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ஜ Chapter 16: Gone ஜ
-Izaya´s point of view-
"...Shizu-chan?" Coughs wracked the raven's body making him grit his teeth in pain as he crawled out of the broken van´s front window- pungent steam was rising from the engine, only one light from the headlights still gleaming- the other´s glass had been smashed, extinguishing it efficiently-
Noises, screams were approaching the scene way too fast to Izaya's liking-
There was no time to waste- Speeding to his feet he ignored the way his body screamed at him and just how his shirt clung sticky and warm to his wound again.
"Shizu-chan?!" It was a hiss, trembling, panic layered thick in it, loud enough for anyone to hear that was nearby, yet an attempt to stay quiet as those things were still on their heels. Panic was making itself noticeable as the raven got no answer-
Warmth trickled down the raven's head, sliding to the corner of his lips, a metal taste welcoming him with open arms.
Only then he caught the mob of blonde hair between rubbish.
"Shit-" the raven dashed to the blond, his side stinging painfully as he felt his stitches move with each step he took- But the blond wasn´t awake.
Blood was trailing down Shizu-chan´s head and his eyes were closed. For a second the raven´s breath hitched as he fell to his knees, his ear finding its way immediately to Shizu-chan´s chest. His heart almost skipped a beat when he didn´t immediately made out the assuring sound of a beating heart and a breathing Shizu-chan-
But he did- he was alive- and yet-
"Fuck-!" he was unconscious-
Swirling around the raven glared at his black surroundings.
The noises came closer- groaning, screaming, he could hear them from afar- not far enough to his liking- he had no time.
Ascertaining the situation- those bastards could see-
They were fast.
From the corner of his eyes he could make out what caused them to crash. A red shield was resting on the ground. Red and white. Construction works.
The road was dug up for just the distance of one fucking meter- The difference of height was what had caused them-
Fuck- he glanced at the blond, glanced back at the road- he couldn´t see them yet, but hear-
There was no way he could get Shizuo away from here. And if they found him-
Izaya didn´t want to think about that option.
Without even wasting a single second he stepped to an already broken wall, blood was sticking to it in one spot slowly being washed away by the rain- with horror he realized it might be Shizu-chan´s- dust, dirt drizzled down from it on top of the blond as he pulled the remains of the store down.
It crackled, made noise, making the raven curse under his breath as the remains of the wall buried the unconscious blond beneath them.
-A few minutes earlier. Shizuo´s point of view.-
Shit-
They were fucked.
Loud, dangerous the steps resounded on top of the car´s roof. The metal creaked in protest and Shizuo didn´t dare move, the raven still right beside him. His heart skipped a beat just thinking about how that thing could break in here any second.
Shizuo had no doubt he would be stronger than that creature, no, but when he thought about what Izaya said, about how he wouldn´t see one of its friend coming, biting them- biting Izaya.
It made his blood run cold. Izaya was right. This was no freaking joke. If that thing noticed them they were done-
Holding his breath his hair stood on ends. Creaking, growling noises were being heard from outside. The raven swallowed, squeezing his eyes shut as he just prayed for that thing to not notice them- not now-
Not when he had gathered what he needed to put an end to all this.
It would be too cruel!
And then the steps stopped.
His ears trying to catch any sound he tried to figure out what was happening- the creature was still on top of the roof- others had already surrounded them, he could hear them outside, but all of a sudden it was quiet.
So, so quiet.
"AHHHH!" a scream tore through the night, so loud the raven flinched, not comprehending at first that it wasn´t one of the creatures that had yelled at them or spotted them inside the car, no-
The scream had come from outside- from a lively sounding voice nonetheless-
"TAKASHI!" the raven twisted his head, blank surprise written across his face as he glanced at the blond, meeting an equally stupefied expression.
The car creaked, metal bending slightly beneath the creature as it jumped off the van. Startled the raven jumped when another one seemed to use their vehicle as the shortest route to said noise.
The blond frowned, having heard the voice as well as the sounds of the zombies- who on earth was out there yelling at night?! It had sounded like a girls voice nonetheless!
"Shizu-chan-!" the raven hissed under his breath. So quiet Shizuo nearly didn´t hear it- but he had to see!
Moving the blanket above them just the slightest bit he glanced at both the car´s side windows- nothing. There was nothing but black sky.
It was only when he was completely sure that none of these things was near the car to spot them that he surfaced from the floor- glancing right out of the front window.
Heart beating right up to Izaya throat he shifted as well, his head snapping around in all directions as he looked out for anything threatening.
And then he saw her.
A dozen meters up ahead of their car, there she was, blades shining in the moonlight as they continuously slashed through rotten skin- the creatures screamed, attacked, the woman just laughed- laughed and cried.
A man was laying next to her on the ground- he was torn apart. One of the things eating his insides with delight.
