Turned: Shattered Memories Of Yesterday

Chapter 4

I woke up in a daze I didn't know where I was and the room was completely dark. Not knowing how long I had been in there I tried to scream for help and that's when I realized that I was tied up and my mouth was taped shut. It looked like I was in a mainly empty room but in the end I had no idea, Scared and confused I started to wonder about Zoe. What happen's if they picked up the phone.

Suddenly the lights slowly came on, one by one to reveal the small room I was sat in. It looked like it was more storage but sat next to me was another, a man who looked to be his early 40's and looked nearly as confused as me. Then someone walked in with a chair and sat down looking directly at me.

"So I'm sure both of you know why you're here" The man said as he pulled off the tape on our mouths. I knew why I was here but the other guy looked confused. "I don't even know, all I remember was walking past the church trying to get away from the things when you guys just took me here" The other guys said "Please just let me go".

"You were outside while this fucker tried to steal our stuff, we saw you". I didn't know this man and if he wasn't there at that time he would be fine, this was all my fault. "I've never seen this man in my life" I explain "He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time". 

The guy who was questioning us just stared at me not sure if he could believe me or not. "Bullshit" He says "This one was outside waiting in case you got caught so he could go get more of you". "Please sir this man is telling the truth I've never seen him before just let me go and you'll never have to see me again" The man cried.

The man didn't untie him or even answer he just walked out the room leaving the light on and a complete silence. "Who even are you?" The man asks with a surprised tone like I just got him killed which wasn't completely false right now but that didn't matter. "My names David" I answer "I didn't mean to get you into any trouble here I hope you know that". "I'm sure you didn't" the man replied "My name's James".

"Well James if you have any idea of how we could get out that would really help right now" I say. We both look around without seeing much but something did catch my eye which was all the stuff they must have taken off of me when they knocked me out. "What about that stuff over there?" I ask pointing at the large pile of things "There might be something there to help". 

James started to move himself and the chair towards the table and because we wasn't tied by our feet it wasn't much of a struggle. When he got over to the table I pointed to my knife which was conveniently placed so he could cut his ropes and get set free, he was just about caught up with all the stuff on the table when we started to hear footsteps coming. "Quick get your chair and sit down like nothing happened" I whisper "When they go we'll make our way out of here and back to my place where some people can help you". He quickly sits himself down and makes it look like we never moved.

It was the same guy from earlier who came to check on us who came in, He was probably just checking we where still here but just as he was about to turn around and leave he noticed all the stuff had gone off the table and turned back towards us. I could see on James' face that he knew what was going on and I wasn't the only one who could see it, the guy walked right up to James with his pistol and pointed it at his head.

"Where's the stuff?" He shouted "Where's the fucking stuff?". "I have no idea" James stutters "Please put your gun down". "I asked where is my fucking stuff?" He continued to shout. "I don't k-" James' voice was cut off by a loud gunshot which deafened me for a few moments until I looked and saw that James was shot and his blood was pouring onto the floor. "Now I'm going to ask you the same question" He explains "you have five seconds to tell me where the stuff is or you'll get the same as him".

I stop, suddenly it's like I can't talk or my head has gone blank. I hear him slowly count down from five and just wait for the shot, but the a miracle happens: just as he pulled the gun to my head there was a massive shout from another room of someone saying that a bunch of the undead had made it into the building. The guy who was only seconds away from killing me ran out of the room shooting anything that was there.

For a minute I wondered what was going to happen next. Are they just going to leave me here? Or is the other guy going to come back and finish off what he started? It was all just a question until I heard more footsteps going down the same hall, I thought it was most defiantly that guy coming to shoot me but in came a woman with a knife. Expecting her to stab me I just lifted my head and waited, for some reason she was cutting something else. I looked around to see her cutting the ropes and picking up some of my stuff from James' dead body. 

"Look I don't know who you are or why they're keeping you here but you need to go and get out of the city" She begins "You need to take what you came for and leave because when they work out I let you go they won't just kill me, they will hunt you down". "Why are you helping me?" I ask "They'll kill you". "I know they will but in this world I can't live with knowing I could have saved you, Head north the fuel will take you furthest with that, try and find something safe but leave soon while the others are hunting so you won't get caught". 

"Thank you" I say before picking up my knife, fuel, phone and the magnum I stole earlier, I ran out into the street which wasn't too busy and start to sprint towards the hotel so I can leave as soon as the sunlight hits the ground.