Author's Note: AAH! Sorry I didn't update sooner! I went on vacation! ( Well, I'm not going anywhere anymore, so I'll update sooner next time.
"Alive inside," Tom mumbled. Hailey and Katie were also staring at the building, surprised. "Hold on, you guys."
"Okay," Hailey said. She looked out the window. "We're headed to a restaurant?" Katie thought he heard a grunt of pain come from Tom. She looked at him, confused. She was going to ask what was wrong, but Tom got out of the car. He hurriedly gestured for Hailey and Katie to get out, too, so they did.
At the door, Tom banged it hard, using his gun, his hands, and his shoes to hit the door at different times. The door opened about an inch, and a head stuck out.
"What?" the girl asked.
"What do you mean 'what'?" Tom asked. "We're people standing outside a door waiting for you to let us in -" then he paused "- so let us in."
"Any of you bitten?" she asked. "Or did any of you get injured by those things?"
"No," Tom said sternly. He held the side of the door. "Now let us in, please, before those things appear again." The woman let them in, then shut the door tightly. There was another man there, Katie noticed. She stared at him with a confused expression, and the woman seemed to notice. She chuckled.
"I'm Maia, and this is Matt, my oh-so-lucky neighbor," she said, pointing to the man. He smiled politely at Katie, Hailey and Tom, who smiled politely back at him.
"I'm Katie," Katie said, then pointed to Hailey and Tom. "And this is my brother, Tom, and my, uh, friend Hailey."
Maia simply smile and said, "Nice to meet you guys." Tom nodded, not looking at her. She brushed some hair out of her eyes and asked, "How'd you guys get here? I mean… we're in the middle of no where." She chuckled lightly.
Tom shrugged. "Looked out the window on a Halloween night, got in a car, ended up… here." He sighed. "Dammit."
"Are those thingies going to come back?" Hailey asked, frightened. She slunk back in one of the booths. "They're not coming back, right? Right?"
Maia shrugged. "Actually, I don't really know, so -" She was interrupted by a bang that came from inside the kitchen. They all stared at the locked kitchen door, surprised. Tom made his way to it so he was at least three or four feet from the door. He looked at Maia sternly and seriously and asked, "Did you lock the kitchen door?" She nodded nervously.
"No, no," Tom said, chuckling lightly in disbelief. "The door inside the kitchen that leads to the outside. You do know that there's a door inside the kitchen, right?"
"Uh…no." Maia's eyes widened. Katie crossed her arms, not knowing if she were mad, sad, or terrified. Matt stood up.
"I…better go close it," he said, making his way to the door. But Tom stopped him by putting his arm in front of Matt. Tom shook his head.
"They might be in the kitchen already," Tom informed everyone. Hailey pulled his legs close to her, while Katie sat down next to her. Katie rested her elbow on the table, with her chin in her hand. She looked at Tom, and her eyes gazed over a mark on his jacket. Her eyes narrowed, as she looked closer. There was a terrible rip that she hadn't noticed before. And something red on it… Blood? She thought. She gasped, then looked at Tom, who was looking confusedly at her.
"Um…is something wrong?" he asked, perking an eyebrow up. Katie pointed to his jacket, and he took it off and stared at his arm. Maia grabbed her gun and pointed it at him.
"I swear to God," Tom said, raising his hands up in defense, "that I did not get bitten. Look! It's a scratch or something!" He lifted the sleeve of his bloody white shirt. And it definitely was a scratch. And by the way Maia saw it, he was bleeding like crazy.
"Like I said," Matt said. "I'll go close it." He unlocked the door that lead to the kitchen and peeked inside. It was dead quiet, and the other door was all the way across the room. He sighed, then closed the door and got his gun. "I'll be right back." Then he disappeared through the doors.
"Um, he's coming back, right?" Katie asked. Tom frowned at her.
"Of course," he said, putting a hand over his scar. Katie looked at Hailey, who was sound asleep, her face on the table. She stared at her, dumbfounded. How could someone sleep in a time like this? She thought to herself. She shrugged off the thought and turned to Tom again.
"What are you going to do about it?" she asked. "The cut, I mean."
"I don't know, Katie," Tom replied. "We're in a freaking restaurant. What can I do?"
"I think there's a first-aid kit around here somewhere," Maia said, thinking deeply. Then she sort of 'brightened'. "Yes! There's one in the kitchen!" She looked at Tom and said, smiling, "I'll be right back."
"No, Maia, wait-!" Tom cried. He tried to grab Maia's arm, but she was too fast. She disappeared into the kitchen. Tom sighed and put his head back, releasing a moan of agony. He muttered, "She's whack. Just going in their like that." Then he smiled to himself.
"What was that?" Katie said, making it sound like more of a statement than a question. Her eyes widened when she heard another roar of a bang come from the kitchen. "There it is again."
"…Maia?" Tom asked, walking slowly to the door. "Matt…is that you?" He put a hand on the door and opened it.