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Emergency
After driving for three hours straight, the girls finally reach Dallas. Everything seemed pretty normal there as if there was nothing going on. One thing for sure though is that the streets seemed less busy that usual. None of the girls shared a word on their drive their, except for Lauren, who gave her occasional grunt about how were they going to get back to Austin with the croquembouche. They parked the car in front of the bakery and stopped at the entrance. Lauren scowled when she tried to open the door, it was locked. Lauren began to panic from frustration and started to slam on the door. Amy and Karma look at each other with small smiles as they try to not burst into laughter, but fail when Lauren starts slamming on the door much harder and starts yelling.
She turns around and glares at Amy, who only chuckles at her with a smirk. "It's okay Lauren! We have to get another cake…" Karma suggested. Lauren slightly twitched from anger and turned to Karma with another glare. "For the last time, it's not a cake, it's a CROQUEMBOUCHE!" She snapped. "Reece Witherspoon, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Halle Berry each had croquembouches at their showers! I read that Kim Kardashian served a croquembouche made of thousands of tiny croquembouches!"
Amy couldn't help the small laugh out when Lauren finished her rant. Feeling a bit bad when she saw Lauren's frustrated face, she stopped laughing. "I'm sorry. It's just that you said croquembouche like a hundred times!" She tried to reason. Lauren blankly stared at her for a while before saying, "You are a horrible person! No wonder your mother made ME the maid of honor!" She snapped just as the baker man opened the door. "Simone, you almost gave me a coronary…" Lauren cried in relief, as she went inside.
Amy stayed outside when Lauren went inside. She felt hurt that her mother didn't ask her own daughter to be her maid of honor. She looked at Karma, who was giving her a sad smile, and scoffed. "Are you kidding me? She made HER the maid of honor?! I'm her daughter!" Amy cried. Karma sighed and rubbed at Amy's arm in comfort. She motioned for Amy to go inside the bakery when Lauren yelled for them to go in. When they got in, they were expecting to see a cake that Lauren would make them carry, but instead, they were welcomed by knives, and a gun.
"What the fuck?! Lauren?" Amy asked, looking for her step sister. A man, probably Simone, finally let her go and pushed her to the other two girls. "What the hell is going on here?!" Amy cried. Simone put a finger up to his mouth, shushing her. Amy arched an eyebrow at him, waiting for any of the people inside the bakery to explain what was going on. Lauren and Karma were both hiding behind the taller blonde by now as they saw the people giving them weary looks.
"How did you girls get here?" Simone asked them, keeping a distance from the girls. Amy gave Lauren a questioning look but only received a small nudge from the girl. Amy sighed and looked back to the group of people in front of them. "We came in a car, on the highway from Austin." Amy answered in an obvious tone. The man shook his head and signaled for someone to the back. A few moments later, the person came back with a small radio. Simone turned it on and turned the volume up just a notch for them all to hear.
Karma and Lauren slightly pushed Amy forward so they could hear well. "We have more information on what is going on and why there are checkpoints being set up all over the US. There is a lethal infection that has spread across the country. We still don't know what caused it but this is the reason why the checkpoints are being set up. As of now, we know that if you're not already infected and have passed through a checkpoint, you can still be infected by receiving a bite, a scratch, or even transfer of body fluid from someone who already is. It is best if you all stay inside for now. Lock your windows and doors. Authorities have recommended for everyone to go get tested at these checkpoints if you wish to know if you are already infected or not. The following states and cities are where there are checkpoints at the moment…"
A woman turned the radio off and narrowed her eyes to the girls. "Are any of you infected?" She asked. Amy shared a look with the other two girls before turning back to the woman. "No. We came from Austin. We were just coming to pick up something my step sister ordered here and passed through one of those checkpoints. We're all clean." Amy said. The woman nodded and looked to Simone.
Simone sighed and ushered everyone inside the kitchen except for the three girls. Once they were all alone, Simone relaxed his posture and motioned for the girls to take a seat on the counter. He walked over to the windows and peeked through the blindfold before turning back to the girls. "Simone, what's going on?" Lauren finally asked. Simone scratched at his head and sat down in front of them. "We don't know. It all happened so soon. I don't even think the government knows that the infection has gotten here because there are crazy people out there." He said, nodding his head toward the door.
Karma whimpered in fear as she reached for Amy's arm. "When you say 'crazy' people, do you mean them trying to eat other people?" Amy asked. Simone's eyes went wide for a second and nodded. "How did yo-""After we passed the checkpoint, my friend tried calling her parents. They told us that the infection was already there. When we left the checkpoint… people started attacking the army and those in the poison control. Soldiers started shooting too." Amy explained. Simone nodded in understanding.
"So what are we going to do Aims?" Karma asked Amy. Amy looked over to Lauren, who looked much paler than before. "Lauren?" Amy asked, reached to shake her shoulder. Lauren only shook her head as she hugged herself. "I don't know! Why are you asking me?!" She snapped. Amy sighed and looked at Simone.
