HEY GUYS! Long time no see! This chapter was supposed to be out two days ago! But my laptop decided to be a piece of crap, so I had to get it repaired, it's better now though!
Anyways hope you guys enjoy this, and also I do have an important thing to say at the end, I am not gonna say much, but it's about my updating schedule, but that's it.
Hope you guys enjoy! :)
CHAPTER 11
THREE MONTHS LATER...
It was getting pretty dark, Beca and Stacie were walking towards a path which led into the woods. They had been able to fix the bus and they were able to start it up, once they have done that they have begun their journey again, not much had happened ever since, they had however began doing cardio again, it was all Aubrey's idea of course.
They had parked the bus in the country side where there was a huge area to do anything really, the only bad thing was the fact that there was a forest nearby, so someone had to always be on watch, they had however cleared out all of the zombies when they got there, thankfully, without any injuries.
"I still can't believe we went through all of that food in three months! There was so much, and now some of us might have to go without food tonight." Beca complained as she and Stacie walked along a path leading into a forest.
"I know, if I get food, I will offer it to either Lucy or Aubrey, they need it more than I do, that's for sure..." Stacie agreed sighing at the end of the sentence.
"Heh, I bet, ya know, by the end of this apocalypse I would be surprised if you and Aubrey don't get married and adopt Lucy." Beca joked.
"Ha ha ha, same could be said about you and Chloe." Stacie smirked, she giggled hen she saw Beca's face going red.
"There is nothing between me and Chloe, we are just best friends, we hold hands and cuddle, best friends do that all the time!" Beca pointed out.
"There IS, I saw the way you LOOK at her, Beca, anyone with eyes can tell that there is something more between you two and that is something more than friendship Beca." Stacie said, giving Beca a pointed look.
"I just-" Beca got cut off when they heard a rustling coming from a bush near them, the two of them stopped where they were and they held their breaths.
"What the-"
"SHHH!"
"Beca, what was that?" Stacie asked panicking slightly.
"How would I know?!" Beca hissed through gritted teeth.
"Geez sorry prissy pants gosh..." Stacie sighed.
"What did you just call me...?" Beca snapped, seemingly unaware of a twig snapping behind her.
"Uhm... Beca... look behind you..." Stacie whimpered with her eyes wide.
"Haha, Stacie, I know that trick, but it isn't going to work." Beca glared.
"No Beca, I am being serious, look behind you!" Stacie whispered.
"Oh fine what is it-" Beca cut herself off at the sight of a zombie coming towards her, it's arms out in front of it, ready to grab Beca.
"SHIT!" Beca exclaimed as readied her crossbow, but before she could pull the trigger she was tackled onto the floor. The zombie was above her, Beca screamed and put her hands on the zombies shoulder, trying to push it away as much as she can, the zombie however tried to bite her in the neck and that's when Stacie got into shooting position.
"Beca!" Stacie shouted as she readied her shotgun, "Don't move!" she commanded as she put her index finger on the trigger.
Seconds later she pulled the trigger, the bullets went straight through the zombies head, now all that was left was Beca struggling underneath the zombie which now didn't really have much of a head, most of the blood has soaked Beca's shirt and some of the blood went on Beca's face.
"C'mon Becs, I'll give you a hand." Stacie said as she pushed the zombie off of Beca and extended her hand for Beca to grab.
"Thanks Stace." Beca said as she accepted Stacie's extended hand.
"No problem, it didn't bite you, did it?" Stacie asked concerned as she began wiping some of the blood off of Beca's face.
"It almost did, and it would have if you didn't shoot it, I owe you my life." Beca admitted as she pulled Stacie into a hug.
"You don't owe me anything Becs, we need to stick together and look out for each other." Stacie smiled as they two of them broke apart.
"Alright, how about we go look around for anything edible? Like a rabbit maybe, or anything really, I am starving!" Beca said as she picked up her crossbow.
"Yeah alright let's go." Stacie agreed and the two of them made their way deeper into the woods.
"You know Beca, I was thinking, what if this zombie virus thingy is only in America?" Beca looked at Stacie, smiling sadly.
"If this virus was only in America the military would have stepped in and carried out a rescue operation by now." Beca pointed out.
"What if they don't know what's going on? What if America shut itself in to prevent the virus from leaving America?" Stacie asked.
"I don't know Stace, right now, the only thing I can focus on is food, and now with winter coming up, we are gonna want to dress up warmer, and maybe even make sure we have shelter." Stacie hummed in agreement before coming to a halt.
"Beca, stop." Stacie said putting her hand up to make Beca stop.
"Stacie? Whats wrong?" Stacie put her hand on Beca's mouth before pointing at a deer.
"A deer? I thought all wildlife died out..." Beca said smiling sadly.
"Beca, we could kill it and eat it, we could get food!" Stacie said excitedly.
"Stace, I don't know if I can..." Beca said squinting her eyes, seeing little baby deers coming up behind their mother.
"But Beca, we need the food!" Stacie said shaking Beca's arm.
