Before I start this chapter I would just like to point out I know I made mistakes with the previous 1. Also my spell checker is fixed. It's a little longer uploading than I thought because I either forgot my Inspiration or couldn't find any. Luckily I found it so I should be back on track. SO here is Chapter 4. I hope this pulls Positive comments. So read on for more of "What we never knew"...
"I can't believe this is happening. I showed her my secret. I kissed her! And now she's about to see my face..." Z thought as Zoey reached to his hood. As she pulled it back, they both were nervous to see what she would see. He had spent so long hiding his face in shadow that even he forgot how he looked. Zoey fully uncovered his face and stared with small shock. Underneath the hood was the most normal looking Infected she ever saw. Aside from the slight greyness to his skin and 1 or 2 small bumps, he could have been mistaken for a Human! His hair was a tangled mess but Zoey did not notice. He looked at her intently for her reaction. As he did so he noticed how beautiful she truly looked. He hadn't seen her fully with his hood but now he just wanted to stare at her. His looking hadn't lasted long as Zoey reached to his face, this time aware of what she was touching. "I...err... St...Still gotta tell you...I..." Z's words were cut off as Zoey leaned forward and kissed him off guard. He relaxed as he thought, "I don't need to say it. I'm SHOWING it..." and he kissed her deeply and lovingly.
If there was something he couldn't tolerate, it was waiting. Why his minions kept him like this he would never know. He began to tap impatiently as a form entered the room, blood trailing from behind. The shrouded creature seemed surprised at this. Surely THIS monster could have dispatched them. The monster cautiously handed its master the note Z had wrote and he read it. Upon finishing he looked at his creation with disgust. He let a Hunter beat him? His finest creation lost to a weaker one. It would seem he must "Up the game" as they say...
A short while away from the Safehouse, the group were laughing about their earlier encounter. "Man that thing was uglier than You Francis!" Bill joked. Francis simply rolled his eyes as he chuckled. Beth however wasn't joining their merriment. "How they are laughing ill never know. This is dangerously serious! That...THING was sent to slaughter them." Her thoughts where all over her mind. So much that she crashed into a lamppost. She sat up embarrassed as Bill went to see if she was ok. Once they were on the move again she thought, "I wonder where Z is always off to anyway. The only place I can think of is the drink place but only "Sir Drinkalot" is there. I should visit him sometime, when he aint drunk..." her thoughts ended as they reached the Safehouse and heard a small sound from somewhere around it. As the others didn't hear it she went around to see what "it" was. After pushing a bag out the way she was staring right into a gun! Then a Smoker had got her within its grasp and the gun pointed straight at the Infected and shot him. The gun killed it without making a sound. As Beth fell from being dragged slightly the owner of the gun walked over and pointed the gun straight at her head. She stared in horror before Frank stepped in front of her. "WHOA! I didn't say go killin my friends did I?" He asked the mystery person. The person was confused but lowered the weapon and helped Beth up. "Sorry about that. I didn't know you were Beth." The person said a female voice in her speech. "I'm Jullie" She introduced herself with an apologetic bow. Beth was too stunned to speak...
As Zoey and Z snuggled by the fire, they both felt at peace. They felt as though nothing in the World could stop this feeling. As Z played with her hair, Zoey stared into the fire with her thoughts swimming around her head, "2 years ago I was just another girl. 1 year ago, I was a girl in an apocalypse with a gun. Now I'm a girl in the middle of Hell with someone I never thought I would fall in love with". She looked up to see a worried expression over Z's features. As she was about to ask he looked down at her and smiled. She couldn't help but smile back and they both stared at the fire once more. Once he was sure she wasn't paying attention he wore a worried look again as he thought, "I just can't believe it. It's loose. It's loose with the access codes to the lab. 1 little twitch in there and he could make that whole operation a wipe out and make it the reverse of the Cure" He wanted to stop this worry. He should be happy. He has found the girl he loves. He looked down once again to see she had fallen asleep in his arms. He smiled as he leant forward and kissed her cheek and settled to sleep himself. The last thought to cross his mind before drifting off was, "I would sooner die than let her suffer".
