AUTHOR'S NOTE: Wow! 17 reviews. "Celebrate good times C'MON!" I didn't even think I'd get ten for this story. Anyway, here's the latest update. These chapters just keep getting longer and longer. This is the only story I've been really pumped about. So I hope you enjoy this chapter, and don't forget to review!
Simon momentarily caught Alvin's angry eye.
Alvin turned around to face everyone around him. "Get them!" he shouted.
"Back to the woods!" screamed Simon. Instinctively, Jeanette panicked and followed. The ran, fast as they could, dodging tree after tree. Jeanette stumbled along in her heels.
"Screw these," she mumbled. She kicked off the heels,a and continued running. She could hear the pounding feet behind her, getting closer and closer.
"Simon, we need to hide somewhere!" shouted Jeanette. Simon stopped in his tracks, and looked around. They were surrounded by thick wilderness. And of course the angry mob behind them. He then realized the entire time they'd just been going straight. He grabbed Jeanette's hand switched directions. He weaved this way and that, trying to throw off the trail of the party-goers
After running for over 15 minutes, they paused, and looked around. "I th-think we lost them," he gasped. Jeanette leaned against the tree, then slid her back own it until she was sitting on the ground. But her dress caught on a small twig. A loud ripping sound broke through the sound of their heavy breaths. Jeanette squeaked.
Simon frowned. "What was that?"
Jeanette blushed, glad for the darkness that surrounded them. "Nothing." In her mind, she was having a mini panic attack. The very back of her dress gad torn, own to the middle of her back. Since it was a sleeveless dress, she was struggling to keep the top up.
"That was your dress wasn't it?" asked Simon, horrified. Jeanette's blushed deepened. Simon sighed, and shrugged out of his jacket. He held it out to her. "Here."
Jeanette took it gratefully, and zipped it up all the way.
From a near distance,they heard some footsteps. They seemed to belong to only one person.
"Dammit!," mumbled Simon. "I thought for sure we'd lost them."
Jeanette stood up, standing close to Simon. "What do we do?"
The footsteps stopped. They both glanced around suspiciously. Jeanette's heart was beating a million miles an hour. Thoughts raced through her head. But she decided that now was not the time to ask any questions.
Leaves rustled, and before long, Alvin appeared in front of them. They both screamed, and prepared to run, when he stopped them.
"C'mon bro," he said softly. "Don't run away."
In the darkness, he sounded normal. Jeanette could feel Simon's muscles loosen in his arm.
"Simon," she whispered. "Don't fall for it."
"Seriously Si, it was just a prank. Come here."
Well that does sound like something Alvin would do... thought Jeanette. Either way, she knew this...thing...was just trying to play with their minds.
A light wind blew, and Jeanette watched as Simon to a small step forward. She panicked. She had to show him that these guys were dangerous. Swiftly, she took her phone out of her purse, and flashed the light of the screen at Alvin's face. His eyes shone a pale brown. With no pupil.
Simon immediately took several steps back away from him. Alvin's face contorted with rage, as he lunged towards them.
They both jumped back in time.
"There's no fighting it!" screamed Alvin. "So you may as well become one of us now!"
Jeanette squeaked in fear. Both teenagers took off running with Alvin hot on their trail.
Unfortunately, even without her heels, Jeanette still managed to slip in the dirt, and fall.
"Simon!" she screamed. "Help me!"
Simon turned back around and started running towards her. Only Alvin was closer. In a pitiful attempt to save her, Simon quickly took his shoe off, and chucked it at Alvin, as hard as he could. Alvin fell to the ground with a thud.
"Come on!"shouted Simon. "He won't stay down forever!"
Jeanette got to her feet, and they both continued running, farther into the thick woods.
"Now what are we gonna do?" asks Jeanette helplessly. She felt likes he'd said the same sentence all night.
Simon looked at her thoughtfully. "i think the better question is What just happened? "
"Some meteor landed on earth and spread some sort of weird virus, to sum it up." they both sighed.
They were both sitting, leaning against trees facing each other, mulling over the drastic situation. Simon hit the back of his head against his tree.
"I can't imagine how fast this is going to spread across the whole city." A sudden flash of his brothers eyes rang throughout his brain. He closed his eyes. "Maybe Alvin's right. We are probably going to turn into one of them eventually. Whatever they are. We may as well have done it, and gotten it over with."
Jeanette jumped up and glared down at him fiercely. "stop talking like that, no we're not! It's just like in video games about the apocalypse. And people win those right?"
Simon glared up at her. "Jeanette,do you know how The Walking dead ends?"
Jeanette shook her head honestly.
"Well throughout the entire game, you're just running around avoiding and killing zombies. And you know how it ends? The same fricken way!"
