There Once Was Life

Chapter 6

I put out the fire and we start to walk again. I told them about giving the last bit of water to Sam,and they are all okay with it. But now that it's hot,we will have to find more water soon,and I mean today. Thomas is the one carrying Sam this time,Dylan is standing by me,we are all standing in a line across. "A city should be about two miles ahead",Dylan says breaking up the silence. I nod,"I think this will be L.A."I say. Me too,Thomas says.

After two miles we are walking through L.A.,hoping to find a store that hasn't been raided yet,that has water. But the city is in worst condition then the other one. This city has ruined streets,buildings have fallen,cars are on top of others. The tall buildings that still stand block the sun,which makes it look dark. We are walking around cars on the crowded streets and try to avoid stepping on anything sharp. Dylan trips over a random shopping cart and it makes a loud noise that echoes off the building walls. I help him up and we hear zombies screaming and see there shadows on the wall of a building by us. I take Sam from Thomas and then we all run,I look behind us there are seven and they seem more high tech then the others. They are faster and stronger looking,I then look in their eyes and see they have color. Only human or machine can have color,not the dead somethings wrong with this.

We have out ran the zombies,and still haven't found any water. I don't tell anyone about the zombies and the color,I decided to just wait till we are in a better condition. "I know we need to keep walking but everyone is tried so we should stop for the night",Dylan says. I am about to say no but I nod. I go to get some wood,I walk through the dirty streets to try to find some cardboard or wood,but find neither. I am walking back to the camp but see a store that might have much needed water. I look at my watch,I've only been gone for seven minutes I have time before they panic. I quickly walk to it and try to open the door but it is jammed. I curse to myself,I should have known this wouldn't be easy. The sun is starting to set,and I just kick the door open,it breaks off which I wanted it to just open,but this is good enough. I walk in and see nothing at all,but I walk to where the storage room should be,I open the door with my gun out. There is nothing in it but a whole package of water bottles,I practically die from joy when I see it. I open it and put it all in my bag,I am about to leave to go back to camp when I hear something behind me. I close my jaw as I slowly turn around,to see a zombie. It stares at me and then attacks,I bring up my knife instead of my gun. I stab it right in the chest and it falls. It falls onto it's side and looks at me as it says,they are bad,they said they were safe but turned us. His human eyes close and he stops breathing,he then slowly turns back to what a human looks like.

I arrive back at camp and Dylan stands up quickly,and asks,"where the hell have you been"? I didn't find wood but I found some water ,I say as I hand him a water. He puts it on the ground,"Sam woke up and panicked because you weren't there". I run to Sam to see him back asleep, I cry and lay my head on his chest. "I'm sorry I wasn't here",I tell him but he doesn't respond. He is still breathing,I'm just sad I couldn't talk to him when he was up. Thomas is asleep by Sam,and Dylan is taking a drink of the water I gave him. I pour some water in Sam's mouth and he swallowed hardly. I then feed him more smashed peaches,and then I fall asleep by Dylan and Sam.

We are walking out of the city,as I hold Sam in my arms. Dylan comes up and walks by me and looks like he wants to say something. "Ali,he says,when you got bit I know you saw my tears". And they were there because I was afraid you were going to die,and leave me without me telling you..he has trouble saying the next part.."I love you",Dylan finishes quickly. And I though if you died without me telling you that,then I would slowly start to fade away,he says. I look at him and blush,"I think I feel the same way",I say.

Guys! Thomas yells. We run over to him and see an unbroken truck. Dylan laughs as I try not to cry,I hug Thomas and say,"thank you"! I think we might make it to safety. Right as I say that the memory of the zombie saying,that safety lied they turned us.,makes me think. I shake my head and tell myself,it's all going to be all right. We all pile into the truck Dylan drives I sit in between them and I lay Sam on mine and Thomas's lap. Here we go,to safety.