Don't Look Back (Marianas Trench Fan Fiction) (zombie apocalypse)

chapter three

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Chapter 3

"SHIT, MATT GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!" I screamed as the hungry corpses piled up out of nowhere.

Matt was trapped by the store part of the gas station. The only thing separating him from his car, was the gas pumps that were placed too close to a concrete wall. I managed to squeeze behind the gas pump. Unfortunately, Matt was more muscular so he couldn't fit. He had to go around. I had to think of something fast.

I rummaged through my pocket and found a box of matches. I then took the gas pump and spilled gas all over the ground.

Matt ran around the wall and almost made it, but a corpse grabbed onto his shirt. He flailed his arm around until he got free, then he kicked it away and kept running. As soon as he jumped over the puddle of gas, I lit a match and dropped it. The place instantly went up in flames. The sky that was starting to get dark, wasn't so dark anymore. There was now a wall of fire separating us from the corpses.

Matt was already inside and starting his car before I could run. Then I noticed that the corpses were walking right through the wall of fire... Its like they couldn't feel pain.

"WHITNEY, RUN!" Matt screamed.

I snapped out of a daze and bolted for the car. Nobody has time to open doors nowadays, so hopped up and slid across the roof of the car and jumped in the window. Then Matt screeched his tires, and got the hell out of there.

"Shit, that was fucking scary." Matt said panting.

"Fucking right it was" I said, then turned to Lori "you okay there?"

"I'm fine. Just a little shaken" she said. As I playfully messed up her hair.

We were going about 120 km/h in a maximum 60 km/h zone. It was so much fun! Matt seemed like a sort of reckless driver, for his own good. I mean, if that was me in that situation, I probably would have obeyed the speed limit, as if I was on my way to church, not driving the escape car trying to get away from a pack of wild man eaters. Not to mention that the car was holding two other people that I substantially cared about (to an extent, considering me and Matt just met).

"So what's the plan now?" I asked.

"Bring the supplies back to the group. They're probably wondering how I'm still alive" he said.

"So you came here alone? That's pretty stupid." I said.

Matt paused for a moment "no. I didn't" he said. "I lost someone right before I found you guys"

"I'm so sorry Matt, I shouldn't have-"

"No its fine" Matt cut me off.

The ride back to the camp was a long one. Lori slept the whole way there, and I might have dosed off a few times. Matt didn't say much, so the ride was pretty quiet. I guess we were both a bit shaken up considering our few close calls.

"Here we are" Matt said.

The sky was pitch black, but I could still make out the words on the post. 'Beaver Pond Road' it said. Right across the way was a little pond, glistening in the moonlight.

After two minutes of travelling down a dirt road, I saw a huge open field to my left, and a few houses to my right. But as we travelled further down the road, I saw a big red gate straight ahead. After we got through the gate we still had to go up a big hill before we reached camp.

Barbed wire ran around the entire plot of land, which was huge. And there was a lot of gates placed here for extra protection. When we got to the final gate, someone opened it for us. Matt parked his car with a bunch of other cars. Most of them were torn apart. They must have used all the parts for something else.

We stepped out of the car where Matt was greeted with a bunch of other people cheering and hugging him and telling him how worried they were.

"Guys" Matt said. "Brett is gone"

The cheering stopped, and one woman burst into tears. That must have been his girlfriend.

A random guy with blondish bluish hair came over to Matt. "So you loose Brett, and you come back with this.. Dead weight?" He said pointing at me.

"Excuse me?" I said walking towards him.

"Whitney, don't" Matt said, trying to stand between me and that guy.

"I suggest you get your finger out of my face unless you want to loose it." I said.

"You actually think I'm intimidated by you?" He said, then just laughed. "I should beat the shit out of you. But I don't hit girls"

"I don't either, but you don't see me complaining" I said.

"Listen, I'm not afraid of some... Kid." He said.

"That's it" I said. Then I started swinging punches at him.

"Whitney stop!" Matt yelled

I ignored him.

I missed the first time, but I got him the second time.

"You hit like a girl" he said

"That's because I am a girl" I said "what's your excuse?"

I tripped him up, and he fell to the ground, then I got on top of him.

I pulled out my pocketknife and waved it in his face.

"Woah, Whitney." Matt said. "Let's not do anything crazy"

"I'm a nice person, so this time I'm going to let you live." I said "but now you know what I'm capable of, so if you want to consider me, or anyone else 'dead weight', you should see if they are capable of killing you or not"

I got off of him and put the knife back in my pocket. As I was walking away, Matt caught up to me.

"That was awesome" he whispered, and then secretly high-fived me.

"Thanks" I said laughing. "So where are me and my sister going to sleep?"

"I guess you guys can have Brett's spot, but there's plenty of room here"

"Cool, will you show me?" I asked.

I went over to Matt's car where Lori was still sleeping. I picked her up and followed Matt.

The camp was a very long, metal building. I think it was used for storage before all this happened, but it looks safe enough.

"Here you go" Matt said as I laid Lori down. He handed me a blanket.

"Thank you" I said

"No problem" he said "tomorrow we'll get you acquainted with everyone else. Sound good?"

"Sounds fine to me" I said.

"Well sleep tight then" Matt said as he went to get in his own spot.

I was so tired. As soon as a closed my eyes, I fell into a deep sleep