I DONT GET IT i uploaded this chapter ages ago, yet it never really appeared! I AM SO SORRY! I thought it was here for people to read, but its telling me it isnt! so i duno whats going on so i uploaded it again ;; so sorry, so sorry i am sooo slow. Once again i hate this chapter but eh whatta gonna do?? thanks for everyone who reviews and keeps up with slow little me!!!
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I....I don't understand! He won't even look at me now....Why won't he look at me? I feel ill, I think I'm gonna be sick or something...Everything's kinda blurry too...I mean, I felt like this before we got to that apartment but...then I felt ok when I was sitting down. And when Hunk held me after Alabama killed the poor kitty...He just...He made me feel so safe but...but now...Now....Shit I don't know! I don't know why I even done it. Must have been the drink...I just wanted him so bad, all I could think about was the hotel, why didn't I give in then? I know he wanted me as well...But now? He just rejected me! It hurts so bad...I just took the chance and kissed him...Or did he kiss me? I can't remember the details it's all a little hazy but...I started it...Maybe I shouldn't have...Because now...Now he's...He won't even look at me! He hasn't said a word to me either since he said 'this little incident is over...it won't happen again...' Why? And why the hell did he call it an incident? I don't get him. I don't get any of it....He's been so....Weird. Even more than usual. One minute he cares so much, I can see it in his eyes, then the next minute he'll shut down on me...and that's what he's done. He's shut down, but usually he comes round to me again...But this time...I don't think he's...
"Naomi, your'e falling behind again, don't wanna leave you back there eh?" It's Alabama, at least he's being normal with me. He's trying to make up for killing that cat, I understand his reasons but...Why did he have to do it so quickly?! He could have sat me down and explained why the kitty had to die and at least let me leave the room...But, he is trying so hard to be nice to me, I actually feel a little guilty that I shouted at him...I don't realise that I'm falling behind, I'm trying to move fast but my feet wont let me. I just stumble around everywhere like the nuisance I am...I wish I would just fall in a hole and die...
"Are you ok Naomi? You've been acting weird since we left that apartment....Is it because of what I did? I said I was sorry, I really am...Or, did Hunk do something to you?" What should I tell him? I don't know...I don't care. I don't give a fuck anymore.
"I'm fine, don't worry about that cat thing, it just got a bit too much for me, I'm...I'm sorry too, I just wanna be alone for a bit..." I was so scared of being alone, and now that's all I want, I just want those two to push off and leave me to die somewhere...
"Ok...but...if anything happened....you can tell me ok? I promise I won't get mad or...I promise I'll help if I can..." He's sweet. But I don't know...I fell for Hunks words...And he doesn't care. What if Alabama is the same? They have the same background...They work for stupid Umbrella....They have the same fucking job for gods sakes!! But....oh god I don't know, I don't know what to do anymore.....
"Thank you..." I don't know what else to say....I don't think I have anything to say really....I wish I could re-wind time and go back and not kiss Hunk...I wonder why he acted like that? I mean...He was hesitant but...He didn't move away, he didn't push me away!! He was saying one thing but doing another! And I'm sure he kissed me!! I'm sure he was the one that kissed me first!! Yes! I remember now! He was saying some stuff about how he didn?t want to hurt me....I didn't listen. He was true to his word. We kissed...Got close...And he hurt me. I'm not a silly school girl anymore with a stupid crush! I shouldn't be feeling like this...I should just get over it. It's his loss....But I still....Oh god why did I have to kiss him??!! Stupid stupid stupid!
"Shit...We can't go this way...Naomi do you know another way round this block?" Hunks just standing in front of me and Alabama, he hasn't even turned round, it was Alabama that asked the question even though Hunk got up here first....Why won't he acknowledge me anymore?! I hate being ignored.......Ok, ok just focus on the matter at hand. Its this stupid fire, it's spreading through the city...And its right in front of us...Its taken over a couple of buildings and its too dangerous to go down some of the streets...I mean one of the buildings might fall on us or something....And...Well truthfully...I don't know this part of town that well....
"I...I don't know...I never used to come round here much...Cant we just go back?" Maybe we can circle round the fire...And....Into a whole horde of zombies and hunters and god knows what else...Damn it, how could I forget that!! That's why we came this way in the first place! It looked the safest route...To go back would mean fighting through stuff or wasting bullets as Alabama put it....Why am I so stupid?!
"No, remember what we avoided, don't wanna go back through that really....I have an idea though. We go under." Under? What the hell is he talking about? Under what? Hunks nodded to Alabama...They're moving over to the middle of the road...To one of the man holes...No way! No way no way no way!!! THE SEWERS? Eugh no way.
"Go in the sewers? Are you crazy? It stinks down there...." What about crocodiles!! I mean I know it's a myth that people flush baby crocodiles down their toilets when they get too big but...What if it was true!?
