Act III

Chapter 7

It's been a few days since we arrived here, and I didn't take into account that water was a thing. Our food storage could last three weeks if we rationed correctly, but we had little water, and alcohol doesn't exactly keep us hydrated and healthy. We've been planning on where to find any, we could go down to the lake, but we would have to purify the water. Which would take longer than desired.

"So, then where are we gonna go?" Liz asked rocking back and forth on her heels.

"Well, according to this map," We found the map in the office yesterday. "There is a convenience store, only a few blocks away. Or we could get water from the lake and try that." I stated pointing at the areas on the map.

"I don't think the lake would be a good option seeing as we'll have to clean it," Luna said sitting with Evee in her lap.

"Why would we have to clean it?" Liz asked quizzically.

"Because everyone likes to dump bodies there, both the former living and undead." I stated in a bit of annoyance, considering that this is the third time I've had to tell her, "I don't think you want to drink water that's had human blood and guts festering in it."

"EW no!" She retorted.

"Alright then, which means we need to go check out the convenience store, although I wouldn't get your hopes up. After four years, I doubt they'll have anything."

"What about the rain?" Liz asked.

"With the virus potentially in the air, we can't chance it. Why do you think we tell you not to drink rain water?"

"If it's in the air, then why haven't we turned?" She inquired sounding like a smartass.

"Dude, we're probably already infected with it, we just have to die or something for it to take effect." Luna took over, keeping me from getting too frustrated.

"Oh, that doesn't make sense," Liz responded with a tone of defeat.

"It is how it is dude." Luna retorted back.

"So wait, if we already have it, they why would drinking rain water be bad?" Liz asked.

"Because," Luna sighed, facepalming. "The dead bodies in the lake most likely cause it to have other diseases, and if they evaporate into the air, we'd be drinking dead bodies essentially," Luna said becoming more frustrated.

"But-" Liz tried to argue.

"BECAUSE THE WRITER CAN'T KEEP THIS UP!" I shouted at her.

"The writer?" She asked.

"Nevermind, don't worry about it..." I said trailing my voice off.

Luna looked at me and smiled, I returned the smile, "Then we need to get to the store. When do we wanna go?"

"Soon, for obvious reason," Luna chimed in, looking over at me, "You look a bit frustrated, love. Let me give you a massage," she gently added in her faux British accent before coming over, sitting behind me and gently massaging my shoulders.

I melt a little, smiling, "Mmh, just a little lower… That's the spot," I moaned, melting a bit more, "But anyway, yeah, let's head out in a few."

"Uh-huh, I'm gonna give you two some alone time, Evee, come." Liz rolled her eyes and got up.

"What? It's just a massage, sis" I give her a lame look.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," she walks into the main room, shutting the door behind her and Evee.

"She's such a weirdo," I say trying to break the attempted awkward atmosphere.

Luna turned me around to face her, smiling and looking me straight in the eyes. I could feel the heat rising to my face and the tips of my ears as I smiled back sheepishly. She laid a hand on my cheek, gently stroking, her cheeks went pink as well. She puts her hand on the back of my head, gently messing with my choppy hair, making my heart race as my eyes land on that beautiful face of hers, "Luna… I- I don't think now is the time…" My voice trailed as she put a finger to my lips.

"I. Don't. Care. Love," she let her finger slide down my lips, my heart skipping a beat. My stomach starts to flutter as she draws closer to me, touching her nose with mine. Staring into those beautiful blue eyes I remember the feelings I first had for her, and I smiled a bit before hearing her soft whispers break the silence; "You're blushing my love."

"I-I-..." I stuttered trying to find my words, but she had me in her trap.

Dropping her hand, she took a hold of mine, interlacing our fingers together. She put her other arm around my lower back. Pulling me in, she locked our lips together, the warmth of her lips against mine made the world around me come to a crash. My brain went blank and the only thoughts that came to me were her. As the kiss became more passionate we wrapped our arms around each other and fell to the floor, lacing my fingers through her hair doing my best not to pull on it I embraced the kiss even more. She left the embrace leaving a small trail of saliva from our lips, beginning to tease me by drawing her finger down my lips onto my shirt. She tugged at the collar of the button down flannel I was wearing, tracing her fingers around my breasts before moving the buttons, slowly undoing them, revealing my cleavage. My face must have been entirely red at this point, seeing as she let out a small chuckle. She continued teasing me, bringing her lips down onto my neck. I let out soft moans as she kissed and licked my neck in an attempt to turn me on, and dammit it was working. I could feel her begin light love bites, while one of her hands began caressing my breast. My moaning became louder as she bit harder, while also increasing the tempo of her hand movement on my breast. I couldn't take it anymore, my turn.

