"Come on, Rebecca... let's get out of here..." Billy pulled back, looking down at the girl. He knew that he would be responsible for the girl's death if anything ever happened to her. And he didn't want to have an innocent teen's death on his conscious. She was so young, and trapped in nightmares that he could barely stand. As the adult... he was going to protect her... ... with his life.
Rebecca nodded, looking around a little. She knew they couldn't go out through the front door... there were those zombie dogs out there. They wouldn't make it three feet out the door. But there had to be another way out... a back door or something. Maybe even an underground tunnel that led out of the mansion and into the city. She looked back to Billy. For some reason... she felt extremely comfortable with him. "I wonder if there's a map of this place in here somewhere... maybe even a blueprint."
"Where do you think they would keep a map? I mean, they'd get lost just trying to find the damned thing," Billy sighed, looking around. The place was huge, looking at it from the outside. Just think how much bigger it would be on the inside. They were currently in the front room of the Mansion. He had to admit... the place was gorgeous.
The tile beneath their feet shone almost perfect reflections, the lights above them giving a soft glow to everything. There was a large staircase behind them, leading halfway up to the second floor in a landing, and splitting off to a staircase on each side of it. The floor above them seemed more like a walkway than a second floor. Near where the back wall would be, were stone archways, and an open area behind the main staircase.
"-ey... ... Hey...!" Rebecca was waving her hand in front of Billy's vacant face, trying to get his attention. She sighed when she finally got him to look at her, "What were you staring off in space for? You ok? You didn't get a bump on the head or anything, did you?" she tilted her head, her hands on her hips.
He shook his head a little. "No, sorry... I'm ok. I was just thinking... what am I going to do after all of this is over?" he looked at her. "They're probably going to shoot me on sight when we get back to town... Maybe it would be better if...-"
"No way!" she frowned, shaking her head and looking at him with a dead serious look in her eyes. "I am not letting anything here get you! And you are coming with me back to Raccoon. I will make them listen... I won't let them kill you... ok?"
He looked at the sincerity in her eyes and smiled lightly. For a kid, she was pretty cool. She could probably talk them into believing her. He was partially glad that all of this happened... ... it was better than being killed without a chance...