Chapter 5

"Niki!" Katt practically tackled me when I came down the ladder, squeezing me really tightly.

"H-Hey! Since when did you start calling me Niki again? Call me Nick!" I was a little embarrassed when I heard her call me Niki, especially in front of Jason, he always made fun of me about it.

"Ooo-ooo-oooh Niki!" he mouthed behind Katt, waving his arms like an idiot.

"Stuff you." I mouthed back, before Katt lifted herself off me, and gasped. "What?"

"Y-Your shoulder!" I look down to where she was looking, then remembered Jason had the same reaction just a few minutes ago. Really, how can I forget stuff like this?

"Oh, don't worry about it. It's nothing serious." I tried to calm her down. It wasn't working.

"What are you talking about? I'll get some bandages." Katt ran off to the supply room in a hurry. Man, she shouldn't worry so much sometimes, it's embarrassing.

"So," Jason had taken a seat at a really old-looking table. He spoke with a serious tone, not something I hear every day. "How are we going to deal with our little problem?"

"What problem? Did you do something while I wasn't around?" I eyed him suspiciously. Maybe he released some other virus or something. Or maybe he decided to get a hockey mask and act like 'Jason' the murderer guy.

"I'm talking about the zombies, numbnuts." Jason said before slapping the side of my head.

"Oh, that." Well, I guess that is a problem. "I'm not too sure yet. You got any ideas?"

Jason shook his head, and I sighed. What the hell could three guys do against an army of dead guys? The most likely ending of something like this is that we end up getting killed, and that isn't the most happy ending I could hope for.

"Jason, you've really gotta tidy that room up! It was so hard to find these bandages!" Katt had come back carrying antiseptic and bandages. She sat next to me, and proceeded to dampen a cotton ball with the antiseptic. Man this was gonna sting.

"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow." Katt was trying to be gentle, but it was more or less making the pain come in and out.

"Jeez Katt, he's a guy! Do it like this!" Jason took the cotton ball off her and rubbed it over my wound. Man that stings.

"Ow."

After that painstaking ordeal, Katt began wrapping me up. She's really good at this kind of thing, she took a course on first aid a year or so ago.

"Hey guys." I said. "We're going to have to do something about our… situation."

"Easier said than done. What the hell can we do?" Jason kicked his feet up onto the table. "We're just kids."

"Hey man, if we were just kids, we'd be dead by now. I know we can get outta this, we just gotta think." I looked down in thought. For one thing, I wasn't even sure if I believed what I just said. I have no clue how we're going to get out of this.

"Niki's right, Jason. I know we can get out of this somehow." Man, she's still calling me Niki.

"Right, anyway. First, let's see what we already know. For a start, whatever changed everyone in Raccoon City into zombies has also spread to Snakeville. And now, we're stuck almost exactly between two big towns covered in zombies." Jason's home was on the outskirts of Snakeville, and by chance, the outskirts of Raccoon City. "On a side note, there's a big-ass zombie man that won't stop chasing me down, and something tells me he's gonna show up here if we don't get moving soon."

"Our best chance of survival would be to get out of this area altogether then. We could get to the nearest town and get the proper authorities or something." Jason said. I agreed with the part about getting out, but I couldn't do it just like that.

"What about the big guy chasing me? Before I can get outta this place, I think I should get him off my back." I didn't want to get anyone else hurt because of that thing.

"You came here in that jeep right? Let's just take that. No way that thing could keep up." Jason told me.

"Maybe…"

"I think," Katt said. "We should take the jeep and go. I don't think that thing would follow us at that speed. We could lose him! And Niki… Niki has to stay with us this time!"

I felt my face go a little red, and I looked away to hide it.

"I-I guess we could try to get away…"

"Then it's settled! We're leaving as soon as possible!" Jason stood up and headed for the supply room. "I'll get some food and shit packed."

"And I've finished the bandaging." Katt told me. "I'll go help Jason." She said before skipping off after him.

"Hey guys. I'm gonna go topside and make sure we're clear." I got up and started climbing the ladder, carrying a pistol that I took out of one of my bags. I unscrewed the hatch, then opened a little crack and took a peek.

"Hmm…" the coast was pretty clear. But it was too quiet. I had suspected something would've caught up, Tower at least. I opened the hatch fully, and jumped out. I took a full view now. Apart from Jason's house, the rest of the place was pretty much like a desert. All sandy and stuff, but not hot at least. The moon was out in full view, lighting up the place with a pale glow. It was the middle of the night now, probably 2 or 3 o' clock.

"Huh?" I noticed something in the desert. A shadow on the floor. I looked up and down from it, but saw nothing the shadow could be coming from. Wait a minute. When I fought Tower, he was… "Invisible… Shit." I raised my gun and started shooting at the shadow. Tower revealed himself with a mighty roar, and he was back in view, in all his mighty, ugly glory. From what I could tell, the bullets weren't even phasing the ugly punk.

"Die!" he growled as he leaped at me. I was ready this time, and quickly dodged to the side. But he got up surprisingly fast, charging at me again. This time, I only avoided it by inches. This wasn't looking too good. I tried shooting him again, but it just pissed him off more. Well, I guess it's kinda satisfying in it's own way, but now's not the time for that.

"Man I'm gonna open a can of whoop-ass on ya!" this time, I charged at him, shouldering him. He literally flew a few feet away, hitting the floor with a thud.

"Nick what the hell's going on?" Jason had popped up from the hatch again.

"Get down and hide!" I whispered to him. I could see Tower was getting up again, so I quickly charged at him again, this time sending him hurtling even further.

"Let's roll with this!" I was about to attack him again, but pretty much fell to the floor all of a sudden. My knees gave way, and next thing I know I'm eating dirt. It felt like my body weighed a hundred tons. "Aw shit, this can't be good." My sight was starting to blur out, but I could make out Tower getting up, and coming for me. Well, I'm screwed yet again. I guess using my strength too much really is bad for me.

Jason

Shit, that big guy's got Nick. I wanna get up and stop him, but I know Nick wouldn't want me to do that. Dammit, why's that guy always gotta be like that? Get's his ass kicked all over the place, then tells me to look out for the others. But what pisses me off even more is that it's the only choice I got.

"What's happening Jason?" Katt asked. Jeez, I don't wanna tell her. Maybe I'll just bend the truth a bit.

"Err, Nick told me to drive you and the stuff out of town and he'd meet us there. He's just gonna take care of some stuff." Katt's always been real close to Nick, so she can probably tell deep down what I mean.

I look up again to see Nick getting dragged off by that monster, and there's not a damned thing I can do! Shit! I better get Katt outta here now, then we can get someone to save Nick. I know he won't die, no matter what that big bitch does to him.

"Let's go Katt."

TO BE CONTINUED

A/N: Thanks to everyone giving me reviews! And to JoJo10, I tried to write slower, but found that I couldn't do it very well, so I decided to stick with my faster paced style. Still, thanks for the tips! And Merry Christmas everyone!