Leave It Behind You

Zion walked out with the remaining survivors, his friends rushed over to see if he was all right. Alis noticed the scratch and immediately grabbed a few things to stitch it up, seeing as it got pushed open some how. "How did this happen?" She asked.

The teen smirked at how she sounded motherly just then, "I'm sorry…it shouldn't have happened…I didn't expect him to land a shot on me." He answered her question.

"You idiot! You can't go off getting yourself killed!" Sarah huffed.

Soon after, every last one of them followed her lead and slapped him in the back of the head. It was a bit playful but in the end everyone laughed at how silly they must've looked.

"Now I don't want to be the serious one in the group…but…" Jon spoke up and turned to the other survivors waiting in the parking lot. "We need to figure out what to do with these people…as well as ourselves. This place isn't safe for anyone…"

Zion nodded and thought to himself for a bit. The others looked at each other before throwing in their own ideas. "Its obvious that we need a huge building with proper sniper spots since we have a couple with us." Ryou decided to speak up first.

"We also need medical supplies or access to an area that can hold them." Alis pointed out.

"Not to mention food!" Serenity spoke, her dog barked soon after.

"Ammo…if we don't find some then our guns are useless." Geoff just checked his weapons out.

"It has to be a place that we can fit a lot of people into it for a feel of a sanctuary." Sarah added her thoughts.

As the rest of them thought out loud, Zion tried his best to think of the perfect place that had all those things. From what he could make out, there was one place that had it all but it wouldn't be comfortable. It was the sacrifice they all had to make he guessed, "City Hall."

Everyone shut up and looked at him, he took the advantage to continue. "City Hall has access to the hospital only a few blocks away. Then there's the gun store and food market on the opposite side of the hospital. The building has plenty of vantage points for snipers on the roof…it even has blind spots against other snipers. It may not be comfortable…but it's a start."

The others took the time to analyze his suggestion and went with it. "I don't care about where we go as long as we go!" Marissa whined as she gently hugged him from the back. Stephanie and Sarah were suddenly irritated by that simple gesture.

Ryou moved away from the group, taking Jon with him. "What the fuck ghost boy?!" Jon asked the teen only to get an answer from a simple gesture. The white haired teen pointed towards the large group waiting at the parking lot. "Shit! I guess someone has to tell them where we need to go."

The man went to go speak with the others while his group gathered what they needed from the mall. This left Sarah to be alone with her friend. She sat down next to him and looked on to the others where Jon is trying to explain to them the plans.

"You know that once we leave here…things will only get worse." She tried not to sound so moody while talking. But it obviously came out that way.

He nodded and sighed, "Yeah…I know that…but its what my dad trained me for…right?" His eyes met hers, looking for assurance.

She didn't know what to say at the moment, their past wasn't that great to remember. She wanted to tell him to leave it all behind him and move on. Although they didn't need to talk since the other survivors started yelling and made their way towards them. Zion didn't want to deal with them at the moment but it looked liked he would have to.

The older gentlemen from before stood in front of the teen, a look of anger and hatred on his face. "So are you the one calling the shots?"

Zion stood up and looked the man in the eyes, "Yes I am sir…what can I do-"

He was immediately cut off, "Okay well I don't know how you got these two adults to follow you but…you must be crazy if you think I'm going to-"

A punch to the face shut the man up, everyone gasped at the sight of the teen knocking the man down. "Its rude to interrupt people while they are talking Mr. Loud Mouth." Zion felt a sharp pain where his cut was but ignored it. "Now listen…and listen good. You either follow what I have to say or leave the group with who wants to follow. No one will cry about it. But there is something that you need to get through your thick skull. In this new world…all that you knew no longer matters here. Just cause you are older doesn't mean you have authority…all that's important is survival. Follow the best path to survive and don't bitch about it. So take all that you know and leave it behind you."

His attention then turned to the others, "That goes for all of you! I'm helping anyone I can but if you don't like how I run things then please leave and don't cause a scene. Now I am taking everyone to City Hall…either you follow or you walk your own line. Its up to you."

The rest of his small group came up behind him at the end of his little speech. They didn't bother saying a word since none was needed. "Everyone grab a car…we are done here." Zion spoke loudly as he made his way to his bike.

His friends gathered in the vehicles they came in. Ryou had brought his own car that had his and Marissa's stuff in it. But the blue haired girl jumped on the back of Zion's motorcycle, "Shotgun!"

Sarah, Stephanie, and Fran grew a bit irritated on the fact that she would cling to him the way she did. Jon jumped in before they could say a single thing, "Okay ladies lets get in the cars and get our asses some where safe."

"Once we get there…we'll discuss what we will do from there…especially getting everyone to their families." Zion started up the bike soon after talking. They all nodded and turned on their cars, each of them hoping that they get to see their loved ones safe and sound.

He noticed that the others were getting ready to follow them as well; leading a group wasn't something he wanted to do. But like he said before, its what he was trained to do.

Well I'm sorry this being late XD I had planned for a Sunday release but that day ended badly. So I got some free time today and was able to post this. I guess Thursdays are my post days haha odd but do-able. Alright XD Read, Review, and Reload your guns...catch ya later.

P. S. Don't Look too much into the girls irritation with Marrisa...its not what you think.