Hey guys! I am back again! This chapter was so exciting for me to write! For once I am actually proud (*gasp*) of this chapter! :)
Nothing more to say apart from that I will be updating my other story Agent Mitchell later next week! :)
Enjoy reading guys! :)
CHAPTER 8
"What the fuck?!" Beca screamed as she and Chloe bolted out of their bedroom, they smelt smoke and they heard screaming coming from downstairs.
Aubrey and Stacie bolted out of the bathroom seconds later they saw Beca and Chloe walking towards them.
"What's going on?!" Stacie exclaimed she looked around desperately, "And where is Lucy?!" she added.
"Shit! What the hell is-" Aubrey was cut off by a scream which sounded like Lucy, Stacie felt like her heart had stopped, her face changed colors to red, she clenched her fists but hissed at the sharp pain in her shoulder.
"Fuck! If someone is here... then that means..." Stacie trailed off, looking worried and angry at the same time.
"Lucy!" all four girls shouted in realization, Stacie clenched her teeth in anger and started moving without realizing it.
Stacie found herself downstairs in a flash, she took the situation in before her, Cynthia Rose and Denise were on the ground, not moving, blood flowing down on their cheeks, and a huge hole in their forehead, Stacie felt her stomach turn at the sight. Fat Amy was hiding behind a couch, Lilly and Jessica were on their knees with someone standing behind them, they were armed, Lucy was nowhere to be seen... However Stacie's eyes settled on the man giving out all the instructions.
Aaron...
"Hello dyke, nice to see you again." Aaron spat as he turned to look at Stacie who was holding her shoulder.
"Where's Lucy? WHERE IS SHE?!" Stacie screamed as she walked forward fully intending on ripping Aaron's head off with her bare hands.
"Oh the little girl... she is finally reunited with her mother..." Aaron growled as he walked towards Stacie.
"HER MOTHER IS DEAD!" Stacie hissed, her cheeks red in anger and her eyes were showing one thing; Fury.
"No, she went on a business trip, her mother was almost killed by zombies, I saved her, I GAVE HER SOMEWHERE TO STAY! So no... her mother isn't dead." Aaron spoke, his voice full of anger but at the same time, it also hinted at sadness.
"Lucy stays here, with us, she belongs here!" Stacie spat taking a few menacing steps towards Aaron.
"Do you have any idea how happy she was to see her mother, she shouted in joy and hugged her, she is glad to be gone, it was written all over her face, stop being such a selfish dyke and just let the girl go back to where she belongs!" Aaron growled.
At that moment Aubrey, Chloe and Beca raced down the stairs, they took in the situation before them, Chloe's eyes widened and she took hold of Beca's hand, Beca was shaking in fear (not like she would ever admit it). Aubrey narrowed her eyes and then practically drilled holes into Aaron's head with her glare.
"Oh look, more dykes, wonderful!" Aaron spat as he glared back at Aubrey.
"Don't you dare call them that!" Stacie growled, Aaron just laughed menacingly, which made Stacie clench her fist tightly, so tight she possibly drawing blood.
"Boss?" A male voice called out from where the kitchen.
"What do you want?" Aaron growled, the man visibly gulped before answering, "We accidentally put a hole into the alcohol bottles, the alcohol all ended up on the floor and we knocked down a lighter and it has been lit." The man said shaking, Aaron nodded, "That is what we were trying to achieve, nice work Oliver, you might end up as my main man one day." Aaron for once smiled making Oliver gulp in fear before faking a smile and walking off.
"Have fun distinguishing the fire dykes!" Aaron said with a sick smile before he made a hand gesture, which made his group nod and they followed him out, Lilly and Jessica stood up and ran over to Cynthia Rose and Denise, Amy sat down and started to cry.
"Oh my god! Lucy!" Stacie whispered as she knelt down and cried into her hands.
"Stacie! There is a fire! They wont hurt Lucy! You have to help us distinguish it!" Beca said putting an arm around Stacie's shaking form.
"They took her!" Stacie screamed in anger as she pound her fist into the floor.
"Stace, you have to listen! If you don't help us we will all die! If we die there is no way to get Lucy back!" Beca tried to comfort and suddenly Stacie started to shake more and sobbed louder.
"Beca! It's no use! The fire is growing! We need to leave!" Chloe shouted in panic.
"We cant leave! Everything we have is here!" Aubrey argued.
