Rainbow X

Purged White

        It had been hours since the torture, me and Jayden had left the gas station.  We managed to put some distance between the horrid place, however the sun had already set. Thanks to Jayden who was surprisingly good at medical stuff, he patched my stab wounds of course they still hurt like a bitch, but that wasn't the point. The point was that we were walking in an awkward silence and it was bothering me. We sat down in front of an old building. 

      "Hey Jayden...?" I looked at him, hoping to break the silence.

     "Yes Damian?" He replied, looking at me while raising a brow.

     "I was curious-"

     "About?"

     "I was wondering, why did you say those things to me back there?" Honestly, I was kinda lost and I needed him to explain. 

      Jayden released a sigh and looked away. "I think we need to continue." he stated bluntly while standing up, ignoring my question completely. 

      I began to mutter something under my breath so he couldn't hear me rant about him being so distant. I stood up next to him, "Alright. Where are we going?" I asked with an irritating growl.

     "Away from here."

     I narrowed my eyes at him in disapproval, he was being a douche and he knew it. He began to walk away and I followed him, still irritated. It was getting really dark and we needed to find a place to rest, but we just kept walking.

     We've been walking for hours, I could barely see my hand even if I put it in front of my face. "Hey Jayden, do we have a flashlight or something?" I asked, hoping that the figure ahead of me was the blonde who saved my ass earlier. All I saw then was a bright light flash in my face, blinding me for a second.

     "DAMN IT JAYDEN!"I yelled at the other, covering my eyes with my hand. He chuckled, hearing his laugh made me smile. Even if it was just a light chuckle, it was still reassuring to know he was still a human being with human emotions. He handed me the flashlight, "Be careful, it doesn't have much battery left."

     "Well, how do you know that smartie pants?" I flashed the light in his face for revenge.

     "Because it was the one I used at the Rainbow X," he said staring at me with a smirk, completely unphased by the shining death that was in face. I chuckled while shaking my head, before continuing our walk.

     It wasn't much longer before we had stumbled upon a few infected, however one of them looked different. He had a nasty looking growth of flesh covering his face and a small grumble was being released from his uncovered mouth. Of course I'd imagine he couldn't see us, but he odd noise he was making sent shivers down my spine.

     An infected man came running at us, screaming at the top of his lungs and attracting the others around him. "Damian I can't see!" He yelled at me. I stood there awkwardly for a second, until I realized he needed a light to fire. 

     "Right!" I replied before shining the light at the nearest target. A few seconds later a loud bang and the man had a single hole in the center of his forehead. "Nice shot!" I yelled as I pointed the flashlight towards the next target, an elderly lady, who had way too much makeup on her, she was probably a cougar trying to meet some young guy or something. Another bang could be heard and the lady fell, I tried to look for the man who had the mutation on his face, but I couldn't find him. 

     "I need a target Damian!" He yelled from behind me.

     "You think I don't know that?! I can't find hi-"

     "DAMIAN!" he interrupted me.

     "WHAT?!" I turned with the flashlight shining on him to see the mutated monster pinning Jayden to the ground, however something was definitely not right. Well besides the fact he was being pinned down by some strange creature. The creature's flesh seemed to have unfolded to create mandibles and was screeching as loud as he could. I ran up to the monster and shoved it off of Jayden, accidently dropping the flashlight, sending it flying to the other side of the street. I couldn't see anything, all I knew was I was on the ground, the creature was somewhere, and the flashlight was out of reach. I looked over to see the light flicker and then go out.

     I quickly stood up and panicked, the one source we relied on had just died out. I wouldn't be surprised if we did too. I felt a warm breath on the back of my neck. "J-Jayden?" A small gurgle was shortly heard from behind me. I jumped and spun around, unsheathing the wakizashi and slicing quickly. 

     "Ow fuck!" Jayden yelled.

     "Oh my god I'm so sorry! You should've answered me!" 

     "Oooops." he chuckled.

     "NOW'S NOT THE TIME JAYDEN!"

      "It's never the time apparently." I could tell he was smirking.

     "What now?"

    As soon those words left my mouth a heavy force could be felt on my chest and it sent me to the ground, knocking the wind out of me. I couldn't move, my arms were trapped and I was sure the creature had pinned me down. 

    "J-Jayden!"

    "Bingo." He said, before loud bang could be heard and the creature released loud scream and the weight on my chest was lifted. I stood up quickly and accidentally running into Jayden. 

    "WHAT THE FUCK MAN!?"

    "What? I killed him." Jayden said trying to defend himself.

    "YOU COULD'VE MISSED AND SHOT ME!"

     "But I didn't."

     "BUT YOU COULD'VE JAYDEN!"

     "But..." he paused for a second. "I didn't and now you're alive." I can tell he was still smirking.

    "Asshole!" I yelled before punching him in what I assumed was his stomach.

    "FUUUUUUUUUUUUU....." Jayden fell down to his knees.

     I was wrong.

     I then fell down on my knees in front of him. Then I almost had a heart attack when the flashlight flickered and the light came back on, blessing with us sight again. Jayden was his knees, holding his crotch and rocking back and forth. I saw the slice on his face that I had given him was bleeding a bit. 

     "Oh you big baby," I smirked before whipping the blood off his face, when I did he looked up at me with those emerald green eyes of his. I dropped my hand to my side and stared at him back. After he stopped rocking he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer, before placing a kiss on my lips. For a second the world seemed to stop around us. The moment was perfect, well kinda. I mean it would've been better if we met somewhere else besides a city overrun by zombies. He then pulled away and smiled.

     Then he ruined the moment when I saw him swiftly punched me in the crotch, causing me to yelp and cover the area and rock back and forth. "REVENGE!" He yelled.

    "You bastard." I said, before he started to laugh evilly.