Many days had gone by now since me and Hunter made our little "pact". Since I am human, food was pretty easy to find, but now Hunter was starting to look at me as if I were a juicy steak which did indeed worry me. I was desperate to find something for him to eat, but I just couldn't bring myself to kill someone.
Suddenly Hunter let out a hiss causing me to quickly turn around and face him. He was all jittery and pointing out the window of the 5-story apartment we were staying at. I looked out the window and then felt my body go numb. Down there was a survivor about my age and lucky for Hunter, more on the chubby side. He gave me nudge on the shoulder, "Well? Go get my lunch before another zombie does!" he growled at me.
I gave him a cold stare and turned my gaze back onto the survivor, "What am I supposed to do? Lure him up here?"
He let out a frustrated snarl, "Whatever it takes I don't care! If he isn't my next meal then it'll be you!"
I gulped hard and took a deep breath. It was now or never so I told Hunter to hide in a closet and wait until I said so. I looked back out the window at the poor survivor about to be deceived by his comrade. The thought of betraying this stranger pierced my heart, but I had to do it.
"I'm so sorry..." I whispered as I grabbed my knife lying on the nightstand.
I stuck my head in the window and called out to him, "Hey! Up here!"
The survivor looked up and a smile spread across his face. That was the last thing I needed to see before I was going to kill him. He quickly ran into the building and minutes later arrived to my room.
"Thank you! Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!" he said as he grabbed my hand and started to shake it frantically.
"Y-your welcome..." I stuttered.
He let out a sigh and finally let go of my hand. "I'm Robin by the way!" he said smiling gratefully at me.
I looked away and replied, "Ruby."
He nodded and sat on the torn up couch in the middle of the room. Suddenly I heard a low growl from the closet, but quiet enough so Robin couldn't hear. Taking that as a warning, I asked Robin, "Hey do you have a pistol or something? I need more ammo for mine."
He reached into his pocket and took out a pistol just like mine. "Here you go," he tossed the gun to me.
"Anything else?" I asked still unsure if he had any weapon to harm Hunter with in case Hunter would suddenly attack him.
Robin simply shook his head, "That's it."
I let a sigh and looked at Robin with sorrow written all over my face.
"What's wrong?" he asked slightly concerned.
"I'm so sorry Robin. I truly am."
He looked at me scared as I slowly stood up, "Please forgive me..."
I pointed the pistol to his head and closed my eyes. A tear rolled down my cheek as I slowly pulled the trigger. I opened my eyes and saw Robin lying on the ground in a pile of blood.
"Come get your lunch you monster..." I murmured loud enough so Hunter could hear.
He slowly opened the door and I watched him walk over to Robin's dead corpse. I looked away not wanting to see him devour someone. Suddenly I felt a hand wrap around my throat and shove me against the side of the couch. Hunter was crouched over me and growling at me as if he were about to eat me. He tightened his hand around my neck as I struggled to pry his hand off my neck.
"What are you doing?!" I choked out.
He leaned in closer and muttered, "Don't you EVER call me that again, got it?!"
I looked at him still trying to break free of his cold grasp. Eventually I slowly nodded and he let me go. I gasped for air as he went over to Robin's body and started to eat it. I turned away and rubbed my throat as I heard the sound of tearing flesh and the breaking of bones. When he was finally done I snapped at him, "Take that outside or throw it out the window because I'm not going to look at it!"
It was quiet for a long while, but eventually Hunter picked up whatever was left and tossed it out the window, "Happy?" he asked sarcastically.
"No..." I muttered as I swallowed my tears. He was the last person I wanted to see me cry. I wobbled to my feet and turned around to face him.
Due to exhaustion and stress my legs suddenly collapsed from under me, but moments before I hit the ground, Hunter had caught me in his arms, "Ruby? Ruby what's wrong?! RUBY!"
Those were the last words I heard before I completely blacked out.