The woman screamed once more, ramming her blade into the creatures skull- it screamed, twitched- she twisted the sword as quickly as she had stabbed it with it and it stilled.
"Who the hell is that?" he heard the blond murmur, but the answer was unnecessary.
Izaya knew that woman.
Now that he looked at her- sure there was blood smeared all over her face, the red gleam in her eyes- but she still wore that pink dress, the same long hair, and that psychotic expression.
There was no mistake.
It was Haruna Niekawa.
"You are supposed to listen! LISTEN!" almost hysteric she turned in circles, faces these things, slashing them over and over and over again-
"Why? Why aren´t you listening?!" But the creatures weren´t kept at bay by her slashes, no. She merely seemed to amuse them, wriggling around like some bait. It almost seemed as if they were playing with her.
With each slash the creatures tugged at her clothes, scratched her skin-
The raven swallowed.
"WHY?!" one of the creatures charged at her, biting her arm- but instead of being terrified the woman just smiled.
A sole smile decorated her expression.
At first it was a giggle, wielding her blade it turned into chuckles and then just right out laughter.
"I just need to cut you more right? Just CUT!" With an insane expression she pierced one of the creatures skull. The rotten body flinched, twitched as blood ran down the blade. The woman didn´t even stop to get the body of the weapon, no she simply kept swaying away with it until the flesh slipped off the dirtied blade.
"Cut!"
Until it fell to the ground motionless. The laughter never ceased, no instead it just got louder-
"Cut, cut, cut-!" she kept repeating and repeating that word-
The creatures jumped at her- it were too many. At first seven, then ten, then thirteen- It was when one of them managed to bite her hand that she dropped the blade-
Laughing she looked at the zombies as they jumped onto her body, tearing away- her stomach, her throat, arms legs-
Gurgling sounds left her throat as she threw up blood. It didn´t take long until one of the creatures screwed her head of her shoulders.
She was ripped open like a fucking Christmas present.
The blond swallowed, averting his gaze from the scene as he could no longer stand to watch- more than terrified he felt sick-
"Shizu-chan now is not the right time to feel nauseous-!" Startled greatly by the loudness of Izaya's voice the blond snapped his head towards him- except the raven was already moving, pushing him aside- to take the driver´s seat?!
Eyes wide he opened his mouth to speak, to ask what the heck Izaya thought he was doing. But his question literally got stuck in his throat when the flea started the car-
Loud, way too loud for Shizuo´s ears the engine roared and the creatures turned towards them-
If not for the sound, the light now shining at them illuminating their horrifying frames was enough to attract them for sure. The vehicle moved faster than he could even grab anything to hold on- the raven´s expression mimicking a determined one.
Now was their chance-! Without even wasting a second thought the raven stepped on the gas-
Wheels screeched, water splashing from the van as he raced right at the scene- the blond hitting his head on the headboard and swearing under his breath-
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! IZAYA?!" but the flea didn´t stop racing, no- the opposite, faster and faster he drove right towards those things- now with the light of the van being present Shizuo was able to discover even more of those creatures in the garden´s surrounding the street-
"If we don't get away from here NOW, then we won´t get away from here ever!"
Holding tightly onto the door´s handle he prepared himself for the impact-
Screams reached his ears, the creatures charging at them- until they jumped towards them-
Startled the raven jerked the car to the side his eyes widening- they could jump?!
*CRASH*
Too late- he couldn´t avoid one of the creatures- the glass burst, a spider web of cracks decorating their vision the groaning scream terrifying the raven to the bone as his foot just barely slipped of the gas pedal-
It was right in front of them, on top of the van, the vehicle still driving at top speed as Izaya saw it reach for him almost in slow motion. Its eyes locked with his own, the stench of rotten flesh infiltrating Izaya's nose-
A flying fist was the only thing that made him unfreeze as the thing was knocked off the van with a scream- the other´s joining in unison-
"DRIVE!" Shizuo´s voice thundered through the night, the rain splashing against their faces as the raven unfroze, squinting his eyes and he steered the van around the creatures as his foot found its way to the gas pedal once more.
Shizuo had stood up, holding onto the van´s frame, parts of the glass cut into his palm, but he didn´t give a fuck as he just tried to make out their surroundings-
Ice cold water splashed against Izaya almost hurting as it attacked his skin- more and more creatures started coming out of the gardens, of the houses- for a second the raven felt like crying, a lump forming in his throat- they were gonna die-
They were gonna fucking die-
Running, chasing those things kept up with them, Izaya was faster but only barely, he couldn´t make out his surroundings- his hands trembled around the steering wheel-
What if one jumped at them now?! What if they were driving right to a dead end?!
Izaya didn´t see a damn thing in front of them! All the van´s light illuminated was this pouring rain!
