Age of the Dead

Are we safe yet?

Luke stands from the chair.

"I thought we would have more time." Luke says obliviously.

"We all did." I respond. Brandon walks back into the room. I walk over and push his shoulder back.

"What the heck is your problem? You were Eliots best friend and you decide to just literally walk put of his life at the last second?" I say almost yelling. They were best friends before this all started. Brandons face softens for the first time since he killed his grandparents. Since he killed his grandparents. That is what made him like this.

"I didn't wanna see it. He was the last thing I had left." Brandon says looking at the floor.

 "What about your parents? We'll find them." I say hopefully

"No." He says.

"What?"

"NO, My parents left me! Eliot and my grandparents were all I had left! Its not my fault I didn't wanna see the all die!" He says. I feel bad, again. I made him dig up possibly one of the worst parts of his life.

"I'm sorry." I say.

"Whatever." Brandon says walking past me to the waiting chairs in the front of the salon. I look over to luke hoping for at least a little reassurance. He walks over and laces his fingers with mine. I pull away. I don't want to hurt him too, like I did with Brandon and Eliot. Brandon walks to the back room and the second I can't see him anymore I hear a scream. It is much too high to be Brandons. I look over to Luke, he looks worried. I pull my knife out of my waistband. I walk over to the back room, slowly, if there is someone back there I don't want them to see me before I see them. I turn my head around the edge of the door frame. I hear a girl begging, then I see her. She has wavy blonde hair that goes to her shoulders. She is not alone. There is a guy about 17, only a year older than me, looks the same age as Luke. He sits on the ground. He looks a lot more comfortable than the girl. She is struggling to be released from Brandon's grip. He has her in a choke lock with his knife pressed to her neck. The guy has dark brown curly hair that almost covers his right eye. I have to admit he is quite attractive.

"Help me! Please Im begging you!" The girl pleads. She is almost crying. Jeez get a grip. I think. The guy is sitting silently against the wall.

"You wouldn't kill her." He says.

"If you even flinch I will slit her throat." Brandon says back, He would never have said that yesterday. God, what is his problem. The are locking eyes, like tigers about to fight. I need to say something to break the tension. 

"Uh, Who are you guys?" I ask looking at the girl. She will do anything that might save her another second of life.

"I'm Lea and he's jake." she says pointing to the guy on the floor. "We are siblings. We are the ones who put the zombies in the Walmart. We came here to find some food. We haven't eaten since the beginning of this. We hid when we heard you come in." Lea says. "Where are your parents?" I ask. "My mom got the fever and dad ran when things began to get bad." I almost feel sympathy for this girl I have never even seen before.

"You can join us." Luke says. Lea's face lights up like a child getting a lollipop. "What?" Brandon asks letting go of the girl. She rubs her neck a bit then runs over to Luke pulling him into a hug. He looks confused at first then he whispers

"All life is precious-" He lets go of Lea. "-Just because it is the end of the world, that does not make it okay to kill." Luke says finally acting like a leader.

"Where are you guys headed?" I ask.

"No where special. Just headed where the dead ones aren't. What about where you guys going?" Jake asks as he gets up off the ground.

"Were just trying to find our families, It isn't going very well so far." I say I turn and walk out of the room we were in, back into the main room. Lea flinches when she sees Eliot's body.

"You know that guy?" Jake asks looking at me. I nod.

"Sorry."