The car came to a halt as Janice pried open her eyes to see that it was night again, she yawned and stretched in Ellis' arms as he strengthen his grip on her stomach. His cap tilted slightly off his head, she giggled and stabbed him with her elbow. "Oi! What the heck was that for Jan?" Ellis yelped as he felt a searing pain hit him square in the stomach, "Get up, the cars stopped." Janice replied as she saw a line of cars, vans, and trucks lined up the road ahead.
"Unless Ellis knows how to make a monster truck…We ain't driving through that." Nick explained sounding peeved that he drived all this way for nothing, "Well at least it got us this far." Coach thought as Rochelle slammed the boot shut.
"Sorry folks…Guess this wasn't such a great idea after all." Ellis sighed as he grabbed a med kit as well as two pistols, "DAMN you Jimmy Gibbs Jr!" Nick yelled out into the night sky as his voice echoed until it grew silent again. "Now that was uncalled for, seriously." Ellis stated as they started down the full road.
"Hey look you guys!" Ellis pointed to a billboard not far away from the vehicle, "Whispering Oaks! Shit! I used to go there when I was a kid." Coach sounded surprised as he gaped at the billboard. "Oh great, now we can die there as adults." Nick said unenthusiastically [note the sarcasm] as they climbed over a sedan, "Hey Nick, did ever tell yew about the time me and my buddy Keith…" Ellis trailed off when Nick pointed his gun straight at his face.
"I wonder what happened here?" Rochelle whispered as she heard the hisses and growls of the infected, "Yeah, look at all those vehicles on top of one another." Janice pointed towards two trucks with a four wheel drive in the middle. "Here they come!" Ellis warned as a horde appeared out of nowhere, infected ran from the side and front.
Doing anything to get to the survivors, "Spitter!" Coach yelled out as a Spitter perched itself on top of one of the tipped trucks, "GET OUT OF THERE!" Nick bellowed at Janice. But her body was physically broken as she cried in pain, the acid shooted up her legs as she scraped her legs on the ground.
"Janice, c'mon get up. I'll carry you." Nick offered but Janice stood up and bandaged up her legs, "I'll be fine OK; we can worry about those when we get into the next safe house. C'mon, around this truck." She looked him in the eye reassuringly as she limped forward; Janice grabbed her pain pills and downed them.
"Much better, OK I think I'll be alright." Janice murmured to herself as they took affect her muscles loosened and felt stronger and healed, she felt her whole body flow freely as her system powered up again. Making her feel as light as a feather.
"Coach, should we…" Ro trailed off when the man shock his head, "She doesn't want y'all worrin' about her. C'mon, yew heard her around the truck." Coach explained as they followed the invigorated Janice. "Down this off ramp!" she held turning her head back to see Nick and Ellis fighting over something meanwhile Coach and Rochelle tried to break it up, she smiled at them and stared up into the clear velvet sky. A star was shining brightly and illuminated a small portion of the sky with its beautiful glow. As she stared the sound of a Smoker made her leave her happy thoughts and back to reality, she shot blindly into the bushes and saw a puff of green smoke rise into the air.
Janice continued feeling the pills wear off, she gripped her leg in pain as though it were about to fall off. "Hey Nick! I'll take up that offer you asked for." Janice put up a finger to catch his attention, hey picked her up as she sighed in relief of the feeling of her legs. An army truck was placed at the bottom of the off ramps its headlights blinded the 5 survivors [did you see what I did there?] as they continued and turned left, Janice nudged Nick as they reached a motel.
He put her down as she started to walk again, "Through the sign." Ellis pointed as he clambered through it and jumped down to the roof, Janice was in deep conversation with Rochelle "You sure?" Janice asked raising an eyebrow at her. Rochelle nodded as they continued down, Nick held Janice's hand as he led her down to the balconies of the once lively apartments.
Coach squinted as he caught a glimpse of glowing lights waving back and forth, "C'mon y'all, lets follow the search lights." He ordered as they all traveled down and went around the back of the motel. "HUNTER!" Nick yelled but was pinned as the Hunter started to rip at his clothes, Ellis suddenly growled at the Hunter. It stopped and turned to face the mechanic.
It stood up and crouched, getting ready to pounce or something. Janice stood in front of Ellis and the Hunter jumped breathing on her face, she closed her eyes as the others started to point their guns at the Hunter.
"E-Ellis, h-help…" Ellis' eyes widened and he growled at the Hunter, it stood up and jumped back into the darkness. "Ellis, what the hell was that about?" Nick asked amazed by what the mechanic had just done, "I-I don't know, it felt like an insticn' or sumthing like that. Jan, yew OK?" Ellis shrugged and bent down to check Janice.
"L-Let's just go." She stood up and scrunched her fists, "Hey Jan, I didn't know…Yew knows that right?" Ellis looked at her for a few seconds then huffed and walked off. A bonfire burnt quietly as the flames flickered quietly, "Down the hill!" Nick pointed as they climbed down the steep hill. "WHOA!" Janice landed hard on her butt as her head hit the back of a dead tree, "You OK Janice?" Nick escorted her forward.
"Couldn't be better!" she smiled happily and continued forward, going through a muddy lake as the infected ran forward. "SHOOT IT!" Janice yelled in pain as the Jockey hopped onto her shoulders and drove her back up the hill; Janice lost her footing and felt gravity pulling her down to the earth.
A horrible crack erupted from someone's back, Coach joined Janice's side and saw her get up carefully. "What was that noise?" Rochelle glanced at the others and set her eyes on Nick and Ellis, both had fallen flat on they're faces. "Nick! Ellis! OK, um this is gonna hurt a bit." Janice pulled out a syringe and gently unscrewed the top Ellis' eyes widened and he squirmed in the lake, she inserted the syringe in his left arm and counted to ten slowly. Ellis felt suddenly drowsy then energized again; he stood up steadily and held Nick down as Janice did the same procedure to Nick.
"Up the hill." Coach pointed still staring at the two boys in awe as the color returned to their faces, "Where here you guys!" Janice yelled in excitement as she gripped Ellis' hand. He blushed wildly as they entered the safe house, "Jan I'm -." Ellis stopped when she pressed a finger against his lips.
"Don't worry about it."
Authors Note: Hey guys, sorry. It was my b'day yesterday. I'm officially 12 now! Disclaim: Ellis, Nick, Coach, Rochelle, Smoker, Infected, Horde, Boomer, Hunter, Jockey and Spitter, Valve Corp.
Janice, AnntheHedgehog.
