Hey guys! It has been a week ever since I updated since I have been keeping my promise. :)
Anyways I won't be updating this story again until the beginning of June, the reasons for that being the fact that I am going on a holiday (28th May-4 June) so I won't be able to update, sorry guys! :(
Anyways I am also sad to announce that we are now officially halfway through this story, it will now mainly focus on the zombies, Aaron and his group and of course developing Bechloe. :)
Thank you to all of you sticking with me so far in this story! I really appreciate it! :) Anyways I hope you guys enjoy! :)
CHAPTER 10
No one answered Aubrey, they were just sat by the, their mouths wide open, their eyes wide.
"Guys?!" Aubrey asked panicking, not focusing on the road anymore.
"Focus on the road!" Beca screeched as she reached into the box and took out something form the crate in front of them.
It was a crossbow it had a scope attachment and it was black with dark blue lines, it had a crossbow quiver which was attached to a belt, it also included crossbow bolts inside the quiver.
"Holy shit..." everyone in the bus gasped, Aubrey's eyes went wide and she quickly pulled the bus over on the side of the road.
"Wait there's more." Stacie said before pulling out a hunting knife and a revolver attached to a belt, she gave it to Chloe, who reluctantly accepted it. The knife was a medium size, but it wasn't big enough for it to be called a machete. The revolver itself was actually a Taurus Model 65 Revolver, and for some reason it fit perfectly into Chloe's hands as she held it.
Next, Stacie pulled out a machete, she gave it to Aubrey, purposefully brushing her fingers against Aubrey's wrist who shivered from the touch. The machete had a very sharp edge and a black rubber grip which felt oddly comfortable to the touch. Aubrey also took out a belt from the crate which had a black sheath attached to it.
Oddly enough, Lilly was the next one who took out an item from the box, it was a small knife with a sharp edge and she also found some throwing knives, everyone watched Lilly carefully, looking for any signs of Lilly going on a killing spree with the knives but thankfully Lilly took her knives and sat back down in her seat.
The last item that they found in the crate was a shotgun and a med kit, everyone looked at each other, Jessica reached for the med kit and Stacie reached for the shotgun. Jessica opened the med kit and found plasters, bandages, disinfectants, stitches and some needles inside, things that everyone was thankful for.
The shotgun that Stacie was holding was a Sawed off Shotgun, it had a blue tint and it fit onto Stacie's hands like pieces of puzzle.
"Woah... what's in the other crates?" Chloe asked as she opened one of the other crates, it had food inside it and it had a few bottles of water inside it.
"Oh my god, we have been blessed by the Aca-Gods..." Aubrey gasped as she stared at the contents inside the crate.
"Hell yeah we have..." Beca breathed as she began to smile in relief.
"We do have hope after all!" Chloe exclaimed, her eyes filling up with hope.
"I stabbed my twin in the eye with a knife..." Lilly whispered, and for once, everyone heard her loud and clear.
"Wow, that's deep Lilly, thanks for sharing?" Jessica said, looking at Lilly in pure fear.
"Anyways... whats in the other two crates?" Beca asked pointing towards the other two crates.
"I think it's more food and water, well I sure hope so..." Aubrey admitted as they opened the last two other boxes.
Inside the two other boxes there were additional equipment, there were, flip lighters, cigarettes, firecrackers, extra ammo, a little bit more medical supplies and a few flares.
"Damn..." everyone breathed, and that was the moment when they heard a bang, this time though, it wasn't a gunshot, it sounded like a hit, and it sounded like something or someone hit metal.
"What was that?!" Aubrey asked suddenly panicking.
"Fuck, what if it was Aaron, or someone who isn't very friendly?!" Jessica gasped.
"I don't know Jess, me and Chloe will go check it out, right Chlo?" Beca assured.
"We are?" Chloe asked, her eyes wide in fear.
"Yep, now come on, the sooner we can check, the sooner we can go, Bree, why don't you try to start the bus up?" Beca asked.
"Yeah okay." Aubrey simply answered, however when she turned the keys, the engine didn't turn on.
