Chapter 10: Man to woman
Before the beast came anymore closer to her, the growls and roars of infected could be heard coming towards her! The distant gun fires of her allies were being fired in the distance, her attention was moved away from the tank and to the infected running inside the room.
She took a quick glance to see if her weapons were anywhere to be found, nothing. She mentally face palmed, but then as one of the infected charged towards her she swung her right fist, knocking the infected's head clean off! This gave her an idea!
The hoard came roaring and rushing into the house and Carley started swinging her fists and kicking the monsters, it was all working perfectly, the infected were constantly running inside. The blonde could hear the gun shots of her team mates not too far away.
Carley was throwing punches everywhere and kicking the ones that got out of hand away just to throw another fist smashing there jaws, her hands were soon covered in the creatures blood and guts but that wasn't her main priority at the moment! After the commons where cleared stood in front of her was the tank, her jaw dropped!
The teen dived the reach of the tank and under the sofa that had clearly been tossed around a few times lay her rifle! She ran over to it and grabbed the gun as quickly loaded it, the monster was almost within reach of the girl. She pulled the scope to her eye and tried desperately to get a perfect aim at the Tank's head, then BAM she fired, but the monster was still running towards her!
"Crap!" She cursed; she quickly raised the gun again firing almost blind aim hitting the creature in various body parts, the Tank was still running towards her roaring and filled with pure rage!
After a few more shots the gun clicked and no more bullets were fired, she had obviously run out of ammo. She backed away but then the blonde tripped and fell straight onto her ass, she looked at the object lying in front of her, it was her guitar!
After a gasp she lunged and grabbed the guitar, the tank roared and came charging towards the teen once again.
Carley swung the weapon wildly in a panic screaming with every swing, the creature stopped but she still continued to bash it rapidly. The tank brought its fist up into the air and swung it towards Carley, with one giant breath she shrieked and slammed her eyes shut.
She waited for her fait, her body tensing and getting ready for the impact, but then her eyes shot open when a loud BANG from a close by gun rang through her ears. Standing in front of her was a man wearing all black and a matching hat… it was Axel!
"Axel?" She was puzzled, the tank dropped to the floor from more shots coming from the window, the male spun around on his heels and it was indeed Axel! He had a big heart warming smile on his face.
Carley jumped on her toes and latched her arms around the male, she heard footsteps enter the room; she released her grip and looked at the figures standing behind Axel. Nick, Ellis and Corin stood with the light shining from behind them. But then the image was shattered when something hard smacked her across the face, "Don't do that again Carley!" an angry voice growled.
Carley jumped back into reality, "What the hell Axel!" She barked, the blonde could see the furious face on her friends face. "Don't you ever walk off like that again, you could have died!" Axel screamed, Carley had never seen this side of Axel, he was always quite and polite to people (which got him bullied she added).
"You two lets go!" Nick called, Axel sighed then spun around and walked over to the others, Carley grumbled and picked up the guitar. "What happened to the rifle?" Ellis questioned, "Out of ammo" Carley groaned.
Soon enough the five had continued there walk down the street, everyone was trying to be extra protective of Carley since her only weapon was a guitar.
There was a giant bit of cardboard with a sentence written on it, "Safe house five blocks away" it red in big, bold red letters. The nights sky was limiting there sight and adding to the terror everyone was feeling, "You okay Carley?" Corin's voice was soft, she nodded in reply.
Corin sighed then turned to Axel who seemed to be in a mood like an angry child, Corin couldn't blame him though he would feel the same if it was his best friend or sister...
On the trip to the new safe house they didn't run into much infected and the only special was an annoying spitter than took a liking to Nick.
They all dived into the safe house and let out a sigh of relief, Nick made sure that this safe room door was sealed and secure, he was never going to make that same almost fatal mistake again.
The house was a three bedroom, there were no complaints.
Nick and Ellis took the main master bedroom with a king sized bed, Axel and Corin took a room with two single beds but they joined them to make a double and Carley chose the smallest room with just a single and a bunch of clothes only some of which interested her.
The two male teens were the last ones to lie down after they all had something to eat; there was still the awkward silence between Axel and Carley. Corin was fed up with it, so he decided to question Axel and he knew exactly how to do it…
Corin had just finished placing all the dirty clothes in the bath tub then hanging them up, he didn't like the face he was standing there just in his boxers, but then again he wasn't the only one confined to just the minimum.
He stepped out of the bathroom, the homes walls were a pale white full of family pictures and portraits of the people who once lived there, Corin judged by the decoration they were a very dull family with three kids.
The male stepped into the chosen bedroom and saw Axel laying in the middle of the beds staring at the ceiling, he too was just in his shorts.
Corin quickly stepped over and lay beside Axel, the other male just sighed. Corin jumped up and pinned Axel down, "What the h…?" Axel protested with a light blush on his face. The teen brought his head closer to Axel's neck and smirked, he could feel Axel heating up from the nerves and trying to slightly protest.
Corin let his hand drift down Axel's chest, "Now you tell me one thing?" He whispered into Axel's ear.
"W… what?" Axel whimpered, "Before I do anything, you have to tell me why you aren't, speaking to Carley?" Corin whispered, Axel frowned slightly.
"Fine I'll talk to her again" He rolled his eyes, "Good" Corin devilishly smirked then suddenly bit down on Axel's neck causing him to squirm.
Meanwhile in a room further down the hall, Carley lay on her bed fast asleep…
The night's sky covered the street and the stars were dancing in the sky, it was about midnight when everyone was ether in there houses or out at a club. The streets outside were silent, Carley stomped out of a white house, her eyes filled with rage, "Carley Coalstane get back here!" A middle aged woman emerged from the home.
"Screw you your not my real mom!" Carley barked, the woman seemed offended, "Your mother put me in charge of you an Axel so you listen to me young lady!" the woman screamed.
A male around the same age as Carley came running from the other side of the house, "Carley please don't go" He pleaded, "No Axel! I can't stand them, so you can ether stay or come with me!" She growled and passed angry glances at the woman at the door.
Axel placed a hand on Carley's shoulder, "Please don't go" Axel's eyes filled with tears. "Axel Briggs what are you doing young man!" The woman wailed, Axel rolled his eyes. "Fuck you!" Carley raised her hand and flipped off the woman then stomped off down the street.
Axel ran after the teen calling her name…
Carley's eyes shot open, she found herself staring into darkness, she was heavy breathing and panting, and she seemed to be covered in sweat. "What the…?" She shook her head, she was confused about why the memory of her running away two years ago just suddenly rose up… But then something triggered, it was the night when Axel went missing and she was in heavy flows of tears for two days straight because they couldn't find him… It did turn out he was with his real parents due to them having a new baby but still she was worried sick!
She then thought it would have been her mind telling her that she put Axel through the same worry…
She slapped herself hard across the face, then smirked.