Chapter 4: The Storm is Following

I looked over to where we jumped from and those things just started to fall down, didn't even bother to jump. I realized she stopped crying and weeping all together and after a minute I realized she was asleep, probably passed out from exhaustion. I curled her up in my arms and put her on my back, then I looked around to see what to do. After a few moments I heard vehicles approaching and went over to the edge of the roof to investigate, it was the police!

After considering my options I almost shouted out for help, but then something came to mind. This thing had to have come somewhere and it seemed like it started here in the hospital, so it could be a disease that could spread to others. In that case the police wouldn't take kindly to strangers approaching them at random, I turned to the door that would lead to the bottom of the building we are on.

I put my hand on the doorknob and turned it, luckily the door was not locked and I walked through. I had to slip by them and get out of the city with Rourke, as I looked down the brightly lit spiraling stairway it looked as if normal, I guess they haven't reached beyond the hospital. With each step I passed the more tired I realized I was getting with losing a bit of blood and carrying Rourke I was getting exhausted, I checked my watch on my right hand and it was 6:37.

I reached to the bottom and opened the door that led outside and into an ally, I checked my surroundings in case there were any more of those things or police. Over to my right I heard a radio click on and someone say, "Alright, time to cut it." after a few seconds later the hole city just powered down. I then turned to my left and started walking into the street, it didn't look like the police saw me so I just wandered off into the streets.

It was now 7:12 when we arrived at my house, I was very glad I kept the flashlight with me cause it got dark really fast. On the way here there were empty parked cars and trucks everywhere and there was no one in sight, its likely that everyone was evacuated. I unlocked the door leading to my apartment, it was small with everything but the bathroom connected together. I walked in and locked the door behind me, then I placed Rourke on the couch its obvious by now that she is a hard sleeper.

She shivered a bit when I realized she was still in the blouse, I went to my wardrobe next to my bed and pulled out the smallest clothes I had which by the look of them still wasn't small enough. I placed the clothes on the bed and took the covers from it, then I went over to Rourke and lowered it for her. She then wrapped her body around the covers and curled up, I turned to the cabinets and walked over to see what there is to eat.

I opened the cabinet and searched for something to eat, Rourke must be starving and so am I. There was some cereal, ramen, some Campbell products, and canned fruit, I turned to the refrigerator and wondered if anything is still edible in there. I didn't want to take the chance of filling the room with a horrible oder so I just continued searching the cabinet, I gathered the canned fruit and laid them out on the table in the kitchen. There were 6 cans of fruit: 3 peach slices and 3 orange slices, they all had a opener on them so I didn't need a can opener.

I checked my watch and it was 7:21, she needed to eat and we also needed to get out of the city before something bad happens. I decided that we would leave at around 9 o'clock and drive out the city with my truck, there was enough to get us to the small town next to here. I'd been there once before it was very small and no one lived there it was like a stop-by place with a few motels around, my stomach started to rumble a bit when an idea popped into my head.

I kneeled down to the bottom cabinet and pulled out a mini gas stove that I got for camping a month ago, I checked the meter and it was full. I put it on the table and got the Campbell soup out and put it on the table as well, I opened the chicken noodle soup and grabbed a pan from above the stove. I started the burner and but the pan on top, then poured the soup in and lit the flame with a lighter I kept in my pocket.

I turned over to the cabnit where I kept the bowls and walked over to them, after grabbing two spoons and bowls I placed them on the table and went over to the wardrobe. I pulled out the smallest cloths I had, they looked like a good size for her to where. I walked over to the bed and placed the cloths down on it and turned to the bathroom to wash my face. I opened the door and walked to the sink with the mirror above it, I turned my hand into a bowl and filled it with water.

I then splashed the cold water onto my face and starred at myself into the mirror, my blonde shoulder high hair flaled in the cool water. My simple face looked back at me and I looked back at it, suddenly I smelled the soup and heard a bit of boiling I realized that the soup was done. I walked through the bathroom doorway when I saw Rourke rubbing her eyes and sitting up on the couch, I went over to the burner and turned it off.

