Fear the living

Arrival

We walked up to the entrance. It was completely destroyed. We crept up to the side of the entrance and peeked in. it was crawling with zombies. We went to turn but somehow in the time being, more zombies had gathered around us, we were completely surrounded.

"We're gonna die" I heard Cooper say. I scowled. Mr. Negative at it again.

"Can you just be quiet?! Let's kick some butt" I said trying to sound brave. I ran towards the center of the Safe zone, everyone following me. We fought off as many zombies as possible.

"LIZZIE!!!!!!" I yelled. I ran up to her and smashed the zombie that was about to attack her. She turned around with fear in her eyes. Her eyes calmed when he realized it was me.

"You scared me," she said.

"No, I saved you," I corrected. I glanced around to make sure everyone was doing okay.
I saw Riley about to get attacked. Despite my hate for her, I ran towards her to try and save her. I was almost there and that's when the zombie took her down. I cursed really loud and everyone looked towards me. I didn't say anything. I had no time to sit and dwell on this.

I continued to help fight.

"GUYS WE AREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" I yelled.

That's when Rylee's body sat back up.

Her eyes were a pale milky white, and her skin was already turning grey and covered in blood from the zombie's scratch.

"Oh shit. Guys!" I yelled. Ryland turned toward me. As much as I didn't want to tell him it was Riley I knew I had to. I pointed towards her. Something flashed in his eyes and then he looked back at me. I gave him a look and then I nodded. I knew he didn't want to kill her. So I did it. I took a head start and Swung the bat. It hit her head But she didn't go down. I paused in terror. What??? She came towards me. Wait what if she isn't fully turned yet....

"What are you doing?" I heard Lizzie ask.

I stared at her in hope. Then she took a swipe at me with her hand. She missed, but I knew it was too late for Riley.

"Keep Ryland distracted, please! And don't worry about me." I said. I didn't know what else to do so I just kept attacking her. She started to get weak and that's when I took my final shot. I grabbed her head, twisted it, and then she fell to the ground. I stared in shock. What had I just done...

"Damn." I heard someone say behind me. I turned and saw Zion.

"Hey I had to. She was infected." I said. I turned and walked away. I Just killed Riley... I had to. I told myself. Despite trying to convince myself, I couldn't. Her blood was on my hands and I couldn't get the look she had on her face out of my head.

"GUYS! Let's GO" I yelled. We had to get out of here....

I saw Ryland pause and look around and then Lizzie looked at me. Help, she mouthed. I went over to them.

"Ryland don't look for her," I said. He shook his head in disbelief.

"She's not dead is she??" He asked. I didn't reply. I didn't know what to say. I could see the pain in his eyes. I nodded at Lizzie, thanking her for keeping him distracted long enough.

"We need to go, more and more zombies are coming, we don't stand a chance, look at how weak everyone is," I said. We all made a run for it. We ran towards a back entrance. Still not knowing what we were getting ourselves into.

"Where do you plan to go?" I heard Ethan say.

"I don't know, but we have to find somewhere, The zombies are starting to multiply, everyone's weak and someone already died," I said. "I can't keep everyone alive, there's only one of me. We have to go" I said. We ran out of the back and found ourselves in a bunker.

I don't know how we got there. The panic was mind-numbing. I felt hopeless. So many people had died. Friends, foes, people I didn't even know. Even Jay felt like a terrible loss. I thought of all the zombies we had ended. After seeing Rylee as a zombie. It just felt evil. And the safe zone was gone. What are we supposed to do now?

I looked at our sorry group.

We would journey to a new land. We would look for a new safe zone, or create our own.

The zombies would learn to fear the living.

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The end! I hope you liked it!
There will be a second book coming soon. I just started so it might be awhile tho..