There Once Was Life

Chapter 4

I arrive at the curtain that leads to the back. I open it and right as I do I feel something bite me. I scream as a zombie tackles me and it trys to bite me once again. I can't reach my pistol and I look up at Thomas as he just stands there in shock. I scream his name but he doesn't respond with any movement,I try to tell him to look behind him but he doesn't. A zombie tackles him,and he finally comes back to the present and fights back. He takes his knife and stabs it in the head,and pushes it off of him. I scream for him again as my zombie is about to bite my neck. Thomas tackles the zombie and stabs it in the head like the other. I get up and wrap my arm in a shirt by me. Thomas turns to me and kneels by me,I'm so sorry I was in shock,he says. I lock my teeth trying not to scream as I pour cleaning gel on the cut. I nod as I do and end up passing out by seeing puss come out.

I wake up in a bed,a real bed. I look around and see Sam asleep on the ground his face looks like he has been crying. Thomas is sleeping by the door,and Dylan is laying his head on the edge of my bed. I look at my arm and see it is healing,I move it a little,it hurts but it works. I feel weight being lifted off the bed,and look up. Dylan also has dried tears on his face,your alive,he says. I try to speak but my throat is to dry. He hands me a bottle of water from the side of the bed. I drink it slowly,and then ask in a hoarse voice,where are we? When Thomas came out with you in his arms I nearly killed him in tell I saw the bite,so we toke you to this old hotel. It's right across the store,and I saw the two guns that you found and I toke one. That's okay,I say,how is Sam? He thought you were going to die,I tried to calm him down but the only way he would calm down is if you woke up or he fell asleep. You were the one good with kids,and to be honest, I was afraid I was going to lose you,he says and looks away.

I have to stay in bed for a day,which puts us a day back on our trip. Sam hasn't woken up yet and Thomas has but fell back asleep after he asked if I was okay. Dylan has cooked me a healthy dinner,and made me eat it. After I finish I look out the window that is right by my bed. The whole city is in ruins some buildings are on fire in the distance,everything looks so lonely. Dylan has gone to bed on a sleeping bag, I am about to go back to sleep when I hear Sam running to me. I turn to him as he climbs on my bed,he hugs me till it hurts. He pulls away and says,I was afraid I was going to lose my only family left. He starts to cry as I do and I hug him. No I will try not to leave you as much as I can help it,I say. Me too,he says. I laugh I will never let anything happen to you.

We are all asleep when we hear a baby cry. Everyone gets up right as the sound comes. I get up and run to the door,but Thomas holds me back. You don't know if that is a real baby,he says. I push him out of the way and open the door. Dylan runs after me as Thomas stays with Sam. I walk into a open room and see a baby on the ground crying,I go to pick it up. Right as I do the sound of guns are in the hallway,and then baby goes still. It's fake I tell myself. I run out of the hall to our room with Dylan and close the door. Sick bastards,I say. They used a fake baby,Dylan says. Who did? Thomas asks. I think they're raiders,I answer. Shit,Thomas says. We need to get out of here,Dylan says. Just as he says that there is banging on the door, they're trying to break in! Sam says. I walk to him and kneel in front of him,I put my hands on his cheeks and say,we will get out of here. He nods and we all start to pack up our stuff. We are on the second level,so we could tie the sheets together and climb down,Thomas says. We all agree and start to tie sheets together. Once we are down we attach the sheets to the bed and start to climb down.

Once we are all on the ground Dylan picks Sam and we all start to run out of city. The raiders come running out of the hotel and start to shoot at us. But we are already to far from them. We have been running for about an hour without stopping,obviously we are all in really good shape for running that long. Besides me,I have been running to much and the pain in my arm doesn't help. I stop and soon everyone has fallen to the ground,and are begging for air. I can't breathe! My brother complains. We all laugh breathlessly,Dylan carried you the whole way! I say as I laugh. It's just all the adrenaline! He says. How do you even know what that means? Thomas asks. I dont,be I guess I used it right,Sam says.