"We can cut through under the fire and out the other side, it'll be ok....And it doesn't smell that bad.....Well...Ok it does but come on live a little?" Hunk's already gone down into the sewer...He hasn't even looked at me...He doesn't even care that I don't wanna go down there....that I'm scared. Alabama's holding out his hand...I guess I have to go down. I really don't want to though....
"Be careful, the ladders a little slippy, walk along the edge, don't go into the water ok?" I nod, it's hard trying to stop myself from falling down the ladder, the world is still spinning for me...But I manage it ok. Hunk's got a flash light on in his pocket, it's really bright....Everything's brown and icky down here. And the smell...agh it reminds me of the summer, when the sewers would block up and that horrible shitty smell would be everywhere, and in the heat it was even worse! And it's ten times worse than that right now! I feel light headed again...Its gotta be the smell....Alabama's come down behind me, Hunks nodded at him and started to walk on ahead....I'll just follow him then shall I? Alabama must have put on his flashlight as well because it just suddenly got brighter behind me. I've got to be careful, the floor is really slippery. I think we're walking along the edge of the sewer, it's about a foot across, then there's the horrible stinky water in the middle, then I guess there's another walkway on the other side. I'm happy it's like this...At least I don't have to go in that icky water....
"Wha...What was that?" I heard something....A thumping sound....Like something heavy thumping on a carpet. Erm, sewers don't have carpets, do they? Maybe only rich peoples ones...Hunk's stopped in front of me and he's turned off his flashlight, Alabama's done the same. We're not in total darkness, there's some faint lights on the walls but....They don't help much...I can only just see Hunk in front of me...Shit. What should I do? I was going to grab on to Hunk, like I normally do, but...I can't now can I?
"Naomi...don't move unless I tell you to ok?" Ok. Ok. Don't move, I can do that. There's a few more thumps...They've stopped now...That's good isn't it? I turn round to speak but Alabama shakes his head....Ok be quiet as well then...Oh god they aren't going to make me go in that water are they???? Oh god!! No, I don't think they will, I mean they don't wanna go in there do they? Then we'd all stink like shit.........Hunks made some funny hand signals to Alabama, its those army things I think, I don't know what they mean, but...He's walked off on his own...Should I follow? Alabama's not moving, and he's not telling me to go ahead so...I guess I just have to stay put....But....But what about Hunk? Will he be ok on his own? What if the thumping noise gets him? What'll I do then? Oh god I hope he'll be ok....Actually, why the hell should I care? He doesn't care about me, so why should I care about him. Yeah. I hope that stupid thumping noise does get him!! No....I'm lying...I hope it doesn't...I do care about the stupid fool...Even if he never looks at me again...I do care. Damn it.
"Hey...you ok Naomi?"Alabama's whispering in my ear, I could only just about hear him...He's standing really close to me now...A little too close actually...I feel a little uncomfortable...Probably just cos its dark, he cant really see where he's standing, or he's just trying to make me feel better.
"Yeah...." I hope he heard me, I couldn't hear myself, I'm so scared to make a noise...that...thing whatever it is might come down here....
"Good...That's one nasty bruise the Nemesis gave you....Does it still hurt?" I can feel his fingers lightly touch my neck....He only touched me for a second, I think he knew I wasn't comfortable with that...
"Its...err...Yeah, a bit..." Not just a bit, a lot, my necks all stiff, I swear it hurts just holding my head up! At least my voice sounds semi normal now...Hey...How can he see my stupid bruise? Its almost pitch black in here....
"Wha...What do ya think it is?" I whispered that so low again, I'll be surprised if Alabama heard me...
"It?s a spider...no biggie...just don't know how many there is....that's why Hunk went on his own. We'd only slow him down..." No. I'd slow him down, that's why he went on his own. Alabama is more than capable to look after himself, I would get in the way. Wait? Spider? SPIDER? Shit...Hunk mentioned them when I first met him....Giant spiders...I thought he was kidding? Oh my god. I think I'm gonna throw up...I'm shivering...I can't stand spiders.
"Naomi? Shit your shivering...." Damn it, he can tell! Alabama's put his arm round me, trying to comfort me but its not working, nothing does when it comes to spiders and me...He's just lucky I haven't seen it yet...Because...I don't know what I'd do if I saw a giant spider! If I see one bigger than a penny, I freeze then start to cry....So if I see one as big as a fucking car? What the hell am I gonna do?? Shit. I have to compose myself...It's dark down here, I cant really see anything so that means I wont really be able to see them, yeh, just like in the air vents back at my office, I couldn't really see them so I wasn't really all that scared.....Aww who am I kidding? If they really are giant spiders of course I'm gonna see them! But if one does come round the corner, I can't just stand there and cry or scream...I have to make sure I fucking run.
"I don't like spiders...." Gunshots. I saw Hunk's shadow on one of the walls, he's gone round the corner then...Alabama's started to push me forward...There was only one burst of gunshots, that means Hunk shoulda got it? I mean he didn't scream or anything so it aint killed him has it? Unless it has that paralysing poison and it got him before he could scream and we are going to just go walk into its web!!
