Chapter 9 Unbound
Ellis reached in the car and pulled out a backpack, and grabbed Emma's hand and started to run. Katy picked Nick up and ran. "Hey guy, get the bag from the back!" Nick yelled at Shane. He snatched the bag and him, Hershel and Glenn ran. "How will we out run them?" Glenn yelled. "I don't know!" Katy yelled back. "The man hole!" Emma shouted. They ran towards it. Ellis lifted it and jumped in. Shane was the last one in and he closed it. As soon as it shut a zombie slammed his face into it. "run!" Hershel yelled. They ran through the water. The splashes echoing in the small tunnel. They all stopped. Loud groans where now following them. "How did they get in here?" Katy said franticly. "I don't know. Lets go!" Shane yelled. They reached the other man hole. Glenn jumped and pushed it away. He climbed up and helped everyone out. Hershel closed the hole, but it flew off again. He cocked his gun and started shooting down at the zombies. "Hershel!" Katy yelled. "go inside! I'll be fine!" he yelled back as he continued. They did as told and ran inside. Rick was already standing with the door open for them. They rushed in. "Rick go help Hershel!" Shane yelled. Rick ran out the door closing it behind him. Nick fell to the floor holding his head, with a pained look on his face and blood seemed to begin to ooze threw his fingers. Katy scooted to him and kissed him. Carol had a bunch of meds on the table for when they got back, not knowing if they'd need them or not. Katy reached up and got an Advil and a head wrap. As she was applying it Rick and Hershel came inside. "Well?" Emma asked as she held Ellis. "We killed them all. We also found a big dumpster and rolled it over the hole." said Rick. Hershel went to the hallway and into his room. Ellis looked around at the others in the room and looked down at Emma with an odd look on his face. "Oh! that's right. Guys, this is Ellis, and that's Nick. Guys, this is Carol and her daughter Sophia. Dale, Rick, Glenn, Shane, Daryl, and the guy in his room now is Hershel." they all nodded to each other. Shane glared and snorted. He stormed away into his room and slammed the door. "wait!" said Glenn as he went after him. "it's pretty late Sophia." said Carol heading upstairs. "yes mom, nice to meet you two." she said sweetly as she followed her mom. Daryl went after them as well. "Hey?" Rick called after him. "There will still be a bed up there for ya. I'm bunkin' with Carol." Rick chuckled. "where will they sleep?" Rick said pointing at Nick and Ellis. Emma kissed Ellis's check bone. "we can sleep out here." Nick said, patting the couch. "Okay. Well lets go to bed then. I've never been more tired." Katy said as she detached her self from Nick. She turned to him and pecked him on the check. She went to turn away but he grabbed her wrist and spun her around and kissed her hard, slightly bending her backward. Emma and Ellis raised there eyebrows. They broke the kiss. Panting slightly. Katy blushed and went to her room. "I'll get you guys some blankets and pillows." Emma said as she went through the sliding glass door. It was quiet outside. Not even the crickets sang. She walked up to the first door and opened it. She didn't close it for the moon light was shining light into the small room. She hopped into the storage room. Emma riffled through the mounds of stuff to find blankets. "What are you looking for?" Emma gasped. She was spun around by Shane who was gripping her wrist hard. "Let go." Emma looked hard into Shane's intense brown eyes. "Emma. Oh Emma. I don't wana sound crazy or anything, but, I love you, Emma." Her eyes widened and she felt her heart sink to her feet. "Shane, don't." he put a finger to her lips, and caressed her jaw line. "Your so beautiful. And over these past few weeks, I've grown to have these feelings for you, and Emma, I know you've been feeling the same. But now this guy comes back and now I'm nothing to you. The trip out to go get this, jack ass you seemed fine with me. This is bull shit!" he released her and punched a bunch of boxes and they toppled over in a big avalanche. Emma jumped away from him and started to tear up. "Shane don't do this. I know I should of-" "Should of what? Should of told me your still in love with a guy and you won't ever get over him? Or, you should of never even looked at me so I wouldn't of seen into your beautiful eyes?" he looked deranged. Staring madly into her with wide crazed eyes. His veins where popping out of his neck and arms. "The tables have turned, huh Shane?" Emma and Shane looked at the door quickly to see Daryl standing in it. "Get the hell out of here redneck trash. This is none of your business." Shane yelled and turned back to Emma. " Well I know, but your pissing me off with all your yell'n and hurting girls shit. Now how about you leave her alone and go be a dick some where else." Shane glared at Daryl. He squeezed her wrist tighter. She winced and bent to one knee holding her wrist, trying to peel his fingers off of her. Daryl jumped down and grabbed a hold of Shane's shirt, yanked him away from Emma. "Get your hands off me!" Shane shoved Daryl, and he got knocked into some boxes. Daryl lunged at Shane and grabbed for his collar and threw him to the ground, pinning him down. "Lost your bad cop edge, huh?" Daryl hissed into Shane's ear and spat in it. Shane ripped his hands off his shirt and spat in his face and left. Daryl looked over and saw Emma crying. "Are you ok?" Emma looked up to see Daryl's face. She hugged him. "I'm fine and thanks for caring." "you think I did that for you? Hell, he has always just pissed me off. I've wanted to kick his ass for a long time now." Emma smiled then looked down at her wrist seeing it was red and raw in the moonlight.