Chapter 6 – Continue
The wind was blowing and the weather was turning ugly. The girl with the machete still stood there, in a protecting pose.
''Are you okay?'', she asked Lian, not taking her eyes off her enemy.
''Yes but just because she-'', before Lian could finish defending the intimidating girl that saved her, the girl with the bow already lanced her arrow at the machete girl with incredibly speed, but the machete girl was faster, way faster. She sliced the arrow in the middle as it was about to hit her. The two arrow halfs fling past their heads and fell to the ground. The archer grinched angrily, disappointed of her failure and tired of the situation she lowered her bow, knowing that she couldn't waste anymore arrows. This was the first time she encountered someone who was faster than her, she had found someone stronger than her. She'd always been very aware of her sitatuations, as smart as she was she decided to stop.
It slowly started raining. The bow girl turned around and started walking away. Lian had no idea what just had happened but she ran past the machete girl and started calling her savior back.
''Wait!''
''She was about to kill you, don't go near her'', the machete girl said while putting her machete slowly back into the sheath. She liked hearing the sound of it, it meant she had won another fight. Still very torn apart by all of it Lian turned back.
''No! She saved me, I would've been dead by now''.
The archer stopped. Tears rolled down Lian's cheek again. She was tired and exhausted, she wanted to rest but she couldn't.
''Thank you for saving me'', Lian sobbed while rubbing her right eye with her little hand. The saviors face stayed the same, expressionless. She nodded and was about to walk away again when the other one called her out.
''I misunderstood the situation, I am sorry'', she said, with a strong voice. The archer had no choice but to respect her, she had a very strong aura and it was almost enough to scare her.
''Whatever'', the archer said and stood there, looking at her. Pouring rain came down.
''It would be better if we stayed in this shop until the rain stops'', the archer said and walked into the store without breaking the stare. She didn't trust her one bit. Lian was so cold she was shaking. Suddenly she felt a hand on her back, leading her into the shop aswell.
''You'll be warmer in there'', the machete girl said. An awkward silence broke out. While the archer chose one end of the shop, the machete girl sat down in the opposite side of it. They were analyzing eachother. Lian was standing in the middle changing her gazes between both of them, she felt weird. No matter what situation it was Lian wouldn't let her bubbly character drown ever. Even if the store was one complete big mess, Lian bent down on her knees and searched for something in her backpack. Now both of them were staring at Lian.
What the hell is this kid doing, they both thought to themselves at the same time without knowing. Suddenly Lian pulled out a bag of chips out of her colorful backpack.
''I have food !'', she held the chipspackage up in the air and smiled all over her face. The archer sighed heavily and rolled her eyes while the machete girl smiled.
''Well I can't eat my chips with you without even knowing your names.'', Lian said, shaking the chip package to motivate them. Both remained silent. Lian sneaked up on the archer first.
''You're close. Too close.'', the archer said with eyes wide open. The bubbly girl still had her bright smile on and didn't give up on finding out her name. She opened the package and started eating some of the chips right in front of the archer.
''Mhhh, so good'', Lian said with eyes close, obviously enjoying her snack. A growling sound echoed through the store. The machete girl and Lian started laughing. The girl with the bow hadn't eaten in days and she was clearly embarrassed of her stomach.
God fuck why are you doing this to me, she ranted about her stomach.
''It's Robin'', she finally gave in. Lian grabbed Robin's hand and stuck it into the chips package because Robin was still too proud to take any.
''Thanks'', she said and looked away. Lian grinned with her eyes closed and then petted Robin's head. Robin looked at Lian with a disgusted look and Lian could feel Robin getting really angry.
''Wow you're heating up are you okay?'', Lian laughed nervousily.
''N-nevermind!'', Lian said and backed off as fast as she could when she noticed Robin was getting a little darkminded. With confidence of the victory over Robin's name she thought she would easily find out the machete girl's name. She was wrong. Not a word. She just smiled, leaned her head back to the wall and closed her eyes as if she wanted a little peace. Lian pouted and stuck out her tongue. The machete girl stood up and grabbed Lian's arm and dragged her up.
''I'm sorry! I didn't think you would see!'', Lian said, scared of the hard grip around her upper arm. Robin stood up, confused about what the machete girl was up to, she reached to her bow and arrow.
''We have to go, now!'', The machete girl said and stormed out of the devastated store to encounter something way worse. Lian nearly screamed, Robin covered her mouth before she could. A huge wave of ugly zombies was piling up in front of them. Loud growling came from them. Some of them were even walking over eachother. They started running into the opposite direction when they encountered the same exact thing from the other side.
''The rain has stopped'', the girl said while pulling out her machete.
Liz was woken up by a terrified scream. When she looked up she saw Sarah sitting on the bed with a scared look. Liz was still half asleep. She slowly got up.
