I Will Survive

4 - Work

It had been 2 weeks since Dylan and Gabe arrived at Wellington and Dylan had now fully recovered with a whole new leg fitted into place. He got used to walking on it but he still couldn't run. He had decided to get a job of growing the crops as he was unable to do anything too active.

Gabe stayed out collecting most of the time, looking through the local gas stations and abandoned camps. He usually went alone but sometimes Turner would tag along. Making sure that Josh was safe at Wellington before he left.

Wayne and Debra had settled in nicely and worked together in the trade centre. This was a temporary area where people would go to trade their earnings and items for other things that were found by the collectors.

It was meeting day and Gabe and the other collectors were in the meeting room with Turner. It had a round table in the center which people would sit around and chairs around that.

"So!" Turner began. "Today's meeting is about the different kinds of walkers that roam this planet. So far I have discovered 4 types. Wanderers, walkers, runners and hiders. Wanderers usually wander around and are harder to attract with noise, they are more reliant on sight. Walkers are the normal kind of zombie that you see and are attracted by sound, smell and sight. Runners are slightly less common and run after you, they are attracted by the slightest noises and smells. And finally biters, these guys travel around on their hands and jump out from behind things. They can only attack you if they can smell you though as they don't have any eyes." He cleared his throat and carried on "Do any of you have any other kinds of zombies that you've spotted on one of your many errands?"

After what seemed to be the longest discussion ever, Gabe left the room and headed back home.

"It was pointless as the other people just repeated the same zombies that Turner had already noted!" Gabe rambled to himself as he walked back.

It was getting late and Dylan cleaned up his equipment before heading back to his and Gabes office room. Gabe mostly slept on the sofa but there were rare occasions where Dylan would let him sleep with him. Most people believed that they were in some sort of love relationship by the was they acted around each other, but they saw each other more as brothers than anything else.

When Dylan got in he took off his jacket and placed it neatly on the back of the sofa. Gabe was in the bathroom having a shower before bed. He had one every night except Thursday's because that's when his night shift was. Dylan knocked on the door

"You done yet? You've been in there for ages!" He shouted.

"Yeah I'm almost done!" He lied "You can come in if you like, I don't mind" Gabe chuckled.

"Okay then, I'm just going to do my teeth!" Dylan shouted back as he opened the door and went to the sink. He didn't look at Gabe but he knew that he wouldn't hide anything as he is open about his body. "This is kind of awkward..." Dylan started.

"Not really, you've seen my doodle before!" Gabe laughed back at him.

"Yeah accidentally..."

"Yeah... 'Accidentally'" Gabe once again laughed. Dylan just sighed and tried to open the bathroom door. But it was locked.

"What?!" Dylan panicked

"I locked us in here..." Gabe murmured.

"Why?!" Dylan turned around in anger, seeing Gabes full naked body. "Ooohhh..." He said awkwardly as he turned back around. He saw Gabes Six pack and bold V. He also saw many things that he wished he never saw.

"Kiss me" Gabe finally said after a long moment of silence.

"Gabe?" Dylan asked in confusion.

"I said, kiss me" Gabe admitted again. Dylan looked back at Gabe for a moment before diving onto his lips. He passionately kissed him before coming to a sudden halt. He stared into Gabes eyes and then unlocked the door. He didn't understand why he didn't do it before. He was in a state of panic even though and part of him wanted to kiss Gabe. It felt good and made him feel special inside, but he knew that he couldn't do it, as he had fallen for Debra.

After a long awkward night Gabe decided he would start early. He couldn't bare the fact that Dylan had rejected his bathroom sex act, he really wanted to see what it was like. Love hadn't really struck him before, but he felt something weird ever since he found and rescued Debra. Another part of him wanted to spend time with Dylan, he just couldn't tell if it was friend love or the other love.

Gabe set off into the woods again, today he decided to head back down to the prison and check it out for any loot or people that may be stranded there. As he scaled the steep slopes that were on the way down he could see light illuminating some of the prison cells.

"What the....?" He whispered to himself as he looked at the lights. "How did they get inside?"

It was about mid day and Gabe had just arrived outside of the big prison gates. They were wide open because they had been tied with rope to the nearby trees. Fresh footprints were in the mud aswell. They only went in, there were none that went out. He started to get a sick feeling as he walked along the paths between the fences at the sides of the prison.

"It's my job as an officer to see what's going on..." Gabe said clearly, hoping no one heard him. There were a few wanderers on the prison ground but they weren't bothered and just kept aimlessly walking around. Gabe saw the door that lead into ward A in front of him. He didn't think about what could lie ahead so he ran towards it and broke his way through. Inside there was nothing but an empty corridor and blood on the floor.

He looked around the door to see why the door didn't make a loud smash and it was because there was tape and rope holding parts of it together. The rope was attached to a light switch which was now turned on with a red light glowing next to it.

"Whoever came here was clever..." Gabe said as he analysed the rope. "Whenever a switch is turned on or off it shows up on the mini map inside the main office..." He carried on "So whoever set this up knows I'm here..."

"Don't turn around..." Gabe heard a male whisper say in his right ear. "Turn around and I will not be afraid to pull..." As the person spoke a click of a gun could be heard in his other ear. "Got it?"

This is the end of what I think is an interesting chapter but I have a question for you all!

Who do you think should go together?

Out of:

Dylan + Debra

Gabe + Debra

Dylan + Gabe

Please comment and vote :)