(Don't leave me behind chapter 4)
Tyler this time dreamt he was on the same beach. Seeing his ex-girlfriend that left him a month prior to the infection. She said he came home drunk and vomiting too much. But in the dream...She seemed to vanish. This time to his right a figure appeared. It was her.
The same huntress he saw. She looked the same, Her lips and chin stained with the blood of her victims. Her button nose crinkling. She waved to him, She seemed to be hunched for some reason. He came closer to her, And looked at the darkness that covered her eyes. She growled defensively, Thinking he was going to attack. Instead he stroked her bloody cheek, Feeling how cold her skin was.
It felt like she had a scar on there. He then moved his hands to her hips and suddenly pulled her into a gentle embrace.
But in the real world...The huntress found her way into the apartment. It wasn't hard to take down a flimsy piece of cardboard. Over the time tyler had been asleep, the huntress accidently snagged her right sleeve on a fence. Tearing the sleeve. Now here right arm was bare. Suprisingly she only had few cuts here and there.
She had been watching tyler for a hour before he suddenly hugged her tightly. He was still fully asleep. But the hug put a smile on his face. He stroked the back of her hood, Pressing her cheek to his. She sharply inhaled as he pulled her in, A quiet gasp. She was panicking on the inside, She didn't know what he was doing.
The huntress let out a low growl/Purr. It was odd but sounded funny. She had her rear in the air, While she was being held down by Tyler. But then something happened, She began to shake and sweat. Her breath becoming heavy, A feeling of butterflies in her stomach. Finally tyler awoke when he felt her hot breath on his neck, It was tingly and made his neck uncomfortably hot..
Tyler instantly felt her body ontop of his, Gasping quietly and staying still. He froze up, Feeling a single sweat drop flow down down his forehead. He placed his hands softly on her shoulders, One hand slipping to the front of her neck. The huntress couldn't control herself, She was way too close to him and it made her go into instinct mode. Tyler felt something wet hit his neck, Long and slimy aswell...That's when he mixed the feeling of her breath and this slimy object. She was licking his neck. "Eugh! What is she doing?!" He thought and this time actually pushed her away.
She fell onto her back and whined softly, Similar to when you shun a puppy dog. He felt his neck, But instantly took his hand away since she left a long trail of her saliva. "What the hell!" He accidently said aloud. He was actually angry at a creature that could kill him at any moment. "What's wrong with you?! Why...Why do you keep following me?!" He asked as if she would answer.
The man was tired, Infuriated, And confused. Not a good mix. "Stand up." He ordered before grabbing her taped up wrist and pulled her up to him. Finally they were face to face, Neither him nor her were tangled up on the ground. "Why...Do you not attack me? What is it that makes you not murder me? If you're playing some sort of game here...I suggest you just kill me rather than toying around." Tyler said, Pain and confusion in his voice.
"I-I...No...Ha-Harm you." The huntress suddenly growled. Smiling devilishly once she finished. "W-What?..." Tyler said, His mouth widened, His eyes staring into the darkness that covered hers. "I-I...No...Ha-Harm!" The huntress repeated, Her lips curling into a smile again. "Jesus christ..." Tyler said in disbelief. He moved his hands up to her shoulders and stared at her for a moment.
This changes almost everything...This means that the infected had a mind of their own. Or that the infection didn't affect some as bad as others. This means that we can atleast give the infected their minds back. Hopefully.
He stared into the darkness that covered her face, Staring for almost a solid minute. "What is it you want if you don't want to hurt me?" Her smile vanished as she thought hard. She couldn't think of a word to explain that she wished to follow him. Help him. She liked him ever since he saved her awhile back, She wished to repay her debt. She didn't know why she had these feelings, It just made her like him alot for some reason.
