I had stopped running. My breath was ragged and irregularly. Clara pressed her hands against her sides and gasped for air. We looked around, but we couldn't see anything, only the trees of the forest and the rays of sunlight breaking through.
„I think we got rid of them.", she said.
„Where are Tom and George?", I asked.
We had been walking for four hours already as we entered the forest. Then they came. At least twenty of the creatures had surrounded us and Tom and George fought them with their knives and axes as we had to save our bullets for the guns. They gave Clara and me the chance to get away and run deeper into the forest where we were able to leave the hunters behind.
But now we didn't know where we were and where Tom and George had gone.
„Well, I hope they're still alive.", I whispered.
„Don't be so pesimistic.", Clara said, „They're fighters they'll be fine! Let's concentrate on getting out of here and finding them."
I nodded and we started walking without even knowing which direction was the right one.
All I could think of was finding them quickly, so we could continue our journey to find the Doctor and save him from whatever Rhymes and Naven were up to.
We couldn't even shout for Tom and George as the noise would lead the infected straight towards us.
„He'll be fine.", Clara suddenly stated.
„Sorry?"
„You're face. You look concerned. I am too, but the Doctor will be fine, he'll find a way."
I simply nodded to that and kept walking.
God knows what he's going through right now.
We kept searching another fourty minutes until we finally found Tom and George. A trace of dead Infected had lead us to them.
„Oh, thank God.", Clara said with relief as we found them.
George looked incredibly pale and Tom was supporting him by putting one of George's armes around his shoulders.
„What happened?", I asked concerned.
„Nothing bad.", George gasped.
„The fighting was simply too much for his injured leg."
„I'm sorry, we should have stayed.", I said, putting George's other arm around my shoulders to help him walk.
„Don't be, we had to protect you, I promised him."
„Thanks."
„Now we have to get out of this forest.", Tom continued, „It's not save here."
He handed Clara the map and she started guiding us out of the forest.
Because of George's injury we were extremly slow and now and then we heard clicking and rustling noises around us. I was sure there were still some of the creatures around us.
Still, we made it out of the woods without being attacked a second time and enterd a small grassland which was seperating the forest from the highway.
„Good.", Tom said as we entered the street. „Now we have a better sight of things that come near us."
„And something's coming near us.", I said pointing a finger on a red pick-up that was driving towards us.
„It's a car.", Clara said, grinning. "A car that can drive! Do you think they will give us a lift?"
„I don't think so.", George said weakly while Tom was grabbing his gun.
„Unlock the safety of your revolver.", he instructed me, keeping his gaze focused on the car thar slowly approached us.
I did as I was told.
„What's wrong?", Clara asked.
„We are facing an apocalypse, never trust anyone.", George answered, steadying only on his own legs again. He put his arms away from our shoulders and placed one hand on his belt where his gun was holstered.
„Those people could be dangerous", Tom added.
Clara and I exchanged nervous looks and I gave her a sign to stand closer to me, since she had no weapon.
„Take this.", Tom told her and handed her his second gun, a small revolver like mine.
„Be ready.", George said as the car came to a halt about twenty metres away from us. The door opened and a guy almost fell out of the car, getting to his feed again very quickly and sprinted towards us.
He had dark, long hair and a beard. He almost looked like some kind ofJesus Christ.
I clenched the gun at my belt, ready to pull it out.
„Help me!", he gasped while running towards us. „My girlfriend, she'spregnant, but she got bitten! Please!", he fell to his knees infront of us and I could see the tears in eyes. I felt sorry for him.
„Please, help us!"
„Okay, calm down!", Tom said and helped him up to his feet.
„We'll have a look, but you go first and we get near that car slowly, have you got that?!"
The guy nodded.
„Yes, thank you!"
Than he ran back to the car and we followed him in a rather calm pace.
„If his girlfriend got bitten she'll only change after she died.", I stated.
„It's propably a trap.", George said. „They'll try to rob us, then kill us."
„What?! Then why are we follwing him?", I shrieked.
„Because we need that car."
„Oh, yeah. Right."
As we came next to the car Tom said: „Well, let's have a look at your girlfriend."
I0 twas like he had used a keyword. Suddenly three men jumped from the load floor of the pick-up, pointing they're guns at us.
„I'd really like to get rid of that gun pointing thing!", I stated, while pointing my gun. Tom, George and Clara did the same. Four against four, everyone was pointing a gun at his opponent.
„Uuh, you were prepared.", the Jesus said. „You're still gonna die and we will have your food and water!"
His finger moved, but before he even pulled the trigger a sholt fell and he gave us a look of utter surprise before he dropped to the ground with a hole in his forehead. I screamed and ducked away instinctively. Another shot fell as one of Jesus mates fired, but he didn't hit anyone.
George fired two quick shots and killed two more. The last one got killed by Tom, who fired his shotgun.
I couldn't look at it and had turned my face away. Only when the last echo of the shot fell silent we moved again.
„Okay, you two get into the car.", Tom said and started to search through the clothes and bags of the dead men.
Clara and I obeyed and I climbed to the backseat of the car, carefully trying not to look at the corpses.
None of us said a word I felt numb and I couldn't really think clear.
After a while Tom and George entered the car as well and after a few moves of Toms skillful hands the motor sprang to life and we drove off into the sunset.