"The fire is too big we cannot do anything about it!" Chloe argued back.
"What are we going to do?" Aubrey asked in panic.
"Get everyone round up and take the bus and leave." Chloe spoke, and looked at the rest of the remaining Bellas who were crying, and kneeling down.
"Everyone, we have to go, now!" Chloe said taking charge, everyone who survived looked at her and nodded.
"Okay, everyone go to the minibus! GO!" Chloe ordered, pacing around, before grabbing Beca's hand and running outside, being careful to avoid the flames.
Stacie was still on the ground, she tucked her knees to her chest, however she wasn't crying anymore, by this time, everyone else apart from one person gathered by the bus.
"Stace we have to go!" Aubrey pleaded as she put her arms around Stacie, helping her up.
"I'm s-so s-sorry." Stacie sobbed once more, Aubrey cupped Stacie's cheeks before pressing a soft and chaste kiss to her lips.
"It's fine Stacie now come on, we have to leave!" Aubrey pointed out before grabbing Stacie's hand and leading her outside.
The two of them jogged over to where Beca, Chloe, Jessica and Lilly were.
"Wait, where's Amy?" Beca panicked suddenly.
"Oh fuck! She must be inside!" Chloe exclaimed pacing around.
"We have to save her!" Jessica pointed out.
"We cant! Look at those flames! The roof will be on fire any second now! Look at the smoke!" Beca shouted.
"Once a Bella, always a Bella! She is one of us Beca, we cant leave her! She is my best friend!" Jessica pleaded, Beca sighed and rubbed her temples.
"I'll try, if I don't come out in five minutes, you all have to leave!" Beca said, Chloe didn't look happy at all by Beca's statement.
"Beca no, I will not allow it!" Chloe spoke a bit louder and colder than she intended.
"Chloe, if she is alive we cant leave her! Think about this!" Beca pleaded.
"Just... be careful..." Chloe trailed off, looking sad and worried, Beca hesitantly walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her, she broke away a few moments later.
"That's how I am still alive right?" Beca rhetorically asked before she began to jog towards the house.
As Beca stepped into the house she scrunched her nose up and covered her nose with the sleeve of her shirt.
"Amy?" Beca coughed but she heard no reply.
"AMY?!"
No reply...
"FAT AMY?!" Beca desperately searched and that was the moment she saw blonde hair, she noticed Amy lying on the floor, holding her side.
"Shortstack?" Amy croaked.
"Amy!" Beca said in relief.
"What's happening?" Amy asked coughing.
"Cant you see? The place is burning down, we need to move!" Beca coughed.
"I am not going anywhere..." Amy trailed off, Beca's eyes started to become blurry but she wiped the tears with her sleeve.
"Yes you are! Come on!" Beca begged as she tried to help Amy stand up.
"I am not, I am injured, I will only be in the way." Amy pointed out.
"Amy! Please-" Beca started but then she got cut off by some of the ceiling falling down behind her.
"Shortstack you need to leave, promise me that you will kick ass, and also get your head out of your ass and get your girl, we all know you like the ginger, we can all see it, please survive for us... Once a Bella...-" Amy tried to finish her sentence but Beca finished it for her.
"Always a Bella..." Beca finished tears spilling from her eyes, Amy smiled and drew her last breath.
Beca gasped as she felt Amy's pulse fade away, she felt her eyes filling with more and more tears until she realized that she was sobbing.
Beca wiped her eyes with her sleeve and got up, she took on last look at Amy before starting to carefully jog out of the house.
As she was about to get to the door another part of the ceiling fell down behind her and she tried to open the door.
It was stuck...
"Oh my god! Come on!" Beca screamed as she desperately pounded on the door, she tried to shoulder push the door open but it didn't work, she decided to back away and she ran at the door and kicked it as hard as she could, even the door hinge flew as she kicked it open.
Beca coughed and through the thick smoke she ran the rest of the remaining Bella's standing by the bus, Stacie looked really pissed off, Aubrey was trying to comfort her, Chloe was crying into her hands, Jessica was staring into blank space and Lilly was playing with her hair.
"BECA!" Chloe screamed as she saw Beca come out of the house, Chloe ran over to Beca and hugged her tight, so tight Beca couldn't breathe.
"Chlo..." Beca whispered as she ran her hands through Chloe's hair, however a voice made them break apart.
"Where's Amy?" Jessica asked as she waked closer to the two.
