Sorry, sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to neglect this story, it's just I've been so hung up on trying to update Somebody To You, I have so many ideas for it, it's unbelievable. But I do have lost of ideas for this story too! So don't worry! it's okay! I'll try update this story after every time I update STY :)

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Riaura Fan: No, that was Connor that was with Ratliff in Rydel's flashback. Not Riker.

Chapter 11
The Verge

Ross and Rydel sat listening to Riker, getting way too interested in the story he was telling them than they probably should be. But it was so fascinating. It was like something that wouldn't happen in real life, more like a story or a movie or a TV show. And they hadn't seen a TV screen for a very long, long time, maybe that's why they were so interested in it.

Riker was only half way through the story when Ellington and Rocky jumped through the door of the hut in panic "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE AND RUN!" Rocky shouted, grabbing everything that was his whilst Ellington kept the door shut incase the zombies picked up their pace.

"What? Why?" Rydel asked, standing up and looking at both boys confused.

"Oh, you know, just a couple of zombies no big fucking deal." Rocky said sarcastically as he waved it off like it was nothing.

Ellington nodded, occasionally peering out the door to see if they were still there "Yeah, guess who they followed." he said, still looking out the door and not even daring to look in the room where he would probably make eye contact. Sure it had been a year and a half since they last saw each other, but he still felt guilty.

Riker rolled his eyes "Oh, so it's my fault?"

"Nope, never said that," Ellington said, shaking his head "I just said... they followed you... after all they were chasing you, weren't they? And if you weren't hear right now, this wouldn't be happening," Ellington thought about what he had said for a moment, before looking thoughtful "so I guess in a way I am saying it's your fault."

"Why does that sound something awfully familiar to what you said to me before?"

Ross threw his backpack over his back "No time for another lovers tiff! Get the fuck out and RUN!" Ross yelled at them both.

The five all gathered at the door and peered out the crack, deciding on the direction they were going to go in. Even though they all didn't have a choice, they were all going to run in the direction Rocky and Ross ran in. After all, they were the reason why all of them were here. Maybe not Riker, but still.

Yet, they were all wondering how zombies could have caught up to them from somewhere that is two hours away from where they are now. Maybe they weren't the zombies that were chasing Riker, maybe they were other ones. After all, they did know that the closer they get to Utah the more zombies they're going to be due to the fact that is the main source of where the zombies started and happened.

"One, two, three..." Rocky counted before he bolted out the door.

He was the first one to run out the door across the dirt track field, not looking back. The next was Ellington, Ross was going to be one of the last just incase any of them trailed behind, then it was Riker, next it was Ross and finally it was Rydel.

They all ran as fast as they could across the field, knowing the zombies had noticed them because they could hear their groans and moans, whatever noises zombies make, coming from behind them a slight distance away. Ellington took a few glances back every now and then as they got further across the dirt track, though when he saw a metal fencing around some piece of woodland, he knew that that was where Rocky was guiding them all too. And there was no way zombies would be able to climb the fence.

Rocky was the first to get to the fence, when he did he pulled out the pliers in his backpack and violently started attacking the fence with them, cutting the wire. He turned his head around, which was when Ellington caught up, and Riker, Ross and Rydel were just starting to which meant the zombies weren't far behind.

By the time Ross and Rydel had arrived at the fence, Rocky had made a big enough hole for a decent sized human to fit through. He put his bag through and crawled through the hole quickly, Ellington crawled under it in desperation and Riker did the same next.

Ross threw his bag over the fence and was caught by Ellington before he got on the floor and crawled through. When he jumped up, he realised that there was a verge too close to him and he almost fell down it. Riker caught him by the arm as he started losing balance and pulled him away. The boys got a head start as Rydel began to climb through the fence, but unlucky for her part of the fence got caught on the top part of her jeans and she got stuck.

She turned her head and saw the zombies weren't too far away. She started wiggling around in the hope it would undone, and the guys were already running "GUYS! HELP ME!" Rydel screamed in the attempt to get their attention "ROSS! ROCKY! RATLIFF! RIKER! HELP!"

The boys stopped when they heard Rydel's screaming. They all turned around and saw her struggling and stuck. Ross went to go run back to help her, but Rocky stopped him "You all go," Rocky said, taking only a gun out of his backpack and giving it to Ellington to hold "I'll get her. You all go find somewhere."

Before Ross could protest Rocky had already made his way over to Rydel as fast as he could. Ross reluctantly turned around and ran as he already heard Riker and Ellington running, he took a few glances back before he started running as fast as they were.

When Rocky got to the fence, he put one arm underneath Rydel's arm and wrapped it around her so he had a good grip on her whilst the other held the gun "Alright, Rydel. You have to bare with me, okay?" Rocky said, aiming the gun at the zombies and giving them a few shots as they came closer.

That distracted them for a couple seconds, and so whilst they were distracted Rocky pulled on Rydel as hard as he could to get her out, as well as using the hand with the gun in as best as he could to de-attach the wire caught in Rydel's jeans. It was working, but then the zombies started coming at them again. Rocky fired the gun and got a head shot on the closest zombie, which gave Rocky some relief. He fired at the other zombies too, but only got a leg or arm shot.

And there wasn't much a leg and arm shot was going to do.

Sure a leg shot would make them slow down, but still if Rocky didn't get Rydel out fast she'd be doomed.

