Arabella

Chapter 6

WWWWEEEEEEERRRRRRRN

The sirens turned on during the early morning and played over and over again. It was still dark outside, and all that was heard were more screams and gunshots. It began to grow louder and louder.
Chris shook Arabella roughly till she woke up. Luke barged into the door, and the screams from outside were louder than what Chris originally thought.
Cautious, Luke looked around and asked Chris in a hurry, "Is Arabella okay?"
"Help me," Chris demanded quickly. The boys began to shake her once more, and one more jolt was all it took to wake her up from her deep sleep.
"AHHH!" Arabella yelled out loud and fumbled everywhere with her hands in a tight fist.
Luke caught her hands and tried to calm her down, "Relax, it's just me."
"What's going on?" She questioned both of the boys who exchanged looks at each other then to Arabella. Rosemary was gone from her bed.
"Interlopers and the infected," Luke stated and sighed, "let's find the others!"
The three of them ran out and met up with Max who was also in a rush. Arabella shivered a bit and began running while putting on her leather jacket, grabbing a backpack and putting extra clothing she had with her along with the syringes and serums
Lights flickered and gunshots were exchanged in the middle of the quarantine. Soldiers covered up from head to toe were in black taking people one by one. Also, there were those crazy infected people again. Luke liked calling them The Infected.
Arabella's eyes widened, "I need to find my sister!"
"Arabella no," Chris exclaimed and tried to pull her back, but it was to late. She ran from room to room trying to find out where Rosemary was at. Instead she found the boy she saved and travelled to earth with. He was curled up in a ball and was hiding.
"Dalton!" She screamed at himHe recognized the voice, and slowly turned around then propped up, jogging up to Arabella. She stared at him directly in the eyes, "You. Find a backpack for yourself, find food and pack water really fast. Make sure it's enough for all of us."
He nodded his head, "Where do I meet you?"
"You'll meet me outside. Just hurry Dalton," she said to him. Before exiting she turned around, "I'll be finding other stuff." By the time she got out, the men in all black were surrounding other areas. Ammunition and guns were what they needed as well.
She ran towards the room where she found bullets, knives and guns. Noah arrived, "There you are. Luke was telling me to find you."
Arabella turned around with a gun in her hand and he quickly surrendered, "Oh! Sorry." Innocently she dropped loads of ammunition into her bag as well as handguns, assault rifles. She tossed two to Noah and he caught them while looking.
"Can you handle using a gun?" he questioned her with worry. She only smirked and nodded her head not saying a word. With that Arabella then grabbed one of the bombs that would destroy this place.
Arabella then ran out to check on Dalton. He appeared to be ready standing by Luke, Chris and Max. She ran down the hallway as quickly as she could and tossed more guns in the air for the three other boys to catch. Dalton looked at her, "What about me?"
"Here," she pulled out a knife and a handgun, "Be careful with it or I'll shoot your ass." Dalton raised his eyebrows and put the knife through his belt, and left the gun in his hand.
Luke glanced at Arabella and questioned her with a big smile wiped across his face, "And where did you get all of these?"
"I got them from the room they keep here," she explained shortly, "We've got to leave now." Just as the group was about to leave a few others were looking at her, and they were with Dee, the security.

Dee stopped almost out of breath, "I'd like to join you to get to the Palace. Maybe we'd have a better chance at being safe there than here."

"Come along," Max motioned them and they kept running from hallway to hallway.

Luke covered his nose, "What is that terrible smell?"
"Who knows," Chris patted his back. Screams were heading their way. Arabella heard them get louder and louder. The anxiousness rose, and she couldn't help but scream "RUN!!!!" With that, all the boys started running through the cafeteria which was in the middle of the entire quarantine. She then set the bomb while Noah helped her. Setting it to just four minutes, they began sprinting back as the Runners came around the corner in a big group. The runners were coming. They had discoloration in their skin. The men were soon becoming bald, women with thin tangled hair. Blotches of puss spewed out from the face, hands. Their veins turned dark and black, eyes glowing red, but black blood was spilling from the water lines. Wounds, bruises, cuts were found on every limb, some even had deep slashes on their chest with puss coming out. Disheveled and torn clothing, these monsters were once innocent people. It almost amazed Arabella but she was shaky, and reloaded pulling the trigger multiple times. The smell was foul, and she began gagging.