Author note: One more review and I've got 80! Woo! I've decided to make a super special chapter once the review number makes it to 100. Sadly, though, I will once again be absent for a while because I have a final exam for math coming up and have no way of getting on the computer, but I'll most likely end up doing it anyways. So here is yet another chapter.

There's a highway to, to the edge, yeah
Once a night you will drive yourself there
At the end of the road you will find the answer
At the end of the road you will drink the fear

"Hall of mirrors" By: The Distillers

How long is the night?

Chapter 13

Long time no see

The small town came into view. Leon could make out the sign that read: "Al's used car and repair shop." They quickened their pace and made it to the chainlink fence that surrounded the tiny lot in a short ammount of time.

Ashley was out of breath from walking for so long that she just flopped down on the ground while Leon surveyed the deserted area.

"Is this the right place?" Ashley asked.

"I don't know. Get your gun out, we're going to check and see if there is any survivors."

Ashley let out a sign of annoyance and followed behind Leon, her feet dragging on the ground. She looked up in a lazy manner when they neared the entrance to the car lot. She raised her gun like there was nothing in the world that would attack her.

Leon's eyes darted from car to car, making sure that nothing was watching them. He looked in the class of an old rusty car.

Something blurry zipped past behind him and Ashley.

Leon spun around and aimed his gun in the direction of which he say the reflection.

"Come out now and we won't harm you."

He got no reply, just the quiet noise of the wind rattling the fence.

"What? Is there something here?"

Leon kept on walking further into the lot. He passed several, cars, trucks and vans, peeking inside all of them to make sure no one was inside. He didn't want any nasty surprises.

Ashley hadn't moved from her spot. She thought Leon was going crazy and had decided to stay where she was and keep an eye out for things. She was becoming bored quite quickly and started to gaze around at nothing at all.

A noise came from behind her. She turned around and saw that a garbage can had been knocked over.

"Probably the wind."

As the cars started to look newer and in better condition, Leon could now make out a tiny office building.

It was painted a dark blue color, with a big pale yellow stripe going down the side of it. The windows looked like they were a hundred years old, with cobwebs clearly visible from the outside. Weeds and other wild plants sprouted up from an ancient path that lead to a pair of dirty doors made out of cheap plastic and uncleaned glass.

Leon walked up to the doors and pushed them as quietly as he could, which was hard to do because they creaked loudly and made an awful noise.

"Stupid pieces of shit," Leon grumbled.

He just kicked them open in frustration and looked around the confined quarters.

A tiny wooden desk sat in one corner. The room was poorly lit due to the dirty windows. There was a bulleton board hanging up on one the wall to the left of Leon. On it were a bunch of sales papers that had been tacked there. Then he saw the chair that was behind the desk. Leon walked slowly over to it and studied the chair.

The color looked odd to him. It was black with a crimson red color added to it. He put a hand to the chair and withdrew it in disgust as he felt a warm gooey liquid make contact with the palm of his hand.

Leon heard something move and looked up. There was nothing in the little office. He burst through the doors and raced back to Ashley.

The girl was still looking around at nothing but was snapped out of her state when Leon could be heard shouting her name. Ashley looked over and saw Leon running like there was a huge monster after him.

"You okay?" He asked.

Ashley just looked at him with stupidity.

"Umm.. yeah. What's the matter I don't see anythi-"

A disfigured creature appeared out of nowhere and was attacking Leon without any warning.

Its mouth was open, trying to bite Leon. It was hissing wildly, a black rotting liquid leaking out of its mouth full of green rotten teeth. Its eyes were a bland, dead color that read 'Kill' throughout them.

Leon pushed the thing off of him and stood up straight. He aimed his gun at it and got ready to fire.

"Look," Ashley said. "It's gotta be Vivica's uncle."

Leon looked at the thing, more or less a zombie.

It wore a cream color shirt, mostly covered in blood. It had blue coverals on with a name tag pinned just near its right shoulder. Leon could make out the letters and read it quickly before the zombie tried to attack him once again.

"Well uncle Al," Leon pointed the gun to its head. "We need to borrow a car, don't mind if we take one."

Leon fired three bullets into the zombie's head.

It fell ontop of a broken down truck and rolled off to the side. Leon checked to make sure there was no one else around, then began to walk back towards the small office.

This time Ashley followed, not wanting to come across anymore things. She pointed her gun towards any noise that was created, totally paranoid by now.

Leon looked around and spotted a wall full of keys. He picked a set up and read the tape that was placed on the flat top. He turned towards Ashley and dangled the keys in the air with his fingers.

"Looks like we'll be taking a voltswagon beetle." (Thanks for the vehicle choice Sarah!)

They quickly left the building and began to search for their car.

A little while later they found it, old and rusted. Leon was about to got back and get another key, but when he turned around he could see a hoard of undead beings mindlessly stumble towards them from the other side of the fence.

"What are we going to do?" Ashley asked.

"Take this piece of crap and get out of here, now."

Zombies were now stumbling into the car lot. They slowly dragged themselves to Leon and Ashley, making moaning noises while they were inching closer and closer.

"Come on Leon they're right behind us."

He had the key in the door, but it wouldn't budge. Leon got fed up and kicked it. Something clicked inside. He turned the key inside the lock and pushed Ashley inside as soon as the only avalible door was open.

Leon jumped in the driver's seat and put a key in the ignition. The car made a sick noise as he tried to start the motar. He kept on trying and trying, but it wouldn't start.

"Son of a bitch." Leon tried one more time, then laid back into the seat when it didn't start yet again.

Ashley screamed when a zombie threw itself up against her window.

