Chapter Eleven: Found
Garret watched through the window as a sign that said "Now Leaving Arizona" flew by and bit his lip a little "We're almost in New Mexico" He said
"Wonderful" Marcie said
Everyone was perfectly quiet ever since they left Winslow and Bianca's "dead" body. Jimmy sat down next to the one of the beds while Kristine was in a bed, curled up and sobbing. He wonders if Kristine was crying for her friend or for her for even coming along on this trip. He looked over at Matt, who was still in a headlock by Marcie with the gun still pointing at his head.
Matt looked over at Jimmy and for a second the two boys stared at each other with the sign of hurt in their eyes. Jimmy broke the contact and stared at the two bodies on the floor. The girl was still knocked out from Marcie hitting her in the back of her head with the gun. And the dead body of the boy had blood still pouring out of his head and spreading across the floor. The odor was beginning to be noticed by him as well as Marcie.
The blood spread across the floor and started to soak into Matt's black pants, but he had no choice since he couldn't move. His legs were getting numb from sitting on his knees for the last few hours, but again he had no choice to move with the gun next to his head.
The smell of the fresh blood was getting too nauseating to Marcie "Hey, you" She called out to Jimmy.
"My name is Jimmy" He said
"Whatever, just take the body, go outside and toss him" She ordered
"Why?" He asked
"Because I said so and the smell is making me sick, now do it!" She screamed and pushed the gun harder against Matt's head.
"Can you at least stop the vehicle since it's hard to walk on the roof when it in motion?" Jimmy asked
"How dumb do you think I am?" Marcie asked "you'll just run off"
"Why would I run off without a gun or a vehicle to drive?" Jimmy asked
Marcie gave him a look and press the gun more into Matt's head "get the body, go on to the roof and dump it"
Jimmy looked at Matt then over to Kristine, who was pale and curled up into a small ball on the bed and staring back at him not knowing what to say or do.
"Ok, I'll do it" Jimmy said
Jimmy got up and picked up the dead body, a small potion of blood splats on the floor followed by large thick droppings. Kristine turned the other way, feeling the vomit coming again, but throwing up isn't going to help out with the odor.
"Kristine, can you open the ceiling door" Jimmy asked, since he didn't know how to open it and he had a body in his arms.
Kristine, slowly got out of the bed and walked up the small ladder and opened the hatch. A cold breeze blew inside the vehicle and the sounds of it driving down the street. Jimmy tossed the body over his left shoulder and started climbing up the small ladder. He tossed the body onto the roof and climbed out himself then closed the door.
Garret looked over at one of the t.v. screens and watched Jimmy trying to balance himself on the moving vehicle. Garret was too afraid to slow down since he might end up killing Matt or Kristine.
Jimmy got down on his knees and hands so he wouldn't slip and fall off the huge vehicle like Bianca did.
(Jump off) He thought.
He crawled over to the edge and gripped hold of anything he can grab on to and looked down. The vehicle didn't look that high to jump off.
(What the hell are you saying Jimmy) his brain shouted
Jimmy didn't believe Bianca was dead, she wasn't that type of person that would give up so easily. Come on, she did track him down and fought a zombie to get her ring back after all. Jimmy looked down at the street and bit his lip for the idea that was forming inside his head.
(If Bianca is alive, no doubt, she's bleeding to death and alone so . . . )
"I should jump off and try to find her"
He heard a bell ringing as if he was on a game show and got the right answer. He bit his lip again and was wondering if he should really take that risk to go see if she was alive.
(Just jump) His brain said
"Easier said than done, if he did jump he'll be landing on solid concrete and if he did survive he has nothing to defend himself.
Jimmy looked over at the body, a small puddle of blood started of form and shined by the moonlight. Another idea popped into his mind and thought that idea was disgusting and wrong on so many levels.
(Grabbed the body, jump off and use it as a cushion)
"I'm not that sick and twisted" He said out loud.
