Silent Sniper

Chapter THIRTEEN

Zombies everywhere. We all gather in the middle and go back to back killing every Z that comes near us. Two Z's come at once and I kill one but the other grabs me and goes for my neck.

I push it off and and then pike it in the head with my sword.

I look around and see Doc was in trouble, so I grab my sling and aim.

Don't miss.

Don't miss!

DON'T MISS!

I yell in my head I aim and fire. After I let go I flinched. I then look over after I hear a thump and see the dead Z.

I hit it. I didn't harm Doc. I saved his life.

I smiled to myself. I look over at everybody and they are all fighting.

And at that moment when I saw us all fighting, I realized I wasn't just some random person in the group. We all rely on each other. We all watch each other's back. We are a family.

I grab my sling and shoot the first Z that my eyes land on. I shoot it and then one after the other, I shoot them down, feeling my aim getting better and better.

I smile to myself.

I see a Z at the corner of my eye going for Addy, and I quickly turn and shoot. She see's the Z fall and she looks at me and gives me a nod of thanks, and then gets back to fighting.

Once the Z's where all gone, I realized my old teacher was dead, and the old man with the fedora was also deceased.

Only man left was the burly man. And he was atop the stairs holding Murphy at gunpoint, Lucy in his arms. I wasn't having that. I aimed but Murphy shook his head and I looked at him confused. He smiled a little in reassurance.

Murphy then closed his eyes and the gun always shakily pulled away and pointed and the man's head. I barely heard Murphy whisper before the man shot himself, his blood splattering on the wall behind him.

I grimace and look away. I don't want to look at blood if it's not necessary. Especially blood from the living person I just saw.

After..........Colton died, I don't take well to seeing the blood of a human that was just living and breathing. At least he didn't suffer.

I feel a tear roll out but I wipe it off. And walk to the white van stationed in front of the garage door. I open the back and see a ton of Oxy, and I motion for them to come over. They rush over and I hop into the back thinking things over. 10k goes and opens the door and we drive out, him hopping in closing the door.

"Lets drive this to the truck. Then we leave." Warren says.

I look at the wall and start to think.

What if they never found me?

What if I never gave Colton away?

What if I got there fast enough?

What if I got to my family in time?

All the what ifs swam through my mind, mocking me.

But the thing is......If none of those things happened, I would not be strong. I wouldn't have hope of something better. I wouldn't have met this group. I would have been lonely. But I am not. And I should be grateful.

"I seriously love you guys." I say aloud and everyone smiles.....Except Murphy.

"Seriously? Another sap? Well it's just me then I guess." Murphy says looking at Lucy.

"Says the person who won't let us look at Lucy. I thought you didn't like kids?" Warren says.

He scoffs. "I never said that. I said I didn't like that baby. But she's daddy's little angel aren't you?" He says cooing down to her.