"YOU STILL HAVENT FOUND HIM!" An angry voice shouted from a desolate building. Inside there was a Smoker, 2 Boomers and a Hunter. It was very rare that an Infected could only speak 1 language from before they turned so the Smoker was well known. Unfortunately his gift was a sacrifice to the Infected language and 1 of the Boomers had to translate the Hunter. "I have told you 'don't come back until you have something to report'. Unless this is something on him I suggest you run" the Smoker said. The Hunter muttered and growled his report and the Boomer translated "He says his pack hadn't found the target but they did manage to find a new target also worth worrying about. A Survivor with a metalstick that kills with no sound." "No sound eh? Hmmm...this Survivor could be of trouble. I'd like to hear the rest of the report from his pack." "That's the thing", the Boomer gurgled. "The Survivor shot his pack. THAT'S how he knows it makes no sound". The Smoker cursed under his breath muttering "Why do I put up with you guys?" Inhaling he said, "OK New plan. If we can't find Z then we will find his group and force them to tell us where he is." The 2nd Boomer uttered a series of burps and growls which translated said, "We could just ask our Master if you can use his 'Secret project'. That would find AND kill him". The Smoker put his palm to his face and said, "This Boomer is an absolute GENIOUS!" He finished triumphantly as he went to hug the Boomer but deciding against it. He pointed to the Hunter and told it the message to tell its Master. Without any hesitation it bound outdoors and leaped to where its Master awaited. As the Smoker watched the Hunter bound off he smirked to himself thinking that NOTHING could get in the way this time. Z won't know what hit him until it was too late...
Back at the Safehouse, everyone was meeting Jullie. "You know? It's funny. I've gone all this way without anyone by me, and whadya know? I find all of you after 5 minutes sleep." She observed after introductions were made. "Well the more Survivors, the better chance of escape." Francis said as Beth dragged Frank to the next room. Once they were alone she asked, "Where did she come from?" "It's ok; she was a little jumpy at seeing you. She just thought you were another Hunter. Which reminds me..." Frank answered as he reached into his backpack. Beth was confused as he finally brought out a shopping bag. "I got ya this while you guys were out." He said opening the bag and bringing out something that made Beth stare in disbelief. It was a head-to-waist green hoodie, with cat shaped ears on the hood. "Well whadya think?" Frank asked as she continued to stare. She suddenly looked at Frank and pounce-hugged him, knocking the wind from his lungs. After a minute he finally said "Choking...not breathing..." and Beth apologized as she let him up allowing him to catch his breath. "There is absolutely no way I can ever thank you for this. I've wanted this since I was a kid!" She exclaimed as Frank stood up. "I'm going to put this on right now" and with that she walked to the bathroom, an ear-to-ear grin on her face. Frank simply chuckled as he stood smiling. The smile quickly faded as he heard something outside the Saferoom door. He opened the eye hatch to see nothing. He considered going out there just to be sure but he dismissed it. Whatever it was it couldn't do any harm right?...
After he put Zoey onto a blanket, Z crawled over to the fire. He sat there with nothing but happiness on his mind. He wasn't going to deny it anymore. He DOES love Zoey. He did find it odd how she felt the same way about him considering he hasn't said much about himself. And that's what brought back something unwanted. The only memory from before his conversion. It was only a couple of minutes but the pain would last forever...
It was a bustle of activity in the test centre. All around there was disorientating noise and lights. As he staggered in pain down the halls, his memory fading but determined to get out. He didn't know why he wanted to but he could only go with instinct for now. Whatever that thing was in the next room had bit him and it was having a strange effect on him. As he became dizzier and his vision began to fade, he only collapsed as more people ran around him. He turned onto his back, breathing more ragged as he desperately looked round for anything to help. His vision came back only to see something with yellow eyes look down at him. It seemed to look with worry but he couldn't act on it as he was slipping to unconsciousness...
