Chapter 7 : Quest for the Ultimate Gift, part 2 : Left for what?

"Don't tell me, that they left without us!"

"They will coming back Alex! They said it to me."

"Then, why are we waiting for them when they didn't come back for us?!"

"I don't know! They will come back and get us!"

"Fine, if they didn't come back for us, we're leaving."

After my fight with Maxwell is over, we keep waiting for them to come back to get us, but there is no bus or helicopter come back to pick us up, I decided it's enough and asked Maxwell.

"Where are they going anyway?" I asked him.

"To the port." A voice answered behind us.

We turned our head and find that Lieutenant Frank sitting in a rock, he didn't wear his gas mask and now he is smoking a cigarette. He has brown beard and mustache, blue eyes, and brown short hair.

"How long you've been here?" I asked.

"Long enough to hear all your conversation, and as I was saying they are going to the port, they going to sail the civilian and them self away from the city while the military are bombing and clean the city from the zombies." He explained.

"And, why are you here?" Maxwell said.

"They left me boy, same as you two." He answered.

"Now, better get into that port now, because I heard they going to do the bombing run tomorrow." He continued as he walking away.

I opened my bag and take the Shotgun, and we walk to the north and headed to the searchlight, hoping that the military is still there.

"Sir, I wanted to ask you something." I said to Lieutenant Frank.

"Go ahead kid." He replied.

"I'm not sure that the bus just left you."

"What do you mean?"

"You know, you said the bus just left you. And I'm not believe that the bus just left you like that. I mean, you're a high-ranked soldier right? It's impossible they just leave you like that."

He sighed in defeat, "Alright kid, I'll explain everything to you." He took a deep breath, "Actually, when the bus about to leave. I saw an old woman pleaded for transportation to safety. The driver said they only got one more seat left and that's for me. I felt pity for that woman and let her took my seat, and that's why I'm here with you all." He explained.

"Wow, you're one good soldier sir."

"Thank you kid."

He was really a good soldier, I never meet a man like this before. When we get to the searchlight, the place is empty, it's nothing but an abandon post. Damn, where are the military?

"Ugh, why don't you call a chopper to pick us up?" Maxwell asked him.

"It's useless kid, even if I used my communicator and call them, they won't risking a chopper to pick up a soldier and two kids." He answered.

Maxwell sighed, then we have no choice but headed to the port where they are evacuated the people. I spotted a figure laying in the center of an intersection, I quickly rushed to the figure and inspect it.

"Careful boy, she could be bitten by the zombies." Lieutenant Frank warned to me.

I ignored him and continued inspect the figure, it's a girl, or whatever it's looks like, and she was passed out. And she was wearing a light purple rooster helmet with pigtails, green tank top that cover her whole body , a star necklace, white gloves, blue skirt, green socks, and purple shoes. She slowly opened her emerald green eyes and giving me weird look at first, she looks like staring at my eyes, then her eyes widened and suddenly hug me like she was recognize me. I dropped my gun and was about to freaked out when she hugged me, but I felt something familiar with her

"Oh Alex, I thought I never see you again." She said to me.

"Sophia? Is that, really you?" I asked her

"Of course it's me Alex, and why are you wearing weird clothes?"

"You also wearing it too, Sophia." I replied.

She quickly inspected herself, the rooster helmet, star necklace, and her clothes. "Oh, right. Tell me, why are we wearing this clothes?"

"Well, maybe you are a Scribblenaut."

"Scribblenaut? Excuse me?"

"There is lot to explain. But, right now. We need to find a safe place."

"Why?"

"This city is attacked by zombies, and now we need to find a safe place for tonight."

"Zombies? Ooh, it is like those movies?"

"Yeah, but it's a real zombies. And, you acting like a little child again."

She giggled, "Sorry."

"And, how did you get here?"

"It's because this notebook." She answered as she pulled something from her pocket.

It was a red notebook with a star in the middle, it look like mine and Maxwell's, Maxwell quickly rushed to my side and inspect the notebook and she showed to him.

"Wait, where did you get this?" Maxwell asked.

She shrugged," I dunno, a mailman sent me this, and when I opened it, and bam! I was suddenly here." She explained.