"Yo what the fuck?!" Beca exclaimed, "You must have turned the key incorrectly!" Beca added, Aubrey rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Beca, I think I am capable in turning a key, but thank you for the vote of confidence." Aubrey muttered, trying to turn the keys again, but once again, the bus didn't start, this time however the Bellas heard a clank and a low cranky noise.
And that was when Beca looked out the window and saw someone running off into the woods next to them, she narrowed her eyes to see better but unfortunately the figure was already gone.
"What the hell..?" Beca mumbled.
"What? Beca? What did you see?" Aubrey whispered.
"I just saw, someone running into the woods, don't worry, me and Chloe will check it out." Beca reassured.
"Are you sure? What if there are more of them?" Aubrey reminded.
"There wont be, I assure you Bree, plus bringing the rest of our group would put you guys in danger..." Beca trailed off.
"Plus! They could steal the bus!" Chloe reminded as she put on her belt.
"Exactly, we will take our weapons and try to find out who it was." Beca said putting on her belt which had the crossbow bolt quiver and she picked up the crossbow before going up to the control panel and opening the bus door.
"Okay, but be careful..." Aubrey trailed off, she quickly went up and hugged Beca and then hugged Chloe.
"Alright, we will take a flare just in case, if we are in trouble then one or two of you can come along and help us." Beca explained before walking out of the bus along with Chloe.
"These woods look scary Becs, we should have brought a flashlight or any light source for that matter..." Chloe whispered.
"Don't worry Chlo, I wont let them hurt you, you are safe with me." Beca promised, slightly smiling when she heard Chloe breathe out.
The two of them noticed a few stray zombies coming towards them from the front, they looked at each other and nodded.
Chloe pulled out her knife from it's place on her belt and stopped walking, Beca aimed the crossbow at the zombie which was almost within 100 centimeter radios.
Beca pulled the trigger and shot the zombie right in the forehead, the front of the crossbow sticking out from the back of the zombie's head.
Chloe went up close to one of the zombies and stabbed it in the chest, her eyes widened as she remembered that she has to destroy the brain.
Chloe aimed her knife at the zombie's forehead and she swung it, a smug smile appearing on her face when the zombie fell lifeless in front of her feet.
"Well done Chlo!" Beca praised as she went up to Chloe and hugged her tight.
"Thanks Becs, you are a pretty good shot." Chloe admitted, blushing slightly.
"Thanks Chlo, shall we go and find who killed the bus?" Beca asked and Chloe giggled at Beca's use of the term killed, but nodded nonetheless.
As the two of them walked deeper into the forest they felt the atmosphere change and they felt fear flow through their veins, neither of them knew why they felt afraid but that soon changed when they saw a drawing on the tree. Beca slowly walked up to it and took the drawing off and analyzed it.
It was a very scary drawing, it looked like a kids drawing, it had what looked to be a stick person on it, hiding behind what looks to be a rock and another stick person holding what looks to be a gray stick, most likely symbolizing a gun. But what made the drawing scary was that there was a strange looking figure behind one of the trees in the. The figure itself had red hair, with white make up and a sick smile, it was a drawing of a clown. The figure was holding a chainsaw, and on the top of the drawings page there was writing in red which said; "DON'T LET IT IN" the letter n at the end on the word 'in' seemed to be a bit off, and that awoke a fear in Beca.
"What is this?" Beca asked, her eyes wide, Chloe look the drawing and analyzed it, gasping after a few seconds.
"Oh my god, could this be a warning? Why is the letter n so off? Could there be something in these woods?" Chloe whimpered.
"Calm down Chlo, it's just a kids drawing, nothing serious." Beca reassured as she took Chloe's hands in her own, trying to calm the redhead down.
"I sure hope so." Chloe whispered as she intertwined their fingers, smiling slightly at feeling how warm Beca's hands are.
Their moment however was ruined when they heard a twig snap behind them, both of them held their breaths. Beca was the one who turned around first, and what she saw was not what she expected.
"B-Beca...?" a little faint voice whimpered, it sounded like a little girl... could it be...?
"Lucy?" Beca asked, her mouth agape, not believing it.
"Oh my Aca-Jesus..." Chloe gasped.
"Lucy!" both of the girls exclaimed as they ran up to the little girl and hugging her tight.
"I-I'm s-sorry..." Lucy whimpered as she began crying.