Z shed a tear wishing he could just be rid of that memory but it was as if something just wouldn't let him. He looked into the fire once again and started to hum. It was random but slowly changed into a perfectly hummed version of "Everytime We Touch" in a slow manner. He slowly started to feel better and he decided to sing a little. He had just sang 'Without you it's hard to survive' when Zoey, awoken by his singing, slowly walked over singing the next verse. He looked up with surprise that she woke up but as she sat down they started to sing together. At the end they sung 'Can't you feel my heart beat so? I can't let you go. I want you in my life' in perfect unison and then just stared at one another. Z pulled Zoey into a hug with silent tears running from his eyes. He has at long last found someone to share it with. They both wanted this hug to last forever, and they were quite happy for it to, but after a long search something found them...
The Smoker watched in fear as its master stared with cold yet calm eyes. "M...mm.? You ss...Summoned me?" The Smoker asked, fear heavily on his words. The creature merely turned its head to the Smokers side and it followed his gaze, towards a pile of flesh that was once a Boomer. Smoker gulped understanding that this meant 'If you fail, you wind up worse than that'. Smoker was now shaking as it began towards the door when the Creature seemed to appear in front of him. It held up 1 of its clawed fingers to his chin as he looked down to it. In the very dim light the Smoker could just make out a faint smirk beneath the blazing red eyes. Still shaking Smoker relaxed a little only to feel a small cut slowly across his chin. This was its only warning. It allowed him to pass and as he ran he simply thought, "I am so dead if I don't do this right."
Within the shadows there was a faint mumbling sound as something ran through the darkness. Only 3 things on its mind was, "Find, kill laugh, repeat", he ran towards the faint singing. It was mumbling things that not even he understood as he latched onto a drainpipe and rapidly climbed up. Stopping to make sure its hockey stick was still on its back, it began its fast ascent again As he reached the top he nearly flew upwards as he landed onto the roof. He looked towards the next roof and saw his targets were there. He laughed manically as he leapt towards them...
Seeing the oncoming thing, Z pushed Zoey away from him, taking full impact from the thing that had jumped. He looked up again only to be headbutt unconscious. Zoey composed herself again to see the creature staring straight at her. It was wearing different sport protection items but the most notable was its hockey mask. Threw the eye sockets could be seen a pair of wide, green, maniac eyes. He laughed to itself as it reached behind and brought out its stick and charged towards Zoey at a high speed. She jumped out the way for it to hit an adjacent wall. He staggered only for a second before turning and charging towards her again. She saw her shotgun by the blanket and lunged for it only to be collided by the new creature. She fell back and a scream of pain escaped her, only making the creature laugh more. As Z regained consciousness, he saw the creature bring its stick above its head to hit Zoey. Without another thought he got up and ran and punched the creature, resulting with a hurt hand and no effect but attracting its attention. Zoey took this opportunity and kneed the thing between the legs and with a pained, muffled howl it slid off Zoey. She quickly grabbed her shotgun and shot its head, having no effect because of its mask. Z noticed beneath its mask was a small but noticeable patch of skin. He couldn't claw it but the thing that would was just behind a flowerbed. But just as he went to it he got shoved by the creature. Zoey already grabbed the spade however and shouted "HEY Keeper!" attracting it attention, she swiftly hit the side of its mask, making it dizzy and stagger as she helped Z to his feet. "Keeper?" he asked. "It was the best I could come up with" Zoey shrugged as Z lunged and pinned the 'Keeper'. "I thought I warned him" he thought as he grabbed Keepers head and smashed the back onto the ground knocking it out. "Can I have the honours?" Zoey asked walking to them. Z nodded and put Keepers head back to expose the neck patch. Zoey raised the spade above her head and swiftly brought it to the creature neck, effectively hacking its head off. The Keeper went wide eyed as its head rolled off, its body jerked a bit, and then laying still. Z started to breath heavy as a sliver of blood dripped from his head. Then he fell to his knees clutching his arm, grinding his teeth in pain. He rolled up his sleeve to let him and Zoey see that there was a semi deep scar. Z remembered that in the struggle with the 1st monster it did manage to claw him before he pinned it. He seethed in pain as Zoey reached for her med-pack only to find it wasn't there. "I'll be ok. It doesn't hurt, really" and as if on cue a fresh pain wave washed over him. He was normally in such an adrenaline state he never noticed pain before. It was like a year's worth of fighting had caught up with him at once. Zoey could only look with worry as the scar bled.
