Seventh Chapter! Yay! Enjoy!

Loss can be a hard thing

Higgy was knelt by Red's body, still crying. DL had a hand on her shoulder, even though she was still very weak. Red's eyes were still open; Higgy moved her hand across her face, shutting them with her fingertips. Flicking a couple of stray strands of hair from the face from her dead friend.

There was still the groaning of the zombies down the hole, a look of anger passed over Higgy's face as she got up and walked over to the hole. She stared down at the zombies, who had killed her friend. She took out her gun and began to fire, killing them off one by one, screaming "Die! You fucking bastards!"

DL walked over to her and put her hand on her arm. Immediately the firing ceased and Higgy turned round, lowering her gun as she did so. "It's okay Higgy."

"And how's that?" Higgy asked, the tears threatening to fall again.

"Well, maybe not okay, but at least we saved her from being completely eaten by those monsters. Now, that would have been a worse fate, wouldn't it?"

Higgy nodded, "Yeah..." She turned to the others. "We must press on, if we are going to survive this, we need to get moving." The others nodded. She turned to DL and she smiled.

Spam had navigated them along the corridors of the Hive. They had avoided any confrontation so far, but not for long. As they rounded the next corner they saw that they were head on with a huge mass of zombies. They ran back around the corner.

"There's no way we'll take down that many." Mel whispered to Higgy. "What shall we do?"

"I know...Get everyone over there and into that room." She pointed to a room made out of steel. Mel nodded, "What about you?"

"Don't worry about me. Just make sure everyone is in there when I'm ready." She held up her hand before Mel could ask anymore questions. "Go."

Mel sighed and began to spread the word. She helped DL into the room and began to get everyone in. Max lingered for a moment before running into the room too.

Higgy, meanwhile, got out some stuff from her back and began to make something though no-one could see what. When they were all in the room, Mel got ready to pull the door shut for when Higgy got in. DL peered out at Higgy and suddenly clicked.

"Oh My God." DL exclaimed rather suddenly. The others looked at her confused. "She's nuts."

"Why? What's she doing?" Max asked.

"She's going to use some of the plastic explosives."

"Oh shit."

"Everyone, who doesn't need to be by the door, I suggest you move to the back of the room, kinda nowish."

"Going..." Maz said, running to the back of the room, followed by a couple of others. The only people left at the door were Kat and DL

Higgy just finished setting up the explosive and pushed it out into the mass of zombies. She ran for it, towards the door. The zombies stared at it for a moment, before it exploded taking them with it. Higgy ran in and they shut the door, just as the explosion came. It smashed the glass in the window and they all cowered from the explosion. Higgy hugging DL to her, trying to protect her from the mass of splintering glass and unbelievable heat.

When it had all subsided, everyone began to unfold themselves from their protective positions. Higgy looked to DL, who was cowering against her.

Suddenly Jo let out a cry, "Kat!" Kat was lying face down on the floor in a mass of smashed glass, a huge cut down her face. Morlena, Mel, Spam and Jo were immediately at her side, turning her over, trying to wake her. She wouldn't wake up, she was dead. Jo looked at Higgy in anger, "You killed her!"

"No..." Higgy stuttered. "I didn't mean to...it was the only way...we would have never survived a confrontation like that...I didn't mean for this to happen."

Jo stood up and went to hit Higgy but DL got in-between them. "Don't Jo. She didn't mean to. It was accident."

"No! Tripping someone up may be an accident! Not killing them!" BJ came and stood with DL, "I'm sorry Jo, but I'm with DL on this one. It was accident, Higgy didn't mean to."

Higgy came around the side of BJ and stood in front of them. They looked at her as if she was mad.

"Guys. Don't bother. Jo is right. It was my fault...I mean is my fault that Kat is dead."

BJ hung her head and DL put her hand on her shoulder. "No Higgy, it's not your fault, it was only an accident."

"It was."

"Yes it was." Jo agreed before whacking Higgy round the face making her fall to the floor, her face landing in a load of smashed glass. The group gasped, DL and BJ were immediately knelt at her side, helping her to sit up. There was a large cut on her forehead. Jo had tears sliding down her face as did most of the others in the group. DL motioned to BJ to pass her the medical kit and she did as she was asked. DL took out a patch and some tape and placed it on Higgy's wound, securing it there. Higgy swallowed and looked up at Jo. "I'm sorry."

Morlena, who was still knelt by Kat's body, stood up. "Let's keep going. I don't think we want to lose anyone else." They all rose to their feet and went to the door and opened it, exiting one by one.

Jo was the last to leave behind DL and Higgy. "You'll pay for this Higgy, I swear it."

Well? What do you think? Please R & R this for me. Thanks.

Slayya