This is Paradise

Chapter Two

I slowed down once I knew I was on a safe distance from those brain eaters. Man I'm tired. I look up at the dark sky and sighed. It was dark, way dark, the only light I have is the moon and my flashlight. I heard the screen of a woman but it was distance, not I can do from here.

I keep walking down the road and I saw the car of Lexi's mom.  The door where open, nobody inside, I raised my gun and looked around carefully. "There's no one." I said, once I was convinced there was no zombie in sight. I open the back door of the car, pulled the backpack that I left and took my phone from one of the compartments.

I see the screen. I had twenty missed call from mom, John and surprisingly one from Bella. I unlock the screen and went to voice mail since I had four of them. "For the reproduction of this message please put pin." I did as the recorder said and listened.

"Alex, sweetie is mommy. Please call me back." Tears started to brim from my eyes. She was calm, steady she always was even in when there is danger. The second message played and kept listening to her. "Alex, listen carefully. I want you to go home and secure yourself. John will be home soon," I frown remembering John hasn't even come home. Wait, what if the people I heard was John? Nah. He doesn't care for me. "He will take care of you until I come back. I want you to pack your stuff, he will take you to Texas with grandma and papa...." There was a pause, I could make out the sound of sobs. "Be... brave. My little soldier." The sobs got louder before the message ended. I sat down on the car and tried to hold back the tears.

"Message number three."

"Alex, this is John. I want you to head to the shelter, your school. I'm waiting here for you and your mother to come. Please be safe, both of you." The tears falled freely as I knew she wasn't with them. I hug up on the voice mail and tried to call Mom. The line was dead, I look at the phone and saw I had no service.

"No. Don't do this to me." I said to the phone. I started to look for service but I had no luck and gave up. I shove the phone in my pocket and heard the moan of a zombie coming from behind me.
I take out the gun from my front area, spun around and pointed the gun at the zombie. "Lex..." I said to the zombie, I pointed the flashlight at her and see my best friend's shewed up face. "I'm sorry."

The zombie groans and limps my way. "I should have help you," I  said, the gun shaking in my hand. The zombie groan like it was agreeing to what I said. "I should have beg for you to stay with me. Not let you go out of school, but no. I had to do the opposite and go with you." The zombie was already at reach of me, I shook the tears away and pulled the trigger. The plopping sound of the body made me feel nauseous, I hold to the vomit preventing for it to come out.  "I'm really sorry Lex. I didn't want this to happen." I walk over to the body, I look at it for a secind before it sprung up and tried to bit me.

I yelp and stepped back from her. "How you still alive!?" I look at the discolorated blood coming from her neck. "Fuck." She launched herself to me and I tried to keep her teeth away from me. Her blood was dripping all over me and my shirt, I tried to grab the gun that was away from my reach. "Help!" I yelled, she kept snapping her teeth at me but hold her back. "Get. OFF!" I placed a hand on her chest and puched her body from me. I took big sharp breathes, I got to my feet quickly and took the gun.

I point the gun at the monster of my friend and pulled he trigger two to five times. The body was laying there, on movingly. I sighed and walked over to her and put and extra bullet in her skull making sure she won't get back up. I walk down the road, and checked the gun's  magazine. I had seven bullets left in it and one in the chamber.

"I'll recharge the weapon when I get to the shelter." I said to myself, I walk down the road and a car pulled next to me.

"Hey kid, need a ride?" A man asked me as he was speeding at my pace. I look at him and he nodded. "If your going to the shelter we can take you." The man insisted, I look at the windows and saw a woman I guess it's his wife and two kids on the backseat. "What you say?" The man asked, I snap out of my inspection and got in without a word.