Chapter 9:
I awake after what feels like a five minute nap, but according to the clock, it is 8 o'clock in the morning, so it definitely was more than five minutes. Eric's long arm is still snaked across my torso and his body still pressed against mine. I wiggle out from his hold, gently, but I guess it wouldn't have really mattered how I got out of bed, he still would be dead asleep.
I walk out of the tiny bedroom to see Sookie sipping coffee from the couch, deep in thought about Bill.
"Good morning," I say softly, walking out and pouring myself a cup of coffee.
"Good morning," she says, taking another sip of her coffee, "How'd you sleep?"
"Like a rock." I claim the opposite end of the couch, "I must have passed out on the couch and Eric must have put me in bed. I don't know if I should find it relaxing or unnerving to wake up with him spooning me this morning. How'd you sleep?"
Sookie laughs and shakes her head, "I slept fine. These beds are surprisingly comfy."
"I agree," I say and take a sip of my coffee. "Do you know where we are?"
"According to the driver's thoughts, we are in Alabama."
"Good, then we should be there by twelve or so."
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"Jesus Christ," I mutter as I step out of the bus and look around. The whole area was in disarray, which is what to be expected after a place went through a zombie invasion. There were abandon cars strewn through the streets and ran into buildings, some buildings were charred to the ground. And weirdly enough there were dead bodies everywhere, with bullets in there heads. I guess this was my family's handiwork. I hear Sookie gasp behind me and I turn to look at her. "Crazy, isn't it?"
"I'll say…Zoey, there's someone running towards us" her voice on the verge of fear. I listen in and immediately pleased.
"That's just Neyky!" I say and smile. "NEYKY!!!" I yell and begin running towards her with my arms extended, but immediately regretting the yelling. Neyky is 5-7 inches taller than I am, her skin is a chocolate brown, and her hair is blue. Neyky and I collide into a hug. But as soon as we enter the hug, I see her fingers going at my face, like she did to me in high school to freak me out, and it works. I give a frightened squeal and squirm out of her embrace and run away from her and back to Sookie.
Neyky walks up casually, "You must be Sookie, and I'm Neyky." She says and extends her hand and Sookie takes it.
"Sookie Stackhouse, pleased to meet ya'."
"Thanks, you too." She says to Sookie, the looks at me "Ryan sent me to take you to our new hideout." But in an instant something she hears contorts her face horror. "We need to go. Now. Zoey, do you still remember how to shoot a gun?" She asks as she hands me a powerful looking pistol
"Of course," I say and take it, check the safety and slip it in the waistband of my pants. "I may have never remembered the names, but I could never forget how to shoot. What are we going to do about Eric?" I say looking back at the bus.
"Try to wake him to let him know of the situation, but we don't have a lot of time, not all things in the survival guide are right. They can run. We can try and do some off-roading with this thing. Who was driving anyway?"
"I don't know," I say listening in, "He seems to have passed out."
"Great, I will drive then," She says as she climbs back into the driver's cabin and Sookie and I climb in the back.
"You go try and wake up Eric, I'll call Ryan." I say to Sookie as I pull out my cell phone and dial his number. Sookie walks into the back bedroom and as quick as she went in there, she came out with Eric following her.
"Zoey, are you guys alright?" Ryan answers as soon as he answers.
"Yeah, we just got our selves a little situation. I made a little too much noise when I saw Neyky and we attracted some company."
"God Dammit Zo-"
"I know, I know, I'm a moron," I cut him off, "but we are handling it and Neyky is off-roading in a bus to your location, we'll be there in a few." I say as the bus lurches and I fall back against the sofa. Sookie claims the seat next to me and Eric just watches me, his eyes full of sleepiness.
"Okay, Z, love you."
"Love you too, Ry." I say and end the call. I'm actually kind of surprised he took the "off-roading on a bus" so well. I listen in to Neyky's thoughts, she's enjoying running over zombies a little bit too much. "Well, it won't be long till we get there guys." The bus continues to jumble Sookie and I on the couch as Neyky continues to run over zombies and other debris in her path. Eric doesn't seem to mind the instability of the bus and gracefully walks over to the couch and sits down between me a Sookie. "Eric, you can go back to bed, I just wanted to let you know what's going on. Sorry about the bus, by the way."
"I don't require a lot of sleep but I will probably go back to sleep once we get to our location. And about the bus, I will think of a way you can pay me back." As he says that, the bus lurches to a stop.
"We're here, and don't worry, the area is underground so your vampire can come out of the bus." Neyky says through the door.
"Thanks, Neyky." I say once I open the door and step off, "Where are we anyway?"
"Right now, an underground parking garage for a mall that hasn't opened yet."
"Nice."
"I know, right. But c'mon, Ryan wants to see you and we need to get everyone inside."
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A/N: Hey everyone, sorry not much really happened in this one, sorry. I'm planning on the next one being more action packed with zombies being killed and maybe even some arson… Yay arson, haha just kidding… Anyway, read/review. Thank you guys and Happy Halloween.