The Apocalypse: Life After Death

Fear & Courage

Spencer's POV

I’m shaking as Eric practically drags me, but it's not with fear, it's with anger. But if I were scared it would be for Eric. It’s bad enough he’s got me, but if he’s got Kyla, this zombie apocalypse would look like a day at the park compared to the reign of terror Ashley is going to unleash on him. I smirk at the thought and I feel his grip around my arm get tighter as he leads me to wherever he’s going to keep me. I feel us come to an abrupt stop and he leans in close. His hot breath against my ear, I cringe in disgust. It’s so much better when Ashley does this.

“If I were you I wouldn’t be smiling.” Eric threatens. It only causes me to smile a bit wider.

“If you were me...your situation would be a whole lot better.” He scoffs and I think a bit of fear creeps in....good.

I know you’re all thinking Spencer...this guys a nut case you probably should dial it down a bit. Apparently you’ve all forgotten who my girlfriend. Also the evil villains always save the revenge deaths of his nemesis until the last minute. I’ve got time.

I hear a door slide open and he roughly pushes me in. I fall in, my hands being tied together make it hard for me to land smoothly. I groan a little as I land on my shoulder, I roll onto my back. I hear footsteps approaching and I can only imagine Eric bending over me.

“Maybe some time in here with help you reevaluate your situation.”

I roll my eyes, the blindfold covering the action. I hear the footsteps getting further away and sigh heavily already over this and try my best to patiently wait for Ashley to find me. I hear whimpering. "Hello?"

“Spencer?” A voice I recognize as Kyla's calls back to me. Crap, Eric does have Kyla.

“Ky, it's me.” I tell her trying to keep my voice as level as possible; I don't want to freak Kyla out anymore than she probably already is. There's no telling how long she's been here and what Eric has already done to her. “Ky, I'm here, don't worry. Ashley is going to find us.”

“He's gonna kill us Spencer.” I can tell that she's crying. Her voice cracks as she continues. “I heard them talking, he has to kill us now.”

“He's not going to kill us Ky.” I tell her shaking my head, I stop when I realize she's probably blindfolded as well. I push myself up with my bound hands and feel my way around the small damp room for Kyla. I find her in a corner. She flinches when I reach her. “Shh.” I tell her as I sit down next to her and rub circles in her back. “Your sister is one of the most skilled people I know Kyla, you know this. She's going to find us before Eric even has a chance to know what hit him.”

“I wouldn't be so sure about that.” His voice makes us both snap our heads in the direction we assume it came from. He chuckles and I can hear him walking closer to us. “We're in the middle of nowhere. Ashley won't find us, not before you both are dead anyways.” He lets out a shrill of a laugh that sends chills up my spine.

“You’re a coward, you know that!” I shout out, not being able to see exactly where is. “Ashley is going to kill you, ya know.” I add, knowing it wasn’t a good idea.

I can hear as he moves quickly to bend down in front of me. He grabs the back of my head and pulls me closer to him. I try to get out of his grip but it's no use.

“Leave her alone Eric!” Kyla shouts beside me.

“Shut up, Kyla.” He says quickly to her then turns his attention back to me. He takes the blindfold off my face and I blink rapidly, trying to adjust to the light. “I want you to see my face when I tell you this.” He spits out. I fight the urge to spit in his face. “You and Kyla are going to die, Ashley is going to feel the pain I felt when she ruthlessly slaughtered my mother right in front of me. I'm going to do to you what she did to my mom and then I'm going to dump both your bodies on the front steps of the place you guys call the white house and there's nothing she can do to stop me.” His lips curl up into a smirk. He puts the blindfold back over my eyes and leaves closing the door behind him.

I can hear Kyla starting to cry. “We're going to die.” She chokes out.

“No we're not.” I place my tied hands on her leg. “Your sister is going to find us.”

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Ashley's POV

“He wasn't at his house or with Glen; no one has seen him since earlier today.” Angel tells me. I grab the notebook from my back pocket that I use to keep up with details I put everyone on.

“Check the south school district; he was supposed to be stationed there for a few hours.” Angel nods and heads off with a couple guys. I sigh as I sit down at my desk. I have no idea where to even begin. It's been over two hours since Spencer was taken and almost two days since my sister was. Eric and his men have completely disappeared from the city and I'm afraid that if I take a team of people to look for them then Eric's men will come back and overrun the city. Maybe this is what they want, what they need to happen to carry out the rest of their plan.

“Madame Vice President...” Jason sticks his head in my door. I look up at him. “The President and the heads of City Security are here.” He tells me, I motion for him to let them in. I need to explain to Tim, Arthur and Carmen what's going on. They need to know that Eric is behind all this and that he's taken two of our own.

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Spencer’s POV

“I’m glad my sister found you.” Kyla says and it catches me off guard. We’ve been sitting here for I don’t know how long. I think I’m starting to lose hope that Ashley will actually find us. I’m hungry and thirsty and tired but I can’t sleep… I need to know what’s going on around me at all times.

“What?” I turn to look at her.

“She was so lonely and sad after Rebecca and the girls before Rebecca were just so wrong for her. I’m glad that she found you. You make her happy Spencer; I’ve never seen my sister as happy as she is when she’s with you.”

“Kyla stop it.” I tell her because I know what she’s doing. She’s telling me goodbye and as much as I’m starting to doubt that we’ll actually get out of this whole thing alive… I’m refusing to give up hope completely. “We’re gonna be fine.” I tell her and I hope it didn’t sound as weak coming from my lips as it did in my head.

She laughs a little and it catches me off guard. Why is she laughing? “I didn’t like you at first.” She says when she stops laughing. “I felt like you were swooping in and taking away my sister, she was the only family I had and I hadn’t the thought of sharing her… but I’m so--” Her words are cut off when we hear the large metal door opening. The creaking of the bolts tell me that wherever we are no one has probably occupied this place for a long time.

“Get in there!” We hear a man tell someone and then feet sliding across the floor. The door slams shut and I can hear the lock being closed on the other side. There is uneven breathing coming from across the room and I need to know who else Eric has captured.

“Who’s there?” I call out.

“Spencer?” Aiden’s voice oddly calms me as I hear him get up. I make noise so he can find us. “Spencer what are you doing here?” He asks once he takes a seat next to us.

“I’m here too.” Kyla says softly.

“Kyla!” Aiden shrieks causing Kyla and I to giggle.

“Well I’m glad to see that you’re more concerned for Kyla being here than me.” I joke and Kyla snickers.

“It’s not like that Spence, Ky is just like my little sister that’s all.”

“It’s okay Aiden, I’m just bustin’ ya chops.” I bump shoulder with him and I can only assume he smiles. The room grows quiet as I’m sure we’re all thinking about what is going to happen next. We know that there’s a real possibility that Eric could kill us all at any moment, but I think we’re confident in the girl we call a friend, sister and girlfriend.

“Ashley’s totally gonna kill him.” Aiden says after a moment.

“Totally.” I add.

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Authors Note: There's only 2 chapters left. Enjoy! Sorry for mistakes i wrote this in a hurry. :)