So yeh, Chapter 9. New character!


Matt's POV

Wyatt helped me into the safe room. My wound doesn't hurt as much, only if I move around a lot. "What are we going to do about Alex?" Wyatt whispered to me. "Just leave her alone, it was only instinct." That's what I wanted to believe. I don't know if she really wanted to kill them or not. What did she mean by 'craving'? I was worried about her. Alex sat down by the red door. "Are you okay?" I asked when Wyatt helped me to the couch. "Yes." She said, she still sounded like weird. I decided to leave her alone. Wyatt yawned. "I think we should rest for awhile." I said and Wyatt was already half asleep. Alex didn't say anything. I'm quite surprised Wyatt didn't go near Alex; he just sat down next to me. I think he's afraid of her. I yawned. "Wake me up when you wake up, okay?" I said to Wyatt, I didn't hear anything back from him so I just fell asleep.

I felt something nudge me, "Wake up! Hurry!" I blinked a few times to see Wyatt nudging me awake. "What is it?" I asked still half asleep. "It's Alex, She's gone!" What? "What do you mean she's gone?" I asked almost yelled. He pointed to the door, "I looked everywhere, and the door is slightly open to." He said franticly. "She couldn't have gotten far, the sun is still up. But it's setting so we don't have much time." I said and grabbed our bags. She left her bag. "We'll come back for it when we find her." I said, I couldn't carry more then 2 bags without my bullet wound hurting. "Let's go." I said.

Zack's POV


"Rose! No!" I ran over to her corpse. I looked at the survivors. There were only two of them; I can take them down easily. I stood up, and they backed up a bit. "Dude, he doesn't look happy. And he spoke." One of the survivors said, they were still backing up. "I think we should run now dude." The first person was to slow. I pounced him. "Help!" he yelled. "Sorry dude I want to live." And he ran off. The man struggled to get me off but he was failing. "You're not getting away." I yelled and I ripped and clawed at the man who took my partner's life. Within seconds the human was dead. I didn't worry about the one who got away; he won't last for very much longer. I got up and walked over to my partner Rose. "I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough to save you." I guess helping those survivors was a bad idea, and she was already injured from a tank we fought. "I'm sorry." I walked away. I can't do anything about it, she was already gone. It's getting dark, I better find shelter, I don't like being out here alone. I don't think a safe house would work, humans sleep there. I won't last long without Rose; I have to find a new partner. I didn't like the sound of replacing Rose but being alone just isn't going to work. I came across a house that wasn't broken into. I'll stay here for the night; I hope I find someone new tomorrow.

The sun came up and unfortunately I fell asleep next to a window and the sun came through. I woke up to the burning pain of the sun. I turned away from it but my eyes still burned. Might as will get up. When I got up my hood fell down. There was a mirror close by and I saw my three long scars. These were self inflicted, the sun almost caused me to claw my eyes out, Rose told me not to, and even if the sun is unbearable I shouldn't do it. I pulled my hood back over my eyes; I didn't like looking at those scars.

When I finally got up I wandered around the abandon house for a bit. I looked outside and there's some infected wandering around, they all have blood on them and they look dried out and starting to decay. It smelled bad outside, we considering the fact that my senses are more advanced from when I was human. Rose told me that after she bit me on the boat. She told be that she remembers everything from when she was human. When I woke up after being infected she told me everything that she knew about me. Glad to know that much. I was surprised it took me that long to figure out that she was bitten, I found out when she bit me. I was in shock I honestly didn't want to be a mindless, flesh eating, and zombie. I'm glad that I'm not a common infected; I became a hunter just like Rose was. "Might as well leave this place" I said to myself. I hate being in one place for too long, I feel like I have to move around a lot so I don't get shot or attacked by a Tank. Last Tank attack didn't end well. I wish I was strong enough to save Rose from getting injured from it.

When I finally left the abandon house I saw a Hunter from down the street, it was running. I couldn't tell if it was running from something or after something. I decided to follow it to see if it's hostile, I might have found my new hunting partner. I didn't climb on the roof tops just to be safe. I don't want the Hunter seeing me and coming for me, I've seen it happen before. The Infected are killing each other now for no reason. I found out what the Hunter was doing, and I found out that it's a 'she' She was going after a girl, the female Hunter was covered in blood and it looked sort of fresh. "No!" The human girl yelled. The female Hunter got into pounce position and pounced on the girl. She was struggling to get the Hunter off of her but was failing. The girl was dead in a matter of seconds and the female Hunter ran off. I followed. I hid in the alley ways as I followed this Hunter, she stopped and looked around, and then she started to scratch around her yes. "This is unbearable!" I heard her yell. She hasn't lost her mind yet, she can still talk. That was a good sign. Normally when a Hunter starts to kill and get the cravings they lose the humanity that had left. It doesn't take long for that to happen, with some it can take minutes after their first kill, with others it can take longer. Looks to me she still has some time before she loses her humanity completely.

