“But, why would they be taking people?”
“Because they want some test subjects? It’s kind of obvious…” Alex snapped back.
He had his own gun gripped in his hands.
“Guys, we need to-“
William’s words were cut short by a scream.
“Eli, get down!” Clarissa’s voice blared from downstairs.
Their legs were just blurs as the zoomed down the stairs. They ran through a giant archway. There was Clarissa clutching Eli to her body. A herd of deformed figures ahead, scalps popping open and pus dripping from their eye sockets.
Clarissa looked back to them, eyes panicked as Eli struggled against her grasp. “We’ve gotta get out of here!”
Their inhumane screams sounded and the undead surged forward. Clarissa shoved Eli toward them and cocked back her shotgun. A hole the size of a crater tore into one of the creature’s chest and he surged back. That only sent the crowd into pandemonium.
“GO!”
I snatched onto Eli’s hand with the bat in the other and followed. Alex led them down a narrow side hallway. Pipes and metallic drippings leaked from above. Gun shots were firing off from behind them.
“GO! GO! GO!”
We all out heaved off of the gaping hole in the warehouse’s wall. Bodies connected with the cold cement. Eli let out a cry. I dragged him to his feet and we both clambered up.
Clarissa came barreling out the hole next, landing stone cold on her back. Her eyes connected with them before the herd came next.
“GO! GO!”
The first one came flying out the gap and into the air. Not even a second and her shotgun bullet took out a mass of his head. Eli screamed and I pulled on his tiny hand.
“We’ve gotta go!” Alex shouted.
I yanked Eli another brute time and Clarissa rolled away from the sewage of zombies swarming out now.
Eli took on a burst of speed, seeing that Clarissa would make it. The stretch of warehouse ahead was vast, at least a hundred yards to the back parking lot where the van was. A ghoulish scream from behind her, breathing on her neck. I tore the bat around in a thick arch. It landed with a defeaning that disconnected the zombie’s jaw.
More surged ahead as her feet stung and burned. Alex waved a hand back and sent a bullet into one’s skull.
William fired a shot as well that hit one’s knee cap. “They’re getting closer!”
Alex and William stood ground. I ran behind them and took stance.
Bullets and shrapnel hit more zombies. One caved in between William and Alex.
I sent a thrusting kick to his knee cap and swung the bat with one arm. An eye oozed down and it’s body fell to the floor.
We turned again and William stayed at my side.
“Keep moving!” Clarissa shouted, Eli beside her.
We cleared the long stretch of warehouse and slammed into the van.
Eli and William jumped into the backseat. I went to the row ahead with Alex.
He forced the door shut as the engine cut to life.
William looked through the back windshield. “Go! They’re catching up!”
The tires gritted and jolted the van forward. A heavy weight slammed into the van’s side, leaving a dent.
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No Time To Bleed
Teen FictionWhen Jasmine moves a new state she tries to leave her old life and father behind. Even that can bring challenges with against peers, a new private high school, and the pressures of a new life. But, what happens when a strange new, flesh eating virus...
