The Longest Dayz

Chapter 23: ?

She knew it, these creatures were smarter. Standing at the corner the group watched the infected attack the couple. Resulting with both dead. What she had witnessed earlier when she was lagging behind had frightened her. The creatures were following them, they appeared to be hunting in groups of two's or three's. Much more intelligent than the ones she had witnessed earlier that day in the lab.

The group sat in silence observing the creatures. They hovered over the couple's lifeless bodies for a few minutes until the woman started to twitch. The infected watched as the woman stood shakily, her transformation was soon followed by the man.

"C-can we go yet?" Jiwon whispered, gaining her attention as he gently tugged her sleeve.

"When they are out of sight. They may see us if we move now." She responded.

The group remained still until the majority of the monsters left their sight. The newly turned creatures remained near the store. When she was sure that most the creatures were gone, she spoke.

"Let me go first." She whispered to the rest. She then quickly and quietly ran across the open alley to the next building. Leaning up against the large structure she let out a sigh. "I can do this." She thought, trying to encourage herself. Terrified was one of the only words to describe how she felt.

Turning the corner to see if the creatures were paying attention she gestured for each guy to come over individually. She gestured for Jiwon first, then Minseok. She was trying to bring the people who were the most scared over first. She gestured for Hanwoo next because he would make Minseok a little less antsy. She gestured for the tall red headed boy who she hadn't heard the name of. Then the shortest of the remaining guys, Yeongsu. When it came to Taehyun's turn she waved her hand for him to come over. As he took a step forward, her eyes widened at a creature that had appeared behind him.

"Run!" She ordered.

Disregarding silence, the group took off running. As they ran through the alley, one of the creatures appeared in front of them and was approaching. "Shit!" she stopped in her tracks. "Shit!" Her sudden stop caused a few of the guys to run into her. She almost fell from the force, but Yeongsu caught her by the arm and held her steady. He hadn't been one of the guys who had run into her, but thankfully he still caught her. "Thank you." She said to him as he gently released her arm.

"They're behind us, as well as in front of us, how thoughtful of them." Yeongsu said, sarcasm thick in his voice.

She couldn't help but scoff, "how can someone even make jokes at a time like this?" She wondered as she examined the situation.

The group was completely surrounded now, between two large buildings with infected in front and behind them. Each person readied a weapon as the creatures got closer. Everyone turned their backs to the closest building. Turning around she examined the building hoping for an entryway of any sorts. Just as her eyes turned to a window a little higher up it suddenly flew open and a pretty woman stuck her head out the window.

"Here, this way." The woman called down to the group. Everyone briefly turned to look at the new voice, relief flooded over their faces before they turned back to the approaching danger.

"Kittichai can you lift Yeongsu up to the window?" She asked. He nodded, knowing that he appeared to be the strongest of the guys and Yeongsu appeared to be one of the lightest. They knew the person in the window most likely wouldn't be able to help lift anyone into the window aside from the foreigner, Jiwon and Yeongsu. She watched as Kittichai hoisted the fireman up while the other woman managed to help him the rest of the way up. Yeongsu then replaced her. He easily helped get the rest of the group in through the window, Seojun came up second to last and replaced Yeongsu. She knew that Kittichai would have to get a running start to be able to reach Seojun's hands. Once Kittichai was up, they hadn't even had time to breathe as their saviour took off.