A Cruel, Undead World

~ Chapter 11 ~

Fulfilled Promise to Death

Tervu Infection Outbreak Active for: 0 Years, 0 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 23:36:55.

There is no mourning during a zombie apocalypse. Jasmine cried on that bridge for five minutes before the screams of Matt's sister caused a zombie horde and they had to run. They tried their hardest to avoid the infected, running more often. No one was in any condition to fight emotionally. Everyone felt drained, and even having passing thoughts of just simply ending it.

Right now they were just wandering aimlessly, no real direction. Jasmine was lost without any idea of where her parents' work might be, and the hope that they were still alive began to dissipate into a depression only a child can have from losing her parents. Jake was on his own mission to look for family too, his little eighteen year old brother out there somewhere. He had last got word that an eighteen-year-old named Derik Harrison had moved to this city, which was the whole reason why he moved here—to find him. He hoped the name Harrison was at an attempt to hide their past at Raccoon City. At the time of Raccoon City, he was six, while his younger brother, Derik, was three. The two were separated with the outbreak, both parents took them elsewhere since they were at two different locations. They planned to meet up, but the death of the two extinguished the plans.

Unbeknownst to Jake, his little brother barely remembered him, and was told he was dead. Jake had been spending most of his life searching for his brother.

Salmon and Alex were simply in survival mode, wanting to protect each other from harm and breathe for another minute.

Again, another horde began to run at them. They ran once more, hoping to outrun most of them, since many stumbled over their clumsy legs. In this crowd however, most of them were quick on their feet. They quickly caught up and gave them no choice but to fight back. Jake swung his machete like there was no tomorrow, Jasmine picking up her enemies with ease and bashing their skulls in against the concrete. Her powers didn't bother them anymore, and had actually become an asset. Salmon used her frying pan to slam into the infected skulls, cracking them and making a loud THUNK. The nature of the axe Alex was holding was moderately heavy, and his swinging reaction time was relatively slow in result. This hadn't been a problem before, but with the quicker zombies, it became an issue. While trying to remove his axe from the middle of one of the zombies' spines, he was jumped by one of the infected.

He shouted for help as he fell to the ground, wrestling with this zombie. Finally, he managed to roll on top and swung his axe onto its head again. Before he could stand, another fell on to him, and more started to pile on him. Pain filled his body as their teeth ripped into his skin and started tearing at the flesh.

All this happened in the time span of five seconds.

Salmon looked over to see her boyfriend and long-time friend being eaten alive. Screaming, she focused on attacking those around him, and Jake and Jasmine started doing the same. When they finally unburied him, he was beginning to turn. His girlfriend screamed and fell to her knees beside him.

"Kill me!" he shouted, just as Jake killed the last one of the horde. Salmon shook her head, sobbing. "Please, I don't want to be one of them and hurt you!" his voice became raspy as his eyes were slowly turning milky-white. Jasmine and Jake exchanged glances, and Jake stepped forward. Salmon shouted at him to stop and not even try, placing herself in between them. What she didn't know was he was already gone.

The zombified-Alex lurched forward, trying to bite his former girlfriend. Seeing this, Jasmine moved quickly and pushed Salmon away, giving Jake enough time to decapitate the teen. Salmon screamed and cried into Jasmine's white turtleneck sweater.

There is no time for grieving in the zombie apocalypse. Jasmine easily lifted Salmon over her shoulder, and they made their way as they heard another horde approaching.


Jodie had finally stopped crying, but still spoke to no one. It wasn't fair. Why him and not her? She was bit, why did she not die? She asked this out loud by accident a while ago and received an unsatisfying, logical answer from Rick. She didn't want logical. She wanted Michael.

Two hours earlier, Rick silently grabbed Michael's body and was about to take him outside. Jodie grabbed his arm with a surprising amount of strength, which almost broke his wrist, and interrogated him. He explained they could not keep him in there, for it would only stress her further. After promising to bury him, Jodie reluctantly let him go.

Now she was here, all alone—or so it felt—and she didn't even get to know him. First, she was angry for all the times he would keep her out. Now, she was almost glad he did. But she still wishes she never heard those words. It'd be easier to move on if she hadn't.

Those three fucking words.

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a buzzing noise that made the three of them jump.

"What the hell is that?!" Maja exclaimed, looking around the room. Rick pulled out of one of his many pockets a small hand-held radio with a surprised expression.

"There's a signal", he observed. He turned away from the girls and talked into the radio, asking if anyone was there. They waited for a couple minutes before the crackling turned into a man's voice.

"This is the BSAA, rescuing survivors in Tervu, Washington, do you copy?"

"Yes, sir, we copy. We are holed up at Eileen Hill Hospital and require immediate assistance." Rick spoke back. They waited again.

" have a rescue chopper that will land on the roof in ten minutes. Over." They almost didn't believe their ears. Rescue was actually coming! Rick grabbed his pistol and handed his trusty sniper to Jodie without a word. Then, he carefully lifted the younger girl up with her arm around his neck. She whimpered slightly, but was able to stand and even put minimal weight on it. Leaving immediately, they headed toward the elevator.

"Wait, the elevator doesn't work." Jodie told him, but Rick shook his head.

"I was able to turn on an emergency generator to get it started up again." He explained. They arrived at the elevator and Rick slammed his fist against the ROOF button. The doors slid closed and the elevator began to move.

