Today was their second day without food for water. Their throats were dry and it felt like someone was slowly and painfully scrapping off their flesh and organs. Roxy felt as if she was going to faint. She glanced over to Owen, he looked like he had given up. The fire that once sparked in his eyes were gone and what remained was the outline of a sad, hopeless child. She then looked over to Aiden. He'd changed A LOT since the apocalypse first started. The once happy-go-lucky, DC loving boy was long gone and it was now replaced with a strong, serious, confidant young man. Although Aiden tried to keep his cool, Roxy could tell that he was in pain. And then there was her, she was so dirty and scrawny. Her hair was a mess and her glasses were cracked, her body was covered with several wounds and her pink jacket was ripped and stained with mud and dirt along with her shirt and pants. Long story short, she looked a lot more messed up then Owen and Aiden, and not in a good way.
Roxy walked into her house and locked the door. She dumped her things at the front and stumbled to her room. She sat on her bed and neatly placed her glasses on the bedside table. She crawled underneath the covers and went to sleep. However, a few hours later she was woken up by her phones ringtone. She sat up and answered her phone, not bothering to put her glasses on. "Hello?" She sleepily said. "Hello?! Roxy?! Are you there?!". Roxy was completely woken up from hearing the familiar, panicked voice on the phone. "Mom?" Roxy asked. "Roxy! Oh thank god you're okay! Listen, you have to come home IMMEDIATELY!" Her mother said. "Mom, are you okay? What's going on?" Roxy asked, worried. "There's no time to explain! Just hurry up and-…" "Mom?" "Roxy, listen, you have to… AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-" "Mom?!". The phone cut off. Roxy jumped out of bed and got dressed. She grabbed a bag and just threw a bunch of random things in it out of panic. She got her car keys and ran to the front door. When she opened it, she was greeted by 5 walking corpses.
Roxy screamed on instinct, gaining the attention of all the corpses. Roxy slammed the door as the zombies stumbled towards her. The zombies banged on her door, Roxy feared that they'd eventually break down her door and that she'd become zombie food. She ran into her backyard and crawled over the fence. She snuck around to her neighbor's house and knocked on the door in desperation. When the door finally opened she darted inside. "Roxy?" "Mrs Cramburry!". Mrs Cramburry was a very kind, old lady who always went around and dropped presents on everyone's doorsteps every Christmas, Easter and Birthday. And she was like a Godmother to Roxy. "Roxy dear, what is the matter?" She asked. "Haven't you seen the news?! The dead are coming back to life and eating everyone!" Roxy exclaimed. Mrs Cramburry chuckled "Oh goodness dear that's nonsense. I think you should stop watching so much TV before bed.". "It's not nonsense! It's happening!" Roxy yelled. Mrs Cramburry sighed "Listen dear, if it makes you feel better you can stay her for a bit and I can make us some tea-" Mrs Cramburry was cut off as a zombie came up behind her and bit into her neck, ripping out her flesh and vocal cords. The air was filled by the screams of Roxy and the gargled screams of Mrs Cramburry. Roxy stumbled back in both fear and shock. Tears streaming down her face as she watched the gruesome scene play in front of her. She leaped over the zombie and ran, as fast and as far as she could. So many people yelled at her, begging for her help, but she just ignored them and kept on running. After about 10 minutes or so she eventually ran into a building. There was ringing in her ears and everything started to go black as she fell to the ground.
Roxy slowly opened her eyes, she sat up and looked around her. Then she remembered what had happened. She stood up in a flash and checked her surroundings. Nothing. Roxy sighed in relief. She peeked behind a building, there were a few zombies here and there. She could've run straight past them but that would be suicide. Then suddenly, two, strong hands clapped around her. One covered her mouth to muffle her screams and the other wrapped around her body to prevent her from escaping. Roxy tried to struggle out the death grip but failed. She screamed into the hand as loud as she could, but she could not be heard. "Shh, hey Roxy. Calm down, it's me. Hey." A voice whispered. Roxy looked over her shoulder and her blue/green eyes were met with brown ones. It was Aiden.
Roxy stopped screaming and struggling and Aiden loosened his grip on her. "Aiden, what the hell. You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Roxy whisper shouted. "Sorry. But anyway we gotta get outta here." Aiden looked around the building. "There's only a few, we can take them.". "What? No! You're crazy." Roxy said. "C'mon Roxy it'll be fun!" Aiden exclaimed. "This is your idea of 'fun'?!" Roxy said, which caused the zombies to notice them. "Oh no…" Roxy was about to run away but Aiden grabbed her by the hood of her jacket, stopping her. "Just wait a second, watch this." Aiden shoved a knife into the zombie's head "But unfortunately it wasn't deep enough, and he couldn't pull It back out. "Well shit." Roxy screamed before grabbing Aiden's arm and dragging him down the street, running as fast as she could. The zombie's close behind them 'Where can we hind?! Where can we hind?!' Roxy thought scanning all the buildings, until she saw a McDonald's. She pulled Aiden inside and hid behind the counter. Roxy curled up in a ball and began to cry. Aiden placed a hand on her back and another on her shoulder "Hey it's okay. We're gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be okay.". They then heard the zombies walk inside. Roxy whined "Shh… it's okay." Aiden assured.
It's been 20 minutes since they'd been hiding, but it felt more like 20 years. The zombie's groans helped cover up Roxy's sobs. It wouldn't be longer until they found them. They then heard the door be kicked open, indicating that even more zombies were possibly coming in. They heard a lot of banging, but neither of them dared to look over the counter. Then, everything went quiet. Roxy sobs grew louder. They then heard fast footsteps coming towards them. Roxy squirmed closer into the counter. Aiden did also. Until, they heard a very familiar voice "Roxy! Aiden!".
Roxy squeezed her eyes shut and leaned back against the wall of the Tank. Soldiers walked past them at a rapid pace, something must've happened outside. She felt a slight nudge on her arm. She opened her eyes and looked at Aiden. His eyes were giving a reassuring look. Normally Roxy would've smiled in return, but due to the cloth in her mouth that was impossible. Roxy looked in front of her at the opposite wall of the tank. And then… the sudden image of Violet popped into her head. Roxy became throat constricted, she shook her head, trying to get the thought out of her mind.
End of Chapter 10
Author's Note: Phew! Finally got another chapter out! Sorry it took so long! It was due to real life issues and what not. But anyway, here it is! And, I don't know if you could tell but I've started to get a little bit of a soft spot for Aiden and Roxy. I don't know why but I think they'd be pretty cute as a couple ^ . ^ Anyway that's it for now. Bye!