Heeeya. Nothing much to say really. Will be updating Mondays and Fridays.
Sorry for the late chapter. So here's a new chapter.
Enjoy :3
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Act 3: Two's A Company, Four's a Crowd
"Breaking news! An unidentified virus is spreading through the streets of London like wildfire. The strange phenomenon is already starting to reach other parts of the UK and there are an estimated 200,000 casualties aready. People a-are.. adv-ised t..to..." I switched off the radio as it crackled to a halt. Seems like the panic had begun.
Fuck man. When was this traffic going to move?
I looked around me and saw hundreds of cars all compacted into a nice little traffic jam. Great!
People were honking and effing and blinding everywhere. The police sirens almost killed my ears. It was actually kinda funny, but what wasn't funny was that all the noise was attracting the zombie things towards the area.
And from what I've witnessed, they are strong enough to rip open car doors. On my left, I heard the familiar sound of laughter as Ash watched Tom and Jerry try to kill eachother.
Elaine was clever to pack the iPad...
Elaine.
I slapped myself in the face. No time to bring up memories now, I had shit to do. Picking up my phone, I tried to call various people that could be of benefit to me but no one picked up. Jeez... It's like they all had better things to do like surviving. Tut.
Bored, as per usual, I slumped into my seat and watched Tom and Jerry with Ash. Typical. Of course I'm bored in an apocalypse. But children are fucking scary you know? They can sit for hours in fascination watching two animals try to kill eachother. I wonder if that's why there are murderers in this world. Now that I think about it, a lot of kids TV programmes have violence involved. Oh my gosh. Have psychiatrist even thought abo-
I ws cut off from my random trail of thought by my phone ringing. Well, that was unexpected.
I picked up saying, " Yellow?" (On purpose)
Silence.
I waited for an answer. Suddenly, a huge sob filled the car speakers and hurt my ear drums. Why did I connect my phone to the cars bluetooth again?
"Lilly?"
I sat up quickly. "Sam? Is that you Samantha? You ok?" I asked.
I had expected all my friends to be dead or dying by now so I hadn't bothered calling them.
"Oh my God! I'm so happy you picked up! No one else picked up!" she sniffed into the phone.
So I was correct then.
"Yeah. Are you ok? Where are you? Are you with anyone? And for God's sake stop crying! It's really not going to help love." I questioned while rolling my eyes. Girls...
" Yeah you're right sorry. I'm ok. I was with my mum and little sister but... We got separated when those t-things came into the mall." She choked slightly but cleared her voice. Good. I liked a person who could take instruction.
Of course she had to be in a mall during an apocalypse. Wait.
"Why aren't you in school?" I asked genuinely interested in the answer.
"Lilly, I don't think that is the main problem right now. Can you please be serious?" She asked obviously annoyed.
"No seriously? You shouldn't miss school." Well that's rich coming from me ha!
"Lilly!"
Ooh right. Apocalypse.
"Right sorry! Me and my one track mind," I smiled.
"I need an exact description of where you are." I said looking out the window. Seems some places were on fire now. That explains why the people running past looked all crispy. I kinda felt bad sitting all cosy in a car safe in traffic, which still hadn't moved.
"I'm in the City Garden. It's the mall next to the main one. I managed to sneak out of the main area and run into the mobile shop in the car park."
"Is Stephanie there? Hi Steph!" I giggled cheerfully.
"HOW ARE YOU LAUGHING!? THE WORLD IS ENDING AND YOU SOUND CALM AS SHIT! I KNOW YOU'RE A GO WITH THE FLOW PERSON BUT SERIOUSLY CAN YOU AT LEAST TAKE ONE FUCKING THING SERIOUSLY! Please!" She screamed although it died into a sob at the end.
I felt offened.
"What are you talking about? I am taking this seriously. People are dying around me but I'm not going to fucking breakdown and panic because of it. I have to stay positive and keep a level head so I don't get killed." I said truthfully.
Silence.
"Well then. Now that that's settled, let's talk about the plan."
"What plan?" I heard a voice faintly on the other end of the reciever.
"Heya Steph! I'm talking about the plan I thought of while your big sis was ranting at me." I smirked.
I smirk a lot.
"What is it?" I heard Sam say. She recovered quickly from her reality slap.
"Weeeell, while I have been sitting in this car watching people die, I have noticed a couple of traits these things have. Number one, they are attracted to loud sounds which leads me to believe their eye sight isn't the best."
"Okay." said two voices.
"Next, when there is no one near they seem to go into a dormant state I think. I haven't seen it long enough to confirm it though. So baring all that in mind, what do you think the obvious solution is?"
"U-um?"
Great. I'm going to have to be the thinker in this group.
"Nope. The correct answer is this."
I said nothing and waited.
"Hello? Lilly? Lilliana? Hello!"
I listened to Sam's frantic cries and gave in.
"There's your answer. Silence. You couldn't see nor hear me so you started to panic. You were vulnerable. All I need you to do for me is stand by the door and be ready to fly into a car door." I said.
"Huh? What are you going to do?" Sam asked confused.
Well first of all... Break the law.
I clicked on my seat belt and buckled up for a rough ride.
I slammed the car into gear and swerved off of the road and onto the side walk. The car screech and bumped roughly onto the ground as it tore over the curb. I pushed hard on the gas and started cruisng down the pavement.
"WOO HOO! That! Was some awesome shit!" I laughed manically.
People scattered around me, running for their lives. Sorry.
I heard giggles on the end of the phone and remembered my guests.