"But it has a family Stacie, if we kill it, we will be like monsters." Stacie sighed before nodding.
"You're right Becs, I'm just, really hungry..." Stacie mumbled.
"I get it Stace, we are all hungry, but we cannot afford to act reckless." Stacie smiled in agreement.
"Becs, it's getting quite dark, shouldn't we head back?" Stacie asked as she looked around.
"But we cant head back empty handed..." Beca whispered.
"We have to Becs, we need to be safe." Stacie assured.
"Alright, we can try again tomorrow." Beca shrugged as she and Stacie began walking back the way they came from.
"I hope Chloe and Aubrey are having more luck out there than we are." Beca said, closing her eyes for a few seconds.
Chloe and Aubrey have gone out to get some wood for fire as it was getting close to winter and they needed some way to be warm, staying warm tonight however could prove as a challenge as it looked like it was going to pour down rain.
"I sure hope so..." Stacie trailed off.
Minutes later the two of them got back to the bus, where Jessica was talking with Lucy who was also playing with Buddy. Seconds later, they saw Aubrey and Chloe emerging from the other side of the forest they were in a few minutes ago, they were carrying a large amount of wood.
Needless to say Lucy noticed them a few seconds later and immediately ran up to Stacie who dropped her shotgun to be able to hug Lucy.
"You're back!" Lucy squealed excitedly.
"Hey Lucy." Stacie said as she hugged Lucy tight.
Another few seconds later Chloe and Aubrey got to the bus and packed down the wood they got.
"Hey guys..." Beca said trailing off.
"Hey, did you guys get any food?" Aubrey asked.
"Ah... u-um, n-no..." Beca stuttered, she fully expected Aubrey to shout at her and Stacie but Aubrey just smiled reassuringly and hugged Beca.
"It's alright, we can try to get food tomorrow." Aubrey reassured.
By this time, Chloe was watching the exchange between the two, she felt jealousy flow through her veins at the sight of Aubrey hugging Beca.
"Hey Becs!" Chloe said with a fake smile, trying to get Beca to focus her attention on her instead of Aubrey.
Don't get her wrong, Chloe knew she was being like a hormonal teenager, she knew she was acting childish, but she really didn't like the idea of Beca and Aubrey hugging each other or calling each other nicknames.
"Hey Chlo, well done with getting the wood, me and Stacie couldn't really get food, sorry about that..." Beca said her voice laced with guilt.
"It's totes okay Becs!" Chloe said reassuringly.
Ironically enough a few seconds after Chloe said that, the sky rumbled and rain started pouring down, Buddy whined before hopping inside the bus and hiding under one of the seats.
"It's totes NOT okay Chloe!" Aubrey shouted.
"I'm sorry..." Chloe sighed.
"Yeah, okay Chloe, be sorry then." Aubrey growled.
"Jeez must be that time of month..." Beca joked but instantly regretted it when Aubrey glared at her.
"We have NO food, the wood we got is WET, we CANNOT build a fire, we will STARVE out eventually and now it's getting COLDER!" Aubrey screamed at the top of her lungs, "This is BULLSHIT taken to the VERY next LEVEL!" she added.
"Oh shit, guys, with this arguing, we will attract more of them!" Jessica said trying to ease the tension.
"Stacie, take Lucy inside." Beca urged, Stacie nodded and did as she was told.
"What did I do?" Chloe asked in shock, she has never seen Aubrey like this.
"Chloe, I am so sick of putting up with your shit CONSTANTLY! For once CAN'T you just SHUT up! Every time you TALK something BAD happens!" Aubrey shouted.
"Now hold on a second-" Chloe said but got cut off as the thunder roared and lightning flashed in the sky. "Oops..." Chloe mumbled and Aubrey just face palmed.
"Guys, there's some of them coming!" Beca screamed, pointing to the forest.
It wasn't just a few zombies, it was a whole horde, they heard their moans and they heard some screeches form what they had assumed to be infected.
"SHIT!" Aubrey and Chloe shouted in unison, they quickly grabbed the wood and waited for Beca to get onto the bus.
Beca ran to the bus and started the engine, Chloe and Aubrey hopped on the bus, just in time before the bus shot forward.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Aubrey screeched as she banged her hand against one of the seats in anger.
"Aubs, you might want to calm down..." Stacie consoled, Aubrey seemed to take a few deep breaths before nodding.
"You're right, I am sorry Chlo, I am just on edge, just really stressed out..." Aubrey admitted before being pulled into a bear hug by Chloe.
"It's okay Bree, don't worry about it, we are all on edge..." Chloe smiled sadly.
Aubrey looked over at Stacie who was having a generally great conversation with Lucy, who seems to be unaware of everything that has happened.
"Becs? I'll drive." Chloe offered.
"Are you sure Chlo? You need rest as well..." Beca asked in concern.
"I'm alright Becs, don't worry about it." Chloe reassured smiling.
Beca turned onto a straight road and stood up, Chloe quickly offered a smile and sat down in the drivers seat.