As we sat up I pulled away from her embrace and made my move, going back in for another kiss I placed my hands at the bottom of her shirt. Removing it in one swift movement, taking her by surprise, revealing her bare breasts. I began caressing them ever so carefully while interlocking our tongues together. I pulled away once more and pushed her to the ground, I positioned myself over her staring into her eyes. Her smile turned me on more than anything at this point, that damned smile. I went down to let my lips meet with her breast only to be interrupted by Evee's barking.

"Guys! There's-" Liz yelled bursting through the door, immediately turning red. "U- uhm…"

All Luna and I could do were lay there and stare at her awkwardly and watch as her face seemed to go redder than a tomato, "I'm just gonna… You should probably… Just- Just get out here as soon as you can…" Her voice wavered and trailed as she slowly closed the door.

"Should we see about that…?" I looked over at Luna.

"Mmh, no. She can wait," Luna smiles at me, pulling me in for another kiss and embracing me.

Leaving the kiss, I gently bit her bottom lip. Pulling away and stretching her lip as far as possible before letting her free. I moved my sights back down to her pale breasts. My gaze shifted back to her eyes before locking my lips onto her succulent nipples. Resulting in pleasureful moans leaving her body. The next 20 minutes consisted of breast play and the removal of pants. I'll spare all the details, but it was heavenly. After we caught our breaths and could feel our legs, we got dressed and headed out to meet with Liz.

"So, what did you need?" I asked still trying to hide my blush. She looked in my direction, but at my feet, and I could see her face still red.

"Y-you guys are lucky it was only some animal out there Evee was barking out."

"Yeah sorry dude," Luna laughed rubbing the back of her head. "We got a bit carried away."

"I don't want to hear about it! Let's just go get the water, okay?" She asked putting her attention towards Evee, who sat there confused.

"Yeah, let's go," I stated, putting my backpack on. "Evee, stay here. I don't think we'll need you for this." We looked out the small view hole we made in the wall to make sure we were in the clear. After seeing no zombies and deciding the coast was clear we left the building.

-Transition-

The trip to the store was simple, killed quite a few zombies on the way there. Liz had to save me once or twice, my mind was...elsewhere.

"Liz, what's the inside like?" I asked positioning myself behind her.

"Um, there's a case of water in the middle of the floor, other than that I don't see anything."

"Wait, in the middle of the floor?" I asked suspiciously, I knew what this was.

Question is, why?

"Yeah, just sitting there waiting."

"This has bad written all over it, don't you think love?" Luna asked, she was right, a trap laid out for us.

"I'm going to grab it, cover me!" Liz announced as she moved inside.

"Liz no!" I shouted in response trying to grab her.

Too late. She stepped closer to the case, as she got closer fear began to consume me. I began looking around, watching for whoever left this here to attack us.

"Got it!" She said, looking at us, holding it. As I waited for people to attack us, nothing came. Not even more zombies.

"Then hurry up and get out here dude!" Luna ordered.

"Right!" She came back through holding the case. Nothing about it seemed suspicious, which made it even more suspicious. It was in too perfect condition.

"Let's head back, but keep your guard up. I don't like how convenient this was."

"Right!" They both said in unison. We kept up a faster pace on the way back than we did on the way here, hoping that if those who wanted to ambush any sorry soul to grab that water, weren't behind us.

"Halfway there girls." I looked out of the corner of my eye to see someone come out from behind the corner of a building. Then two, then three. "Girls run!" I shouted, now seeing a numerous amount of people begin to give chase from our left side.

"Let's get back to the brewery!" Liz shouted giving away our safe house.

Dammit, what is up with her today? We bolted into a full sprint only to see zombies erupt from a building that was previously boarded up. There had to be at least twenty of them, half went towards the people chasing us while the other half pursued me and the girls.

"Get'em boys!" I heard one of them shout, I then heard loud gunshots coming from behind. Hopefully at the zombies.