''You just had a nightmare, go back to sleep'', Liz said while she layed back again. Sarah couldn't possibly go back to sleep again so she got past Liz and got out of the bed. Dizziness overcame her and a headache. She had to support herself on the wall of the trailer. I'm never gonna drink again, she told herself once again. Sarah stared at the floor before she tried making her way out of the trailer when her wrist got grabbed.
''What's wrong Sarah?'', Liz asked her, she was worried now.
''It's nothing, but thanks'', she wiped away the tears that were about to come and turned around to smile at Liz. She picked up a shirt and threw it at Liz.
''Get dressed you lazy bum'', Sarah said, putting up a fake laugh.
''What ? Are you saying you don't enjoy my naked body, come on everyone does'', Liz praised while putting on the shirt. Sarah had already left the trailer. I can't risk getting my babies dirty again, cocky Liz thought to herself. The trailer was very organized and clean, well, not anymore after Liz was done with it.
''There you go, these shoes should work'', she said to herself. It was a very warm day so left her green leather jacket behind aswell. Looking back at the mess she made she only grinched.
''Whoops'', and walked out. It was a beautiful day, better than all the days she had until now, as far as she remembered that is. She stretched and felt like touching the clouds. Where are those guys? Liz looked around but saw no one. After shrugging Liz sat down on the tree tunk. She placed her hands on it firmly and leaned her upper body back so that she could enjoy the sun. After a while of sitting there she heard a weird hauling. It came from the woods where they all came from the other day. Liz quickly got up on her feet just to see Vani coming out of the woods, dragging a fox behind her. How the fuck, Liz thought to herself. Her expression was confused.
''What'', Vani asked without blinking even once. Liz was slowly being creeped out by this dark and twisty kid.
''What are you doing with that fox?'', Liz first hesitated to ask. After a while of waiting for an answer she raised her eyebrowes. Vani was dragging the fox to the fireplace and ignored Liz. Suddenly she felt light kick on the butt.
''Answer me kiddo'', Liz forced Vani to answer her.
''Food'', Vani said without looking at Liz nor saying anything about getting kicked. She was a little surprised that Vani went into the woods and came back safely without a single scratch. Then she noticed that Vani was equipped with her bat that she used to help Sarah and Liz. But there was something else aswell.
''How did you get that fox?'', Liz said, kneeling down next to Vani while she was peeling the fox with her knife. Liz felt a little nauseous. Vani reached down her belt and gave Liz something that looked like a flute.
''What is this now ?'', Liz was looking at it and noticed that there was something inside of it. Vani was busy preparing their food so she just explained it while doing it.
''Stunning arrows. It's quiet to hunt like that and more effective. I might not seem like it but I'm pretty much good with everything, you should learn from me. And I'm not a kiddo, I'm way more adult than I seem.'', she was taking a liking in talking high of herself when she suddenly heard a dull hit. Liz passed out on the floor.
''What an idiot, she seriously got stunned'', she noticed while looking at Liz's hand. She put a new stunning arrow into the blow pipe and layed it next to her. Sarah came back out of nowhere and immediately noticed Liz on the floor.
''Liz?!'', she ran over to her, slapping her face gently to see if she would wake up but nothing.
''Don't worry she'll wake up in a few hours'', Vani said. Sarah didn't really understand what happened but she was better off not questioning Vani. She sat next to her.
''Oh hey a flute!'', Sarah noticed and started happily playing the flute.
''No don't touch i-'', before Vani could stop her, she had already fired the stunning arrow into her own leg and passed out next to Liz. Vani facepalmed and grouched angrily about the two. I picked up two idiots, she thought to herself and continued preparing dinner.
It was a long drive for all of them. Silence broke in after Ash and Omar had joined the group. While reaching their destination Omar and Ash never stopped exchanging looks with eachother. They both were unsure where this was going but they knew they couldn't do it alone. The landscapes were darker than usual, the weather was not bringing anything positive to the mood and everyone was worried in a different way. Anita was still in shock. Omar didn't know what had happened but he tried to reach out to her.
''So how long have you three been together?'', he said cautiously. She didn't move one bit, nor did she react. Her gaze was still pointed at nothing. Omar looked at Ash and Ash shook her head. Omar took a last look at Anita and felt really bad for her. Finally they drove into something that looked like home. Ash noticed the pretty house, it seemed very old but the place was very wide and she sensed a little safeness. Randi parked the car right next to the brown wood house. She got out of the car and immediately went to check on Anita. She looked pale. Paty got out of the car and asked Omar and Ash to have a conversation. They both nodded simultaneously and got out of the back of the truck. While walking to the back of the house Paty exchanged one last look between Randi and nodded. Randi understood. Randi didn't ask anything, she took Anita and carried her into her into the house. The stairway up the entrance creeked with every step, so did the door. Randi carried Anita into the bathroom. The bathroom was very antique and plain white. She put Anita into the bathtub. Her clothes were full of blood, so was her face. Randi took off Anita's clothes carefully. She reached to the other side of the tub to get the sponge, she slowly started to wash away the blood on Anita's face. It was so silent, they could hear the leaves blowing in the wind. Anita was still expressionless, Randi looked away for a second to get some soap, when she turned around Anita's face was covered in tears. Her hands gripped tight around the bathtub's edges, she couldn't bare it anymore. Randi let go of the soap immediately and approached Anita to embrace her. Anita buried her face in Randi's colarbone while Randi stroked her head.
