Chapter 3

Sam's heart rate rocketed as she saw figures heading after the car in the distance , her eyes looked left and right.

" Come on , get out " she yelled as she jumped out the vehicle at record speed. " Run ! " she called to Steve who was getting out behind her. She darted forward at a steady pace looking for somewhere to go , she turned and headed down a path between two rows of houses. Steve was all ready struggling to keep up with her , she was real fast. Sam stopped in her tracks when she spotted someone ahead , they turned round slowly , their eyes spotted her and they went wild , picking up speed and heading right for her she couldn't back off now. The thing , or person was only a few metres away when she turned and did a huge back flip soaring high over it's head. She landed gracefully and it turned round quick with an almost confused expression. She spun round and her boot came into contact with it's head , throwing it sideways and into a fence with a lot of power. Steve rushed passed her and she followed as the thing got up quickly. It looked round for them but as more things rushed passed it the two of them disappeared from it's sight. Steve's feet pounded on the ground , his heart throbbing as he forced himself to keep pace with Sam. It looked like she was a safe bet and he didn't want to hang with those people back there. They turned a corner and found them selves in the middle of another road , a few things milled around at one end so they quickly headed the other way. The horde of certain death came racing round after them , almost un-able to slow down they ended up all over the road like a net stopping any chances of escape. Closing in.

Sam's eyes were looking for somewhere to go , Steve needed a rest soon and the last thing she wanted was to be alone right now.

" Sam it's a dead end" Steve wheezed out as she turned a corner.

" Just trust me like you've never trusted anyone before " she replied , not one bit breathless. At the end of the road was 6ft wall , grey and ugly looking , and she was heading right for it. She turned , leaned on the wall and got her hands ready to give Steve a lift , as his foot hit on her hands she hurled him up into the air then quickly jumped clean over the wall to meet with him. Seconds later hungry mouths slammed hard into the wall , un-able to reach what they desired so much.

" Your .. a .. fast runner " Steve managed , as he lay collapsed on the ground.

" Yeah , but we've got to keep moving " Sam said , looking round they were in some kind of small park , plenty of cover to sneak around , then again plenty of hiding places for people to hide.

" I just need a rest first , ok "

" We'll rest for a bit , but only a bit " They went over by a few bushes and stayed low , Sam keeping look out , but things looked pretty clear so far.

" Where are we heading now ? " Steve asked.

" I've got to find my friend , he's lives in this sort of area "

" Sort of area , do you even know where ? He might even be dead " Steve said bluntly.

" I know where , but everything seems different now , and trust me he won't be dead , I just hope he's stayed put"

" Why , you really think he'd be out in this " Steve asked as he stretched his aching muscles.

" No , but he might be out to try and find me , as far as he knows I was following you to the factory again "

" Following me ? " Steve asked with a shocked expression.

" Yeah you know I shouted everything at you in the car "

" It doesn't matter as long as I know you weren't out to kill me. Anyway we're going to need a car , shouldn't be to hard "

" You'd think but we need the keys , we don't have time to hotwire , not that I know how .. of course "

" We'll just have keep checking cars and hope were lucky "

" Sounds like a plan " Sam said as she got to her feet. They both sneaked to the edge of the park keeping an eye out for any things that might be waiting for them.

" How about that red car " Steve whispered.

" No keys , and besides ideally we want something big , heavy and ferocious " she replied with a glint in her eye.

" How can you see or not see keys from here ! "

" I just can , we better keep moving " They both quickly headed over to a abandoned car , checking for any more things but they couldn't see any. At the far end of the street was a black pickup with a green stripe round the side.

" That's the kind of thing we need , but I can't see keys from here , I'll need a better angle "

" How are we going sneak all the way down there ? "

" We can't , just run " She said , and they did , really really fast , not bothering to be quiet because a number of things had came round the corner. Chasing. The pick up wasn't far off now and as Sam came closer she found someone inside. A bloodied person lay slumped in the drivers seat. Sam nudged her gently. She jumped to life , thrashing around in her seat trying to reach Sam. Steve grabbed Sam as he came past and they both ran onward and round the corner. Ahead the road was blocked by cars and dozens of people milling around , waiting for the food they longed so much.

" Damn ! " Steve cursed as he came to a standstill.

" Keys ! Come on " Sam yelled as she pulled him along. A gleaming black yet slightly bloodied 72' Impala lay parked by the side of the road. Sam hopped in , grabbing for the keys on the floor. Steve jumped in the other side. A number of things came round the corner and instantly headed for the car. The doors shut , the engine rumbled and growled menacingly.

" Go ! " Steve screamed as people began to bang and scratch at the car. The wheels screeched and the sound brought those up ahead cascading towards them. Sam skidded the huge powerful beast round smacking a few people with the rear end before racing off the way they came.

" Zombies , their zombies " Steve said.

" Zombies , what are you on about ? "

" You know , eating people , make Arrrr noises , it all makes sense "

" I guess " Sam agreed as she sped down the road. Pulling a hard right the heavy muscle car swung wildly into the middle of the next street , far behind dozens of people raced after them still thinking they could get an meal.

" Sam , slow down ! " Steve warned.

" No , I have to get there as quick as I can , I don't know what caused this but it could be partly down to your father !" she blurted out.

" My father , why my father , your blaming him for this " Steve snapped.

" No , it could be anyone's fault it could be a hundred peoples fault or maybe just no-ones. I was sent to kill your father because he was supposedly giving away important data on Genetics " Sam explained.

" Who sent you and why do you care what he does anyway ? " Steve shouted at her

" I can't tell you who sent me , and I don't care I'm just following orders , you need to realise that there are many secret facilities meddling with Genetics and it could've any one of them who caused this "

" Or maybe it was a bio weapon from another country " Steve said as it was the first thing to come to mind.

" I doubt it , it would be very stupid if they did because if it's this effective it's gonna go back and bite them in the ass somehow, what ever did this , what ever those things are we can't control it "

" I still don't get how you know so much about all this " he said whilst looking behind them.

" I don't … really I'm just guessing , but I was built in a lab by a secret genetics facility so I should have a pretty good idea " she blurted out.

" So what your some kind of super soldier and you're here to clean up what ever mess your place made "

" I am a super soldier but Manticore wouldn't do something like this , their purpose was to defend America , not to destroy it , that would mean my whole purpose for being and the others like me is pointless "

" There's others like you , how many "

" Hundreds , maybe thousands , I don't really know "

" Cool , if we find them we could fight this " Steve said excitedly.

" Bullshit , I don't know where the other facilities are , I don't know how to get there or what with , I don't know if there dead or alive or if they've all moved on. And what hope does even 1000 or even 10000 super soldiers have against millions upon millions of zombies Hmm ! " Sam snapped at him. The Impala roared down at what would've been a busy street , judging by the amount of abandoned cars. As it screeched round the corner the two were horrified to see dozens of Zombies blocking the way. But they weren't looking at the them , they were after something else , trying to scramble over a pileup of cars.

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