Just a little one shot of the run from the drop from Rahim's perspective, starting straight after Ardelis falls. I'll probably do these little things from different character's perspectives every once in a while. They probably won't be very long, but at least they'll be different.
I kept running, not looking back. Sunflower was strong, she could handle herself. I'd be surprised if she didn't get there before me. I could hear two sets of steps behind me. Heavy step from the Volatile, lighter ones from Sunflower. The entrance to the Tower was right in front of me, the blue glow welcoming. All but diving through the doors, I looked back at Sunflower. Only to see she wasn't there. Instead, there was the Volatile, and a night walker, standing just outside the reach of the lights.
No. She couldn't have. She was right behind me the whole way. I screamed in rage and kicked the door. The infected outside screeched at me, not moving any closer. I heard footsteps coming up behind me.
"Rahim?" It was Nadeau. "Where's Lis?" I had to tell him, he deserved that much.
"She… She's still out there." I yelled again and grabbed the rifle from Nadeau. I aimed it out the door and squeezed the trigger. BangBangBangBangBang! Thirty rounds tore through the air, ripping into the infected. I held the trigger long after the magazine emptied. I collapsed to my knees. One word ran through my head.
Why?
I refused to move past the first floor. I wanted to be the first one to see her when she got back. I needed to be the first. The elevator pinged.
"What the hell's going…" Jade stopped. She must have seen the look on my face. "Rahim… where's Ari?"
"I… I don't know. She was right behind me and then she wasn't, and I don't know what happened." I looked over at Jade, she was sitting on the ground. "We have to go and find her! She's still alive, I know it! Grab your stuff we can-"
"No." I stopped.
"What…"
"I said, no." She pushed herself up off the wall. "We'll look in the morning."
"We have to go now! If we wait that long she might-"
"Listen Rahim." She hissed. "Listen out there." She gestured to the window. Screams and cries filled the air. Virals, Night Walkers, Volatiles. All of them had gathered around. Because of my shooting.
"Fuck!" I slammed my hand into the wall. "Why? Why her?" This time it was my turn to sit down. I buried my head in my arms.
"I don't know. All we can do is wait. If she isn't back by tomorrow morning, we'll go and look for her." The thing was, if we went and looked for her, I was worried about what I would find.
There we go, first of the little one shots that I'll scatter about. I'm not sure how many I'll do, but I'll probably do one for every major character at some point. Next real chapter should be up by tomorrow anyway.