The Hunter I followed sat under a tree to shield her from the sun. I was glad that I wasn't the only one that can't stand the sun. It's very uncomfortable and I would rather be out at night, but that's way more dangerous then being out during the day. Some of the insane survivors go out during the night. They will shoot down anything that moves, even the non-infected. It's insane if you ask me. It's like some of the survivors want to get infected. I once saw this man, he looked around 25, and he was tall. There was a car with an alarm in it. He shot the car on purpose, he dropped his guns and was laughing loud, and when the horde came he ran towards them and started to punch them. It wasn't long before the infected started to punch and kick back. A few of them started to bite him. After the horde left there was literally nothing left of the man. It was crazy. So back to the Hunter girl. She hasn't done much really. She is still sitting there, and she would claw at her eyes for a few second then stop suddenly. She doesn't look hostile. 'Should I approach her?' I thought to myself. She was checking her surroundings and then she looked in my direction. 'Crap she saw me!' I heard her growl at me. Following her was probably a bad idea. She might be hostile. I couldn't tell. She got up, 'I guess it's time to introduce myself' I crawled out of the alley way I was in, and I stopped in the middle of the road. She didn't move she just sat there, but she did stop growling at me. She leaned against the tree and waited. I felt at ease when she didn't come and attack me. I walked over to her and sat down under the tree. "Are you okay?" I asked her. She nodded. It was kind of awkward at first. She didn't talk at all. "So a, what are you doing out here?" I asked again. She signed. "I didn't want my friends to see me like this." She said "Oh, even though it's not my business but why did you attack that girl?" She didn't say anything; she just stood up and walked away. "Where are you going?" "I have to find my friends. I think they are worried about me." "Uh mind if I come with?" She nodded. "What do I call you?" She asked. "Uh just call me Zack." I was going to say Rose but I couldn't. Just thinking about her made me sad. "You have to keep up though. I'm not waiting for you." She said. She doesn't sound too happy. I wonder what happened. Well I shouldn't ask much. I just met the girl and I honestly don't trust her. "So uh, who are we looking for?" I asked as we walked. "My friends Matt and Wyatt."

It only took us a few minutes to pass the girl that she killed. I looked at the body; maggots were already crawling all over the girl. It was gruesome. "So uh how far did you stray away from your group?" She shrugged. "I don't know, a few miles I guess" I just realized I didn't know her name. Can I ask you something?" She turned to me. "Go ahead. Oh and don't ask if you can ask me something, you've been asking me stuff since we met." She said. "Uh what can I call you? And sorry." She sighed "Don't be sorry, and call me Alex. That's what my friends call me." She said.

"Alex! Where are you?" I heard in the distance. "I think I hear my friends!" her tone sounded happy, I guess that's a good thing. She ran down the street and suddenly stopped. "Are you coming?" I nodded. I don't know if I can trust these Hunters. What if they are hostile and just good at hiding it? I slowly walked and she ran. I could see them running towards Alex. I ran to where Alex was, keeping up with her pace. "Uh how is this?" The taller Hunter said. Alex smiled and hugged him. "I'm so sorry Matt! I should have never left, I had to-" She stopped in mid sentence. I think she was about to tell them what happened. "Where have you been? I was so worried. Wyatt was too." I looked at the little thing next to Matt. He wasn't a Hunter, he was a Witch. I didn't know Witches could be male. I guess I thought wrong. "Uh so who are you?" Matt asked me. I looked down. "I'm Zack." I said. Matt didn't say anything after. Alex hugged Matt again. "I promise I will never leave you guys again." She said with a smile. "You have blood all over you, here" Matt took off his hoodie. He had a blue shirt one and he handed his hoodie to Alex. Matt didn't have any scars on his face what so ever. "Are you sure?" She asked. Matt nodded. Alex takes her bloodstained hoodie and she had a black shirt on. Matt touched the hoodie and noticed that it was almost fresh blood. He looked up at Alex "What did you do?" Alex sighed. "I'm sorry I had to do it. She got away; she didn't deserve to live after that." Matt looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry about it, just please promise me that you don't do it again. I was scared that I was going to lose you." Is there something going on between these two? "Let's go. We have to get to New Jersey before it's over run by those zombies." "Why New Jersey?" I asked. Is it possible that they have someone waiting for them? Matt pulled out a second hoodie and dropped Alex's old hoodie. "Oh we kind of left your bag; I couldn't carry it, my wound still kind of hurts." Alex pulled Matt's hoodie over her head. "It's okay; I don't think I will need it." She said. "Oh we are headed to New Jersey because there's a cure there." I laughed. "Do you honestly think that? I haven't heard of anything like that. I mean do you think that they can change you back to human?" I didn't say this out loud but I hated humans, they took Rose from me.