He stared at her then just walked to the doorframe when he saw her not responding. "Should i just leave her here? Maybe while she's not looking i can split...No...She's to quick to avoid. But she means no harm...Maybe i can...Take her along. But to where? I don't have a goal other than to survive." Tyler thought as he looked around the apartment. The huntress decided to follow quickly behind, Going as far as to hang onto the back of his jacket. This made tyler jump at feeling of her sharp fingers, Looking behind him to see her copying him. She would do the same as tyler, Move her head side to side as if looking for something. When tyler would look inside something, She would do the same.
He had to admit, It was kind of cute.
Tyler looked behind him to see her doing something. She began to whine and growl a bit as she struggled with the zipper on her sweater. It appeared she got a strand of long dark hair stuck in the zipper, She tugged at it but her sharp fingers didn't allow her to do anything. Tyler quickly made her stand still and said "Stop moving." She listened by his gesture and stood still, Her head slightly cocked to the side because of her hair being stuck.
He grabbed the zipper and the strand of hair, Pulling the zipper down and the hair up. It finally came free and the huntress let her head fall back a bit as she felt the relief of moving her head freely. Tyler quickly zipped up the sweater because he realized she wasn't wearing anything underneath. He never felt his cheeks and neck get so hot before, It even made his body shiver as he pulled the zipper up in a second. That's when he looked up and saw the huntress. But in a different way.
Her hood had come loose as she pulled her head back, He saw a woman around his age. Her skin grey, Lifeless. Her eyes were just plain red. It made her look as if she was always furious. He lips were dry and cracked, A cut down down her bottom lip. For a infected she had thick hair. Very long dark strands of hair, A bit dirty and knotted up. But her most oddest feature was the scars that littered her face. One going down her lips, Another one straight across the nose. Two over her eyebrow, Preventing hair from growing in those two lines. It was intresting to say the least.
Tyler saw all of this in a mere two seconds before she quickly pulled up her hood and hid her face. Tyler was curious again and placed a hand on the hood, She quickly grabbed his hand and placed a her hand on his chest. She growled deeply but soon let him go. "S-Sorry." Tyler said quietly but realized how ridiculous he sounded. Apologizing to a infected. Ridiculous.
He saw the time of day and realized it was still night time. "I barely got any damn sleep..." Tyler said aloud. He went back to the bedroom, Almost going to close the door and lock it before the huntress walked in and sat on the floor. "She acts like a child..." Tyler thought as he looked at her pick at her shoe. He closed the door and took off his police button up, Holding it close to his chest as he layed down on the ground. The hunter decided to do the same as him, She layed on her back but scooted over to him. She pressed her back against his front and layed there. She couldn't sleep because...Well she didn't need it. Tyler stared at her for a moment before moving away from her and turning his back to her. Tyler finally gave a sigh of relief, He was stuck in a crazy situation but he just decided to finally catch some sleep. After closing his eyes he smirked and finally felt sleeps warm embrace. But his eyes shot open when he felt the huntress latch onto him, Wrapping her hand and leg around him. He looked down at her foot and thought "What the hell is she doing?"
For a moment tyler said to himself "Am i dreaming?" He turned his head and met eyes once again with the huntress, She gave a odd look but smirked and showed her not-so-friendly looking razor sharp teeth. "Jesus christ i am not dreaming..." He said and stayed extremely still. "Maybe she'll get bored by the morning and just leave..." The cornered police officer thought. He didn't have no ammo, Nor a weapon. He was screwed if she tried to attack.
Tyler was much too uncomfortable to sleep like this. He quickly rolled onto his back, Staring up at the ceiling. The huntress still clinged onto him, Like a kitten seeking attention. He closed his eyes and tried to seek out ANY sleep. He had to have at least four hours to get anywhere tomorrow.
The huntress copied his movements again, Closing her eyes and sighing. It sounded more like a hiss coming from her. He looked at his watch for a moment. "3:44 AM" The watch read.
It only took mere minutes for tyler to fall asleep, Making him snuggle into the huntress more. It was mostly out of instinct and he sort of had to admit...It felt good.
(Sorry everyone for the Late-ish updates. I'll keep pumping these out. Also, Sorry for such a short length. It's a little hard to pump out 1500 word chapters, So forgive me for that.)