Manwell.
Billy ran over towards him, "Wait, how long have you known Rebecca?" he asked. Max looked at him, oh about half a year And you? It seems like you know her to" Max said.
"I knew her when she was on her first mission with S.T.A.R.S" he replied, "oh, so you are Billy, she talks a great deal about you, so what was she like before the incident?" Max asked.
"Incident?" Billy questioned, "the mansion incident, you never heard of it?" Max asked.
Billy shook his head, "Rebecca, she went through a great deal but I will tell you about it latter, right now we need to keep a look out for Becca, got that?" Max said.
Billy nodded as he watched Max walk away again.
So that's the end of chapter 4 ^^ hope you like it.