Finding home

Chapter 1

"Run lil", "Lilly run faster", come on Lilly", "please Lilly hurry there gaining on you" I could here my brothers calling me from the top of the service station,

I looked behind me to see about seven quicks chasing me, every step there legs took they got closer to catching me but looking back was a fatal mistake as I tripped and I heard the distinct crack of my ankle.

"Ahhh" I screamed as I fell, the scream must of fueled something in the quicks as they seemed to growl more ferociously and gain speed to reach me, I had no weapons and knew I was too far away from my brothers to save me, I was going to die.

I suddenly lost all fight when I looked at the quicks coming for me. Every muscle in me has given up. I hear my brothers footsteps beating on the gravel below there feet as they try to reach me but I know they cant make it. I close my eyes in reverence to what is about to come. BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! My eyes burst open to see all of the quicks taken down, my forehead creases with confusion. My brothers don't have guns. BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!

"Lilly" "Lilly, ?" I vaguely hear my brothers yelling out to me but I'm in a trance. I'm alive. What the hell just happened?

"Keep Ben back" I hear my eldest brother Fin order gruffly.

I feel two hands land on my shoulders but I am too numb to react to the touch of my brother's usually warm comforting touch.

"Lilly? Come on lil why don't you go and see Ben" my second eldest brother Danny whispers to me in a comforting manner. I nod my head in agreement, I give my brothers hands both a comforting squeeze showing I'm okay now and go to sit up completely forgetting my twisted ankle and immediately fall down with a yelp.

"Miss are you hurt" we hear a deep intimidating voice ask.

I feel my blood run cold as I forgot about the people who shot the quicks. My brothers freeze beside me and turn around to see three big intimidating men in military uniforms with big weapons by there sides.

One is a African American man who looks to be in his late 40s, the second man is a man who is much younger with brown hair and warm brown eyes, the last man who spoke is the brawniest man I've ever seen he is over 6ft at least with blondish brownish hair with cold green eyes that makes me divert my attention to the ground and my now purple blue coloured ankle.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Fin demands in his usual tone when speaking to strangers especially men.

The younger friendlier man steps forward, which makes both my brothers to stand protectively in front of me which the man notices and smiles in understanding.

"Hi my name is Jonas" He then points to the African American man. "this here is Mark". Mark gives us a nod. Jonas then points to the intimidating man. "And this is lieutenant Kage Barret of the Australian militant" Jonas exclaimed excitedly looking at us. And for someone in a apocalypse to be honest it was a little unsettling,

But I wasn't really concerned about him I was more worried about my ankle which was swelling more and more as time goes on and the adrenaline is starting to were down so the pain is going to come very shortly and I'm dreading it already.

I look up to see I've missed part of the conversation and they all seem to be staring at me so I look towards my brothers in confusion to which my second oldest brother Danny smiles and shakes his head.

"They asked what your name is and if your ankle hurts... wait, wait, what's wrong with your ankle?" Now it is my turn to smile at the scatterbrain that is Danny as he squats down and peers at my purple swollen ankle.

"Ooh lil that looks bad, does it hurt a lot" he wonders as he reaches to touch it to where my rescuer my oldest brother Fin whacks his hand away before it reached my ankle.

"Don't touch it you idiot. Jesus" Fin rubs his head and looks to the sky like in question to why his brother is like this "of course it doesn't hurt her right now she has adrenaline running through her at this point in time but when that where's off its gonna kill, so you" Fin points threateningly into Danny's chest "better not touch it" Fin finishes off with a threatening look before turning to the army men again.

"Look we have to go, it isn't safe with quicks around during the day you know how it is at night, so we will be on our way cheers" Fin tips his head to the men in his usual aloof manner and bends down to gently pick me up bridal style from the ground making sure he doesn't touch my foot.

Fin signals Danny with a nudge to go a head of us to scout out any danger to our way to the car that's sitting on the side of the service station building with our two awaiting brothers eagerly anticipating our tale on what the soldiers wanted if I know my brothers I think with a small smile.

"Hey stop" we hear the same man Jonas I think his name was calling out to us.

"Stop, hey stop we have a massive home base with food, shelter and people" This gets Fin to halt in his step and judging at the look on his face he is considering the proposition he looks to the car with our brothers awaiting faces to Danny who is now next to us looking up at Fin with intrigue and fear shown on his defined features and finally Fin looks at me.

I reach my hand up to his masculine face with his growing beard and nod my head in acceptance of the unknown.