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A few days later, Carlos and Sarah had still been staying with David and his students. Things were particularly well, and Carlos was grateful that David was being so nice to he and Sarah. The only problem was that food was starting to run low. And that would always be a problem now, since it was the so called zombie apocalypse.
Travis and Ben suggested that they should go out and look for more food, but Mr. Parker disagreed, saying it was too dangerous to go out in the woods; especially with bandits and walkers lurking around.
"You may not come back, going out in these circumstances," he would tell them.
During this time, Sarah had taken a liking to Ben. She had always had a little trouble making friends, so when she did make them, it made her feel happy. Carlos would often find the two of them talking it up with one another. Like this morning, for instance.
Carlos was beginning to agree with the boys on finding food, since Sarah seemed to be getting thinner by the day. He was about to approach David on the matter when he heard a loud voice, and was horrified to see an arrow flying by Travis's head.
"Shit!" Travis cursed.
"Are those the same bandits?" David asked as the group ducked down to take cover. "We've got to get out of here!"
"Dad, I'm scared!" Sarah whined. Carlos was unsure of what to do in a situation like this, because well, he'd never had to deal with one before. He was about to ask David what to do, when another arrow went whizzing by them. How in the world were they going to get out of here without being seen by the bandits?
"Oh God, oh God, oh God, we are so screwed," Ben muttered.
"Ben, shut up!" Travis whispered loudly.
"I see you over there!" one bandit yelled, flinging another arrow towards Carlos. Luckily, the doctor ducked before it could hit him. Sarah's breathing started to pick up.
Mr. Parker frantically began to search for an opening to escape with all of them getting out alive. "We may need to ready our weapons," he warned the group.
"Is that the only way?" Carlos hissed to David. He didn't want a bloodbath in front of his daughter. She was still all too sensitive to such things like that.
David turned to look at Carlos, "If we have to, we have to. Okay?"
Carlos nodded in return, if it was the only way out of here, then he would have to do it. He'd have to protect his daughter, and his other fellow group members. More arrows whizzed by, pulling the Hispanic man out of his thoughts. "We have to do something now," Carlos whispered.
"I'm thinking..." David replied.
"Dad!" Sarah whispered, but it came out more like a squeak.
"Stay down, sweetie," Carlos told her. He quickly turned his attention to David. "What are you thinking?"
David ducked down, with the arrow surprisingly ending up hitting another one of the bandits in the head. There were at least five or six of them left now. The teacher searched around, and saw an opening near the front. "If we can sneak without being seen, maybe we can get to that area."
Carlos nodded. "Do you think that will work?"
"It has to work," Ben said, "Or we'll be stuck here."
"Okay," David replied. "We wait for a good moment, and then we go. Travis, have your gun ready, just in case," the teacher ordered as he looked around at the group.
"Got it," Travis nodded.
"Sarah, you stay behind me," Carlos ordered, and she nodded frantically.
"Everybody stay alert," David ordered.
"You have to come out of there eventually!" another bandit taunted.
Travis placed some ammo in the Glock 22 he possessed, preparing to shoot any bandit that tried to come their way.
"Don't shoot them if they haven't discovered us," Carlos warned.
The five of them began to sneak their way to the exit, hoping that there wouldn't be any mishaps.
"Hey!" one of the bandits yelled. "They're going that way!" Of course they were spotted.
"Shit!" Travis hissed, readying his gun in case any of the bandits were to come close enough to them. Arrows were flying everywhere, and Carlos felt Sarah grab his hand and squeeze it.
"We're almost there!" David said.
They picked up their pace slightly, and an arrow came so close to Carlos that he could almost feel it whizzing past him.
A bandit ran towards them, and Travis readied his gun, just in case. Sarah's eyes widened, hoping that no one would get hurt. "I...I...Dad..."
"We're almost out, Sarah," Carlos tried to soothe her.
But much to his surprise, Travis pulled the trigger and hit the bandit in the neck before he could shoot another arrow. It happened so quickly and without warning. At that, Ben ran to the exit with the others following. They all his behind a large tree until the yells of the bandits quieted down.
"Shit, we lost them," one of them, presumably the leader, announced.
"Alright," David said. "I think we're safe. Is everyone okay?" he asked, looking around at the group. They all looked at one another, making sure no one had been hit with an arrow and not noticed.
"I think we're good," Travis confirmed.
"Yeah," Ben said. "Good shooting, by the way," he praised his friend.
"Are you okay, Sarah?" Carlos asked, looking down at his daughter who was still shaking with fear. "We're okay now, they won't find us," he tried to coax. She nodded slightly, but of course, she was still shaken up about this situation.
"What are we gonna do now?" she asked in a small voice. She didn't want anything else bad to happen.
"Our supplies were left at the camp," Mr. Parker lamented, everyone unsure if he was answering Sarah's question. "We may have to find some, find a new shelter."
"Do you know where we should look?" Carlos inquired. "All that is nearby is woods."
David sighed, "Looks like we'll have some walking to do..." He trailed off.
"Do you think that's a good idea?" Ben asked, fear clearly etched in the teen's eye. It was obvious he didn't want anything else bad to happen to them. Sarah probably felt the same, and that's one of the many reasons they were friends.
"What other choice do we have?" Travis asked, mostly talking to Ben. "We shouldn't have to walk too far. There's gotta be something around here to help us." He was looking on the bright side of things, as always. That was a good trait to have in the apocalypse.
Ben sighed. "Fine, let's get going," he mumbled.
"Daddy, why did those people try to hurt us?" Sarah asked Carlos in the most innocent voice she could muster up.
Carlos squeezed his daughter's hand. "I don't know, sweetie," he responded honestly. "It's just the way people have been these past few months."
Sarah looked at the ground, slightly downcast. "Oh."
Carlos felt bad inside, because he knew that that wasn't the answer that Sarah wanted. Sometimes he felt bad for sort of lying to her, but he knew it was for her own good. He was only protecting her, and hopefully one day she would understand why he was doing what he was doing.
"Does anyone have any idea where we're at?" Ben asked, looking around at the forest around them. Getting lost would be the last thing that they would want.
"No idea," Travis responded. "Hey, Mr. Parker, think we should look for food now?"
"I suppose we have to now, don't we?" David answered with a short snicker.
So on they trekked for a short while. Along the way, Sarah seemed to calm down little by little, and the fear that had been evident in her dark eyes was decreasing. Carlos was extremely glad for this. But his thoughts were cut off by a couple of shouts and a snapping sound.
"Mr. Parker, look out!" Ben cried.
But the warning came too late, as the loud snapping noise came into action. David fell to the ground with an agonizing scream. It only took a few seconds for the group to realize that his leg was caught in a bear trap, and starting to bleed badly.
"Fuck, what are we going to do?" Ben screamed out. The ground was already soaked with David's blood, and there was no way they were going to be able to pry open the bear trap. The group was at a loss. And due to the fact of Mr. Parker's screams, walkers were starting to make their way out of the trees.
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