The Fallen

Chapter Two

"What's that? Up there?" Charlotte pointed up the road towards a couple figures. It was hard to make out exactly what they were through the darkness.

-Victoria's P.O.V

My eyes had a hard time adjusting to the area. My head was pounding and felt like my mind was going to burst from the pressure. I felt a pain in my leg and reached down to touch it. A stream of blood ran down my leg. I switched my sight over to Charlotte, her head was bleeding badly from what I could tell. Her blonde hair was coveted in dark red. She seemed to be doing fine for her injuries. We sat in silence watching the figures move closer and closer to us. I could make out 2 stumbling people.

"Charlotte, those people don't walk right. Look, they look like they are stumbling."

"Well maybe they need some help as well, let's go talk to them".

We both helped each other to our feet and started walking towards the 2 people. The more we advanced towards them, the more I could see their faces. One of them didn't look human, his face was pale and grey. His clothes were torn and splattered with blood. The other one looked about the same, but she looked like she had flesh ripped from her body. We were about 20 feet away from them when Charlotte spoke...

"Hey! Can you help us. We got into a pretty bad car accident. My sister and I need medical attention. Do you two live nearby?"

No response from either of them, the closer they came to us I could hear them moan. One of them tackled Charlotte to the pavement. She screamed for help despretley. I looked around finding nothing for a weapon. I picked up a large stick from a nearby street and smacked the man off of her. By then, the female one came and jumped on me. I fell to the ground with her on top of me. Her jaws snapped towards my neck. Dark blood from her mouth ran down my neck, I held her back with all my strength. My arms were beginning to shake and I knew they were going to collapse soon. I looked over at Charlotte and saw that she was in the same situation I was again. We both struggled to keep them off.
"BANG"
The sound of 2 gunshots rang my ears and the weight on my arms was removed. Her limp body fell on mine and I pushed her off. I layer there for a moment trying to process what just happened. The sound of footsteps came closer. A hand was in front of me helping me to my feet. I looked at the man. He was much, much taller than me. His hazel eyes sparkled in the moonlight and his brown hair complimented his dark features. My eyes drifted towards his muscles. They bulged out of his shirt and he carried 2 guns in holsters at his hip. He was wearing a police uniform. I looked over at Charlotte and another man was helping her off the ground. He had dark brown hair, blue eyes and he was tall and muscular. The man standing next to me spoke first.

"Im officer Ferris and this here is officer Woods" Pointing to the other man.

Officer Woods walked forward towards us, "But I suppose you can call us by our first names, stating the situation were all in. My name is Christian."

"And my name is Jackson. Our police car is up the road a bit, we should probably get to it before more of the roamers come, we can talk more once were there".

"By the way, my name is Victoria, and my sisters name is Charlotte, thank you saving us." My voice was quiet when I talked.

Charlotte spoke immediately after me, "First of all, what's going on?! My sister and I were driving along and some dumb ass in the middle of the road made us swerve and I rolled my car!"

"Look, we can talk about it once were safe in the car. We will explain everything to you. We just need to go" Christian explained to her while grabbing her hand and running towards the car.

I tried to walk, but the injury in my leg made it difficult. I stumbled towards the car. Each step shot a pain up my whole body.

"You need some help?"

Before I could awnser, Jackson picked me up and carried me. That somehow made the pain in my leg much for tolerable. I laid my head on his chest. He made me feel comfortable in his arms. Once we arrived to the police car. He placed me in the back seat and buckled me in. Charlotte sat next to me and Jackson took the drivers seat, while Christian was in the passenger seat.

"Now can you tell us what is going on?" Charlotte desperately wanted awnsers.

Jackson put the key in the ignition and we were off within seconds.

Christian was the first to awnser Charlotte's question.

"Well, it all started a few months ago. We received many reports about people getting attacked. These incidents were spread out so we didn't think much of it. Until they most recent one. Jackson and I were on duty and we're called to an emergency. A child was eating his own mother. He tore the flesh from her body. Of course we had to shoot the child, which was very difficult. But then the next day, the station received 2 other calls. Close to the same situation as the previous day. Thats when we started to worry. We weren't suppose to tell the the citizens. But recently there has been roamers around town and across the nation. They eat humans, almost like cannibals".

We all went silent. No one talked until we got to a small town. The car slowed to a stop. By this time, the sun was rising.

Jackson broke the silence, "We need to get some gas".
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