''It's okay, it's going to be fine I'm not going anywhere, I'll stay here this time''.
''I need your help'', Paty asked the two of them.
''With what ?'', Ash asked out of curiosity.
''We lost two good people out there today and Lian went missing. I'm going back there and I will find her.'', Paty said with extreme determination. Both of them were looking unsure about this whole thing.
''What if she-'',
''She's alive!'', Paty interrupted Ash the moment she started to doubt. She didn't even think about giving up on her best friend.
Paty already saw the rifle in Ash's hands so she assumed she knew how to handle a gun.
''Can you handle guns?'', she asked Omar.
''I'm familiar with pistols but nothing bigger than that. But you can teach me I'm a fast learner'', he said, grinning.
''A pistol will do for now, I would be happy to teach you later'', Paty said with a gentle voice. She walked back a few steps back and opened something that looked like a garage. Ash was stunned by the amazing amount of equipment they had in store. It was a little garage, there was a table in the middle and most weapons were hung onto the wall. Paty came out of the garage with a magnum and a knife and handed it over to Omar. She smiled at him, he nodded kindly.
''Feel free to take ammunition Ash'', she said while equipping herself with some guns and a survival knife.
''I'll be waiting in the car, come when you're ready'', she entrusted the garage to them and left.
''She's very nice!'', Omar said surprised. He looked at Ash to see an angry face.
''What?'', he asked laughing.
''Nothing, let's just go'', Ash said while closing the garage. While Ash walked past Omar he shook his head still laughing and followed her. Everyone was ready to go, Paty started the truck. Don't worry Lian, I'm coming for you.
Dominic got the rest of their food out they had left and placed it on the floor on a little cloth. Kao was a little worried about their supplies since there was barely anything left.
''How did we end up having so little left?'', Kao asked.
''Well if you wouldn't always feed every goddamn cat!'', Domi ranted. Kao laughed and acted like she knew of nothing. The red haired girl was still very weak and could barely talk. By the time they were sitting there they found out that her name was Sara. Kao sat next to her, both of them leaned against the wall. Kao placed Sara's head on her shoulder so she could eat properly. Domi gave Kao the cover of the bottle with water in it.
''Can you drink this?''. Sara slowly raised her hand and took the cover. It was already hard to get up but she drank it without any problem, which made both Kao and Domi very happy.
''You should feel better as soon as you eat something'', Domi said and picked up the last sandwich they had left from the blue cloth. It was already dark and the wind didn't blow one bit. After eating the sandwich Sara could finally feel most of her bodyparts again, she was still in immense pain because of the leg. All three of them just sat there, thinking of their next step. They had no food, they were running low on water and now they were slow on their feet. Kao placed her hand on Sara's forehead and felt her cheeks aswell.
''You should get a little sleep'', Kao told Sara. Sara gave a weak nod. Kao helped lay down and Domi took off his jacket so Sara could use it as a blanket.
''Thank you'', she said, with a gentle voice. Domi scratched the back of his black haired head heavily and blushed a little.
''N-no problem'', he smiled. Domi then took Kao with him to the side to have a little talk. He looked doubtful.
''What are we going to do next?'', Domi was a little nervous.
''We should get some sleep aswell, we can talk about everything else tomorrow, it was a long day.'', Kao reasured Domi while petting his shoulder lightly. Domi nodded, he looked like he needed sleep more than any of them. Domi was always busy protecting Kao, no matter what situation it was. They both layed down next to eachother on the other side of the roof to not disturb Sara's sleep, who already was fast asleep. A few minutes past and both were still awake.
''It's cold.'', Kao said and reached her hand out, Domi who layed behind her back took the hand hugged her back and layed his hand on her stomach.
''This is an exception, because it's cold, got it?'', Kao said, to not give Domi the wrong idea. She was already feeling a little warmer.
''Sure'', Domi said, secretly smiling.
Both of them woke up to something horribly loud, something that sounded like knocking over things. They immediately got up and stared down the building. A few walkers were entering the building and it seemed like some already had. Domi and Kao both looked at eachother, scared and not yet completely aware of the situation. Then they looked at Sara.