Rocky pulled on Rydel as she grabbed hold of him, he pulled on her one last time before she came untangled from the fence and the pair of them shot through the fence. Rydel rolled off Rocky, as she landed on top of him, and Rocky shot as many bullets as there were in the gun at the three remaining zombies so they couldn't get through the hole in the fence, incase they were smart enough to figure out how to get through.

Luckily he got a head shot on two of them, but only a shoulder shot on the other. Though, Rocky didn't know that as the third one fell to the floor, making them both think he had killed all three of them. Rydel sighed with relief, putting both her hands on her heart and laying backwards on the grass "Oh god... that was scary..." She said, breathing heavily which showed she was genuinely scared. And nothing ever scared Rydel that easily.

But being that close to death, it kinda scares you a little.

"Thank you." Rydel said, patting Rocky on the arm.

"No problem."

They both got up from the floor and wiped down any dirt or grass that had gotten on their clothes from previously rolling around on the floor. "Have I got anything on my back?" Rocky asked. Rydel looked and wiped down the grass that as sticking too his back.

They turned around and got ready to run to catch up to the other three, but were stopped when they heard groaning. The pair turned around slowly where they saw the zombie crawling on the floor from where it laid, and it was almost through the fence.

Rocky checked how many bullets he had left in the gun, and it was three. By the time he had checked, the zombie was through the fence was now standing up and slowly going towards Rocky. Rydel stepped out of the way.

Rocky backed away and aimed the gun at the zombie, he fired at the zombie but it only got it in the arm.

"ROCKY WATCH OUT FOR THE VERGE!" Rydel shouted, seeing he was dangerously close to the verge Ross almost fell down.

Rocky turned his head to Rydel, completely missing what she had said to him, but soon found out when his foot went backwards and he fell down the verge. As he felt himself falling, he threw his gun in the direction in Rydel and hoped it did reach Rydel because now he was probably going to meet his end. He fell but managed to hold onto the ledge of the verge.

The gun landed on a patch of grass near to the zombie, and Rydel got on her knees and crawled over to the gun and grabbed it. She pulled the hammer back quickly and aimed the gun at the back of the zombies head and shot it with the two remaining bullets. Because she was directly behind it, she got it in the head twice and it fell to the floor dead.

She threw the gun to the side and looked down the verge where Rocky was hanging not so far away. Rydel laid flat at the top of the verge and held out both her hands to him "Rocky, come on, I'll pull you up." Rydel said, making sure she was at the part of the ledge where she didn't fall down with Rocky incase Rydel pulling him up failed.

Rocky looked at Rydel nervously, debating on whether or not she was going to be able to hold his weight. But he took a chance and flung one hand up to her that she got hold of tightly. The verge wasn't completely flat, so he wasn't dangling that much so he should be able to help Rydel out a little by trying to walk up the hill as she pulls.

Rydel held onto that hand as tight and strongly as she could before reaching for Rocky's other hand which she took. Which meant Rocky's life was completely in her hands now.

Rydel took a deep breath, beginning to pull on Rocky to bring him up. Secretly she was hoping Ross, Ellington and Riker all turned around to come back for them as Rocky was way heavier than he looked.

She groaned in effort, he was moving up so that was a good sign. Rocky looked down to his feet, seeing where he was stepping and not all the way down. He saw an iffy rock that was near his foot, which would be the one to stand on if he wanted to get up. But it didn't look strong enough for him to balance his foot on.

He put his foot on it anyway.

When he did, the rock fell from where it was buried into the side of the hill and Rocky slipped. Rydel screamed, still holding onto him by the hands, as she felt herself get pulled forwards as Rocky fell down further a little. Rocky took a deep, shaky breath "Okay... Rydel... I don't think you're going to be able to do this... my hands are getting sweaty and I can feel myself falling."

Rydel pulled on Rocky as best as she could, but he only moved an inch and that wasn't good enough. She peed over her shoulder, still looking for Ross, Riker or Ellington coming back but they weren't. She looked down at Rocky "Oh, I'm hoping for a miracle right now because I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to hold onto you for..." Rydel said, seeming nervous.

"Right, go into my bag-"

"You didn't bring your bag with you, you gave it to Ellington. And even if you did, I would have to let go of yo, and letting go, means falling, Rocky. Do you want to fall?"

Rocky's hands began slipping from Rydel's, and she gasped in fear a little as she regained the tight grip as best as she could around his hands. "Well... as long as it saves everyone, I don't care." Rocky said.

Rydel looked at him in disbelief "You can't just sacrifice your own life just so I can get back to Ross and he can save everyone. I may have only known you both for a couple hours, but I've seen enough to know Ross isn't going to want to do whatever you are both doing to save everyone."

"Yeah, and I've known you for the exact same amount of time to know enough that you'd do the same if it was the other way around. Regardless of whether or not you knew what we are doing."

Rydel silenced herself. But the silence didn't last long as Rocky slipped her grip again almost "Oh my god..." Rydel breathed heavily, feeling this was the most nerve wrecking thing she has ever done and went through since the apocalypse started. "Rocky, I can't hold on anymore..." Rydel said, feeling her grip slipping and her hands becoming very slick with sweat.

Rocky nodded, giving Rydel a warm comforting smile. That was when he caught Rydel off guard and snatched his hands away from her where he began falling down the side of the verge.

"ROCKY!"

Like I said before, sorry for the long wait. I'll try update as soon as I can, I promise.

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