As the effects of the drinking wore off, Jake wandered the streets waiting for something to happen. After walking a while longer he slumped down with a sigh of boredom. "Maybe I should just go back to the place. Maybe the strange thing in the bathroom has unclogged. Or maybe I could..." his thoughts stopped abruptly as the smell of fresh blood hit him. He wondered towards the building where the smell was coming from and he tripped over a red bag. After mumbling and shaking his head he looked back and decided to keep the red bag. When he arrived to the building the smell was emanating from, he looked up and began to climb. He began climbing quicker as another scent made him worry.
Back at the Safehouse Francis and Frank were guarding while Lyra and Bill slept. The remainder of the group sat around a bonfire. There was an awkward silence before Louis asked, "So Jullie? How did you come to stumble across us?" She was confused at this statement and Louis re-worded his question, "I mean wheredya come from?" "Oh, well...I was just drifting around the world and then this..."Outbreak" came out. I just so happened to be in this city before the streets went nuts." So you didn't want to pack up and leave?" "I was asleep. I spent all night working on this..." she said pulling out her silenced rifle. She handed it to Louis who studied it with a lot of interest. "So how did you make something like this? I woulda thought this would be a CEDA secret or something." This statement made Jullie giggle. "It was." "Huh?" "Well I doubt they'd catch him now so..." she leant in to whisper her secret. "It WAS a CEDA secret. The guy I'm with worked with them and he knew that their "Secret experiment" would go awry so, he took the blueprints to this and sent them to me. It took a while getting the parts but in the end I came out with this, and a whole hell fulla Infected." Louis was intrigued. Jullie had some of CEDAs secrets in her head. This could come in useful if they come across anymore CEDA stations... "So your boyfriend got you the blueprints...He musta trusted you a lot!" "Well I guess I'm a very trustworthy girl" She responded with a giggle. "So did he ever tell you what this "Secret Experiment" was? " "I didn't hear from him after it actually got free. I only found out it was a living experiment in their Bio-testing labs. There was a top priority secret that only the highest minds knew of in the lab next to it. I just know he is still alive though." Louis stared with fascination. Never before had he seen anyone like Jullie. A person with more will to survive than any of them and yet she had a laid back feel to the Outbreak. "Ya think you can make me a weapon sometime?" Absolutely. In fact hand me your Uzi." Louis did as he was told and Jullie reached into her backpack and began to work on the Uzi. A few minutes later she brought out the new weapon. The single nozzle had been replaced with 2 SMG silencers was a standout thing. "There. It now has double firing capacity with silenced effect, armour piercing bullets that fires at 300 custom made, re-useable cartridge rounds in 0-30 seconds. Put simply, Fire, unclip cartridges, replace both pull back 3 times, and repeat. OK?" Louis looked blankly at the weapon as he took in all the information. He said the only 3 words that came to mind. "Holy...Fucking...GOD!" He looked up to Jullie to see surprise on her face. "Uh oh errm...Sorry" He said awkwardly. After a moments silence Jullie bursts out in laughter. Louis looked confused but joined in laughing.
Better end the chapter there. I thought it was getting a little long. As said before I lost my inspiration but it has returned (With re-enforcements) I've had the Keeper in my head for a while so I thought "Why not put him in?" so I did. I hope you people are enjoying this story. But then again if you are not, at least I have a story for future readers. If you are enjoying it then that's even better ^.^
Hope you have enjoyed this chapter, cause I LOVED thinking of it. =3 R and R if you wish =D