The END

Today is just too Long

It was a successful day with my new, forced, group. The sun was in the position where it was a few hours from going down. Waiting till the sun began to set would be extremely dangerous. Carlos was talking to Sasha, who had her bloody mace slung over her shoulder. When they saw me looking at them they both stopped talking and turned to Chelsea, who was looking over her shoulder. I turned back around feeling slightly hurt. I mean, was it my complete fault that I betrayed them and got them stuck in this mess? No. If it wasn't for a traitorous person named Jackson, it wouldn't have happened. Shouldn't they understand? Rather than keeping this to myself, I decided to voice my opinion.

"I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm just asking understanding." I said while not looking back. I heard things get quiet again, except the talking never resumed. Not to be conceited or anything but I bet I looked like an actress in a dramatic film. All I could hear was the many steps against the blood stained asphalt.

As we made it down the last stretch to Walmart I saw something that I never had even imagined. A person push a child in a building. "Don't judge me, I need glasses and can't see far!" I whisper hissed to absolutely no one. I hushed everyone and held up my fist. I pulled out my radio as quick as i could. "Jacky, did you see two people up ahead?"

"No! I'm too busy making sure those Munchers don't get you from behind or on the sides." He said back.

"Fine. I'm checking it out." I called back. Everyone has their radios on the same frequency, so my ragtag group heard us talking. I started to sprint off towards where I last saw the people. How did I know they were people? Zombies can't shove.

It only took a few moments to catch up to them. It was a tall brick building that once served as a coffee shop and a clothing store on the second floor. I peeked around the corner and saw what turned out to be a lady who was cutting the fenceing that seperated the nice cleaned streets from the infected wasteland that I've been trying to clean up. That Idoit! What the accual heck does she think she's doing?! Turns out that they didn't go in the building and my eyes really do suck.

"Shut up and go. You're better off dead." The lady spoke as she tried to shove the kid through the fence.

"No!" The little voice rang out. It rang in my head and through my very being. That little voice was Jessa.

"Ash! Help me. Ash!" Her voice cried. I could hear the fence being slammed against.

My body moved before I could even send a signal to my brain to move. I saw red again. Funny that color always seems to show up when I least expect it. When I'm about to loose something. I ripped the lady off my sister and tossed her somewhere behind me and got my little sister, who was stuck halfway between the fence, cut and bleeding because of the struggle. Tears were running down her sweet little face and when I knew that she was fine, I turned around. The lady just picked herself off of the ground. She almost spoke to me, but I decked her so hard that she fell back to the ground and spat blood. I kicked her in the ribs and almost stepped on her, but Sasha caught my leg and Carlos began to pull me back while Chelsea held Jessa who was still beginning to stop crying.

"Let me GO." I growled at them but their grips only got tighter.

I began to scream at the lady and words flowed out of my mouth that contained all of my rage and hatred and feelings. I managed to kick her again but that was all. I took a deep breath and managed to calm down. Ok, that's definitely a lie. I took a ton of breaths before I was able to think about trying to calm down. I grabbed Jessa and carried her like I did when she was little- legs wrapped around me in the front with her little head resting in my chest.

I was too angry to ask her questions about why she was out here so I just hugged her. "It's all right baby. I got you." My eyes were tracing all the cuts on her arms and face. She was just a child for crying out loud.

Why would you do something like this? I want to shake the lady and demand where her heart is.

"You came for me Ash. I called and you saved me." Tears fell from my eyes.

What if...?

"I know Jessa. I'll always be there to save you." But what if I wasn't there today? What if we didn't come back at the time we did?

Those thoughts made my heart hurt. It made my mind tremble. It made my body feel like it was wearing 1oo pound weights.

I looked behind me to see Carlos dragging the lady by the hair. It was too good for her. We needed to just leave her there. She would've experienced what she was trying to force a child to experience.

Today was just too long.

Sorry for not updating. I had tons of work to do.