Tainted

Chapter 2 - On the Run

(Adrianne's POV)

I couldn't think as I ran beside Rhea and Germaine. I was puffed and exhausted.

"Adrianne, we have to stop soon, I can't run much longer"
Germaine puffed.

"Me either" Rhea replied. Her brown black hair was plastered to her forehead, sweat dripping from every pore. I knew that we couldn't run for any longer and we all collapsed beside the road on the grass.
"What, the actual, f***"
was all that I had enough breath to spit out. Questions ran through my head at a million miles an hour. Where were the others? What was the screaming about? Why was everyone running? What had happened? I slowly stood up and pulled Germaine up beside me. Rhea slowly stood next to us, still puffing.

I looked up and down the street. There were not signs and no one in sight. I pulled my mid length brown locks into a low, loose pony-tail at the base of my head, and tried to make sense of everything that had happened. Germaine looked positively exhausted, and Rhea looked no better. I took a deep breath an closed my eyes. Relaxing myself.

Until Germaine screamed.
My eyes shot open and my shouts of 'what the hell is it??!!' Obviously didn't get through to her. Then she pointed to something far away.
I squinted in a desparate attempt to see what the fuss was all about. As whatever it was got closer, I could make out its swaggering, uneven stride as it moved toward us.

"It looks like a drunk Bailey..." I said out loud, smirking. I was trying to lighten the spirits.
It didn't work.
Then it came into view.
About 6 ft 7, this monstrosity had a leg Bent into an inhuman shape, green drool falling from its mouth as it made its way towards us with its arms outstretched.

Now I knew what the screaming was about.

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(Georgia's POV)

When I said that zombies were cool, I meant it. When I said that an apocalypse would be cool, I meant it. I never said that watching my fellow classmates head fall off her shoulders would be cool. Nor did I ever say that loosing Adrianne and germaine and rhea would be cool.

This was really not cool.

Jasmine was trying to be brave for the sake of the group, but holly was sobbing hysterically into baileys shoulder, which wasn't helping the matter. We weren't near the school anymore, we sort of ran down the street with the mob, and somehow ran down an isolated street until we came to what looked like a safe cul-de-sac. Jasmine eventually lost it and curled up into a ball, which I wouldn't have minded doing, if I hadn't taken charge.

"Ok now listen. Asking what the hell is going on isn't going to help since no one knows what's going on. So we need to pull ourselves together and ask ourselves a proper question. Something like where do we go or what do we do. I suggest we find any abandoned houses and ransack them. Ya'know, supplies and shit. Jasmine Phoebe k and Genevieve, check the house to the left. Bailey nimrod and Matthew, to the right. Holly phoebe payet and I will check the house we are standing in front of." I paused for a breath.
"meet back here in 15 minutes. Go"

We all split up and I ran into the house which was suprisingly, actually empty. Not suprisingly was that fact that the cupboards am pantry were mostly empty. We did manage to find some knives and shovels, but not much food. 15 minutes later we were gathered outside.
Bailey spoke up first.
" there was a couple, dead, so there was a heap of food" I raised my eyebrow-

He saw me looking at himself and quickly continued-"which we grabbed and we discovered that whoever the dude is or was, he had a heap of guns, but there's a heap of those, Things crowded around the shed, we would never get in."

Guns! We had to go get them. After sprawling out my haul, we discovered that Jasmine had found a few small pistols in a small cupboard, along with some energy bars and bottles of water.

" I got dibs on the best rifle that's there" Jasmine smiled to the group, before grabbing a pistol and running towards the house.

Closely followed by the rest of us.