Beca sighed, one thing she did have is her phone, funnily enough, it still had 47 percent left of charge, she was even more surprised when she realized she had internet.
"Let's see what's going on in the world, shall we?" Beca thought jokingly, most of the world is dead anyways.
However Beca almost dropped her phone when she saw the Worldwide news, she scrolled through the news, that lasted until one news headline caught her eye.
Is the World Coming To an End?
Beca's eyes widened even more when she realized that the news headline was released about two hours ago.
She sighed and tapped the news headline, it came up with pictures of America and the military, there was also a small amount of text that she has decided to read;
Virus in America causing Worldwide chaos! America's borders have now all been closed! The world is coming to an end! Officials are being told to be careful of anyone who they suspect has contacted the virus in any way.
NOTICE: If you notice rotten skin on an individuals skin, report to the government immediately. If you see white eyes and receding hairline, you are also advised to report to the government.
Officials are being warned to stay indoors just in case of a breakout anywhere else in the world, our supply men will come by your houses to give you your weekly supplies, until the virus is over, America's borders are all closed!
The military will drop the bombs on America in about a few months time, so we can safely come out of our homes.
GOD BLESS US ALL!
"Guys..." Beca whispered.
"What's up Becs?" Aubrey asked as she sat down next to Beca, Chloe rolled her eyes and scoffed at Aubrey's use of the nickname 'Becs'.
"Look at this Bree..." Beca whimpered as she handed Aubrey her phone.
"Holy aca-jesus..." Aubrey whispered as she scanned the news headline.
"What happened?" Stacie asked as she let go of Lucy and stood next to Beca and Aubrey, trying to look at the phone.
"Good news, or the bad news first?" Beca asked.
"Let's get bad news out of the way first." Stacie answered.
"Bad news; the military will be dropping bombs on America-" everyone gasped, Lucy started sniffing, Jessica noticed this and went to comfort her.
"However the good news is, that this virus must only be in America, and that we do have hope, we just have to try to survive for those few months then when we see the military we can try to contact them." Aubrey said smiling slightly at the sense of hope.
"That's wonderful!" everyone around the bus cheered.
"However our concern is food and shelter, we need all of that, and we also have to make sure to get away from Aaron, and even though I am sure we are safe from them, we never know." Aubrey said with all seriousness.
"Right, we are all obviously hungry, but only three of us can eat tonight." Jessica said as she checked over the food supplies.
"How much do we have left?" Aubrey asked.
"A few days worth, maybe a week if we are lucky." Jessica answered her voice wavering slightly.
"God dammit." Beca cursed loudly, everyone gave her a pointed look before pointing at Lucy who was now fast asleep, "Sorry." Beca mouthed.
"Okay, so who can eat then tonight?" Jessica asked, Aubrey sighed in return before speaking up, "Beca should eat, she didn't eat last time, Lucy has to eat, she's just a kid and Chloe hasn't eaten in a while..." Aubrey thought out loud before looking at Stacie with guilt.
"It's okay Aubs, I can eat tomorrow." Stacie smiled reassuringly.
"No Aubrey it's okay, give Stacie my rations for the day, she needs it more than I do." Beca said, smiling in order to encourage Aubrey to give Stacie her food.
"Are you sure?" Aubrey asked.
"Yep, Stacie needs to keep her strength up too, I can eat tomorrow." Beca reassured smiling.
"Alright..." Aubrey murmured before getting three food rations out of the box, she had an apple, a bacon sandwich and a chocolate bar.
She decided on giving Lucy the apple, she gave Chloe the chocolate bar and Stacie, obviously got the bacon sandwich.
Stacie smiled at seeing Lucy eating, she cared about the little girl so much and it made her heart melt at seeing Aubrey giving her food.
Stacie saw out of the corner of her eye that Beca was quite pale, but at first she didn't think anything of it, as Beca was pretty much pale all the time.
"Becs, you okay?" Stacie asked after a few seconds of looking at Beca.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Beca answered, but her voice sounded really off.
"Beca? What's wrong?" Aubrey asked as she put her hand onto the younger girl's shoulder.
"N-nothing..." Beca said while shivering slightly.
Aubrey put her hand onto Beca's forehead and felt like she was touching the sun.
"Beca! You're burning up!" Aubrey exclaimed.
"I-I'm fine..." Beca whimpered before closing her eyes.
"Beca? BECA?!" that was the last thing Beca had heard before darkness overtook her...
Oh no! What happened to Beca? Well, I do hope you guys enjoyed that because it's like 4am over here as I am writing this so I might miss some mistakes while I edit!
What do you guys think? What's wrong with Beca? Is she just really hungry? Did she catch a flu? Is she just dehydrated?! You will all find out soon...
Anyways, on that note, I do have to say that I do not know when I will update again because I got exams next week and the week after, I will try to write but these exams are really important to me, but after those two weeks I can write because there will be no more exams and then there's the summer holidays, where I hope I will have some free time, but I don't know...
Anyways, I will try to write next week but no promises...
Until next time!