Outbreak! Virus 'Z'

Chapter 6: How I saw it

Samurai's P.O.V.

When Gaby left to distract the raised I was so worried. She left the park with them hot in her tail. Larry and Malisson had to hold me back from chasing her. After a while of frantically trying to go after her we heard a series of gunshots. They let go of me and we all ran towards where we heard the gunshots. We made it I the school parking lot to see Brandon holding a gun to Gaby unconscious head. Bobo was pleading and tugging on his arm. Cathy and Jennifer were off to the side not wanting to interfere. There were dead raised all around them. "We have to destroy to brain of an infected." I heard Brandon state firmly. For some reason that pissed me off. I ran up to Gaby's unconscious form and hugged her close to my body. Brandon was surprised to see me. Along with every one else. Larry and Mal ran up to Brandon to help Bobo keep him from doing something regretful. I held Gaby close to me while I glared at Brandon. Her chest slowly rose and fell.

Brandon finally put down his weapon, defeat was written all over his face. I sighed and hugged Gaby tighter. She didn't react. What did he mean when he said to destroy the brain of an infected. Wait a minute! My eyes widen as I look over Gaby. I couldn't tell if there was a bite or not. There was blood all over here. On her hands, feet, legs, arms, face, and neck. It was impossible to tell. I began to use my shirt to wipe away the blood. I started with her face and neck. It was clear. I then grabbed her hands and felt around to see if there was a wound. Her knuckles were torn but that was it. Nothing on her arms. Her legs seemed fine and her shoes were protecting her feet. She was clear. I let out a sigh and began to weakly laugh as I held Gaby close to my body. Still no reaction. "Come on, let's take her back to base." Brandon spoke up. I nodded as Larry helped me carry her to the house Brandon led us to. It felt like we were going to Gaby's house but we stopped at a different house along the way. It must be Bobo's house.

Bobo put down a blanket on the floor and we laid Gaby down on it. She kept on mumbling incoherently. She would say our names then her dog's name. Speaking of which I think it's still at her house. "Okay, now that we're all safe what the hell happened out there?!" Brandon yelled at us. Larry explained while I just kept watching over Gaby. After the explanation of our situation everyone gathered around Gaby. We had cleaned up all the blood. Cathy looked at her hands and stared at the wounds. "That looks like it hurts." She commented. "No sh*t Sherlock." Brandon replied coldly. "Dig deeper Watson!" Bobo replied but I didn't care. Gaby began to toss and turn. "Hey, I think she's waking up!" I exclaimed. "Nope, your just hallucinating." Cathy sighed. I pouted. "She's not gonna wake up because she's infected!" Brandon shouted. "You have zero proof!" Larry countered. They shouted back and forth. Throwing insults at each other. "JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!"  I heard Gaby yell. I was overflowing with happiness as I hugged Gaby. "Your okay!" I exclaimed.

She was silent. She didn't even hug back. She just looked around in a daze and didn't respond to any of our questions. Confused I let go of her. She began hyperventilating. I panicked and jumped back to give her space. She passed out. I sighed and laid her down in a more comfortable position. She was asleep for a shorter time. When she woke up she squinted at me and called out my name. "Emma?" She sounded unsure but I smiled and answered her anyways. "Yup, it's me!" I hugged her again. "Welcome back!" I found myself saying that for multiple meanings. It was late and everyone else had fallen asleep. Gaby rubbed her eyes and looked around. "Where are we?" She asked. "At Bobo's place. " I responded. Gaby slowly stood up. I got up as well. She looked around and spoke. "This place is made of toothpicks, it won't last that long. "I looked around as well. I will admit that there were a few places that the raised would be able to enter. Gaby sighed. "Well, it's better than nothing. I guess. " I nodded. We didn't sleep for the rest of the night.

-Le time skip to morning-

At the break of dawn Gaby was pacing back and forth. When everyone woke up they were surprised to see Gaby up and active. She was mumbling to herself. "Where are my glasses?" She randomly said after a while. Bobo jumped and grabbed them from a window sill. Gaby thanked her and placed them into her face. She continue to pace the room before abruptly stopping. She put her hand on her hip then face palmed and sighed. Confused I decided to check my pockets. I still had my pocket knife. ... Are you f***ing kidding me. We had our pocket knives the entire time. We could have avoided the whole problem if we had only... "I'm going out." Gaby said. "What? Why?!" Bobo exclaimed. We need to get materials to make a fort from this gingerbread house. " everyone just blinked. "This place is too vulnerable. I'm going out to get materials to make it a better and more safe base. " "oh!" Everyone said at the same time. "I'm going with you!" I told Gaby. She smiled and said, "Alrighty then! Let's go!"

-Le time skip of uno month-

Jorge is still missing. We haven't seen him anywhere. But now we have a clue. There was a note on the door this morning. It said 'Dear reader(s), your friend is with me. Don't worry, he is safe. I'm going to make him into the ultimate z----e hunting machine. (Gaby scratched out that word) He made a worthy sacrifice for this. If you wish to see him one last time before we leave town, now is the chance. We will be in the park at around 5:00 pm.' It's 4:46 pm right now. Everyone's getting ready to head over there. Gaby is fixing up her bandages on her hands. She always manages to find a way to screw up her knuckles. Brandon is sitting next to Bobo on the couch with her brother as well. We found him hiding in the bathroom about a month ago. Cathy is braiding Jennifer's hair while she is looking at a pistol. Gaby is still pissed at Brandon for giving them 'noisemakers' as she calls them. Larry is examining a bolt from his crossbow that the thief had missed. Malisson is looking out the window, completely zoned out. I'm sitting in the floor, patiently waiting. Once the clock struck 5 we were out the door. Except for Brandon, Bobo, and her little brother.

When we reached the park we saw Jorge standing next to a man who wore a pith black robe with the hood pulled over his face. They both had large packs that contained food, weapons, and medical materials. Gaby walked up to Jorge and punched him in the nose at full force. I heard a loud crack at impact. I could feel the rage radiating off of her. The man jumped at the action and took a step back. "How DARE YOU! I let you join us in survival when I could have left your sorry a** back at the overrun playground for the dead! And you relay me by stabbing me in the back! You stole from us an then left us to die and you have the balls to show your face to us again?! You must really have a DEATH WISH!!!!" Gaby was fuming. For a second I thought I saw her on fire. I might need new glasses. She was about to punch Jorge again but stopped herself. I looked at him and was shocked to see him nose bent out of shape and blood pouring down his face. His eyes were wide with fear if his life. Gaby's gaze snapped to the other guy. He jumped and put his hands up. "Give me your pack, NOW!" She ordered. He did as he was told. Gaby threw the pack to Larry to which he caught with ease. She kneeled down next to Jorge and stripped him of his pack. She got up and turned towards us. "Don't even think of following us, 'cause if you do I won't hesitate to do something more brash. " we then went back to base. We managed to find wooden planks to board up the windows and some locks for doors and windows.

To be continued...