Its dead eyes stared at her, hungry for her flesh. It had its face pressed up against the window and was pushing on it.

"Leon try again!" Ashley began to shake his arm. "I'm not dying in a dirty car!"

Leon turned the key once more. It made a high-pitched noise then started up just as ten other zombies pilled on the car.

Leon swerved in and out of the parked and broken down vehicles. A lone zombie was staggering towards the car, Leon stepped on the gas and hit the zombie with full force, sending its lifeless body flying.

The exit was crowed with the undead. Leon made the engine roar, then sped towards them.

The front bumper became indented when it smacked against the zombies. They flew out in every which direction. It was fun until one was hit too hard and was flung into the windsheild.

Leon slammed on the brakes. He quickly checked to see if Ashley was hurt or not, then stepped on the gas pedal. He rolled down the driver's side window and used that to see with.

The rusty old vehicle sped out of town, only stopping to get some gas.

They were headed to D.C.

Ashley was looking out the window, her head resting in the palm of her hand. She was bored out of her mind.

They had left the small infested town about ten hours ago and were almost at their destination point.

Ashley yawned loudly. She sat back in her seat and turned her head to the side to look at Leon.

"Are we there yet?"

"You asked me that twenty minutes ago," he said between clenched teeth. "Entertain yourself for just a while longer."

Ashley crossed her arms and glared at him. "I've already tried that."

Leon took his hands off the wheel for a moment to dig around in his pocket. He grabbed the little red book and tossed it to Ashley, who wasn't expecting it. The book hit her right in the middle of the head.

"Ouch! That hurt you know!"

"Make some good use of yourslef and try to find some more information on what happened."

Ashley rubbed her head, a bright red mark appearing on her fore head. She picked the book up and began to flip through the pages, one by one.

Leon was beginning to think that she had fallen asleep when Ashley made a weird noise.

"Hey I think I found something!"

She scanned the page just to make sure it was the right thing, then read it out loud.

I have dispatched a party of gray men to go and take care of the helicopter that was supposed to land in New York City. I had gotten news that the agent working for me was going to use it, and not give it to the person who it really belongs to. The helicopter crashed, the agent and plaga sample retrieved. Now with this sample we are now able to create deadlier, more smart creatures. The results that we come up with will be revolutionary!

Ashley flipped through the pages some more.

"Where did you find that entry?" Leon asked, keeping his eye on the road.

"Near the front, guess it was this guy that started everything. Too bad we don't know who it is."

"Try looking for some more." Leon looked at the old clock that was actually right, much to Leon's amasement. It had been three hours since he had given Ashley the little red book. He didn't have to worry about her complaining anymore, well hopefully.

The road was empty. There were no cars anywhere and no sign of distruction.

Suddenly something jumped into the middle of the road.

Leon slammed on the brakes. The vehicle swerved and made skid marks on the road. It came to a stop a little ways from the thing, facing the wilderness, not the road. The car had spun from the sudden stop.

Leon looked out the window and saw that it was a woman, disorented and walking towards them like a mindless thing. Leon backed the car up, then faced it the right way. He stepped on the gas pedal and raced towards the woman.

Leon almost froze. The woman was in the middle of the road the next moment, then she was gone. He kept on driving, just incase it was hiding somewhere.

There was a thud from the roof.

Ashley put the book down slowly and looked at Leon.

"What was that?"

A blood died face appeared upside down infront of the shattered windsheild.

Leon quickly ducked his head back inside the vehicle, not wanting to be decapitated. He looked at the woman that was now hissing at them.

Ashley fumbled around for something. She placed her hand on her gun and brought it up.

Without thinking that she wouldn't get hurt, Ashley pulled the trigger and shot a bullet directly into the woman's head.

The bullet though, had added to the damaged of the windsheild.

"Cover your face!" Leon said as the glass shattered and fell all over the dashboard and all throughout the interior of the vehicle.

Ashley took her hands away when she knew all the glass had fallen. She looked around and watched out her window when the woman's body fell off the vehicle and into a near by ditch.

"These things are getting way too creepy!"

Leon made sure that no glass had gotten into his eyes as he was driving. Then he saw something that he was dying to see.

The outline of the buildings in D.C.

He sped up and drove through the city, not caring about the zombies that littered the side streets.

Finally the whithouse came into view.

Ashley jumped up in her seat and was smiling like a fool. She had her hand on the handle, waiting to open it as soon as they reached home. The vehicle stopped and she stumbled out.

"Finally I'm home!"

They walked towards the whitehouse and searched through all the rooms.

They found nothing.

Ashley was beginning to panic. She lead Leon into the last room in the entire place, the room where the president had his office.

Leon and Ashley burst through the door and saw that the chair was turned around, not facing them.

Leon brought his gun out when he heard a quiet cough.

The chair suddenly spun around.

With a woman in a red dress sitting in it.

Reviewer responses:

Tia- Yay! Thanks for reviewing! My aunt and uncle got back from the Juno's and they couldn't get anyones autographs, I'm sorry. But they got me something I just can't remember what it was O.O

Cyram- Good chapter for your new story! Its going to turn out to be really good, I just know it! Thanks for the review for chapter 11 I think it was. Anyways I hope you update soon!

Sych77- Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like my little inputs :)

Luna-Starr- I'm glad you liked the chocolate part! I thought that I just had to put that in there. Don't worry they'll know what happened to Vivica in a later chapter, but that's all I can tell you for now. Thanks for the review! I wish you didn't have to end your one story.

Some shout outs to: tre0220, Foggy Brains, Jediferret, Dualzero, and Blaze the bad!