Hey y'all! Finally got round to updating this! Thanks to all those who reviewed, faved, and/or alerted!

So far, these are the votes for who is to be Rochelle's boyfriend:

Nick - 1 Francis - 2 Louis - 0

Thanks to those who voted. I'm still taking votes until I decide to put the boyfriend in. I'll let y'all know when I've decided :)

Anyways, hope you enjoy!

It's Hard To Survive
Chapter 11

"Nothing can stand in my way now…"

As soon as Ellis was out of sight, the Alpha Hunter made his move. Signaling the other eight Hunters behind him, they ambushed the now seven Survivors. They made their screech and lunged.

The ambush took the Survivors by complete surprise. They were still in shock about what happened with Ellis. The Hunters had them overpowered in seconds, pinning them to the ground by standing on their backs. The Alpha Hunter stepped forward, a sinister smile on his face.

"You!" Zoey exclaimed.

"Who else did you expect?" the Alpha asked in clear English.

"You can talk?" Louis asked bitterly.

"Of course I can, dimwit!" the Alpha snapped.

"How?" Louis exclaimed.

"Remembered it," the Alpha replied. "When I Turned, that was one of the few things I remembered. Now shut it!"

Louis fell silent.

"Now you," the Alpha said to Zoey, "hand over your jacket."

"Why?" she asked angrily.

The Alpha growled at the Hunter pinning Zoey. The Hunter growled back and tightened his grip painfully on Zoey.

"Painful?" the Alpha asked in an evil tone. "I can make it stop if you just hand over your jacket."

"What do you want with it, anyway?" Zoey asked.

"How about I put it this way? If you want your freak of a boyfriend and your friends here to remain unharmed, then I suggest you stop asking questions and co-operate."

Zoey's eyes went wide. Slowly, she hung her head as the Hunter on top of her removed her jacket.

"Good. Now, all of you better not try anything, or your friend will…cease to exist," he threatened.

The Survivors stayed silent.

The Alpha growled at the smaller Hunters. They jumped off the Survivors and followed their leader deep into the park, vanishing from sight.

As the Survivors stood up and picked up all of their supplies, they talked about what had just happened.

"Why do you think he wanted Zoey's jacket?" Francis asked.

"I don't know, but if y'all ask me, it's not good," Coach replied.

"Do you think it's got something to do with Ellis?" Louis asked.

"Why else did he want Zoey's jacket?" Rochelle answered.

"I agree with Ro, but the question is WHY?" Nick pointed out.

"We gotta find him!" Zoey exclaimed. "He could be in real danger!"

Bill put a hand on her shoulder.

"Zoey, you saw what he did to Nick. What if he does it again? He's too dangerous," he said.

"But he stopped himself, Bill," Zoey argued.

"No, Coach's warning shot stopped him."

"It still stopped him, didn't it?"

Coach stepped in between them to stop the fight.

"C'mon, y'all," he said. "We don't have time for this shit. If we run into Ellis again, then we will help him. But he could be on the other side of the park by now, judging his speed."

Zoey and Bill fell silent. The whole group fell silent as they continued deeper into the park.


Meanwhile, Ellis was running through the park, trying to get as far away from his friends as possible. He didn't want to hurt them, to have their blood on his hands. He didn't even know what came over him with Nick. It's like he let his instincts get the better of him.

He was about to carry on running, when he heard movement behind him.

Sniffing the air and recognizing the scent, he swung around and growled menacingly. There stood the Alpha Hunter, his posse right behind him.

"You!" Ellis growled, running for the Alpha.

The Alpha smirked and pulled out a very familiar item.

Zoey's jacket.

Ellis stopped in his tracks. It was definitely his girlfriend's jacket. He'd recognize it anywhere. It also had her scent.

"Where did ya get tha'?" Ellis asked fearfully.

"Oh, this?" the Alpha smirked again, talking in the Infected tongue. "Ran into your friends and gave them…let's say, quite a surprise."

Immediately, Ellis feared for the worst. The Alpha sensed his fear and smiled evilly. His plan was working.

"They're not dead, kid," he growled. "Not yet, anyway. As soon as you're out of the way, our plans to get rid of them will be much easier, especially our plans for your girlfriend."

"Y'all better leave Zoey and my friends outta this and back off!" Ellis threatened.

"Oh, so scary," the Alpha growled sarcastically. "No friends around to help you this time, boy. You could make our job a bit easier and give in to us."

"Never!" Ellis snarled.

The Alpha chuckled.

"Ok, then. Boys, you know what to do," he told the Hunters behind him.

The Hunters growled and pounced on Ellis. Ellis bit, scratched and screeched, but the Hunters were too powerful. The Alpha laughed from the sidelines.

The laughing made Ellis angry to the core. He had never felt a pure hatred or anger against anyone before. Finally, when he couldn't take the laughter any longer, he gave a loud howl of anger and with great strength, pushed the eight Omega Hunters right off of him.

All the Hunters gave a yelp of surprise, including the Alpha. But Ellis wasn't done yet. He pounced onto the nearest Hunter and mimicked their killing mode. Ellis wanted these Hunters to experience their own killing method. This idea faded away, though, when the boy decided to use his own Howler method instead. Lifting up his bloodied clawed hand, he ripped into the Hunter's face. Screeching in pain, the Hunter pushed Ellis off, and stood up. But before the Hunter could fully recover, Ellis lunged.

After killing the first Hunter, Ellis moved on to the second, then the third, then the fourth. Finally, all eight Omega Hunters were dead on the ground.

Ellis turned to face the Alpha Hunter, but all he was met with was thin air. The Alpha had escaped, leaving Zoey's jacket on the ground.

"Damn it!" Ellis growled.

Even though he was angered by the fact that the Alpha had escaped, he couldn't help but realize something. That murderous haze he had felt with both Nick and the Hunters was gone.

'So, anger must be how I release my full power,' Ellis thought. 'And if I take it out on the zombies more, maybe my instincts will stop takin' over.'

Suddenly, Ellis heard loud merry-go-round music coming from a section of the park.

"Tha' can only mean one thing," Ellis whispered, this time in English. He picked up Zoey's jacket and ran towards the noises of the music, gunshots and Infected.

There's chapter 11! Now, I need to ask something else for y'all to do other than the voting for Rochelle's boyfriend. I need a name for the Alpha Hunter. Just send in the names you think would best suit him, then I'll decide which name I like best :)

Hope y'all enjoyed! :D

Until next time
D-ZombieDragon