Leaf General (continued)
7:24 AM
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Something moved.
From behind the glass, crouched down beneath an overturned table where the infants had died a man peered up, staring straight into Gaara's green eyes hidden by shadows.
Gaara lifted the magnum, pointing it directly at the shadowed man.
"Talk."
"Talk." The man repeated almost mockingly.
Gaara cocked his head to the side but had yet to lower the weapon. He walked closer, at least two steps towards the broken window, glass breaking underfoot of his boot. "Who are you?"
"Adam Lavoe." The man said standing slowly, a browned haired toddler in his arms. He was young, Gaara noted, probably an intern a bit older then himself. Lavoe's dark hair lay in sweaty sticky chunks against his neck and forehead his scrubs caked in dried blood along with his snow-white skin. "I need your help."
"I would guess so. Are you armed, Doctor?"
"No."
"I thought so." Gaara said relaxing just a bit. It had been hours since he had spoken to anyone-since Chouji had died. It felt nice, almost normal to hear the young Doctors' voice. "What have you got there?"
"The only one besides us left alive." Lavoe said looking down at the child in his arms. "I was with Limdo's mother when it happened."
Gaara nodded.
"I see. What are you doing in there?"
Doctor Lavoe made his way, slowly towards Gaara, his blue eyes widely opened.
"I don't have much time."
"What do you mean?"
Lavoe cocked his head to his left indicating the slash on his shoulder, the tear Gaara had not noticed in the cloak of shadows. It was gleaming with puss. "She got a chunk of my shoulder…I don't have much time before I turn into one of those things. Look, sir-I need you to take the kid."
"And how am I supposed to do that? Shot with one hand and rock the kid to sleep with the other. I need something to carry him in."
"I have that." The doctor said pointing to a bag by the table. "My sister's kid…I wanted to get her out of here before she gave birth but-as you can see all hell decided to break lose last night. Those things…" Lavoe said walking back to the table. He threw the bag to Gaara who caught it in his free hand, rifling through it for something to carry the child in. He found a sort of pouch that would strap to his chest where Limdo would fit.
"Explain what you know. I got into town last night but I assume hell came about a bit earlier by the looks of the walking corpses."
"It's been going on for a while I guess-the disappearances and those school boys…those were the first bodies were found. My sister's husband, Shisou Uchiha, was a cop for the KPD's Tactics unit and refused to let her leave town. Claimed that everything would be fine-but he disappears too then my sister…damn it Katie…goes into labor with her second kid."
Gaara nodded listening intently-he placed things for the child in the messenger bag his thoughts running wild. "Go on."
"Those things started coming out of the woodwork from the park, like a horror movie you know. Night of the living dead or some shit like that and this is where it gets fucking weird…the missing people were them. They were all dead but walking. The news reporters said to stay in doors so I stayed in the hospital-holding the Limdo while my sisters dead body was being taken into the morgue…and then she sits up and bites me clear in the shoulder and then the new born oh God she..." he shook the memory from his thoughts.
"Next thing I know there's screaming and crashing and running-all I can do is grab hold of the Limdo and haul ass into a closet. You know zombies are one thing but that…that big fucker. It fucked everything up in its path. Zombies, people it didn't care. Everything was lunch." Lavoe left off with a bit of a whisper. He looked at the red head that stood behind the broken window in the hallway. "What's your name?"
"Gaara Sabaku."
"Gaara." He repeated. The ache in his pulsing shoulder intensified as his vision became a bit hazy. "You look like a rebellious kind of kid but I guess I'd better trust you with Katie's kid." He handed the toddler to Gaara watching as the red head situated the child in his arms.
"Yeah."
"Don't worry about him giving you away…Limdo doesn't cry. Just looks around dumbly." He sunk to his knees on the glass. "Hey do me another favor."
"What is it?"
"Can you shoot me, when I turn."
Gaara solemnly nodded.
"Sure."
After Limdo was secured tightly to Gaara's chest and the magnum reloaded Gaara stared at the young man as his eyes drooped shut then opened again. The green puss leaking from between long bony white fingers, Gaara felt physically sick. "You married, Adam?"
"No."
"Me neither."
Adam laughed.
"Yeah well I guess in a situation like this it's better to be unattached. I mean Katie was all I had-there wont be anyone looking for me."
"I have two siblings-though they might not look for me. My sister's a big time executive in River Country and my brother owns a gallery in West Port in Mist. Both married with kids-they wont have time looking for me themselves."
"That's a good thing then."
"How so?"
"That means…they wont…come here…to look for you in…hell."
Gaara chuckled at the thought forcefully, his eyes closed. He heard Adams' body slump, hitting the glass-covered floor. 'It was going to happen. He was already dead the moment he was bitten you know that. Don't feel bad.'
A wail behind him broke his musings. He opened his eyes to see Adam, his mouth opened wide in hunger. "Adam…"
Limdo shuddered in his arms.
"Goodnight-Doctor Lavoe."
BANG!
Adam fell forward, unmoving, to the floor.
'At least he wont be getting up again. He's dead now…for real.'
Staring down at the child in his arms Gaara found himself deep in thought.
'Ok, you have a kid that's maybe two years old strapped to your chest, your in the middle of a zombie infested town…your car is all the way across said town and there are no cops.' Gaara grimaced. 'The stations overrun otherwise I'd go there.'
He thought recalling the memory from the night before.
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Sera: Ok…so what do you think? It probably isn't all that good.
Sasuke: Did you have to add another kid in it?
Sera: the story is probably turning to shit now huh? Anyway-Sasuke, you're in the next chapter.
Sasuke: finally!
Review-no flames and I'll go on! If you don't like the idea of the little kid with Gaara well…this is a zombie fic-there are ways I suppose for the kid to well…
Sasuke: …that's just sick!
Sera: Review please!