"We're going to really make it!" Maja shrieked with joy, almost losing her balance and having to lean against Rick. Jodie nodded solemnly, staring at the doors and waiting for them to open. As they neared the top, the three tensed, waiting for an ambush. The elevator stopped, but when the doors opened, nothing came. Sighing with relief, they ran out onto the roof. No infected in sight. Rick set Maja down and stepped up onto a block, straining to see their rescue. Jodie felt uneasy, a strange sense coming over her that something was coming.

The sense proved true, for an entire horde was calling out like a werewolf on a full moon, and were scaling the buildings and climbing the stairs to reach them. Rick started to curse and jumped down, standing close to the disabled girl. Jodie wasn't too knowledgeable about the gun she was holding, but once she looked through the scope, it was like she grew up learning about this weapon. Her instincts kicked in and she started to snipe those that were coming, while Rick took care of those she missed. The plan seemed to work for a short while, until the roof became overrun and there were too many. The circle around them became tighter, and Jodie wasn't even using the scope anymore. Rick was focusing more on hand-to-hand, conserving his low pistol ammo.

The time spent fighting them off passed too slowly for them, but eventually the helicopter was in sight. Over the radio, Rick could faintly hear the pilot claiming he couldn't land through the crowd. Thinking quickly, Rick grabbed Maja and shouted for Jodie to follow him. She did, running backwards and shooting at those coming from behind them. They ran towards the edge, but as they did, they heard a loud roar from a huge, muscular, rock-hard infected that made its way to them. The ground shook from under them every time it stepped down, making it difficult for them to navigate through the thick swarm of infected. Jodie made it first, hopping onto the hovering helicopter, and just after Rick handed Maja off to her while an agent covered them—the huge beast reached them and knocked Rick away. Ignoring the helicopter, the monster started towards Rick.

"Just go!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. Jodie was about to disagree, but the agent told them there was too many to help him. As the chopper flew away, Rick silently thought about Michael's request, and that it was fulfilled. Staring at the huge infected, Rick smirked.


There was no way any kind of home-worker could fix Lana's house. It was nearly demolished off its foundation. No longer serving protection, the four remaining decide it was time to pack what they can and leave. On foot, they would walk to the rim of the city to see if the gates were open, or at least scalable. If not, there were many houses that could serve them until those fell away too. Lana and Kenny took the back, both with sniper rifles. Fiona had taken the shotgun and was in front of Kenny and beside Derik (much to his displeasure). Derik held a machinegun, while wondering why and how Lana was able to get this gun without breaking some sort of law. They wandered the streets, eyes keen on hearing the sounds of the infected.

All four tense when they begin to hear the shouts and growls, and go back to back to face the demons. They start off doing well, until Fiona cowers as the infected grew closer, and broke formation. She runs, trying to save herself. Derik curses, and runs to catch up, shooting those trying to get to her. Kenny and Lana follow slowly, trying to ward them off with punches and pushes. Derik aims at those surrounding the pregnant woman, the only reason why he's even helping the bitch is for the innocent babe she carried. Even Omar would have done the same.

Of course, trying to protect her, Derik doesn't hear one come up and take a chunk out of his neck. He screams in dear agony and falls to his hands and knees. The infection began to spread, his body taking the form of a cocoon. Fiona screams as she watches the man transform into one of those beings. Thinning the crowd finally, Lana and Kenny look to Fiona and demand where Derik was. She glances at the cocoon, which looks as if it would burst, and their hearts sink to the bottom of their chests.

"Derik…" Lana whispered.

"Hey!" they turn sharply to find men dressed in cameo with BSAA insignias. In the front, the captain, Chris Redfield.

"Chris?" Kenny called, smiling the brightest in a while. Lana glanced from Kenny to the other man in wonder, but didn't ask.

"Kenneth?" Chris asked, as if he might have been imagining him. "What are you doing here?"

"I was taking my…erm…break…" he clarified, and the man shook his head.

"I guess the war with these things are never over…"

"I'm right there with you, captain." Kenny agreed, but the men were both glad to see each other—and not in that kind of way (both are very hetero). Chris looked behind his ex-agent, and saw the cocoon open and an ogre-like infected broke free.

"Move!" he ordered, and the three turned and backed away from the creature that was once Derik. The squad began to shoot at it, including the other three, but the bullets barely grazed its skin and only made it angry. It roared and charged at them, but its slow movements gave them enough time to side-step it. "Let's get out of here!"

The three full out ran toward the evacuation point, Chris and his team shooting at the beast behind them. It chased them all the way to the helicopters, but luckily they called ahead to get them started and were off the ground before it could reach them. Lana looked back at the saddened creature, and couldn't help but shed a tear for the boy who had an entire life ahead of him that was now taken away. Sitting beside her, Kenny watched her closely, and draped an arm around her shoulders. This time, she didn't shy away or tell him to stop, and leaned in close for comfort. At least they were finally out.

A/N: WHAAAT?! ANOTHER CHAPTER?! Well I felt bad for such a late chapter last week so I decided to give you TWOOO new chapters! So far, we have what, two absolutely dead, one maybe dead, and five escapees! But that's not all! There's still Salmon, Jake and Jasmine left! We probably have about two more chapters left, including an epilogue. To HectorLives, I am sorry I killed Derik. Especially after revealing he had a brother…SORRY! Fate is cruel…to the owner of Jodie (rebeccajoleneaumanwilson), Lana (roseimagine), and Kenny (Rebellion589), congratulations on surviving! I have loved playing your characters for the story! Now, I hope you guys stick around for the end and come back for the sequel! Thanks to all for reading!