I turned to Rourke who by now was walking toward me,"I'm really hungry, can I have some?" she looked at me with a tired stare.
"Of caurse sit at the table, I'll pour you a bowl k." I turned to the table a poured the soup into the bowl.

I placed it on the table in front of her and put a spoon next to the bowl, she then picked the spoon of the table and started to chow down. I also poured myself a bowl and got a spoon, as I was eating I looked at Rourke her brown long hair kept getting in the way while she was eating. She had bright green eyes and looked like she was about 12 or 13, I just remmembered that she needed new cloths and that I left them on the bed.

"Hey I got some cloths for you but they kind of don't fit, there the smalliest ones I have." I pointed over at the bed, "You can change in the bathroom."

She stopped eating and looked down at herself, she then turned to me and blushed and got up to get the cloths. While she was in the bathroom I thought to myself if they were going to fit after all it was my smalliest tanktop and shorts, maybe I should just go out for some cloths would that be considered robbery? She walked out of the bathroom with it looking like the cloths I gave her kind of fit so I just brushed it off and turned to my soup, she ran over to her bowl and finished slurping the rest as did I.

"You know these cloths don't fit right?" She looked at me like I was trying to pull something.

"What do you want me to do, huh? Go steal something?" I yelped at her.

"Well maybe." I gave her the eye, "Look at me it's like everyone can see my skin." She walked over to me and started begging.
"Alright alright I'll go out in a few, but you have to stay here alright." she jumped with joy, "Ok!"

A few minutes later I was at the door getting ready to leave, "I figured you dropped it its ok though, if you stay in here and be quite nothing will try and get in ok."

She looked at me like she was introuble, "I'm really sorry I dropped your gun." I put my hand on her shoulder, "I know you didn't mean to ok. I'll be right back with some cloths."

She stopped pouting and I opened the door, looking back at her with one more glance behind my shoulder and shuting the door behind me. I looked at the kitchen knife that was in my hand, I might as well keep something on me to protect myself from those things. I started down the stairs and through the door, I checked my left and right corners in case there were any of those things. It looked clear for the most part so I stood there for a moment thinking where the closest cloths store is, of cuorse I wasn't going out for just cloths I needed to find a gun store.

I rememmbered passing by a cloths shop by Baker street so I'll head there first it was only 6 blocks away, I also remmember going to a gun shop with my buddy D.J. so we could go hunting, it was on north Baker street. A few minutes later I was walking down the street when I saw one of those things, it didn't seem to smart cuase when it saw me it could barly walk. I wasn't as scared as I was before but I didn't know what to do so I thought for a moment and remmebered when I meet Rourke she put a scalple in its head, I guess I should try it.

As it got closer I toke it's jaw with my left hand and ran the knife through it's skull into it's brain, then It fell down liflessly blood coming out of it's head. I looked up and realized there was another one, but it wasn't coming at me infact I don't even think it knows I was there. I got a bit closer and realized it was kneeled down eating a person, my stomack got filled with butterflies. I swallowed my disgust and approuched it from behind, I toke my knife and slamed the blade into it's head and jerked it out.

I looked up and saw a few corpses lying around the place, they looked like theiv all been eaten. I saw the cloths shop up ahead and started toward it, I approuched the doors but they seemed locked. There were windows littered all around the building, so I figured nobbody would mind if I break a few windows. I looked around for something to smash the window and found nothing, then I realized that I was holding a knife. I threw the knife at the window and it made a loud shattering blast of sound that seemed to echo through the empty streets, as I carfuly avoided the glass on the floor my eye cought the glimpse of girl sized cloths.

I walked casully to the pants area first and relized I didn't ask her what size she wore, "How the hell am I going to decide what to take!"
After sitting there for a few more moments I grabbed a plastic bag from the register counter and picked the 3 most close looking pants size that might fit her, I moved on to the panties and bra section. I could feel my cheeks getting warmer when I thought about it but pushed it aside and toke a guess, then moved on to shirts. I picked the 3 shirts I needed and moved on to the exit, I got my knife from the ground and headed out.