I Will Survive

20 - Heartless

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3 days later.

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Dylan slowly opened his eyes, it was light outside and there was no one to be seen. The couch shop was empty, the only sounds were the clinks of the chimes that were held up outside of the shop window. There were no zombies outside anymore and he was tied to a chair.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Dylan asked himself as he rocked his chair forwards and backwards. It eventually fell over and smashed. "That's better" He smiled as he rubbed himself down. He wandered to the front door and opened it, it was now completely silent. He looked both ways down the street and there was no sign of anything. Dylan took a deep breath and wandered down the road, hoping to find someone.

He was hungry and thirsty but the shops looked raided.

"Stupid fucks... Why did they leave me?! Where did they go?!" Dylan moaned as he carried on down the condemned roads.

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"Do you think it was for the best? You know, leaving Dylan back there..." Debra asked Jackson as she looked at his blue overalls.

"Yeah, I think it was. God knows what would have happened if you didn't knock him out, one of us probably wouldn't even be breathing still..." He explained.

"Yeah, good point. It's just that we abandoned my boyfriend there... It doesn't feel right." Debra explained.

"Yeah, I don't know the feeling myself but I'm guessing it wouldn't feel great..." Jackson said whilst patting Debra on the back "You just did it for the best, that's all!"

"I'm so glad that those zombies cleared out though!" Michael butted in.

"Yeah, me too. It's as if they went as soon as I knocked out Dylan, like they wanted me to..." Debra sighed.

"That's impossible you nitwit!" Michael laughed as he playfully hit her over the head. "C'mon we are almost at that bike shop I spotted on the way to that couch store! And see, it only took us an hour and we still have one can of beans left!" He laughed.

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"I win!" Josh shouted at everyone, "see! I am the best at monopoly here! Told you, told you, told you!"

"Haha, that was a great game Josh!" George smiled.

"Yeah, well done!" Gabe patted him on the back. Mia and Kayleigh sat down and sulked on the sofa about how a ten year old beat them both at monopoly.

"Screw this game..." Mia groaned.

"I never liked this game anyway..." Kayleigh carried on.

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"Everyone, and by everyone I mean all twenty of you. I greet you!" The persons voice croaked. "As you know, there is somebody that I would like to kill. This person was the one that did this to me, he wrecked my beautiful face. But with you guys we will be able to take him and his little team down!" He laughed menacingly. He lifted his arms in the air at which the other people copied. "To war!" He shouted.

"To war!" Everyone else repeated, which was then followed by dark laughs.

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*ring! ring!*

"The bells work!" Michael laughed, "I'm so glad that these bikes are brand new!"

"We are so damn lucky!" Debra shouted.

"I know right!" Jackson laughed "These bikes are so cool!"

"That's not what I'm saying we are lucky about..." Debra laughed as she ran to the side, Jackson and Michael followed. "Ta da!" She then gleamed as she pulled a white cloth off of a black shiny motorbike, it had a round headline get on the front and a side car.

"Holy fuck!" Michael shouted "Can you ride?" He then asked her.

"Lucky for you guys. Yes I fucking can!"

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"I fucking give up!" Dylan shouted as he waved his arms in the dead air.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Someone shouted from an ally. "Don't do that! You will attract more of them... And we don't want that do we!" As the person spoke they stepped out of the ally and into the blazing heat of the sun. The person wore a blue hooded cape which covered their face and their entire body. The persons voice was slightly deep so he was presumably a male.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Dylan asked angrily.

"I just wanted to give you some advice. And you do not need to know who I am..." He replied suspiciously.

"Okay then, come here!" Dylan barked as he attempted to jump onto him and pull down his hood. But before Dylan even left the floor he had already moved out of the way.

"Ha, nice try fella!" The person laughed. "Where are you heading?" He asked curiously.

"I have no idea..." Dylan replied emptily.

"Hmm, okay you can camp out with me then if you like. I have a little camp in this ally." He pointed into the dark ally.

"I have nothing better to do..." Dylan sighed as he wondered in and shrugged his shoulders.

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"Harry, Lucas, Charlie! Get over here now!" Persephone ordered from the podium in the center of Oberlin. The three boys stumbled up the stairs and stood around her. "These three boys were witnesses at the scene!" She groaned to all of her community, "These boys saw Turner, the leader of their community send us out. Didn't you boys?" She asked.

"Yeah..." They all replied.

"See, this now means that because they didn't play by our rules we have to wipe them out!" She screamed "Are you ready for war?" She shouted.

"Yes!" Everyone cheered.

Thanks for reading. Please comment and vote! Also I have a question.

Who do you think is going to win? Wellington? Oberlin? Or the mysterious third party?

We will just have to wait and find out won't we ;)

~ Luke