Shun

I should of never allowed myself to fall asleep, because then we wouldn't be woken by the shrieks of a short blonde. They bounced back and forth off the walls of the tunnels, and woke us up. My eyes were the first to open, and my body was the first to stand. Dan and Alice came up shortly after me; all of us looking around for one of our members. He was gone, but we could see a pool of blood trailing down the tunnel. Dan ran in the direction. I yelled at him, "Dan! Get back here!"

I was now running after him. Whatever drug Murucho off, could do the same thing to him. He froze at the entrance to another tunnel; paralyzed with fear. I caught up to him, and said, "Dan, what the-oh my god." Red eyes looked up at us, blood caking its face and matting the long blue hair. 'Runo' had been the thing that came and took Murucho from us. And now she had him pinned on the ground, and his abdomen torn open and its contents exposed to the world.

Murucho was still alive, cause I could hear his weak sobs and cries of pain. Alice had almost caught up with us, but I stopped her from coming any closer. I was surprised that our old friend hadn't lunged for us. Then again, she was gorging herself on Murucho. Alice didn't come any closer, and I felt my belt loops for either my sword or whip chain. I had left both back at where we had fallen asleep.

I whispered to Alice, careful to not let Runo hear me, Alice, bring me my sword and chain. Now!" She didn't argue and ran back down the tunnel. I turned back to Dan, and saw tears streaking down his face. Once the thing was done eating, she'd move on to us as the next course. Alice returned, and handed me my weapons. Dan saw me ready the sword, then pushed me against the wall. "You said you wouldn't kill her you bastard!" I grabbed his shoulders and slammed him to the ground.

"I said I wouldn't kill her, but if I saw her again I'd take her head off. I'm keeping that promise, Dan. Hell, she's eating Murucho alive!" I jumped up before he had a chance to do anything, and returned back into the tunnel; holding the sword like a baseball batter did a bat. And Runo's head would be the ball. I ran at her, then felt something attack my ankles, and I fell onto the ground and had the wind knocked out of me.

The zombie Runo was still eating, and not paying any mind to me. I whipped around and saw Dan had tackled my legs to stop me from killing Runo. He was crying, and started begging me, "Don't kill her! Don't kill her!" I kicked my ankles out of his grip, and looked around for my sword that I dropped when I fell. It was just a few feet in front of me, and I scrambled for it.

For Runo would be done feasting soon. I grabbed the handle and was ready to try this again. I was about to swing, and Dan jumped in front of me and I almost took his head off instead. I stopped a few inches from his neck, and I saw the fear and his own life flash before his eyes. I was scared as well, but also angry that my friend wouldn't let me do what was best for all of us.

I growled and told him, "Get out of the fucking way, Dan!" Dan tightly closed his eyes and shook his head. "No! I won't let you kill her! You'll have to kill me first!" I wasn't about to kill him unless he was bitten himself. And even if he was bitten, I didn't think I'd have it in me to do it. We both stood there, holding each others gaze. It was obvious that he wasn't going to move. I tightened my grip on the handle of the sword, and lifted it up. Dan's eyes flashed horror, and they then closed to brace himself.

I then stuck the sword into the top of Runo's head right before she was about to bite Dan on his neck. I yanked the blade out and watched her fall down behind him. Dan was still bracing for the cold steel to slice him, and he was shaking in fear and anticipation. After a few more seconds, he opened one eye, then the other. Soon, he started to loosen up, and turned around behind him and saw Runo's body twisted from how it fell. I told him, "Now was that so hard?" He stared at the body, then turned back around and hit me in the face. The blow was hard enough to knock me back.

"You son of a bitch! Do you think that was funny!" I rubbed my jaw where he hit me and told him, "That actually kind of hurt. Dan, I had to do what I had to. She was about to bite you." Dan eyes now had tears flowing from them, and his fists were clenched as tightly as they could be. I watched as he then stomped off into the tunnels. Alice ran over to me and said, "Shun! Aren't you going to stop him?"

I knew my friend wasn't going to run off too far, so I wasn't worried. "No. Let him cool down. He'll be back. Besides, if there were anymore of those things here, they would have been here a long time ago for us." We then looked at Murucho's body that was laying next to Runo's.

Alice asked me, "What are we going to do with Murucho's?" I looked at him. His eyes were still open, and his mouth was still in the same position it was as when he was screaming for mercy that would never come to him. "Nothing. There's not enough left of him to come back. He'll only lay there and decompose." I sighed and bent over to close the blonde's eyes. And then there were three….

Dan

I wasn't just mad, I was furious. Not only did Shun kill Runo, I thought he was about to take me with her. Yeah, she was about to bite me, but did Shun ever think that maybe I wanted to be bitten? I noticed they didn't follow me after I ran off. They know I'll come back. I wasn't about to go back that minute though. I didn't want to get lost in the tunnels, so I found a rock and marked my way throughout them.

