Dr.William Birkin
David looked at the other group of people..the faces looked familiar but he couldn't put names to them "Doesn't matter...they'll wind up dead just like everyone else.." he thought to himself. David's empty, sorrowful eyes peered at Alexandra's arm once more before darting away. "I may even wind up having to shoot....no...no I'll turn the gun on myself first...." his mind raced through every possible route to the maintenance elevators, but he knew they would probably be too late....
His problems were just beginning, and he knew this whole unpleasant experience would probably wind up in betrayal and his death..his luck had to eventually run out....
City of the Dead
"Paul is dead" Winsor said finally. "Killed by one of those...hunters"
Jarred was surprised at his reaction towards the news, he was saddened, but not as much as he felt he should be. He looked over towards Vanessa, who just stared off into space. Jarred sighed and looked back towards David.
"David, what's it like in the city?" Jarred asked.
"Lets put it this way, this is just an appetizer" He said in a low hum.
John turned to David, a look of aggravation falling upon his usually calm face.
"What the hell is out there?" John asked.
"I've given everything names" David laughed. "There's the gravedigger, I got that name from where I saw it actually, I was down at Riverside Cemetery, trying to, maybe follow the train tracks out of town." David explained. "As I was walking through the graveyard, the ground began to rumble, I had no clue what it was...Until a gigantic snakelike worm popped up out of the ground, tossing tombstones like playthings, I got the hell out of there, but I don't think its just confined to the graveyard, it could be anywhere now"
For a second, no one said anything, the sounds of dripping water were augmented by the group's stunned silence.
"Oh that's just the first, there are the brainsuckers, the slashers, the lickers, the list goes on and on" David said.
"How is the sewer treatment plant, you know, the building we're about to head into?" Jarred asked.
"Oh, when I went through it, all I encountered were a few zombies and some brainsuckers, no biggie" David said leaning against the old brick wall of the tunnel.
Jarred didn't like the sound of this, Brainsuckers, he didn't even want to think of how David gave them that name, but they had to get out of town, and if they had to go through all those things he had mentioned, so be it. Jarred had another idea in mind for himself though.
"Okay everyone, I'm going to go find Nathan, you guys head up to the sewage plant, get out of here, and head into the city, we'll meet up with you somewhere along the way" Jarred said.
"Are you crazy?" Vanessa shouted, surprised by his plan.
"Alone? Nemesis is wandering around these tunnels, not to mention the hunters that got Paul" Ryan said.
"Trust me, it'll be alright, just get out of here" Jarred said.
Vanessa couldn't believe what he was proposing, the tunnels weren't the type of place to wonder around alone, hunters were everywhere, and with the horribly dim lighting (compliments of rusty lights that hung off cords from the ceiling), they would be hard to see coming.
"Jarred, I don't want you to do this" Vanessa said with concern, but Jarred ignored her.
"Okay everyone, get going, I'll catch up with you later" Jarred yelled.
"Good luck buddy" Ryan said.
Everyone began walking down the tunnel, Vanessa, saddened by his decision, turned around and began to follow.
"Vanessa" Jarred called. She turned around and faced him.
"Your going to make it, I can sense it" Jarred said.
"Heh, don't jinx me" She said smiling.
"Nah, its not a jinx, your strong, I've known this since the first time I saw you, before all this happened, when everything was simple" Jarred said to her.
Vanessa stared into his dark brown eyes and felt that wave of relief that he always gave her when she was feeling nervous or scared, he always managed to keep her calm, even in the most chaotic situations.
"I...Don't want you to go" She said.
"Like I said, I'll meet up with you later, I promise" Jarred said gazing into her unique bluish-green eyes, even though her hair was wet and her face was dirty from the spill earlier, she was absolutely beautiful.
Jarred walked up to her and hugged her, feeling her damp hair against his shoulder.
"Come back to us okay?" Vanessa said, her voice almost a whisper.
"You can count on it" Jarred said smiling.
The two separated and shared an awkward silence, both of them not knowing what to do or say.
"You should catch up with the others" Jarred said.
"Oh yeah, well...Um...Take care" Vanessa said. She looked at him one last time, and then ran down the tunnel to catch up with the others. Jarred's words echoed through her mind.
I'll meet up with you later, I promise
It was a promise, she didn't know if he could keep...
Nathan sat in his cell as Piers watched the security screens, stopping periodically to take a sip of coffee.
"Well, it looks like one of your friends has separated from the group, he must have a death wish" Piers laughed.
His smile soon turned to a frown, angry at Nathan's sudden vow of silence. He angrily got up from the chair and turned to the boy in the cell.
"No bother, if the other B. O. W. don't take care of him, then the Nemesis will" He said walking up to the cell.
Nathan sat on the bench, trying to ignore Pier's taunts, using the only method he had of fighting the madman...pissing him off.
"And when your father has completed his metamorphous, you too will be taken care of as well, I'm looking forward to that" Piers said, looking in on the silent Nathan Law.
Piers snickered, and walked back over to the monitors, sitting back down and resuming his surveillance, his words piercing Nathan's thoughts.
Separated from the group, more than likely it's Jarred.
Nathan thought about all of the survivors, Winsor's attitude, Jarred and Ryan's courageousness, Vanessa's strength and determination, John's nonchalant outlook, and Paul and Alex...
He sighed, remembering Piers' news. He was laughing like a maniac when he told him that Paul had been killed by one of those hunters, it happened about five minutes after Nathan was thrown in the cell. Alex had been infected with the virus, and Nathan knew that she couldn't fight the virus for too much longer.
Nathan had spent the last few days helping others, now he is the one who needed help, he closed his eyes and whispered a small plea, heard by no one but himself.
Come on Jarred, get me out of here...