A Long Dead Life (Being Edited Continously) - Zombie Horror

The first day part five (Chapter 5)

"Zoey" the sound of people shouting in the distance made my head sting
I tried with all my might to open my eyes and join my friends.
"Can you hear us?" The sound of Jess's voice pierced my ears
"Agh" I tried to screech out in pain but noise failed to leave my mouth
I felt a warm sensation on my wrist, "am I bleeding?" I tried to cry but again nothing left my mouth
"Is she breathing?!" I heard Kyle whisper his voice breaking
"I dunno I can't tell, I'm panicking!" Jess shouted back holding my wrist tighter
"Let me have a go" Will swapped with Jess
"She's fine, just unconscious" he sighed in relief
"I'm awake" I tried to shout again my words fell silent in the hustle and bustle of my friends. Oh fuck I've been bitten I screamed in my mind as I lay motionless on the cold ground, my friends peering down at me.
"What are we going to do" Will gulped, turning to face everyone else a worried look plastered on his face.
"There's only one thing we can do" Jess assured "grab her legs, I'll get her upper body, we need to get out of here it's not safe"
"Right" he murmured pulling my legs from the hard concrete below and holding on tightly.

A couple of hours must have passed before I could make sense of the static for the first time, the frightening sound of unfamiliar voices. Every noise seemed intensified, every breath from the people surrounding me rang clear in my ears.
A deep males voice dominated the chatter, "we cant keep dragging her along everywhere we go, she's gone Will cant you at least admit that!"

that seemed to be playing in my ears from the fall. I fluttered my eyelashes rapidly and tried to clench my fists but all I could feel was a tingling sensation working it's way from the tip of my index finger all the way to my shoulder.
Somehow I found the strength in me to lift my head and peer around the room..the bus had come to stop, the door lay on its hinges and blood smothered the walls and lay in puddles on the dirty floor.
Flem rose in my throat as the idea that I had been passed out while my friends had been taken popped into my mind. Quickly, I spun my head around the sound of leaves crunching caught my attention. Please let it be my friends I screamed in my mind my eyes swaying left to right.
The door suddenly collapsed of its final hinge and sent a crashing sound echoing through the night, I winced as the sound made my ears ring, my vision went blurry as the site of a half rotten flesh eater stepped into the view of the light coming from the door frame.
The creature's body open from the left shoulder down to his right hip, different body parts and organs hung from the open wound, it pounced at the smell of me, an organ fell from the wound landing directly into the coppery smelling liquid below sending droplets onto my unless body.
I pulled with all my might to lift myself from the messy floor but it was like I was in a trance. Nothing moved.
The smell of my bloody flesh made the creature flare its nostrils in delight and take heavy steps towards me.
I screamed at the top of my voice "guys help" but it came out muffled and quiet. Tears streamed down my puffy face as the zombie crashed into my body, cracking my ribs and snapping its bloody jaw around my neck..

Air finally filled my lungs as I gasped for air and bolted upright. I was lying on the seats facing Kyle he lay huddled up on one seat his head gently nodding up down to the rhythm of the bus. The sun was just rising from above the hills, spilling light onto the streets below, I racked my brain as to where we were but nothing was recognizable. I rubbed my eyes and pulled myself up into a sitting position and looked down at my leg, it was all taken care of and a thick layer of bandage covering it. Was this a dream, I limped towards the front of the bus, my head banging. Will was in the driver's seat his eyes peering the empty streets for any sign of life, Jess was slumped against the window her eyes tightly shut, what had they been through while I was asleep? Had it been a long time? I didn't really care for Allison but I didn't want her to be hurt.
Another guy I had never seen before was slumped over in the seat before me fast asleep, he had long black hair tied up in a bun and tanned skin.
Confused I squinted and peered around the room there were 5 people I'd never met before all asleep in the bus.
I wiped my face and place a soft hand on Will's shoulder. He jumped and a shocked expression jumped onto his face but was quickly replaced with a smile of relief. "We thought we lost you"
"What happened?" I asked croakily
He looked tired and his face was splotchy and unshaven.
"Ur well we had to get out of there pretty quickly because more zombies were on their way...you-" his eyes filled with a panic and his kept wandering down to my arm.
My eyes followed his "what happened?" I sighed resting my head in my hands.
Will peered back at the rest of the group lying peacefully in their seats and then at Jess and then at me, his words catching his throat "I haven't told anyone bu-"
"You saw" I picked at the dry skin on my lips and scuffed the tip of my converse on the bus floor.
"Yeah- I haven't told anyone but we need to talk about it"
"How did they not notice?" I asked in shock
"Everyone was too busy sorting your leg out" he gestured to my swollen, bandaged leg "I'm surprised you can walk on it"
"Barely" I coughed, inspecting the bandages
"Are they okay" he wiped his face with the back of his hand "usually you do all the saving" he laughed sarcastically "I didn't have a clue what to do"
"They're good" I smiled trying to reassure him "they're nearly as good as mine"
"good-good" he forced a smile but I could see the pain in his eyes
"I'm sorry to put this onto you" I murmured surveying everyone to make sure that they weren't listening in "I was going to tell you back near college but I didn't what to say and-and I didn't want to put this pressure on you"
"You were good at hiding it," he said after a long pause
"Yeah.." I whispered looking down at my phone
He turned to put his full concentration on the road "our phones are useless there's no service anywhere, no tv or radio broadcasts either"
"How long ago has it been like this," I asked shocked
Will pulled to the side of the road and turned slowly towards me his face full of regret "Zoey..you've been out for a year"