*snap*
"Ah!"
I sit up quickly with my scream and ready my gun. Pointing it directly at Micheal.
"Maria!"
I lower my gun quickly and feel my face heating up.
"Sorry."
There is a moment of silence when I feel movement next to me.
"What happened!?" Chris quickly sits up and points his gun at Micheal.
"Seriously!"
Chris lowers his gun and smiles guiltily at him. "Oops."
"Talk about a quick reaction." Micheal is looking at Chris with an annoyed look.
"Shut up." Chris mumbles sleepily.
"What was that? I heard something." I ask quietly.
"Just a creature. Moved right by us." Micheal answers.
I nod and lay back down. I stare up at Chris before he slowly lays back down. I cuddle back up to him and try to go back to sleep but my heart is now racing.
I open my eyes and stare at Chris' face. He is back asleep already and snoring lightly. I shimmy out of his arms and give him a peck on the lips before moving away from him.
I move over to sit next to Micheal who is lost in thought with his knife in his hands.
"Where do you think those sons of bitches are?"
His question startled me but I turn to look at him, he isn't looking at me but up at the sky.
"I don't know." I answer honestly. He doesn't say anything but his face tightens up in anger. "You aren't thinking of going after them?" I ask him.
He finally turns to me with his lips pressed tightly together.
"Micheal, you can't!" I tell him desperately.
"I know I shouldn't." He starts. I breathe a sigh of relief. "But I want to." I look at him and I know he wouldn't leave us. His pride is hurt from getting ambushed by those people that helped us.
"I do too." I tell him honestly. I lay down and look up at the sky.
When I hear movement in the distance ,I sit up and ready my knife.
A creature stumbles out of the forest, watches us for a moment and then moves on.
I look at Michael and he watches the thing stumble away.
"Sleep." He tells me.
I lay back down and close my eyes.
I don't sleep.
...
"So where were you the past couple of months."
I look up at the question.
Both the guys are walking a little a head of me and Micheal's question was directed at Chris.
Chris glances behind him to look at me and gives me a smile.
"Home. What used to be home anyway."
Michael looks at him then glances at me too.
"Mae."
"...is dead. I buried her along with my dead roommate...it's weird. He was my first creature kill."
"He was?" I interrupt.
"Weird? Right? To think that was so long ago. I got lucky killing him."
I look to the floor and remember my first kill. The lady who looked like my favorite teacher.
"Do you remember yours?" Chris asked Michael.
Michael looks at him then looks deep in thought.
He's silent for a moment.
"His name was Frank. He was bit and got sick. I went to the academy with him. He was a good guy. He went after a few of us and I was just the one with the lucky shot."
"The beginning was scary." I decide to put in. I remember it clearly. The panic, the screams, the sirens. I remember my little brother saving my life. He would have done well in this world but he chose to push me into the basement first. I remember his screams more clearly then anyone's.
"The beginning was all luck. Now it's skill." Michael says dramatically.
"And luck." Chris decides to put in with a smile.
I laugh along with the boys.
...
We've found this gated community that seems small but the gates are still standing which is a good sign.
Michael jumps the fence quickly while Chris and I ready our guns and watch for any sneak attacks.
"Good you two." He calls over the fence.
Chris gives me a charming smile and bows nodding for me to go first.
I give a light laugh and begin climbing over. I feel Chris give me a little push to get me over.
When I land next to Michael I check out my surroundings.
The place seems abandoned. The gate in the front left open. The people here left in a hurry.
I feel Chris land next to me.
"Any ideas what happened here?" Chris asks no one.
Micheal answers, "Looks like this place was evacuated pretty quickly when stuff started happening. Nice private community. Seems safe."
"Alright then. Let's get those gates closed and clear this place out, make sure there aren't any wonderers." Chris says to us.
We nod and get moving.
It'll be a long night but hopefully by the end of it, we'll have found home.