When Death Starts To Crawl

(Chapter Three)

We loaded all out stuff onto the Ute and drove down to the tent. It was set up on flat ground a few meters from the river.

"This is going to be so fun" I squealed leaping off of the back of the Ute.

The others agreed. It was getting dark, but the warmth of the day didn't leave. Shay, Milly and i were wearing our denim shorts, Trixie was wearing a tight dress with long sleeves and a gold pattern.

"Oh, i brought my Bluetooth speaker!" I exclaimed.

I hopped back on the tray of the Ute again and connected my iPod's Bluetooth to the speaker. I blasted R&B from the speaker. We all danced like nobody was watching, even though Danny was, but we didn't care. He seemed to be enjoying it too. Tinashe, Iggy Azalea, Kid Ink, Vanic, were all blasting fro the speaker. It was the most fun we had all had in ages. The only downside was that our friend Anne couldn't come, she was sick.

It was pitch black we had torches on the Ute too. we were all getting tired.

"Oh god, I'm exhausted" Shay sighed.

We all got off of the tray and walked to the tent. Trixie was on the mattress next to me, then on the right of her was Shay then Milly. Milly pulled out caramel popcorn, Trixie had fairy floss soft drink and Shay and I brought grape Fanta. We poured the drinks and sat in a circle on Shay and Milly's side of the tent.

"You know how we have always talked about where we would go in a zombie apocalypse, well do u think we need to fully plan it now that there are Undead?" Milly asked    worriedly.

We all considered this for a moment, then Trixie spoke calmly.

"Well, our maths teacher did say that the Undead were being dealt with, but you never know. The who Undead thing could be false. God i hope it's false, cause we are not very prepared."

The plan was to meet at Anne's house if there was ever an apocalypse. She lives in a big valley, about 2 kilometers down a winding dirt road. Anne was the friend that couldn't come. She had short brown hair and she loved Fall Out Boy. We thought her large hilly property would be perfect to hide from zombies. With over 5 working cars, solar power, and a hard to find house. It would be the perfect place to hide out. 

"Well i still think we should consider it, because my dad wouldn't lie about the Undead, he takes his work very seriously" i explained. We sipped on our soft drink and ate the popcorn.

Danny left the tent at 11 for bed. We stayed up late. Milly and shay fell asleep after reading on Wattpad, so Trixie and i lay next to each other talking. We could here the babble of the creek as if we were lying on top of it. once we stopped talking i began to drift into sleep, cozy in my sleeping bag.  Trixie and i went to sleep around 1:30am. My dreams were dark and  vivid ......

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I jolted awake to a distant scream. Then bangs and crashes. I crawled out of my sleeping bag and unzipped the tent. The screams were coming from Milly's house! I looked at my sleeping friends.

"How can they not here this?" i whispered to myself.

I shook Milly awake. She groaned still half asleep.

"Milly! listen!" i shouted at her. Another scream drifted from the house and Milly sat up listening.

"Mum... oh god........ MUM!" She panicked. Trixie and Shay awoke.

"Whats going on?" They both grumbled sleepily.

"Something is happening at the house, come on!" Milly told them. We rushed out of the tent. i grabbed my dad's pistol and hid it in my lavender colored pajama shirt. We jumped on the back of the Ute while Milly started it up.

We held on tight as we could, because Milly floored the Ute. We sped up the hill. I was struggling to hang on with one hand on the gun and the other onto the bar on the back of the cabin. We skidded through the gate and into the house area. But the screams had stopped. I hopped off the Ute and so did the others.

"Trixie and Shay, get in the back of the Four-wheel-drive, and wait for Lauren and myself to come back. If anything happens Lauren and I will get in the front and we will drive to Anne's. Okay?" Milly explained.

We crept up to the front door. I took out the gun and poised it out in front of me. We opened the front door into the kitchen.

"Whoa" i mumbled, the kitchen was trashed.

Pots, pans and cutlery were everywhere. The fridge door was wide open and milk was spilt all over the floor. Food was scattered all over the place. it looked like a food fight gone wrong.

"You go through the lounge i will check the bathroom." Milly ordered.

I edged into the lounge room. There was drops of blood all over the carpet and the T.V screen was smashed. This could be the work of and intruder/robbery or Undead, it was impossible to tell.
Milly screeched from the bathroom. I dashed into see what was wrong.

She was on the floor, Danny cradled in her arms, his orange hair was matted and his clothes were soaked in blood, but he was still alive.

"Danny, oh my god. What happened?" I knelt down beside them.

His mouth twitched, then he croaked "It... was the.... Undead. There were three of 'em. They came and took mum, i tried to stop them but they bashed me up. I don't know why i wasn't eaten, but they stabbed me...." he pointed to a wound on his stomach where the blood was oozing out.

"Come on, we need to get outta here" I said.

We carried Danny out, he groaned in pain. We helped him in the back of the green Toyota Four-wheel-drive. Milly told me i should drive. So Trixie came i the front with me, Shay, Danny, And Milly were in the back.

"Shit, what about our stuff?" Shay asked.

I thought for a moment, the said

"I will drive us down to the tent. We will load everything including the tent into the boot of this car, then some food from the house, first aid kit, and any weapons we have, then we will get to Anne's somehow without being caught by police" ......

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