"Boss, what about the girls?"

"Grab them and will take them back with us!" Oh hell no, if they think they can even lay a finger on Luna and Liz I'll rip out their throats and feed them to the zombies. Our safe house was in sight, thankfully no one was around it, I looked back and saw that the men chasing us killed the zombies with ease and resumed chase almost keeping pace.

"W-what do we do now sis?" Liz sputtered through her breath.

I pause for a moment, thinking before saying, "Follow me!" I break off in the opposite direction, hoping to find some cover from them or at least something that we could use to distract the men.

Luna and Liz both follow, Liz looking back, "They're following us!"

"That's ok, I promise, just...Just trust me, ok?!" I insist, desperately glancing around trying to get an idea of what we could do to lose them, or at the very least make them confused.

I turn again, letting my mind race as I hear Luna and Liz shout at me to wait. I look back, further behind our spread apart group I still see a few men following us. Looking at where I'm running I see a few more zombies. "Here!" I called back to the girls, hoisting myself up into a tree from two low-hanging branches. They both get up here after handing me the water.

We wait with baited breaths as the men walk by.

"Now what?" Liz asked.

"Well thanks to you we can't go back to the safe house, they know about it," I said with an annoyed tone.

"I'm sorry, I panicked okay? I couldn't get the thought of what you two did out of my head." She said, her face turning red once more. "And don't get me started on the sounds, my god."

"Well, you didn't have to listen!" I argued back. "You could've covered your ears, or played with Evee-..." My voice trailed off at the realization that we left her there. "Evee's still back there!" I said, watching as it dawned on all three of us that something could be going very wrong at the brewery right now.

"Oh my god! We need to go get her!" Liz said.

"Come on, we'll leave the water here and rescue her."

"No, I'll go. I can't risk us being found by those guys again, I'll get in, get her, and meet back up with you here." I said looking towards the ground.

"You, can't go alone! What if they get you?" Liz asked worriedly.

"I'll be fine, I'm the one who told her to stay, it's my fault," I said moving for the branch to get down.

"Sabrina stop!" Liz quietly attempted to order.

"Don't argue with me, this is my decision and you will respect it," I said calmly, now is the not the time to get frustrated.

"B-but" She tried again.

"Don't do it, love!" Luna added in.

"Ugh, look I don't like it, but if we all go and one or two of you get captured, I would never forgive myself," I said scanning the ground for any undead or thugs. Before either of the could argue I jumped in one swift movement, rolling once I hit the ground to absorb the shock. I took off in a silent run towards the town, not looking back to avoid the disappointing looks from the two. The trek to the town was simple, only a few zombies here and there. The town, however, was crawling with those creeps. As I moved through avoiding them to my best abilities I finally made it to see them tearing down the barricades in the brewery, rendering it useless.

"How am I going to get Evee?" I ask myself hiding behind a small shed. I could sneak in, but I doubt I'd be able to do that. Maybe, I can break open one of these buildings and let the zombies loose. Causing mass chaos and confusion for a bit, giving me a window to grab Evee. Yeah, I could do that. But before I could I saw Evee taking off in the opposite direction of the woods I came from, she was being chased by a few of those sick bastards. Suddenly the town became quiet, too quiet…

"Goodnight bitch!"

-Transition-

15 Minutes Later

Luna's POV

It's been too long since Sabrina left. I should have paid more attention, instead, I let my mind wander to what we did earlier. The rare magical moment we shared, we've only done it three other times and that was when we knew we were completely safe. The way her tongue-

"Hey, Luna? It's been awhile hasn't it?" Liz asked pulling me out of my trance. While she did get on my nerves way too many times to count I still love her like a little sister. We've been through so much together, killing zombies, killing people, and keeping secrets from Sabrina. Stuff like gifts and what not, nothing serious. Also if you're wondering what happened to the gifts I was going to give her before this started. That asshole who took hold of me tossed them aside, letting them get run over in the street. I'm normally pretty chill, but that made my blood boil, unfortunately, he overpowered me. Anyway, while I still miss my family immensely, I'm glad Liz is here and I wouldn't have it any other way.

"Yeah, it has been a while. I'm starting to get worried." I responded looking towards the town, it's also been quiet since she left as well. Not a good sign. Normally when she convinces us to let her go alone, she comes back within ten minutes. This time has definitely been longer.