"Don?t worry Hunk got it...it'll be dead by now...just shut your eyes if you don't want to look at it...." I think I'll take Alabama's advice....
"There was only the one. We need to go through that gate over there, which means getting our feet wet." Hunks come out from the corner, he's turned his flashlight back on, it's too bright, I can't see his face. He's turned and jumped in the sewer water...eugh....It smells really bad...I don't wanna go in there....Is...Is that a cobweb? Its above me right now...This must have been that spiders...Its amazing, like that fake stuff you get at Halloween but...there's loads of it....I can see it all over the other side of the wall as well...It must have taken over that passage way to make its own little home...I kinda...I kinda wanna take a peak....but...I know that I'll freak out...I best not...but...shit, if that cobweb is that big...then the spider must be...?
"Naomi! Thought you didn't like spiders, and there you are contemplating going after one.." Its Alabama, I musta spaced out, he's already in that stinky water....Ick I don?t wanna go in!! A gate just creaked...that must be Hunk, he's got to that gate thing he was talking about....aww damn it. Alabama helps me into the water...It only comes up to his thigh, comes up over my bloody waist...Crap. Its cold and it smells and...shit did something just touch my foot?? Ok just walk Naomi the faster you go the faster you get out of this shit hole. Oh my god, that was funny! I am in a shit hole!!
"What are you giggling about huh?" Alabama's smiling at me, he's turned his flashlight to the side so it doesn't hit me in the face, I just shake my head and smile, it's not really that funny is it? Hunks waiting for us at the gate...It's weird...Why do these sewers have gates and stuff? Why are they here? I mean, what the hell can you steal in a sewer? Shit? Ok, ok, I know why they're here, to piss me off, that's why. It looks like there's another up ahead as well, damn it, and there's only this tiny edge on the wall, no proper walkway in this part of the sewer, so I have to keep on walking around in this crap! Why can't they have like little sewer boats or something....Oh no...What if there's more spiders? I think that's why Hunk and Alabama are walking along in silence now...I mean usually Alabama is chatting more crap than me...But at the moment, he's as quiet as a mouse!!! They must be keeping a ear out for more monsters and stuff....You know what, I actually think going through the fire would have been better than this....I was right, there is another gate in front of us, as per usual, Hunks already through it.... Why can't he wait for us...for me I mean? I know I'm slow but, hey come on Hunk and Alabama are a lot more bigger and stronger than me! The furthest I've ever walked was a couple of miles this one time....But I swear we must have walked about a million miles already!! I'm surprised I haven't collapsed yet! And I'm still dizzy...I'm trying not to fall over...I really don't want to fall head first into shit... Damn it, this stupid gate is heavy, I can't push it open, but Alabama can...With one hand. I really must be weak.
"Thanks......." He's really close behind me again....Why is he doing that? Does he...na, I mean I know he flirts with me but...its just cos we're down here. He can see that I'm scared so he's just trying to help, just like before...Still doesn't feel right though...Hunks up ahead, it looks like we've come to a sort of sewer cross roads, we can either go left, right, or straight ahead....
"Let's keep going ahead, that way we should get in front of the fire, going left or right might take us deeper into it..." Alabama's voice echoes all around...Didn't notice that before...I can hear water as water...Well this is a sewer duh Naomi. Shit! I swear something just brushed past my foot again....God I hope it wasn't a crocodile!! Ok, ok calm down just a myth...Right?
"What the hel...." Shit. Water...Everywhere...It's dark...I can't see...What's that...Alabama, he's pulled me up...I was under the water...Where's Hunk? Where's Hunk...? Shit, what happened....It happened so fast. One minute Hunk was there in front of me, then he was under the water...Then I was under the water and...Where did he go? Gotta find him...
"Naomi?! You ok...shit....We gotta get outta here..." Alabama's dragging me forward through the water...I can't stand up, my feet keep on slipping on the floor...Oh god what about Hunk? Where did he go?
"Wait! Hunk....Where's..." I cant breath, there's water in my mouth again....Its so fowl, I'm gonna throw up...I keep going under the water, Alabama wont let me get up properly!
"Gone, cant save him, we have to get out now Naomi, come on get up!" Gone? What does he mean gone?! Have to find him! I've managed to get on my feet, Alabama's let go but I'm not following him, I'm going back, we can't leave Hunk down here...Not down here! Not alone!
"NO NAOMI!" Alabama's still shouting for me but I've got away. Ok I'm back where we fell...If this is the right place then that means Hunk musta been dragged left? Shit I don't know I don't know! What should I do? Wait what was that? Someone splashing...Gasping for breath? I think its coming from the right tunnel but....Didn't he go left? Damn the echo's I can't be sure....Just run down there!!!
"Naomi wait! Shit don't run off like that..." Alabama again....
"Down here, I heard something I think its Hunk we have to go help!" Alabama tried to grab my arm, to drag me away probably, but I'm not gonna let him! I've gotta find Hunk...