When Death Starts To Crawl

(Chapter Five)

When we pulled into Anne's, she was already waiting for us from the gate. Trixie and I got out of the front of the Toyota. Milly and Shay carried Danny out of the back.

"Oh my god what happened?" she coughed.

"we will explain once we get my little brother bandaged up" Milly said solemnly.

We walked onto the veranda, and Anne's opened the door for us. Danny was awake now, but he let out whimpers as we set him down on the couch.
Milly bandaged him up.  He was crying now, I couldn't help shedding tears, he looked so tiny and helpless. 

"So what happened, was it the Undead?" Anne questions.

"Well we were camping out, when i woke up around 6 am to screams coming from the house. I woke everyone up. We drove the Ute up to the house. It was trashed, Milly's parents were gone , then in the bathroom we found Danny" i couldn't hold in my emotions any longer. i burst into tears.

All the stress and the shock of the situation caused me to break. Seeing Danny all weak and injured, crying on the couch in his sisters arms made me upset.  Trixie wrapped her arms around me, it helped.

"Well i am feeling a lot better than i did yesterday when i said i couldn't come camping. " Anne explained. I thought for a moment, wiping away my tears. I remembered something.

"Lucas. oh god i need to call Lucas" I realized out loud. "Go outside where there's reception" Anne suggested.

I grabbed my phone from the car and dialed Lucas's number. It rang three times before he answered.

I almost cried again hearing his voice, it felt like forever since i had heard it last.

"Hello?" he said "Hi Lucas, it's Lauren" My voice came out in a quiet wine.

"Whats wrong? is everything okay?" I started crying again. I explained everything that had happened from the note i found on my door, to now.

"I am coming to Anne's, i will be there in about ten minutes" He promised

I went back inside. "Lucas is coming here soon. How is Danny?" i asked.

Trixie and Shay were asleep, but Milly wasn't. I couldn't blame her, i wouldn't be asleep with my little brother fatally injured in my arms.  Anne blew her nose, still a little ill.

"I gave Danny painkillers and some pills to help him sleep through the rest of the pain" She answered." She answered. I went into the bathroom and got changed from my dirty pajamas, into leggings and a red tank top. I went out into the lounge.

"I'll keep watch" I said. I held my dads pistol ready for anything that would break through the door

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