Chapter 10: Killing Time.

I put pressure over the cut on my arm, with my other hand and pressed it tightly to my stomach. Dressing room, here I come.

There were a lot of midieval clothing on the racks. None of them would be missed, so I ripped up a white old dress and wrapped it around my cut, and secured it tightly.

Gun! I had to hurry up and get one. I picked up an STG and some ammo. It was a little heavy, but I'll manage. Tank found me and saw my arm bandaged up.

"Whoa! What happened?" he panicked.

"Don't tell me they're-"

"No!" I replied.

I hid my arm behind my back. "They're not. Well, yet anyways."

"You okay?" Tank asked as he walked closer. I backed up a little.

"Yes Im fine, I just slipped and cut a gash through my arm on a sharp edge" I explained

"Well we should bandage it better,

come Ill help you"

I smiled at him and we left the dressing room, headed to the theatre. Tank sat me down and went to a wooden crate and cracked it open with his huge sipes. He reached in and took out a small first aid kit.

He started scrambling around in the first aid kid. "there should be some bandages in here"

I watched his as he pulled out white bandage rolled up neatly.

He grinned "Here we go!"

He crouched down beside me and took my hand and rested it on his leg. He unraveled the horrible bandage that I had.

"Jeez, there cut sure is deep" Tank said while he dabbed it with cloth.

It didnt hurt a whole lot, it just stung a bit from time to time. Tank unravled the white bandage and held my hand, why my hand, I had a wrist you could of held too! When he started rapping my cut he looked at me we both made eye contact for about 5 awkward seconds.

"Where are the others?" I asked, just to break the awkward silence.

Tank stuttered a bit "Well I know that Nikolai is passed out from drinking, and Takeo went for a stroll, and who knows where Richtofen is at...and Im here with you" He smiled.

He finished wrapping my arm,but he didn't let go of my hand! Like dude you can let go.

"New gun?"He asked.

"Uh, yeah. I just got it before you showed up actually."

Tank nodded. "It seems like those freaks will be back in a bit. The others should be here too."

"That's good," I said. Man, conversations with this guy is definitely not smooth.

"Listen, about the other night," he said. "Do you really think I'd be like that?"

I shrugged. "I guess. I don't know you that well. Anything can be possible when you're cooped up in a place like this fighting for your life…"

What else could I have said to that? This was such a weird conversation though, and I didn't want to be part of it anymore.

He moved closer to me.

"Well, I'm not that type of guy."

It was getting kind of weird. "Well i guess you'll just have to prove it" I grinned.

"I guess.."

Dempsey leaned in and gave me a sweet kiss on my cheek, I sat their shocked and disbelieved. How do you react to that?

"Does that prove me?"

I gazed at the wall before answering."No."

I was confused of how that would prove him different, I was shocked of what just happened. I didn't know what to think of it, was it okay, was it wrong. My head was spinning.

He grinned "i guess ill have to prove more then" he winked after his sentence.

Nikolai and Takeo showed up, Thankfully, "Oh! Nikolai and Takeo!" I waved over Dempsey's shoulder.

Their timing could not have been better!

Nikolai waved back with a bottle of vodka in his hand. Takeo looked like he was full of shame.

"Is something wrong, Takeo?" I asked.

I moved away from Tank while he just sat there.

"He just got a feeling of what vodka was like, Heh." Nikolai said with a smile.

Takeo shuddered a little and shook his head. I didn't want to press for questions, but maybe later on.

Echoing throughout the theater,we heard boards breaking. Everything else was forgotten. There wasn't time to think about anything else. That is until Richtofen appeared. He didn't make eye contact with me. He only looked down as he walked past me, which didn't take him too many strides. All of us were reunited once again in a circle analyzing the zombies.

"I got the lobby," Tank said.

"I'll be your back up," Nikolai said.

Dempsey looked a little upset, after Nikolai volunteered too help him. Well i knew who he wanted his back up too be, but no thanks.

Nikolai finished his bottle and tossed it on the ground. It shattered a little bit where it landed. He and Tank then jogged towards the lobby.

Takeo silently walked towards the dressing room.

Leaving only Richtofen and me.

"I can handle them in here," I said.

But he was already going towards the alley.

Just thinking of me and Dempsey, did I become the girls I hate in books that become a whore halfway through, and then realize their mistakes in the end? Ah, hell no! Focus, Chloe,you have a bigger issue in here rather than thinking about Dempsey.

Looking on at the scenario I see that I am dealing with more Nova 6 crawlers than actual zombies. No matter. It was time to bring out my zombie strategies. I ran up to the turret machine and jumped off. I circled around and repeated my steps. There were a few zombies bunched up behind me. I could get away with this circle game for a little longer. Once more zombies came I jumped down from the stage. A couple of sprinters tried cutting me off. I waited for an opening before dashing past them. I looked back and saw I had the whole party running after me. I unloaded a few rounds of M16 on them. Some of their heads popped off while other zombies lost an arm. This gun thinned out the crowd, and I got a few knives in. More zombies started to spawn, and I repeated my strategy again.

It soon became a chore to breath. Those Nova 6 crawlers would put rotten cheese to shame. I had to get fresh air, but the only place where that could be found was in the alleyway, and was currently using the alley. I could hold off a little longer.

Pretty soon my eyes began to water. How could there be so many zombies at once? It must have been at least five rounds with only a few ammo drops. I heard the familiar Kaboom, and the zombies dropped with a cry. Thank you to whoever got that nuke! Looking around, I didn't see anymore zombies.

"Can anybody hear me?" I shouted.

My voice echoed throughout the cinema.

Tank appeared on top of the balcony.

"Loud and clear, doll face," he said.

I'll just ignore that nickname.

I was so sweaty and I wanted to vomit. Where were the showers? I'm sure we all needed two or three. Tank jumped down from the balcony with only broken seats to cushion his fall. Takeo showed up shortly after. He was cleaning off his katana.

"Whoa! That's a sweet sword" I said in amazement.

Takeo just stared at his sword as he polished it. Nikolai and Richtofen showed up by the teleporter. We all looked exhausted, no doubt, and smelled like an animal. Dempsey glanced at me before looking away and smiling to himself Aw, how cute. Not.

"So, uh, anyone else hungry?" Tank asked.

"I am always hungry!" Nikolai grunted.

"Can I go into town and look for food?" I offered.

"It's dangerous to go alone," Takeo said.

I looked at Richtofen then Nikolai, then Dempsey..

"I'll go," Tank said with slight excitment.

He was already dragging me away before I had a say in any of it. Oh boy. Let's see how this goes.