Silent Sniper

Chapter EIGHT

I feel someone shake my shoulder and I open my eyes. It's 10k. I stand up and he motions me to follow him. We hop out of the truck passing Warren who was stand in by the truck looking around. I smile slightly and follow 10k. We get to the woods and we walk over shrubbery until we get to a river side. He sits and I sit beside him.

"I forgive you. But forgetting won't be easy." He states.

I smile brightly. "Thanks 10k." I hug him and he hugs me back. We hear zombie snarls and stand up to get out of there. We start to jog, but I tap him.

"Your it!" I yell. I go to run faster but he grabs my arm.

"I'm what?" He asks confused.

My jaw drops. "You've never played tag?" I said surprised?

He shakes his head.

"Ok, let's say you tap me. After you tap me you run away so I don't get you. When I tap you you do the same thing." I explain. He nods.

"Ok, now do you want to be the tagger, or run away?" I ask him.

He ponders. "I will be tagger." He tells me. I nod.

I start to run and then I feel something tackle me.

"Umftp!" Is the sound I make when I hit the ground.

"Your it." He says smugly. "10k I can't breath." I huff out. H chuckles and gets off me.

"Your no fun. Your horrible at tag." He helps me up and when he least expects it I jump on his back. He stumbles but catches himself and grabs onto my legs.

"Let's go back before everyone wakes up." He says. I rest my chin on his shoulder and play with his hair. I then thought of an evil plan. I put my finger in my mouth and slobber it. I pull it out and then stick it in his ear.

He jerks his head and groans. "Why would you do that?" He says. I grin. "That's what you get for tagging me. Wet willies are always the best revenge." We keep walking until we reach the truck. I jump down and run for Colton my baby boy. I take him from Docs arms and hold him to me. I jump into the car and sit down with my knees up on the seat. I put him on my thighs and start talking.

"Well hello my handsome boy, how do ya do." I say in my soft voice. I play with his fingers and then then everybody else gets in the car and I hear 10k hit the trucks roof. We go on the road and I just rock Colton back and forth until he falls asleep I lay him across my chest and lay back on the seat softly caressing his back. I start to hum Little black rain cloud from Winnie the Pooh. I close my eyes and dream away.

I awake to Colton fussing, and I go to grab my backpack but, it isn't there. What the-

I hear gunshots and screaming. I carefully put Colton in my shirt and rest his head on my breast popping a pacifier in his mouth. He claims down and falls back asleep. I grab my sword and get out of the car and gently shut the door. I get down a crouch, holding onto Colton to make sure he doesn't fall out. I stand up and push Colton up a little and continue walking down the road. I finally see that it's the group. Why did they leave? And without me?
10k POV

We needed to lead the people tracking us away. Is we all got out and left Ash in the car. We saw them lurking in the shadows and we didn't want them taking Murphy or Ash. She needed to stay alive for the baby. So we left. We locked the doors and made sure she was laying on the seats. As I was going left, I hear a few guns cock, and I raise my hands up. He pushes me.

"Keep moving chicken legs." He says.

I stay silent knowing that if I do talk it will result in something bad.

He brings us to the street and I see everybody is there. Except for Ash. He pushes me down to the ground on my knees.

"Where is my little boy." He says. The man had a large black beard and a scar across his face, leaving his right eye blind.

"What little boy?" Warren asks.

"My little Darren. Baby. 5 months old. Blue eyes. Brown hair. Remember that? I saw a little brunette with him. My wife was at the store. Said she would be back in an hour. Came back and my wife was dead, my baby boy missing."

Colton. He was talking about Colton.

Then, all of the sudden ash comes out of the bushes.

"Sir. I would like to explain. I went to the store, your wife had turned and I gave her mercy. She died of starvation . No wounds and no blood. She was trying to get Co-Darren. I saved him and I took him in as my own. He is right here. Let my people go and you can have your son back." She states with a shaky voice.

The man looks around. "What are you waiting around for! Do it now!" He says. The men scramble away and Ash walks to the man. She reaches for, Darren, apparently, and she rests the baby in the man's arms.

"You...You took care of my baby boy. I'm sorry. Thank you."

A few tears fall down her face. "Can-Can I say goodbye?" She says on the bridge of tears. He hands Darren to her. She looks down to him and starts to cry she hugs him close and gives him a kiss on the forehead. She hands him back and then turns around to walk away.

"Ash!" I yell running up. I turn her around and hug her. She starts full on sobbing and soon they where gone. She falls to her knees and when I go to bring her up she pushes me away and I let her. (I am seriously crying right now. 😢🙏😥😭.)

Ash's POV
I sit there sobbing, wanting Colton in my arms. I see the car drive away and I sniffle a bit. I stop crying, stand up and then walk to the car. No matter who the father, or mother. I took care of him close to 3 months of his life. He was my baby. My salvation. The light in my life. I approach Warren.

"Warren......My baby! My baby is gone.....He's gone." I just hug her and she hugs me rubbing my back.

I pull away and scream at the sky.

"What did I do?! My best friend, my family, they are gone.
I know that. I was over it. But then you take my baby. MY BABY? TAKE MY LIFE AND MY DIGNITY AND EVERYTHING, BUT MY BABY WAS OFF LIMITS! THE ONLY LIGHT IN MY LIFE! WHAT DO I DO NOW? HUH? What do I do now?" I say I sink to my knees. I sit there stoic.

I stand up and walk to the car. Once I am in the bed, I draw my sling and look around in the dark looking for a Z. I spot one and then shoot. Every z that I see I kill. Warren starts driving, but I keep shooting. All I know is that once we get to California, I have a plan. A plan that will help me.

I look around and shoot down yet another z.