"She's-" Beca tried but got stuck on her words.
"Beca? What happened to her? BECA?!" Jessica panicked already knowing what Beca will say, but she didn't want to believe it herself.
"She's gone..." Beca whimpered, everyone gasped around her, even Lilly gasped.
"What do you mean?" Jessica asked, tears gathering in her eyes.
"She's dead!" Beca rushed out, Jessica's eyes widened and she clenched her fists.
"She can't be..." Jessica trailed off, not believing it herself.
"I'm sorry..." Beca said sincerely, patting Jessica on the arm before getting into the bus.
Everyone apart from Jessica did the same as Beca, they got into the bus, Jessica just stood still and watched as the flames roared.
After a few moments the house collapsed and Jessica gasped and covered her eyes, tears forming in her eyes.
"Come on Jessica! We have to go!" Aubrey shouted from the bus, Jessica looked back at her and nodded sadly, walking into the bus and closing the door.
No one was in the shape to do anything, Jessica was definitely not going to talk any time soon, Lilly never really talked to begin with, Aubrey was sat with Stacie, cuddling into her side and Beca was sat behind the drivers seat, Chloe was the one driving this time.
Most of the journey was spent in silence, they had no idea where they were going, but they followed where the freeway was heading.
After an hour or so Chloe took a turn to the left which was heading off of the freeway, the road was leading to a forest which was kind of creepy, it was starting to get dark outside, the sun was setting over the horizon.
They were about halfway through the forest when the bus suddenly stopped.
"What the hell?" Aubrey shrieked.
"Out of fuel..." Chloe trailed off banging her hand against the window next to her.
"Guys, not to worry you, but there is a whole horde in front of us..." Stacie trailed off pointing in front of the bus.
"Sonofabitch!" Beca screamed before Aubrey put a hand in front of her mouth to muffle her scream.
"Beca shut up!" Aubrey whispered loud.
"The horde looks to be coming towards us..." Chloe warned.
"Oh no... everyone stay quiet!" Aubrey ordered as she made a 'Shhh' sound when Beca opened her mouth to talk.
And so silence came over everyone, it was true what Chloe said, the horde was coming towards them, in about ten minutes time the horde had passed, the zombies were just wandering aimlessly, their groans and moans filled the silence, everyone was taking short and anxious breaths, careful to not let the zombies know that they are there.
"Alright Bella's we need a plan, like ASAP, the bus is out of fuel, we lost four more of our group, three dead and one kidnapped, we need fuel to get out of here, we don't have anything, we lost everything..." Aubrey spoke.
"We need fuel, otherwise we will all freeze to death out here, especially now that it's almost winter." Beca pointed out.
"We need someone to go and get the fuel, otherwise, like Beca said, we will freeze to death." Aubrey agreed.
"I could go, I am quick and the fuel station isn't that far, there is one just about two minutes away." Beca suggested.
"Beca that would be great but are you sure, a lot of stuff happened recently...?" Aubrey asked.
"Someone has to Aubrey, I don't want any of you guys to get hurt." Beca admitted, a chorus of 'Awws' filled the silence which was followed after Beca finished her sentence.
"Alright, Beca, be careful, if you wont be back in thirty minutes someone will come and get you." Aubrey assured.
"Alright Bree, I will be back shortly." Beca stated, and much to everyone's surprise Aubrey went up and hugged Beca tight, Beca stiffened before hugging back gently.
"Aww..." Stacie cooed smiling slightly.
"Ahem, anyways you should go..." Aubrey said blushing, Chloe glared at Aubrey, Chloe was jealous.
"Be careful, Beca." Chloe said a bit colder than intended, but nonetheless went up and hugged Beca.
"That's how I'm still alive right?" Beca playfully asked, hoping to lighten the mood a little, her words made a few snorts escape from the rest of the Bellas.
"Alright I will be back soon!" Beca said before opening the door and walking outside.
It was very dark by the time the girls negotiated who is going to get the fuel, as Beca breathed the cool night air in she felt hope wash over her. She heard crickets chirping and she heard the faint voice of the Bella's talking.
"Better get going..." Beca thought to herself and she began walking, towards the direction that the bus was pointing towards to.
How could everything go to hell so easily? First it was losing Ashley, then Jessica getting bitten, then Stacie gets shot, then Aaron's group attacks them, CR, Denise and Fat Amy were lost and Lucy was technically kidnapped, now the bus is out of fuel.