(Well, what other choices do you have) His brain said
Jimmy looked back at the dead body and didn't know if he should do it or not. "I don't even have a weapon to defend myself"
(Think Stupid, guys like him carries more than one weapon)
Jimmy crawled over to the dead body and search around to find some kind a weapon. Even a knife would be better than nothing. He patted around the chest and found some extra bullets in one of his deep pockets. He placed them in his own pockets even though they wouldn't be any be without a gun. He searches around again and was in luck when he found a small one wrapped around the boy's ankle.
He couldn't help, but kiss the gun then dragged the body over to the edge. He sat there for a minute and went over the plan again. (Jump and land on the body to break your fall
"Full proof, rather disgusting, but full proof"
Suddenly the ceiling door opened again and Kristine popped put "Jimmy, Marcie is wondering what's taking you so long"
Jimmy grabbed the body and looked at Kristine "I can't live like this" he shouted and winked at her.
Kristine got the idea and played along "No, Jimmy, you have so much to live for"
Jimmy mouth the words "don't worry" then with all his might and jumped off the moving vehicle. With the body protecting him, he landed hard on the street, hearing the bones cracking and snapping before rolling around then coming to a complete stop.
Kristine crawled over to the edge of the vehicle to make sure he was all right. At first she saw no movement for a few seconds then she saw one of the bodies rolling on his back then she couldn't see anymore.
Jimmy groans in pain, the bones of the dead body weren't the only ones that were cracking. He landed on his arm wrong and when he hit the ground the blood from the dead body squirted in his face and upper chest. He rolled over again and started to spit out the blood that got into his mouth. "Wasn't the greatest plan I ever thought of?" he said
He rolled onto his stomach again and sat up onto his knees, hearing his bones cracking again and sat there for a minute to collect his thoughts.
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Kristine crawled back into the vehicle and slump down to the floor.
"Where is he?" Marcie asked
Kristine looked at her and gulped "he killed himself"
Matt looked at her stunned, but Marcie just laughed, "he just saved me a bullet" she said
Matt continues to stare at Kristine with a "you're serious" kinda look. Kristine stared at him back and quickly winks at him then somehow Matt knew Jimmy went back to get Bianca.
Garret knew that Jimmy didn't kill himself after all, you can see everything with these T.V. screens, he sighed and saw another sign saying "Gallup, 25 miles"
(Not really a great way to enter the next state) Garret thought
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Jimmy got up and started running back to Winslow, Arizona with little thought about the fact that he no food, water, little ammo or a plan what to do when and if he finds her. The only thing on his mind was finding her and hoping Marcie didn't stabbed her too badly.
He didn't know where he was going, all he was doing was following the street then the deep tire tracks in the dirt.
It was nearly three o'clock, according to the watch he stole a while back when he made it back to the spot where Bianca should be at and was shocked to see that she was gone and two dead zombies on the ground.
Jimmy smiled a little (she's alive)
He quickly frowned knowing that if Bianca was alive where did she go and where would she hide from the dead. Jimmy continue running back to Winslow since that was the closet town to go to if you wanted to hide out for the night.
Jimmy didn't want to admit it, but he was down right nervous about walking around the night knowing that there were flesh eating dead people out there ready to take a bite. He wasn't lying when he told Bianca that this is his first time being out here. He can actually hear the moans of the dead as he was running through the trees til he found the street that will take him in to Winslow.
Two hours past when he enter the town of Winslow and looked around. It was a medium size town and have no clue where to begin looking for Bianca. He stared at the street and noticed small puddles and large drops of some type of liquid shining in the moon light leading a trail in to the town.
Jimmy started following the trail and spotted a few zombies popping out behind the stores and alleys and slowly walking over to him. He tried to stay calm even though his heart was pounding so hard that it was hurting his chest.
(Oh, come on, Jimmy, you're a twenty-year-old man and scared to be out here. Garret, that little sixteen year old looks braver than you do right this minute)
"Shut up" he shouted, but his voice brought more attention to the dead as they were getting nearer.
Jimmy pulled out the gun and pointed at one of the zombies, hoping his aim is better than he thought it is. He fired the gun and hit the zombie in the neck, blood poured out of it's decompose skin and it was still walking over.