"IZAYA, RIGHT!" trembling the raven´s hands almost slipped of the steering van, his palms sweating as he pulled the vehicle over- he didn´t even see where the fuck he was driving if Shizu-chan said right he would do so-
The van creaked in protest, the wheels almost taking off the road as he pulled the vehicle into a sharp curve- a parked car right in front of them barely screeching along the side of the van as he avoided the crash-
Cursing, swearing the blond´s head snapped forward, backward, to the side-
But the things were gone! Where the hell did they go?! He couldn´t see them!
How far were they behind?! Or were they just hiding?! Taking a different route to catch them?!
He didn´t know how smart those assholes were after all!
And then he looked ahead of them.
Something glittered- between the raindrops he could make out something red and white-
With dread Shizuo realized what it was-
"IZAYA STO-!"
*CRASH*
Too late- protesting metal creaked, the van got thrown to the side- tires leaving the road as the heavy vehicle lost its balance entirely- Pulled to the side the van got thrown onto its roof- the blond couldn´t keep himself in there as the sheer power of the crash threw him out of the van-
Something hard met his head-
Pain-
Fuck it hurt-
And then everything faded to black...
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It was quiet. Really quiet.
His ears rang and his head hurt so much- out of reflex Shizuo tried to reach for the painful spot on the side of his head.
Just- he couldn´t. Confusion was making itself noticeable as he opened his eyes, trying to cancel out the dizzy spell as he tried to make out his surroundings.
Except there was nothing to see.
Coughing wracked his body as he tried to take in a deep breath, dust invading his lung by mistake. Only through the twitching movement he realized he was burying beneath something.
Finding his strength again he tried to push himself up from the ground.
Part of broken bricks and dirt fell of his body as he rose his frame off the ground. Rain and fresh air met his skin.
Around him it was quiet.
Night.
No one was there, no zombies, no nothing-
Feeling oddly relieved despite having troubles to make out his surroundings in any other form that doubled vision he smiled.
Ah, they must have made it, right? Izaya that crazy-
But then his eyes widened.
Izaya.
Wait.
His head snapped around, ignoring the way it made his vision sway even worse. But he was alone- completely alone. The van had crashed- it was definitely broken not usable anymore. But that was all-
"Izaya?" the blond whispered, trying to stay calm as he assured himself that he just didn´t see the flea, that he was around here somewhere for sure-
But there was no response.
"OI, IZAYA?!" The loudness of his voice caused him to cringe, his head hurting with each syllable he spoke.
Nothing.
Shit, no-
No, no, no-
He tried to get up, the remains of the wall leaving his body-
Where were the fast ones?!
WHAT happened to Izaya?!
They couldn´t have gotten him, no- no, right?
No way- no-
With dread Shizuo thought back in what kind of shape Izaya had been.
He was hurt.
He has had a fever. Shizuo had no way to know in what kind of shape he was-
He couldn´t have ran away... right? He would have been too slow-
But then.
NO.
No.
No.
No.
This couldn´t be happening-
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To be continued~ C:
Now, now for all those that are already horrified thinking they are going to die both- just one note from my part xD
I enjoy writing this story way too much right now, and I got so many chapters planned, this isn´t going to be over anytime soon x'D Regardless the end, be it bad or good, who knows~ this is probably gonna have at least 20 more chapters if not way more xD
Random reader: Yas I updated today x'D Well sorta- I think somewhere on the world it´s still Sunday -hopefully- xDD hah how can you be so sure they aren´t gonna die tho~? C; xDDD thank you very much naw 3
Shufflepink: xDyeah I thought so too x'D despite the sorta horrifying setting x'D
Name o.o: aww thank chu 3 xDDD i know I killed so many people x'D I´m horrible x'D awwwwwww well sowy for this chatper x'D the bad bad bad came true x'D
Guest: ;/; omg- thank you gosh -blushes- awwwwww thank you really you are so sweet gosh- gosh how come everyone worries about their reviewsx D there is no such thing as a bad review C': except flamers, no one likes flamers xD thank you so much, you made me seriously happy with what you said naw 3
Guest 2: xD true xD haha Shizuo is such a sweet cookie, he is just so worried and anxious C': I think he raised them too xD I only know his parent´s names but that´s pretty much it xD Well adn they were always gone for business, so~ xDD gosh, it certainly is paradox that everyone thought it was cute for them to be together under the blankie when zombies are about to kill them x'DD Oh well x'D I hope this chapter was oki hehe
Sowy, not sowy for le cliffhanger again x'DDDDD haha I love writing them x'DD
Well then with that being said~ Happy Halloween *0* xDDD this chapter was suiting for today, don´t you think? xD Also I have a little surprise for you minna C: Keep a look at the "Story pictures & stuff C: C;" section on my AO3 account cx You will get something there today xD
See you again on Sunday the 13th~!
PS.: SD and Ne WILL come out today still! Sowy for being a bit late (again)