Chapter 19

'What do we do now?' The boy asked in a whisper. I breathed deeply as I tried to think of a plan.

'We're gonna get out of here kid… don't worry.' I rubbed my temples, taking steady breathes.

'Edward…' he mumbled.

I turned to face him, 'Edward? Is that your name?' He nodded as he wrapped his arms around himself. I nodded 'well then Eddie, we are going to be fine.' I smiled trying to be as reassuring as I could.

I listened one last time for any zombies, although it had been quiet for sometime now, before gently pushing the door of the cupboard open. I quietly ran/limped to the door of the room and closed it again.

'Right then… I'm going to go back and see if I can grab Jamie's radio.'

Eddie quickly shook his head 'I'm not going back there.'

I sighed 'alright… stay in the cupboard then, don't move' I said whilst pushing him back into the cupboard, 'and stay silent.'

He grabbed my arm tightly 'you not going to leave me, are you?'

I shook my head 'I wont leave you alone here.'

Edward breathed deeply 'you promise?'

I paused.

'Yes… I do.'

Edward let go of my arm. I closed the cupboard door and made my way out of the room.

It didn't take long for me to find the room.

Waiting and listening outside of the room, I made sure nothing was inside. I snuck in and quickly made my way over to Jamie's body.

I rolled him over and dug through his pockets until I found the radio. I also grabbed his gun from his holster, no point in wasting a good weapon.

I flicked on the radio, hoping it still worked. 'Claire? Claire? You there?' I waited a while before trying again 'Claire you there? LJ? Chase? Hellooo?'

I waited again before muttering 'Fuck sake.'

Turning to Jamie, I sighed sadly. 'I'm sorry' taking out my knife and shoved it into his forehead, 'at least you stay at rest'.

I pulled the knife out and put it back in my holster. My hand hovered over my wound and I gently tested the wound, wincing quietly for I began to head back to Edward.

I walked at a quick pace with the gun in my hand and my other hand lingering over my injured leg as it stung with each step.

I made my way to the room but before I opened the door I heard rustling from inside, followed by a low moan. Taking a step back from the door, I cursed and gritted my teeth before shoving my foot against the door.

The zombie turned towards me and hissed.

My feet charged forwards and sidestepped him. I moved behind him as he slowly reached out. I grabbed him round the neck as I pressed the gun to the back of his skull.

Pulling the trigger and I felt his head exploded as the gun shot rang out.

The zombie dropped to the floor whilst I wiped the blood off my face as I smirked in triumph.

Edward jumped out of the cupboard 'That was awesome!' he ran towards me and wrapped his little arms around my waist.

I patted the top of his head, finding it very uncomfortable 'you can let go.'

His arms dropped but he didn't move away from me. I smirked and gently nudged him to the door, 'Come on, they will have heard that.'

We made our way through the building fairly quickly, Ed stayed close to me the whole time.

It wasn't until we were practically out the door before the radio started to spark into life.

'Jamie? You there? Fox?' LJ's voice spoke through the speaker. I grabbed the radio from my belt and turned the sound low 'It's about time'.

I listened to Claire's voice as she spoke to LJ 'Give it to me… LJ go stand watch.' Her voice sounded both worried and annoyed.

'Where the hell have you two been?' She demanded. I moved over to a wall, keeping a hand on Eddie's shoulder to make sure he didn't wander, 'Jamie's dead.'

I heard Claire curse, 'Where are you then? I'm coming to get you.'

'It's fine, I'm near the entrance to this hell hole, and I wont be long. I've also got a guest with me' I smirked as I gave Eddie's shoulder a little squeeze.

Claire breathed a sigh of relief 'That's good, but just be – aaah Jeez' I heard a gun shot from outside echo within the radio. 'Mother fucker!' I heard Claire yell followed by a lot more gunshots.

'Claire!' I sprinted down the rest of the hallway to the entrance, shoving the radio into my belt then pulling the barrel on the gun back.

Ed ran after me, keeping to my pace easily with my injured leg.

The wind wrapped around my hair and the sun warmed my face as I heard Claire yell 'FOX!'

The horde of zombies turned to face Edward and me.

I signed 'for fuck sake.'

I raise my gun and started blowing heads apart as I made my way over to Claire. Ed stayed so close to me he could have been my second shadow.

I grabbed hold of his hand as I lead him through the crowd, firing at the ones closest.

The gun ran out of bullets quicker then I expected, so I resort to the knives I had hidden everywhere.

Shoving Edward towards the car, I yelled for him to run towards the car. I started firing knives in front of him, clearing his path as he sprinted to the car.

A zombie grabbed my shoulder and I elbowed it in the face and launched my leg back into his stomach.

As pain seared through my injured leg, I crumbled to the floor.

I tried to scramble to my feet but each step sent me crashing back to the ground.

A zombie towered over me, my heart slamming against my chest. The zombie's head exploded in front of my as Claire charged over with a shotgun in hand.

She grabbed me under the arm and pulled me to my feet then slung my arm over her shoulder. She fired her shotgun again, jerking us both back a little, 'Come on!' she yelled as she helped me back to the car.

LJ covered us from inside the car as we ran over, he then opened the car door as both of us piled into the back.

'Lets go!' he yelled as he closed the door behind us, the car kicking forward. He looked at my leg and then me 'Damn girl, what happened?'

Claire and I shifted in the back seat, trying to get comfy, 'Kid thought I was a zombie' I nodded towards Ed. He sunk into his seat, as I shrugged 'Ain't that bad, he's got to work on his aiming through.'

Chase and LJ laughed loudly, Claire didn't respond.

'Ay Claire, I think there's a first Aid kit under my seat,' Chase mentioned as he drove us back to camp.

Edward bent over and search under Chase's seat then handed it to Claire as she moved to get a better look at my leg.

She unfastened the makeshift bandaged that Jamie had made and cleaned out the wound whilst I flinched every now and then.

Claire smirked as she muttered 'Baby.'

I stuck out my tongue and smirked. Then she flicked my nose, chuckling lightly.

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