Outbreak! Virus 'Z'

Chapter 17: The wait

Archer's P.O.V.

I sat patiently, still tied to the tree. Guzzle was off doing her thing while Cathy stared at me with emotionless eyes. I didn't know she could act this creepy. Bobo was busy trying to keep Sam-Sam off of her. It wasn't working. She was on top of her, licking her entire face. I chuckled softly and closed my eyes. My consciousness was slowly starting to fade until I heard a loud noise. My eyes shot open as sirens sounded loudly, coming from Shadow town. I panicked, worried for Emma's safety. I desperately struggled against the tight ropes only to receive burns and some cuts. Blood beaded out as I continue to struggle. Then I felt a sharp slap go across my face. "Calm down." Gaby said coldly. "What I meant by we wait is that we wait no matter what to see if she can survive." My eyes widened at what I heard. Is she serious?! Hell no am I gonna let anything happen to Emma. I silently continue I struggle. It burns but I don't care. I need to get to Emma. But before I could free myself, I feel a sudden hit on my head. Then everything goes black.

Batter's P.O.V.

I have two bats with me at all times, one to kill the raised, and one to bash the skulls in of regular people who try and harm us. The one for people just a regular metal bat while the one for the dead is a reinforced wooden bat covered in barbed wire. Gifted to me by Gaby. Larry was being stupid and it was getting Gaby mad. I saw her mad once and I'm still trying to get that image out I my head. To save Larry from her wrath, I hit his head with the metal bat, trying my hardest not to accidentally kill him. Immediately after I hit him I dropped my bat and kneeled down next to him. His head was bleeding, really badly. I check his pulse from his neck to feel that it was still beating. I let out a sigh of relief and stand back up.

Gaby is leaning against a tree with her eyes closed. She softly hums a song. It doesn't sound familiar at all. Then out of nowhere she tells out, "Gah! This is so boring!" She threw her head to the sky and sighed. She dragged it out to emphasis her boredom. Then she pulled out Larry's crossbow from his backpack and started to storm off. "Where at you going?" I ask. She doesn't look back when she says, "Hunting."

Ringleader's P.O.V.

I need to blow off some steam so I grab Larry's crossbow and leave. I don't know where I'm going but I just need to leave, or else thing will get ugly... I walk for 2 hours until I come upon a thicker layer of trees. This isn't the orchard anymore is it... I look around and find myself lost in the middle of a dense forest. Immediately all my senses are heightened. I spin around a couple of times to make sure nothing is hiding around with the crossbow ready at aim. A bush rustles and I shoot on instinct. I hear a high pitched squeak and look at what I shot. It was a fairly large rabbit that I shot in the neck. It wasn't moving. I sigh in relief and pick up the bolt with the rabbit still hanging on it. After ripping off the rabbit, I clean the bolt and put it back in its quiver.

I carry a line of rope with me everywhere just in case, so I loop it around the rabbits neck and hook the ends to my pants. It dangles next to my thigh. I look around again and choose a direction to walk towards. After about 30 minutes of walking around blindly, I find a small clearing with a single large tree in the center. It towers over me as I stare up and admire it. I walk up to the tree and pull out my pocket knife. I carve in a small symbol that shows that I've been here. It's a simple sign. It's just my signature y.e.f. After I finish the sign, I head back to where I came from. After about 40 minutes I somehow magically reach the orchard. By now it's sunset. Was I out for that long? I shrug and head towards camp.

My face remains emotionless as I walk. My eyes then narrow as I click my tongue when I see that Larry is awake and untied. For some strange reason I just hate him so much. I don't understand. I want to hurt him so badly. I want to see him suffer. I want to kill him... NO! What the hell am I thinking! I can't kill him, he's my friend. My friend, who I want to murder... STOP. I am not going to do anything to him that will put him in harms way. I force myself to put on an emotionless expression as I walk into camp. Larry looks at me then looks away and humphs at me. "What? You got a beef with me now?" I ask, a little more intimidating than intended. He doesn't answer. That just peeved me off. I growl lowly an walk past him, bumping into his shoulder roughly. I walk straight to Bobo while I unhook the rope from my pants. I drop the rabbit into her hands and say, "Dinner." I don't look back as I climb into my tree and lay down facing away from everybody. No one notices when I start to cry.

Batter's P.O.V.

Larry woke up shortly after Gaby left. I immediately untied him. The first thing he did was take off towards the town. Surprised, I followed him to make sure that he was going to be okay. We manage to reach the outskirts if Shadow town but were shocked to find it overrun. Dead bodies littered the streets that were also flooding with raised. There was no way anyone could survive this. Larry clenched his hands into fists and gritted him teeth. "It's her fault. If she had just let me go, I could have saved her. She would still be alive and next to me right now. It's all Gaby's fault!" His sudden outburst caught the unwanted attention of the raised. There were too many, so we retreated back to camp.

He was upset the whole time. When Gaby came back he just ignored her. That seemed to tick her off. Then she just gave me a dead rabbit and laid down in her tree. I could tell that something was going on in Gaby's head. It was pretty dark when the others went to sleep. I had climbed into my tree but was unable to sleep. Then I heard sniffling. I looked around and found the source was Gaby. I didn't say anything as I was in a state of shock that Gaby was crying. She roughly wiped away her tears and muttered under her breath. I sigh softly and fall sleep.

To be continued...

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