The rock left a visible white line that I could follow. When the rock finally wore down, I knew I had to go back. But before I did, I noticed something. Another manhole cover. I mimicked what Shun did, and climbed up the ladder and quietly pushed the lid up. I was right in front of Murucho's place. It was nothing more than a clear shot of about ten feet. And not a zombie in sight. I grinned at my discovery, and lower the manhole cover back down and jumped from the ladder. All I had to do was run back to Shun and Alice and tell them what I found. I looked to the wall, and followed my trail that I marked to find my way back.

When I was back at the tunnel they were in, I ran towards then yelling, "Guys! I found Murucho's place! And there are no zombies around it!" They looked at each other as if I had lost my mind or was playing a trick on them. I pointed down the tunnel I had come from and said, "I found another manhole cover and it's right in front of Murucho's place! All we have to do is run a few feet and bam! Home free!"

Alice stepped closer to me and asked, "Can you show us, Dan?" I nodded my head and motioned for them to follow me. At that moment, Runo and Murucho had left my mind. The thought of freedom and safety had replaced it. We ran to the manhole cover, following my little white line, and stopped when I saw the ladder. "See! It's right there! If you don't believe me about the location, then look for yourself!"

Shun raised an eyebrow, and I saw a bruise developing where I had hit him. I then realized my hand was sore from the impact. He climbed the ladder and did the same thing I did. He lowered the cover back down and said, "He's right. Murucho's place is right in front of us." I grinned in victory. I was riding a personal high that I never wanted to come down from. Shun leaped back down to the ground and said, "Ok. I'll go first, then Alice, then Dan." I stopped grinning and turned to Shun.

"Why do I have to be last! It's cause you like her more! Isn't it!" He glared at me, and I saw a blush across his face. "No, that's not the reason at all. Your much stronger than Alice, as am I. So I lead us in in case any zombies attack us, and if I miss any, you take them out from behind. And this way Alice doesn't have to be anywhere near them." I narrowed my eyes at him and shook my head. Uh-huh. Just admit you like her already. We got in the order Shun had said; Shun first, Alice in the middle, and me at the end.

Shun

We had to work quick. Just cause there weren't any zombies out there at the moment, didn't mean there wouldn't be later. Or some inside for that fact. I placed my hand on the manhole cover, ready to push it up and slide it out of the way for us to make a break for it. It was just like when I was opening the gate for the car full of my friends to escape. But we had lost two more since then.

I didn't want to lose anyone else. I wasn't going to lose anyone else. These were the two people I cared the most for in the world. I asked them if they were ready, and they nodded. I removed the cover, and light flooded into the dark tunnels. My eyes took a moment to adjust, and I took off the minute they did. Alice was right behind me, and so was Dan. Cars were on fire and wrecked all in the streets, and papers flew past us in the wind. But there were no zombies at the moment. We got up to the doors, and I tried to open them.

"Dammit! They're locked!" I heard moans approaching in the distance, and had to hurry to find a way to get inside. Dan was complaining and tried the door himself. "No! They can't be locked! They can't be!" I turned and saw a large hoard stumbling our way. I went into the fight or flight mode and began kicking the door with my foot. It wasn't budging, and one kick sent a bolt of pain through my body. I clutched my hurt leg and cringed at the pain. It was like nothing I had felt before, and never wanted to feel again. The zombies were closer now, and it was safe to say the door wasn't opening.

Dan was clawing at it like a dog locked out in the rain, and Alice was yelling for somebody to open it. All while I was bent over watching the hoard move in for a little snack. That was it. I pulled out my whip chain, being careful to not put too much weight on my hurt leg, and took the head off the first one that came within striking distance. I was taking off heads left and right, but there were just too many of them. I was about to accept my death, when the door behind us swung open and three sets of hands reached out and grabbed us my our arms or shirts. Once we were inside, the door closed again and locked.

The whole room was pitch black. I fell on the ground, and cried out as I landed on my hurt leg. I heard Alice call out, "Shun! Dan! Where are you?" I looked around for her, and then the lights flipped on and blinded me. Once they came back into focus, Dan and Alice were also on the floor, and we were surrounded by Kato and other members of Murucho's staff. He walked up to us and asked, "Have any of you been bitten?"

We all looked at each other and shook our heads. It was a miracle that we hadn't been though. Murucho's parents then ran into the room, a look of hope on their faces. His mother asked us, "My Murucho. Is he alive?" I looked over at Dan and Alice, and knew we had the same facial expression on. I told her, "No. He was eaten by one of those things. There wasn't even enough left of him to come back." She s

tarted sobbing hysterically, and her husband tried to comfort her. I heard him whisper to her, "I know you hoped he was alive. I did too. But the odds were against him, honey." Hope. That's all anyone has now.

ok, that's probably all for today. I'm going to try and finish up tomorrow for Halloween. so, wish me luck on that. read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~