Chapter 33

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Thankfully we found clothes in one of the first rooms we checked; I put them on but I still felt naked and exposed. I could still feel the creep's hands on me; I didn't like killing him, but it did give me an odd feeling of satisfaction.

Jordan waited outside for me to get dressed, going back out we actually looked at our surroundings for the first time. As far as I could tell, since I didn't have my glasses, we were in a plain white hallway dotted with different doors but all of them just had rooms like where Jordan and I were kept, but all of them were empty.

"We're underground so we have to find a way up" Jordan said as he used a pair of socks to bandage his wrists. We froze as the building shook slightly "Earthquake?" I asked. "Even more reason to leave" Jordan said, picking one of the sides at random and jogging down it.

We eventually found a staircase and made our way upward, as we climbed up it became very clear that there was a fight going on; gunfire and shouting rang out all over but it was impossible to know what was going on since the hallways would echo.

As we climbing the stairs , one of the walls suddenly exploded and the shockwave threw Jordan and I in completely opposite directions. I laid on the floor for a second, trying to catch my breath as the wind got knocked out of me; as I slowly got to my feet I tried to look out the hole in the wall. Obviously I couldn't see anything, all I could make out were large shapes, flashes of light and a lot of noise, as I finally stood up I winced; my body was already hurting from my fight with the rapist and this didn't help at all.

"Jordan, are you ok?" I said but no response came. I started moving back, thinking Jordan was hurt, but I heard that too-familiar voice behind me of the guy who killed my dogs; I turned around and followed the voice, gripping the knife I had.

Chandler's POV

The scene was pure chaos; the tanks were shooting up the building, making rubble and dust fly everywhere as the Phoenixes shot from above. It might as well have been a calm day for all I noticed; my only thought was trying to find Cole.

I broke off from everyone else at the first opportunity and was going through the maze of hallways on my own, my rifle held up and ready to fire at a moment's notice. I nearly shot Jordan as I turned a corner and saw him lying at the base of some stairs with his back to the wall; blood was running down his face from a gash he had on his forehead and his hands were covered in blood also from wounds on his wrists, for some reason he was also covered in dust. "Chandler?" he asked. "Where's Cole?" I said instead. "I don't know, there was a blast and the force knocked me down here; I couldn't get up and follow follow him, I think I busted my leg pretty bad as I fell down the stairs. You have to find him, Chandler" Jordan said "You know how he is and he's already been through a lot...Don't worry about me"

I nodded as I stepped over Jordan before handing him the rifle to defend himself. I went up the stairs and two floors above where Jordan lay, there was a hole in the wall that he mentioned; kneeling down I saw that their was a gap in the dust on the floor as if someone was lying down was the dust was settling; about two feet away a very faded footprint was in the dust.

I jogged down the empty halls, starting to get worried that there wasn't anyone inside any of the rooms I passed; they had to be somewhere though since the tanks and Phoenixes could still be heard fighting. I was scared that I would turn a corner and suddenly run into all of them.

I paused as I went up another flight of stairs and saw a guy with his throat sliced open and multiple stab wounds in his chest, beneath his body was a small handgun and two bullet casings where he tried to shoot his attacker; the wounds were caused by a knife since the cuts were so shallow. Did Cole do this? I would never have thought he was able to. I checked the gun but it didn't have anymore bullets inside.

I nudged the body with my shoe but it didn't move; I took out my own knife and stabbed it into his head, not wanting to meet a walker anytime soon. The attacker though was still alive, drops of blood lead away from the body further into the hall.

I followed the blood to what looked like a storage room or something where the knife was on the floor; weapons were scattered around and I saw Jordan's spear leaning against the wall so Cole's sword must have been around here also, but I didn't see it. At the far end of the room there was an open door and I followed it out, carrying Jordan's spear in one hand.

Near the end of hall there was another open door, I jogged to it and inside was two guys fighting Cole. One of them had a tire iron and the other had a baseball bat; Cole didn't have his glasses on but the sheer reach of his blade was enough to make the other two guys cautious. None of them saw me since they were focused intently on each other; Cole had a strange yet somehow adorable squint going on, trying to compensate his lack of glasses.

Cole was completely covered in cuts from head to toe, it looked like someone tried to put him through a shredder or wood chipper or a horrific knife fight; the clothes he wore was too big for him and they definitely weren't his. Two blood stains were soaked into his pants leg from where he got shot by the guy he killed; how Cole was standing was beyond me.

As I raised Jordan's spear to try to end the fight before it began; one of the guys rushed at Cole holding his tire iron above his head as if it was an axe or something and his friend followed him in. Cole was actually able to hold his own more or less, I was actually impressed. I rushed forward into the fight with the spear but it didn't even matter.

Cole thrusted forward his sword which caught one of the guys in the stomach and with a yank he swung his sword out from the guy's stomach into the leg of the other guy and both of them collapsed. Cole took his sword and stabbed both of them through the head unceremoniously and with absolutely no hesitation, it was over in seconds.

Cole leaned against a wall, resting his injured leg. I took a step forward which Cole and heard and I ducked as steel was suddenly flying past my head as Cole swung his sword at me. "Are you next? I've killed four people today, let's make it five" He said as he swung his sword again, I lifted the shaft of Jordan's spear and blocked his blade. "Cole, it's me" I said quickly before he could swing again.

"Chandler?" he asked as he let his sword fall. "Cole, my little cinnamon roll, what happened to you?" I asked softly as I stepped forward and hugged him. Cole didn't say anything; he just collapsed into my arms breaking down into sobs "I've killed four people today Chandler and he got away, it was useless" Cole sobbed into my shoulder. I draped his arm over my shoulder to help support his weight and keep him off of his bad leg "Let's just go home" I said as I half carried, half supported Cole as we walked out of the room.

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