Giving Mercy • 10 K

Chapter 3

I awoke to see that 10 k was not there embracing me anymore, instead was the rest of the group watching me.
" Doc, where did 10 k go?" I asked.
" Well, kid," Doc said lift his eyebrows as his face expression said " get some" , " he went to go find food."
" Oh, ok. Where are we going now?" I asked.
" We have been going to California for a while. We need to get Murphy there." Doc explained.
" Oh, I see." I said.
" Why do they call you ' The Shy Bandit'?" Doc asked.
" I'm shy when you first meet me and Bandit is my real name." I answered.
" Really?," Doc was surprised, " Who named you Bandit?"
" My mom robbed a pharmacy right before I was born, she was arrested as soon as she recovered from giving birth to me." I told the group. All of the sudden we heard a scream. A mans scream.
I jumped up and darted out of the room with my pistol in hand. 10 k had a herd of Z's swarming him. He had screamed for help. That is what I heard. I rushed over there and stared shooting. One. Two. Three. Four. I lost count of how many I killed. All I cared about was 10 k. Was he bitten. No of course not he would never get bitten, he's still fighting so he's not bit.
" Run!" I hollered," Run!"
10 k and I took off. He was the only one who heard me say 'run', because none of the others ran.
" Let's go back and look for them!" 10 k yelled at me, angry that we ran.
" I'm sorry we ran, I... I... I just didn't want you to get hurt. " I confessed.
" Oh," 10 k said turning red, " let's go back and see if their ok."
" Alright. Let's go." I motioned for us to go and he lead the way.
When we got back to the old motel. We did not see anyone around.
" Maybe they are in the rooms?" I said.
" Maybe." He answered.
A herd of Z's started to come this way and we could Murphy and Warren walking long with them.
" Warren!" 10 k called out.
" 10 k..." I said, " I don't think that's Warren. " they started coming closer and we could see Addie. Murphy. Warren. All walk as the dead. I gasped and put my right hand over my mouth and my left one over 10 k right hand.
We ran to get out away from the Z's and ended up at a river.
" 10 k I'm so sorry." I said with tears rolling down my face. He fell to his knees and started bawling.
" Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuck!" He started screaming," Why? Why? Whyyy?!" I sat down beside him and he collapsed into my lap and just started to cry even harder. Shaking and screaming into my lap I help him close and regretted tell him to run. I started crying for how much pain he was in. There just holding him tight as he cried and screamed.