"My parents are there. I have a feeling that everything is going to be okay. I don't know if it will work on people who have been infected. But it wouldn't hurt to see my parents. I hope they are alright." He sounded serious. "I don't think it's a good idea though, those humans kill the infected. Guess what we are? We are Hunters, we are infected. If we even dare step foot on C.E.D.A. property we will get shot down." This is a suicide mission. Is this guy serious? "I don't know about you but I am going to C.E.D.A. I don't want to live my life as a zombie. I might not know what's going to happen. All I know is that we will never know unless we try." I stopped. "Let's go guys. It's getting late." Matt started to walk away. "You're welcome to come with us." He said. 'Should I follow them?' I asked myself. 'What are the chances of finding two Hunters that aren't hostile and a little male witch?' I knew somewhere in my heart I could at least try to trust them. Maybe it's safer if I do, what harm could it do if I came with them. I'm kind of jealous of Matt really. He has a girl, and a little companion. I lost mine because I was stupid and wanted to help those survivors.

"I'll come with you." I said when I caught up to them. "It's getting late so let's find somewhere to stay. But not a Safe house, humans go in there. I don't want to risk it." I said. I saw Matt smile. "Okay, I'll tell you how I met these guys and our stories too. Where do you suggest we stay?" He asked. "Well, I normally break into homes that are barricaded. Humans normally don't try to enter those." I ask. "Dude, what's your deal with the humans?" I shook my head. "I'll tell you later" I didn't want to tell them about what happened to Rose just yet. "Oh look, there's a house we can stay in." I pointed to an abandon house. It was a one story and it was boarded up with wood. "How are we going to get in?" Wyatt asked. I motioned everyone to follow me to the back. "I normally break in from the back. There are normally windows." There was some infected wandering about in the yard; they didn't seem to pay any attention to us what so ever. "Matt, help me pull this board off." He came over to the window and helped me with the wooden board from the window frame. "This is how I break into houses." Rose taught me how to when I first met her. She was still human at the time; she told me that she hated to be around people she really didn't know to well. Same with me, I hated being around people I didn't know and trust, for some reason, she was different, she taught me how to survive this zombie world. "Is there any electricity?" Alex asked. "No not in the abandon houses. Sorry." Matt just shrugged. "I can see pretty well in the dark, it doesn't bother me to much. Wyatt clung to Alex and wouldn't let her go. "It's okay Wyatt, I'm here." Alex said. From what I can tell, Wyatt sees Alex like a bigger sister.

"So ah what's your story?" Matt asked me. "Well mine just kind of recently happened, hard to talk about. And I don't trust you guys enough too." I can already tell what they were thinking 'This guy has major trust issues.' I didn't care. It's better to be safe then sorry. I remember this guy in a church. He kept saying 'Better safe then sorry.' Repeatedly. Rose and I decided to leave him alone. He was freaky. I don't know what happened to the man in the church. I think he might have turned into a zombie. "Uh okay. I guess I tell you mine," Matt started. "Oh but before I do, let me just tell you something. This trust issue you have with us isn't going to work out so well. We aren't going to kill you or leave you alone. Learn to trust." He said. I just nodded. It might be a while before I can trust them, I can never be too careful with who I am with.

About an hour passed and everyone told me their story. I do feel bad for Wyatt. He's so young; I shouldn't feel bad for myself over Rose's death. This poor kid killed is parents because he was scared. I would too if I woke up and seeing strangers come up to me. "Can you at least tell us something about you?" Wyatt Asked. I shook my head. "Some other day."

Alex was sitting by a window just staring out at the zombies. Matt came and sat by her. "What's wrong?" He asked her. She sighed. "I just think we are lucky that we aren't like them." She was referring to the common infected. "Even though I might end up like them if I keep thinking like this." She said. Matt shook his head. "No your not. Just tell me if you start to feel that way again. I'm glad you're back to normal though." He smiled. I wondered why he walks around with his hood down. He looks human; I bet he could pass off as one to. I hate humans.


Sorry it's such a long chapter! I had a lot of editing to do on it and I didn't add and Alex POV. So this new character was from Spark The Hunter, Thank you so much for the character. Sorry if I didn't get him spot on from what your wanted but I tried. I also want to thank all of you for the reveiws and yeh. Oh for the ones who wanted some romance. I tried but I suck at romance. I will try harder next chapter I promise. And Alex is back to normal for the most part.. But that will change in later chapters. Thanks again. Your reviews make me want to write more.