What else could go wrong?
Beca started to walk quicker when she realized that it was raining, her hair was soaked in seconds, the wind was whistling, thankfully she saw the fuel station after a few long steps.
Before she knew it she was by the fuel station, picking up an empty fuel container and she filled it with diesel.
As she was filling it she heard a noise behind her, she swiftly turned around and realized that it was a little puppy, it was a little German Shepherd puppy which looked to be about four months old, it was wagging it's tail in happiness.
"Hey boy..." Beca said after checking the puppy's collar, he was called Buddy. Buddy barked at her in a friendly way.
"What are you doing here?" Beca asked, Buddy jumped about, chasing his tail.
"Okay then, I have to get fuel, so, excuse me." Beca said trying not to pay too much attention at Buddy, he was so fluffy and looked so cheerful.
After Beca filled the fuel container she heard rustling behind her and she turned around, Buddy growled.
A man emerged from behind the trees, he was wearing a cloak, it was hard to see his face but he was armed, he had a revolver.
"What are you doing here?" The man hissed.
"Getting fuel?" Beca answered questioningly.
"I can see that, I mean in terms of, why are you here in this forest?" The man asked.
"Well we were escaping an attack from this man called Aaron, our bus broke down." Beca explained, being calm for whatever reason.
"Aaron?" The man asked, lowering his gun.
"Well yeah, two of our group members met him like a few hours ago, then he came and set fire to our base." Beca sniffed at the memory.
"Hmm, he gave us a lot of trouble, in fact my group got attacked a few hours ago as well, we moved out here where he cannot find us. My name is Adam by the way, nice to meet you." Adam introduced himself in a strangely formal manner.
"I am Beca, wait, have you seen two girls by any chance? One was a brunette and the other one was blonde?" Beca asked and Adam took a deep breath.
"Yes I have, and I was the one to shoot the brunette, it was an instinct, our group is taught to kill anyone who is stalling, as they might be stalling so an ambush can happen." Adam explained, regret filling his voice.
"You shot her? Just because she became nervous?!" Beca spat.
"I'm sorry, it was an instinct." Adam tried to explain.
"Your instinct got my friend Ashley killed and my other friend Jessica to get bitten and she had to get her arm cut off, thanks to your instincts." Beca growled.
Adam sighed and took his cloak off, he was a man in his mid thirties, he had a clean shaven face and short spiky black hair, he had a few scars on his cheeks, forehead and he even had a scar slashing into his eyebrows.
"These are all of the scars that taught me my current instincts, I am sorry, if it helps we could make a deal. You stay safe and we give you food, does that sound fair?" Adam asked, Beca's eyes widened when she actually realized that Adam was being serious.
"Really?" Beca asked suspiciously, Adam nodded and smiled which showed nothing but honesty.
"Yeah, take your fuel back to your group stay safe, how about we meet here tomorrow morning at 9:45 am?" Adam asked.
"Y-yeah! Sounds great! Thank you!" Beca said, clearly grateful.
"Make sure to take care of your puppy, there are not a lot of nice things remaining in this world." Adam pointed out.
"Oh he isn't my puppy I literally found him as I got here." Beca admitted.
"Still, take care of it, see you tomorrow bright and early, if you want to you could bring your group over here for the deal, anyways stay safe!" Adam suggested before putting his cloak back on and walking off with one final wave.
Beca started to laugh and cry at the same time, things were finally looking up, even Buddy started to chase is tail in happiness.
Beca picked up the fuel canister and looked at Buddy, "Do you want to come with me?" Beca asked rhetorically, Buddy barked, Beca smiled before starting to slowly jog.
"Come on Buddy, lets go!" Beca said enthusiastically, Buddy started to run along side her and for once in a long time, Beca felt hope.
Things might just turn out okay...
Hey guys! I hope you guys liked this chapter, sorry for all of the killing but I tried to make it more realistic.
So what do you guys think about Adam now? Will he keep his word? Or will everything go to hell?
Anyways so this chapter was supposed to come out Monday but the thing is, my boyfriend was supposed to come over today and stay till tomorrow (Sunday) but something happened which made the plans change, so now he will hopefully be coming over here tomorrow and staying until Monday! :D
Reviews, opinion and suggestions are always welcome! :) And your guy's support means the world to me!
Anyways see you guys next week! :)