I gave Maxwell a death glare, "Me and Lily didn't came to pick her up like I did to you, Alex." Maxwell replied.

"You guys finished? We need to get into the port remember?" Lieutenant Frank said to us.

"Who's this guys?" Sophia asked crudely.

"Oh yeah, forgot to introduced you two to her. Maxwell, Lieutenant Frank, this is Sophia. Sophia this is Maxwell and Lieutenant Frank." I replied.

"Oh, hi." She said to them.

"Alright, now let's moving people, we need to find a shelter before dark." He said to us as he walked away.

We continued walking until we found a big scary looking black house with two searchlight on front yard, it has a two large hole in the front and a steel door blocking the entrance to inside, we passed the front yard and saw many dead corps, a turret was placed in one of the holes and placed on a top of a sandbags. Under the turret was a dead soldier with his hand still placed on the turret trigger.

Maxwell quickly went to open the steel door, but it's locked. He knocked the door and waited for response. And luckily, someone answered it.

"Yeah?" Someone asked from inside and opened a small hole on the door, and he sounded like a 20 year old man.

"Can we go inside? It's getting dark and we don't have a shelter." Maxwell asked him.

"Sorry, we don't have anymore room." He replied and closed the hole.

"What?! Come on man, we only 4 and your house is able to contain tens of people." I said to him.

"Sorry, my wife is sick. And I need privacy." He replied.

"Privacy? You sacrificed other people's safety for you own privacy? Don't tell me, you let these peoples out here died because your own privacy!" Lieutenant Frank shouted at him. Wow, I never saw him that angry.

"Sorry, but you guys need to leave. And don't make me do this on the hard way!"

An alarm rang outside the house, it rang so hard so we need to cover our ears with our hands, "Come here! Dinner is served!" He shouted through the speaker.

"This guy is crazy!" Lieutenant Frank said.

Suddenly there is a scream on the distance, and I saw a horde of zombies from distance charging at us.

"Sophia, get on that turret now!" I said to her.

She nodded and quickly rushed into the turret and (with a disgusted face) removed the hand of the dead soldier from the turret and mount it. I and Maxwell headed to Lieutenant Frank side and start shooting some zombies.

Sophia has a great aim, killing almost every zombie with the turret (Well, of course. She's a CoD fans.) Meanwhile we keep blasting zombie with my Shotgun.

"Mary? What is wrong with you?" He asked (probably) his wife from inside.

There is some low growl inside the room, and there is a sound of clawing from inside, "Mary, what's wrong with you? I'm your husband!" He said from inside, "AAAHH! Don't kill me!"

We keep shooting the zombies until the horde died out and we completely ran out of ammo. I quickly went to the door, and banged my fist into it a few times with anger.

"Hey, you crazy man?! You almost got us killed out here!" I said to him.

"Mary... *cough* please..." His weak voice said and pleaded to someone, but the sound of biting and gurgling silenced him.

"Hey, you okay in there?" Maxwell asked.

No answer. He tried to opened the door, but it still locked. "Damn, now how are we going to get inside?" he kicked the door in anger and clutching his right foot while jumping. Surprisingly, the lock is very old and fragile and quickly break from the kick."Well, that's one heck of a way to open a locked door." I said to him.

He rolled his eyes, "Whatever."

He opened the door and we quickly greeted by woman with long nails and pale skin, her mouth is covered in blood and some of her skin looked like... Stitched.

"Careful Alex, she's now an undead. You need to avoid her bite and attack, unless you want to turned into an undead like her." Maxwell warned me.

"You mean, like those zombies?" I asked him.

"Yeah, but more aggressive... and stronger." He answered.

"Okay." She quickly charged at me. I shoved her with my Shotgun butt, but she grabbed my Shotgun, pushing me and pinned me to the wall. Man, her strength is very strong. Soon, I was overpowered and she pushed my Shotgun to my neck, thus choking me. Two arms grabbed both of her shoulders and I pulled her away from me, I breathed and coughed a few times and rubbed my neck, it felt sore.

"Hurry kid, I couldn't hold her much longer." Lieutenant Frank said to me.

