Doomed

Chapter 22.

Chapter Twenty-Two:

The sound of the gate opening fast produced a really loud, ear piercing sound, making us all cover our ears.

A couple of guys ran towards the woman who was laying on the floor, while I moved my feet the fastest I could. The food truck that Derek and other men used to drive to collect supplies, speeded inside. It accidentally hit the side of the gate, making Jason fall to outside the fence.

"Zombies' herd!" Someone shouted, as we heard the growls of many flesh eating creatures. People started gasping, and screaming in fear.

"What's happening?!" Chris and Christi ran to me.

"We are getting attacked by zombies!" I said, my heart hammering against my rib cage.

Suddenly, a scream echoed, and we looked at the source to find a few guys trying to push the gate closed, but it was stuck, and many faces of undeads heading towards us.

Derek ran to me, grabbing me by my shoulders, "we have to go! Now!"

I nodded repeatedly, looking at his pale face, and the horror in his eyes.

Grabbing Jacob's hand, we started running in the opposite direction of the zombies. Shot guns were heard, and I looked back to see a wall of males shooting against the herd, zombies falling lifelessly to the ground. The screams of terror echoed, as everyone ran in different directions, the cries of kids made my blood freeze. I looked back again, and saw a zombie limping towards Thor who was too busy shooting.

"Thor!" I shouted at the top of my lungs I intertwined Christi's hand with Jacob's and stormed off towards my friend.

"Ash!" My name was being called out, but I ignored it, and kept running, dodging people. A scream escaped my lips as I saw the zombie an inch away from Thor, but before it was able to attack him, I tackled the walker, pulled my knife, and cracked its skull open.

"Oh God, Ash!" Thor frowned at me, "run! You're not safe here!"

"He almost attacked you!" I shouted over the chaos.

"I'm fine, I will follow you guys, just go!" He yelled, pushing me to move. I started jogging, looking at him as he followed, while shooting.

I bumped into someone, crashing to the floor. "Sorry!" I apologized to Malcolm, who looked on the verge of tears.

"Take!" He handed me a shot gun.

"Look out!" I screamed, but it was too late. He was grabbed, and pulled to the ground. Before I could do anything, a zombie bit his neck. I cried out with Malcolm, as his tears rolled, and his face changed with pain. Two other zombies tore his skin apart, and I covered my mouth with my trembling hand, holding the weapons in the other, my tears rolling down silently.

Thor clutched my arm, and dragged me with him, my little friend's cries drowning. Thor handed me a pistol, and pulled the ax from a bag on his back. As we ran back to our friends, zombies attacked from every corner, some we managed to escape from, others we killed. I met my friends who were standing at a corner, absolute horror on their faces... That was what we all felt.

"Let's go," I sniffled, intertwining my fingers with Jacob's, pulling him to run with me.

"Zombie!" Chris warned, and pushed it against a wall, as it tried to bite into his flesh. Derek helped him, and kept the zombie still for Christi to pierce a knife in it's eye.

"There are cars at the back," Thor said, pointing at a street, so we launched towards it.

I froze, "mom!" I just remembered! "Mom, mom!" I shouted over and over again, looking around to try and see her between the people pushing to escape. A gasp escaped my lips as I saw zombies attacking, taking down women, men, children, and tearing them apart. All the shooting wasn't working because there were too many!

Shivers ran down my spine at the sight of all the blood, and torn limbs... And then my heart came to a halt, and I felt my knees almost giving up... My mom was pushed towards a wall, while a zombie was chocking her, the screams coming out of her mouth drowned in the cries of everyone else.

'Help her!' My mind shouted at me, and then I came back to reality. A shot gun in a hand, and an ax on my back, plus a pistol, and a knife in my pocket. I started running towards my mom. She was a bit far, and I could see her fighting with the zombie with terror on her face. A shriek echoed next to me, and I turned my head to see a zombie launching towards me. I pulled the trigger, blowing it's brain. Another one attacked, and I hit it with the end of the shotgun, sending it to the ground, and shooting it between it's eyes. After that, I continued running, after seeing my friends following me, and slaying as much walkers as they could.

I reached my mom, and the zombie that was almost biting her shoulder. I grabbed the leftovers of it's shirt, and dragged it away from her.

"Ash!" She sighed, pushing it away. I slammed it against the wall, and repeated the action a few times until there was a bit of blood on the paint. Anger had dominated me, and fire was burning me from inside. I dropped the gunshot, and pulled a knife from my belt, jabbing it against the zombie's disgusting mouth. Blood was dripping from between his rotten teeth, it made me feel sick, but furious. It's jaw broke, and I stabbed it in the skull, a cracking sound was heard. I was so swallowed in killing the monster that ruined my whole life, that I didn't notice when I was pulled away from the, now, lifeless body.

"I hate you!" I shouted at the zombie, "I hate you!"

"Ash!" Derek's face popped in front of my eyes, and he grabbed my face between his hands as tears spilled from my eyes, I felt the fire turning my heart to ashes... My life was falling apart.

"Ash," he whispered, "it's okay! Everything will be okay! But we gotta go now!"

I nodded, following the others as we raced towards the cars. Finally, we reached a Jeep Cherokee, and as soon as I sat, with Jacob in my lap, Chris, Christi, and my mom at the back, with Derek in the passenger's seat, and Thor behind a wheel, along with the screams of everyone outside, and the blood plastering everywhere... I burst out crying.

Just cried out loud, hugging Jacob, and letting out all the pain inside of me, feeling my heart shattering, and knives stabbing it. I just cried as the world crashed around me, and the brain eating creatures attacking.