Here you go. Sorry for making you guys wait so long.
Zoey and the others had heard the tanks explode from the safe room they were in. Zoey, who had hung out with Ellis long enough, knew what that could mean. "No way…. Guys?" she said turning to the others, who seemed to think the same thing. "Let's go, no more time to waste." Coach said leading the way out onto the streets-only to find them practically empty. Ellis was smarter than they thought. The infected powerful sense of smell couldn't handle the massive wave of propane smell that clung in the air. Ellis had essentially cleared the way for them. Their thoughts were confirmed when they found a hunters corpse with a shotgun shell in it. None of them had a shotgun with them. "Yep. It's Him alright." Nick said smirking. Zoey breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that he was up and around-or so she thought…
They followed the trail of overturned cars and broken concrete to the safe room they had passed earlier, and the one Ellis had apparently ran to. "So, what are you going to say when you see him?" Rochelle asked her. Zoey smirked-"I'll probably hug him… then slap him for making me worry about him so much." She said. Rochelle just laughed. "He only does stuff like that 'because he cares about you. He talks about you all the time you know?" she said. Zoey was slightly taken aback. "He does? Like when?" she asked. "Like whenever you leave the safe room with Coach or Nick to look for supplies. All he does is look out the window and say "I hope she's alright". You have no clue how much you mean to him." She finished as they opened up the room to the safe house. Their eyes fell instantly on Ellis, who was still knocked clean out-or so it appeared.
"Ellis? Can you hear me? Ellis!" Zoey said, feeling her panic rise. To everyone's relief, he opened his eyes, though the pain was still evident in them. "H-Hey ya'll. How are ya?" he said simply, almost as if he were talking over the phone. "Were fine, but what about you? You look like death." Nick said, earning another punch from Rochelle. "I couldn't be better. In fact, I'm just about ready to go!" he yelled, throwing his hands in the air, but instantly recoiled in pain. "Ellis!" Zoey said. The young man shook his head and jumped to his feet. "Well, we aint going to get to the river sitting here huh? Let's roll!" he yelled kicking down the door that led back to the dock by the burger tank.
Ellis ran inside the restaurant, scanned quickly then told the others to come on in. "Alrighty then, I'll keep them zombies busy while ya'll fill up the boat." He said. No one was sure of that plan, particularly Zoey. "You sure you're up to that boy? You aint looking right." Coach pointed out the obvious. But Ellis shook off the concerns and went over to the fuel pump they would have to use to restock the gas into the tank. "I'll go upstairs and trigger the pump" he said heading for the ladder while everyone else headed for the boat. Zoey was the last one out, so she stopped him. "You be careful up there, you hear me?" she said. Ellis gave her a warm smile-or as best a one as he could manage in his weakened condition-and merely said "All right. I will." Before leaning down and pressing his lips to hers. They held their kiss for 3 minutes before Coach was calling for Zoey. "Guess you got to get out there. I'll see ya in a bit. Love you." He finished with a wink. She smiled warmly and said "I love you too." Before going outside with the others.
I know you'll be mad, but since this story will have a bad ending, I decided to split the final chapter into two. One ends nice while the other wont. Next chapter-The final fight and the death of a friend. 4 more reviews please!