My heart raced as we ran up the hill towards... God knows where. Right now the main focus seemed to be to just get out of there fast. Timmy was ahead of us leading the way as the moon came from behind the clouds and it's rays of light shined on the path in front of us. My breaths grew heavy and my lungs tightened. I began slowing down and a cramp struck pain through my lungs in a ripple effect. When Miley noticed she slowed down and ran beside me, asking me if I was okay. With a nod, I speed back up again to Timmy.

He faked a smile and tried to lighten the mood for us. "So much for failing P.E.!" When it didn't work he came to a stop to let me breath.

HALlELUYA! I mentally shouted, then fell back on my butt. Resting my head against my knees, I took deep gulps of air. Miley caught up and collapsed beside me. "Dammit Timmy! Did we have to run all this way?" She yelled in between coughs, Timmy rolled his eyes and looked at the area surrounding us. "We had to get away from those bastards."

Tears filled my eyes, the emptiness in my heart causing it to ache. "Even though she didn't talk to me much she was still my mom." I muttered to myself, trying to find a reason to care about the only family member I had left. But it didn't help the fact that she was gone too. "What made her do this? Was it for the money? The credit?" Miley wrapped her arms around me as a tear slid down my cheek.

"Of course she was, Shaylin." She said wiping the tear off my cheek. "It's not wrong to care about her... No matter what she did. It doesn't change the fact that she was your mom. I don't know why she did this, but whatever the reason isn't important."

I nodded as I wiped the rest of the tears gathering in my eyes away. "Your right, all that matters is getting out alive." We helped each other up and I let her hug me one more time. "Thank you, Miley."

She smiled, "Anytime-"

"Look over there guys, a church!" Timmy said pointing down the hill. I got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach while Miley wrinkled her nose, "Yeah, past the cities only graveyard that is full of every resident that has lived here since the first settlers!"

Timmy sighed.

"Common Miley! Not every resident! Your forgetting about the Indian burial grounds, duh!" He corrected with a shake of his head in disappointment, then he took my hand and pulled me along. "Besides, I saw some cops go this way. Along with Jill Valentine, a STARS member."

"Timmy," Miley said, warningly. "Did you make us go this way just because some chick walked this way?"

"SHE'S NOT SOME CHICK!" He huffed, stomping his foot. Miley's face gaped at him. "AH HELL! YOU DID!" She yelled, then grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "I am going to rip your throat out."

"Not if the zombies beat you to it first." He said teasingly.

"Miley!" I said yanking her back, "We don't have time for arguing; and you, don't antagonize her. Let's just go find them, maybe they can help us." She folded her arms and I quickly added, "Please?"

She sighed, "Fine."

"Okay," I said relaxing, "So, how are we going to get over to the church without-"

"BUT IF THAT BASTARD LEADS US SOMEWHERE WITH A ZOMBIE INFESTATION PROBLEM AGAIN WITHOUT TELLING ME I'M GUNNA-"

"Rip his throat out? Yeah, you've said that already." I said while Timmy just shook his head again. "Tsk,tsk,tsk."

"Don't start that again!" She yelled.

"Do you wanna draw attention to us? Give it a rest, we need to find a way out of here...at least a place safer."

Miley nodded in agreement while Timmy shrugged. I know he is trying to help, but fighting with Miley is the worst idea ever. We would be here all night!

With ease, I walked down the steep, dirt hill towards the church. They followed carefully behind mimicking my every step. My foot slipped and I fell back sending me rolling down instead of walking. Once my body stopped, I sat up and giggled nervously.

"Shaylin! Are you okay?" Miley asked helping me up, she began to brush me off. I sighed, "Common Miley, stop it. I'm fine, just dizzy." She looked hurt while Timmy put his arm around me.

"Shaylin, you have to be more careful." He said leading us towards the church's back door. I glanced in the window while they tried to open the old, rusty plate.

