Zayn and Liam got into Zayn's black jeep, while Michael, Niall and I got into Mikey's red truck. It was a three seater, so I offered to sit in the middle of both boys. They weren't up for talking, as much as I tried to start a conversation they wouldn't budge. "Why were you two fighting at Pizza Place the other day?" I ask looking at Mikey.
"We weren't." He says not breaking contact with the road.
I sigh deeply giving up and look at Niall, who is looking out the window. "What did Luke and Calum tell you before they left?" I ask him.
"What?" He says looking back at me.
"Liam told me you were saying you talked to him and Zayn about something they had said." I said looking at my hands.
"Oh," he said rubbing his eyes, "they had a few theories that aren't sounding too bizarre anymore, but it involves Tess and Ashton." He looks back out the window.
"What were they?" I ask turning my body towards him.
"Well, after they were done taking the test, Ash said something about making something like a vaccine that would make soldiers stronger and smarter." I nod for him to continue. "Tess said that would be impossible, but the test administrator said to go on hypotheticals, she told them how they would have to do it, they aren't sure if that's it. It was just a theory." He said finishing.
"My mom wasn't a solider." I say looking back at my hands.
"Neither was Mr. Jones." Michael says looking at him.
"They had two theories for that too, the military could have tested our little town, or the vaccine turned into a virus and infected everyone in the base lab in Cali." He said leaning back in the seat. "They tested there and in several other places." Niall said running his hands through his hair.
"So either the California base was trying to test a lethal vaccine on everyone or they weren't and they are all dead." I said looking out the window at nothing in particular.
"Either way, they are all dead." Michael said looking at me then back to the road.
"What do you think?" I asked Mikey.
"I wouldn't put it past them on the former, but the latter sounds more likely." He said swerving out of the way of a body. "How would everyone get it?" Michael asked still looking at the road.
"Someone getting sick and them getting others sick. Like the flu." Niall answers him plainly.
"So, basically an idea that Ashton had, that couldn't ever happen became real because my sister played the 'if game' with them?" I said bewildered.
"Basically." Niall says looking at me.
"Well, that's nice to know." I answer sarcastically.
"So Niall, what did you do before this?" Michael asks changing the subject.
"Nothing really, went to school, played some soccer." He answers carelessly.
"Didn't work?" Michael asked, looking at him slightly.
"Well, I had a job to buy my car, but after I got fired I just couldn't find another job." He says playing with the the door handle b
"Could've worked at Pizza Place with me." Michael smirks at him.
Niall began to laugh, I don't see why at first it wasn't that funny. "Oh, you were serious." He said sarcastically.
I look at Niall and back at Mikey. "Yeah, nothing happened." I roll my eyes. They don't answer me and I sigh again. "Can we stop, my legs are cramping?" I ask Michael, my knees were up to my chest and I couldn't really stretch them anywhere.
"Can you wait another hour? We planned on stopping in the next town to sleep." He says looking over at me. "Just put your feet on the dash and rest your head on, uh." He stops talking and looking around his truck.
"On me." Niall says with a small smile looking more at Michael than at me.
I look back at Michael and see him frown. "Yeah, on him." He mumbles out.
I put my head on Niall's shoulder and stretch my feet out on the dash. It is silent for a long time until I fall asleep.
"Audge, wake up." Michael says shaking me. "Niall you too." He says turning the vehicle off.
"What?" I groan rubbing my eyes.
"We are here." He says again. "C'mon."
"Where is here?" Niall says groggily.
"A random house away from everything, the guys are checking it out now." Michael answers opening the door and stepping out.
I follow him out of the truck stretching. "Oh my God, I thought I would never walk again." I say walking around and rubbing my thighs.
Michael begins to mess up his hair and lean on the side of his truck. "Tomorrow is going to be worse because we are leaving earlier and not stopping until we either have to or it's dark out." He says looking around and messing with his eyebrow piercing.
"Never thought I would be going on a road trip." I say leaning on the truck next to Michael.
"I should probably put half of the gas can in the truck and leave the other half for them." Michael says to no one in particular.
The other door shuts and Niall comes walking out. "We are staying in that house?" He asks looking at both of us. I turn my attention to the house. It looks old and haunted, it's grey and the paint is peeling, it looks about two stories. "Well if the infected people don't get us at least the paranormal will." He says scoffing in disbelief.
"Niall, I don't see you trying to find a house that's not on fire or surrounded with those things." Zayn says walking up to the truck. "Michael there is a shed back there, Liam is checking it out but we are hoping for weapons or gas." He says standing in front of the three of us crossing his arms.
"I'll wait to fill it up then." Mikey says looking at him.
"Can we go inside?" I ask looking at the house.
"Yeah sure. Mikey and Liam for sure are sleeping first, since they drove, so is it gonna help me watch? You or you." Zayn says pointing at Niall than me.
"I'll do it." Niall says before me.
"Even though it's a two story house there is only two rooms and Liam and I pulled the mattress from one room to the other so we are all in one room when we sleep." He says looking at me. "I hope that is fine."
"It's perfect." I say walking to the house my legs screaming at me.
Liam is walking towards the truck as I walk away and stops me. "Oh, Audrey, there is some clothes in the room without the beds, the hot water doesn't work but a shower's a shower you know." He says continuing walking.
I don't respond I just keep walking up to the house, stepping on the porch the old boards creak. "Well this creepy." I say to myself.
"Agreed." Michael's voice comes behind me.
I jump slightly. "You scared me." I said stepping back.
"I can tell." He says walking past me and opening the door.
"I'm gonna go take a shower and change." I say walking up the creaky stairs and finding the bathroom.
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Okay so chapter Nine. No. Okay. Uhm, comment what you think will happen. Okay.? Okay. Byeee. 1272 words.
I'm reading my book, and I thought I should do a quick update, so I didn't go over and reread everything. But whatever.