"Ok. I will call you guys when I'm nearly there. In the meantime, try to contact some more people."
"Sure just promise me one thing." Sam said.
"What?"
"Promise you won't abandon us?"
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"I won't abandon you now." I said, my voice laced with determination.
It wasn't exactly a promise but it was the closest she was going to get.
I smiled when I heard the phone click. She was a quick worker. Roaring down the actual road, I wondered why I was even bothering in the first place. She would just slow me down and her sister is two years younger than us so she would be worse. If I take them I might aswell have taken Drake! No. This was different. I care about Drake and his family too much. I would end up doing something reckless and get killed or they would. I could never forgive myself if they got hurt. I had enough death on my shoulders. But with these two, I could live with it. We were close but not that close. If they died, I would grieve but move on. I cared about them just not as much.
The streets passed by like slow motion. People's screams and cries for help were blocked out by the sound of roaring flames. Bodies, rubble, zombie things everywhere.
A few took notice of my car but moved on. I guess they weren't that fast.
"Aunt Lilly?"
I looked down at my nephew's confused face. He must have been filled with questions that he can't put into words. He has always been a slow developer. It took him ages to start talking but still he barely ever does.
"It's ok Ash. We're going to get a few friends."
"Fwends?" He asked cocking his head to the side. Cute!
"Yep friends," I smiled.
I turned back to the wheel.
Well, its now or never.
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As I neared the mall, the streets got emptier. Seems everyone had abandoned this place for dead.
I slowed down completely so that you could only very faintly hear the purr of the engine. I searched my call history and dialed Sam's number.
Rin-
"Lilly?" She answered on the first ring.
"I'm here so I need you near the door ready to run. I'm going to fling open the back door so hurry as fast as you can because the noise will attract more of them." I whispered.
"What noise?" She pondered.
"Don't worry. Ok I'm outside. I'm in the black Mercedes convertible."
I rolled up to the side of the phone shop almost silently. So far the noise inside the shopping mall had covered up the sound of my engine and my plan of keeping quiet was working. I steeled my nerves. Checking the area to see where the things, I made a quick battle plan in my head. I made eye contact with Sam. She smiled and I mirrored it. I held up three fingers and we nodded in sync.
One.
Two.
Three!
I threw open my car door and shot the glass door of the mobile shop. As soon as the bullet escaped the gun, things were starting to surround me. I shot the one that stood directly infront of the store and briefly saw Sam and Steph running towards me. Twirling around, I flung the back door open whilst shooting a zombie that was approaching from behing. Two, three, four more went down. I looked down for a split second and saw Steph fly into the car before slamming the door shut. I ran back to the drivers seat and shot one more that was standing directly infront of us before I slid in.
"A GUN! WHERE DID YOU GET A GUN FROM!?" Sam screamed behind me.
"Questions later. Escaping NOW!" I yelled and slammed on the gas, skidding into action.
The gun shot had attracted so many zombie things into the parking lot. I swearved the steering wheel and avioded three different collisions at once. Shit! These things weren't making it an easy job.
I could see it! The exit!
I looked in the mirror and saw I was being followed. Tch. I would have to loose them along the way.
I raced past the exit, smashing some zombie that had managed to cling onto my boot. I roared down the road, towards the motor way which lead further into the town centre.
"What are you doing we have to get away!" Steph exclaimed.
"There's too much traffic down there. We have a better chance by going through the back roads and directly onto the motor way," I said. I looked behind and saw that no one was following us anymore so I slowed down.
Sigh. This is too much for a girl to take in one day.
Sniff.
I looked next to me and saw Ash crying his eyes out silently while snot dribbled down his face.
"Oh poor baby! Are you ok honey?" Steph said behind me. I saw Ash nod.
"What have I taught you Ash?" I asked facing the road with a straight face.
"No crying when I'm scared." He said inbetween sniffles.
"Then?"
From the corner of my eye, I saw him swallow his cries and wipe his snotty nose on his t-shirt. He wasn't crying anymore but he eyes were glazed over.
"Why were you crying?" I asked.
"Loud noises. I didn't want Lilly to leave like Elaine," he answered fiddling with his feet.
Oh. So he was awake when I shot Elaine.
"Don't be stupid. I have to look after you so I can't leave." I said.
I saw him cheer up.
"Wow... You got him to stop crying like that..." Sam and Steph awed.
What can I say? Its all about the training.
"Yep! Sam, Steph meet Ash, my nephew. Ash these are my friends."
Sam waved while Steph just smiled. I saw Ash blush and turn away.
"AWW!" Steph cooed.
"Yeah yeah. Have you been able to contact anyone Sam?" I asked looking at them properly for the first time.
They looked well. In the two years we haven't seen each other, they have barely changed. Sam still had long black hair the covered her left eye and bright green eyes. Her skin looked almost porcelain white and smooth to touch. Her sister looked exactly the same except her hair was cropped to just above her shoulders and her face was chubby whereas Sam had very defined cheek bones.
"Yes I was. I called Austin and he's in his home with Sidney and Kasey." She replied observing... No studying my new look.
I guess I must have looked different. She wasn't there during my transformation. But wow. I haven't seen those three since primary.
"I guess we will head there next." I answered chipper all of a sudden. I think I remebered where Austin lives.
"Lilly. Why did you rescue us? Why are you going to help them?" Steph asked. She's always been a sharp cookie.
Hmm.
I guess...
"Because! We're going to save the world!"
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Senpai out ~