Me Vs Zombies [Book 1 & 2]

[Book 2] Chapter 15

Oh dear, the shortness of this chapter is terrible :( But it had to be done, I hope you like what happens none the less, important information is shared and what not, lot's to take in ;) x

[Payton's POV]

Daryl held his arms around my waist as I tried to pull away and get to Eugene. 'What do you mean gone?!'

'We were swarmed.' He snarled. 'What do you think I meant?'

'EXPLAIN THEN!' I growled. 'Where is everyone?'

'Have a look in the car...' Eugene snarled. 'You look in that car, you look at what has happened, you look at what you caused.'

'What I-'

'Eugene.' Daryl snapped behind me. 'We already spoke about this.'

I turned to Daryl, still confused beyond anything. 'What do you mean? Spoke about what? What's my fault? What's going on?'

Daryl looked me straight in the eye before pulling me into his arms. 'The group were attacked... I don't know what happened, but there were hundreds of them, and we didn't have you, Charlotte or Demi, and less fighters and supplies than ever before... They got in, Eugene and I... We barely got out.'

'Surely, someone else survived!!!' I cried. 

'Look for yourself...' Daryl whispered as he let me go.

I looked to Eugene and Daryl twice over as I cried and then took off to the car, I looked in the backseat where only a single body laid with blood drenching the sheets.

'No!' I wailed flinging the car door open and diving inside, grabbing the tiny body in my hands. 'Luke! It's not you! Please don't say it's you! Oh Jesus NO!!!'

I pulled the black cover off the mangeled and broken body and a pair of big blue eyes stared up at me, the sun reflected perfectly off the colour making the blue look bright and magical, but tears were brimming the eyes and the light was leaving them.

'You're ok, Luke?' I whispered. 'You're going to be ok!'

'Pa-Payt-on.'

'That's right,' I whispered as I ran my fingers through his blood stained blonde hair. 'How you doing little man?'

'My body hurts...' He cried.

I turned to Daryl and Eugene. 'Was he-'

'No...' Daryl whispered. 'He jumped out the window when he tried to escape... He landed horribly, Eugene and I ran back to him before he was bitten and got him into the car and drove...'

'So... He'll get better.' I smiled hopeful.

'If he lives that long...' Eugene snarled.

'... We have Ben! Ben can heal him can't you Ben?!'

Ben remained silent, I slammed my fist down onto the ground beside me. 'CAN'T YOU?!'

Ben shuddered at my tone but turned away, pretending I wasn't even there! Pretending Luke wasn't dying in my arms!

'You aren't dying here, Luke! You are going to be around longer than I will!' I smiled. 'Me and you, Luke, I know I haven't been much of a gaurdian to you lately but... You can't die! Not now! Not when I haven't made things right between us.'

I gulped down the tears as I lifted Luke into the back seat again and loosly wrapped the cover around him as a little blood dribbled down the side of his mouth and his eyes fluttered for a moment. 'Try to stay awake for me, sweetheart.'

I turned back to the boys and wiped away my tears, now is not the time for tears, it's been a long time since I cried like that... It makes me ashamed to cry like that, I just need to put back on my facade and try to be sensible with my decision from here on out.