Shun

Dan and the others let go of the door, and I froze as I saw the hundreds of zombies starting to take the opportunity at the unblocked door. The rope I had tied around the knobs, carelessly fell off like they had never been tied. Dan grabbed my arm and began dragging me. When I snapped out of my thoughts, and took my arm from Dan and started running.

There were screams behind us that belonged to the slower and older staff. I knew they wouldn't last long once that door was opened. None of us turned back. Our goal was to hurry and make it to the roof. Hopefully Kato had the jet cranked up and ready to take off the minute we got on there. Dan and I were in front of everyone else. I suddenly thought of an old saying, and didn't like how heartless it was at the time. I don't have to outrun them, I just have to outrun you.

There wasn't much outrunning Dan though. For one, the halls were narrow and slowed all of us down as we tried to push our ways through. And two, when Dan needed to, he could run as fast as me. We had only two more floors till the roof, and I took a quick glance back. The last person behind us, had just been taken down. I turned back around, not wanting to watch as they ripped that person to shreds. I looked down at Dan's jacket pocket. I knew what was in there.

It was a Zippo lighter. Before we opened the door, I explained my idea. We would run up to the roof, and I would pour the gas cans I had placed next to the door all over to roof. Once we were up in the air, one of us would flip open the lighter and toss it onto the gas covered roof and set the building on fire. We were now running to the steel door that led to the landing pad, and I knew it was action time.

I tried to close the door back, but the hoard that was after us was only a few feet from us. They easily got through the open door and stumbled up the concrete steps. Dan cleared the doorway first and made a mad dash for the jet. Lucky for us, the jet was running. I took off the caps and dowsed the roof with the gas in one fluid motion. I made sure I didn't get any on me, or else when the lighter ignited I might of caught on fire as well.

I had caught up with Dan, and the two of us were running about the same speed. But I was going slightly faster. I made it to the open door of the jet first, and stood in the doorway and held my hand out for Dan to grab.

When he had a hold of it, I yelled to Kato, "Fly! Go!" The jet started to lift from the platform, and it wasn't more that five feet from it when the first zombie through the door grabbed Dan's leg and bit down on his calf muscle. I yelled back at Kato, "Stop! Don't go any higher!" He floated the jet right there, and the zombie fell from Dan's leg, revealing the bite wound he had made.

Dan was clenching his teeth from the pain, and almost let go of my hand. I held on tighter. "Dan, just hold on!" He was shaking his head, then dug into his jacket pocket and threw me the Zippo lighter. "I don't stand a chance if I go with you guys. And if I do go, then you'll just have to kill me anyway. Just let go and continue with the plan." The rest of the zombies were reaching for Dan, but he was just out of their reach. It looked like when you teased a dog with a toy or treat.

I saw in Dan's eyes that he knew this was what had to be done. Even if nobody wanted it to happen like this. Our hair whipped in the wind of the engines that were on both sides of the jet, reminding me that we were in the air. I asked him once more, "Are you sure? We could try and find another antidote in that lab before the virus turns you. I'm sure that made extras."

Dan closed his eyes and shook his head. "No. I'd rather be eaten than eat innocent people." I nodded my head, and let go of my friend's hand. The zombies moved out of the way as he landed onto the roof. They then turned their attention to Dan. He stuck his hands up in defense, and I lost sight of him in the hoard. All I could see was his hand stuck in the air, and it then slowly disappeared into the living dead bodies. I tightened my hand around the lighter, and flipped it open.

A little flame popped up, and in one fluent motion, I tossed it onto the gas soaked roof. The second it hit the ground, I heard the whoosh of the flames starting, and slammed the door of the jet shut. The explosion sounded, and the shock hit the jet and knocked against the metal.

I lost my footing and fell to the floor as the jet rocked from the blow. I saw Alice had fallen on the floor as well. I yelled back up at Kato, "Go! Before this damn thing catches on fire!" He got back the control over the jet, and steadied the aircraft and headed in the direction of Moscow, Russia.

Alice

I regained my balance, and looked at Shun as he did the same. He was dusting off his clothes when I asked, "What the hell was that?" He turned and looked out one of the jet's windows. I walked over next to him and saw the roof and half of Murucho's house on fire and smoke floating into the atmosphere. That answers that. I noticed it was too quiet, and saw Dan wasn't anywhere in the main cabin. And neither was anyone else in the building that was now on fire. I figured I had missed something will I was in the flight cabin with Kato. "Shun, what happened in there when you told me to go to the jet?"

He sighed heavily. "You were right. About Josh planning something…..He let those things into the building. They killed everyone in there. Dan and I were the only ones who made it to the roof." But Dan wasn't in the jet. Did he get left or caught in that fire? "What happened to Dan?" Shun lowered his head and I couldn't see his eyes. "Dan got bitten. He didn't want to turn into one of those things, so he opted to get eaten."

I felt my eyes get wet with tears, but didn't want Shun to see me cry. So I held them back. The building itself was out of sight from the window, but I could see the smoke rising from it clearly. I wondered how many of those things had died. It probably wasn't a big enough number to do a dent in the sheer numbers though. Cause there was like 6 billion people on the planet and I was sure ninety percent were zombies.