"Dammit" he said to himself.
A zombie grabbed his shoulder all of a sudden and tried to pull him over to bit, but Jimmy pull away and fired the gun again. The bullet hit the zombie across the cheek as it stretch out his arms and tried grabbing Jimmy again.
"Get away from me" he shouted, and kicked the zombie right in the knee cap. The leg bent in the wrong direction and the night was filled with the sound of the bones snapping. The zombie fell down, but not even that couldn't stop it from trying to eat Jimmy. As the zombie crawled over, Jimmy ran as fast as he could before he found himself trapped.
He ran and ran til there were no zombies in sight and then stopped to rest. He cursed himself for his bad aim and the fact that he didn't prepare himself for this since it was just a once in a life time chance to escape.
He walked around the streets, trying to find the trail of drops again because part of him was telling him that was blood. He turned the corner of a store, grasped and hid behind the store again from what he saw. A dozen or so zombies were crowded around something and banging on it.
(What are they doing over there) he thought.
He thought about what his friend Alex told him the first time they met.
(You're full crap Alex, I doubt they could still have their senses even though they're dead)
(I'm telling you Jimmy, they might be dead but somehow they know where to look for living people as if they can smell them out)
(Like I said you're full of crap)
If Alex was full of crap about that then why would the dead be hanging around that corner unless.
Jimmy ran up to the dead and waved to get their attention "HEY, HEY, DEAD PEOPLE OVER HERE"
Most of the dead slowly turned around and started walking over to him with their arms extended out. Jimmy took a few steps back and noticed they were standing near a dumpster. He continues taking a few steps back, making sure they were following him before running around the store he was hiding behind. He ran fast enough to make sure he didn't get caught, but slow enough to make sure they were following.
After he ran around the store he ran over to the dumbster and noticed a large stain of blood smeared at the top in the cloudy morning light. He opened the lid and nearly dropped it when he saw the nearly dead Bianca, curled up in a pool of blood. Her arms, face, hair and clothes were soaked on the thick red blood made Jimmy doubt if she was alive.
He turned around and saw the dead coming back. "Don't worry Bianca, I'll get you out of here"
He walked over to the back side of the dumbster and with all his stretch he manages to tip it over. A loud crash echo throughout the dead town as he quickly pulled Bianca out of the dumbster and lifted her over his shoulder. He can already feel the warm blood soaking it to his shoulder as he rushed out of the street and tried to find a place to hide.
More and more zombies were starting to appear to a point Jimmy couldn't out run them since they were popping out of nowhere. He thanks god that they were slow but wishes they came in fewer numbers. Everywhere he turned, another zombie comes out and tries to bite him or Bianca. It was hard for him to shoot while holding on to Bianca and he was already out of ammo and didn't have time to reload.
His whole right shoulder was soaked with Bianca's blood when he came across a large neighborhood with two stories houses. The houses were either boarded up or broken in when the zombie invasion first started, but Jimmy thought if there was a two-story house there might be an attic or a place to get up on top of the roof.
He had to hurry since he spotted a few zombies crawling out from some of the houses so he ran to the closes house he can find. He walked inside since the door was torn off and lay on the ground and looked around. He slowly walked up the stairs and looked around to find a first aid kit or just a towel to help to stop the bleeding in Bianca's wounds. He walked down a small hallway, but stop when a sting lightly hit his face. He looked up and smiled in relief when he realizes it is the string to open the attic door.
He didn't have time to smile when he heard footsteps and moaning sounds entering the door and walking upstairs.
(Maybe they did smell me out) Jimmy thought as he quickly grabbed the string, brought down the stairs and climbed up into the attic. He quickly placed Bianca down and crawled over to pull up a ladder. Jimmy pulled it up before a zombie could grab it, pull up the string then sat there to take few deep breaths.
Even with the light of the cloudy morning coming into the window it was still dark inside the attic. He crawled over to Bianca and place his ear near her mouth and smiled when he could hear her breathing. It was faint and weak, but she was breathing. He wiped the blood off her mouth and patted her cheek very lightly to try to wake her up.
