"Katt… Over here!" Called a voice. Hearing moans and gun shots, Katt sighed.
"I'm coming…Stand back!" She raised her Barretta, fired off four shots and re-loaded. Two zombies slumped to the floor, red and green liquid oozing from their heads. Completely out of character, Jack gave Katt a quick hug and blushed.
"I've been stuck here for what seems like ages now. Amy and I got separated. I tried to find her, but I…"
"Do you have a map? Where have you gone?" Katt began. If she didn't find Amy soon, it would be too late to administer the anti-virus.
"Here. This is the door we came in. This is the route I took…and this is the room I lost Amy." Katt copied all the routes down in a different colour to the one she'd been using and smiled.
"Thanks. We need too…" Glancing down at the floor, Katt gasped.
"What's is it? What's wrong?" Pointing to the floor, Katt shook her head.
"Follow the trail." She said quietly. There was a trial of blood running from the door next to the one they'd entered by, leading all the way round to the other side. It had to be Amy; it could be no one else.
"We have to be fast. If she's too far ahead, we'll lose our chance to help her." Grabbing Jacks arm, she pulled him to his feet and they headed after their wounded friend.
"Ok, so we've got no comm's, low ammo, my hearts still not calmed and your boots need re-shining! So what do we do?" Susan laughed.
"Well, we could find some shoe polish in this box, use a piece of my sleeve or a sock as a rag and solve the scuff problem."
"Or we could… put our ammo together then half what we got, 'cause that's helpful." Susan rolled her eyes then smiled.
"Smart ass! Give it here then!" Pete handed Susan all his clips and she laughed.
"Low ammo! I've not used mine and you used one clip… one frigging clip!" Pete smiled and winked at her.
"I know, I just wanted to see some of your ammo." Susan punched his arm and dished out the clips.
"Six and a half clips… great."
"Hey, better than nothing Pete. Now lets open this box and see what's inside."
Amy had no idea where she was going, she just knew she wanted to get back to Wes and get out of there. Four, five shots, three more zombies… It meant nothing to her. The more she killed the better she felt. One of those disgusting things had made her feel feverish and dizzy. The bite in her leg hurting more and more every second. She never should have separated from Jack.
"But admit it, you'd only slow him down, right?" She asked herself, then laughed.
"Amy, is that you?"
"Sam? Great, now I'm hallucinating!"
"No, wait. It really is me. Stay here! I need to go back to the van, but Katt is looking for you!" Amy smiled.
"Really, she is? Thanks Sam, oh hey, got any spare rounds?" Sam smiled and plunged her hand into her breast pocket.
"My last Barretta rounds, you taken 'em!" and with that she left.
"Amy! Katt she's here…" Jack called. Amy spun round to see Jack running towards her.
"Jack? What's…Where were you?" Jack pulled her in for a hug as Katt stopped beside them both and pulled out a syringe filled with green liquid.
"What is that?" Amy asked.
"The anti-virus. You're going to be ok! Roll up your sleeve for me, I need to inject it into your blood stream!" Amy nodded and awkwardly un-buttoned her sleeve, Jack helped her roll it up to her bicep and Katt pulled a long white bandage out of the medi-kit she carried.
"I'm gonna tie this round your arm as tightly as I can, then I'll inject the anti-virus into your blood. I promise you're going to be ok!" For the first time since she'd joined them, Katt looked at Amy. Her face was deathly pale, her skin clammy and cold. Injecting Amy with the anti-virus, Katt sighed.
"Is Wes alone? I mean, with Sam going back to the van and all…?" Katt blinked and looked at Jack.
"Sam's gone back to the van?" Jack shrugged.
"I thought she was with Wes!" Katt looked back at Amy who frowned.
"When did you hear about Sam?"
"She was just here…told me you were coming! I… thought you knew…" Katt shook her head.
From round the corner, Sam smiled.
"Soon he'll know. He's been looking for you, Miss Maxwell!" Looking over her Barretta, she smiled.
"Once he's finished with you, I'll be top dog again!"
"Jack calling King, do you read me? Over." A cool male voice returned.
"This is King, reading you loud and clear Jack. What's the news?" Sam smiled and glanced over to the back of the van.
"How many Aces King? Over."
"Aces are wild, you're free for run."
"She's here, alive and second in command."
"Really, it's defiantly her?" Sam scowled. He sounded please to hear she was alive.
"Yes sir. She's going by the name of Kattrina Vixen. I'm guessing an alias."
"Almost. I have some vital information on her."
"So you've been speaking to the lads." Sam asked. He sighed.
"I'm nearly in town, what's the situation?" Sam smiled.
"Squad leader plus one are wondering town alone, Miss Vixen went off to the mayors office. I have a wounded with me, unconscious, no threat to man nor beast. Three in police station, one alive for certain, the other two, could be dead, could be in a no comms zone. The other two are with Miss Vixen."
"Leaving you conveniently to be the only one left. I taught you well Samantha." Sam smiled and blushed.
"So, what do you want doing with Katt? Assassination?"
"Lead her to me."
"But sir, she might…"
"Problem Samantha dear?" Sam blinked.
"What if she… Your past… what if she… what if you…" He sighed.
"I don't want your personal feelings getting in the way of your mission. Understand." Sam blushed deeper and thanked the stars she was only on a radio.
"Yes sir. And the wounded?" She could hear the smile in his voice as he spoke.
"Leave her in the clock tower." She smiled and licked her lips.
"You have orders from…"
"Enough, it's not safe. You have your orders, I expect results."
"Understood, over and out."