Shun shook his head and walked over to one of the couches and sat down. It was a good thing all the furniture was nailed down, or else it would of gone everywhere when the explosion knocked into the jet. Shun yelled to Kato, "How much longer till we get to Moscow?" Kato's voice came over the intercom system and said sadly, "We'll arrive to our destination in a little less than a day." Shun sighed and ran his hands through his black hair. He looked guilty and confused. I decided to give him some space, and walked over to another window. We weren't in Bay City anymore. By the looks of it, we were flying over Wardington. The once great city looked like it had when Naga attacked. Only ten times worse.

Tiny little dots on the ground moved slowly, and I saw every street was filled with them. The city was overrun with zombies just like Bay City. We flew over one building, and in giant red letters were the words Help! Survivors! The people that were up there were waving there hands, trying to get our attention. I wanted to tell Kato to help them, when zombies poured onto the roof and started to rip them apart. Those were probably the last living people in Wardington. The jet was no longer flying over the land, and was now going over the ocean. The water rippled with orange from the setting sun on the horizon, and was a truly magnificent site.

By looking at the sun, I could see it would be dark soon. I sighed and turned from the window and saw Shun was still in the same position. I decided I had given him enough time by himself, and sat down next to him and rubbed his back. "Shun, there wasn't anything you could of done." He shook his head. "You don't get it. I was the one who let go of his hand. I know he wanted me to, but I feel like I shouldn't of done that. That I should of pulled him into this jet and took the chances of finding another antidote."

I had to come up with something quick, or Shun would be blaming himself for the rest of his life. "Shun, think about it like this. Dan was depressed since Runo was bitten, whether he showed it or not. Now, they're probably somewhere together and happy as they could possibly be." I could see it then. The two of them walking hand in hand together; both smiling.

"Maybe you're right. I wasn't ever one that believed in the eternal happiness after death crap. But I didn't believe in zombies walking in the streets either. I guess I don't know what to think nowadays. Seems like the impossible has been happening more and more everyday." I stopped rubbing his back, and moved my hand on top of his. "You want something to drink, Shun?" I thought it'd be polite to ask and try and change the subject. He nodded his head and I walked over to the boxes of supplies we had piled into the jet. Many of them were overturned from earlier, but nothing in them could break or spill open.

I found a plastic wrapped case of water, and tore a bottle out. I knew he wouldn't care less if the water was warm or cold. I kindly handed him the bottle, and he took it and twisted open the cap. I watched as he took a drink or two, then closed the bottle back up. He held it in his hands and read over the label. He said to me, "Ha. I wonder if there are any zombies running around in those 'untouched by human hands' fresh water springs."

Shun tore off the label and crumbled it up and placed it on the nailed down table in front of him. It was dark out of the jet's windows, and I made out the shape of something flying next to us. It seemed to be a goose. I guess zombies only eat other people. The goose broke off from next to us and descended to the ground. Must be nice to go wherever you want and not have to worry about being eaten.

I yawned. I was tired from the day, and knew Shun had to be as well. I turned to look at him, and saw he had already fallen asleep. Good. He needs to rest after today. I slowly got up, being careful the not wake him, and walked over to another box and pulled out a blanket that we had packed away with the supplies. It was a thin fleece blanket that was soft to the touch.

I walked back over to the couch and stood next to Shun and unfolded the blanket. It one easy movement, I sat back next to him and covered the two of us up with the blanket. I leaned my head against his arm and closed my eyes.

Shun

I woke up and felt my arm tingling. I figured it had fallen asleep, but didn't know what was cutting off its circulation. I turned my head and saw Alice was sleeping against it, and was out cold. And at some point when I had fallen asleep she had covered the two of us up with a blanket. I had to admit it was warm. I leaned her slightly off of me, and lowered her down onto the couch cushions so she would be laying down flatly.

I adjusted the blanket on her and walked into the pilot's cabin. Kato had on his helmet and was still flying the jet while drinking a hot cup of coffee. I was too tired to try and figure where, when, and how he got the drink. I asked him, "How much longer do we have?"

I sat in the co-pilot seat next to his and looked out the window. By the look of the snow covered terrain, we had to be close. "Only a few more hours and we'll be at Dr. Michaels' lab." If it's still there. Most people in Moscow knew about his transporter, although they didn't think it would ever work. But when people get desperate, they'll do anything.

I felt angry at myself for not adding in that possibility that people ran to his lab in mass numbers and may of destroyed everything if something broke down. The isolated area looked beautiful and serene as we flew over it. You had mountains to the left, lakes to the right, and forests everywhere. If you could bare the cold nights and days, then you'd have a pretty good chance at making it. I then saw it. Dr. Michaels' lab and home. And everything looked to be intact.

well well well well. XP the story is near its ending. -everyone goes awwwww- i know, i know. but i have to get back to You're Still The One. I think that break from that one though has given me more ideas. well, read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~