Inside the old building was where the cops had gone, Timmy was right about that. One girl left and hurried up the stairs leaving the others. They all seemed worried, then again, why wouldn't they be? The window above me cracked an the clicking of claws sounded restlessly. A red figure on the inside moved across leaving a trail of blood.

"...Guys..." I muttered, not taking my eyes off the window. Miley looked over at me while Timmy stopped pulling long enough to whisper an irritated "What?". "There's something in there with them...and it's not friendly."

"What did you see?" Miley asked, "One of those monsters?" I shook my head and they walked over to see what I was looking at. "It was some sort of creature, a big splotch of red..."

Timmy tilted his head to the side, "A big splotch of red? Are you sure about what you saw?"
"Well it wasn't the Green Goblin!" I said sarcastically. The window above us shattered and the people inside began to scream.

The creature jumped at them and the man who escorted us to the gate began to shoot in rapid fire action. I saw him not long after shaking his gun then backing up. Jill was no where in sight, leaving them to fend for themselves and the man pulled a woman in with him and disappeared. More creatures came from the shadows surrounding them completely.

"There goes Jill." Timmy muttered as she came back down the steps confused. The room was silent as she walked around oblivious to the creatures around her. I became worried, "What if she doesn't see them in time?" I asked, Timmy shook his head. "She will..."

A loud roar came from behind us as a motorcycle drove up the grey gravel road. The sound made zombies gather at the fence beside us sending their stench in waves. It stopped in front of us and it took off it's helmet. It suddenly was a she. Her eyes studied us then stopped when they landed on me, and she quickly nodded then turned on the gas. Driving towards a ramp she went flying through the window into the church. Timmy looked back into the window and saw her land without crashing.

Timmy went back to the door and continued to pry it open. I hurried over and joined him, the fence beside me scratching my shoulders. Wait, the fence is two feet away. A moan came from beside me and a monster grabbed my arm tightly.

"Zombie!" I let out in a scream while trying to shake it off. Timmy pried them off of me and pulled me away.

"We've got to go, now!" I ordered taking their hands. The monsters began to pile up and one made it over the fence. My hands pulled them along as I ran towards the grave yard, which probably wasn't the best idea. But it led to a road, which led to civilization.

Timmy about halfway there began to pull us to a stop by some bushes. The zombies by the fence began to slowly stand back up and scratch their way over. Miley began to panic. I took her shaking hand and tried to pull them away again, but Timmy wouldn't budge. Irritation flooded through me as I pulled harder.

"What's wrong with you Timmy? Do you want us to get killed?" I asked as the zombies made it to the top of the hill, he shook his head. "No! Jill and the others are in there. We can follow them then find a way out!"

"We can follow them later," I said backing up, some had already made it across the field. "Right now we've got to focus on getting out alive."

The back door to the church swung open and the group ran out passed the zombies. Their attention focused on them as they began to follow, totally forgetting about us. They ran towards the path the was right behind us and Miley hid in a bush, pulling me in with her. We quickly both reached out and pulled Timmy down just as they passed, the horde running by us. Miley sighed as we hid behind the pile of leaves.

"They went towards the cemetery." She said pulling me up. I dusted myself off. "Then that's where we won't go." Timmy gasped.

"What? Why not?" He asked folding his arms, I opened my mouth to speak, but Miley interrupted me. "Because it's a cemetery, and we are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. That doesn't sound like the best idea."

I sighed, "Thank you, Miley... What now?"

"Well what's your idea, your highness?" He said sarcastically at Miley, picking the leaves out of his hair. I jumped in.

"We could go to the gun shop in town." They looked at me. "They sell guns and ammo. Why don't we check there?"

Miley patted me on the shoulder. "Now that's and idea. Good job, Shaylin."

Timmy didn't bother to argue as we got onto the road and walked the trail that led around the outside of the cemetery. The gunshots from the cops guns filling the air. If we had gone that way we would've been toast. I thought, quickening my pace from nervousness. A cawing of a crow came from the trees above us, the wind moving along with it.

Up the path was a gate that would lead us back into the city, but was that really the best place to go...