"Sweetie, its okay, let's get you back to the bus." Chloe said smiling.
"What about the person who killed the bus?" Beca asked.
"That's not as important right now Becs, important thing is that we got to get Lucy back to the bus." Chloe said happily, lifting Lucy up in the air and putting Lucy onto her neck, the younger girl squealed in happiness and giggled through her tears.
Beca looked at the pair and smiled slightly as they walked back, stumbling when a few twigs hit their legs.
After a few minutes later, the three reached the bus, Aubrey, Jessica and Lilly were outside watching Stacie as she attempted to fix the bus.
Aubrey was the first one who noticed them, she smiled and tugged at Stacie's shirt.
"Aubs? What is-" Stacie cut herself off as she saw Chloe and Beca returning with Lucy with them.
Lucy sniffed when she saw Stacie, Chloe let her down and watched as the little girl ran up to Stacie who was already knelt down.
"Oh my god, oh my god, Lucy!" Stacie whispered, a few tears making their way down her cheeks, she hugged Lucy as hard as she can, running her hands through the little girls hair.
"I will never let you go Lucy, I am so sorry I let you out of my sight, it will never happen again." Stace promised as the two of them broke away.
"Lucy, do you need anything?" Aubrey asked as she knelt down next to Stacie.
"Could I please have some food...?" Lucy asked pouting slightly.
"Of course sweetie, we will bring you some food and water and then you should get some rest." Aubrey recommended as she went inside the bus, only to come back out a few seconds later, carrying a 250ml bottle of water and a box of crackers.
"T-thank you..." Lucy trailed off as she thankfully accepted the supplies given to her.
"How are you doing Luce?" Beca asked as she was leaning on the side of the bus.
"Just a bit tired and c-cold..." Lucy answered shivering slightly.
"How did you escape, and how did you find us?" Chloe asked as Lucy ate some of the crackers.
"There was a hole in the g-gate, I managed to l-leave..." Lucy whimpered.
"Enough questioning, come on Luce, I think it would be better for you to get some sleep." Stacie said, putting her arms around Lucy.
"O-okay..." Lucy shivered as she gave the remaining crackers to Aubrey who smiled reassuringly at her.
"Alright come on, Luce." Stacie said, picking Lucy up and taking her inside the bus.
"Alright, now that Stacie put Lucy off to bed, did you guys manage to fix the bus while we were gone?" Beca asked as Chloe walked up to her and intertwined their fingers.
"Stacie did manage to find out what was wrong, whoever hit the bus has hit the bus quite heavily, there are some cracks, but all we need is a blowtorch, to melt the pieces back together." Aubrey explained.
"Alright, you guys, we can plan this, just give me a minute, I need some air." Beca said truthfully.
"Alright Becs, take as long as you need." Aubrey said before going inside.
Chloe scoffed at Aubrey's use of the nickname 'Becs'. That nickname was made up by Chloe and only Chloe will ever use it.
"Becs are you holding up okay?" Chloe asked as she leaned her head onto Beca's shoulder.
"Yeah, just, today was an insane turn of events, we got hope and Lucy back, now we just have to hope we can get away from Aaron and his group, or maybe I guess we could fight them." Beca answered.
"We will see Becs, just please promise me one thing; promise me that you will always be here with me and never let go." Chloe pleaded.
"I can't make promises Chlo, but I will try." Beca answered as honestly as she could.
"No! Promise me!" Chloe begged.
"I-I promise Chlo." Beca said, smiling slightly when Chloe's grip on her hand increased.
"Really?" Chloe asked, lifting her head up.
"Totes." Beca said, mimicking Chloe's voice.
"You're such a dork!" Chloe giggled.
"Correction: I am a Badass." Beca corrected playfully, the corner of her lips turning up slightly.
"Correction: You are an Adorkable Badass." Chloe laughed.
"But I am your 'Adorkable Badass' right?" Beca asked, nervousness creeping up on her, but that soon vanished when Chloe said three simple words;
"Forever and Always."
Hey guys! That was hard for me to write! :) But I finally did it! Next chapter, there will be a lot more action and it will be longer! :)
Anyways guys, not much more to say, apart from thank you for reading! :)
See you guys later! :)