I pulled out my notebook and write 'knife', I grabbed the knife and stabbed it to the woman's stomach, blood splattered to my glove and sleeve. But she was still alive, and now getting more aggressive, she shoved Lieutenant Frank and moved to pounce me. I barely have enough time to dodge it and she pounced me to the ground, she opened her mouth, showing her sharp teeth, ready to bite me. I grabbed her head to preventing her from biting me, "Maxwell do something!" I shouted to him.

"Alright." He grabbed both of her shoulders and pulled her away from me, I quickly got up and smacked her head with my Shotgun butt. But it only making her more angrier than before, "Someone shoot her!" Maxwell said to us.

"I got it kid!" Lieutenant Frank replied and walked toward us, he grabbed her head and spun it 180 degrees, thus breaking her neck and killed her. Maxwell wiped the blood that splattered on his face, "Really? It has to be right in the front of my face?" He asked Lieutenant Frank.

Lieutenant Frank ignored him and closed the steel door behind us, I helped him blocking the door by placing some chairs and tables and pretty much everything we found to block the door.

After we finished, we headed to a stairs that head upstairs. The 2nd floor is quite nice, there are some sofas, a fireplace, kitchen, bathroom, 2 bedrooms and a tv. The walls are painted red and the floor are wooden brown. Wow, that guy and his wife really kept them self some nice stuff while chaos is going on outside.

"Tonight we are going to stay here, and we will continue our journey tomorrow morning, alright?" Lieutenant Frank said to us.

"Sir, yes sir!" Me, Maxwell, and Sophia replied at the same time and saluted at him, mimicking a soldier who saluted at leader. He gave us a chuckle and saluted back before headed to the bathroom.

That made me realized something, I smelled myself, damn I smelt awful with all the sweat and that undead woman blood on my sleeve.

But I choose to ignore it, I was very tired and too lazy to take a bath. So I decided to go straight to one of the bedroom to sleep, the bedroom has a large bed, enough for 2 adults. A cupboard, two lamp tables next to the bed, and a window on the right side of the room.

I put my backpack and Shotgun under the right lamp table, I removed my shoes and threw myself at the bed. I put my orange headphones near the lamp and opened my rooster helmet. I ran my gloved hand through my black hair, it was a bit oily through. And I felt a rooster crest on my hair that followed the rooster helmet shape. I never opened my rooster helmet, except when I take a bath of course. At the same time, Sophia entered the room with her rooster helmet and her red notebook on her hand, showing her brown hair that reached her shoulders.

"Hey." She called me.

"Hey." I replied.

"So, you sleep in here?"

"Yeah."

She sat on the bed and put her light purple rooster helmet and the notebook at the lamp table, "You don't mind if I sleep in here? The other room has been occupied by your friend and Lieutenant."

"Nah, it's okay. You can sleep in here. And I'm not mind either."

She smiled and lie down on the bed.

"Hey Alex." She called me.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"Good night."

"Good night to you too, Sophia."

The lights went off and we slept shortly after that.

Meanwhile... Back at Maxwell's house

Sarah POV

After I finished cleaning the dishes, and all of Maxwell's brother has asleep, I wanted to sleep as well because I was very tired. I've been washed all the dishes with Lily and Julie, and being the only persons who washed the plate that seems endless (including one of the Maxwell's brother, Gorge. He ate very much.) But I caught Lily staring the night sky from the window with her head resting on her hand. So she hasn't asleep yet, I approached her to ask why.

"Hey Lily."

She turned her head around, "Oh, hey Sarah."

"You haven't sleep yet?" I asked her.

"No, I just wanted to relaxed a while. Staring at these stars." She replied.

I looked out from the window to see the night sky, it was clear. So the stars are visible, the light from the stars filled the dark living room "It's beautiful isn't it?" She asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"Listen, I actually worried about them."

I sat on the window beside her, "Who?"

"Maxwell and Alex." She leaned against the wall and crossed her arms.

"Yeah, I worried about them too. Your parents are also worried too."

"Haven't you see the news? The zombie attacked the Capital City. What if they eaten by the zombies? Or worse, turned into one of them."

"Listen Lily, Alex is a strong and responsible brother. He did a good job protected me from the bullies who tried to disturb me back on my school. I'm sure he will protect Maxwell as well."

"Yeah, let's just hope so." We looked at the Capital City at the distance. Alex, where are you? I just wish that you are okay there.