Chip
I yawned widely, shaking my head to get my hair out of my face. We had been walking with no sign of the safe house, and Ellis saw nothing familiar. My legs and arms were aching from non-stop walking and both of us were getting hungrier.
Being last in the pecking order of my group meant I didn't get much anyway but I still as it was. I hated raw meat and had to force food down. I couldn't ever seem to find any normal food, and I was wishing now that I could.
I smelled the air, a thick sheet of rain kept the smells away. And it began to make me uneasy. The sky was growing darker but it had to be at least noon. The houses were growing closer together and we stopped more frequently to look for any supplies.
The houses were pretty much empty. Broken boards, ruined furniture, and a body here and there was all we came upon. Ellis had found a tire iron abandoned near a burned car, and decided it was good as any weapon. He seemed more focused with it, and we got to moving faster.
"The fuck..."He sighed, tipping his hat up. "I don't even know where we are. We should uh gotten to that safe house last night. Jeez I need a map." He looked in a box under a kitchen table, tipping the contents out.
"Ah ha." He laughed picking up a bag of bandages and a flash light. An empty bottle of water, a piece of string, and two batteries fell to the floor as well, making a clattering noise that made us both freeze. When no screams echoed towards us, we both relaxed and I moved to a back room, weaving between a collapse wall and a dead body.
I pushed open a door, peering in carefully. It was pretty much empty. One wall was gone, revealing a large back yard with a wet picnic table. I was surprised to see the rain diminish a bit, leaving the sunshine and a light drizzle. If it weren't for the zombie apocalypse and impeding hunger, I might actually have thought it was kinda pretty. Peaceful almost.
A rustle behind me made me turn, and I saw Ellis walking my way. "Whad'ja find?" He asked, opening the door a little further. I stepped in first, sitting aside in wait for him to follow.
The low bellow reached my ears before I saw him, the giant arm charging our way. I backed up and shoved Ellis back through the door just as the Charger came crashing through the fallen wall. Ellis fell backward in surprise and I stumbled onto my side. The Charger had broken through the wall behind us and had gone straight through the hall. He shook his head and turned back towards us.
Ellis fumbled to get to his feet but slipped back down, flattening himself against the floor as the Special Infected came barrelling through. I ducked out of the way and jumped through the broken wall, landing in the soggy grass of the backyard. I howled for Ellis to follow, hopefully giving him more room to move. The Charger came running past me, heading back for the human. Completely ignoring me. This time Ellis wasn't able to move in time and the arm grabbed around his torso, slamming him into the rubble underneath.
With a sharp yowl I pounced, flying through the air with my arms outstretched. I landed on the Chargers back, digging my claws into his wide shoulders. He twisted his small head, never letting go of the boy in his fists, and tried to shake me off.
I snarled and began to tear at his back, ripping the stretched overalls on his shoulders. He finally dropped Ellis and reached around for me, grabbing my left leg. He threw me hard to the ground, then at the house wall. The wall collapsed on impact and my body hit the back wall of the room. I fell to the floor with a hard thump as the Charger went back for Ellis, lifting his arm to grab the unmoving form.
I lifted myself up, ignoring the pain in my leg, and launched my self at him again, howling with my teeth bared. I knocked into him, head first with more force then I thought, and we both went rolling into the soggy grass. My hood had fallen back on the first jump and my shoulders were hunched high.
With another bellow the Charger ran at me, arm held in front. I charged him as well, stopping only a few feet away when he froze.
"Get out'ta here!" I yowled swinging my hands at his face. He snarled but backed away, admitting defeat. I continued to hiss till he had disappeared beyond the road. I growled lowly, turning toward Ellis, who had shakily risen to his knees.
I padded over, sniffing him up and down. He coughed, still shaking. I pushed up against his leg, lifting him to his feet. He smiled down at me but I knew he was hurt.
"We need'ta find a place to stop. Its gonna be dark soon." Not only that the rain was getting heavier again. The clouds moved in front of the sun, covering up the peaceful scene I had been staring at minutes before.
We were going to have to settle on another car. I was sure we were lost now. Neither of us knew where we were and Ellis was beginning to doubt that he would find his friends. If anything we would probably die out here. Of course I didn't tell him that.
"Hey, your leg." Ellis pointed out, kneeling down at my side and lifting my leg off the ground. A bruise had formed where the Charger had grabbed me and a few cuts joined it, following the rips in my pants. I hadn't even felt it. But know that he had brought it to my attention it was beginning to throb.
Ellis pulled out a rag from his pocket. I narrowed my eyes. How long has he had that? He wiped the blood from my leg until he could see the injuries clearly, none were to bad. Seeing as we had no bandages anyway, they had been left on the floor, he left it alone. It was only scratches.
Ellis, on the other hand, didn't look so good. His skin had gone pale. I feared that he had been slammed to the ground to hard with every cough. Not only that but he was beginning to limp again. He saw the look on my face and told me he was fine, just shaken up. But that was all he said. Not one story about his friends or some 'awesome' kill he had made once.
We settled on spending the night in another car, finding one that had already sounded its alarm. I jumped in the front seat, waiting for him to settle in the back with a gasp of surprise as I curled up against his injured side.
The rain was getting heavier again, the temperature dropping quickly. Neither one of us could keep the other warm, and we both began to shiver. My stomach growled, painful and empty. Ellis chuckled, patting my head.
"Looks like were screwed, huh pup?" His eyes were closed but I could see he was thinking.
I'm not real happy with this one :/
