the last ones: Paige

chapter 5

the sky turned milky as the much darker colors started to clash in the sky,the last rays of day light shined on the edges of the white clouds that hung all over the sky,a few big Austrian Pines and some Amur Corktree trees blocked our view of the rest of the sky. Leslie still held on to my hand,her small body trembling,"are you ok sis?" i asked softly as my glare went from the sky,to our hands and to Leslie's face,she seemed even more pale outside then she does inside,odd i thought,she gave a quick nod and looked away. I followed her eyes to the blocked sky over us,"i'm just..thinking of grandad is all." her voice cracked a bit as she spoke,Grandad was the last person to visit us during the early days of the zombie apocalypse,where worry was just starting to rise after the military called national alert for the quick growth of zombies everywhere,and how uncontainable they became,his voice popped into my head,"remember,strength has many forms,one stronger than the last,keep ahold of all of it,or else you might need it for later on in life." and how right could he have ever been,i need to be strong for Leslie,for ma. My thoughts shatter when i hear groans not to far from us,i let go of Leslie's hand and stand in front of her,i took off my backpack and grabbed a small pistol from it,i aim near the trees. A pair of glowing eyes suddenly glowed against the darkened background behind them,my heart pounded as more eyes seemed to fade into my vision all around me,"they're everywhere!" Leslie said as she hugged my waist tightly,"don't act silly sis." i spoke as i quickly digged into the backpack once more,"keep a eye on them while i get you a weapon." i didn't hear a reply and after a short while i got out a small blade,"here." i said as i quickly looked up,many different mangled bodies were in view,some of their body parts twisted in a irregular manner,blood poured either out of their mouths or their big wounds. I gave Leslie the blade,"hit them in the head two times,if not than hit them in the chest three or two times." i said as i loaded up my gun and shoot one in the head,the power of the gun made me wobble softly,after two shots it fell over with a heavy thud,i looked over my shoulder to see Leslie knocking them down easily and hitting them in the head two times,the blade was now dirty with blood,"careful!" i shouted as i turned around and shot a zombie that was about to  pounce on her. I gulp as i look back at Leslie,"don't touch the blood." i warned with a hiss,she looked up at me and nodded,she got up and pounced at something behind me,i turned around to see her on top of a zombie,but it's hands were gripping Leslie's wrist tightly,i aimed my gun and tried to shoot him,a small click sound was heard. I groan and quickly grab the blade that fell out of Leslie's hand,behind me i heard a scream of pain,fear and worry shot up my spine in a cold mixture,i look over and saw the zombie bite deeply into her lower arm,i growl and got up,"HEY!" i yelled,right when it's dead eyes targeted me i dug the blade into it's head,ripped it out and repeated. Leslie fell on the ground by the zombie on her side,gripping her right arm,tears burned my eyes as they quickly went down my cheeks. I quickly ran over to her and sat down by her,bringing my backpack with me,"please..Leslie..don't tell me...i-it didn't.." LEslie looked at me with red,watery eyes,she nodded her head and her body rocked softly,she unwrapped her hand and showed me her bitten arm as she sat up,i stared at the bleeding wound as i quickly dug into the backpack once more for a roll of gauze,needle,stitching thread,and tape. I quickly threaded the stitching thread through the needle,broke the remaining thread that was still attached to the roll,"ok Leslie,don't look,don't think,only focus on your breathing." i took out a cold water bottle and a rag to wash the wound, i kept my ears ready just incase she screamed,i put the needle down and hold the rag in my other hand,i dabbed the wound dry and waited,Leslie looked at me and smiled,her skin had not changed,her eyes were still their natural color,this was odd since victims would quickly turn within moments after being bit,"Leslie..? Do you feel ok?." i asked softly as i used my hand to move her head the other way,"y-yeah..just a bit worried is all." i sigh softly as i start to get to work,careful as to try my best to not hurt her,after 10 minutes i was done,i cleaned the area again and then put the remains of the supplies back into the backpack,Leslie did groan every now and then but was quiet for the whole time. After we were done i helped Leslie up and held her as we walked,the backpack on my back and the sun finally was gone from the sky,stars and dark blankets covered the sky in a sleepy lullaby,as we walked i hoped we could rest soon enough.