Chapter 7 – Saving Sarah
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Kyle and Wolf slowly walked towards one of the fallen zombies, with their blasters still pointed at him. The zombie had a large laser hole in his head and was lying motionless on the ground. Kyle nudged him with his boot.
"It's dead." he said, "Again."
"Well, I guess we were right about how to kill them." Wolf replied.
"Yes, but don't let that get to your head. We're not playing a video game this time."
"Right. Let's keep going and hope we're not too late."
As they continued on their way, Wolf thought to himself, 'Please, God, let them still be alive.'
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Sarah scooped up the last spoonful of baby food from the bowl.
"Here comes the Arwing." she said, as she brought the spoon close to Ray's mouth.
Ray opened his mouth wide and ate the food. Sarah then put the spoon down, picked up a napkin and wiped his face.
"Good job. Looks like we got less of it on your shirt this time."
As she picked up the bowl and took it to the sink, Sarah heard the sound of footsteps at the door.
'Hmmm… that's odd.' Sarah thought, 'I wasn't expecting him to come home for at least one more day.'
As she walked over to the door, she heard a loud moaning sound.
"Wolf? Honey, are you okay?" she asked.
After opening the door, Sarah gasped and jumped backwards. Instead of Wolf, she saw a hideous looking tiger, whose clothes were torn and whose body was terribly deformed. The tiger looked up at Sarah, then raised its arms, dropped its jaw, unleashed another horrifying moan, and stumbled towards her.
After barely slipping out of the zombie's reach, Sarah ran back into the kitchen. Just as she got there, the side door suddenly burst open and another zombie limped in. The zombie's appearance frightened Ray, who began to cry. Upon hearing the baby wolf's cries, the zombie turned in Ray's direction and let out a moan. Then just as he was about to move closer to him, Sarah quickly grabbed a kitchen knife off the counter and plunged it into the zombie's head! The zombie's arms fell to his sides and he fell onto the floor, motionless.
Sarah picked up Ray, who was still crying, and stealthily hurried upstairs to her bedroom. After closing the door behind her, she kissed Ray and patted his back.
"It's all right, sweetie." she said, "I won't let them hurt you."
Ray gradually calmed down, but Sarah could still hear the zombies' moans and footsteps slowly moving through the house. Then, just as the sounds started getting closer, Sarah distinctly heard the sound of blasters firing! After the blasters stopped, there was complete silence. Sarah then heard footsteps moving up the stairs at a faster pace, then a knock on the door.
"Sarah?" a voice said, "Are you all right?"
Could it be? Sarah slowly turned the doorknob and pulled the door open. Sure enough, Wolf and Kyle were standing there.
"Sarah!"
"Wolf!"
After holstering his blaster, Wolf threw his arms around Sarah and kissed her.
"I'm so glad you're all right!" he said.
Sarah smiled.
"I missed you." she said, handing Ray to him, "And so did Ray."
Wolf picked up Ray and kissed him.
"Don't worry, Son." he said, "Daddy's here now."
"Hi, Sarah." said Kyle.
"Hi, Kyle." Sarah said, hugging him, "Thanks for coming."
"Hey, I'm always glad to help. And hug."
Suddenly, three Special Forces officers burst into the house with guns drawn. There was a male bear holding a berretta, a lion with a magnum revolver, and a female fox who was also carrying a berretta.
"This house looks secure." said the bear.
"Who are you?" Wolf asked.
The bear pulled out his wallet and showed him his ID badge.
"Chris Redfield." he said, "S.T.A.R.S Alpha team. These are my partners, Jill and Barry. We were sent here to deal with the zombie situation."
"Are you folks all right?" asked Barry.
"We're quite all right, thank you." Sarah replied.
"What happened here?" Chris asked.
"We heard that there were zombies in the area." Kyle said, "These two were in danger, so Wolf and I came here to rescue them."
Chris looked around at the fallen zombies.
"Well, it looks like a job well done to me." he said.
"I'll say." Jill replied.
"Jill, why don't you escort them to safety. Barry and I will clean up the bodies and secure the area."
"No problem."
Kyle, Sarah, Wolf, and Ray left the house with Jill.
"And you said Wolf still couldn't be trusted." Chris said to Barry.
"Look, I was wrong, all right?!" Barry replied.
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Logan, having watched what happened from the top of a nearby building, furiously pounded his fist into the ground.
"Damn you, O'Donnell!"
He then pulled out a radio.
"Doctor," he said, "our attack on O'Donnell's family has failed. They seem to have figured out how to kill the zombies."
"Most unfortunate." Dr. Taylor replied, "Doesn't matter. Get back to the base. They may be putting up a fight for now, but I have another ace up my sleeve."
"I'm on my way."
Logan turned off the radio.
"I don't know how, and I don't know when," he snarled, "but I will get you, O'Donnell! I swear it!"