"Should we go check on her?" Liz asked me with worry taking over her voice.

"Yeah, I don't like her being out alone," I replied with a matter of fact tone.

"Should we bring the water?"

"No, leave it here and hide it." We jumped down and hid the water under an inconspicuous pile of leaves and branches.

"That should be good, right?" Liz asked putting a few more leaves on it.

"Yeah, for now. Now then, let's go find her." I replied smacking the flat side of my axe into my hand. We made ourselves towards the town, staying low and killing the occasional zombie. Once we reached the edge of the town we noticed two guards.

"How do you wanna handle this?" Liz asked me in a hushed tone.

"Sneak around the outer area, we don't wanna risk our lives by either dying or alerting them all," I said, motioning for her to follow. If I remember right, the brewery is a bit more towards the lake. We continued on very slowly, occasionally watching our asses for zombies. The closer we got to our safe house, the more people there were. I counted five at the entrance, and at least six or seven on the way here. "Alright, let's-"

"Drop the weapons and put your hands in the air." I heard from behind us, had I not felt the barrel of a gun, I would have attempted to kill him.

I dropped my axe and firearm alongside Liz who dropped her weapons. They picked us up and forced us into the brewery. What I saw next made my heart stop. Sabrina being held by a beast of a man, covered in blood. Her nose and one of her ears were bleeding profusely. Her left eye had gone black, a slash on the side of her head was only big enough to leak some blood. Her right hand looked broken and they had a bear trap clamped onto her right ankle. I could barely tell the tears pouring from her beaten eyes. Her lips were split open and bruises were beginning to form on her neck. My blood was way past boiling, my best friend and the love of my life lay there in a pool of her own blood.

"I'll fucking kill you!" I screamed, breaking free from the thing holding me, I charged towards the man holding her, hoping to end him.

Mid charge I was met with the stock of a gun to my gut, My rage shattering into pain as I double over, sneaking a glance at Liz who was near tears asking 'why us?' and, honestly, I was asking the same question. My head was snapped back by someone yanking my hair, forcing me to look at the man that was holding Sabrina.

"Listen, ladies, this is how it's going to go down. First, we'll all have a turn with that one over there," He said pointing to Liz, "kill her. Then you," He pointed the knife at me, what did he mean a turn? "And finally ending with this sack of shit in my hands. Any questions?" He asked with a grin covering his face.

"I-I have o-one." Sabrina managed to spit out through gurgled blood. Which began trickling out of the corner of her mouth. Just hearing her say it like that pushed me past my breaking point. Tears fell from my eyes, all I want is to see her smile again. "Who t-the fuck d-do you t-think you are? If you t-touch either of-" Is all she got out before she had a coughing fit, blood came from her mouth. I hope to hell that is just blood from her mouth. "E-either of them I-I'll kill you." Even now, she's still acting tough.

"And how do you plan to do that?" He asked laughing. "Oh, the things I'll do to them! First I'll-" Before he could finish, Sabrina grabbed onto his leg with her non-broken hand and scratched him. He let go and yelped. Talk about weak, but just as fast as he let go Sabrina kicked into his knee causing him to fall. "You bitch!" He screamed out in agony before Sabrina glanced in our direction and immediately stopped. I was so distracted by the fight I didn't notice the knife now resting on my neck. I looked over at Liz who was sobbing, a small amount of blood began to seep from the knife against her throat. "Try one more thing and I'll kill them." She complied and sat still staring at him. "Now then, for your punishment, I think I'll take this knife, and carve a nice figure into your stomach." My chest filled with tightness, fear taking over my body as he drew the knife closer to her stomach. "I'll start from the left and go across-!"

"PLEASE GOD NO!" I begged, which only strengthened the pressure on my neck. He ignored me, the knife practically on top of her now. She looked at me and weakly smile, mouthing the words 'I love you.'Her eyes then grew wide with pain as I looked back down to see the knife slowly entering her side. Her tough act soon faded as her screams filled the room. The knife went about an inch deeper, my eyes filled with tears as I turned away, tears blurring my vision as we were hopeless to do anything besides watch as our loved one was tortured in front of us, off to my left I heard Liz wailing, looking over to see her crying through my own teared up eyes, I let my head fall in defeat. This was it. For all three of us. This is how we die.