"How bad is it here?" She asked. Simone thought for a minute before shrugging. "We've had to kill a few people. When someone who's infected bites you, they don't stop." He says. Karma and Lauren give him incredulous looks while Amy looks at him in shock. "Is that the only way to really stop them?" Amy asked. Simone sighed and scratched his head again. "As far as we know, yeah. The thing is though, that they don't go down easily. You can gut at them and shoot them, but they'll get up. They don't stop until you get them in the head. Don't ask me why." He explained. Lauren felt like she was about to lose it and ran to the nearest trash can she saw. Karma felt she almost throw up as well but maintained herself.
Karma pulled on Amy's sleeve. "We need to get back to Austin… our parents are still there… so are Liam and Shane." She said. Amy only nodded as she looked worriedly to her step sister. Once Lauren composed herself, she went back to the counter. "Sorry… it's just a lot to take in." She said. Simone gave her a sympathetic smile and went to fetch her a glass of water.
"So what are we doing?" Lauren asked. Amy looked to the two girls, who were looking at her expectantly and she sighed. Why did she have to be the one to decide? She ran a hand through her hair and thanked Simone when he brought three glasses for them. "I think we should find a way back to Austin. Get what we need and who we need. Then we get the hell out of Austin and we'll figure it out from there." Amy said.
Simone shook his head when he saw the other girls agree to Amy's idea. He whistled softly and in came a young boy. He whispered something into his ear and the boy nodded before running back to the kitchen. "So you gals are gonna go back to Austin for your folks?" He asked. Amy nodded and stood up, pulling Karma and Lauren with her. He sighed as he waited for the boy to come back. "Well, if you guys are getting back on the road so soon, you should take some supplies for the road. Just in case." He said. Before Amy could question him, the boy stepped back in with two older looking boys. The small boy had a box while the other two boys were carrying a bag with what Amy could see were a few guns.
"Woah, why are you giving us guns?" She asked, stepping away when one of the boys tried to hand her the bag. Lauren wasted no time and took one bag from them while Karma took the box. She peeked inside it and saw some backed goods in there. "Just take the bag Amy!" Lauren hissed.
Simone nodded and took the other bag from the other boy and held it out for Amy to take. "We got a whole bunch of weapons already and we got the numbers in group. It's only you three and you gals are going back to get more people. You'll need them. You ladies know how to use a gun right?" He asked. Karma and Lauren both shook their heads no. Amy gave him a small nod and glanced over to Karma to see her giving her a questioning look. "My dad taught me before he left us…" She said. She then looked back to Simone and took the bag from him with a flat smile. "It'll come back to me… thanks Simone." Amy said. Simone nodded. "Good luck girls." He said. The three nodded as they headed out again. Simone peeked out through the door and saw the coast was clear for them to head to the car.
"Lauren gives me the keys. I'll open the car and pop open the trunk. Put the bags in there and quickly get in so we can hurry back to Austin." She said. Lauren didn't argue with Amy and handed her the keys. Amy took a deep breath and quickly made her way to the car. Her hands were shaking as she tried to get the car open and sighed in relief when she got the right key. She looked over to Karma and nodded. Karma nodded in return and pulled Lauren with her. Simone and one of the boys stepped outside to walk them to the car. "Try not to make too much noise. It attracts them." The boy said. Amy nodded as she opened one of the bags and grabbed a pistol from the bag. "All the pistols are loaded already except for the bigger guns. There's ammo in the bags though and a few more weapons that can come in handy for ya'll." He added. Amy nodded in appreciation and shook their hands as she quickly got in the car.
She waited for Simone and the boy to get back in the bakery before she started the car. She wasted no time in putting the car in drive and sped out of the street. As they drove through the town, the girls realized how empty the place looked and how some windows were already board up. "This is so fucking crazy." Lauren said, staring at the gun.
"I'm going to try to call my parents again. I'll call Liam too." Karma said. Amy only nodded as she drove off, ignoring a few crashed cars with a few dead bodies in them. She looked down to the gun and noticed Lauren staring at it too. "You never told me you know how to shoot." Lauren mumbled. Amy sighed and turned to get in a highway. "That's because we never bothered to get to know each other and because you enjoy pissing the shit out of me." Amy said in a bored tone.
Just as they got on the highway, Amy stomped on the breaks. "What the hell?!" Lauren exclaimed, glaring at Amy and not looking at the scene in front of them. Amy froze as she watched the scene ahead of them. It wasn't until Karma spoke up that Lauren looked ahead and gasped. In front of them was a total chaos. Many cars were crashed and flipped as some people were running while others staggered away from the flames. What shocked them most was when they saw a young man fall while another fell on top of him and bite into his shoulder. They watched in shock as the man tried to fight the infected person off but failed since another of the infected crawled from under a car and bite his leg.
More started appearing as they bit into the man, who was no longer fighting or crying for help. It wasn't until one of the infected people turned around towards them that they realized their situation. The man's jaw was snapped open and a bone on his leg was protruding from it. "Amy, you better put this car on reverse and find us another way to Austin now!" Lauren snapped, breaking Amy from her trance. Not able to find any words, Amy nodded dumbly and did as she was told. She quickly drove them away and back through the town. "Did you see that?! His bone was sticking out of his leg and he was still walking!" Karma exclaimed.
"Didn't you see his jaw?!" Lauren answered back. While both girls were yelling from fear, Amy took a deep breath as she tried to calm herself. She had no idea what that person was, and if it even was a person anymore by its look, but knew one thing. They had to get to their families and get out of Texas.
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