"Bianca, Bianca, can you hear me, Bianca" he whispered and shook her a little.
He did this for about five minutes til Bianca started coughing with spit and blood running down her cheek. Jimmy wiped the blood away from her mouth again when Bianca started opening her eyes.
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"Bianca"
I awoke once again without a clue where I was at or how badly my wounds have gotten. All I know that I wasn't alone when I keep hearing someone calling my name.
"Bianca, can you hear me, it's me, Jimmy"
I was in great pain and sticky from the dried blood on my skin. "What happened, where am I" I looked at Jimmy, who was smiling at me "where did you come from?"
"It's a long story" he said as he was walking around the place we were at looking for something. "Marcie took over the vehicle, killed some boy that was traveling with her then took-" He stop talking.
"Took what?" I asked weakly
Jimmy turned away as if he didn't want to tell me the rest. He grabbed a sheet he found, walk over to me and sat down "nothing, to keep it short, I escaped and came back to find you"
I was about to asked why when he slowly started lifting up my torn shirt. I smacked his hand away but that just brought more pain to the gash on my left arm.
"I need to look at your wound and it's coming from you stomach" Jimmy said
I blushed and I think he can tell why I smacked him away. "I'm not going to look at that" he said, looking away from embarrassment.
I looked away; taking deep breaths to keep me from passing out again as I felt my shirt being pulled up again. "My god" I heard Jimmy whispering, I guess it was that bad. "Try not to swallow your tongue this is going to hurt" he said
The next thing I knew, he pressed the sheet against my stomach wound hard. A jolt of pain flew up my spine and I couldn't keep myself from screaming. The pain was unbearable and I felt like I was going to past out again. It took five minutes to stop the bleeding and for Jimmy to wrap the thin sheet around my stomach and tied it into a knot. "There, it wasn't that bad, was it?" he said
"Speak for yourself" I said, moaning in pain.
I felt Jimmy gently caressing my stomach where the wound was at "what are you doing" I asked
"I'm just trying to make the pain go away" he said
"Well, stop" I said
He pulled his hand away "sorry, did Marcie stab you anywhere else" he asked
"Just on my left arm, but it's nothing too serious" I said
"Bianca, your whole arm is stain in blood, it is serious" he said, getting up again and looking around.
"Where are we?" I asked
"Well, after I escape and found you in a dumpster"
"Don't asked how I got there?" I said
"Fine by me, anyway I took you here in this house that has an attic. We'll be safe here til you get better" he said
"What happen to the others, are they ok?" I asked
Jimmy was silent for a minute "don't worry, as long as Garret is driving her to Texas, she's not going to hurt your friends" he said
"How did you escape?" I asked
Jimmy sat down next to me again with another cloth he found and started wrapping my wound on my arm. "If we had some water here I can clean off some of the stains"
"You didn't answer my question" I said
"I jumped off the vehicle while it was in motion and use a dead body as my pillow for a soft landing" he said
I stared at him and he just smiled "I rather not get into the details"
I tired to smile but I felt so weak from the large amount of blood loss "why did you risk your life to come and get me" I asked
Again it took him a while to answer my question "Well, Matt and the other didn't think you were dead and since I actually had a chance to escape I was the one that came looking for you" he said
I started to laugh a little "what's so funny" He asked
"I can't believe that you would just jump off a fifteen-foot vehicle and walked back into a town full of dead people to save a person, you only met three days ago. I mean people I punch in the eye the first time we met would gladly to see me die in a terrible way. But no, you continued to come over and gave up everything so you can come on this trip, which seem impossible now thanks to that bitch." I continue to laugh "why is it that I'm always get stuck with the crazy ones and now with someone whom I have no idea why he's here in the first-"
Jimmy kissed me and I shut up . . .
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Chapter Twelve: Unfinish Business: Still recovering from her wounds, Bianca and Jimmy were capture by Boss and was taken to a town so he could finish them off in the game "The Battle to the Death"