"But they aren't zombies!," she protested. "And maybe there's even a cure. You never know Simon. Now get up."
She grabbed his arm and pulled him up to his feet. He sighed. "Well, it's not impossible I guess."
Jeanette smiled indignantly. "Exactly. Now let's tackle the problem at hand."
"You mean the alienistic apocalypse?"
"Er... the other problem at hand."
"Which is..."
"Well we definitely can't face an apocalypse in the condition we're in."
Simon looked at her, confused. "What do you mean."
"Well. Let's start with the fact that my dress is unwearable, and I'm barefoot. And you only have one shoe."
Simon pursed his lips. "Yeah...I guess that is a major problem..." He sat back down and tried to come up with a sensible solution. After five minutes of intense brainstorming, his face finally lit up.
"I know where we can go," he informed her. "And it's not too far from here. Bout a mile if we take the road-"
"Simon, we can't take the road," interrupted Jeanette. "We'll be too out in the open."
Simon thought for a moment. "Okay. Then we'll take the hiking trail there instead."
Jeanette frowned as they started walking. Hiking trail?...
"The paintball field?" Jeanette stared at the vast field. Unlike most fields, instead of using props,this place was in the woods, and they used strategically placed trees. There was a large fence around the whole area, and trails, in case you ever got lost in the woods.
Jeanette had only ever been there once for Alvin's birthday party. It was probably the worst day of her life.
"Yeah," said Simon proudly. "There's also a campground,and this place is where you get all of the stuff you need." He pointed to a cottage sized shack. "I figured we could use some of the stuff here. Including appropriate attire."
"Wow that's..." Jeanette trailed off looking for the right word. "Brilliant."
Simon smiled shyly. "Thank you. Now come on, it's getting late."
Jeanette watched him walk ahead, amused at how take charge he was all of a sudden. Especially since an hour ago he was ready to give up before anything even started. She just hoped he'd keep this attitude.
Simon threw Jeanette a shirt and a pair of pants. Both 15 year-olds got dressed in separate corners, not daring to turn around to look at each other.
As Jeanette buttoned up the thick, tunic like shirt, she heard a frustrated, "Shit," from the other side of the room.
"What's wrong?" she asked swinging around to face him. His head was down and he was fumbling with the zipper on his shirt. "The stupid zipper is jammed!"
Jeanette walked up to him. "Here, let me try."
Simon blushed as she knelt down in front of him and started fumbling with his jacket zipper. As much as she would never admit it, Jeanette was struggling to take her eyes off of his toned stomach muscles. I guess working out for basketball really paid off...
Eventually she managed to un-jam the zipper. "Thanks,"mumbled Simon. He seemed slightly embarrassed,but Jeanette paid it no mind.
"So what else can we get from here," she asked. Simon cleared his throat, and quickly got back to business.
"Anything that seems useful," he said. He grabbed two large hiking backpacks and handed one to her.
They both looked around, stuffing almost everything in the shack into their bags. Jeanette felt something get caught in her hair. Annoyed, she grabbed the necklace around her neck and unclasped it. Then she suddenly remembered something.
Good thing I remembered, she thought, reaching into her purse. She pulled out the silver locket, and quickly put it on. As always, she hid the actual locket under her shirt, so only the chain showed. The last thing she took out of her purse, was her phone. Even though it wasn't much help now, you never know. Then, since it was no use anymore, she threw her purse away. It was just another thing to carry. Besides, it wasn't even hers.
"We should probably take matches with us, huh?" said Simon, stuffing a whole bunch of waters into his bag. He already had a whole bunch of snack bars in there. Jeanette was surprised. "Wow, they even sell food here?"
Nothing good," he grimaced. He stood up and slung his bag over his shoulder. "So what should our next move be?"
Jeanette yawned tiredly. How long have they been running? Suddenly her body felt heavy with exhaustion. Simon seemed to notice. "Never mind. I just need to get one more thing..."
He disappeared behind the large counter. Jeanette watched curiously. Moments later, he popped back up with several paint ball guns in his arms,along with several paint refills.
Jeanette stared at him in disbelief. "You can't be serious..."
"What?" he asked. "We're gonna have to defend ourselves somewhere around the line."
"But those are paintball guns," she argued. "Those aren't gonna kill anything."
"No," he agreed. "But they will slow them down. Besides. Do we...really wanna kill them?"
Jeanette looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well..I mean...these are our friends and family... Aren't they?"
Jeanette's face fell. The reality of what happened was starting to really sink in. What the hell happened to my sisters?! Are they even saveable? And am I really even brave enough to carry on like this?
I guess we'll have to see.
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