Hey I have 2 people who want to read my story now! Baby steps. Soon I'll have more. But until that happy time here is Chapter 14

That was the last zombie incident I had in that town. The plane left a half hour after we were roughly thrown out the door. Cherryl and I found seats next to each other. We were silent until take off. I looked around to see who sat by us and was surprised to see no one in the general vicinity. I shrugged and straightened in my seat.

"So some adventure huh?" I said. She shook her head and then grinned.

"Who needs a horror movie when you have something like that?" She said. She still seemed scared so I gently squeezed her hand reassuringly. She smiled at the gesture.

"Besides. That was almost calm compared to what I'd been through before it. Here let me show you." I said. She seemed curious and nodded. I reached above and took my bag out. I turned on my laptop and showed her the video files that I had saved from the lab and the Mansion. She shook as she looked at them. Finally she finished and handed it back to me.

"Wow." She said softly. "How did you get out of that alive?"

"Luck mainly.But I'm really good at solving problems. That's how I got out of the mansion."

And without meaning to do it, I told her everything. I told her about how I escaped the mansion, I told her what Birkin and I were working on. I even showed her the samples of both Viruses that I had. She flinched when I showed them and begged me to put it away.

"So that's why you're going to Washington?" She asked finally. I looked at her and saw she was crying. Dammit! This is exactly why I didn't want to fall for her!

I nodded and she looked off into space, considering something.

"I'm coming with you." She announced at last. I looked at her flabbergasted.

"You - uh you want to-" I stammered.

"That's right. I'm going to come with you. I don't know a lot about chemicals or anything but I am a nurse. I could help you." I thought frantically. I wasn't going to let her get involved in this. I couldn't stand anything happening to her.

"I appreciate the offer but-"

"Offer?" She laughed. "Nice try. That was a command."

"And what if I don't agree with the command?" I said. She grinned devilishly at me and grabbed my crotch. I jumped a little and she removed her hand still grinning.

"I think I can persuade you Kenny." she said. I felt light headed. I wasn't going to be able to tell her no. Not if she kept doing that. Sure enough she reached her hand over and started rubbing me through my pants. I groaned slightly and grabbed her hand.

"Not now. You can come. Just not now." I said. She laughed at me and kissed me.

"I knew I could convince you to see my point of view." She said. I shook my head. Then I got an idea. I looked to be absolutely sure no one was near us and then I grabbed both of her hands. She giggled and we fought for a few minutes until I had a firm grip on both her hands. I took my free hand and dropped it down between her legs. She moaned softly.

"You aren't the only one who can be persuasive." I whispered to her. She ignored my whisper and pushed her hips a little. I let her go and sat up straight.

"But like I said. Not here." I grinned. She looked severely disappointed. I laughed at her look and leaned over to kiss her.

"Soon. When we land. I promise." She seemed to accept that answer and leaned to lay her head on my shoulder. I shook my head slightly and set my head down on top of hers. I could hear her breathing. I felt a flash of anger at myself.

Despite all of my warnings to myself, despite what I knew would happen, I had fallen for her. And she had 'persuaded' me to allow her to come. I wasn't going to go back on what I told her. But I would try to convince her not to come with me. I just hoped I would be succesful.

But still there were perks to letting her come with me. I looked at her in a whole new light after that. She wasn't just the nurse I had found and fallen for. She was beautiful. It took all my self control to stop myself from taking her just now. I shook my head to clear it. There would be time for that later.

I kissed her forehead and then drifted off to sleep.

It wasn't a calm sleep. I was plagued with nightmares. I saw Birkin being shot again. He appeared, bloody and white eyed in front of me.

" YOU SWORE TO AVENGE ME!" his voice thundered. I saw him start to mutate before my eyes. "LIVE TO YOUR PROMISE!"

Birkin vanished and was replaced by Cherryl. I tried to call out to her but I couldn't. I found I couldn't move. I saw zombies coming at her. I tried to warn her, to help her, to do anything. I failed. I found myself helpless. The zombies overtook her. I heard her scream. She called my name. And then she was silent. The zombies vanished and I saw her corpse. I screamed and-

Felt myself being shaken awake.

"Kenny. Come on." Cherryl! I opened my eyes and saw her. The dream was flowing out of my head. In minutes it lay forgotten.

"We're landing. Get your bag." I nodded and picked my bag out of the isle. I felt the bumps as we landed. Cherryl took my hand and we got off the plane together. She ran to a pay phone to call her parents and arrange a meeting for us. While I waited two men in business suits came up to me.

"Hello sir. Here's your tickets to Washington. They leave next wednesday." And with that they were gone. Cherryl came back up and hugged me.

"They'll be here to pick us up in an hour." She said.