Joel stepped forward into the street gazing off into the distance
"I think Boston's that way" he said as he gestured towards the horizon
"Okay so then let's go" Sarah said enthusiastically
"First I think we should check one or two of these buildings never know what we could need" replied Joel as he stepped through the doorway of a local shop
Most of the shops had been ransacked at least twice, with broken glass on the floor and collapsed shelves from the initial looting but also drag marks as more scavengers picked what was left, most likely Bill's handiwork.
Several shops later and all they had managed was a couple tins of food and box of matches it seemed as if they were just wasting daylight but as they went to leave the last shop something behind the counter caught Joel's eye. A closed draw with a small lock on it, after inspecting it Joel remembered the sign outside was a pawn shop so anything could be inside and after a moment's thought decided to break in. Reaching for a brick that lay on the floor Joel proceeded to bash the lock with it repeatedly.
"What are you doing" Sarah asked
"Opening this draw almost got it" he replied a look of relief appeared when the lock was torn from the draw.
Reaching inside revealed many pieces of paper about old transitions but something towards the back of the draw felt different almost like rough leather, grasping it Joel pulled the object out examining it closely it appeared to be a long curved knife with the words Kukri pressed into the leather.
"Now this looks like a fine blade" Joel mumbled to himself
Joel put the blade in his backpack before leaving the shop, walking down the streets it was quiet as if somehow no one was there but just to be on the safe side they walked in the middle of the street avoiding any alleys that could prove fatal. Joel and Sarah got to talking which was a welcome change of mood as they continued the long boring walk. The roads ahead twisted and turned rose and fell but it was the last hill that brought dragged away Joel's full attention. Overlooking the way out of town and towards Boston a large group of infected had amassed blocking the obvious way out.
"Dam it" Joel grunted
"How are we going to get through that" asked Sarah
"Just give me a second" and as Joel thought to himself he was struck with an epiphany back when they met Bill he had a large map that was heavily annotated could this be the answer, Joel debated with himself back and forth should they try their luck no they done that too much already, look for a way around no that could take ages and they didn't have the time.
"I have one idea we go find our good friend Bill" he said
"The one who locked us in back at the station" Sarah retorted
"We don't exactly have much of a choice" replied Joel
"Alright where to start" Sarah asked
"Well Bill loves his traps so be on the lookout for that I suppose" Joel replied
Half an hour later Joel and Sarah had retraced their steps to where Bill had found them the area seemed deserted.
"Okay now be on the..."
"Lookout for traps I got it" Sarah said cutting off Joel
Sarah loaded and raised her new crossbow feeling much safer behind it than the small knife she was carrying. Joel also believing that perhaps if you run into infected best not alert everything within earshot took the bow off his shoulder and notched an arrow. After looking through several open area buildings looking for signs of bill they could begin to hear a groaning sound like the infected made.
"Get behind me Sarah" Joel said as he moved round the corner of the next door looking out into the street, the groaning had been coming from a recently infected person who was trapped under a pile of bricks ropes nearby suggested they had been dropped from above it certainly looked like a trap. To Joel's surprise Bill appeared from behind a car taking no notice of either of them drew his knife and plunged it into the skull of the infected the blade snapping off. The infected slumped down dead whilst Bill took a couple steps back wiping his hands on some fabric to clear the blood off them. Bill turned to see the two of them standing there and immediately drew his gun.
"What the hell are you two still doing here you were supposed to leave for Boston" Bill shouted
"Bill Lookout!" Joel shouted as a clicker jumped Bill knocking his gun from his grasp pinning him against the hood of a nearby car. A loud snapping could be heard as the clicker violently tried to draw itself in closer in order to bite Bill. Joel lined up a shot prepared to take aim but he couldn't be sure that he would hit the clicker, Bill continued struggling with no knife to fend it off it seemed hopeless but then a sickening crack as the clicker rolled off bill and onto the floor.
"Which one of you did that you almost hit me in the fu*cking head" Bill shouted
Joel looked down at his hands where his arrow still lay then looked over to see Sarah's crossbow with now bolt notched
"That is the second time you almost hit me with that thing" yelled Bill
"Oh I'll get there eventually" Sarah replied
"Ohoho we got ourselves a blimmin comedian well isn't that just great" Bill continued
"Calm down we just want to know if there's another way out of here there's a horde of infected up the road blocking the way out" said Joel
"And just why should I help you" Bill spat back
"Perhaps because she just saved your life a little gratitude would be nice" Joel snapped back
"Oh no that makes us even for me saving your ass back at the warehouse" retorted Bill
Bill moved over towards his gun laid on the floor picking it up and holstering it before picking the handle to his previous blade.
"Piece of shit, it looks like you're looking for another one again bill" Bill mumbled
Joel overhearing quickly thought on his feet and reached into his backpack pulling out the Kukri they found in the pawn shop earlier.
"How about if we give you this knife" Joel said as he held it up for him to see
Bill's interest was immediately peaked but he tried his best to hide it
"Throw it over" said Bill
Once Joel had thrown it over to him Bill immediately unsheathed it examining it carefully mumbling
"Its sharp it looks good for chopping this looks like it would do" Bill turned his back to the group and raised the blade and hacked off the head off the clicker that attacked him
"How do you like me now bitch" whispered before leaning down and ripping the bolt out of the clicker.
"You got yourself a deal" he yelled as he tossed the bolt over to Sarah
"Now follow me"...