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I feel helpless waiting.

Could this all be the end?

It's all coming down all at once.

Am I losing you?

No Way Out!

Until this all crashes down, I'll hold on.

you're going to make this work

Into the darkness...not knowing at all...

you're going to make this work

Are you out there waiting, wondering about me?

Never felt so alone as I do now.

No way out!

Into the darkness- Kittie

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How long is the night?

Chapter 5

The departure

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Leon commanded Ashley to stay where she was as he joined Michael, who was making his way to a secret passageway that was in the back of the underground house.

"This door will lead us to the outside. We will then be in the back yard. They should be somewhere close by so watch out."

"Right."

They made their way to the front of the house, weapons in hand, quietly walking closer and closer to the enemy.

Michael signaled for Leon to follow as they rounded the corner. The entire lawn of the front yard was swarming with zombies. Many held knives in their hands; others had guns and several dangerous objects.

Leon brought his Broken Butterfly out and pointed it at the savage crowd. Michael put up a hand to stop him and took out most of the zombies with one easy shot of his rocket launcher.

"You get the others, I'll go check around for any survivors."

Leon quickly brought down the remaining zombies with some quick shots of his deadly gun. He turned around and decided to scout the back yards of the other houses just incase they were trying to hide.

As he turned the corner he came face to face with a grotesque zombie that looked like his eyes had been ripped out and had grown back in the form of little puffballs. His jaw hung loosely off his face, as if it would break away at any given minute. His clothing was in tatters and had blood and some other substance, most likely puss, flowing out of the rips.

"Holly shit you are one ugly.. thing," Leon said as he did a back flip and shot off the zombie's head effortlessly.

He checked all the backyards. There was no trace of any zombies what so ever. Then Leon went to look for Michael, which wasn't that hard because he could hear him blowing up some unfortunate zombies and yelling at them in the process of doing so.

A crowd of about twenty-five zombies surrounded Michael; they all had some really sharp and shiny looking butcher knives, and were slowly advancing on him. The zombies were too close for Michael to use his rocket launcher, so he began using his knife, but thankfully Leon found him and blasted them all away in one bloody mess.

"I owe you one."

Leon surveyed the once peaceful neighborhood. It looked like a war had just occurred. The homes lay in ruins and there were several corpses sprawled out in every direction.

"Is there any more?" Leon asked.

"Not that I can see. We should get back to Ashley before she gets too paranoid."

They went back to the underground house using the ladder like they had before. Ashley was sitting on a piece of furniture chewing her nails and ran up to Michael and Leon speaking really fast, in a high-pitched, annoying voice.

"What happened?"

"We had a little run in with some old friends of ours," replied Michael.

Leon sat down on a comfy couch and looked at Michael. "Do you mind telling us just exactly what happened here?"

The man sat down on a chair and sighed.

"I used to work at the airport before all this occurred. Well one day this unidentified aircraft came up on the radar that we had no clue where it had came from, besides that it came from the east. It neared the landing area and we found out that it was a helicopter that carried two unknown passengers, we found out that one was a female and the pilot was a male.

Anyways just as it was almost touching the ground, something weird happened. The helicopter ignited with flames and all these crazy looking people came running towards it and jumped inside like they were after something, then they ran off with something in their hands. We never found out what happened to the two passengers because the crazy people attacked us; they weren't zombies, just people that were pretty fucked up. Then all this fighting began with the normal people and the crazy ones, so I built this here place and that's all I know."

Leon went silent for a moment. His brain registered everything that Michael had told him and tried to figure out who could have caused all of this.

"Do you if any other places were affected too?" he asked.

"I don't know I haven't left the city."

"Did you catch a glimpse at what the woman was wearing that was in the helicopter?"

"No I didn't, I was too worried about all the crazy people running around outside."

"What happened to the other people who were working where you were?" Ashley piped up.

"Turned into mindless zombies like everyone else did," Michael paused for a second then carried on. "They were the first to actually become zombies. One must have been hiding with the crazy people because I never saw him run into the building and kill my partner until it was too late. The first night trying to sleep was horrid. I could heard people screaming next door and a baby crying then things went quiet until they started smashing on the front door in windows."

"How did you escape?" questioned Ashley.

"Hid in the bathroom and locked the door until they went away. They must be pretty stupid because that's the first place I would've checked if I were one of them."

(A/n: on resident evil 4, have you guys ever seen the Ganado in the bathroom in village Chief's house? He looks at you all funny. And why the hell is there toilet paper in there when it's only a freakin urinal? Thanks for showing me that Steph. (Foggy Brains))

Leon finally sat up while he still digested what had occurred. He knew there had to be more, but Michael obviously didn't know. He couldn't blame him either.

"Why don't we all go back outside and see if there are anymore survivors. Though it sure as hell doesn't look like there's any normal people around here anymore."

So they all went outside and savored the fresh air, even though they could smell blood and burning buildings.

Leon checked the area once more, before they headed to the backyard of the house and sat down in the patio chairs that were around a small fire pit. The cushions were comfy and there had been no damage inflicted on them. They soaked up the sun, making everyone cozy.

Michael cleared his throat and spoke to Leon with guilt in them. "Sorry to say it, but I've checked this city inside out and there are no survivors what so ever. I don't want to give up your hopes or anything, but it's true. Everyone is a zombie now, I even hate tot admit that."

"I knew you'd say that."

"Hey Michael why don't you come and travel with us?" Ashley suggested.

"Sorry I can't do that. I've got to keep this place under some sort of control until some other people come by."

(Ha ha Ashley got rejected AGAIN!)

"We should get going then," Leon said. "Thanks for letting us stay here and saving our asses when we first arrived, even though you didn't know it."

Michael chucked and sat up as Ashley and Leon were leaving.

"Here take this with you," he went back underground and came back up with a bag full of food and bottled water. "This should prove to be useful on your journey."

"Thanks Michael," Ashley said as she received the bag from him and put it over her shoulder.

He walked then to the city limits and bid them farewell as they walked away into the distance.

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Reviewer responses:

Luna-Starr- That's funny because Foggy Brains thought the exact same thing. Michael isn't the merchant but I think I'll fit one or two in my story. It's so sad that your story has come to an end. I'll miss reading it.

Blaze the bad- Thanks for the review. Glad ya like the cliffhangers, they give the story more of an edge I guess.

Break the Silence- Hey you like Crowned King? That's awesome! I saw them in concert for the second time on the 16th of February, and let me tell you that they rock live! Thanks for the review!

Jediferret- Thanks, I like stories where he's in character too. There's some stories where he's not that aren't that good but there's some like "Infected with Dumbness" that are awesome. Heh heh.

Cyram- I'm glad you updated your story, I can't get enough of it! Some substitutes can really! Heh heh, thanks for the review!