Chapter 9
Every few steps Don would look over at Scarlet, just in case. He wasn't so sure that she would turn on him, but it would always be good just to be careful.
"So…I'm still confused about something" Don said
"What about" She asked
"How did you get here?" Don asked
She sighed, "It's a long story"
"We've got a long walk" Don said
Scarlet was silent for a second, "Ok…so there were five of us…including me…There was Kevin, Paul, Robert, Julie and me. Kevin and Paul were brother…anyway we were hanging out…having fun…and on our way out, my friend decided to take a shortcut in the alley way…so we did and we found this weird looking thing on the side. I told everyone to leave it alone, but Paul kicked it and it started beeping. Then there was a huge light and we ended up here. Me and my boyfriend woke up together, probably because we were holding hands…anyway after a couple hours, we caught up with everyone. Then we knew something was very wrong with this place. The thing disguised himself as Robert and…and killed Julie…tearing her in half…we didn't want to believe Robert did it…he said he didn't…now I know he was telling the truth. And so as time went on…Robert freaked out…he literally went insane…he started yelling and throwing stuff and punching the wall, he broke his hand…it literally broke out of its socket and hung there…but he kept doing it. Then he ran…and I never saw him again. After Paul and Kevin started getting paranoid…Paul started giving me weird looks..then he accused me of being the darkness…he said he's rather die than stay with me…so he dug his fingers into his neck and ripped out his own damn throat…Kevin then pulled out a gun we found and pointed it at me…saying that I killed Paul…That I was the darkness and forced his brother to kill himself…I tried telling him I wasn't but he wouldn't listen…he fired the gun…thankfully he missed…I picked up a rock and hit him with it…and I kept hitting him with it…I killed him"
Don was speechless, a sudden fear ran through his mind. What if his brothers went though that. What if Mikey goes crazy and kills himself. It just made him want to hurry up.
"I…I'm sorry" Don said
"Yeah…well…what's done is done…I'd like to just reassure that Michelangelo is ok" Scarlet said
"Yeah" Don said
They turned a corner and froze in fear, they stared down the street, about thirty zombies were seen, maybe more.
"Donatello?"
"Yeah"
A zombie looked at them, grunted and stared walking toward them.
"Let's turn around" Don said
"Couldn't agree more" Scarlet said
They both turned around and both their hearts dropped when a whole crowd of zombies were already running toward them.
Don wanted to yell to Scarlet to run, but his mouth felt heavier than ever. He managed to get it open, but when he opened it he inhaled a whole bunch of air. He felt a hand grab his bicep and pull him somewhere.
"Run!" Scarlet said
Don finally found his feet and began running on his own. He looked behind him and saw the crowd of zombies.
"We need to get somewhere indoors" Scarlet yelled
"Uhh..yeah" Don said
He looked around everywhere, pumping oxygen and energy into his system. He saw Scarlet running just a little ahead of him. He examined the way she ran, she was fit. Well being stuck in this place for a long time does have its advantage's. But that's one thing that Don didn't understand, how she managed to survive for three years in this hell hole, with the doctor on her at all times. He didn't understand…but he didn't want to question.
Don turned his head and spotted a store with the door open.
"SCARLET!" Don yelled
She didn't respond, probably didn't hear him. Don pushed himself to catch up to her, he grabbed her bicep and pulled her to the side and toward the store. He was instantly impressed with the muscles in her arm. She was way more fit then April will ever be. Don smiled at his own joke.
"In here!" Don yelled
They both ran inside and slammed the door close, he put all his weight on the door to keep the zombies from coming in.
"Scarlet…Scarlet get me that chair"
Scarlet looked around, spotted the chair, grabbed it and handed it to him. Don shoved the chair under the door knob and slowly backed away from the door. The zombies quickly crowded the doors and windows. Don's fear steeply rose.
"What are we going to do?" Scarlet asked
"I don't know…maybe there's a back door or something" Don said
Scarlet moved out of Don's vision, He stared out the window at the zombies that tried desperately to get inside.
"Yeah there's a door" Scarlet said
"Ok I think-"
The windows shattered into a bunch of pieces and zombies crawled in.
"RUN!" Don said and they both began to sprint toward the back door. Scarlet shoved the door open and waited for Don. Don watched her, She smiled. Then slammed the door close.
Don's heart sank. He knew it! He turned around and saw the zombies speeding toward him.
"Sh*t" He said
Then he felt a hand grab his shoulder, he turned around and saw Scarlet.
"What are you doing let's go" Scarlet said
Don stared at her confusion.
They moved out of the door and Scarlet slammed the door and locked it. They heard the zombies slam into the door. Scarlet leaned on the wall and caught her breath.
"That was close" Scarlet said
"What is wrong with you" Don said
"What?"
"You closed the door on me…You tried to kill me" Don said
"What? What are you talking about?"
"When I was running for the door! You ran out and closed the door on me" Don yelled
"Donatello I didn't close the door on you, I waited for you and just stopped right in front of the door, cursed and turned around" Scarlet said
"What?"
"You stopped right in front of door and turned around" Scarlet said, "I called for you but you didn't listen to me, so I went in a grabbed you"
Don stared at her in confusion, "I saw you…you closed the door on me"
"I never closed the door on you…are you sure you're feeling ok" Scarlet asked
Don stared at the ground, "Yeah…Yeah I'm fine"
Scarlet walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "If you don't want me to help…I understand"
"No…no…I just…I'm seeing things" Don said
Scarlet let go and they began walking, Don's eyes glued to Scarlet.