Chapter 11

Switzerland, Lichtenstien, Spain, Romano, Hungary, Austria, and Prussia (Vash's P.O.V)

Flashback

This group. I couldn't stand this group of people. I like them individually, but all together? Hell no. "Nice seein' ya." I say and head out the door, letting it shut behind me. "Oh no." I hear Gilbert say behind me, and I feel a hand yank me back. I could see Lily standing in the darkening streets alone. "Wha-" I start, but stop when I'm in. "Where do you think you're going?"

I stop and look at him sternly. "I'm leaving. I don't have to stay here with you guys." I tell him. "Oh come one, Vash." I could hear Antonio say. "Stay for a bit? Won't you?" I shake my head. "I've got Lily waiting for me out there all alone." I say with a cough at the end. "Shouldn't you get going as well? Its not good staying in a bar." I tell them.

I place my hand on the knob when I hear Elizabeta yell behind me. "Then we can come with you." I stop and stare down. Crap. What do I say? I have no excuse; maybe they could help protect Lily. I sigh. "Fine then, you can come too." I tell them.

"Wonderful!" Roedrich says. "As long as you help protect Lily."

When we step out the door, Lily is standing in the same spot. Her eyes wide and full of fear, as she stared intently into the dark distance. I could feel my expression change into a surprise, and immediately I rush over to her while the others stay behind me and talk. "What is Lily? Are you okay? Were you bit?" I ramble, afraid the last part was true. She raises her hand to point forward, because she was too fazed to speak. I look in the direction and I could feel my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach.

A hoard. A huge hoard at least 50 or more walking in our direction. "Everyone shut up." I spat at them quietly. "Hide. Hide." I begin. I grab Lily's hand and begin running without them. It takes them a moment to register what's going on, but they soon catch on and start running too. "Lily, you got to keep up until we find a car to hide under." I tell her. She's lagging behind me, and it was harder to drag her along with me.

I don't bother to look back to see her response, I just keep my eyes peeled for a car that is far enough from the hoard.

My grip on Lily's hand tightens a bit, and I could feel tears in the back of my throat. My legs were hurting, and I couldn't find a car.

A smart car! I spot it out of the corner of my eye, and I stop and pull Lily towards it. "Get under it." I say with the very little breath I have and began shoving her toward it. She does as instructed and gets under. There wasn't enough room for me to fit, so I had to find somewhere else. "Stay here, and when they are far away enough I'll come get you." I tell her, and kiss her forehead. "But big broth-" Was the last thing I heard from her as I ran.

I swallow and continue running, hearing the hoard behind. "Please be safe." I whispered as I ran, searching for a car I could hide under. Finally, I find a truck. A black one, that I'm sure someone can fit into. I scoot under immediately and look out at where Lily was hiding.

She was there, and shaking quite a bit as they passed by. She wasn't facing me, so I couldn't see her expression. I could see the other's running in my direction. The first one to approach was Roedrich. "Can I hide here?" He asked, out of breath and quickly I simply nod and scoot over. No one else could come in here, and I wasn't very comfortable with Roedrich hiding in here with me. "How are Lily and the rest of them?" I ask him in a whisper. "Good. Now shut up. They might hear you." I shut my mouth and took his word for it. The others just continued running right past us.

Where are they going to run? I grab Roedrich's hand and close my eyes. I don't want anyone dying, not now. Not when I just got here with them. Even though they are very annoying, they can't just die.

The asphalt was hard against my chest. The scraping of their feet sent a chill down my spine. Their low and high moaning, and wines for food. If I moved, made a noise, both Roedrich and I were going to die. And if Lily yelps, or moves, what would happen to her? I mean, most of them have passed her, only a few remain in her way, so would they get her? I shake my head a bit. I needed to stop thinking about this and simply wait for them to move along.

. . .

After about 20 minutes, the hoard was long gone. I slowly scooted out from my spot and looked over to where Lily was supposed to be. She wasn't there.

I stop for a moment, my breath taken. "L-lily." I call softly, I could hear Roedrich scoot out from under the truck. My eyes widen. "Where is she?" I whispered.

I feel a hand touch my shoulder, and I jump and turn around. It was just Roedrich. "Where is she? Where's Lily!"

Lily's P.O.V

I waited for about 15 minutes until I decided to crawl out from under the smart car. But when I do, I'm greeted with another diseased. I didn't scream, knowing I would attract the rest of them, and put big brother in danger.

So I ran, as soon as it swung its arms towards me. I ran as fast as I could, without stopping or looking back. My loud foot stomps only attracted more to come out from hiding. Finally I approached a fence. I climb over, and accidentally cut my arm on a jagged piece of it. The pain loud and searing, the moving air as I ran only made it worse. "Ah! Big brother!" I called, but he was gone. Somewhere far back. Now the zombies were hoarding on the fence. Pressing their bodies against the steel. About 8 of them.

They can't knock it down, right? Maybe I can call for him, he is probably looking for me. He has to be. "Big brother! Big brother! Big brother, please help me! Please help me!" I screamed, tears falling down my cheeks, my throat tightening.

Vash's P.O.V

"Big brother! Big brother!" I heard from the distance. I looked in the direction where it was coming from. I begin running down where she was hiding. Maybe if I hadn't had my eyes closed, I could have seen where she went, or if she was okay. I had to find her.

"Big brother!" Her screaming was attracting the beasts, only making it so she had to face even more danger. I ran ignoring Roedrich behind me. Closer and closer, her calls for help started to get louder; until I reached a fence that had at least 7 zombies crowding it. From there I could hear Lily. I sigh and smiled. I found her. "Quiet down!" I called, the zombies hadn't noticed. They were going to break down the fence. So I had to do what I had to do. "Hey, you bastards!" I yelled and began shooting my machine gun in their direction. About 3 fell the others turned my way. I smiled and shot them down.

They were dead, and laid on the asphalt. What was left on the other side of the fence was Lily, sitting on the ground crying. I run over to the fence and reach my hand in. "Lily. You're safe. They're gone, I'm here." I tell her. She looked up from her tears.

I noticed her arm was bleeding, and her sleeve was torn. "What happened?" I ask her, "I hurt myself while climbing." She told me. How was I going to get here to the other side? "Do you think you could climb up with that arm?" I ask her. She looks down at her shaking arm, then back at me and nods.

With that, she began climbing. Falling a few times, but she made it the other side. As soon as she touched the ground, I wrapped my arms around her. "Don't do that again. I thought you were gone. " I tell her, holding back tears. She smiles. "Thank you big brother."

. . .

We met up with Roedrich and the rest of them. Turns out, they climbed onto a roof without the zombies noticing. The sun was gone by then, and we found our way to a park. The sign read Buena Vista park. "We should stay here tonight." I tell them, Lily's arms wrapped around my waist. I treated her wound somewhat. I tore off some of my sleeve and tied it around her arm.

Gilbert and Elizabeta were debating over something, and Lovino had his back facing Antonio. "You guys. Are you listening?" They stopped and looked at me. "Should we stay here tonight?" I ask them. "Sure! Why not?" Elizabeta asked. Okay with me, as long as Lily was safe.